Rocks Rock

The spectacular story of ‘80s Hair Metal! What hidden mayhem truly lurked behind the curtain as outrageous bands such as Poison were having Nothing But a Good Time, only to find out later that Every Rose Has Its Thorn… “For both devoted fans and people who just hum the tunes, this is the definitive account of Hair Metal's history, including all of the behind-the-scenes drama and spectacle—a well-written and exciting adventure.”—Jonathan P. Brazee, USA Today Bestselling writer and multiple Nebula and Dragon Award finalist. An intoxicating chronicle detailing the sensational arc ...

Riff, Rock, and Revolutionize Your Instructional Design Game! Ever thought the wild, chaotic energy of punk rock could sync up with the world of instructional design? Well, strap in, because this isn’t just a book—it's a head-banging journey into the mosh pit of Learning and Development! Punk Rock Instructional Design is not just for those with "instructional designer" in their email signature.

Buried ceremoniously, high in a cave on the Rock of Gibraltar, lies the skeleton of a human woman, clutching the skeleton of a part-human, part-Neanderthal child. Fascinated, Professor Oliver jumps at the chance to visit the site. But two deaths, possibly murders, have rocked Gibraltar. As Oliver tries to piece things together, he's about to fall for some deadly tricks. After all, unlike the Gibraltar Boy, he's only human.

Faith Conrad is used to striving… After more or less raising her twin sisters due to problems at home, she knows the meaning of responsibility. She had to drop out of high school to pay the bills, and now is working on a career in nature photography. When handsome Bureau of Land Management ranger Shane Zadopec rescues her from a rock climb gone wrong and reveals that he's a photographer too, she feels threatened and rebuffs his attempts to get close. Can she even picture them together? The Three Sisters Mountains are part of the Cascade Mountain Range near the town of Sisters, Oregon. The...

Enjoy the entire Single Dad Club series in one boxed set! Sports & The Single Dad One football player. One personal assistant turned nanny. Too much tension to mention. Paxton I was used to women coming and going in my life, but when a baby I never knew existed landed in my lap, I turned to the one woman I could always count on. For more than a year, Avery has run every aspect of my life seamlessly, with a poise and grace I’d never truly appreciated until I saw her holding my child. Before my eyes, she morphed from personal assistant extraordinaire to hot mama material and I needed her ...

Coffee is not just a drink but an event, inviting us to explore, experiment, and appreciate. Familiarity with the different varieties of coffee beans, roasts, and brewing methods transforms drinking coffee from something routine into something deeply personal and pleasurable.

Tens of thousands of Americans die from substance abuse and suicide each year. Millions more suffer from mental health disorders. Rock to Recovery - an innovative, therapeutic music program serving more than 100 addiction treatment and mental health facilities in the USA - steps into the breach to offer participants help and hope. By writing, playing, and recording music as a group, non-musicians are able to build a community of support, find enthusiasm for treatment, and realize that recovery is possible.

Connor Prescott doesn’t do one-night stands (yes, ladies, he’s an anomaly), so when he meets a beautiful woman during a snowed-in night at the airport who wants to forget her heartache, he makes an exception. Their night together is incendiary, and by morning Connor wants more … except his sexy stranger is gone. He’s pretty sure he’ll never see her again, until three and a half years later she finds him, and changes his entire world with three little words: You’re a daddy.

Leon Russell is an icon, but somehow is still an underappreciated artist. He is spoken of in tones reserved not just for the most talented musicians, but also for the most complex and fascinating. His career is like a roadmap of music history, often intersecting with rock royalty like Bob Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles.

Freddie Mercury told the world who he was on stage—but in these pages, he tells us what he never said off it. Freddie: I Am the Show is an intimate, unapologetic first-person biography written as if Freddie himself could narrate the story of his life—with the clarity, candor, and cultural insight he rarely shared publicly. I remember once, in the early '80s, I was in New York, raiding some private collection at Sotheby’s, pretending I knew more about Indian antiquities than I did. One piece caught my eye—a Mughal miniature painting. Bright, absurdly detailed. A courtesan in a garden...

For the last four years, good girl Lane has regretted breaking up with Noel Falcon. She thought she was sensible when she told him his dreams of being a rock star would get him nowhere, but now that he's a rock god and her career is stagnant, she realizes just how wrong she was. When Noel hires the marketing company where Lane is an intern, she's forced to see him again. If she wants to land her dream job as executive within the company, she has to win him over and secure his account. Too bad Noel is still pissed at her for breaking his heart.

After two years of waiting to adopt - slogging through paperwork and bouncing between hope and despair - a miracle finally happened for Vanessa McGrady. Her sweet baby, Grace, was a dream come true. Then Vanessa made a highly uncommon gesture: when Grace’s biological parents became homeless, Vanessa invited them to stay. Without a blueprint for navigating the practical basics of an open adoption or any discussion of expectations or boundaries, the unusual living arrangement became a bottomless well of conflicting emotions and increasingly difficult decisions.

The names Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan Massery may not be well known, but the image of them from September 1957 surely is: a Black high-school girl, dressed in white, walking stoically in front of Little Rock Central High School, and a White girl standing directly behind her, face twisted in hate, screaming racial epithets. This famous photograph captures the full anguish of desegregation - in Little Rock and throughout the South - and an epic moment in the civil rights movement.

Alguien se robó un pastel del concurso de pasteles - ¿quién puede ser? Doce animales pasteleros son los posibles sospechosos pero el detective Pato utilize sus habilidades de razonamiento deductive para resolver "el caso". Después de todo, el ladrón ha dejado un rastro de "pelos" así que, no puede ser un ave. Sigue la historia mientras el detective descarta a cada sospechoso, uno a la vez, para descubrir quién fue el culpable.

France & Spain, 1795: The adventure continues in the saga of a sea bound healer caught between a British naval blockade and the bloody battles of the counter-Revolution in France. But there's something odd happening to her now, and it started with a rap upon her head, compliments of a French prison. Her cousin is dead, but she's remembering things from a past she had forgotten long ago, a trauma when she was only six years old. Hopefully, fulfilling her promise made there won't be the end of her. Waters, Winds & Rocks: "Ships are but boards, sailors but men; there be land-rats and water-...

In this volume, you will learn all the secrets and details regarding the conception, recording, and release of the legendary "Kid A" album by Radiohead. The author tells all about the origins of the work, how it was recorded by the band, and also explains its historical context. He makes a meticulous analysis of each track on the album, mentioning its sources of inspiration, revealing details about the recordings and much more. He explains the legacy left by the album and its influence over other artists and also in the world of music. In the end, there a bibliography about the subject, ...

Emily O’Reilly is obsessed with all things Search and Rescue. She volunteers with the team and goes on rescue missions with her stepmom. She is even selling homemade jewelry to save up for her own Search and Rescue puppy. But when an expensive necklace is stolen from a renowned jewelry artist at Rock Harbor’s fall festival and Emily is accused of the crime, it looks like she’ll never get her puppy and be able to join the Rock Harbor Search and Rescue team.

Written by Virginia Grohl, the mother of Dave Grohl - former Nirvana drummer and current frontman for the Foo Fighters - From Cradle to Stage shares stories and exclusive photos featuring mothers of rock icons, the icons themselves, and their behind the music-style relationships. As Virginia watched her son's star rise, she often wondered about the other mothers who raised sons and daughters who became rock stars. Virginia decided to seek out other rock star mothers to ask these questions, and so began a two-year odyssey.

In one month, I turn thirty-five with my virginity still intact. Is there anything more embarrassing than knowing most of my French students have gotten more action than me? Je suis triste. When I accidentally reveal this secret to my close friend and co-worker Seamus, South Rock's baseball coach, he offers to help me round the bases. It has to be a joke, because Seamus is one million percent straight. There's no way he'd want to fool around with a chubby language nerd like me, even though I've harbored a secret crush on him since the day he first walked into the teachers' lounge.

Alexandria knows precisely what it feels like to be loved… but she doesn’t know how to believe in love. Somewhere along the way she became riddled with doubts in her loving relationship with the Rock star Ric Raven, lead singer of the Fantasy Makers. Alexandria Howard’s faith began to slip away as the weeks and months passed. Therefore she sabotages her own happiness by letting her uncertainty engrave itself in her consciousness. The only thing she's secure about is that Ric will one day break her heart. However, Alexandria doesn’t believe that Ric's love for her can stand the test ...