A third-generation Hollywood resident becomes a reluctant personal assistant and chef to a famous recluse before catching the attentions of a rising star, with unexpected consequences.--

The David Bowie Chronology, Volume 1, is a comprehensive look at his recording and release history. From the time he left school to pursue a career in music, David Bowie was always working. After years of struggling with bands, releasing singles and a debut album, all of which failed to chart, success first came with "Space Oddity" in 1969. The 1972 album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made David Bowie a household name. This Chronology covers every aspect of David Bowie's recording career. It looks at his singles, albums and rarities. Demos, alternate versions, remixes and edits, side projects and his work with other artists such as Mott The Hoople and Lou Reed are all explored. The information is presented date by date in chronological order, accompanied by detailed descriptions of each song version, guest appearance, edit, non-album track and alternate version. The book also covers his tours and live appearances.

This collection of essays focuses on addressing the imaginative wake of the rebellious late 1960s, with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on word-and-image relations. The volume showcases and discusses the impact of such processes on literature and the arts of that mythologized historical period. It explores the impact of its defining causes, hopes and regrets on the creative imagination. The awakening moment for that extraordinary momentous period in the global socio-political memory was May 1968, which came to be seen as the culmination and epitome of a series of processes involving protest, and the affirmation of previously silent or subaltern causes. Such processes and causes were predicated on challenges to established powers and mindsets, and hence on demands for change, which have had rich consequences in literature and the arts.

The first installment of The Best of Bowie is a beautifully presented collection of songs taken from the classic era between 1969 and 1974. Each song is arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar, complete with full piano and vocal melody lines, lyrics and guitar chord boxes. This collection is essential for any Bowie fan, picking out highlights from his seminal albums space Oddity, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane and more. Song List: - The Jean Genie - Space Oddity - Starman - Ziggy Stardust - John, I'm Only Dancing - Rebel Rebel - Let's Spend The Night Together - Suffragette City - Oh! You Pretty Things - Velvet Goldmine - Drive-in Saturday - Diamond Dogs - Changes - Sorrow - The Prettiest Star - Life On Mars? - Aladdin Sane - The Man Who Sold The World - Rock 'N' Roll Suicide - All The Young Dudes