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In the sequel to Russell's best-selling biography 'My Booky Wook' we follow the now sober but still scandalous, sex-fuelled star on his electrifying rise to international fame. A roller coaster ride through tours, films, stand up and tabloids – this time, it's personal.Rarely has a sequel delivered on the promise of the original with such literary and comic gusto. In Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal, Russell Brand takes off where his international best-seller My Book Wook left off. Brand is sober and, after dedicating his life and compromising his sanity in the pursuit of fame, he has had his first taste of national notoriety. Does fame bring happiness and inner peace? Not exactly, but it does mean a lot of sex. It also ushers in an unforgettable and raucous ride through chat shows, tabloid scandals, and Hollywood, all the while detailing Brand's search for the contentment that fame can't quite grant. Booky Wook 2 is a "celebrity memoir" unlike any you've read before: more clever and inventive than ever, Russell Brand explores the consequences of massive stardom just as he demonstrates the power of language and wit to make sense of it all.

In the sequel to Russell's best-selling biography 'My Booky Wook' we follow the now sober but still scandalous, sex-fuelled star on his electrifying rise to international fame. A roller coaster ride through tours, films, stand up and tabloids – this time, it's personal.Rarely has a sequel delivered on the promise of the original with such literary and comic gusto. In Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal, Russell Brand takes off where his international best-seller My Book Wook left off. Brand is sober and, after dedicating his life and compromising his sanity in the pursuit of fame, he has had his first taste of national notoriety. Does fame bring happiness and inner peace? Not exactly, but it does mean a lot of sex. It also ushers in an unforgettable and raucous ride through chat shows, tabloid scandals, and Hollywood, all the while detailing Brand's search for the contentment that fame can't quite grant. Booky Wook 2 is a "celebrity memoir" unlike any you've read before: more clever and inventive than ever, Russell Brand explores the consequences of massive stardom just as he demonstrates the power of language and wit to make sense of it all.

This collection of Russell Brand's columns for The Guardian not only follows the drama and tumult of the domestic and international football season but also a season in the life of one of our most celebrated comic talents.Brand chronicles events both on and off the pitch as he travels between Upton Park and Hollywood. In his literary riffings, football legends and newfound heroes brush shoulders with a pantheon of cultural icons. Matches are won and lost, Brand's faith in his beloved West Ham tested, while the palette of company he keeps stretches from Morrissey to Gallagher to Gascoigne and back again.Managerial manoeuvres at Wigan are discussed in reference to Joe Orton and the mysteries of the souks. The departure of Mourinho sparks reminisces of the shapely arse of a previous girlfriend. Love blossoms in the unlikely form of Paolo DiCanio. Arsenal's fluidity and purpose brings to mind yogic coitus of Sting and Trudie Styler. And the fate of his beloved West Ham is seen in parallel with the workings of his legendary libido.'On what little things does happiness depend' he quotes Oscar Wilde - in football as in life.

The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don't know that you have it.What unhealthy habits and attachments are holding your life together? Are you unconsciously dependent on food? Bad relationships? A job that doesn't fulfill you? Numb, constant perusal of your phone, looking for what?My qualification for writing this book is not that I am better than you, it's that I am worse. I am an addict, addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, money, love and fame. The program in Recovery has given Russell Brand freedom from all addictions and it will do the same for you.This system offers nothing less than liberation from self-centredness, a new perspective, freedom from the illusion of suffering for anyone who is willing to take the necessary steps.

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself?Mentors – Russell Brand's follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery – describes the benefits of seeking and offering help.‘I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a spiritual being and as a man who believes that we, as individuals and the great globe itself, are works in progress and that through a chain of mentorship we can improve individually and globally, together . . . One of the unexpected advantages my drug addiction granted is that the process of recovery that I practise includes a mentorship tradition.I will encourage you to find mentors of your own and explain how you may better use the ones you already have. Furthermore, I will tell you about my experiences mentoring others and how invaluable that has been on my ongoing journey to self-acceptance and how it has helped me to transform from a bewildered and volatile vagabond to a (mostly) present and (usually) focussed husband and father.’ – Russell BrandMentors: How to Help and Be Helped describes the impact that a series of significant people have had on the author – from the wayward youths he tried to emulate growing up in Essex, through the first ex-junkie stage, to the people he turns to today to help him be a better father. It explores how we all – consciously and unconsciously – choose guides, mentors and heroes throughout our lives and examines the new perspectives they can bring.

Could happiness lie in helping others and being open to accepting help yourself?Mentors – Russell Brand's follow up to Sunday Times number one bestseller, Recovery – describes the benefits of seeking and offering help.‘I have mentors in every area of my life, as a comic, a dad, a recovering drug addict, a spiritual being and as a man who believes that we, as individuals and the great globe itself, are works in progress and that through a chain of mentorship we can improve individually and globally, together . . . One of the unexpected advantages my drug addiction granted is that the process of recovery that I practise includes a mentorship tradition.I will encourage you to find mentors of your own and explain how you may better use the ones you already have. Furthermore, I will tell you about my experiences mentoring others and how invaluable that has been on my ongoing journey to self-acceptance and how it has helped me to transform from a bewildered and volatile vagabond to a (mostly) present and (usually) focussed husband and father.’ – Russell BrandMentors: How to Help and Be Helped describes the impact that a series of significant people have had on the author – from the wayward youths he tried to emulate growing up in Essex, through the first ex-junkie stage, to the people he turns to today to help him be a better father. It explores how we all – consciously and unconsciously – choose guides, mentors and heroes throughout our lives and examines the new perspectives they can bring.

How to Become a Christian in Seven Days* is the story of how Russell Brand found Christ and you can too.This is New York Times bestselling author Russell Brand’s testimony and guide to a timeless, yet zeitgeist-capturing, grounded, yet psychedelic encounter with Christ.As much as the world is in cultural and political collapse, unless you’ve been living in a billionaire bunker on Epstein Island, you know we are in an extraordinary revival.With his customary, almost shocking frankness, Brand describes his apostasy from “demonic Hollywood” and radical conversion to Christianity against a backdrop of his son’s heart surgery and truly jaw-dropping spiritual warfare.If you are beginning to awaken to the profound changes that are sweeping our planet and want an eyewitness account from the front line, described in gentle yet visceral prose, read this book now.*May take 50 years of sin and serious f*ck ups to get started

How to Become a Christian in Seven Days* is the story of how Russell Brand found Christ and you can too.This is New York Times bestselling author Russell Brands testimony and guide to a timeless, yet zeitgeist-capturing, grounded, yet psychedelic encounter with Christ.As much as the world is in cultural and political collapse, unless youve been living in a billionaire bunker on Epstein Island, you know we are in an extraordinary revival.With his customary, almost shocking frankness, Brand describes his apostasy from demonic Hollywood and radical conversion to Christianity against a backdrop of false allegations, his sons heart surgery, and truly jaw-dropping spiritual warfare.If you are beginning to awaken to the profound changes that are sweeping our planet and want an eyewitness account from the front line, described in gentle yet visceral prose, read this book now.*May take 50 years of sin and serious f*ck ups to get started

Alkohol, Zigaretten, Essen, Smartphone, Job, Beziehung – wir leben in einer Welt voller Abhängigkeiten. Und wenn man nicht gerade eine der glücklichen Ausnahmen ist, weiß man meist gar nicht, dass man abhängig ist. Fast jeder von uns hat ungesunde Gewohnheiten oder bestimmte Dinge, ohne die man scheinbar nicht leben kann.Auch Russell Brand war abhängig. Abhängig von Drogen, Alkohol, Sex, Geld, Liebe und Ruhm.In diesem Buch verrät er, wie es ihm gelungen ist, sich von den Zwängen seines Lebens zu lösen.Nur 12 Schritte sind vonnöten – jeder kann sich von seinen Abhängigkeiten befreien, ganz neue Perspektiven kennenlernen und wahre Freiheit erlangen. Wer es wirklich will, kann es schaffen!

Alkohol, Zigaretten, Essen, Smartphone, Job, Beziehung – wir leben in einer Welt voller Abhängigkeiten. Und wenn man nicht gerade eine der glücklichen Ausnahmen ist, weiß man meist gar nicht, dass man abhängig ist. Fast jeder von uns hat ungesunde Gewohnheiten oder bestimmte Dinge, ohne die man scheinbar nicht leben kann.Auch Russell Brand war abhängig. Abhängig von Drogen, Alkohol, Sex, Geld, Liebe und Ruhm.In diesem Buch verrät er, wie es ihm gelungen ist, sich von den Zwängen seines Lebens zu lösen.Nur 12 Schritte sind vonnöten – jeder kann sich von seinen Abhängigkeiten befreien, ganz neue Perspektiven kennenlernen und wahre Freiheit erlangen. Wer es wirklich will, kann es schaffen!

Könnte es sein, dass wahres Glück darin liegt, anderen zu helfen und von anderen Hilfe anzunehmen?»Mentoren« – das Nachfolgebuch des »Sunday Times«-Bestsellers »Die 12 Schritte aus der Sucht« – geht genau dieser Frage nach und erklärt, was zwischenmenschliche Hilfe bewirken kann.»Ich habe in jedem Lebensbereich Mentoren an meiner Seite – als Schauspieler, als Vater, als Ex-Junkie, als spiritueller Mensch –, und ich bin fest davon überzeugt, dass wir als Einzelne – wie die Welt als Ganzes – im stetigen Wandel sind und wir uns nur als Gemeinschaft weiterentwickeln können.« Russell BrandIn »Mentoren« verrät Russell Brand, wie eine Reihe bedeutender Menschen sein Leben verändert hat – angefangen von seiner missratenen Jugend in Essex über seine Jahre als Ex-Junkie bis hin zur Gegenwart, in der seine Mentoren ihm helfen, ein guter Mensch und Vater zu sein. In seinem Buch ergründet er, wie jeder Mensch – bewusst oder unbewusst – nach Vorbildern, Mentoren und Helden sucht und wie sie neue Perspektiven in das eigene Leben bringen können. Und er ermuntert den Leser, selbst einen Mentor fürs Leben zu finden, um von dessen Erfahrungen zu profitieren und schließlich selbst einmal die eigenen Erfahrungen als Mentor teilen zu können.

Könnte es sein, dass wahres Glück darin liegt, anderen zu helfen und von anderen Hilfe anzunehmen?»Mentoren« – das Nachfolgebuch des »Sunday Times«-Bestsellers »Die 12 Schritte aus der Sucht« – geht genau dieser Frage nach und erklärt, was zwischenmenschliche Hilfe bewirken kann.»Ich habe in jedem Lebensbereich Mentoren an meiner Seite – als Schauspieler, als Vater, als Ex-Junkie, als spiritueller Mensch –, und ich bin fest davon überzeugt, dass wir als Einzelne – wie die Welt als Ganzes – im stetigen Wandel sind und wir uns nur als Gemeinschaft weiterentwickeln können.« Russell BrandIn »Mentoren« verrät Russell Brand, wie eine Reihe bedeutender Menschen sein Leben verändert hat – angefangen von seiner missratenen Jugend in Essex über seine Jahre als Ex-Junkie bis hin zur Gegenwart, in der seine Mentoren ihm helfen, ein guter Mensch und Vater zu sein. In seinem Buch ergründet er, wie jeder Mensch – bewusst oder unbewusst – nach Vorbildern, Mentoren und Helden sucht und wie sie neue Perspektiven in das eigene Leben bringen können. Und er ermuntert den Leser, selbst einen Mentor fürs Leben zu finden, um von dessen Erfahrungen zu profitieren und schließlich selbst einmal die eigenen Erfahrungen als Mentor teilen zu können.

Con una hilarante mezcla de honestidad, sentido del humor y compasión, el humorista Russell Brand cuenta su salvaje historia, y comparte algo de lo que ha aprendido durante los quince años que han pasado desde su recuperación. El autor se dirige a los que sufren cualquier tipo de adicción odependencia. No distingue entre drogas, alcohol, cafeína, azúcar, trabajo, estrés, malas relaciones, pantallas o incluso la fama. Brand afirma que la adicción puede adoptar distintas formas y que para mantenerse limpio, cuerdo y libre, uno tiene que poner mucha atención a su día a día.La pregunta no es por qué eres adicto, sino ¿qué dolor estás intentando tapar con tu adicción?, ¿por qué te dejas atrapar en el curroequivocado, el estilo de vida equivocado o en los brazos de la persona equivocada?

Massarbetslösheten lamslår våra länder, var sjunde levande människa svälter och i Europa görs utsatta invandrare till syndabockar. Under tiden åker 85 personer runt i en buss med halva världens tillgångar. Ska vi skratta åt allt, eller gråta? Russell Brand är bara en underhållare, en clown i roliga, röda kläder. Men som komiker undrar han varför vi inte märker när det skämtas på vår bekostnad. Simon Bank, Aftonbladet Fakta, humor och en påminnelse om att det är vi själva som har skapat en ojämlik värld och det vi själva har skapat kan vi också omskapa. Jeanette Wintersson, The Guardian Som originell komiker med blick för att visualisera den ekonomiska maktens absurda orättvisa är han bitvis briljant. Sydsvenskan Den oefterhärmliga komikern Russell Brand vill att du ansluter dig till revolutionen. Har du, precis som han, fått nog av hur världen ser ut och fungerar? Frågar du dig själv varför en procent av världens befolkning äger nästan hälften av dess tillgångar? Upprörs du av att bankernas bonusar nådde rekordnivåer under ett år med extrem lågkonjunktur? Blir du arg av det faktum att företag som omsätter miljarder knappt betalar någon skatt? Har du, ärligt talat, förtroende för de folkvalda? Insiktsfullt, respektlöst och med mycket humor tar Russell Brand upp frågorna som många vill ha svar på. I denna ögonöppnande och underhållande bok tar sig Russel Brand an ämnen som ekologi, ojämlikhet, upplopp, finansiell härdsmälta och den totala bristen på tilltro till politiker. Med lika delar humor och passion uppmanar han sina läsare att skaka av sig apatin och börja ifrågasätta det rådande systemet. Det här är hans stridsrop. Det här är Russell Brands revolution.

The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller from Russell Brand.'This is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don't know that you have it.What unhealthy habits and attachments are holding your life together? Are you unconsciously dependent on food? Bad relationships? A job that doesn't fulfill you? Numb, constant perusal of your phone, looking for what?My qualification for writing this book is not that I am better than you, it's that I am worse. I am an addict, addicted to drugs, alcohol, sex, money, love and fame.'The program in Recovery has given Russell Brand freedom from all addictions and it will do the same for you.This system offers nothing less than liberation from self-centredness, a new perspective, freedom from the illusion of suffering for anyone who is willing to take the necessary steps.