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Without the determination, magnetism, vision, good manners, respectable clothes, and financial security of Brian Epstein, no one would ever have heard of John, Paul, George, and Ringo. In Liverpool, in December 1961, Brian Epstein met the Beatles in his small office and signed a management deal. The rest may be history, but it’s a history that Epstein created, along with a blueprint for all pop groups since. Out of the public eye, Epstein was flamboyant and charismatic. He drank, gambled compulsively, and took drugs to excess. But people remember his wit, charm, and capacity to inspire...

«En Iban a la muerte como a una fiesta, el padre Plácido María Gil Imirizaldu nos narra --como testigo privilegiado que fue-- uno de los episodios más sobrecogedores de aquella Guerra Civil en la que se desataron todos los demonios: el martirio de los monjes benedictinos de El Pueyo, que corrieron --en aquel Barbastro tomado por las milicias anarquistas-- la misma suerte que escolapios y claretianos, así como otros muchos sacerdotes diocesanos del lugar, con su obispo al frente. Quien busque en estas páginas una exposición truculenta de aquellas jornadas se llevará, sin duda, un gran...

Este volumen recoge una seleccion de los documentos mas significativos relacionados con la vida y la obra de Johann Sebastian Bach, uno de los pilares basicos de la tradicion musical occidental. Estos 361 textos --que inciden tambien en la recepcion inicial de su legado-- constituyen una herramienta de trabajo imprescindible para cualquier aproximacion a la musica y la trayectoria artistica del musico aleman, ya que se trata de testimonios originales emanados de su actividad profesional en las diversas ciudades en las que trabajo, con un enfasis especial en los anos pasados en Leipzig. La...

In this harrowing and hilarious memoir, Jennette McCurdy, star of the television series iCarly and Sam & Cat, recounts her struggles as a child actress -- eating disorders, addictions and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother -- and how she regained control of her life. This life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she first auditioned for her to act. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star and Jennette would have done anything to make her mother happy. So she did what her mom called "calorie restriction," eating little and weighing herself five...