Parallel Lives is the definitive biography of Blondie, the iconic New York band led by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. One of the most iconic groups of their generation, Blondie experienced an unparalleled rise to global superstardom during the late 1970s, topping charts and breaking moulds.This Omnibus Enhanced edition includes a Digital Timeline of Blondie's career packed with audio, video and images of tour nights, memorabilia, music videos and interviews. Additionally, throughout the book are links to curated playlists allowing you to hear Blondie's finest gems, their early influences and more.Beginning with their childhoods, backgrounds and influences, Parallel Lives charts the development of Blondie towards their global success and fractured break-up; followed by their 1997 reformation, critical renaissance and controversial induction into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame.Drawing upon extensive and revealing interviews with Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and other significant players, the Omnibus Enhanced Blondie: Parallel Lives is the definitive, eye-witness account of the group’s long and tumultuous existence. Co-author Kris Needs had established a friendship with Harry, Stein and the rest of the band that endures to this day. Now, as a trusted confidante, he finally reveals the full story. Views: 10
Is it convenient or is it love?
Sheikh Rami Zaman is a lover of fine things—food, wine, art… women. He knows true beauty when he sees it and when his eyes land on the beautiful, redheaded American prisoner, he can’t tear his gaze away.
Sheikh Rami needs to take a wife to inherit his family’s wealth, and this fiery emerald-eyed goddess could be the key…
Olivia Joiner is the former intern of a famous fashion designer. Fired from her job, she goes on tour with her model friend. But when she and Rami meet at a club, things start heating up...until she runs away.
Olivia wants to apologize, but gets thrown into prison instead. The Sheikh gives her a choice: marry him or be arrested. She's soon forced to accept, and the line between lust and love becomes blurred.
Will Sheikh Rami and Olivia take this chance at love that fate has thrown them? Or will their marriage merely be one of convenience?
Note: Sheikh's Marriage of Convenience is 30k of hot, steamy romance between an alpha sheikh and a feisty redheaded beauty. It contains 1 exclusive 60k bonus sheikh romance novella, Sheikh's Untouched Mistress! Views: 10
Few names in international motorsport are treated with the same reverence as Alan Jones. When he speaks, they listen.He is one of only two Australians to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, and the first driver to do it for the now famous Williams team. His efforts brought Formula One to Australian TV screens, and today he is the voice of Formula One on Network Ten and a board member of the Australian Grand Prix. He is also a Formula One Steward at a couple of Grands Prix a season.AJ is the son of Stan Jones, the winner of the 1959 Australian Grand Prix, and from an early age he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and race cars. He started with billycarts in Balwyn and climbed to the top of the motorsport tree in Formula One. His career was potted with highs and lows, the latter coming mainly from a lack of financial support compared with his rivals.But when he hit the big time with Williams, he turned that into the 1980 World Championship and all... Views: 10
An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of booksFour seismic shifts have rocked human communication: the invention of writing, the alphabet, mechanical type and the printing press, and digitization. Poised over this fourth transition, e-reader in one hand, perfect-bound book in the other, Merilyn Simonds — author, literary maven, and early adopter — asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel?Gutenberg's Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer. Part memoir and part philosophical and historical exploration, the book finds its muse in Hugh Barclay, who produces gorgeous books on a hand-operated antique letterpress. As Simonds works alongside this born-again Gutenberg, and with her son to develop a digital edition of the same book, her assumptions about reading, writing, the nature of creativity, and the value of imperfection are toppled.Gutenberg's Fingerprint is a... Views: 10
When Abigail Lyons attends the performance of the handsome magician, Lord Merlyn, she never dreams he will call her to the stage and whisper a secret that may change her life. Should she obey her grandmother and marry a man she dislikes, or will she risk danger by trusting the mysterious wizard? Regency Romance by Marcy Stewart; originally published by Zebra Views: 10
Magic crushed the world.“Provocative and engaging. A fast-paced, supernatural ride.” Michelle Fox, NYT Bestselling AuthorA handful of Shifters. A hardy ship. An upside-down world where evil runs rampant and none of the old rules apply. Taking a stand against the Cataclysm solved a few problems. Others rushed in to fill in the void.Recco misses his cozy lab and well-organized veterinary clinic, but ten years as a Vampire stripped him of any illusions. Life is done handing him everything he wants. He could rail against fate—which never bought him much—or suck it up and keep going. Defeating the Cataclysm broke Vampirism’s hold on him, though. Even better, it threw Zoe square in his path.When Zoe left Ireland for a visiting professorship in Wyoming, she assumed she’d be home in a year. That assumption swung around and bit her in the ass. The Cataclysm, a spell trapping her in Ushuaia for a decade may be gone, but it left a hell of a legacy. One that’s far from done pursuing her.Darkness stalks the ship. Evil that will stop at nothing to protect itself. Views: 10
