Biography: arts and entertainment

First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right.

America knows Jaime Pressly as Joy Turner, the feisty cheatin' ex-wife of Earl Hickey on the NBC hit show My Name Is Earl.

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.

Joe Andoe is an internationally exhibited painter.

US Marine Frank Alexander parlayed a lifelong career in security to a job where he was handpicked to ensure the safety of hip-hop's elite.

The first biography of JR Ralph Casimir (1898-1986), a Pan-Africanist and poet from the Caribbean island of Dominica.

With a Foreword by Benny Golson, Peter King's book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies.

If Memphis is the birthplace of rock 'n' roll, it certainly spent its adolescence along U.

Bruno Mars conquered the music industry with far-reaching flair, selling over 115 million records worldwide as a singer, producer and as a songwriter.

The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist.

Society of Midland Authors Literary Award Winner Curtis Mayfield was one of the seminal vocalists and most talented guitarists of his era.

The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite radio.

"e;From the moment I met Soraya I knew she was a winner, an amazingly talented and beautiful woman with something very spe-cial.

What would it be like to be a part of country music history?

Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed.

From the sweet but asocial adolescent in Edward Scissorhands to Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Johnny Depp has brought to life some of the most challenging, quirky and compelling characters in Hollywood history.

The host of The Bob Edwards Show and Bob Edwards Weekend on Sirius XM Radio, Bob Edwards became the first radio personality with a large national audience to take his chances in the new field of satellite radio.

British popular culture would probably be very different had Larry Stephens not been born.