Since Avril Lavigne received a record contract at sixteen, she has struggled to maintain her individualism while creating music that resonates, particularly with young people, worldwide. This factual account covers the major events in her life from childhood to her current recordings and movie projects.

"A biography of Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne"--Provided by publisher.

I'm gonna dress what's me, I'm gonna act what's me and I'm gonna sing what's me. Still only 18 years old, Avril Lavigne has shot to fame with her own unique blend of teenage attitude and rebellious songwriting. Her debut album, Let Go, hit the UK number one slot in January 2003, after spawning the massive hits Complicated, Sk8er Boi and I'm With You. home town of Napanee, Canada. She was plucked from these unlikely surroundings by Arista Records boss L.A. Reid at the age of 16 and moved first to New York, then Los Angeles to work on her music. Her raw energy and songs proved the perfect combination for a generation of kids enthused by nu-rock bands like Blink-182. She has become one of the biggest female rock stars to come out of Canada since Alanis Morrisette. Illustrated with photographs of Avril herself in action, and filled with all the information her fans could want, this book looks at one of the most exciting rock stars on the scene.

Avril Lavigne has gradually won the respect of music fans and industry insiders alike for her uncompromising attitude, and refusal to conform to the stereotypical sex pot mold of her female contemporaries. Increasingly sophisticated musically, Lavigne is poised to become one of her generation's greatest singers and pop music innovators.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our songbook features all 12 exuberant and hook-laden tunes from Avril's third CD: The Best Damn Thing * Contagious * Everything Back but You * Girlfriend * Hot * I Can Do Better * I Don't Have to Try * Innocence * Keep Holding On * One of Those Girls * Runaway * When You're Gone.

(Piano Solo Songbook). Our folio for Disney's lauded live action/animated hit directed by Tim Burton matches the soundtrack, with piano solo arrangements of a dozen songs from Danny Elfman's score (Alice and Bayard's Journey * Alice Decides * Alice Escapes * Alice Reprise #4 * Alice Returns * Alice's Theme * Blood of the Jabberwocky * The Dungeon * Little Alice * Only a Dream * Proposal * The White Queen), plus the single "Alice" by Avril Lavigne. Includes eight eye-popping pages of full-color art from this visually stimulating film.

‘I am damned,’ thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die. He feels that somewhere down the line he has made a grave mistake, but this realisation passes in a dreadful heartbeat and is gone—leaving him in a room at the Grenville Hotel, in his underwear, with nothing but himself and his appetites. Bunny Munro drinks too much, smokes too much and thinks of sex all the time. Following his wife’s suicide, he takes his nine-years-old son on a trip to recover from the tragedy. But he is about to discover that his days are numbered. Dark, funny and raunchy, The Death of Bunny Munro is the story of a man full of emotional atyachar. Written in the high octane, charged prose that has made Nick Cave one of the world’s most acclaimed lyricists, it is an unforgettable book.

Some human suffering can't be "fixed." Maybe yours is like that, or maybe you have a family member or friend in that situation. John Janaro's been there--in fact, still is there. His struggles with debilitating illness, chronic depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder could easily bring on a massive case of self-pity, but Janaro has found a better way to live.