From original Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler comes the inside story of Guns N’ Roses through a new perspective and his own intense struggle with addiction.Guns N' Roses are one of America's most successful rock bands, with estimated sales of 90 million albums worldwide. Steven Adler is the original drummer, with an infamous past of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll that led to his removal from the band.And here, for the first time, Steven Adler tells it all. In My Appetite f...

Après avoir survécu à vingt-huit overdoses, trois tentatives de suicide, deux crises cardiaques, quelques séjours en prison et une congestion cérébrale, Steven Adler, quadragénaire et star du rock la plus autodestructrice qui ait jamais existé, est prêt à livrer une vérité stupéfiante et inédite dans My Appetite for Destruction. Lorsque Adler avait onze ans, il a déclaré à ses deux amis proches qu’il deviendrait une rock star au sein du plus grand groupe du monde. Aux côtés de quatre music...

From the original Guns N' Roses drummer comes a tale of sex, drugs, excess, hairspray, and an intense 20-year struggle with addiction.Guns N' Roses is one of the world's most successful rock bands, with estimated sales of 90 million albums worldwide. Steven Adler is the original drummer, with an infamous past of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll that led to his removal from the band.And here, for the first time, Steven Adler tells it all. In My Appetite for D...

Cinquenta anos, vinte e oito overdoses, três tentativas de suicídio, dois infartos, algumas passagens pela cadeia e o avc que o deixou debilitado… Agora, Steven Adler, o rock star mais autodestrutivo de todos os tempos, está pronto para mostrar sua verdade devastadora e não contada. A autobiografia do baterista original do Guns N' Roses é um conto repleto de sexo, drogas, excessos, laquê e uma intensa batalha de 20 anos contra o vício. O Guns N' Roses é uma das bandas de rock mais bem-suce...

If you are a leader—in any sense of the word—or aspire to be an effective one, the world desperately needs you. Perhaps you are an elected or appointed official. Or you run a library. Or you coach a Little League team. While leaders do many things, a major cornerstone of effective leadership is conflict management.Filled with many engaging stories and examples, Calming the Storm: A Leader’s Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts presents seventy-five short and quick ...

Examining the First World War through the lens of the American SouthHow did World War I affect the American South? Did southerners experience the war in a particular way? How did regional considerations and, more generally, southern values and culture impact the wider war effort? Was there a distinctive southern experience of WWI?Scholars considered these questions during “Dixie’s Great War,” a symposium held at the University of Alabama in October 2017 to ...

In The Keeper of Lost Causes, Jussi Adler-Olsen introduced Detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of Copenhagen’s coldest cases. The result wasn’t what Mørck—or readers—expected, but by the opening of Adler-Olsen’s shocking, fast-paced follow-up, Mørck is satisfied with the notion of picking up long-cold leads. So he’s naturally intrigued when a closed case lands on his desk: A brother and sister were brutally murder...

Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?In The Portland Edge, leading urban scholars who have lived in and studied the region pre...

Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these shifts—addressing more expansive understandings of where, how, and with whom we research, teach, and partner. This book examines these shifts, locating them within socio-economic trends within a...

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In addition to their use as bio-pesticides, EPNs have a fascinating biology and are thus considered model organisms in ecology, symbiosis and pathogenesis. This book presents basic knowledge and diverse applications to illustrate how EPNs play an important role as potent biocontrol solutions. It describes: Fundamental concepts such as biology, tax...

Redemption is the phenomenal third instalment in Jussi Adler-Olsen's internationally bestselling department Q series, which follows the Sunday Times smash hit Mercy and its sequel Disgrace. The prefect treat for all fans of the classic Scandinavian crime thriller in the vein of The Killing and Borgen!'For those suffering withdrawals from The Killing' The TimesTwo boys, brothers, wake tied and bound in a boathous...

The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of Jussi Adler-Olsen's Mercy, Scandinavia's new bestselling crime phenomenon. Read by the actor Steven Pacey.At first the prisoner scratches at the walls until her fingers bleed. But there is no escaping the room. With no way of measuring time, her days, weeks, months go unrecorded. She vows not to go mad. She will not give her captors the satisfaction. She will die first.***Copenhagen dete...