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"Never Gonna Give You Up" catapulted Rick Astley to fame and transformed his life forever. Now, he tells his story in his own words. At nineteen, he signed with Pete Waterman of Stock Aitken Waterman, ...

While the 650 pages in between document the main events of her life, the book is not strictly a biography. Best described as a case study of the national consciousness, it might be filed under ...