One Direction: A biografia

by Danny White

Pródiga em revelar jovens talentos, a cena pop britânica tem um novo fenô a boy band One Direction. O sucesso meteórico começou num programa de calouros da TV inglesa e rapidamente se espalhou pelo resto do mundo, tanto que em menos de um ano o quinteto já vendeu 12 milhões de discos. Com menos de vinte anos cada um, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan e Liam Payne foram os caçulas da cerimônia de encerramento da Olimpíada de Londres.

A ascenção do grupo foi meteórica — mas de onde vieram esses lindos e talentosos garotos? Em One a biografia, as histórias de Harry, Niall, Louis, Zayn e Liam são reveladas. As peças escolares, os shows de talentos e as noites de karaokê, os doces romances e as amargas dores de cotovelo, assim como alguns dos desafios mais difíceis de suas vidas, como a grave doença que Liam teve na infância e a dor das separações familiares.

O autor nos conta sobre a pulsante jornada de altos e baixos do programa de calouros X Factor, que os mandou para casa como artistas solo, apenas para reconvocá-los logo depois, transformando-os em uma banda. Na final, eles ficaram em terceiro lugar. Mas depois do programa, foram contratados pelo produtor Simon Cowell, que os impulsionou a um sucesso comercial instantâneo e colossal.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2012

About the author

Wilford Daniel (Danny) White is a former quarterback and punter for the Dallas Cowboys and an American football coach in the Arena Football League. He has been the color commentator for Cowboys games on Compass Media Networks' America's Team Radio Network since the 2011 season.
A graduate of Westwood High School in Mesa, Arizona, he didn't receive a lot of notice while being the starter at quarterback, because back then he was a better baseball prospect.
Frank Kush, then the football head coach at Arizona State University, helped convinced Bobby Winkles, the school's baseball coach, to sign White to a scholarship with the provision that he would also play punter for the football team. During those early years Kush gave him a chance to improve his skills as a quarterback, which eventually would lead him to become the starter midway through his sophomore season, ending up throwing for 6 touchdowns in a game against the University of New Mexico.
White went on to have a stellar career as a quarterback and punter, compiling a 33-4 record, winning 3 Fiesta Bowls, setting 7 NCAA passing records and being named All-America in 1973, when he lead the nation's second rated total offense. He finished with 6,717 passing yards, 64 touchdowns, 42 interceptions and averaged 41.7 yards per punt.
Besides having his jersey retired, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, the State of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame and the Arizona State University Hall of Fame. In 2000 he was named Arizona Athlete of the Century by the Arizona Republic.