I Cure sono probabilmente la più grande band di culto al mondo. Tra il 1985 e il 2000 tutti gli album che hanno pubblicato hanno raggiunto almeno il disco d’oro nel Regno Unito, negli Stati Uniti o in entrambi. In America hanno ottenuto quattro dischi di platino e si stima che abbiano venduto 30 milioni di album in tutto il pianeta. Il loro status di icona del rock alternativo rimane immutato – semmai i loro instancabili tour hanno fatto sì che crescesse di anno in anno – e il cantante Rob...

A complete and truly unique music biography of Robert Smith and company, The Cure, chronicling their 40+ year history with hundreds of entries in an A-to-Z encyclopedia fashion.Definitive and deeply researched by acclaimed music journalist Simon Price, Curepedia will surprise and inform fans of 80s music everywhere as they await The Cure's highly anticipated next album release.The Cure remain, 40 plus years into their career, one of the biggest rock bands in the wo...

A complete and truly unique biography of Robert Smith and company, The Cure, chronicling their 40+ year history with hundreds of entries in A to Z fashion.Definitive and deeply researched, Curepedia will surprise and inform fans everywhere as they await The Cure's highly anticipated next album release.The Cure remain, 40 plus years into their career, one of...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In an age where technology permeates every aspect of our lives, understanding its profound impact on our minds and finances is crucial. Big Tech Exposed: How Algorithms Control Your Mind & Money unravels the intricate web of digital manipulation techniques that big tech companies employ to capture our attention, influence our behaviors, and commodify our personal data. From the grips of social media addiction to the insidious presence o...

To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a 'classical Europe', using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures.As this consistently fresh and surprising new book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engage...

This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life at Rome. It sets religion in its full cultural context, between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan, multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era. The narrative account is structured around a series of broad themes: how to interpret the Romans' own theories of their religious system and its origins; the relationship of religion and the changing politics ...

Volume two reveals the extraordinary diversity of ancient Roman religion. A comprehensive sourcebook, it presents a wide range of documents illustrating religious life in the Roman world - from the foundations of the city in the eighth century BC to the Christian capital more than a thousand years later. Each document is given a full introduction, explanatory notes and bibliography, and acts as a starting point for further discussion. Through paintings, sculptures, coins and inscriptions, ...

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The world’s foremost expert on pricing strategy shows how this mysterious process works and how to maximize value through pricing to company and customer. In all walks of life, we constantly make decisions about whether something is worth our money or our time, or try to convince others to part with their money or their time. Price is the place where value and money meet. From the global release of the latest electronic gadget to the bewildering gyrations of oil futures to markdowns at the...

El escenario es Baltimore. No pasa día sin que algún ciudadano sea apuñalado, apalizado o asesinado a tiros. En el ojo del huracán se encuentra la unidad de homicidios de la ciudad, una pequeña hermandad de hombres que se enfrenta al lado más oscuro de Estados Unidos. David Simon fue el primer periodista en conseguir acceso ilimitado a la unidad de homicidios. La narración sigue a Donald Worden, un inspector veterano en el ocaso de su carrera; a Harry Edgerton, un iconoclasta inspector neg...

Simon Feldman had everything to live for, and as it turns out, everything to lose.From co-founding a successful ASX-listed company to embezzling $16.5 million, Simon's story is everything but ordinary. His life took a sharp turn when he was sentenced to four years in Silverwater jail. But it was upon his release that Simon was forced to confront the consequences of his actions and he found himself spiralling into despair. The experience of incarceration left deep scars, and regaini...

Electric vehicles promise a greener future, but at what cost? The Hidden Price uncovers the untold story of the metals—lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more—that power EV batteries. From the water-starved deserts of Chile to the cobalt mines of the Congo, where children toil in hazardous conditions, this gripping exposé reveals the environmental devastation, human exploitation, and global inequalities behind the EV boom. Through vivid stories, rigorous research, and a global lens, Sim...