Sir Elton John Books

Dressed in little—or nothing—more than Jimmy Choo spikes and a single piece of Cartier jewelry, a constellation of beautiful and successful women bare all in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Sophie Dahl, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Heidi Klum, Ann Heche, Rachel Hunter, Jane Leeves, Paris and Nicky Hilton, Emmanuelle Signer, Minnie and Kate Driver, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Victoria Beckham, to name a few, discard their designer outfits and strike a pose. All the pictures are taken by women, including photographers Mary McCartney, Sam Taylor-Wood, and Ellen von Unwerth.

In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the film <i>Rocketman</i>.<br /><br />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 on his first tour of America, facing an astonished audience in his tight silver hotpants, bare legs and a T-shirt with ROCK AND ROLL emblazoned across it in sequins. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.<br /><br />His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with song-writing partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.<br /><br />In <i>Me</i> Elton also writes about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father.