Marc: 4072 books
Word of Mouse
101+ Trends in How We Buy, Sell, Live, Learn, Work, and Play
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
The New York Times bestselling author of Get Rich Click! delivers cutting-edge advice for consumers and marketers on how to get the most from today’s technology.
Gain a competitive edge— get the most from today’s technology!
Technology changes so fast that it’s easy to be intimidated...
For Want of a Lighthouse
Building the Lighthouses of Eastern Lake Ontario 1828–1914
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2015
No safe harbours for steamboats or sailing vessels could be found along an isolated 70-mile stretch of eastern Lake Ontario, dominated by the irregular-shaped Prince Edward County peninsula. Frequent storms, rocky reefs and sandy shoals were among the many dangers facing 19th century mariners. So...
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain
A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
A neuroscientist's unique and fascinating journey into his own addiction--for readers of Oliver Sacks and Andrew Solomon
Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of...
The Biology of Desire
Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery.
The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have...
by Marc Woodworth
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
Marc Woodworth's book covers the album's long and unorthodox period of writing, recording, sequencing, and editing. It includes interviews with members of the band, manager Pete Jamison, web-master and GBV historian Rich Turiel and Robert Griffin of Scat Records. At least sixty-five songs were recorded...
Norman Reedus: True Tales of The Walking Dead’s Zombie Hunter
An Unauthorized Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Where does reality stop and fantasy begin? In the case of The Walking Dead superstar Norman Reedus, the question is still very much up in the air.
His Daryl Dixon is a very flawed, psychologically scarred character in a zombie-infested world. And there is much in his portrayal that is informed...
by Marc Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Jamie Dornan came to the role of Christian Grey in the motion picture Fifty Shades of Grey as Hollywood's answer to a prayer when the original actor, Charlie Hunnam, left the picture a scant three weeks before production was set to begin.
But the reality was that Dornan's being thrust into...
Lindsay Lohan: Fully Loaded, from Disney to Disaster
An Unauthorized Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Lindsay Lohan is quite literally a train wreck for the internet age. Her every misstep, personal and professional disaster and emotional trip into career suicide has been chronicled to the point of overkill in the tabloids and gossip sites. Lindsay Lohan: Fully Loaded: From Disney to Disaster: An...
by Marc Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Welcome to Shondaland: An Unauthorized Biography
Shonda Rhimes is the reigning Queen of Network Television. On the strength of the hit television series Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, she has turned the staid and repetitive halls of network television...
by Marc Shapiro
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Those who don't believe in miracles should take a look at what brought Dakota Johnson from obscurity to the pinnacle of stardom as Anastasia Steele in the motion picture Fifty Shades of Grey.
But who is Dakota Johnson? A surprisingly accomplished and driven actress. This is not...
by Marc Myers
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Why Jazz Happened is the first comprehensive social history of jazz. It provides an intimate and compelling look at the many forces that shaped this most American of art forms and the many influences that gave rise to jazz’s post-war styles. Rich with the voices of musicians, producers, promoters,...
The Singer Songwriter
Pop Gallery eBooks, #7
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Of all the genres of popular music, defining the singer-songwriter is tough because they all crossover into each other. Taylor Swift is a very different type of singer-songwriter than Bruce Springsteen, yet they both fall into this category.I’m sure you (like me) think of the CLASSIC singer-songwriters...
LES REBELLES DU ROCK
Un XXe siècle underground pour un âge futur
Language: French
Release Date: February 20, 2012
Les Rebelles du Rock rassemble plus d’une trentaine de longs portraits des figures les plus remarquables du genre. De Hank Williams à Alan Vega, d’Elvis Presley aux Cramps, de Woody Guthrie à Iggy & The Stooges, en passant par les Hell’s Angels et William Burroughs pour n’en citer que quelques-uns...
Adam Ant
The last punk rocker
Language: French
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Artiste culte ayant pris d’assaut les charts anglais d’abord au sein d’Adam & The Ants puis en solo, Adam Ant fut une figure incontournable de la scène post-punk anglaise lors de l’âge d’or des early eighties. Adam Ant, The Last Punk Rocker propose un panorama complet de l’œuvre et de...