Chris Wild: 3 books

'We were just sacks of flesh existing as punchbags for their rage, or toys for their entertainment' Chris Wild lost his dad aged 11, leaving him to grow up in the care system. There, he witnessed the incessant physical and sexual abuse of children, with the only escape leading to the streets....

"Schicksal sind die Karten, die das Leben uns in die Hand legt. Geschick ist, was wir aus diesen Karten machen." Unter diesem Motto erreichten eines kalten Wintertages die 22 Karten der großen Arkana 22 Autoren, die sich der Herausforderung gestellt hatten, zu jener einen Karte eine Geschichte zu schreiben....

The BBC's Jazz Book of the Year for 2008. Few jazz musicians have had the lasting influence or attracted as much scholarly study as John Coltrane. Yet, despite dozens of books, hundreds of articles, and his own recorded legacy, the "facts" about Coltrane's life and work have never...