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*This special edition includes chapter-by-chapter recording of the book read by the author in both English and Korean. The storyteller Yang Joon-il brings alive his stories and emotion that used to be delivered via his music and dance, or as he puts it, his whole body! 『Yang Joon-il MAYBE_...

The explosive, definitive account of Michael Jackson’s fall from grace has now been updated with four new fascinating chapters. Award-winning journalist Diane Dimond, who first broke the story of the King of Pop’s battles against child molestation charges from 1993 to 2005, takes you behind the scenes and into the courtroom of one of the most controversial cases of the decade. This audio version gives listeners a dramatic glimpse of one reporter’s vigilance and unending quest to uncover the truth.

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

The Extraordinary Story of a Man, a Legend and a Marriage When she was eighteen years old, a girl named Cynthia Powell met a boy named John Lennon and they fell in love. Their ten-year relationship coincided with the start of the Beatles phenomenon—from Liverpool’s dockside clubs to the...

Rough Trade Book of the Year Resident Book of the Year A Rolling Stone Book of the Year A Mojo Book of the Year A Sunday Times Book of the Year Formed in 1988, Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. Now, Miki Berenyi tells all...

Un virtuoso. Desde niño, el extraordinario talento de este músico irrepetible dejó paralizada a Europa. Fue una luminaria, un gran teórico y un notable innovador de la composición musical. Pese a su prematura muerte (35 años) ha dejado a la humanidad un legado extenso que abarca todos los géneros musicales de su época.

This sophisticated, no-holds-barred biography of Michael Jackson by his brother Jermaine is filled with keen insight, rich anecdotes, and behind-the-scenes detail. Older than Michael by four years, Jermaine knows the real Michael as only a brother can. In this raw, honest, and poignant account...

With the gradual shift away from traditional hip-hop, a new style of music known as trap paved way for inner-city youth, bringing out new flavor from new and old artists all over the globe. This is now referred as the "Era of Trap". T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Young Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, and many more brought in a new urban sound that is now competing with America‘s loudest street voice, known as hip-hop. This book takes you behind the scenes, giving you a fresh look at the new era of urban artistic talent that hopes to stay for many years to come.

For 15 years, Tom Stephen had the unique distinction of being both drummer and manager of the Jeff Healey Band. The dual role was fraught with conflicts of interest. One minute, he was leading the debauched life of a rock musician; the next, he was disciplining the band for the havoc they caused. But few knew or understood Jeff Healey better. Funny and loyal, with a luminous mind and staggering talent, Healey was also provincial, stubborn, obnoxious, and antagonistic. This book explores both sides with honesty, clarity, and humor and reveals what life for the band was really like.

Dès l'âge de 7 ans, Frédéric Chopin compose ses premières œuvres. En 1827, il entre au Conservatoire, puis il se rend à Berlin et découvre alors ce goût pour les voyages qui lui permettra de se faire connaître à l'étranger. Il quitte son pays en 1830 et part pour Vienne, Munich puis Stuttgart, pour enfin s'installer à Paris en octobre 1831.

Un ragazzino cicciottello e un po' tarchiato, un adolescente problematico con gli occhiali spessi, un adulto inquieto che paga a caro prezzo il successo, la fama, il denaro, ma soprattutto un grande autore con una voce stupenda. Questo e molto altro è stato George Michael, un artista spesso incompreso e altrettanto frequentemente inserito a forza in categorie che gli stavano strette come un laccio al collo.

In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division, Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage with the group that helped define the sound of a generation and influenced artists such as U2, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Unlike other books...

Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who, with his schoolmate Paul Cook, formed the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols and who was its original leader. As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary...

For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with his music to reveal a titanic personality, vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all, heroic.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Musikalisches Ausnahmetalent. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum bis heute weltweit einzigartigen Komponisten Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) zeigt seine außergewöhnliche Begabung bereits als Kind, als ihm sein Vater, ein renommierter Geiger, zusammen mit seiner Schwester Musikunterricht erteilt.

Avec une honnêteté désarmante, le "Boss" se livre et, pour la première fois, fait le récit des combats personnels qui ont inspiré ses meilleures chansons. Le livre d'une époque, et d'un véritable écrivain. "Se raconter est une drôle d'affaire. Dans un projet comme celui-ci, l'auteur fait une promesse : laisser le lecteur entrer dans sa tête. C'est ce que j'ai essayé de faire au fil de ces pages." Bruce Springsteen, dans les pages de "Born to Run".

In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy tells his much anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope down the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, his battles with drugs, his life of crime, his relentless suffering with sickle-cell anemia, and much more.

Howard Bloom - called “the greatest press agent that rock and roll has ever known” by Derek Sutton, the former manager of Styx, Ten Years After, and Jethro Tull - is a science nerd who knew nothing about popular music. But he founded the biggest PR firm in the music industry and helped build or sustain the careers of our biggest rock legends, including Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Marley, Bette Midler, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Chaka Khan, and 100 more. What was he after? He was on a hunt for the gods inside of you and me.

Nel novembre 1838 da una cella della certosa abbandonata di Valldemossa, fra le montagne che circondano Palma di Maiorca, si diffondono le note di un "pianino". Non sono note qualsiasi: sono quelle che completeranno i ventiquattro "Preludi" di Frédéric Chopin, opera cardine del Romanticismo. Non è stato possibile trovare uno strumento migliore sull'isola, ma quel piccolo pianoforte, costruito da un artigiano locale, fatto di legno dolce, ferro, rame, feltro e avorio, avrà una grande vita.

In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock ’n’ roll.