Elton John

"Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt, and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again. His life has been full of drama, from the early...

This updated edition offers 60 of Elton's best: Bennie and the Jets * The Bitch Is Back * Candle in the Wind * Crocodile Rock * Daniel * Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road * I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues * The One * Rocket Man * Sad Songs (Say So Much) * Tiny Dancer * Written in the Stars * Your Song * and more!

This retrospective collection celebrates 17 hits that rocketed Elton to the top of the pop charts. Includes: Bennie and the Jets * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle in the Wind * Crocodile Rock * Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me * Philadelphia Freedom * Rocket Man * Your Song * and more.

Adopting a child means undergoing rigorous assessment marked by bureaucracy, paperwork and, often, an outlay of cash. Filmmakers Michael Dudko and Olga Rudnieva ask themselves if they are fit for parenthood after they personally witness Sir Elton John and David Furnish's failure to adopt. Their investigation of the regulations, cultural prejudices, and child trafficking policies behind the process takes them from the slums of Ukraine, through China,...