Chris Heath Libri

"Se il mondo fosse giusto, io oggi non sarei una pop star. Me ne starei in qualche pub di Stoke-on-Trent, a chiacchierare su come cantavo bene da bambino. Per fortuna, il mondo non è affatto giusto." (Robbie Williams) "Essere famosi nel ventesimo secolo significa venire bersagliati da piccole bugie, giorno dopo giorno. Essere famosi nel ventunesimo secolo è come ritrovarsi intrappolati in un libro con un narratore inaffidabile, e cercare in ogni pagina di spiegare che la storia è diversa. Come si fa a non desiderare, ogni tanto, che le cose non stiano così?" (Chris Heath)

No other pop group in recent history has faced fame with such intelligence, humour and shrewdness as the Pet Shop Boys. it is an unusually intimate portrait of two maverick British musicians always reluctant to compromise. 'There was a time when the Pet Shop Boys seemed to exist entirely on radio, television and in magazines.

Focusing on the lesser-known narrative of the Holocaust, this book presents a well-researched and clearly articulated account of the Shoah by Bullets. It sheds light on an often-overlooked aspect of this tragic history, offering readers a compelling exploration of the events and their implications. The author's meticulous approach ensures that this important story receives the attention it deserves, making it a significant contribution to Holocaust literature.

The Pet Shop Boys are one of the most successful and unusual bands of the last five decades. They are the pop duo that proves pop music can be modern, ecstatic and playful as well as serious and intelligent, winning them legions of devoted fans throughout the world. In 1989, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe invited journalist Chris Heath and photographer Lawrence Watson to shadow them around Hong Kong, Japan and the UK as they embarked on their first-ever tour. This book is the result: an immersive portrait giving access into the duo’s inner sanctum, showing them in brilliantly observed detail as they work, relax, gossip, argue and occasionally try to make sense of what they do. ‘As clear a picture as could be wished for of the seething mass of elegant contradictions that is the Pet Shop Boys’ on-the-road experience.’ Independent on Sunday ‘This superbly reported book transcends tired rock journalism cliché. It’s about what it means to be a pop star, what it means to be a Pet Shop Boy… how to love pop, hold it to a higher standard and subvert its expectations.’ Laura Snapes

Ever since a sixteen-year-old boy called Robert Peter Williams joined a boy band and was told his new name, he has been Robbie Williams. It has been twenty years now. Twenty years of singing, songwriting and performing. Twenty years of adventure, mischief, hiding and self-exposure. Twenty years of triumph, mishap, uncertainty and irrepressibility. Twenty years of searching for the right balance between growing up and gloriously refusing to grow up. 'It's like it happened to someone else' he says, as if he needs to remind himself that it did happen. But it really did. Here is the evidence

A vivid and detailed story of the real highs and lows as Robbie has found his way forward, that is unprecedented in its intimacy and honesty, the uncensored and compelling portrait of the man as you've never seen him before

Commemorates and celebrates the lives of the soldiers from Denby & District.