The New York Times Bestseller*One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of 2015*An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Petty, by an accomplished writer and musician who toured with Petty.
This is the amazing and true story of Belma Vardy, who as a young child lived through the brutal and terrifying events that accompanied the end of World War II and the sudden erection of the Berlin Wall, when East was separated from West and families were ripped apart.
Keine Biografie, sondern ein Statement: eine Ost-Schauspielerin über die Liebe zu ihrer HeimatDas Talent wurde Anne Kasprik in die Wiege gelegt: der Vater Hans-Joachim Kasprzik ein erfolgreicher Regisseur in der DDR, die Mutter ebenfalls im Filmgeschäft.
When Herb Kent was a straight-A college student in the 1940s, his white professor told him, "e;You have the best voice in class, but you'll never make it in radio because you're a Negro.
This memoir follows a punk rock pioneer on his slide into drug abuse and life as an armed robber, all the way through life in recovery and what it's like to look back on those times, knowing all the while that he is still under the threat of three strikes, a twenty-five-to-life prison sentence waiting.
Bruce Springsteen is one of the most important and controversial rock stars of our times: this is the story of the man - a complex, poetic loner whose albums went on to sell 18 million copies - and the band that gave his inner vision a punch and a swagger.
Focuses exclusively on the studio craft of the late rap legend, Featuring exclusive interviews with many of his producers, including a lengthy, multi-chapter interview with Shakurs closest musical collaborator, Johnny J, among others, offering fans never-before-revealed insight into 2-Pacs recording method, the inter-workings of his songwriting process
Extrait : "Dans les premiers jours de juin 1833, après avoir revu Oxford, je voulus revoir Cambridge, que j'avais visité une première fois dix années auparavant : je ne faisais pas un pèlerinage scientifique aux deux anciennes universités anglaises; Je n'avais d'autre but que de retremper en quelque sorte mes souvenirs dans une course rapide à travers les provinces les plus voisines de Londres.
Chronicling a young woman's four-year relationship with the lead singer of the Doors, this intensely intimate memoir provides a direct and unprecedented view of the late-1960s Los Angeles subculture.
Live Fast, Die Young: Rembering the Short Life of James Dean is a first - revealing James Dean from the inside out by someone who knew him intimately, in more ways than one.
»We Are the Champions«, »I Want to Break Free«, »Bohemian Rhapsody«, »We Will Rock You« oder »Another One Bites the Dust« - die großen Hits der Band Queen kennt jeder.
'If you're looking to ease yourself back into normality after lockdown, Born to be Mild should be top of your reading list' Mail OnlineA funny, life-affirming memoir from the creator of social media empire Very British Problems, about how to start again when everything's gone wrong.
Superstar in a Masquerade tells the story about Leon Russell, an award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, who was born with cerebral palsy, and learned to master the piano.
Extrait : "Au mois de mai 1789, Étienne, âgé de huit ans, était confié aux soins de Savouré dont la pension relevait du collège de Lizieux où le jeune enfant devait achever ses études.
In February 1822 the writer and adventurer Edward John Trelawny arrived in Pisa to make the acquaintance of his heroes Shelley and Byron, leaving a broken marriage and an exotic seafaring career behind him.
Ed Sheeran erzählt seine Geschichte, von seinen ersten musikalischen Erfahrungen, seinen Einflüssen über sein erstes Studioalbum und seine erste Tournee bis hin zu seinem großen Erfolg mit seinem zweiten Album "x".
THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum.
