Ergebnis für "KISS" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

Exploding on the music scene in the early 1970s, the rock group KISS combined raw energy with theatrical showmanship—not to mention face painting! Founding member Gene Simmons—an outrageous star whose superlong tongue, legendary sexual exploits, and demonic makeup have made him a rock icon—recounts his own story as well as the history of the band. In KISS and Make-Up, Simmons shares a wild, shocking, and unbelievable tale about an immigrant boy from Israel who studied to be a rabbi but was saved by rock and roll and became one of the most notorious rock stars in the world.

Mark Twight is a BANFF award-winner, an extreme climber, an extreme writer, and an extreme personality. No matter what he's doing, Mark Twight takes a definite, and often controversial , stand. Anyone who knows climbing knows Twight's name, and anyone who knows Twight's name will want to listen to this audiobook. Each story is told in Twight's taut, in-your-face style. Brand-new epilogues bring each piece full circle, providing updated information and fresh, hindsight perspectives.

Die Faszination unendlicher Weiten: Astronaut Matthias Maurer hat sie erlebt. In seiner Autobiografie erzählt er von seiner spektakulären Mission zur ISS, seiner Forschung, und was er im Weltall, über die Erde und die Menschheit gelernt hat. Nur zwölf Deutsche haben unseren Planeten je verlassen. Und Matthias Maurer ist einer von ihnen. Doch für den Wissenschaftler ist der Weg in den Weltraum lang und steinig. 2009 besteht er das harte Auswahl-Verfahren der europäischen Weltraum-Behörde ESA und beginnt 2015 mit dem Astronauten-Training.

"Sometimes I want to spend hours talking with my best friends about boys and fashion and school and life. I want to go to the gym; I want my hair to look nice; I want to be allowed to wear jeans. I want to be a normal young woman living in America, sometimes. But I want other things more. All the time. I want to be spiritually and emotionally filled every day. I want to be loved and cuddled by a hundred children and never go a day without laughing.

Gene Wilder is one of the great comic actors who defined the 1970s and 1980s in movies. From his work with Woody Allen, to the rich group of movies he made with Mel Brooks, to his partnership on screen with Richard Pryor, Wilder's performances are still discussed and celebrated today.

“Wickedly funny and heartstoppingly vulnerable…every page twinkles with brilliance.” —Refinery29 Perfect for fans of Samantha Irby and Trick Mirror, a hilarious, whip-smart collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, pop culture, the internet, and identity...

Lil O'Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen when they overheard her talking to a friend about liking girls. Half an hour later she found herself on the side of the road, with instructions to come back and pick up her suitcase the next day. What follows is a heartbreaking yet hugely funny story of a young Kiwi girl — the deputy head girl from a posh private school - coming to grips with her sexuality in the face of stark disapproval from her parents. Bit by bit, Lil finds the inner strength to pull herself into an entirely new world.

NEW YORK TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In Face the Music, Paul Stanley—the co-founder and famous “Starchild” frontman of KISS—reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking...

'You wanted the best and you got the best! The hardest band in the world KISS' I Access all areas berättar Anders Tengner för första gången om sitt liv med hårdrockens storheter. Under tjugofem år flög han jorden runt och mötte hundratals rockband, många av dem privat. Hans intervju och fotoarkiv är helt unikt i sitt slag, och här öppnar han för första gången dörrarna till en rockskatt som till stora delar är tidigare opublicerad. I detta avsnitt möter vi den legendariska gruppen KISS. Personliga intervjuer varvas med detaljerad bandhistorik.

13 June, 1940. Carefully labelled, and each clutching little brown suitcases, Terry, aged seven, and his elder brother Jack, eleven, stand amid the throng of children which crowds the narrow platform at Welling station awaiting the steam engine which will pull them and their fellow evacuees across the country towards their unknown destination – and their new lives...

Jeden z najwiekszych polskich bestsellerów dwudziestego wieku! Trzy razy przeniesiony na ekran, z niezapomnianymi kreacjami glównych bohaterów, jakie stworzyli Roman Wilhelmi, Eugeniusz Bodo i Cezary Pazura. Pomimo uplywu czasu "Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy" jest aktualna w obecnej rzeczywistosci. Perypetie i blyskotliwa kariera polityczna niejakiego Dyzmy w humorystyczny sposób obrazuje ciemniejsza strone II RP gdzie znajomosci, dostep do salonów wladzy i korupcja stanowily podstawy kariery niejednego polityka.

A Christian Retailing BEST finalist A middle-class woman in rural America and war-affected children in Africa find common ground in their journeys from brokenness to redemption. Author and psychologist Bethany Haley Williams shares how her own emotional healing led her into treacherous war zones...

KISS är mer än ett rockband, mer än en bombastisk scenshow. Bandet är en institution som med sin musik, framåtanda och spektakulära uttryck har påverkat och influerat miljontals människor och musiker världen över. Deras melodiösa hårdrock i kombination med det ikoniska sminket gör dem till hjältar för generation efter generation.

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story is the only family-authorized biography of the late Hollywood actress whose promising film career in the 1950s was quickly overtaken by a disastrous and scandal-ridden personal life that left her career in ashes. Barbara Payton’s story has long been considered one of the saddest and most potent cautionary tales the town has ever known.

Kiss the Boys Goodbye convincingly shows that a legacy of shame remains from America’s ill-fated involvement in Vietnam even though that conflict ended over 35 years ago. Until US government policy on POW/MIAs changes, it remains one of the most crucial issues for any American soldier who fights for home and country, particularly when we are engaged with an enemy who doesn't adhere to the international standards for the treatment of prisoners - or any American hostage...

Astrid Jorgensen is on a mission to teach the world to sing. But she’s not promising to make anybody better at singing – she simply wants people to feel less ashamed of whatever voice they have. Why only just listen to a story when you can also hear the author break into song. Original music...

In The Succulent Kiss, Tina shares her true story of survival. She chronicles her harrowing escape from the grips of mental and physical abuse, to reclaim her identity and discover the juicy romance she longed for.

You'll want to spend every minute of your time with the O'Daniel Family, experiencing their simple adventures in a way that only this oldest daughter can weave them.

WINNER of the Cindy Roadburg Memorial Prize—Western Canada Jewish Book Awards NATIONAL BESTSELLER For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves...

After losing her high school sweetheart, Ryan, a California firefighter, in the line of duty, Jennifer was left to rebuild her life as a young widow with two children. Struggling to navigate grief and questioning God’s plan, Jennifer’s journey takes an unexpected turn when she meets Michael, a firefighter from Northern Ireland, years later at an event in California. Despite the odds and miles between them, their undeniable connection reveals a shared history, launching them into an unplanned, but divinely orchestrated, future together.