Billy James Livres

Written by Alice Cooper's guitarist and keyboard player, this is an anthology of the band that encapsulated the decadent spirit of the 1970s. Following the group on their journey from Arizona garage band to eventual rise to stardom, it reveals the truth behind the drinking and the rock 'n' roll. This "true life" story includes the hangings, the executions, the ghoulish makeup, the egos and of course, the rock 'n' roll. Revised and updated it includes previously unseen photographs and memorabilia. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Harpur & Iles to uncover a trail of illegal art trading and money laundering.“I found I had a flair for tag-along, street level stealth. It thrilled me. It killed me. Do you mind if I tell you how?”Thomas Wells Hart drifted into a dodgy career as a private investigator and grew clever at tailing suspects and all the other tricks of the game. Not quite clever enough, however. Coming across Hart’s shot-up body, Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and Assistant Chief Constable Des Iles have to work out their own explanation as to how he came to be executed behind the wheel of a Ford Focus in a quiet suburban street.The trail will lead them through illegal art trading, big-bucks money laundering – and more murder. As ever, Iles suspects Harpur is hiding essential facts from him. As ever, Harpur is hiding essential facts from his boss. Will the mismatched pair manage to close the case?

Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series. Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles.Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police force. But others are not feeling so secure.Local crime bosses Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale fear reprisals against Iles will result in their own businesses suffering. And so they begin to plan how to remove potential troublemakers from their path . . .

When Harpur and Iles are called in to investigate an undercover investigation gone wrong, they can sense dark, hazardous times ahead... After a gang shooting involving an undercover police officer, Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, are called to another Force's ground to investigate what the Home Office sees as spectacular failings. Harpur can imagine the pressure the officer would have been under. If a gang decided to kill, a spy would have to go along with it. But with the careers of fellow officers ― who might be in secret, dangerous alliance with villains ― at risk, Harpur knows that he and Iles have an exceptionally tough inquiry ahead.

Vince and Kate are new to the tree-lined suburbia of Tabbett Drive. Fresh from the inner city, they have struggled to eventually make it to the 'burbs'. They've even found the neighbours to be remarkably friendly. However, perhaps all is not what it seems as Kate begins to detect something amiss to the Seagraves.

George Lepage, the Hulliborn's new director, dreams of bringing the Japanese Ancient Surgical Skills exhibition, with its astonishing collection of tonsil excision implements, to the museum. But an unhinged ex-staff member is determined to wreak havoc, and when the museum is burgled, the fate of the exhibition hangs dangerously in the balance.

"This is another entertaining, laugh-out-loud, mesmerizing, and completely original installment in an excellent series" Booklist Starred Review When a major drugs dealer seeks vengeance for the death of his family, policemen Harpur and Iles must do all they can to prevent a bloodbath Following the murder of his wife and son, tycoon drugs dealer Mansel Shale is determined to get vengeance - and he wants another drugs baron, Ralph Ember, to help him. Having heard of the movie Strangers on a Train, in which two men agree to undertake each other's murders as a way of preventing detection, Shale suggests he and Ralph should have a similar arrangement - and Ralph is in no position to refuse. When he learns of the plan, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles fears that if things go wrong, the hard-won peace he and Harpur have established in the city will be seriously threatened. The two top policemen find they have their work cut out to limit the damage and restore tranquillity.

It's all-out war in this witty satire on academic life. Two universities in the same city each aim to destroy the other and take over one another's buildings, students and, above all, bank balance. It's Dr Lawford Chute of the revered Sedge University versus Dr Victor Tane of Charter Mill: who will win these ferocious academic fights?

An investigation into an incident in another Force led Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, to uncover corruption in the ranks and arrest a fellow policeman who murdered an undercover officer.

Die frühen Mothers Of Invention waren anarchistische Freigeister, die durch eine unvergleichliche musikalische Kraft verbunden waren: dem Genie von Frank Zappa. Auf Alben wie „Freak Out“ und „We’re Only In It For The Money“ entfalten sie Zappas satirische und komplexe Kompositionen, brechen mit musikalischen Konventionen und stellen neue Regeln auf, nur um sie bald wieder zu überschreiten. Sie verbanden Elemente des Jazz, der Doo-Wop-Vokalgruppen, der Klassik-Avantgarde und wilder Rockmusik, was sie zu einer der extremsten Formationen in der Rockgeschichte machte. Bereits 1970 zerbrach die ursprüngliche Besetzung, die Zappa 1964 gegründet hatte. Obwohl Zappa die Mothers später wieder zusammenrief, fand er nie wieder eine Besetzung, die seine Visionen so perfekt umsetzen konnte. Billy James appelliert in diesem Buch, „Ehret Eure Mütter!“. Als aktiver Musiker freundete er sich mit seinen Lieblings-Mothers an und lässt sie zu Wort kommen, um die kreative Aufbruchsstimmung jener Jahre einzufangen. Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada, Don Preston und andere erzählen Anekdoten über ihre Zeit in der Band. Zudem widmet sich James dem schrägen Humor, der das Zappa-Umfeld von 1964 bis 1970 prägte. Mit zahlreichen Fotos bietet das Buch einen Zugang zu einer Zeit, in der musikalische Grenzen vor allem dazu da waren, überschritten zu werden.