In 1989, a young Michael Ball landed the lead role in the musical Aspects of Love. It was a moment that changed his life forever. It was the first time he worked with legends of the stage like Andrew Lloyd Webber and Trevor Nunn; it was from that show that came his smash hit song, Love Changes Everything, which rode high in the charts for 15 weeks; it was then, also, that he first met his long-term partner Cathy McGowan and battled back against the stage fright that had threatened his career.\nOver three decades later, Michael returns to a new production of the same show where he made his name, definitely older, possibly wiser, and with a lifetime's worth of stories to tell. In Different Aspects, Michael takes us backstage inside the making of a West End hit, while diving back into memories to explore that moment in his twenties when the world was at his feet and his life changed beyond recognition.\nPart exploration of the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern theatre and part exploration of his life, his career and his relationships, Different Aspects is the story of a life lived on the stage. There is laughter, there is tears, there is sweat and some blood, there is even some Roger Moore, although, famously, not quite enough. And through it all the show goes on.\nTake your seats ladies and gentlemen, the lights are dimming, the performance is about to start.

Different Aspects

Michael Ball

BLINK Publishing

Karma

Arts & Photography

Boy George

Music

England's Villages: An Extraordinary Journey Through Time

THE STUNNING NEW BOOK FROM THE HOST OF BBC 2'S VILLAGES BY THE SEA England's villages have survived, developed, and thrived over hundreds of years. But what makes a village and how has that changed over time? Take a charming and unexpected journey through the quirks of England's villages throughout the ages in the excellent company of Dr Ben Robinson, expert archaeologist. Join him in visiting villages from prehistoric, to Roman, to medieval times, all the way through to today's modern, urban villages. Discover how landowners, governments and communities have shaped villages, why village greens, village pubs and village halls exist, and the real meaning behind names like Bunny, Yelling, Lover, Great Snoring and Slaughter. A compelling study of archaeology, history and architecture, England's Villages is a thoughtful, enlightening and informative look at our oldest homes, uncovering and revealing the extraordinary heritage of the places that surround us.

Robinson, Dr Ben

Architecture

Understanding and developing the mind throughout life - the NEW book from the creator of the chimp management mind model and author of the million copy selling The Chimp Paradox. 
The Silent Guides explores some neuroscience and psychological aspects of the developing mind, unconscious thinking, behaviours, habit formation and related topics in an easy to understand way. It then offers practical ideas and thoughts for the reader to reflect on using 10 helpful habits as examples. 
This book has two themes: 
- To help adults to consider and understand where some of their unhealthy or destructive learnt behaviours and beliefs might have come from, and then offer ways to replace them with healthy and constructive behaviours and beliefs. 
- To offer ideas and support to parents, teachers or carers that could help children to form healthy and constructive habits and prevent unhealthy or destructive habits from developing. 
Examples of unhelpful thinking, behaviours and habits that can be changed include: 
Being overly self-critical 
Fear of failure and unforgiving perfectionism 
Worrying excessively or overreacting to situations 
Procrastinating 
Living with low self-esteem 
Examples of helpful thinking, behaviours and habits include: 
Smiling 
Getting over mistakes 
Developing a positive outlook 
Being able to talk through your feelings 
Seeking appropriate help 
Being proactive 
Written as a companion to My Hidden Chimp, these two interconnected books tackle how we can best manage our mind from childhood and into adulthood. 
Professor Steve Peters explains neuroscience in a straightforward and intuitive way - offering up 10 simple habits that we as adults and children should have in our arsenal to deal with everyday life. These 10 habits should and can be retained for life. 
This is an important and another groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of The Chimp Paradox and the creator of the chimp management mind model.

Silent Guides

Peters, Professor Steve

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Sammy Woodhouse was just 14 when she met Arshid Hussain. Ten years older, he promised to take care of her. Sammy thought she was in love, but in reality she was being groomed by a ringleader of Britain's most notorious child sex ring. Just A Child tells the heartbreaking story of how a young girl from Rotherham was abused by her drug-dealing "boyfriend," eventually giving birth to his baby, right under the nose of the very authorities who were meant to protect her. When reality dawned and Sammy realized she was one of countless vulnerable child victims—many of whom were trafficked around the north of England—she took it upon herself to blow the whistle and save others from a similar fate. Thanks to Sammy's bravery, the gang was fully exposed, as well as the authorities that did little to help her. Her shocking account of how these events came to pass will enrage and sadden but, above all, it will offer hope and show why this must never happen again.

Just a Child: Britain's Biggest Child Abuse Scandal Exposed

Biographies & Memoirs

Woodhouse, Sammy

Memoirs

Few people have made the transition from elite sportsperson to multi-faceted entrepreneur with as much skill, flair and success as Formula 1 driver David Coulthard. Winner of thirteen Grands Prix, Coulthard has also made his mark in hotel ownership, property, consultancy, film production and most famously media work, as lead TV pundit. In Driven, Coulthard opens the doors to the secretive world of F1 and reveals in simple, entertaining and utterly compelling terms how he has been able to master this mind-boggling variety of disciplines by applying the skills honed from his years at the top of the world's most demanding motorsport. By recounting his own stories, and combining them with first-hand experience of stellar individuals such as Michael Schumacher,Ron Dennis, Sir Frank Williams, Christian Horner and Sebastian Vettel, Coulthard provides a fascinating fly-on-the-wall insight into F1 but at the same time offers an invaluable guide to the business of sport and the sport of business.

The Winning Formula: Leadership, Strategy and Motivation The F1 Way

Coulthard, David

Professionals & Academics

Dr. Marcel's Little Book of Big Love: Breakout star of this year's Love Island, Dr. Marcel brings you his ultimate guide to finding love, the island way...

Marcel Somerville

Parenting & Relationships

March 2016: boxer Chris Eubank, Jr. stops his opponent Nick Blackwell in round 10 of a British title fight. Blackwell dies momentarily in the back of an ambulance, before being brought back to life. He remains in a coma for seven days. The lives of the protagonists and the witnesses are changed forever. Author Elliot Worsell was ringside that night and in the dressing rooms after. What he saw and heard would transform his view of the sport he loves and force him to question his own complicity. Here, Worsell goes in search of boxers who have killed in the ring. He talks to George Khalid Jones, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, Gabriel Ruelas, James Crayton, and referee Kenny Bayless. Spending time with these boxers, Worsell reveals the extent of the devastation left behind.

Dog Rounds: Death and Life in the Boxing Ring

Politics & Social Sciences

Worsell, Elliot

Sociology

TAKE YOUR GAME TO THE WORLD STAGE WITH THE F2'S NEW BOOK

F2: World Class: Brand New International Skills from the Bestselling YouTube Footballers!

Sports & Outdoors

F2, The

Soccer

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