Going far beyond the standard imagery of Rasta -- ganja, reggae, and dreadlocks -- this cultural history offers an uncensored vision of a movement with complex roots and the exceptional journey of a man who taught an enslaved people how to be proud and impose their culture on the world. In the 1920s[...]

The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted--and in an era well known for sex[...]

With 90 million of the band's records sold worldwide since 1987, Guns N' Roses prolonged rock music past its sell-by date with controversial albums and immense, often riotous, world tours. But the band's complete story has never been fully told - until now. In his sixth major rock biography, Stephen[...]

They were legends based on myths--myths of fantasy, power, and black magic. The tales of their tours were the most outrageous in the already excess-laden annals of modern music. The era of Led Zeppelin personified sex, drugs, and rock & roll.Based on interviews with the band's musicians, friends, em[...]

The ninth edition continues to provide engineers with an accessible resource for learning calculus. The book includes carefully worked examples and special problem types that help improve comprehension. New applied exercises demonstrate the usefulness of the mathematics. Additional summary tables wi[...]

The new edition of Calculus continues to bring together the best of both new and traditional curricula in an effort to meet the needs of even more instructors teaching calculus.[...]

The complete story of Aerosmith; the life, the legends, the truth, the hell, the lost weeks, the women, and the drugs, from overwhelming success followed by dismal failure, to one of the most remarkable comebacks in pop culture history.[...]

Anton, Bivens & Davis latest issue of Calculus Early Transcendentals Single Variable continues to build upon previous editions to fulfill the needs of a changing market by providing flexible solutions to teaching and learning needs of all kinds.[...]

The Band, who backed Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965 and then turned out a half-dozen albums of beautifully crafted, image-rich songs, is now regarded as one of the most influential rock groups of the '60s. But while their music evoked a Southern mythology, only their Arkansawyer drummer, Le[...]

The "New York Times" bestselling epic tale of the last great rock band
From the bestselling author of "Hammer of the Gods" comes the complete story of Guns N? Roses from their drug-fueled blastoff in the 80s to the turbulent life of legendary singer Axl Rose, and his fifteen-year, multimillion [...]

Guns N' Roses är ett av vår tids största rockband. Med mytomspunna, missbrukande och gudomligt begåvade bandmedlemmar som Slash och Axl Rose har de åstadkommit legendariska plattor och konserter. Deras debutalbum Appetite for Destruction är ett av tidernas mest sålda album med sina 28 miljone[...]

This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale of[...]