Arise Sir David Beckham

Arise Sir David Beckham
Author: Gwen Russell
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843584352

David Beckham is Britain's greatest and best loved footballer. Famous both off and on the pitch, the footballing legend has reached iconic status. From the joyous screams of young girls to the chants of support from gruff-voiced football fans, everywhere David Beckham goes it is evident that he has captured the love of the nation.In 2003, David Beckham was awarded an OBE for his services to football, and now, with his outstanding popularity still reaching far and wide, he is in a position to receive the ultimate honour - a knighthood from the Queen.This amazing biography traces the incredible accomplishments of this kind-hearted and talented star. First playing for Manchester United's first team at the age of 17, he became a household name a few years later with a breathtaking goal against Wimbledon. Now, over a decade on, he is the fifth most-capped English player of all time and the only one to score in three different World Cups.Like his fame, David Beckham's achievements extend far beyond the football pitch. He has supported the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) since his early days at Manchester United; been a goodwill ambassador for the charity; and, opened football academies in Los Angeles and London in the first step of his attempt to fulfil his dream of helping children from around the world to learn the joy of the beautiful game.This is the inspiring story of an extremely talented and devoted man - an honest and complete portrait of how the golden boy of English football has managed to take this and many other countries by storm.

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver
Author: Stafford Hildred
Publisher:
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2009
Genre: Cooks
ISBN:

Jamie rose from humble pastry chef to television star by catching the eye of producers during a documentary about the River Café, where he was working at the time. His onscreen charisma meant he featured heavily in the finished documentary; the offers came flooding in, and so The Naked Chef was born. The program was a huge success, with an initmate and fresh approach to the television chef. Jamie's passion shone through and drew in a younger audience. Cooking became cool! His television series and books gave Jamie fame and fortune the world over, but he always wanted to do something positive with his success. Through his Fifteen charity restaurant and campaigns to ban unhealthy food in schools and get Britain cooking again, Jamie has proven to be more than simply a celebrity chef. His desire to bring about radical change has seen him meet with top politicians and raise millions for his causes. Here is the intimate story behind the devoted husband and father of two, television celebrity, political animal, and talented chef.

Jamie Oliver: King of the Kitchen - The biography of the man who revolutionised the way Britain eats

Jamie Oliver: King of the Kitchen - The biography of the man who revolutionised the way Britain eats
Author: Stafford Hildred
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2012-09-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1782190732

Jamie Oliver is Britain's best-loved chef. His matey charm and down-to-earth approach to cooking - from The Naked Chef to 30-Minute Meals - have made him a household favourite the length and breadth of the country. Rising from humble pastry chef to television superstar by catching the eye of producers during a documentary about the River Café, his on-screen charisma meant that he featured heavily in the final programme and the offers came flooding in...and so The Naked Chef was born. Jamie's passion shone through and a whole generation of young people were captivated by his enthusiasm. Cooking was suddenly cool! His television series and books gave Jamie fame and fortune the world over, but he always wanted to do something positive with his success. Through his fifteen charity restaurants and campaigns to revolutionise school dinners and get Britain cooking again, Jamie has proved himself to be more than simply a celebrity chef. His desire to bring about radical change has seen him meet with top politicians and raise millions of pounds for good causes. This is the fun and fascinating story behind Jamie Oliver: talented chef, father of four, television celebrity, political campaigner and national institution.

The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Jamie Oliver Way

The Unauthorized Guide To Doing Business the Jamie Oliver Way
Author: Trevor Clawson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857080334

Love him or loathe him, Jamie Oliver is one of the best-known and richest celebrity chefs in the world. But there is more to the man than his linguine. He towers over a business empire that comprises restaurants, shops, cookware, food, magazines, books, DVDs and television production. So how does he maintain his brand name and values across such diverse interests? The Unauthorized Guide to Doing Business the Jamie Oliver Way draws out the universal lessons from Jamie Oliver’s remarkable success and identifies 10 secret strategies for business growth and branding that can be applied to any business or career: Be yourself, but more so Extend the brand Build on what you’re good at Remember the social dimension Become the face of a supermarket Deal with adversity Go international Protect the brand Be controversial Be bold Want to be the best? The secrets of phenomenal success are in your hands. Check out the other Unauthorized Guides in this series: Richard Branson; Duncan Bannatyne; Alan Sugar; Bill Gates; and Philip Green.

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver

Arise Sir Jamie Oliver
Author: Stafford Hildred
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781844544455

This is the story behind the devoted husband, father of two, talented chef, television celebrity, political animal and national institution.

How They Blew It

How They Blew It
Author: Jamie Oliver
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2010-07-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0749459654

How They Blew It is a series of eye-popping tales of entrepreneurs and business leaders who went from corporate gurus to financial disaster zones in rapid and humiliating fashion. Full of surprising details and mind-blowing sums of money, it looks at the characteristics of these leaders and the fine line between hero and zero.How They Blew It is about the people at the heart of these business catastrophes. It is about what drives them to succeed and then to fail. It is a compelling examination of the rights and wrongs of each case and it seeks to get into the minds of the people behind the business disasters and ask "Why the hell did they do that?" By examining how business ventures can go so badly wrong, you can learn to avoid those mistakes in the first place.

Jamie Oliver

Jamie Oliver
Author: Stafford Hildred
Publisher: Blake Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Cooks
ISBN: 9781903402559

Not only is Jamie Oliver Britain's most popular chef, he is one of the country's most popular personalities. The authors have approached Jamie's friends, family and colleagues to produce an incisive, witty biography that shows just what makes Jamie tick.

The Rise & Fall of Great Powers

The Rise & Fall of Great Powers
Author: Tom Rachman
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385676964

The New York Times and Globe & Mail-bestselling author of The Imperfectionists returns with an intricately woven novel about a bookseller who travels the world to make sense of her puzzling past. Tooly Zylberberg tells a story: as a child, she was stolen from home, stashed at a den of thieves, then adopted by crooks there, who ended up raising her and even using the little girl in capers around the globe. But Tooly understands only fragments of what happened in Thailand, Italy, New York and beyond. Then, a desperate message reaches her musty bookshop in Wales, and she is lured into a journey that will reveal the secret of her childhood. Celebrated for his ingenious plotting, humanity and humor, Tom Rachman has written a novel that will amplify his reputation as one of the most exciting young writers today.

A Mercy

A Mercy
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 030737307X

A powerful tragedy distilled into a small masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader in 1680s United States, when the slave trade is still in its infancy. Reluctantly he takes a small slave girl in part payment from a plantation owner for a bad debt. Feeling rejected by her slave mother, 14-year-old Florens can read and write and might be useful on his farm. Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from the handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved, who comes riding into their lives . . . At the novel's heart, like Beloved, it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and a daughter – a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.

A History of Food in 100 Recipes

A History of Food in 100 Recipes
Author: William Sitwell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2013-06-18
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 031625570X

A riveting narrative history of food as seen through 100 recipes, from ancient Egyptian bread to modernist cuisine. We all love to eat, and most people have a favorite ingredient or dish. But how many of us know where our much-loved recipes come from, who invented them, and how they were originally cooked? In A History of Food in 100 Recipes, culinary expert and BBC television personality William Sitwell explores the fascinating history of cuisine from the first cookbook to the first cupcake, from the invention of the sandwich to the rise of food television. A book you can read straight through and also use in the kitchen, A History of Food in 100 Recipes is a perfect gift for any food lover who has ever wondered about the origins of the methods and recipes we now take for granted.