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  Jimi and Me - The Experience of...

  Jonathan Stathakis, Chris Epting

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  In 1969, a twenty-something screenwriter with one movie credit to his name is approached by Jimi Hendrix's management after the legendary guitarist saw the obscure indie film in London and wanted to collaborate on a project of his own. Jonathan Stathakis had no idea how thrilling the next eighteen months would be, as he and Hendrix formed not just a working partnership but a unique friendship. Hendrix ushered Jonathan into his world, where plenty of sex and drugs surrounded the rock 'n' roll. From Woodstock to Electric Ladyland, Jonathan leads listeners inside one of the craziest trips ever taken in music history. 
   
   
   
  While writing their script, Jonathan and Hendrix talked about life and where their roads were leading. Hendrix the performer was a flamboyant unpredictable force of nature. But Hendrix the friend was a thoughtful, frustrated, dedicated artist who oftentimes just needed somebody to talk to. Sadly, Hendrix's journey ended far too soon, and his last phone call to Jonathan—just two days before his death in London—almost seemed to foretell his fate. 
   
   
   
  With many never-before-told stories, Jimi Hendrix comes back to life as you've never experienced him before. Backstage, on stage, and everyplace in between, get ready to ride through the purple haze and experience one of the most creative and powerful cultural eras in history.

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  The Cairngorms - A Secret History

  Patrick Baker

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  A travelogue exploring the colorful history of the Scottish mountain range, by the author of The Unremembered Places.Cairngorms: A Secret History is a series of journeys exploring barely known human and natural stories of the Cairngorm Mountains. It looks at a unique British landscape, its last great wilderness, with new eyes. History combines with travelogue in a vivid account of this elemental scenery. There have been rare human incursions into the Cairngorm plateau, and Patrick Baker tracks them down. He traces elusive wildlife and relives ghostly sightings on the summit of Ben Macdui. From the search for a long-forgotten climbing shelter and the locating of ancient gem mines, to the discovery of skeletal aircraft remains and the hunt for a mysterious nineteenth-century aristocratic settlement, he seeks out the unlikeliest and most interesting of features in places far off the beaten track. The cultural and human impact of this stunning landscape and reflections on the history of mountaineering are the threads which bind this compelling narrative together.Praise for The Cairngorms“Perfect . . . full of ghosts of walkers past.” —Conde Nast Traveler“Describing a series of walks, Baker illuminates the bleak landscape, revealing the many stories linked to its ruined bothies, ancient gem mines and even haunted summits.” —FT Weekend“Exploring the Cairngorms has been a lifetime fascination for Patrick Baker and in this book he generously shares the results.” —Scotland Magazine“Packed with great stories and vivid descriptions.” —Scotland Outdoor

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  Secrets of Rome: How Ancient...

  Julian Thornfield

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  Discover Hidden Aspects of Rome: How Ancient Leaders Influenced Today 
  Are you eager to enhance your leadership skills and gain deep insights from ancient Roman rulers? 
  Looking for a comprehensive resource to uncover the timeless lessons of Rome and their relevance for modern leadership? 
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  This audiobook serves as the ultimate companion for expanding your knowledge, applying timeless strategies, and engaging in reflective exercises. Equip yourself for leadership success. 
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  - Profound insights into lessons from Roman leaders 
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  Bleak House

  Charles Dickens

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  Bleak House is a novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon.At the novel's core is long-running litigation in England's Court of Chancery, Jarndyce v Jarndyce, which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. The litigation, which already has taken many years and consumed between £60,000 and £70,000 in court costs, is emblematic of the failure of Chancery.Though Chancery lawyers and judges criticised Dickens's portrait of Chancery as exaggerated and unmerited, his novel helped to spur an ongoing movement that culminated in the enactment of legal reform in the 1870s

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  Chiffon Trenches The: A Memoir

  André Leon Talley

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  Find what really occurs in the background in the realm of high style in this point by point, celebrated journal from design symbol and previous Vogue imaginative chief André Leon Talley. 
  During André Leon Talley's most memorable magazine work helping Andy Warhol at Interview, a pivotal gathering with Karl Lagerfeld started a very long term's kinship with the puzzling, frequently scathing originator. Pushed into the more elite classes by his insight and reverence of style, Talley moved to Paris as authority head of John Fairchild's Ladies' Wear Day to day, become a close acquaintence with style's most significant planners. In any case, as Talley made companions, he additionally made adversaries. A racially touched experience with an individual from the place of Yves Holy person Laurent sent him back to New York and into the workplaces of Vogue under Beauty Mirabella. There, he fostered an impossible yet private companionship with Anna Wintour, and as she rose to the highest point of Vogue's masthead, Talley turned into the most compelling man in style. 
  The Chiffon Channels is a real gander at the's who of the most recent 50 years of design and confirmation that reality is in every case naughtily more captivating than fiction. André Leon Talley's connecting with and itemized diary is his account of making due and flourishing in the famously ferocious design industry in the midst of prejudice, homophobia and different difficulties to become quite possibly of the most amazing voice and faces in style news-casting.

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  The Voyage of the Beagle

  Charles Darwin

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  The riveting firsthand account of the historic voyage that led to the theory of evolution   When the HMS Beagle set sail in 1831, the science of biology was not far removed from the Dark Ages. When the ship returned to England nearly five years later, Charles Darwin had the makings of a theory that would revolutionize our understanding of the natural world.   From volcanoes in the Galapagos to the coral reefs of Australia, The Voyage of the Beagle documents the young naturalist’s encounters with some of the earth’s most stunning features. Darwin’s observations of the people, places, and events he experienced make for compelling reading and offer a fascinating window into the intellectual development of his ideas about natural selection.   A brilliant travelogue and a revealing glimpse into the Victorian mindset, The Voyage of the Beagle is an indispensable companion volume to On the Origin of Species.   This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.  

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