Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Adele needs no introduction. From humble beginnings she has come to be a globally recognized icon. Her first album shot her to fame and the second consolidated her position as a singing/songwriting superstar with lasting, global appeal. She has already won more than 40 industry awards, including 11 Billboard Music Awards, a BRIT award, and eight Grammy awards. She has broken record after record:…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Everybody loves ABBA — as proven by the blockbuster success of «Mamma Mia!» the movie. «Thank You for the Music» traces the story of the Swedish supergroup--which has sold an estimated 350,000,000 records, tapes, and CDs — through their songs. Starting with their world-conquering 1970s disco hits, it travels through to the more reflective 1980s, with «The Winner Takes It All» marking a watershed…
Скачать книгу (размер 626 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 124) Аннотация: Napoleon Bonaparte is one of history's greatest generals. He is famed for his outstanding military success — which facilitated the growth of France's empire to one of the greatest Europe had seen since Rome — but also for his impressive political achievements most notably the civil laws known as the Napoleonic Code. Napoleon is the first biography to contain at least 20 items of rare and…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Spawned in the intensely fertile music scene that blossomed in and around Seattle in the late 1980s, Nirvana instantly distinguished itself from the bulk of its peers by virtue of the singular passion that drove its leader, Kurt Cobain. Few were prepared for worldwide Nirvana-mania set off by the 1991 release of Nevermind. With the instantaneous success of Smells Like Teen Spirit, the album…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: David Bowie is the quintessential musical chameleon, shifting over the years from glam rocker and commercial popster to actor and avant-garde composer, while always pushing the envelope of technology and artistry. Through an exploration of his diverse body of work, Chris Welch reveals that the only constant in Bowie's career are his incredible voice, imagination, and talent for artistic…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In their fifth decade together, the Rolling Stones are still the world's best rock band-and they're not slowing down. Fueled by the songwriting talents of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, they've created countless number-one singles and albums; produced the highest-grossing concert series ever (Voodoo Lounge), and starred in a Martin Scorsese IMAX documentary (Shine a Light). This volume tells the…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: William Travilla is one of the best costume designers of all time and Marilyn Monroe his most famous client. Marilyn's Dresses will focus on the striking dresses Travilla designed for Marilyn, from his early work on the thriller Don't Bother to Knock and the gorgeous pink dress in which Marilyn sang Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend to the legendary white dress from The Seven Year Itch, which…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: The Rolling Stones were around when the Beatles were topping the charts throughout the 1960s, they survived metal's and then punk's popularity in the 1970s and 1980s and they kept on rockin' through the turn of the century. Treasures of the Rolling Stones, an unofficial publication, tells the story of one of the biggest acts in popular music history in words, photographs and in beautifully…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Lavishly presented and illustrated, Vintage Tattoos explores the bold, colourful and enduringly popular designs that were perfected across two World Wars, explains their history, symbolism and social significance, and delves into the colourful lives of the era's most famous practitioners. The book is arranged thematically, beginning with the maritime emblems and circus displays that kickstarted…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In this book, Andy Gill assess the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent changes which saw him invent folk-rock and transform rock'n'roll with symbolist poetry, before retreating into country-tinged conservatism just as his followers were engaged in the great psychedelic…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Ernest Hemingway, A Life in Pictures, is a pictorial biography, presented by his granddaughter Mariel Hemingway and written by Boris Vejdovsky, an enthusiastic member of the Hemingway society. It follows the life and times of Hemingway, from his birth in 1899 to his death in 1961. An American author and Nobel Prize winner, Hemingway wrote some of the most well known literature of the 20th…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Copying the look of the world's celebrities and stars is a recurring feature of magazines and blogs. Here we take a vintage view, looking back at the 25 most iconic women of the past century and how to emulate their looks with up-to-the minute fashion advice. Each look, whether it's Brigitte Bardot's Bombshell, Audrey Hepburn's Ingenue or Grace Kelly's American Classic, is deconstructed. Along…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Queen: one of the biggest bands the world has ever seen. Sell-out tours, chart-topping records and stunning success for four decades. This book showcases the band, its members, recordings and concerts through images and the written word, as well as through the unique pieces of memorabilia that are from the private collections of Queen's members.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Compact and easy to use, this beautifully illustrated book looks at the major events in Leonardo's life: from his early childhood to his apprenticeship with Verrocchio and then the setting up of his own workshop in Florence, before leaving for Milan where his patron was Ludovico Sforza ('Il Moro' — the Moor). Packed with information about Leonardo's style of painting and drawing, as well as his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A visual journey through the decades, Vintage Fashion is a book for those interested in collecting and acquiring vintage but it also caters for the woman who is looking at past influences for inspiration when developing her individual look. Featuring the work of 80 years of couture designers, it is of interest to fashion students, designers and any fashionists. The book provides an awareness of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Experience the impact of historic and unplanned change on a people forced to undergo the most breathtaking ongoing revolution of the 20th century, through the eyes of the people who have lived through it. The generation who have emerged from a Soviet past into a modern future were schooled under Soviet leader Brezhnev, studied at University or started families or careers during Gorbachev's…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: As news of the 50-year-old pop superstar's demise spread around the world, there were tears, shock and surprise: a hero was dead. This fully illustrated biography of the international superstar tells the life and death of Michael Jackson in words and pictures. One of the greatest pop music icons the world has ever seen, Michael Jackson had millions of fans all around the world and had an…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: «Modern ideas of beauty are inextricably linked to fashion — and «Vogue» is considered to be the authority. As the world's leading fashion bible, «Vogue» has created and documented key fashion moments and with its unrivalled access to the world's best models, hairstylists, make-up artists and photographers, «Vogue» has immortalized every beauty trend over the last century. «Vogue Beauty» is the…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: There was rich praise for the original edition of The Beatles Stories Behind The Songs Book, including Steve Matteo in The Music Paper describing it as 'One of the most readable and illuminating books ever written about The Beatles'. In his autobiography, Many Years From Now, even Paul McCartney acknowledged Steve Turner's work. Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Was there…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: There was rich praise for the original edition of The Beatles Stories Behind The Songs Book, including Steve Matteo in The Music Paper describing it as, 'One of the most readable and illuminating books ever written about The Beatles', and in his autobiography, Many Years From Now, even Paul McCartney acknowledged Steve Turner's work. Where is Penny Lane? What was the inspiration for Lucy In The…