Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who, with his schoolmate Paul Cook, formed the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols and who was its original leader. As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of punk -- the influence and cultural significance of which is felt in music, fashion, and the visual arts to this day--Steve tells his story for the very first time.Steve J...

A unique contribution to the God/religion debate: a scientific take on the Bible that doesn't take sides.Many of the subjects studied by physicists or by biologists are found in the texts of the world's religions: the origins of the universe, of life and of mankind; fate, sex, age and death; and the prospects of eternal life or of fiery doom. The Bible is a handbook for understanding Nature and, in its own way, it succeeds. As a factual account, of course, it is out of date, but man...

Take one step further into Brand Like a Rock Stars marketing wisdom with this soundtrack to your brands successIf youve had a chance to read Steve Joness Brand Like a Rock Star, youve seen the striking link between some of the greatest bands in history and creating an unforgettable brand for your business.This media guide will take you deeper into the rock n roll lore and important marketing lessons behind the bands discussed in Brand Like a Rock Star. From the buzz culture...

Genetics is the newest of all sciences - nothing useful was known about inheritance until just over a century ago. Now genetics is exploding, and before long we will have the complete code, written in three thousand million letters of DNA, of what makes a human being.Introducing Genetics takes us from the early work of Mendel to the discovery of DNA, the human gene map and the treatment of inborn disease. No one can afford to be ignorant of genetics. This b...

Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics.Many had an astonishing breadth of talents. The Minister of Finance just before the upheaval did research on crystals and the spread of animal disease. After it, Paris's first mayor was an astronomer, the general who fought off invaders was ...

Make your brand a blockbuster with strategies perfected by the superstars of rock 'n roll .Brand Like a Rock Star takes you beyond the hype to reveal the core marketing strategies behind the success of the world's greatest bands.Author Steve Jones has earned his street cred as a savvy marketer in an outrageous business. He combines insider stories from AC/DC, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Kiss, and many other legendary bands with sound business advice, to deliver a rockin...

This book goes right to the questions and topics everyone is asking and talking about. Like, What Is Ebola? Ebola Symptoms & Diagnosis, How to Survive Ebola? How Is It Transmitted? These topics and more are addressed in this new book by Steve Jones.

In 1831, Charles Darwin embarked on an expedition that, in his own words, determined my whole career. The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his five-year journey around the world and especially the coastal waters of South America as a naturalist on the H.M.S. Beagle. While traveling through these unexplored countries collecting specimens, Darwin began to formulate the theories of evolution and natural selection realized in his master work, The Origin of Species. Travel memoi...

The Red-backed Shrike is an ambassador for one of the UK and Europe's most misunderstood habitats: open, species-rich grassland-shrubland mosaics.Part advocacy, part 'how to', this concise booklet celebrates Shrike Shrublands and outlines how to create and manage them.This guide is intended for farmers, nature reserve managers, land managers and anyone with a passion for wildlife in the countryside.

Turn yourself “up to eleven” with Steve Jones’s unique take on personal branding.Steve Jones, music industry insider and author of Brand Like a Rock Star, once again takes readers on a trip through rock history to reveal often-overlooked lessons on personal branding. The stories Jones has to tell--how a drummer reinvented his instrument when he lost his arm, why Nikki Sixx’s lifestyle killed him and brought him back, how the forces that nearly tore Fleetwo...

Steve Jones’s highly acclaimed, double prize-winning, bestselling first book is now fully revised to cover all the new genetic breakthroughs from GM food to Dolly the sheep. ’An essential sightseer’s guide to our own genetic terrain.’ Peter Tallack, Sunday Telegraph’Superb and stimulating…an exhilarating trip around the double spiral of DNA, a rush of gravity-defying concepts and wild swerves of the scientific imagination.’ J.G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph’Not so much divinati...

Wildlife Watching Around Ventnor, Isle of WightThis short booklet dscribes the wildlife one is likely to see around the coastal town of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, England. This is a wonderfully rich area, with high chalk downlands and rocky shoreline presenting visitors with the perfect wildlife holiday destination, and those looking to move to the island with the perfect home ground.This is part of a two-part set, the accompanying volume, Bird Watching ...