Lifelong fans and interested newcomers will love this stunning biography of Duran Duran by the bestselling author of Gold Dust Woman and Hammer of the Gods. In Please Please Tell Me Now, bestselling rock biographer Stephen Davis tells the story of Duran Duran, the quintessential band of the 1980s. Their pretty boy looks made them the stars of fledgling MTV, but it was their brilliant musicianship that led to a string of number one hits. By the end of the decade, they had sold 60 million albums; today, they've sold over 100 million albums—and counting. Davis traces their roots to the austere 1970s British malaise that spawned both the Sex Pistols and Duran Duran—two seemingly opposite music extremes. Handsome, British, and young, it was Duran Duran that headlined Live Aid, not Bob Dylan or Led Zeppelin. The band moved in the most glamorous circles: Nick Rhodes became close with Andy Warhol, Simon LeBon with Princess Diana, and John Taylor dated quintessential British bad girl Amanda De Cadanet. With timeless hits like "Hungry Like the Wolf," "Girls on Film," "Rio," "Save a Prayer," and the bestselling James Bond theme in the series' history, "A View to Kill," Duran Duran has cemented its legacy in the pop pantheon—and with a new album and a worldwide tour on the way, they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Featuring exclusive interviews with the band and never-before-published photos from personal archives, Please Please Tell Me Now offers a definitive account of one of the last untold sagas in rock and roll history—a treat for diehard fans, new admirers, and music lovers of any age.

Wounded in Iraq while his Army unit is on convoy and treated for many months for traumatic brain injury, the first person Ben remembers from his earlier life is his autistic brother.

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Love chooses no time nor place but touches the heart in the most unexpected moments... For author J. Patrick Feeley, love may have come too late- but it had not come in vain. A successful salesman with a beautiful home in the country, Patrick and his wife, Anita, had about everything they wanted. But through the years, Patrick developed a substance abuse problem. He checked himself in at one of the best rehabilitation centers in the country, with the hope of curing himself for his family. There, he would meet new friends from all walks of life, each one unique but sharing one thing in common. Patrick knew that he would do everything to succumb no longer to the temptation of his vice, but what he didn't know was that the redemption of his life would come in the form of a shy, soft-spoken angel named Kathryn. Patrick and Kathryn loved each other completely. Each helped the other recover and both drew strength from one another. It was a love that blossomed with time, but time was running out. Follow their journey to love, acceptance and healing in the captivating story of Please Tell Me No: My Path to Recovery.

Now in paperback, this first oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements brings the sound of the punk generation chillingly to life with 50 new pages of depraved testimony. "Please Kill Me" reads like a fast-paced novel, but the tragedies it contains are all too human and all too real. photos.

PLEASE TELL ME IF THE GRASS IS GREENER is the dominant work of writing of the Millennium. This compilation of seven short stories is peerless of it's kind. Each of the storytellers will take your hand and lead you through the unpredictable, and sometimes disgruntled, fields of life. "Even Snowflakes Have Flaws" takes on the essence of a young woman and her struggle to grasp the perfection society is fixated on. In "Eyes Like Mine", Braylee tells of his determination from boyhood to avoid stagnant roads that could end him astray. Jude is faced with the struggle of choosing love or lust in "Sweet Potato Pie". In "Nothin' Worse Than an Unmade Bed", Promise regrets not knowing how to love her man right. The thought of his leaving devastates her. The narrator kicks knowledge to the wanna be playas in "What Goes Around". His experiences as a bachelor will floor you. In "Daddy's Little Girl", the narrator conquers the anger she had towards her father. She realizes that it is time for her to not necessarily forgive and forget, but to move on. And lastly, James Sr. forces you to be an accomplice of his brutal thoughts as he fights to cope with failed dreams and lack of will in "You Ever Seen A Grown Man Cry". PLEASE TELL ME IF THE GRASS IS GREENER is beyond powerful, moving and all those other common descriptors. It is unfeigned.

“Kimberly, what are you doing here? Aren’t you marrying Darren, my nephew?” “No, everything’s canceled..." *** Kimberly planned to marry Darren. They had prepared everything thoroughly, but a few days before the marriage, she discovered that Darren was cheating on her with Natalie. Kimberly slapped Darren and run away. Then she met Fabian, Darren’s uncle, who also had just broken-up with his girlfriend, Olivia. Hurt by Darren’s treatment, Kimberly thoughtlessly asked Fabian to marry her...