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<strong>The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe-one of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakers-revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith's <em>Just Kids</em>. If you've seen <em>Almost Famous</em>, you may think you know this story, but you don't.</strong> <br/><br/>'His clarity of observation and memory, his choice words, his people - Cameron Crowe, wonderfully, continues to serve us' <strong>WES ANDERSON</strong> <br/><br/>Cameron Crowe was an unlikely rock and roll insider. Born in 1957 to parents who strictly banned the genre from their house, he dove headfirst into the world of music. By the time he graduated high school at fifteen, Crowe was contributing to <em>Rolling Stone</em>. His parents became believers, uneasily allowing him to interview and tour with legends like Led Zeppelin; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Bob Dylan; Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young; and Fleetwood Mac. <br/><br/>Crowe spends his teens politely turning down the drugs and turning on his tape recorder. He talks his journalism teacher into giving him class credit for his road trip covering Led Zeppelin's 1975 tour. He earns the trust of icons like Gregg Allman and Joni Mitchell who had sworn to never again speak to <em>Rolling Stone</em>. He embeds with David Bowie as the sequestered genius transforms himself into a new persona: <em>The Thin White Duke.</em> Why did Bowie give Crowe such unprecedented access? 'Because you're young enough to be honest,' Bowie tells him. <br/><br/>This intimate family drama charts the path that leads Crowe to writing and directing some of the most beloved films of the past forty years, from <em>Fast Times at Ridgemont High</em> and <em>Say Anything</em> to <em>Jerry Maguire</em> and <em>Almost Famous</em>. With its vivid snapshots of a bygone era and a celebration of creativity and connection, <em>The Uncool</em> is an essential read for music lovers or anyone chasing their wildest dreams.

<b>The <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author concludes her compelling Lost Bride trilogy as two women - one dead, one alive - prepare for a terrifying final showdown...<br/></b><br/>Long ago, Arthur Poole built a grand house overlooking the turbulent ocean, in a Maine village that bore his name. Today, Sonya MacTavish lives in that house-a manor that has been cursed for generations. Within its walls, she has witnessed the deaths of seven brides and the thefts of seven wedding rings.<br/><br/>Determined to bring light to this haunted place-to fill it with people, with life and hope, once again - Sonya decides it is time to break the curse and banish a malevolent spirit once and for all.<br/><br/>But the enemy in the black dress continues to hover, to come at her in frightening forms. They may be illusions-but illusions can be powerful enough to wound, even kill. This dark-hearted witch wants to be mistress of Poole Manor, at any cost. And Sonya will need to fight a battle across two realms to finally take possession of the house on the clifftop-and of her own future...

<b>From the award-winning<i>, Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Story of Art Without Men</i>: see the world anew with artistic inspiration for every day of the year.</b><br/><br/><b><i>The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you do with it?</i></b><br/><br/>Gathered from interviews, personal conversations, books and talks, <i>How to Live an Artful Life</i> moves through the months of the year offering you thoughts, reflections and encouragements from artists such as Marina Abramovic, Nan Goldin, Lubaina Himid, Louise Bourgeois and many more.<br/><br/>The year is full of the promise of work that has yet to be written, paintings that are yet to be painted, people who have yet to meet, talk, or fall in love. With this book in hand, pay attention, and see the world anew. Go out and find it, taste it, seize it, and live it - artfully.<br/><br/><b>With a thought for every day of the year, whether looking for beginnings in January, freedom in summer, or transformation as the nights draw in, this is a book to cherish and inspire.</b><br/><br/>Praise for Katy Hessel:<br/><br/>'<b>Extraordinary'</b> <i>Harper's Bazaar</i><br/><br/>'<b>Brilliant'</b><i> Refinery29</i><br/><br/><i>'</i><b>A</b> <b>gift'</b> Jessie Burton, bestselling author of <i>The Miniaturist</i><br/><br/>'<b>Astonishing'</b> Bella Mackie, bestselling author of <i>How to Kill Your Family</i><br/><br/>'<b>Essential reading'</b> Elizabeth Day, bestselling author of <i>Magpie</i> and <i>Friendaholic</i><br/><br/><b>'Beautifully written'</b> <i>The Guardian</i>

God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper, writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist. A post&ndash;World War II childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail: consumptive children, vanishing neighbors, an infested rat house, and a beguiling book of Irish fairy tales. We enter the child&rsquo;s world of the imagination where Smith, the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army, vanquishes bullies, communes with the king of tortoises, and searches for sacred silver pennies. The most intimate of Smith&rsquo;s memoirs, Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years when the first glimmers of art and romance take hold. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative heroes and role models as Smith starts to write poetry, then lyrics, merging both into the iconic recordings and songs such as Horses and Easter, &ldquo;Dancing Barefoot" and &ldquo;Because the Night." She leaves it all behind to marry her one true love, Fred &ldquo;Sonic" Smith, with whom she creates a life of devotion and adventure on a canal in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, with ancient willows and fulsome pear trees. She builds a room of her own, furnished with a pillow of Moroccan silk, a Persian cup, inkwell and fountain pen. The couple spend nights in their landlocked Chris-Craft studying nautical maps and charting new adventures as they start their family. As Smith suffers profound losses, grief and gratitude are braided through years of caring for her children, rebuilding her life, and, finally, writing again&mdash;the one constant on a path driven by artistic freedom and the power of the imagination to transform the mundane into the beautiful, the commonplace into the magical, and pain into hope. In the final pages, we meet Patti Smith on the road again, the vagabond who travels to commune with herself, who lives to write and writes to live.

<b>From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes a new edition of her fan favorite series. <i>Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last, featuring gorgeous sprayed edges, exclusive special design features, and never seen before bonus content.</i></b>

<b>From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes a new edition of her fan favorite series. <i>Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last, featuring gorgeous sprayed edges, exclusive special design features, and never seen before bonus content.</i></b><br/><br/>Coming Soon . . .

<b>From Wall Street Journal, BookTok, and #1 Amazon bestselling author T L Swan comes a new edition of her fan favorite series. <i>Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last, featuring gorgeous sprayed edges, exclusive special design features, and never seen before bonus content.</i></b>