To what extent is it possible to do good work in music artist management? Drawing upon original research, this shortform book explores and evaluates motivation, remuneration and equity stakes within the music industries.The author ponders the apparent managerial exodus from the music industries and whether this brain drain could be addressed by providing better remuneration via equity. Based on evidence from Australia, the book illuminates how pay in this sector has remained flat d...

Artists are creative workers who drive growth in the creative and cultural industries. Managing artistic talent is a unique challenge, and this concise book introduces and analyses its key characteristics.Artist Management: Agility in the Creative and Cultural Industries makes a major contribution to our understanding of the creative and cultural industries, of artistic and managerial creativities, and of social and cultural change in this sector. The book undertakes an extensive e...

This book addresses the neglect of visual creativities and content, and how these are commercialised in the music industries. While musical and visual creativities drive growth, there is a lack of literature relating to the visual side of the music business, which is significant given that the production of meaning and value within this business occurs across a number of textual sites.Popular music is a multimedia, discursive, fluid, and expansive cultural form that, in addition to...

This research-based book outlines career models for artists, methods of creative engagement, artistic options including individuality and branding, production practices, the realities of being a musician in the new industries, and implications for popular music education. Due to the profound effects of the digitisation of music, the music industries have undergone rapid transformation. The former record label dominated industry has been supplanted by new industries, including digital aggre...

The Food Network superstar and New York Times bestselling author dishes up flavorful All-American family-friendly meals for weeknights and weekends alike.As one of Food Networks biggest stars, Guy has taken America on a cross-country tour in Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Hes challenged great home chefs at their culinary expertise in Guys Grocery Games. Hes shared his greatest hits in Guy Fieri Food, and went all out in the great outdoors in

The never-before-told story of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space. With the exclusive participation of the astronauts who were there, this is the thrilling, behind-the-scenes saga of a new generation that transformed space explorationThe story of NASA’s Astronaut Class 8, or “The F*cking New Guys,” as their military predecessors nicknam...

Bursting with personality, fun, and flavor, Guy Fieri Food is the first-ever cookbook from the Food Network superstar, host of NBC’s popular game show “Minute to Win It,” and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Diners, Drive-ins & Dives and More Diners, Drive-ins & Dives.Guy Fieri loves all types of good food—and that he'll do what's required to track it down. In Guy Fieri Food, he cooks with his iconic flair, from t...

DES HISTOIRES À NE PAS ÉCOUTER LA NUIT. Seize récits d'épouvante cultes de la littérature classique, qui suscitent toujours l'horreur et l'effroi. Ce recueil rassemble les œuvres suivantes : - Mujina, Lafcadio Hearn - La Porte du monstre, William Hodgson - La Chute de la maison Usher, Edgar Allan Poe - L'Affaire de Lady Sannox, Arthur Conan Doyle - L'Épouvante, Mikhaïl Artsybachev - L' Enterrement des rats, Bram Stoker - L'horrible, Guy de Maupassant - L'Araignée, Hans Ewers - Un Stylet, W...

New York Times BestsellerIn Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: The Funky Finds in Flavortown, Guy Fieri, one of Food Network’s biggest stars, keeps his motto front and center: “If it’s funky, I’ll find it.”Continuing the series of New York Times bestselling books, Diners, Drive-ins and Dives includes profiles of great American restaurants, delicious restaurant recipes for some serious comfort food, tons of photos, hilarious behind-the-scenes stories fro...

New York Times BestsellerFood Network superstar, celebrity chef, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Guy Fieri takes it outdoors with this smart, practical, four-color cookbook filled with dozens of recipes for meals, drinks, holidays, bashes, and more—now available at a great low price.When it comes to outdoor cooking, I take it to the extreme. I’m a huge fan of monster-size camping trips and full-tilt backyard parti...

The never-before-told story of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space. With the exclusive participation of the astronauts who were there, this is the thrilling, behind-the-scenes saga of a new generation that transformed space explorationThe story of NASA’s Astronaut Class 8, or “The F*cking New Guys,” as their military predecessors nicknam...

California restaurateur and superstar host of three popular shows on the Food Network, Guy Fieri drag-raced to the top of the New York Times bestseller list with his blockbuster Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, the companion volume to his hit series of the same name. In More Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Fieri brings us…more!—more recipes, photos, memorabilia, and irrepressible enthusiasm for iconic American eateries that cater to popular tastes. This “Drop-top Culinary Cruise Through America...