As a hugely successful rock star in his late 30s, Blur bassist Alex James realises he has only one career path. It's time to move to a very big house in the country and set up a farm. Swapping hedonistic nights in the Groucho for early morning starts, this book details James' transformation from rock god to cheesemaker.

All Cheeses Great and Small

James, Alex

Humor & Entertainment

Fourth Estate Ltd.

Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Particular Books

For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting lifea way to travel, meet new people, and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blurone of the most successful British bands of all timehis journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class restaurants. As "the second drunkest member of the world’s drunkest band" Alex James's life was always chaotic, but he retained a boundless enthusiasm and curiosity at odds with his hedonistic lifestyle. From nights in the Groucho with Damien Hirst, to dancing to Sister Sledge with Björk, to being bitten on the nose by the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he offers a fascinating and hilarious insight into the world of celebrity. At its heart, however, this is the picaresque tale of one man’s search to find meaning and happiness in an increasingly surreal world. Pleasingly unrepentant but nonetheless a reformed man, Alex James is the perfect chronicler of his generationwitty, frank and brimming with joie de vivre. A Bit of a Blur is as charming, funny, and deliciously disreputable as its author.

Bit of a Blur: The Autobiography

Little, Brown Book Group

For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life: a way to travel, meet new people and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. Success catapulted him from a slug-infested squat in Camberwell to a world of private jets and world-class restaurants. As 'the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band' life was always chaotic, but Alex James retained a boundless enthusiasm and curiosity at odds with his hedonistic lifestyle. From nights in the Groucho with Damien Hirst, to dancing to Sister Sledge with Bjork, to being bitten on the nose by the lead singer of Iron Maiden, he offers a fascinating and hilarious insight into the world of celebrity. At its heart, however is the picaresque tale of one man's search to find meaning in an increasingly surreal world. Pleasingly unrepentant but nonetheless a reformed man, Alex James is the perfect chronicler of his generation - witty, observant, frank and brimming with joie de vivre. BIT OF A BLUR is as charming, funny and deliciously disreputable as its author.

I was the Fool-king of Soho and the number-one slag in the Groucho Club, the second drunkest member of the world's drunkest band. This was no disaster, though. It was a dream coming true.'
For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more eventful life. But as bass player of Blur - one of the most successful British bands of all time - his journey was more exciting and extreme than he could ever have predicted. In Bit of a Blur he chronicles his journey from a slug-infested flat in Camberwell to a world of screaming fans and private jets - and his eventual search to find meaning and happiness (and, perhaps most importantly, the perfect cheese), in an increasingly surreal world.

Bit of a Blur

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Negative Gravity: The Mannheim Effect

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

Independently published

The Princess Elizabeth wakes up to a very nasty surprise! Her father has been despoed and banished. Now the kingdom is in the possession of the odious Lucius and his sadistic mistress, Caitlyn. They take full revenge on her for every sleight, real or imagined and the poor girl is flung from one humiliation to the next with scacrely time to draw breath. Publicly punished and marked as a slave, then used in her new master's bedroom, Elizabeth only fully plumbs the depths of her humiliation when she realises that she wants more of it.

Princess in Chains

Erotica

Fiction4all

Milady Exam Review (13 Edition Standard Cosmetology)

Medical Books

Medicine

King James Bible (Authorized Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Book About Space & Planets for Kids: Solar System, Stars

Children's Books

Education & Reference

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