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From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation—a rare and “absorbing biography” (Wall Street Journal) of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long...

The definitive, comprehensive biography of Brian Epstein—the man who built the Beatles—by eminent Beatles biographer Philip Norman There will never be another pop manager like Brian Epstein, the young record retailer from Liverpool behind the 20th century’s greatest romance. Having...

Estate 1944. A Newark imperversa una spaventosa epidemia di polio che minaccia di menomazione e perfino di morte i figli della cittadina del New Jersey. Bucky Cantor, l'animatore ventitreenne di un campo giochi della città, combatte la sua guerra privata contro la malattia nel tentativo di opporsi alla catastrofe. In che modo un individuo può resistere alla forza degli eventi?

"Live fast, love hard and die young!" Fast 50 Jahre nach seinem einsamen Tod wird Jimi Hendrix in der ganzen Welt immer noch geliebt und verehrt. Im September 1970 verstarb die Legende in einem schäbigen Londoner Hotelzimmer und hinterließ eines der größten ungelösten Geheimnisse der Rockwelt. Der Starbiograf Philip Norman wird dem musikalischen und politischen Wirken des Ausnahmetalents nachspüren und die noch verborgenen Facetten dieses kurzen Lebens durchleuchten.

Updated to include Paul McCartney’s knighting and the deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. Philip Norman’s biography of the Beatles is the definitive work on the world's most influential band—a beautifully written account of their lives, their music, and their times. Now brought...