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In a career spanning more than 30 years, the late Patrick Swayze made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he became one of our most beloved actors.

1959 saw Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the other members of Miles's sextet come together to record the seminal jazz album of all time Kind of Blue. 3 Shades of Blue is a magnificent blended biography on the meandering paths which led Miles, Coltrane and Evans to the mountaintop of 1959 and the aftermath. It's a book about music, business, race, addiction and the cities that gave jazz its home; from New York and LA to Philadelphia, Chicago and Kansas City. Kaplan meditates on creativity and the great forebears of this golden age who would take the music down strange new paths.

In 1980-1981 former COO of Apple Corp, Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines interviewed everyone in the Beatles' inner circle and included a small portion of the transcripts in their international bestselling book The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list. But left in their archives was a treasure trove of unique and candid interviews that they chose not to publish, until now.

In Agatha Christie’s Marple: Expert on Wickedness, ‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple’s appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond. Drawing on a range of material, some of which is newly discovered and previously unpublished, this book explores everything about Miss Marple, from her origins in a series of short stories penned by Christie, to the recent bestselling HarperCollins collection Marple: Twelve New Stories.

From his electrifying rise as a child prodigy in the Jackson 5 to his reign as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s life was a tapestry of genius, complexity, and unmatched influence. In The King of Pop: The Life and Legacy of Michael Jackson, take a deeply inspiring journey into the story of a man whose music, dance, and compassion transcended borders and changed culture forever.

In his novels and short stories, Gabriel García Márquez has transformed the particulars of his own life and the lives of his fellow Colombians into wondrous fiction. While telling the story of the sloppily dressed, skinny young man who rose from obscurity as a provincial journalist to international fame as the progenitor of a new literature, Gerald Martin also considers the tensions in García Márquez's life between celebrity and the personal quest for literary quality, between politics and writing, and between the seductions of power, solitude, and love.

This is the story of an angst-filled kid from the desert, navigating the chaos of his parents' bitter divorce and searching for his place in the world. Each move across the country was a chance to reinvent himself, switching identities from dork to goth to skate punk, and eventually meeting his best friend who just so happens to be his musical soulmate.

Born in the post-WWII turbulence, The Rolling Stones were destined for greatness. This audiobook chronicles their incredible journey, from the gritty pubs of London to the grand stages of America’s top concert venues, where they cemented their status as the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band ever. With raw energy and an unbreakable spirit, the Stones redefined what it meant to be a rock band, proving that rock ‘n’ roll knows no limits.

This book helps listeners hear how George Harrison shaped the sound of The Beatles and how he carried that sound forward into his solo career Within You Without You is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the Beatles and his solo work, as well as his significant role as a Western proponent of Indian music and beliefs. Through close examination of his guitar playing in the Fab Four and his songwriting both in and out of the Beatles, author Seth Rogovoy demystifies the enigma of this most reluctant of rock stars.

With deftness and skill, journalist Lili Anolik uses Babitz, Babitz's brilliance of observation, Babitz's incisive intelligence and, most of all, Babitz's diary-like letters, as the key to unlocking Didion. Franklin Avenue was the making of one great American writer: Joan Didion, a mystery behind her dark glasses and cool expression, her marriage to John Gregory Dunne as tortured as it was enduring. It was also the breaking and then the remaking - and thus the true making - of another great American writer: Eve Babitz.

In the early 2000s, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey—both young artists trying to figure it all out—met at auditions for an unknown little TV show. Given that it was a show about lesbians living in Los Angeles, with the first ever ensemble cast of openly queer female characters, Kate and Leisha knew the project was going to be unlike anything else out there—that is, if it even got picked up.

The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of the Mississippi Delta. With original research and keen insights, Ted Gioia - the author of a landmark study of West Coast jazz and the critically acclaimed The History of Jazz - brings to life the stirring music of the Delta, evoking the legendary figures who shaped its sound and ethos: Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King, and others.

Jusqu'à ses dix-sept ans, Kendji Girac n'a jamais voyagé autrement qu'en caravane ni rêvé d'une autre vie que la sienne. Découvert dans The Voice (TF1) en 2014, il touche immédiatement le cœur des Français avec son large sourire, sa voix chaleureuse et sa guitare entraînante. Mais un matin d'avril 2024, après dix ans d'une carrière fulgurante, un drame fait la une des médias, révélant un visage plus fragile et tourmenté de l'artiste.

Fruit de nombreuses années de recherches sur le couple et leurs histoires, Occulture revient sur les plus célèbres enquêtes « paranormales » qu'ont menées Ed et Lorraine Warren – Amytiville, le cas Enfield, ou encore l'affaire Arne Johnson – dévoilant tout ce que vous n'avez jamais vu ou lu sur le mystérieux couple. Preuves à l'appui, les 14 chapitres déconstruisent point par point les dires et les faits présentés par les Warren et leurs acolytes.

The groundbreaking story of Buddy Bradley—the most influential dancer and choreographer you've never heard of.

Composer, conductor and operatic polymath Daron Hagen has written five symphonies, a dozen concertos, 13 operas, reams of chamber music and more than 350 art songs. His intimate, unsparing memoir chronicles his life, from his haunted childhood in Wisconsin to the upper echelons of the music world in New York and Europe.

Now, in his own unique voice, Paul O'Grady tells story of his early life in Irish Catholic Birkenhead that started him on the long and winding road from mischievous altar boy to national treasure. It is a brilliantly evoked, hilarious and often moving tale of gossip in the back yard, bragging in the corner shop and slanging matches on the front doorstep, populated by larger-than-life characters with hearts of gold and tongues as sharp as razors.

Von Verlust und Liebe. Von Angst und Aufbruch. Von dem Mut, anders zu sein. Rea Garvey – Musiker, Songwriter, Sohn, Suchender – erzählt die bewegende Geschichte seiner Herkunft: Irland. Ein Land, in dem Regen und Licht, Glaube und Zweifel, Freiheit und Tradition untrennbar verwoben sind. Vom wilden Lachen in einem überfüllten Bungalow voller Geschwister bis zu nächtlichen Techno-Ekstasen in Belfast, von heimlichen Rebellionen gegen den autoritären Vater bis zu Momenten reiner Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben – Rea öffnet die Türen zu Erinnerungen, die ihn geformt haben.

Aus der westfälischen Provinz zum Rockstar Seit fünf Jahrzehnten spielt Schlagzeuger Bertram Engel als festes Bandmitglied bei zwei absoluten Stars der Rockmusik: Udo Lindenberg und Peter Maffay. Mit beiden verbinden ihn große Erfolge, vor allem aber zahlreiche legendäre Erlebnisse.

Bruce Dickinson – le leader du groupe légendaire Iron Maiden – est l'un des chanteurs et compositeurs les plus emblématiques du heavy metal, mais il a aussi beaucoup d'autres cordes à son arc : commandant de bord, entrepreneur, brasseur de bière, romancier, présentateur radio, scénariste et escrimeur de niveau international. Audacieuse, honnête, intelligente et drôle, cette autobiographie capture la vie, le cœur et l'esprit d'une véritable icône du rock, et enchantera toutes les âmes curieuses et les fans les plus exigeants.