"The author, who followed Johnny Cash's career for five decades, has written a serious and insightful book on the conflicts at work in Cash's life and songs: the powerful Christian witness alongside the addictions and occasional chaos. Rooted in Scriptural quotations, the book analyses the lyrics during the good and bad years, arguing that the singer-songwriter's love of Gospel inspired songs, as well as other genres, never left him and influenced his mission to prisoners. Fans of Cash will discover aspects of his life perhaps not previously known." - The Catholic Herald (UK)For a remarkably diverse range of people, to know Johnny Cash and his music is to feel a kinship with him. He lived under a powerful blessing which never left him. And he was influenced by a curse from which he never wholly shook free.It is not possible to understand either Cash or the times he lived in without understanding something of how the blessing and the curse shaped him. This book is an exploration of how the blessing and curse took effect in his life and work, of how in the end the blessing overpowered the curse, and of the powerful message which is at the heart of Cash's legacy to the world.A native of Dublin, Ireland, Paul Flynn has spent most of his adult life between London, China and Hong Kong. He is an author of short stories for third level students in China. His other books include 'The Arrow of Elisha' and 'Faith and Unity.' He and his wife Choi currently live in Hong Kong.

The Blessing and the Curse of Johnny Cash

Arts & Photography

Paul Flynn

Music

Independently published

A ticket to any Elton John show is indeed a dream ticket, and this gathering of more than 100 photos, many never or seldom seen before, is as much a journal of the extraordinary distance he has covered across four decades as it is a snapshot of the energy and personality Elton has always delivered, whether on stage or record. If it's also a book about contrasts it's because he is man of contrasts, and throughout these pages the images portray his journey across the years, from blue jeans to peacock-like resplendence and back again, from unbridled extravagance to mature, monochrome elegance. The multi-faceted showman celebrated in this gallery may display countless aspects, but indubitably they are all part of one larger-than-life persona. This is Elton, and this is a picture of how he has carried his incomparable music into the hearts and minds of his global audience.

Dream Ticket: Elton John Across Four Decades

HST Management

Good As You is the 30 year history of British gay culture - from the identification of the HIV virus in 1984, through Manchester's self-selection as Britain's gay capital, to Eastenders' Colin and Barry's first primetime televised gay kiss, and the real-time romance of Elton John and David Furnish's eventual marriage.  Including candid interviews from major protagonists such as Kylie, Russell T Davies and Holly Johnson, as well as the relative unknowns crucial to the gay community, Flynn charts the fight for equality both front of stage and in the wings. In it, we find a history peppered with media hysteria, public outrage, personal loss but above all, collective victory and a deep sense of pride.   This is the definitive account of the last 30 years of gay experience -  illustrating the tragedy and triumph, the (not always legal) highs and the desperate lows, and the final transition of gay men becoming, Good As You

Good As You: From Prejudice to Pride – 30 Years of Gay Britain

Ebury Digital

Butter Boy

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Celebrities & TV Shows

Nine Bean Rows Books

Not for everyone the title of Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary or other such hallowed callings; the vast majority of the House of Commons is made up of backbenchers - the power behind the constitutionally elected throne. Here is a guide for anyone and everyone fascinated by the quirks and foibles of Westminster Palace, covering all species of backbencher and providing every hardworking MP and political enthusiast with the know-how to survive life in Parliament. From how to address the crowd, weather marital troubles and socialise at party conference to the all-important Backbenchers' Commandments, How to be an MP is indispensable reading for anyone wishing to make a mark from the back bench and influence proceedings in the House. And in the process it provides the outsider with a riveting insight into life as a Member.

How to be an MP

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Biteback Limited

Big Brother 6 Official Book and Exclusive DVD (Big Brother TV Series)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Channel 4 Books, a division of Transworld Publishe

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