Rainbow In The Dark - Historien Om Ronnie James Dio
Rainbow in the dark: Historien om Ronnie James Dio är den officiella biografin om hårdrockens mest framgångsrike sångare genom tiderna: Ronnie James Dio, den lille mannen med den enorma rösten. Mannen bakom den världsberömda horngesten inledde faktiskt sin musikaliska karriär som trumpetare och doo wop-sångare på sextiotalet. Men snart kom han att inta större scener och med band som Rainbow, Black Sabbath och det egna bandet DIO blev framgångarna monumentala med närmare 50 miljoner album sålda. Ronnie James Dio inledde själv arbetet med denna biografi och hade kommit en bra bit in när sjukdomen ryckte bort honom. De senare delarna är nedtecknade av Ronnies änka Wendy och den världsberömde musikbiografen Mick Wall. Boken är översatt av hårdrocksjournalisten Carl Linnaeus.
Rainbow in the Dark
Ronnie James Dio was a heavy metal icon and frontman of three of the best-selling, most influential and famous rock bands in history: Rainbow, Black Sabbath and his own multi-million selling band, Dio. Rainbow in the Dark is a rollercoaster ride t...
Roman History, Volume IV
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Roman History, Volume VII
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A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, an...
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Roman History, Volume I
A sweeping chronicle from Aeneas to Alexander Severus. Dio Cassius (Cassius Dio), circa AD 150-235, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, an...
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Roman History, Volume VIII
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Enter Night
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Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix
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Dio Chrysostom Orations: 7, 12 and 36
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