-- Alicia Keys ist eine der bedeutendsten Musikerinnen unserer Zeit und eine Ikone der internationalen Natürlichkeitsbewegung-- Sie erzählt erstmals von ihrem Werdegang, ihren Erfolgen und Niederlagen-- Selbstbestimmung, Selbstwert, eine individuelle Definition von Weiblichkeit: Die Sängerin ist ein generationenübergreifendes Vorbild für starke FrauenIn ihrer Autobiografie gibt die Ausnahme-Musikerin und Ikone für weibliche Selbstbestimmung Alicia Keys einen Mut machenden Einblick in ihre Entwicklung zu einer der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten unserer Zeit.
War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 3 covers the air warfare during the II Angolan War – fought 1975-1992 – through narrating the emergence and operational history of the Angolan Air Force and Air Defence Force (FAPA/DAA) as told by Angolan and Cuban sources.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti was the Afrobeat music maestro whose life and time provide the lens through which we can outline the postcolonial trajectory of the Nigerian state as well as the dynamics of most other African states.
In Roland Allen: A Theology of Mission, a companion work with Roland Allen: A Missionary Life, Steven Richard Rutt completes a portrait of Roland Allen (1868-1947) in this intellectual biography.
Creating Q*bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games takes you inside the video arcade game industry during the classic decades of the 1980s and 1990s.
A wonderful entertainment that reflects Alistair Cooke's love affair with cinema, from his early days as a film critic to his iconic role as the host of Masterpiece TheatreHumphrey Bogart, Fred Astaire, Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, and Marilyn Monroe are just a few of the stars profiled, along with many directors, in this sparkling and comprehensive collection of reviews, interviews, and essays.
Luigi Russolo (1885-1947)-painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement-was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics.
"e;Threading the subtle seam between what lives and what remains, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause succeeds in conjuring the poetry of Marcel Marceau's performance as both a character on stage and in history.
In the fall of 1959 Norma Beecroft, a twenty-five-year-old composition student, left her home in Toronto and travelled to Rome to study with the eminent Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi.
With her superb coloratura soprano, passion for the world of opera, and down-to-earth personality, Beverly Sills made high art accessible to millions from the time of her meteoric rise to stardom in 1966 until her death in 2007.
Samuel "e;Roxy"e; Rothafel (1882-1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity.
Complete with never-before-revealed details about the sex, violence, and drugs in her life, this biography reveals the incredibly turbulent life of Motown artist Mary Wells.
Brings to light the life and work of one of France's most distinguished musicians in the most complete biography in any language of Charles-Marie Widor.
***Ein kämpferisches Leben zwischen Lindenstraße und Christopher Street***Der erste Kuss zweier Männer in einer deutschen Fernsehserie machte Georg Uecker, alias Dr.
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai investigates the rich, prolific career of an acclaimed leading man of Hong Kong and Chinese film and television: the star of more than 70 films and dozens of television series, and the only Hong Kong actor to earn the Cannes Film Festival's best-actor award.
In the fall of 1959 Norma Beecroft, a twenty-five-year-old composition student, left her home in Toronto and travelled to Rome to study with the eminent Italian composer Goffredo Petrassi.
Growing up in Huntsville, Alabama, during the first quarter of the 20th century, Alabama-born organist and composer Lee Orville Erwin, like many of the 20th century's great American composers, spent time studying in Paris.
In When Rock Met Reggae, Steven Blush takes a spirited, cross-genre perspective in this illuminating chronicle (Booklist) of the crossover of Jamaican, British, and American sounds that changed the face of popular music.
In her powerful and inspiring memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin ';Magic' Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.
