Títulos em Apresentadores e Celebridades

Toen Cesar Zuiderwijk in 1970 lid werd van Golden Earring, had Nederland plots zijn eigen drumheld. In de jaren 80 lanceerde Cesar het muzikale project Labyrinth, en hij opende zijn eigen drumschool. Samen met muziekjournalist Jean-Paul Heck gingen ze langs bij talloze muzikale vrienden en de Hagenees beschrijft tot in detail zijn avonturen met de Earring en alle uitstapjes ernaast. Ook kijkt hij vooruit naar de reeks afscheidsconcerten die Golden Earring zal geven.

Amoureux des petites histoires, Guillaume Bailly, le « croque-mort préféré des Français » revient sur son sujet de prédilection : la mort. Dans ce livre où vous croiserez Martin Luther King, des stars du cinéma, des théoriciens du Big Bang ou des valeureux anonymes, une chose est certaine : la mort n'a pas fini de vous surprendre ! Pour la plupart d'entre nous, le souvenir qui restera de nous sera celui d'une personne charmante, qui laisse un grand vide dans le cœur de ses proches.

Durante muchos años, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, duquesa de Alba, quedó sepultada bajo demasiados estereotipos que no hacían justicia a un personaje fascinante. Este libro rescata a la mujer y al icono que marcó una época, se convirtió en una de las personas más famosas y admiradas del mundo y contribuyó, como pocas, a abrir España a la modernidad. Ella fue el mejor exponente de una aristocracia que se codeaba con escritores y artistas, que abrazaba la cultura y la moda, y que disfrutaba de una vida cosmopolita con amistades por todo el mundo.

Brought to you by Penguin. For 11-year-old Emma-Lee, the sound of Hong Kong in the summer of 1995 is Cantopop. The Cantopop stars she idolises, at the height of their stratospheric fame, are seen on every billboard and heard on every street corner. Later that year, she and her family will leave...

Darker with the Dawn uncovers the history and deeper meanings behind Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds' most well-known songs from "Tupelo", "The Mercy Seat", "Red Right Hand", "Stagger Lee", "Into My Arms", to "Higgs Boson Blues" and beyond. The book explores Nick Cave's life in music drawing upon his inspirations of the Bible, Greek myth, and literature, as well as his enduring passion for gospel, blues, and progressive rock.

To listen to The Stone Fiddle is to enter into Paddy Tunney's sense of himself, to step into a lost world preserved only in his memory and imagination. As Bill Meek wrote in The Irish Times, 'Paddy Tunney's book is much more than a collection of songs ... only infrequently can a study be said to reveal a culture from within. When such an event occurs, the result can be electrifying, and such is the effect of The Stone Fiddle, undoubtedly a piece of literature, and yet so directed by the oral tradition that the pages dance with a degree of life denied to most literary works.'

One person knows David Bowie better than he knows himself--ex-wife Angela Bowie. For ten tempestuous years she traveled and lived with Bowie, overseeing his career, promoting his music, and launching him from in-crowd cult hero to rock superstar. Having outlasted the gag order that was part of their divorce settlement agreement, Angela produced this candid, scandalous, and uncompromising memoir. In Backstage Passes she recounts the jet-setting, hard-partying world they shared.

Plus qu’un rappeur, Jul est un phénomène. En quelques années, il est devenu le symbole d’une ville, Marseille, et de toute une génération. Authentique, humble, ultra-productif, Jul est l’homme de tous les records dans le monde du rap. Au fil de ses nombreux albums, il a construit un univers unique. Ce dictionnaire, entre hommage et analyse, entend décrypter ce qui fonde le succès et la force d’un artiste hors norme.

In dieser Zeit wurde ich Berufsmusiker. Meine Erfahrungen, meine Erlebnisse, Hoffnungen, Träume und Enttäuschungen werden in dieser Biografie mit größter Ehrlichkeit und Kompromisslosigkeit beschrieben. Ein berührendes Werk voll Selbsterkenntnis und Tiefenschärfe. Ich durchschritt viele Stadien der Entwicklung in Begleitung der besten Musiker Luxemburgs: Jean Roderes von RTL, Fausti Cima, Johnny Glesener und vielen anderen.

De Toulon à Paris, des salons de coiffure aux plateaux de télévision, Sofia Morgavi nous livre le récit touchant et inspirant d'une vie consacrée à la voix. À travers 20 leçons pratiques nées de ses rencontres les plus marquantes, Sofia crée un genre inédit : chaque chapitre autobiographique dévoile une leçon de chant que la vie lui a enseignée.

Le jour, il incarnait Alex P. Keaton, ado conservateur et sarcastique de la sitcom culte Sacrée Famille. La nuit, il devenait Marty McFly, héros d'une aventure de science-fiction appelée à marquer des générations entières : Retour vers le futur. Entre deux tournages, Fox traversait Los Angeles comme s'il franchissait une faille temporelle, passant d'un rôle à l'autre, inventant sans le savoir un morceau de légende. Future Boy nous plonge au cœur de ces mois frénétiques où la télévision et le cinéma se sont rencontrés pour donner naissance à l'un des plus grands phénomènes de la culture pop.

Last words are never easy—since, let’s face it, they’re mostly spoken by people in the worst health of their lives. But even if they aren’t eloquent, they can offer a glimpse into the speaker’s true self. Some are clever, others are loving, heartbreaking, or occasionally shocking. In Any Last Words?, Joseph Hayden explores the last words of more than two hundred actors, athletes, writers, musicians, politicians, intellectuals, criminals, and more. What was the last thing Bogart said to Bacall? What did Marie Antoinette say to her executioner?

Der Roman begleitet Verdi auf seiner Reise nach Venedig im Jahr 1883. Dort begegnet er überall dem Schatten Richard Wagners, seines bedeutendsten künstlerischen Rivalen und Sinnbild einer neuen musikalischen Epoche. Wagners plötzlicher Tod erschüttert Verdi – und zwingt ihn, sich seiner eigenen künstlerischen Identität zu stellen. Werfel verbindet historische Realität, psychologische Tiefe und die emotionale Kraft der Oper zu einem faszinierenden literarischen Porträt.

With eloquence, vulnerability, and resolve, Nicholas mines her six-decade journey through TV and film stardom, the complexities of her three marriages, and her reconstituting her creative life to become a celebrated novelist, reflecting on the personal, professional, and societal pressures that buffeted her throughout.

As Jan Brady, America’s most memorable middle child on the beloved TV sitcom, The Brady Bunch, Eve Plumb has been an enduring icon of American pop culture for over 60 years. Now in an engaging, intimate memoir, she shares the behind-the-scenes story of her colorful and impressively versatile Hollywood career and revelatory recollections of her off-camera life along the way—complete with many photos from her private archives.

The first and most important teacher in life is mom. Her lessons start in early childhood and last a lifetime. Behind many successful people is a mother who gave her child the example, the insights, and the drive that helped them live their extraordinary life and become a better parent themselves. In this inspiring book, the past and present CEOs of Sesame Workshop, the producer of Sesame Street, capture the stories and love these remarkable people have for their own mothers and how this shaped their lives. This book is a love letter to mothers everywhere.

Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021) was a towering figure in American musical theater. Celebrated for such iconic Broadway shows as Company, Sweeney Todd, and Into the Woods, his accolades include eight Tony Awards, multiple Grammy Awards, an Academy Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. In this intimate biography, Daniel Okrent follows Sondheim through the tumult of his upbringing and his parents’ divorce, his life-changing relationship with Oscar Hammerstein II and subsequent immersion in musical theater, and his rise to fame as both a lyricist and composer.

The first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group THUG LIFE, and the life and death Tupac Shakur–written by Mopreme Shakur, the legendary rapper’s big brother and eldest son of Black liberation activist Mutulu Shakur.

Esta antología de semblanzas biográficas, textos críticos, análisis cinematográficos y reveladoras entrevistas con sus colaboradores de confianza, es el resultado de años de consagración al apasionado estudio de la obra de tan prolífica hermandad. El crítico de cine Adam Nayman, además de celebrar y diseccionar los logros de este singular contubernio, nos acerca a su obra para trazar, como él mismo proclama con la pompa que la ocasión merece, una gran teoría unificada de lo que el propio Nayman ha dado en llamar «coentáneo».

Für viele unvorstellbar, für Betty Taube Realität seit der Geburt: Die eigene Mutter wird zu einem anderen Menschen, sobald sie Alkohol trinkt. In ihrer Autobiografie erzählt Betty über ihre Kindheit, die Angst vor der eigenen Mutter und ihre Zeit im Kinderheim. Mit bemerkenswertem Mut enthüllt sie nicht nur die dunkelsten Kapitel ihrer Vergangenheit, sondern auch die komplizierte Liebe zu ihrer Mutter.