The City of Hip-Hop positions a unique conceptualization of the history of Hip-Hop, that it was a combination of forces that produced the environment for Hip-Hop to specifically grow in the geographies of New York City and its boroughs. This book argues it was the political forces of the 1970s combined with the economic forces of free market capitalism and privatization of public services, neoliberalism, and the social forces of the deindustrialization of major cities and displace...

Die ultimative Taylor-Swift-Biografie von Musikjournalist und Swiftie Rob SheffieldNiemand kennt Taylor Swift und ihre musikalischen Epochen – die Eras– so gut wie Rob Sheffield. In seiner mitreißenden Biografie „Heartbreak is the National Anthem“ beleuchtet der preisgekrönte Rolling Stone-Journalist die außergewöhnliche Karriere der Pop-Ikone. Dieses Buch ist ein absolutes Muss für alle S...

Con apenas 14 años e interpretando temas country con su guitarra, Taylor Swift se convirtió en la novia de América. Luego cambió su estilo hacia un pop espectacular, cargado de emoción y lleno de influencias de la música de los ochenta y los noventa para convertirse en una artista intergeneracional y en la cantante más aclamada y popular del planeta. Pura fuerza y creatividad y con la capacidad musical de reinventarse en cada disco, Taylor Switf es hoy un fenómeno cultural de alcance mundi...

***The Instant New York Times Bestseller!***An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how musi...

You know the songs by heart. You’ve traded the friendship bracelets. You’ve worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation’s biggest super star – Taylor Swift.An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swif...

Niemand hat Taylor Swift und ihre Eras so nah begleitet, wie Rob Sheffield. Seine Biografie der Pop-Ikone ist ein Fest für alle SwiftiesSie ist ein kulturelles Phänomen. Löst weltweite Faszination aus. Verursacht emotionales Chaos. Jemanden wie Taylor Swift gab’s noch nie: Eine Teenagerin, die zum globalen Superstar wurde, eine Songwriterin, eine Geschichtenerzählerin, eine Heldin an der Gitarre und eine unermüdliche Live-Performerin, die verändert hat, wie Musik gemacht und gehört...

Swift greatly simplifies the process of developing applications for Apple devices. This book provides you with the essential skills to help you get started with developing applications using Swift.Key FeaturesTeaches you how to correctly structure and architect software using SwiftUses real-world examples to connect the theory to a professional settingImparts expertise in the core Swift standard libraryBook DescriptionTake yo...

Have you tried learning Swift, but found other guides detailed and confusing? Dull and no fun? Don't have an easy theme to follow? Well, with Swift Soccer – The Complete First Half, you're on to a winner. You'll discover the basics of Swift while building up to the kick off of a soccer match between LA Galaxy and Barcelona. You'll learn about: team names and players, using Strings; choosing the players in a team, using Arrays; how Variables change – and how they affect the score; and Funct...

***The Instant New York Times Bestseller!***An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There’s no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns into the world’s favorite pop star, songwriter, storyteller, guitar hero, live performer, changing how musi...

You know the songs by heart. You’ve traded the friendship bracelets. You’ve worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation’s biggest super star – Taylor Swift.An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swif...

In this raw coming-of-age memoir, Rob Henderson vividly recounts growing up in foster care, enlisting in the US Air Force, attending elite universities - and what he learnt from seeing life from both sides of the tracks.Rob Henderson was born to a drug-addicted mother and a father he never met, ultimately shuttling between ten different foster homes in California. When he was adopted into a loving family, he hoped that life would finally be stable and safe. He was ...

'Charmingly provocative' Observer'A smorgasbord of delights' Irish Times'Addictive … a writer living and thinking his way to the frontiers of human society' The SpectatorIn Autobibliography, Rob Doyle recounts a year spent rereading fifty-two books – from the Dhammapada and Marcus Aurelius to Robert Bolaño and Svetlana Alexievich – as well as the memories they trigger and the reverberations they create. It is a reco...