David Bowie was een ster met talloze facetten. Op deskundige en liefdevolle wijze voert bestsellerauteur en Bowie-fan pur sang Rob Sheffield de lezer mee door het leven van dit icoon. Van Bowies creatieve nalatenschap tot de hechte band met zijn fans. En natuurlijk de aangrijpende reacties van fans over de hele wereld. Laat je meevoeren in deze intrigerende biografie door het turbulente leven van een icoon die de wereld voorgoed veranderde.

From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment WeeklyThe 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself....

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...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “humorous, heartbreaking, and heroic” (Entertainment Weekly) memoir of one man’s passionate relationship with an unforgettable woman, from their first meeting to her untimely death, told through the songs on fifteen mix tapes“The happiest, saddest, sweetest book about rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve ever experienced.”—Chuck Klosterman“A memoir that manages, no small feat, to b...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fans.Innovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January 2016, David Bowie created art that not only pushed boundaries, but helped fans understand themselves and view the world from fantastic new perspectives.

***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...

An NPR Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism“This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —MashableRob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean...

Once upon a time I was falling apart. Now I'm always falling in love.Pick up the microphone.When Rob Sheffield moved to New York City in the summer of 2001, he was a young widower trying to start a new life in a new town. Behind, in the past, was his life as a happily married rock critic, with a wife he adored, and a massive collection of mix tapes that captured their life together. And then, in a flash, all he had left were the tapes.Beyoncé , Bowie, Bon Jovi, Bena...

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...

UMA HISTÓRIA REAL E COMOVENTE SOBRE O AMOR E A MORTE ATRAVÉS DA TRILHA SONORA DE UMA GERAÇÃO "Este é o mais divertido, o mais triste, enfim, o melhor livro sobre rock n' roll que eu já li." — Chuck Klosterman "Um dos melhores livros já escritos sobre rock 'n' roll. Assim como aquela música no rádio, cada palavra do livro de Rob Sheffield é forte e verdadeira. O amor é uma mixtape." – Rolling Stone Mixtapes eram coletânicas de músicas reunidas em fitas cassete, ou seja, o que hoje chamaríam...

Scegli una cassetta, infilala nel registratore, schiaccia play. Un mix tape ha il potere magico di teletrasportarti a un momento preciso della tua vita: la festa delle medie in cui speravi che, con la canzone giusta, avresti rimediato il primo bacio; quell'indimenticabile viaggio in macchina con una vecchia amica; la ragazza che miravi a conquistare con una compilation su misura – e infatti, ecco che è diventata tua moglie. Rob conosce Renée una sera d'autunno del 1989, quando in un bar so...

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...