The short life and mercurial career of Jim Morrison, the charismatic lead singer of the Doors who died under mysterious circumstances in Paris in 1970, is surveyed by noted Morrison authority Jerry Hopkins in his richly detailed biography, THE LIZARD KING. The rock star's prodigious appetite for life, sex, drugs, and poetry is brought to vivid ...
This acclaimed biography of Jim Morrison is co-authored by the late singer's protégé, Danny Sugerman. Beginning with Morrison's childhood, the novelistic narrative details his developmental years and illuminates the evolution of his artistry. Famous Doors concerts are recreated and accompanied by back-stage drama. Fans are invited to crawl into ...
A portrait of Jim Morrison is based on seven years of research and tells the story behind his musical genius, worship of darkness, rejection of all forms of authority, and tragic death when his life spun out of control. Reissue.
Jerry Hopkins's "Elvis: A Biography" was the first book on popular music to top the U.S. bestseller list, and its sequel was equally popular. Long out of print, both books, along with a wealth of exciting new interviews, are brought together in "Elvis" to form the most exhaustive account available of the King's life. Telling the complete story of ...
In 50 years as a promoter in paradise, Tom Moffatt has staged the biggest acts in the business from Elvis Presley to Elton John, Nureyev to the Harlem Globetrotters, Sinatra to the Rolling Stones. Now, in revealing anecdotes and more than 400 photographs, Uncle Tom presents an inside look at this half-century of entertainment: the Show of Stars, ...
Hopkins, the coauthor of the five-million-copy bestseller No One Here Gets Out Alive, presents startling new material he has unearthed about Jim Morrison, notorious lead singer of The Doors. Hopkins now reassesses Morrison's life and death and provides insights on Morrison the human being. 36 photos.
Sit down for a meal with the locals on six continents what they eat may surprise you. Extreme Cuisine examines eating habits across the global neighbourhood, showing once and for all that road kill for one culture is restaurant fare for another! As Anthony Bourdain says: Enjoy. Eat without fear or prejudice, secure in the knowledge that millions ...
Even after his death, Elvis, the King, lives on in his music and in the memories of millions of fans. Finally, a book exposes the real Elvis--the star so many loved, but few truly knew. An extremely gifted man, very giving, and very, very human.
For twenty-five years, Father Joe Maier, a Catholic priest, has lived and worked in Bangkok's bleakest slums, establishing more than thirty schools, five shelters for street kids, and the city's first AIDS hospice and home for AIDS mothers with AIDS kids - working with and in opposition to authority, while being threatened and shot at and, ...
Full of bizarre gastronomic information from far-flung reaches, stirred up with bits of anthropological and autobiographical information, this text presents a comprehensive look at the kinds of food people from around the world eat - ranging from snakes and insects to toads and dogs.
This acclaimed biography of Jim Morrison is co-authored by the late singer's protégé, Danny Sugerman. Beginning with Morrison's childhood, the novelistic narrative details his developmental years and illuminates the evolution of his artistry. Famous Doors concerts are recreated and accompanied by back-stage drama. Fans are invited to crawl into ...
In the colorful tradition of Orwell and Hemingway, Maugham and Theroux, Jerry Hopkins recalls his first decade as a Bangkok expatriate by profiling twenty-five of the city's most unforgettable characters. Among them are the man thought to be the model for Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now", an advertising executive who photographs Thai bargirls for ...
It is well known that Elvis loved Hawai'i. Not only did he perform in the islands in three decades, making movies and performing concerts, this was the King of Rock and Roll's favourite vacation spot. Elvis in Hawai'i guides readers through the King's relationships with the islands in a fully-illustrated story, using over 100 photographs, many ...
In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece. Its success should have been a formality. For seventy years, victory - rapid, spectacular victory - had seemed the birthright of the Persian Empire. In the space of a single generation, they had swept across the Near East, shattering ancient kingdoms, storming famous cities ...
Expanding the usual definition to include lotions, potions, sex toys, aromatherapy, exotic Asian belief systems, pornography and a variety of surgical procedures, Hopkins travels from Bangkok to Tokyo, Jakarta, Hong Kong and Kathmandu in search of the region's most exciting pick-me-ups. In this exhaustively researched and often hilarious ...
Why are these people smiling? Writer Jerry Hopkins came to Thailand for a visit in the 1980s to find out and ended up a permanent resident with a temporary visa-a big, white farang haunting the bars and back alleys of Bangkok. His essays explore the mystery and mayhem of "The Land of Smiles" to hilarious-and sometimes disturbing-effect. Travel ...
For nearly half a century, Don Ho was synonymous with the Hawaiian Islands-from his "wild, unpredictable" early shows at Duke Kahanamoku's to a tour and television career that carried the spirit of aloha to audiences around the world. With his laid-back, hang-loose Island charm, Don Ho kept generations of fans singing along to "Tiny Bubbles" and ...
For Elvis fans and those interested in Hawaii's music history, Aloha Elvis describes Elvis' love for the islands and includes over 100 photographs, some never before published, of Elvis and the people and places he encountered in Hawaii.
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