Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder**, alongside Anthony Kiedis,** of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.Michael Peter Balzary was born in Melbourne, Australia, on October 16, 1962. His more famous stage name, Flea, and his wild ride as the renowned bass player for the Red Hot Chil...

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which sparked Flea's interest in music. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Flea became fascinated with the trumpet, idolizing musicians like Miles, Dizzy, and Louis.But the family soon fell apart, "I was raised in a very violent, alcoholic hous...

O aguardado (e badalado) livro de memórias do icônico baixista do Red Hot Chili Peppers chega ao Brasil pela Belas Letras. Em Acid for the children, Flea conta a fascinante história de suas origens, dos altos vertiginosos aos baixos na sarjeta que você gostaria de ouvir de um rato de rua que se transformou num rock star mundialmente famoso. Por meio de anedotas hilárias, meditações poéticas e voos fantásticos ocasionais, Flea relata com habilidade as experiência...

Bestseller en The New York TimesBestseller #1 en LA TimesBestseller #1 en Biografías de Músicos de Jazz en Amazon EUASelección 2019 de NPRAudiolibro original nominado al Grammy 2021 como mejor álbum spoken word«Flea es un escritor cautivador, con un don particular que flota libremente y reverbera. Escribe en explosiones y epifanías propias de la generación beat, con el tipo de virtuosismo, vulnerabili...

Bestseller en The New York TimesBestseller #1 en LA TimesBestseller #1 en Biografías de Músicos de Jazz en Amazon EUASelección 2019 de NPRAudiolibro original nominado al Grammy 2021 como mejor álbum spoken word«Flea es un escritor cautivador, con un don particular que flota libremente y reverbera. Escribe en explosiones y epifanías propias de la generación beat, con el tipo de virtuosismo, vulnerabili...

Michael Peter Balzary, vagy, ahogy a világ ismeri: Flea, a Red Hot Chili Peppers egyik alapító tagja, basszusgitár fenoménje, és a rock and roll univerzum egyik legszerethetőbb figurája.LSD gyerekeknek című önéletrajzában maga írja meg szövevényes, viszontagságos, szomorú, elképesztő, felemelő és inspiráló életét addig a pontig, amíg a Red Hot Chili Peppers-zel elindul a halhatatlanná válás útján. Az LSD gyerekeknek nem egy szokványos sex & drugs & rock & roll botránykönyv, hanem egy érzék...

I See Insects: Flea Jump into the world of the tiny but mighty flea with I See Insects: Flea. This book from the I See Insects series is a fascinating introduction for young readers to one of the most common parasites. With simple sentences like, "The flea eats blood," children will learn about the flea's small size, its brown color, and its life living on animals. The book uses vibrant photography and easy-to-understand text to help early readers develop their literacy skills while they l...

Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it is a sadly dilapidated home to ten wildly different individuals and their families.There's a womanizing, hard-drinking academic with a penchant for philosophy; a 'clean freak' and her lice-ridden daughter; a lapsed Jew in search of true love; and a charmingly naïve mistress whose shadowy past lurks in the building. When the rubbish at Bonbon Palace is stolen, a mysterious sequence of events unfold that result in a...

Something wicked is coming to South Toms River, New Jersey.Selling haunted trinkets and witches' wands is just another normal day for the delightfully neurotic werewolf Natalya Stravinsky. From one day to another, as the new South Toms River Pack alpha female, she tries to keep finicky supernatural customers placated while managing her underhanded goblin boss and eccentric supernatural co-workers. Her life is complicated further when competition rolls in: a peculiar troll-owned mar...

What could be more innocent than a country flea market?When service dog trainer Marcia Banks takes up temporary residence with her best friend in Williston, Florida, her goals are simple: spoil her toddler godchildren and train her newest dog's veteran owner, a vendor at a local flea market.Ha, the universe has other plans. When the owner of the flea market is found dead and her client is a prime suspect, she discovers that nothing is as it seems—from the flea mark...

Everyone in town is buttoned up about the truth behind the mysterious mansion on Thread Lane.Louisa Henry can’t seem to get any answers about the abandoned mansion hidden behind brush that she runs by each day. Well, she thought it was abandoned, but she’s recently seen signs of life. Whenever she asks the locals about who lives there, they clam up.One day, Lou notices someone sneaking around the mysterious house. When she hears a crash inside, she runs to help. The body of ...

Three wickedly funny stories featuring a flea-ridden Whiffer the dog, a naughty dare at school and a shiny red fire engine.