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Lofi Revolution, The

Unwinding to the Sound of Now

by Nathan Venture, D ...

Narrated by James Wilson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 37 min

"The Lofi Revolution: Unwinding to the Sound of Now" offers a deep dive into the calming rhythms of the lofi movement, exploring its origins, cultural impact, and future. From its underground roots to mainstream recognition, this book unveils the psychology behind its relaxation appeal and dissects its unique production techniques. Celebrating its accessibility and integration into various ... Read more

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"The Lofi Revolution: Unwinding to the Sound of Now" offers a deep dive into the calming rhythms of the lofi movement, exploring its origins, cultural impact, and future. From its underground roots to mainstream recognition, this book unveils the psychology behind its relaxation appeal and dissects its unique production techniques. Celebrating its accessibility and integration into various
... Read more
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Rip It Up And Start Again

by Simon Reynolds ...

Narrated by Liam Wheatley ...

Unabridged

23 hours 39 min

In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

In this, the first book to take a big-picture view of the entire post punk period, acclaimed author and music journalist Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.Full of anecdote and insight, and featuring the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads, Rip It Up And Start Again stands as one of the most inspired and inspiring books on
... Read more
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Brad Lansky and the 4D-Verse

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Bianca Resnekov, Caroline Calburn, Guy McDonald, Jennifer Beattie, Louw Venter, Lynita Crofford, Nigel Vermaas, Shannyn Fourie ...

Series Audiobook 5 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

1 hour 26 min

MAMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-STARC. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI.Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts; to Alex, an explorer’s dream come true - to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

MAMAI Soliton found a way to travel through the toroid artefact in the Anti-STARC. The cryptic note he left before disappearing leads Brad and Alex to Drupa 5, a deserted alien planet. There they find a beacon in a desert canyon that might belong to MAMAI.Next thing they hit upon a treasure trove of alien artefacts; to Alex, an explorer’s dream come true - to Brad, too good to be true. Alex’s
... Read more
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Electronic Music Production Guide: A Practical 10-Step Roadmap From Bedroom Beginner to Release‑Ready Tracks

by Lucas Brenner ...

Narrated by Lucas Brenner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 9 min

Transform your creative spark into release-ready electronic music by conquering your DAW and finishing tracks faster. Whether you are commuting and dreaming of your next beat or sitting in your bedroom studio fighting creative block, this structured ten-step roadmap delivers laser-focused clarity. Leave confusing jargon behind and turn overwhelming software into a streamlined engine for audio ... Read more

$13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Transform your creative spark into release-ready electronic music by conquering your DAW and finishing tracks faster. Whether you are commuting and dreaming of your next beat or sitting in your bedroom studio fighting creative block, this structured ten-step roadmap delivers laser-focused clarity. Leave confusing jargon behind and turn overwhelming software into a streamlined engine for audio
... Read more
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Paused in Cosmic Reflection

The definitive, fully illustrated story of The Chemical Brothers

by The Chemical Brothers ...

Narrated by Robin Turner, Ben Bailey Smith, Maria Louis ...

Unabridged

6 hours 22 min

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Paused in Cosmic Reflection is the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers. Told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends and collaborators, it is fully illustrated with 30 years of mind-bending visuals. ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Paused in Cosmic Reflection is the definitive story of The Chemical Brothers. Told in the voices of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons, with contributions from friends and collaborators, it is fully illustrated with 30 years of mind-bending visuals.
... Read more
Audiobook

Tim – The Official Biography of Avicii

the subject of new Netflix documentary 'Avicii – I’m Tim'

by Måns Mosesson ...

Narrated by Nikolas Salmon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 21 min

The intimate biography of the iconic DJ who was lost too soon.Like a firework against the night sky, the DJ and producer Tim Bergling exploded onto the music scene. A musical visionary who, through his sense for melodies, came to define the era when Swedish and European house music took over the world.But Tim Bergling was also an introverted and fragile young man who was forced to grow up at an ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The intimate biography of the iconic DJ who was lost too soon.Like a firework against the night sky, the DJ and producer Tim Bergling exploded onto the music scene. A musical visionary who, through his sense for melodies, came to define the era when Swedish and European house music took over the world.But Tim Bergling was also an introverted and fragile young man who was forced to grow up at an
... Read more
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Welcome to the club

The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ

by DJ Paulette ...

Narrated by DJ Paulette ...

Unabridged

7 hours 51 min

Read by the author and featuring a foreword from Annie Mac. In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda’s first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

Read by the author and featuring a foreword from Annie Mac. In Welcome to the club, Manchester legend DJ Paulette shares the highs, lows and lessons of a thirty-year music career, with help from some famous friends. One of the Haçienda’s first female DJs, Paulette has scaled the heights of the music industry, playing to crowds of thousands all around the world, and descended to the lows of being
... Read more
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Never Be Alone Again

How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor

by Lina Abascal ...

Narrated by Graham Halstead ...

Unabridged

4 hours 18 min

Whether you called it electro, indie dance, or were too busy scouring the internet for MP3s to care about a genre name, Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor connects the disparate parts of an under-documented era in the first book focused on the musical and cultural phenomenon called bloghouse.For a brief period in the mid-2000s, a network of independent music ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Whether you called it electro, indie dance, or were too busy scouring the internet for MP3s to care about a genre name, Never Be Alone Again: How Bloghouse United the Internet and the Dancefloor connects the disparate parts of an under-documented era in the first book focused on the musical and cultural phenomenon called bloghouse.For a brief period in the mid-2000s, a network of independent music
... Read more
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Mancala

by Obediya Jones-Darrell ...

Narrated by Anjali Appadurai, Dominique Brownes, Emmett Cabasug, Hussein Alidina, Jackson Chao, Kwesi Ameyaw, Sara Rabey, Siobhan Baker, Stephanie Wong ...

Unabridged

1 hour 50 min

After a series of suspicious explosions at various bauxite mining operations around the world, the global industry comes to a standstill. An intern from the head office of a major multinational corporation suspects her employer is trying to control the global Aluminium industry. With mining sites located predominantly in the Caribbean & Africa, it becomes apparent the corporation will strive to ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

After a series of suspicious explosions at various bauxite mining operations around the world, the global industry comes to a standstill. An intern from the head office of a major multinational corporation suspects her employer is trying to control the global Aluminium industry. With mining sites located predominantly in the Caribbean & Africa, it becomes apparent the corporation will strive to
... Read more
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Hämchen Hämchen / Wunderschöner junger Mann

by Rosa Barba, Klaus Sander, Anja Theismann, Jan St. Werner, Ingrid Wiener, Oswald Wiener, Wichtel u. die Wuchteln ...

Narrated by Wichtel u. die Wuchteln ...

Unabridged

8 min

Wichtel und die Wuchteln: Hämchen Hämchen mit einem Doppelquartett des Männergesangsvereins Alpenland Mariazell 2) Wuchtel und die Wichteln: Wunderschöner junger Mann mit Lucyna und Megumi ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Wichtel und die Wuchteln: Hämchen Hämchen mit einem Doppelquartett des Männergesangsvereins Alpenland Mariazell 2) Wuchtel und die Wichteln: Wunderschöner junger Mann mit Lucyna und Megumi
... Read more
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Strange Things Are Happening

Adventures in Music

by Richard Norris ...

Narrated by Richard Norris ...

Unabridged

9 hours 12 min

'A revelation. Richard Norris lived the twentieth century and beyond like no one else . . . this is one of the truly great eyewitness accounts of the counterculture' DAVID KEENAN'A dazzling psychedelic memoir' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER'Makes you feel like getting up and doing something!' WENDY ERSKINEAs a pioneering musician, producer and DJ, Richard Norris has been at the forefr... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'A revelation. Richard Norris lived the twentieth century and beyond like no one else . . . this is one of the truly great eyewitness accounts of the counterculture' DAVID KEENAN'A dazzling psychedelic memoir' CAUGHT BY THE RIVER'Makes you feel like getting up and doing something!' WENDY ERSKINEAs a pioneering musician, producer and DJ, Richard Norris has been at the forefr...
... Read more
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Don't Look Back In Anger

The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there

by Daniel Rachel ...

Narrated by Charles Armstrong, David John, Dean Williamson, Jot Davies, Louise Brealey, Paul McGann, Shvorne Marks, Tania Rodrigues ...

Unabridged

18 hours 44 min

Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

Read by Paul McGann, Louise Brealey, Tania Rodrigues, Shvorne Marks, Jot Davies, David John, Dean Williamson and Charles Armstrong. Introduced by Daniel Rachel, and featuring audio-exclusive extracts from Daniel's source interviews.The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion,
... Read more
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L'alba di Socrate

Viaggio elettronico nella filosofia di Socrate

by Mark Tagliaferri ...

Narrated by Mark Tagliaferri ...

Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

Questo album ti fa fare un breve e profondo viaggio nella mente e nella vita del più grande uomo che il mondo abbia mai avuto: Socrate, il filosofo immortale.Nell’Atene del V secolo avanti Cristo egli donò all’umanità l’insegnamento più grande: tutto il male e il bene di ogni uomo e donna non proviene da fuori, ma da dentro.L’anima è l’unica cosa che conta e chi vuole avere una vita lunga, sana, ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Questo album ti fa fare un breve e profondo viaggio nella mente e nella vita del più grande uomo che il mondo abbia mai avuto: Socrate, il filosofo immortale.Nell’Atene del V secolo avanti Cristo egli donò all’umanità l’insegnamento più grande: tutto il male e il bene di ogni uomo e donna non proviene da fuori, ma da dentro.L’anima è l’unica cosa che conta e chi vuole avere una vita lunga, sana,
... Read more
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Porcelain

A Memoir

by Moby ...

Narrated by Moby ...

Unabridged

11 hours 20 min

From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s.There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene. This was the New York of ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

From one of the most interesting and iconic musicians of our time, a piercingly tender, funny, and harrowing account of the path from suburban poverty and alienation to a life of beauty, squalor, and unlikely success out of the NYC club scene of the late '80s and '90s.There were many reasons Moby was never going to make it as a DJ and musician in the New York club scene. This was the New York of
... Read more
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CRAZE

Step Inside Sydney's Early Raves, Doofs & Festivals

by Stephan Gyory ...

Narrated by Stephan Gyory, Colette Gyory ...

Unabridged

11 hours 52 min

Craze is a journey into sound, a book which along the way will bring to you a new colour; new dimension; a new understanding of the cultural, technological, and chemical strands that led to the Electronic Music Revolution.Take a trip down rave memory lane into Sydney’s early warehouse scene and explore the forging of a global cultural phenomenon. Re-live the Second Summer of Love from the unique ... Read more

$18.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Craze is a journey into sound, a book which along the way will bring to you a new colour; new dimension; a new understanding of the cultural, technological, and chemical strands that led to the Electronic Music Revolution.Take a trip down rave memory lane into Sydney’s early warehouse scene and explore the forging of a global cultural phenomenon. Re-live the Second Summer of Love from the unique
... Read more
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Musique Concrète

by Christian Kriticos ...

Series series Genre: A 33 1/3 Series
Unabridged

4 hours

When musique concrète first hit the airwaves, listeners reached for their earplugs. This strange genre didn’t sound like music at all! It ignored melody and meter. It didn’t even use instruments. Instead, musique concrète took recorded sound as its raw material. That could be anything from trundling trains to clattering saucepans. Using audio tape and phonograph records, composers manipulated ... Read more

$20.00 CAD

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When musique concrète first hit the airwaves, listeners reached for their earplugs. This strange genre didn’t sound like music at all! It ignored melody and meter. It didn’t even use instruments. Instead, musique concrète took recorded sound as its raw material. That could be anything from trundling trains to clattering saucepans. Using audio tape and phonograph records, composers manipulated
... Read more
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Darker Electricity, A

The Origins of Spiral Tribe Sound System

by Mark Angelo Harrison ...

Narrated by Mark Angelo Harrison ...

Unabridged

15 hours 21 min

At the time, it was unclear why the UK government targeted the Spiral Tribe travelling sound system. Even after arresting many key members and launching one of Britain's biggest court cases against them.Was it really because they were a marauding horde of anarcho-techno-pirates, their outlandish music calling a generation to rise up in rebellion against conservatism, convention, and even consensus ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

At the time, it was unclear why the UK government targeted the Spiral Tribe travelling sound system. Even after arresting many key members and launching one of Britain's biggest court cases against them.Was it really because they were a marauding horde of anarcho-techno-pirates, their outlandish music calling a generation to rise up in rebellion against conservatism, convention, and even consensus
... Read more
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Klangen af en stjerne

by Troels Donnerborg ...

Narrated by Anne-Mette Johansen ...

Unabridged

9 hours 29 min

I 1944 sidder Else Marie Pade udkørt og forslået i århus Arrest. Hun er yngste medlem af Danmarks eneste rent kvindelige modstandsgruppe, som Gestapo har optrevlet, og hun ved ikke, hvordan hun skal komme igennem flere forhør.Først da hun hører lyden af musik for sit indre øre, ved hun, hvad hun skal gøre. Med spændet fra sin hofteholder indridser hun melodien "Du og jeg og stjernerne er venner" i ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

I 1944 sidder Else Marie Pade udkørt og forslået i århus Arrest. Hun er yngste medlem af Danmarks eneste rent kvindelige modstandsgruppe, som Gestapo har optrevlet, og hun ved ikke, hvordan hun skal komme igennem flere forhør.Først da hun hører lyden af musik for sit indre øre, ved hun, hvad hun skal gøre. Med spændet fra sin hofteholder indridser hun melodien "Du og jeg og stjernerne er venner" i
... Read more
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Music Production

Discover the Past, Present, & Future of Music Production, Recording Technology, Techniques, & Songwriting

by Tommy Swindali ...

Narrated by Austin R Stoler ...

Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

What Makes A Song Great?It's a big question and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the “formula” for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.First of all, a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

What Makes A Song Great?It's a big question and one that has been written about endlessly in an attempt to reveal the “formula” for creating a worldwide, smash hit record.First of all, a good song speaks to you. You remember it, even if it's just one really good line... It fills you with emotions, whether those be sad or happy ones.Then there is something else...it's the way the music was produced
... Read more
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Depeche Mode's 101

by Mary Valle ...

Narrated by Jo Anna Perrin ...

Series series 33 1/3
Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Depeche Mode’s 101 is, at first glance, a curious thing: a live double-album by a synth band. A recording of its “Concert for the Masses,” 101 marks the moment when doomy, cultish, electronic Depeche Mode, despite low American album sales and a lack of critical acclaim, declared they had arrived and ascended to the rare air of stadium rock. On June 18, 1988, 65,000 screaming, singing Southern
... Read more
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Was jede Elektrofachkraft wissen muss

Grundlagen der Fachkunde für Elektrotechniker, Elektriker und Elektroingenieure

by Matthias Surovcik, Matthias Surovcik ...

Narrated by Raúl Gonzalez ...

Unabridged

2 hours 6 min

Dieses Hörbuch möchte Ihnen die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Fachkunde in der Elektrotechnik näherbringen. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Berufstätige und in der Ausbildung befindliche Hörerinnen und Hörer aus der Elektrotechnik und setzt damit ein gewisses Grundwissen der Elektrotechnik voraus. Sie erhalten einen fundierten Überblick zu den für alle Elektrotechnikerinnen und Elektrotechniker ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Dieses Hörbuch möchte Ihnen die wichtigsten Grundlagen der Fachkunde in der Elektrotechnik näherbringen. Es richtet sich in erster Linie an Berufstätige und in der Ausbildung befindliche Hörerinnen und Hörer aus der Elektrotechnik und setzt damit ein gewisses Grundwissen der Elektrotechnik voraus. Sie erhalten einen fundierten Überblick zu den für alle Elektrotechnikerinnen und Elektrotechniker
... Read more
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Brad Lansky and the Anti-Starc

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Matthew Roberts, Bianca Resnekov, Guy McDonald, Jennifer Beattie, Nigel Vermaas, Sean O'Connor, Shannyn Fourie, Stephen Jennings ...

Series Audiobook 4 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

1 hour 43 min

These are troubled times. MARA, the mighty blue supergiant of the Torvus Iubar System is dying, as are the other thirteen ambistars that make up the Ambistar Collective. Billions of lives are in peril. What conceivable force could cause the simultaneous death of fourteen ambistars thousands of light-years apart?Since the peace accord between Giri Null and GAIA three years ago, Torvus has prospered ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

These are troubled times. MARA, the mighty blue supergiant of the Torvus Iubar System is dying, as are the other thirteen ambistars that make up the Ambistar Collective. Billions of lives are in peril. What conceivable force could cause the simultaneous death of fourteen ambistars thousands of light-years apart?Since the peace accord between Giri Null and GAIA three years ago, Torvus has prospered
... Read more
Audiobook

Brad Lansky and the Result War

by J.D. Venne ...

Narrated by Dieter Zimmermann, Jeremy Crutchley, Jennifer Beattie, Kevin Stoloff, Luke Turnbull, Marty Kintu, Matthew Roberts, Nigel Vermaas, Stephen Jennings, Susan Danford, Wiseman Sithole, Zoe Zimmermann ...

Series Audiobook 7 - Brad Lansky Series
Unabridged

2 hours 8 min

The Rogue Planet missed Earth by a few thousand kilometers and quickly receded into the blackness of space.The Sleepers, the smartest form of biological life ever encountered, showed no interest in Earth and shunned all communication, even with GAIA.The massive object deflected Earth inward, toward the Sun.Earth’s new orbit is elliptical - a colossal shock for every creature.For those who cling to ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Rogue Planet missed Earth by a few thousand kilometers and quickly receded into the blackness of space.The Sleepers, the smartest form of biological life ever encountered, showed no interest in Earth and shunned all communication, even with GAIA.The massive object deflected Earth inward, toward the Sun.Earth’s new orbit is elliptical - a colossal shock for every creature.For those who cling to
... Read more
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I Don't Take Requests

'If you want to change your life...read this book.' TRACEY EMIN

by Michael Hennegan, Tony Marnoch ...

Narrated by Tony Marnoch ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

The outrageously candid memoir from club culture's most beloved - and notorious - DJ, Fat Tony.As one of club culture's most notorious - and best loved - figures, Tony is a complete force of nature.Here he tells the most extraordinary stories of depravity and hedonism, of week-long benders and extreme self-destruction - and of recovery, redemption, friendship and the joy of ... ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

The outrageously candid memoir from club culture's most beloved - and notorious - DJ, Fat Tony.As one of club culture's most notorious - and best loved - figures, Tony is a complete force of nature.Here he tells the most extraordinary stories of depravity and hedonism, of week-long benders and extreme self-destruction - and of recovery, redemption, friendship and the joy of ...
... Read more

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