Neil Simpson

Ben MacFarlane

Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday? Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to bring people back to Britain after holiday disasters, gap year crises, embarrassing incidents on business trips and all the other things that can go wrong when we head off overseas. Holiday SOS is his story - a year in the life of a very British flying doctor. Follow Ben as he grabs his medical bag and flies to glamorous locations - helping to pick up the pieces after another holiday emergency. Dramatic, hilarious or wildly unexpected, for flying doctors, emergency medicine doesn't just take place in intensive care wards - it can happen just across the aisle on your next flight.

Holiday SOS

Adele is the greatest singer of our times. In March 2015, her album '21' became the biggest selling record of the millennium, with nearly 5 million albums sold. And with the release of '25' she could well be set to break her own record. From a cramped flat in London to the Grammys in Los Angeles, Adele's golden voice, her catchy hits, and her irrepressible personality have taken the world by storm. But who is the woman behind the songs? What struggles and heartbreaks inspired the music that moved the world to tears - and bought it to its feet? And now that she seems to have finally found happiness with her new partner, and with the baby boy she gave birth to in October 2012, can she still find the passion that made her the artist who conquered the entertainment industry? In this brilliant, insightful biography Neil Simpson takes the reader inside Adele's world. He details her childhood, her early attempts to break into the music business, the tempestuous relationships that inspired some of her greatest songs and the months of painstaking work that went into the albums the defined her. This is the real Adele - unvarnished and close-up. Updated for 2015, this edition includes the birth of her son, her Oscar win and the release of '25'. 'Adele: To Make You Feel Her Love' is the one book every Adele fan will want to read. 'I adore Adele's voice and I adored this book. Neil Simpson's account of Adele's amazing career, from her childhood days to mega-stardom, captivated me right from the start.' - Emma Lee-Potter, best-selling author of 'School Ties'. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.

Adele: to Make You Feel Her Love

Everyone has an opinion about Heather Mills. But just who is the woman who loved and lost sir Paul McCartney? Drawing upon dozens of interviews and testimonies, biographer Neil Simpson paints the most complete picture yet of the women who wowed America on dancing with the stars. The girl who was abandoned by her mother at 9, ran away from home, joined the circus, and ended up sleeping under the arches of Waterloo Station. The swimwear model with the longest lakes in London who lost a leg when she was hit by a police motorcycle in a freak accident, left the hospital and learned to walk, run, ski and dance again. The charity worker who forced the world to help thousands of children disabled by bombs in European war zones. The woman who won the heart of a Beatle and ended up in the middle of the ugliest celebrity divorce battle in history. This is her uniquely inspiring life story.

The Unauthorized Biography of the Great Pretender

The Unsinkable Heather Mills

Steve Johnson

Who exactly is the real Charlotte Church? Is she the "voice of an angel" who found fame and earned millions before she was 15? Or is she the "hell's angel" who dominates the tabloids by falling out of bars and into taxis in the early hours? Model and musician Steve Johnson is the only man who really knows. In this passionate autobiography, Steve reveals exactly how his love for Charlotte began, how their shared love of music kept them together, and how external pressures led to their explosive, heart-breaking split. From the back streets of Cardiff to the concert halls of Las Vegas and the skyscrapers of Hong Kong, Charlotte and Steve's story is romantic, tragic, and shocking. Told here for the first time, it is a unique insight into the world of the modern celebrity, and into the very heart of Charlotte Church.

Hell's Angel

Charlotte Church

Comedian, tea-time talk show host and all-round entertainer, multi-awardinning Paul O'Grady is one of the most popular figures on British television.rought up in an Irish Catholic house in Tranmere, Birkenhead, O'Grady hasome a long way from his roots. And what a lively and incredible journey itas been. He has worked as a civil servant, a waiter, a barman, a woodsman, aarer in a children's home and an office worker in an abattoir. And hisrivate life has been equally colourful. He was married twice in his youth -nce to a lesbian Portuguese waitress. Initially famous for his outrageousigs and raucous behaviour, he found fame as Lily Savage or the 'Blondeombshell', a vampish drag act that was inspired by his experiences whenorking as a waiter in a brothel. He began by touring gay clubs and pubs.hen, in the early 1990s, he achieved more mainstream fame with his big break a slot on ITV's "This Morning". In recent years, after hosting many highlycclaimed TV shows as Lily Savage, O'Grady has chosen to appear as himself.;e has been seen jet-setting around the world in his travelogue shows

The Biography

Paul O'Grady

Gordon Ramsay is the most exciting and high-profile chef of today. His amazing talent, huge personality and non-nonsense attitude have propelled him to the top of his profession and won him legions of admirers the world over. His television programmes such as Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and The F Word attract huge audiences; viewers just can't seem to get enough of this driven, outspoken kitchen wizard. But what lies behind the man in the chef's whites and just how did he manoeuvre himself into such a prominent position in the culinary world? A multi-millionaire by the time he was 30, Ramsay is as ambitious today as he was when he was a teenager. At the age of 18, he was a professional footballer playing for Glasgow Rangers. An injury sent him from the football field to the kitchen, where he well and truly made his mark. He juggles 18-hour days in the kitchens of his various restaurants with his television career and his role as devoted father and husband -- and still finds time to run marathons! This in-depth and affectionate book traces the life of Gordon Ramsay from the council estates of Glasgow and the picturesque countryside of Stratford-upon-Avon to some of the finest and most expensive restaurants in the world. It also examines how he has overcome the allegations which threatened to tear apart his world and the empire he has worked so hard to build. Sometimes hilarious and sometimes heart-breaking, it uncovers the secret tragedies that helped to turn Ramsay into one of the most successful men of his generation. An in-depth and affectionate look at what lies behind the man in the chef's whites and just how he manoeuvred himself into such a prominent position in the culinary world.

On Top of the World

Gordon Ramsay

Neil Simpson has been a staff reporter on the Daily Mirror, Sunday Telegraph and Mail on Sunday as well as writing for various newspapers and magazines. His recent books include Gordon Ramsay: The Biography, Charlotte Church: Hell's Angel, Jade: Story of a Survivor and Kings of Comedy, a biography of Matt Lucas and David Walliams.

The True Story of Britain's Best Loved TV Presenter

Lorraine

Comedian, teatime talk show host and all-round entertainer, multi-award winning Paul O'Grady is a popular figure on British television. This biography reveals the highs and lows of Paul's life. It also explains how Lily Savage was born as a way to make more money - and help Paul take his mind off the horrors he saw every day as a social worker.

Comedian, teatime talk show host and all-round entertainer, multi-award winning Paul O'Grady is one of the most popular figures on British television.But his real-life journey has been more dramatic than any of his on-stage stories.Born into a noisy Irish Catholic household in Birkenhead, Paul was always determined to live a colourful life. He was a boxing champion as a boy. He became a dad as a teenager. He has been a barman in a brothel and spent his first years in London working as a carer to some of the capital's most at-risk kids.In this, the first major biography of the star, Neil Simpson reveals the extraordinary highs and the terrible lows of Paul's life. He explains: how Lily Savage was born as a way to make more money - and help Paul take his mind off the horrors he saw every day as a social worker; how tough it was for the 'blonde bombsite from Birkenhead' to break into the entertainment mainstream; and, why Paul decided to risk everything by throwing off Lily's wig and carving out a new career as himself.The depression, the private grief and the near fatal heart attacks that struck as Paul re-invented himself as the funniest and most successful chat show host in the country. Frequently hilarious and sometimes heart-wrenchingly sad, Paul O'Grady has always lived his life on a rollercoaster of emotions. Today he is a proud grandfather, a multimillionaire and a man loved by millions of devoted fans. This is his incredible story.

Paul O'Grady - The Biography

Chronicles the life of Heather Mills, from her turbulent childhood and rise to success as a model, to her recovery after the loss of a leg from a motor vehicle accident and her marriage and divorce to Sir Paul McCartney.

They are Britain's best-loved comedians. This unauthorised biography gives the low-down on the men behind the laughter.When Little Britain appeared on our screens, a series of characters was born that would make a nation laugh like no other British comedy in recent years. With its hilarious mocking of British clichés and stereotypes, it was not long before its catchphrases were being quoted in every home, playground and office across the land. And it was all down to the comedy genius of the inspired duo that is Matt Lucas and David Walliams.All of a sudden, two relatively little-known comedians became the nation's entertainment heroes, shooting straight to the A-list of Britain's most wanted TV celebrities. Although such success was new to them, Matt and David's creativity led them to write two more astonishingly successful series, earning them countless industry accolades, numerous British comedy awards and two Baftas.But behind the sketches lie two fascinating individuals whose work in comedy goes way back - Matt and David met in 1990, drawn together by a mutual love for Reeves and Mortimer - and whose life stories provide a fascinating and hilarious insight into what has inspired them to produce some of the finest laughs in the history of British comedy. In this insightful and brilliantly researched biography, Neil Simpson traces their development from boys to men, revealing much about their off-screen lives along the way, and setting the record straight on the various rumours (many of them true!) that have grown around the pair.Kings of Comedy is a fascinating portrait of two men without whose comic creations Britain would be a lot less funny place to live. Show Less

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