Ergebnis für "Sand" in Unterhaltung & Stars

For fans of Really Good Actually and I'm Glad My Mom Died 'A deftness that catches your breath' - Fern Brady 'An incredible piece of writing' - Brett Goldstein 'Interrogates moments of trauma with insight, kindness and humanity' - John Robins This is a book about mistakes. And why we should...

“Offers an entertaining look at Kerkorian’s outsize life… an interesting portrait of a billionaire.” – Wall Street Journal The rags-to-riches story of one of America’s wealthiest and least-known financial giants, self-made billionaire Kirk Kerkorian—the daring aviator, movie mogul...

Bloomsbury presents Running Through Sand: An Ageing Comedian’s Ill-Thought-Out Ultra in the Sahara, written and read by Paul Tonkinson *This audiobook features a bonus conversation between the author and fellow ultra-runner and comedian Rob Deering* 'I loved every page' TIM VINE 'Hilarious and...

A meditative and inspiring diary of Derek Jarman's famous garden at Dungeness. In 1986 Derek Jarman discovered he was HIV positive and decided to make a garden at his cottage on the barren coast of Dungeness. Facing an uncertain future, he nevertheless found solace in nature, growing all manner of plants. While some perished beneath wind and sea-spray, others flourished, creating brilliant, unexpected beauty in the wilderness. Modern Nature is both a diary of the garden and a meditation by Jarman on his own life.

Sands Hall chronicles her slow yet willing absorption into the Church of Scientology. Her time in the Church, the 1980s, includes the secretive illness and death of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, and the ascension of David Miscavige. Hall compellingly reveals what drew her into the religion - what she found intriguing and useful - and how she came to confront its darker sides.

Wolfgang "Wolli" Köhler (1932–2017), gelernter Autoschlosser, jobbte als Kohlenhauer, im Zirkus und auf dem Rummelplatz. Mit dem Hamburger Dom kam er 1959 nach St. Pauli, wo er vom Portier und Rotlichtkellner zum Puffboss aufstieg und zu einer Kiezgröße wurde. Der Schriftsteller Hubert Fichte hat Wolfgang Köhler in den späten 60er und Mitte der 70er Jahre dreimal interviewt und ihn als "Wolli Indienfahrer" zu einer literarischen Figur gemacht. Diese endet 1982 mit der Auswanderung Wollis und seiner Frau Linda nach Costa Rica.

A memoir about a lifelong rock & roll love affair. Volume I spans my innocent emotional beginnings in Pittsburgh, PA, my sources of inspiration for songwriting, the great rock and roll and inside story of Tucson's Grodes, the tale of our 'underground classics of the Psychedelic Era,' 'Let's Talk About Girls' and 'Cry A little Longer' -- and my reflections on music, love and life. You'll meet some very special girls and women, including my first wife, Jeri, and an amazingly talented 'love of my life,' second wife, Patti. Come live vicariously my life of 'sex, drugs and rock & roll!

Lil Picard, geboren am 4. Oktober 1899 in Landau in der Pfalz. Malerin, Bildhauerin, Kunstkritikerin, Fotografin, Performance- und Happening-Künstlerin. Im Interview mit Hubert Fichte erzählt Lil Picard, die "große Pop-Mutter", "Muse der amerikanischen Avantgarde", "Großmutter der Hippies" und "Gertrude Stein der New Yorker Kunstszene", ihre Lebensgeschichte - von detaillierten Beschreibungen ihrer alltäglichen Rituale, über die Entwicklung ihrer eigenen künstlerischen Arbeit bis zu ihrer Freundschaft und Zusammenarbeit mit Andy Warhol.

A memoir by the legendary TV executive detailing his pioneering work on Saturday Night Live, NBC Sports, Sunday Night Football, Olympic broadcasting, the NBA, music videos, late night, and more. Think of an important moment in live television over the last half-century. Dick Ebersol was likely...

'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES 'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REID 'An absolutely brilliant book' SARA COLLINS A queen of punk before her time. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever. Opal is a fiercely independent young woman...

A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests against the...

What might we dare to expect from an actor's autobiography, even one from a star as personable as George Sanders? In the case of Memoirs of a Professional Cad, we possibly get more than we deserve. George Sanders undoubtedly led a colorful, glamorous, and even action-packed life, spanning the peak years of Hollywood's golden age. But the greatest joy of his memoirs is how funny they are and how penetrating their author's wit.

Born into a working class family in Seattle, Jimi Hendrix had a tough time growing up. Eventually, however, he fell in love with the guitar, and the rest is music history. This title features never-before-heard interviews with Jimi Hendrix; Noel Redding; Jimi's family, including his father Al Hendrix; Jack Bruce, Denny Laine; and Paul McCartney.

A no-holds-barred memoir of legendary Dead Kennedys and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer D.H. Peligro, Dreadnaught chronicles Peligro from his pre-DK years growing up in a deprived St. Louis ghetto to his years in San Francisco with Jello Biafra, East Bay Ray, and Klaus Flouride - from Los Angeles with the Red Hot Chili Peppers through years of drug and alcohol abuse all over the world amidst a backdrop of some of the most defining periods of late 20th century cultural, social, and music history.