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Electric Ladyland is one of the greatest guitar albums ever made. During the recording process, Jimi Hendrix at last had time and creative freedom to pursue the sounds he was looking for. In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent—guiding the listener through each song on the album, writing vividly about Hendrix's live performances, and talking to several of Hendrix's peers and contemporaries.

Raffaella che canta, balla e brilla. Che lotta, ride e si commuove. Raffaella che rischia, che sbaglia. Che sceglie, sempre. Ognuno ha la sua Carrà, un motivo per cui volerle bene. È l'eredità più grande di un'artista che, credendo fermamente in sé stessa, ha dato fiducia e ha liberato tutti quanti. Questo libro è un viaggio nella sua vita e nei suoi insegnamenti, affrontato anche attraverso i ricordi di chi ha lavorato con lei e le ha voluto bene. Con un ambizioso obiettivo: prendere un po' della sua indipendenza e leggerezza, e farle nostre.

Una ragazza di provincia con un incredibile talento, e la forza e la determinazione di realizzare il suo Sogno: Taylor Swift si è trasformata da giovane promessa della musica country a megastar globale. La rivista Time l’ha proclamata “Persona dell’anno” nel 2023. Il suo undicesimo album, The Tortured Poets Department, è il primo nella storia a raggiungere un miliardo di stream su Spotify. Sembra che non esista record che Taylor Swift non è in grado di infrangere. Ma come è arrivata da una contea della Pennsylvania ai palcoscenici di tutto il mondo?

With the possible exception of Mozart, Verdi is the most popular opera composer who ever lived. Quite early in his career his tunes were being cranked out by barrel organs throughout Europe and were well known to many who may never even have heard his name. But the complex man behind them remains elusive and puzzling. In this portrait-in-sound, Jeremy Siepmann and a group of distinguished actors take an in-depth look behind the popular image of a man who was, and perhaps remains, the most enduring national hero in Italian history and a colossus in the history of music itself.

Mit 69 Jahren war Ozzy Osbourne auf einer triumphalen Abschiedstournee, spielte vor ausverkauften Stadien und erhielt begeisterte Kritiken auf der ganzen Welt. Dann das Desaster. Innerhalb weniger Wochen musste er nach einem Krankenhausaufenthalt wegen einer Fingerinfektion seine Tournee – und sein gesamtes öffentliches Leben – aufgeben, da er vom Hals abwärts fast vollständig gelähmt war.

Whitney Houston i Robyn Crawford poznały się jako nastolatki i spędziły razem dwadzieścia dwa lata. W tym czasie Whitney została globalną supergwiazdą. Biła kolejne rekordy popularności jako wokalistka, przyciągała do kin tłumy jako aktorka i zawładnęła wyobraźnią całego pokolenia. Robyn towarzyszyła jej na każdym etapie tej podróży. Ich relacja zaczęła się od fascynacji i przyjaźni, ale szybko przerodziła się w intymny związek dwóch bezgranicznie oddanych sobie kobiet.

In 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark began work as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl, the film that united Sir Laurence Olivier with Marilyn Monroe. The blonde bombshell and the legendary actor were ill suited from the start. Monroe, on honeymoon with her new husband, the celebrated playwright Arthur Miller, was insecure, often late, and heavily medicated on pills. Clark was perceptive in his assessment of what seemed to be going wrong in Monroe's life and became her confidant and ally.

For all of the West's failings—terrible food, cold weather and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few—it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone wrong, having lived in extreme poverty with little access to even the most basic of necessities. It wasn't until he moved to the UK that Kisin found himself thriving in an open and tolerant society, receiving countless opportunities he would never have had otherwise.

Una biografía de la que no puede quedar ajeno por la importancia del protagonista. Este notable escritor francés, considerado el padre y mayor representante del Naturalismo, tuvo un papel muy relevante en la revisión del famoso proceso de Alfred Dreyfus, aquel juicio que durante doce años, de 1894 a 1906, conmocionó a la sociedad francesa de la época, marcando un hito en la historia del antisemitismo.

De un estilo crudo y frontal, este talentoso francés fue un novelista y dramaturgo que además de poeta, músico de jazz, ingeniero y traductor, escribió teatro, letra y música de canciones, cuentos y novelas. Tanto sus admiradas diez novelas como sus actuaciones de jazz lo elevaron a la fama en la literatura y en la música.

La vida de Julio Iglesias es mucho más que una colección de efemérides y cifras, es una historia de superación, amor, fama, éxito y redención. Su carrera no es solo el relato de su inigualable triunfo y reinvención, es también la crónica sociocultural de todo un país a lo largo de más de setenta años.

This is no ordinary celebrity biography pieced together by an outsider. Steve Martin and author Morris Walker had a close relationship growing up. They were class clowns together, charming the girls and the teachers with their wit, and eventually going on the road as comedians. This personal account will introduce you to the Steve Martin you've never seen before.

When Linda Gray, iconic star of Dallas, was 20 years old, a magazine editor coldly rejected her as a model, writing that perhaps one day "you might shape into something". At 38 Linda got her big break, as Larry Hagman's wife on Dallas. To celebrate her 75th birthday, Linda is opening up about her life for the first time.

Opera is the fastest growing of all the performing arts, attracting audiences of all ages who are enthralled by the gorgeous music, vivid drama, and magnificent production values. If you've decided that the time has finally come to learn about opera and discover for yourself what it is about opera that sends your normally reserved friends into states of ecstatic abandon, this is the book for you.

Desde o final dos anos 1970, o produtor de Hollywood Brian Grazer tem procurado gente interessante e talentosa ― de espiões e ganhadores do Prêmio Nobel a artistas e CEOs ― para o que chama de "conversa de curiosidade". Essas conversas ajudaram a inspirar muitos dos filmes e programas de...

After he died in the backseat of a Cadillac at the age of 29, Hank Williams - a frail, flawed man who had become country music's first real star - instantly morphed into its first tragic martyr. Having hit the heights with simple songs of despair, depression, and tainted love, he would, with that outlaw swagger, become in death a template for the rock generation to follow.

Stanley Kubrick revolutionized Hollywood with movies like Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange, and electrified audiences with The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. David Mikics takes listeners on a deep dive into Kubrick's life and work, illustrating his intense commitment to each of his films.

In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist. The assignment would change her life forever. For three years, Pauline served as Zappa's PA, moving with him, his family and the Mothers of Invention to a log cabin in the Hollywood Hills, where the straight young English girl mixed with Oscar winners and rock royalty.

Written and performed for the Audible experience, Spade’s new comic memoir takes listeners along for the sometimes embarrassing and always hilarious ride of getting older in our fleeting “Snapchat World”.

Che cos'è questo libro? Un romanzo? Una storia d'amore? La favola dell'amicizia? Un sogno? Senza dubbio una delle opere più creative che siano mai state scritte in Italia. Seguendo i suoi idoli Calvino e Céline, il grande Don Backy, tra i più noti cantautori della musica italiana, mandò nel 1967 il suo scritto a Feltrinelli e lo stesso Giangiacomo dopo aver valutato il manoscritto dichiarò "Fantastico. Lo pubblichiamo così com'è... senza cambiare una virgola...".