'In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.'Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone ...

Desde muy joven, Giles Smith se sintió atraído por el universo del pop: por las canciones que sonaban en la radio, por los conciertos en directo que veía en la televisión, por los singles de siete pulgadas que compraba o hurtaba, por la iconografía pop, los peinados estrambóticos, las guitarras eléctricas Empezó a comprar discos, a clasificarlos y atesorarlos, a imitar a sus ídolos, a Marc Bolan de T. Rex, sobre todo, y a tocar en grupos de escuela, mientras soñaba en conv...

Mamma mia! ABBA, toda su historia es una biografía dirigida a todos los fans de ABBA y, también, a los amantes de la música pop de cualquier época y lugar. Giles Smith rememora y expone de manera brillante, divertida e iluminadora, la historia de ABBA a través de los momentos culturalmente más importantes de una banda que a lo largo de las épocas ha sorprendido a los críticos por su capacidad de reinventarse y de seguir transmitiendo pura alegría a sus seguidores de manera desenfa...

Brought to you by Penguin.'In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.'Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confession...

április 6-án, szombaton Brightonban egy svéd együttes nyerte a 19. Eurovíziós Dalfesztivált. Az ABBA népszerűsége ma, jó fél évszázad elteltével nagyobb, mint valaha. Milliók hallgatják minden korosztályból, és a zenekar mítoszát filmek, musical-előadások és hologramkoncertek gazdagítják tovább, miközben negyven év után teljesen új albummal jelentkeztek.Az újságíró és zenei szakíró Giles Smith ennek a mítosznak szegődik a nyomába. Nemcsak első, kiskamasz kori talá...

‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday TimesMy My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo...

All-star comedy about an ageing rock star and his search for fulfilment, written by Nick Hornby and Giles SmithDave Mabbutt is having a crisis. He’s the richest man in Britain, a bona fide rockstar with fans, fame and fortune. He even has a personal assistant called Mr. Tumble, who is in fact an elephant - but he’s not happy. When you have more money than sense life can have hilarious consequences. And how rock and roll does it really feel to have your mum at every...

托爾金逝世50週年．全新繁體中文版隆重上市！由華文世界最佳托爾金譯者，鄧嘉宛領軍翻譯。本書集結了托爾金生前發表的四篇精采短篇故事與詩歌，並特別收錄集多位專業學者之力研譯完成，台灣首度公開的托爾金＜論仙境奇譚＞；＜****尼葛的葉子＞──畫家尼葛在畫了一片葉子以後決定要畫出一棵世界上最完美的樹；＜哈莫農夫賈爾斯＞──肥胖而膽怯的哈莫農夫賈爾斯因為一把「咬尾劍」不得不屠龍？！＜湯姆·邦巴迪爾歷險記＞──湯姆．邦巴迪爾的歷險記裡出現了霍比特人、公主、食人妖與巨人好不熱鬧；＜****大伍屯的鐵匠＞──大伍屯的鐵匠史密斯先生拜大蛋糕裡的神祕星星之賜得以進入仙境一遊……關於這四篇短篇故事與一篇...

Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity. Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Ea...

From the author of the Whitbread Award-winning The Last King of Scotland comes a spellbinding tale of a town under siege in colonial Africa and a young woman who finds love and freedom in the midst of a devastating war.The year is 1899, and the South African town of Ladysmith is surrounded by Boer forces. No one expects the siege to last, but it does, for a harrowing 120 days -- four months of dire emergency: food shortages during which bread is made with laundry d...

The 3nd of 3 volumes includes hundreds of pages and photographs presenting the richness of Okinawan martial traditions, from the original combatives to those influenced by Chinese and mainland Japanese martial art styles. The variety of topics shown in the table of contents indicate the depth and breath in the chapters, along with the authors who are well-known for their meticulous research and practical skills in specific arts. Each volume will prove enjoyable reading and permanent at-han...

The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Policing, Communication, and Society brings together well-regarded academics and experienced practitioners to explore how communication intersects with policing in areas such as cop-culture, race and ethnicity, terrorism and hate crimes, social media, police reform, crowd violence, and many more. By combining research and theory in criminology, psychology, and communication, this handbook provides a foundation for identifying and understanding many of t...