Success is possible. Although there are potential talents that fall by the wayside, unable to bear the initial judgment, many more persist until they become global icons. In this book, you'll discover the amazing stories of the celebrities that had to overcome adversity to achieve their dreams.

With over two decades of experience in monitoring and analysis show business, he has developed direct contact with some of the most well-known celebrities in the world, this has allowed him to have inside privileged information which for the first time he is putting into pages.

-Introduction-Pop and rockBeatlesEminemJimy HendrixMadonnaU2Elvis Presley-Classical MusicLudwig Van BeethovenGeorges BizetGiuseppe Verdi-Cinema and televisionFred AstaireTim BurtonCharles ChaplinWalt DisneySerguei EisensteinBuster KeatonMarilyn MonroeBrad PittRobert RedfordJerry SeinfeldSteven SpielbergOprah Winfrey-LiteratureIsaac AsimovAna FrankJames JoyceStephen KingStieg LarssonVladimir NabokovK.J. RowlingGertrude SteinJohn Kennedy Toole-ScienceGiordano BrunoCharles DarwinAlbert EinsteinSigmund FreudGalileo GalileiIsaac Newton-SportsMohamed AlíBjorn BorgJorge CarrascosaBobby FisherMichael Jordan-The visual artsVincent Van GoghAndy Warhol-ThecnologyThomas EdisonHenry FordSteve JobsFerdinand Porsche-Social commitmentHannah ArendtMangal PandeyRosa ParksThe "Salon des refuses"