Examines the life, work, and cultural influence of the celebrated and controversial singer, songwriter, musician, and pop-culture icon.

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A humorous guide to looking and feeling fabulous draws on the author's expertise as a style icon and creative ambassador, in a text that also shares insider tips and offbeat personal anecdotes.

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"Cody Hatcher is the kind of teenager you don't want your kids hanging with. That's the book on him and it's why the citizens of Mineral Springs have no problem at all believing that he's guilty of three rapes. His mother, Cheryl, an old lover of Nameless's, is also being harassed by vindictive townspeople. It's against such odds that he must work to prove Cody innocent. There are few to help him and plenty to get in his way. It's a classic situation...

In the superbly illustrated, similarly extraordinary Palm, Fred Gray portrays the immense cultural and historical significance of these iconic and controversial plants, unfurling a tale as long and beguiling as their bladed fronds. -- Publisher.