British Expatriates in the United States: Charlie Chaplin, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Wolfram, Ringo Starr, John Pople, Pete Best, Seal, David Byrne (Paperback) - Taschenbuch

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 219. Chapters: Charlie Chaplin, Neil Gaiman, Stephen Wolfram, Ringo Starr, John Pople, Pete Best, Seal, David Byrne, Davy Jones, Rod Stewart, Rachel Weisz, Mal Evans, Sharon Osbourne, Dave Walker, Dave Gahan, Slick Rick, Trevor Horn, Chris Martin, John Mayall, John Wesley Harding, M.I.A., Roger Waters, Akmal Shaikh, George Best, Justin Wilson, A. J. Cronin, Eric A. Havelock, Melanie Brown, Carey Mulligan, Tarik O'Regan, Heather Watson, Idris Elba, Alan Parsons, Rob Terry, Simon Schama, Vince Clarke, Simon Newcomb, Bernie Taupin, Al Stewart, Lita Ford, David McCallum, Brian Roper, Eve Myles, MF Doom, Nicky Hopkins, Young MC, Lloyd Cole, Ivan van Sertima, Chris Stamp, Chiwetel Ejiofor, James McSweeney, Denny Laine, Oliver Smithies, Piers Nash, Liam Gillick, John Waite, Jane Leeves, Leona Naess, Jonathan Ive, Marian McPartland, Simon Reynolds, Steven Wells, Darius Guppy, Marsha Thomason, Jake Nava, Eddie Jobson, Alan White, Alexi Murdoch, Cat Deeley, Peter Dennis, Tommy Eyre, Monie Love, David Oyelowo, Andy Fraser, Finola Hughes, Jon Langford, Sean Yazbeck, Monica Dickens, Tom Lowe, Richard Feachem, Lol Tolhurst, Joey Molland, Joe Leeway, Christopher Hewett, Sonya Walger, Selita Ebanks, Mabel Mercer, Stacey B. Day, Mams Taylor, Sarah Susanka, Sarah Ioannides, Rob Locke, Andy Chapman, Matt Frei, Justine Frischmann, Pamela Mason, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Matt Butcher, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alex Barnett, Ndudi Ebi, Hannah Chaplin, Gina Yashere, Monika Hellwig, Hamish Stuart, Derek Shulman, Millicent Martin, Roy Sinclair, Ajou Deng, Anne Heywood, Jamie Lidell, Paul Whitehead, David Thomson, Nic Harcourt, John Alan Robinson, Franz Sondheimer, Keni Styles, Amanda Foreman, Dee Murray, Adam Campbell, Paul Boyd, Paul Kennerley, Stefanie Reid, Thomas Waters, Lucy Mulloy, Norman McCabe, Anthony Sullivan, Stephen R. Bourne, Dave Wakeling, Paul Crossley, Emma Heming, Arjuna Ardagh, Roxy Jezel, Nic Robertson, Gayle Moher, Michael Dibdin, Stuart Robbins, Roy Keith Black, Peter and Rosemary Grant, Paul Street, Beryl Davis, Dougie Thomson, Eddy Offord, Martin Page, Deryck Maughan, Terri Seymour, Ed Sanders, Charlie Morgan, Sam Golzari, Sonja McCaskie, Catherine P. Saxton, Barbara Stilwell, Matt Ryan, Educated Rapper, Laura Trevelyan, Christopher and Sonya Dove, Jimmy Redfern, Mark O'Toole, John Rushby, Lyn Murray, Johanna Bennett, Gabrielle Beaumont, Terry McDonough, David Massey, John Helliwell, Crauford Kent, Kay Deslys, George Westmore, Stella Reid, Peter Ishkhans, Charles Beeson, Terry Hughes. Excerpt: Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (Tamil: , ; born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A., is a British singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer of Sri Lankan Tamil descent whose eclectic compositions combine elements of hip-hop, electronica, dance, alternative and world music. M.I.A. began her career in 2000 as a visual artist and designer in West London. Since rising to prominence in early 2004 for her singles "Galang" and "Sunshowers," she has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Grammy Awards and the Mercury Prize. She released her debut album Arular in 2005 and second album Kala in 2007. Kala went gold in Canada and the United States and silver in the United Kingdom, and the singles "Boyz" and "Paper Planes" became North American top ten chart favourites in 2008. M.I.A.'s third album Maya was released in 2010 soon after the song-film short "Born Free," and reached the top ten in numerous countries worldw...