Le journaliste musical Tom Moon entreprend un voyage pour découvrir des expériences musicales de premier plan à travers les genres et les régions. Son livre est l'aboutissement de cette quête, mêlant des chefs-d'œuvre mondiaux reconnus à des enregistrements injustement négligés. L'objectif est d'encourager les auditeurs à devenir des explorateurs actifs du paysage sonore.
A guide to music provides recommendations on one thousand recordings that represent the best in such genres as classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, and opera, with listening notes, commentary, and anecdotes about performers.
More than one hundred wonderfully devious-and sometimes deadly-dames people this vivid collection of suspenseful, entirely true stories. Readers will delight at the many tricks, wiles and stratagems employed by these cunning members of "the fairer sex." Within these sizzling pages, learn why and how these Mata Hari's were driven to acts of sabotage and patriotism, intrigue and revenge.Using James-Bond-gadgetry and black propoganda tricks, these femme fatales used mind, body or whatever it took to achieve their aims. Some died horribly, tortured and maimed. Others lived happily ever after. These unforgettable tales-told by a former intelligence agent who personally knew many of these brave women-will not fail to titillate, excite or thrill any reader.