Author: Laurence Shames Publisher: Rodale ISBN: 9781579546885 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 244
Book Description
Chronicles the life of the founder of Liberty Media, from his protests against the Vietnam War and his jam sessions with Sha Na Na through his work as a political consultant and businessman and his battle against cancer.
Author: Jim Marshall Publisher: Bulfinch Press ISBN: 9780821226568 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
Offers a collection of Marshall's work throughout the years, including photographs of Aretha Franklin, Jim Morrison, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, and other greats, with captions telling the story of the photos
Author: Rebecca Alexander (Psychotherapist) Publisher: Avery ISBN: 1592408311 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
"The inspiring memoir of a young woman who is slowly losing her sight and hearing yet continues to live each day with grace and purpose. Thirty-four-year-old Rebecca Alexander is a psychotherapist, a spin instructor, a volunteer, and an athlete. She is also almost completely blind, with significantly deteriorated hearing. Not Fade Away is a deeply moving exploration of the obstacles we all face-physical, psychological, and philosophical. Like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Rebecca's story is an exquisite reminder to live each day to its fullest. When Rebecca was twelve, her parents were told that she would be completely blind before she turned thirty. At eighteen, she fell through a window, shattering her body. In college, she found out that due to a rare genetic disorder-Usher Syndrome Type III-she was losing her hearing as well. Since then, she has earned two Master's degrees from Columbia University, ridden a six-hundred-mile bike race, hiked the Inca Trail, and established a thriving career-all while maintaining a vibrant social life. In Not Fade Away, Rebecca charts her journey from a teenager who tried to hide her disabilities, to a woman who is able to face the world exactly as she is. She meditates on what she's lost-the sound of laughter and skies full of stars, which she can now only imagine (though, she quips, "It's not like anyone can see stars in New York anyway")-and what she's found in return: an exquisite sense of intimacy with family and friends who've stuck by her, and a profound appreciation for everything she still has. Even though Rebecca inhabits a gradually darkening world, she refuses to let that stop her from living life with joy and enthusiasm."--
Author: Jim Dodge Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic ISBN: 0802197647 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
A road trip novel from the author of Fup that “reads like Kerouac’s On the Road as it might have been written by Hunter S. Thompson” (The Plain Dealer). George Gastin is a Bay Area tow-truck operator who wrecks cars as part of an insurance scam. One of the cars he is hired to demolish is a snow-white Cadillac that was supposed to be a present for the Big Bopper, who died in the Iowa plane crash that killed Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens. Gastin has a change of heart and takes off in the car, heading for Texas where the Bopper is buried. Armed with a thousand hits of Benzedrine and chased by adversaries real and imagined, Gastin navigates a road trip that covers many miles and states of mind. Traveling in time from the Beat era to the dawn of the sixties, from the coffeehouses of North Beach to the open plains of America, Gastin picks up some extraordinary hitchhikers: the self-proclaimed “world’s greatest salesman,” the Reverend Double-Gone Johnson, and a battered housewife with a box of old 45s. As the miles and sleepless hours roll by, Gastin’s trip becomes a blur of fantasy and reality fueled by a soundtrack of classic rock ‘n’ roll. “His surreal voyage into the chaos of night carries him into the heart of America’s darkest psychological landscapes. Not Fade Away shakes, rattles, and rolls.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Author: John Gribbin Publisher: Icon Books Ltd ISBN: 1848313845 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Buddy Holly was killed at 22 when the plane he was travelling in crashed on 3 February 1959. Although this was less than two years after Holly's first hit record, Don McLean described this as 'the day the music died.' But Sonny Curtis, Holly's friend and musical colleague, told us that the music didn't die, because 'Buddy Holly lives every time you play rock'n'roll.' Fifty years after Holly's death, his lasting influence is clear; a musical based on his life seems set to run for longer than his lifetime and artists as diverse as Blink 182 and Bob Dylan call him an inspiration.The Beatles chose That'll Be the Day by Buddy's group The Crickets as their first attempt at recording, as well as taking the idea for their name. Clearly, the music didn't die!John Gribbin, an ardent fan since he was twelve, presents this labour of love written in the spirit of Sonny Curtis' lyric, as a celebration of Holly's all too brief life, and as an introduction,for all those not around in 1959, to the man and his astonishing musical legacy. "Not Fade Away" also includes - uniquely - a full and detailed account of every Holly recording session, which any Buddy fan will devour.
Author: Ben Fong-Torres Publisher: Backbeat Books ISBN: 9780879305901 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 356
Book Description
Presents a collection of the Rolling Stone writer's interviews and profiles, with descriptions of how stories were assigned, and the fallout that ensued
Author: Celia Dodd Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472951336 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 289
Book Description
Retirement is one of the biggest life changes we face - it's no longer seen as a decline into old age but a vibrant stage of life - and many of us are keen for guidance on making the most of retirement.
Author: Dave Thompson Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 9780312954635 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 198
Book Description
Tells the story of rock musician Kurt Cobain's life and death, discussing his rise to stardom, drug use, marriage, and suicide in April of 1994.
Author: Laurence Shames
Author: Jim Marshall
Author: Rebecca Alexander (Psychotherapist)
Author: Jim Dodge
Author: John Gribbin
Author: Ben Fong-Torres
Author: Celia Dodd
Author: David Gans
Author: Dave Thompson
Author: David G. Dodd