Unexpurgated recent personal journals and tour diaries documenting the turbulent life and misadventures of Libertines and Babyshambles frontman, Peter Doherty. The book hit headlines upon release in July 2014, not least because of entries about the rock star's famous, often tragic, friends including Peaches Geldof, Amy Winehouse and a certain supermodel.Truthful, provocative and sensitive, 'From Albion to Shangri-La' chronicles six tumultuous years (2008 - 2013) in the life of Pete...

Conque quieres ganar el premio Nobel… En estas páginas, cargadas de anécdotas y agudas reflexiones, Peter Doherty —que en 1996 mereció el de Medicina— te dice cómo hacerlo, al menos si te interesa alguna de las ciencias premiadas cada año en Estocolmo. Aquí encontrarás una lúcida exposición sobre el funcionamiento de la ciencia experimental, desde la actividad en el laboratorio hasta la redacción de artículos y la búsqueda de recursos; valiosos consejos sobre qué, dónde y con quién estudia...

The Nobel Prize-winning medical researcher recounts his unlikely career journey in a memoir that "opens the vault to the world of science" ( Nature).Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, Peter Doherty tells how he developed an interest in immunology and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense. In prose that is both amusing and astute, Doherty reveals how his nonconformist upb...

At the heart of this book by Nobel Prize–winning immunologist and professor Peter Doherty is this striking observation: Birds detect danger to our health and the environment before we do. Following a diverse cast of bird species around the world—from tufted puffins in Puget Sound to griffon vultures in India, pigeons in East Asia, and wedge-tailed shearwaters off the islands of Australia's Great Barrier Reef—Doherty illuminates birds' role as an early warning system for threats to the heal...

Provocante et sensible, voici la chronique de six années de la vie de Peter Doherty à travers des extraits de journaux intimes. L’artiste, l’un des musiciens anglais les plus doué, joue franc jeu et revient sur son « horrible » addiction, mais aussi sur ses amours, ses amitiés et son caractère, avec une poésie troublante. Des artistes comme Amy Winehouse s’invitent directement dans ces carnets de tournée, très « sex, drugs and rock’n’roll ».Peter Doherty est un auteur-compositeur-in...

"La idea de pandemia evoca imágenes de enfermedades horribles matando a gran parte de la humanidad. La realidad es mucho mas sutil. En este libro Peter Doherty, quien ganó el Premio Nobel por su trabajo sobre cómo el sistema inmunitario reconoce las células infectadas por virus, ofrece una guía esencial para una de las cuestiones de vida o muerte mas trascendentes de nuestra época . Se explican aqui las causas de las pandemias, las formas en que se pueden contrarrestar con vacunas y medica...

Tout ce qu’on raconte est vrai : Pete Doherty est un toxico. Pete est un salop. Pete est un escroc. Pete est séducteur. Pete est un poète. Pete est ce qui est arrivé de mieux à l’Angleterre depuis les Beatles. Pete écrit comme un Dieu. Pete est pathétique. Pete est un truqueur. Pete écrit des chansons sublimes. Pete a ken Kate Moss. Pete vend son âme aux dealeurs. Pete est un pur. Pete est un dandy. Pete est un poseur. Pete adore l’argent. Pete est vulnérable. Pete est un voleur. Pete est un ...

Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy. To his devoted fans, he is a cult hero, a modern-day Rimbaud. Musically, he has defined the past twenty years of indie rock with his sound, lyrics, lifestyle and aesthetic.Since The Libertines rose to international fame, Doherty has proved endlessly fascinating. A whirlwind of controversy and scandal has tailed him ever since the early 2000s, so much so that all too often his talents as a son...

Exclusive interviews and career overviews of key comics creators taken from the pages of the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this fourth collection Alan Moore, Brett Ewins, Liam McCormick-Sharp, John Higgins, Colin Wilson, Dylan Teague and Peter Doherty discuss their work in comics, 2000 AD and many other titles in great detail.

Peter Doherty's is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - bad boy and public enemy. To his devoted fans, he is a cult hero, a modern-day Rimbaud. Musically, he has defined the past twenty years of indie rock with his sound, lyrics, lifestyle and aesthetic.Since The Libertines rose to international fame, Doherty has proved endlessly fascinating. A whirlwind of controversy and scandal has tailed him ever since the early 2000s, so much so that all too often his talents as a son...

Lasciati alle spalle i suoi giorni più sfrenati, Doherty esplora candidamente – con piglio ironico e talvolta doloroso – alcuni dei momenti più grandiosi o più bui della sua esistenza. Ci invita a conoscere il suo mondo, fra affascinanti processi creativi, feste decadenti, notti drogate, l’esperienza della prigione e una pericolosa tendenza all’autodistruzione. Con l’intelligenza e l’ironia che lo contraddistinguono, Pete racconta anche gli anni della sua infanzia, le influenze chiave, le ...

It took a world war to bring Raich Carter and Peter Doherty together at Derby County. First as guests through RAF postings. Then, all too briefly, signed as the aces of a Cup-winning pack. Their perfect partnership forms the heart of this double biography, spanning their whole football careers. From early adversity sprang two of the most gifted forwards of the 20th century, League champions as well as FA Cup winners, capped by their countries either side of the Second World War. They both ...