There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene of the late 1980s and early 90s. This was the New York of Palladium, of Mars, Limelight, and Twilo, an era when dance music was still a largely underground phenomenon, popular chiefly among working-class African Americans and Latinos. And then there was Moby-not just a poor, skinny white kid from deepest Connecticut, but a devout Christian, a vegan, and a teetotaler, in a scene that was ...

*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far' 2019*'Somehow this chronicle of a long, dark night of the soul also involves funny stories involving Trump, Putin, and a truly baffling array of degenerates .' Stephen Colbert***What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty?What do you ...

From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s.There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene. This was the New York of Palladium; of Mars, Limelight, and Twilo; of unchecked, drug-fueled he...

Havia diversas razões para Moby jamais deslanchar como DJ e músico na cena club nova-iorquina. Aquela era a Nova York das boates Palladium, Mars, Limelight e Twilo, a cidade do hedonismo desenfreado regado a drogas, e lá estava Richard Melville Hall, descendente distante do autor de Moby Dick, um garoto branco, pobre e magrelo de Connecticut, cristão devoto, vegano e totalmente careta.Moby testemunhou em Nova York um submundo cultural atrevido e festivo. Ele encont...

What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's extraordinary life story is a journey into the dark heart of fame and the demons that lurk just beneath the bling and bluster of the celebrity lifestyle.In summer 1999, Moby released the album that defined the millennium, PLAY. Like generation-defining albums before it, PLAY was ubiquitous, and ...

Cosa succede quando, dopo aver raggiunto i propri obiettivi più ambiziosi, ci si rende conto che il vuoto che il successo avrebbe dovuto colmare è diventato una voragine ancora più profonda? Cosa si può fare quando tutto sembra ormai perduto? Questa straordinaria autobiografia di Moby è un viaggio nel cuore oscuro della fama e dei demoni che si annidano proprio sotto i bagliori e lo sfarzo dello stile di vita di una celebrità.Nell’estate del 1999, Moby pubblicò l’album di riferimen...

Musician and plant-based ambassador Moby shares his favorite creative and delicious vegan dishesMoby became vegan more than thirty years ago, when few people knew how to pronounce the word. Since then, vegan cuisine has flourished as the fastest-growing and most innovative cuisine on the planet. As a passionate animal rights advocate and also a food lover, Moby has helped fuel this evolution at his wildly popular restaurants. He is the original owner of the L.A. ce...

From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s.There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene. This was the New York of Palladium; of Mars, Limelight, and Twilo; of unchecked, drug-fueled he...

"Pequod" adlı bir balina gemisinin son yolculuğunu, balinaların nasıl avlandıklarını, geminin sonunda nasıl battığını anlatan Moby Dick, ilk bakışta denizlerde geçen bir serüven romanı sanılabilir. Ne var ki insan Moby Dick'i okudukça, okuduklarını düşündükçe, kitabın derinliğini, gerçek anlamını sezmeye başlar. Bu derinliği, bu gerçek anlamı sezmeyenler ise, balina avıyla ilgili, heyecanlı bir öykü olarak, gene de Moby Dick'in pekâlâ keyfini çıkarabilir.(Önsöz'den)İnce Kap...

Moby DickHerman MelvilleTexte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire.Attiré par la mer et le large, Ismaël, le narrateur, décide de partir à la chasse à la baleine. Il embarque sur le Pequod, baleinier commandé par le capitaine Achab. Ce dernier recherche Moby Dick, un cachalot blanc d'une taille impressi...

"There is no folly of the beast of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of man."A critical and commercial failure during his lifetime, Melville's works experienced a significant revival around the 100-year anniversary of his birth. Moby Dick, his best-known novel, has since gone on to become one of the defining works of American literature.Join Ishmael and Queequeg on their seafaring adventure aboard the Pequod, a whaling ship under command of the mad Ca...

Ismaël, attiré par la mer et le large, décide de partir à la chasse à la baleine. Il embarque sur le Pequod, baleinier d'un capitaine nommé Achab, amputé d'une jambe, qui emmènera Ismaël autour du monde à la poursuite du cachalot blanc...Faut-il présenter ce livre mythique, magnifique aventure, suspense prenant qui nous amène peu à peu à l'apocalypse finale, parabole chargée de thèmes universels et nouvelle ...