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Lost in Music
The classic laugh-out-loud memoir
AvGiles Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
137 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.'Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.Praise for Lost in Music'Very, very funny . . . Giles Smith is a wonderful writer' Nick Hornby'A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir . . . You don't have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him' Sebastian Faulks, Spectator'One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud' Daily Telegraph
My My!
ABBA Through the Ages
AvGiles Smith
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
227 kr
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‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday Times'At last, a book that's worthy of ABBA' SpectatorMy My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) – a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international music scene. How is it that half a century later this seventies Eurovision act is bigger than ever – reaching listeners of all ages and spinning off into musicals, museums and holograms? Giles Smith, writer and music fan, sets out to find out why.My My! is a celebration of ABBA through the ages. It’s one fan’s way of saying: thank you for the music.
My My!
ABBA Through the Ages
AvGiles Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
171 kr
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‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday TimesMy My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) – a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international music scene. How is it that half a century later this seventies Eurovision act is bigger than ever – reaching listeners of all ages and spinning off into musicals, museums and holograms? Giles Smith, writer and music fan, sets out to find out why.My My! is a celebration of ABBA through the ages. It’s one fan’s way of saying: thank you for the music.
My My!
ABBA Through the Ages
AvGiles Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
127 kr
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‘A lovely book – as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit’ Daily Mail‘[A] witty and affectionate account . . . It’s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality’ Sunday Times'At last, a book that's worthy of ABBA' SpectatorMy My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits.This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) – a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international music scene. How is it that half a century later this seventies Eurovision act is bigger than ever – reaching listeners of all ages and spinning off into musicals, museums and holograms? Giles Smith, writer and music fan, sets out to find out why.My My! is a celebration of ABBA through the ages. It’s one fan’s way of saying: thank you for the music.
My My!
ABBA Through the Ages
AvGiles Smith
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2024
356 kr
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'';A lovely book as bright, shiny and uplifting as an Abba hit''DailyMail'';[A] witty and affectionate account . . .It''s not a stretch to say that, at its core, My My! is a book about time, death and the possibility of immortality''Sunday TimesMy My! The story of ABBA told through a selection of their greatest hits. This year is the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo (the song, not the battle) a seminal moment in pop history which saw Swedish sensation ABBA burst on to the international music scene. How is it that half a century later this seventies Eurovision act is bigger than ever reaching listeners of all ages and spinning off into musicals, museums and holograms? Giles Smith, writer and music fan, sets out to find out why.My My! is a celebration of ABBA through the ages. It''s one fan''s way of saying: thank you for the music.
Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel
Sport on Television
AvGiles Smith
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
195 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
In an age when sporting stars can win championships whilst hosting chat shows, the relationship between sport and television has never been stronger. Broadcasters’ schedules determine when fixtures are played and if a sport isn’t deemed ‘TV friendly’ then who cares about it? Giles Smith has spent five years in front of the television scouring over seventy channels for any sport he can lay his eyes on.Manchester United scooping the Treble; Schumacher barging Hill off the track; Tyson chewing Holyfield; Argentina beating England on penalties; Germany beating England on penalties; everybody else beating England on penalties . . . Name any one of the defining sporting moments of the last decade, Giles Smith wasn't there. He was at home, watching on the television. Like most people. And then he wrote about it.
Richest Man in Britain
A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Series
AvNick Hornby,Giles Smith
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2024
168 kr
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All-star comedy about an ageing rock star and his search for fulfilment, written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith
Dave Mabbutt is having a crisis. He’s the richest man in Britain, a bona fide rockstar with fans, fame and fortune. He even has a personal assistant called Mr. Tumble, who is in fact an elephant - but he’s not happy. When you have more money than sense life can have hilarious consequences. And how rock and roll does it really feel to have your mum at every gig?
Dave’s crisis begins when he is persuaded to preview his ''drums-only'' version of 1970s classic album, ‘Temple of the Human Mind’. Things don’t go to plan when he introduces ex-lead singer Andy to his new best friend and personal assistant, Mr Tumble the elephant. However, this is nothing compared to the drama that is unleashed when Dave’s mum is kidnapped. On the plus side, the international crisis does provide the perfect excuse to get rid of shed-loads of cash and take a trip overseas. Yet when the richest man in Britain buys some last-minute holiday Euros it promptly brings down the entire global monetary system…
Written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith, this radio comedy series stars Mark Williams (best known as Mr Weasley in the Harry Potter films) and Russell Tovey (star of TV’s Being Human) with a stellar line up of supporting cast members including Lydia Bellingham, Noddy Holder and Rosamund Pike, this is a laugh-out-loud comedy not to be missed.
Writer Nick Hornby is a best-selling author with many of his books being adapted for film, including High Fidelity, About a Boy and Fever Pitch. Giles Smith is a Sunday Times journalist, New Statesman columnist and the writer of three books including Lost in Music, about life and growing up with music.
Episode list:
· The Interview
· The Elephant in the Room
· The Kidnap
· The African Village
· The Cultural Attache
· The Meltdown
Cast and credits
Written by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith
Produced by Lucy Armitage
Dave Mabbutt - Mark Williams
Dom - Russell Tovey
Dave''s Mum - Lynda Bellingham
Jane the Guardian Journalist - Kerry Fox
Andy - Noddy Holder
The Lawyer - Gus Brown
Mr Green the Banker - Geoff McGivern
Dimitri the Kidnapper/Ken the Maintenance Man - Phil Cornwell
Sophie/Waiter - Matt Addis
Naomi, the Charity Worker - Ayesha Antoine
Francesca, The Cultural Adviser - Rosamund Pike
First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 6 Nov-11 Dec 2009
©2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2024 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Lost in Music
The classic laugh-out-loud memoir
AvGiles Smith
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2023
186 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin.''In the Spring of 1989, shortly after my twenty-seventh birthday, as I stood in the sleet at a bus stop in Colchester, it dawned on me that I had probably, all things considered, failed in my mission to become Sting. At least, for the time being.''Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music - about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.Praise for Lost in Music''Very, very funny . . . Giles Smith is a wonderful writer'' Nick Hornby''A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir . . . You don''t have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him'' Sebastian Faulks, Spectator''One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud'' Daily Telegraph©2023 Giles Smith (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Common Treasures Book Two
Housing Planning and Construction
AvAmica Dall,Giles Smithm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
166 kr
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This anthology, thesecond in the Common Treasures project, developed from a series ofconversations between the architecture collective Assemble and the artsorganisation Common Ground. It takes as its premise the idea that approaches tohousing that are grounded in greater levels of community ownership, managementand maintenance have the potential to empower communities, overcome theopposition to local development and create conditions in which skilled ruralworkers are part of stronger local networks of industry and agriculture. Housingbuilt by, for and with the people who live in it makes characterfulneighbourhoods that last well, are able to be maintained by their residents andfacilitate investment in local labour, materials and skilled workmanship. Thecontributors to this anthology share their work to overcome the many obstaclesto this way of working, and offer a vision which is grounded, imaginative andhopeful. Contributors: Rebecca Smith, Rob Hopkins and Frances Northrop, RuthMunns, Andrew Kirby, James Shorten, Loretta Bosence, Hana Loftus, BarbaraJones, Kim Squirrell, Ken Worpole, Tim Crabtree & Summer Islam. Cover by Polytechnic Works.
ABBA
Waterlootól a csillagokig
AvGiles Smith
E-bok
Ungerska, 2025
240 kr
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1974. április 6-án, szombaton Brightonban egy svéd együttes nyerte a 19. Eurovíziós Dalfesztivált. Az ABBA népszerűsége ma, jó fél évszázad elteltével nagyobb, mint valaha. Milliók hallgatják minden korosztályból, és a zenekar mítoszát filmek, musical-előadások és hologramkoncertek gazdagítják tovább, miközben negyven év után teljesen új albummal jelentkeztek.Az újságíró és zenei szakíró Giles Smith ennek a mítosznak szegődik a nyomába. Nemcsak első, kiskamasz kori találkozását idézi fel az ABBA-val, hanem azt a korszakot is, amelybe a svéd együttes berobbant. Fanyar humora, éles meglátásai nem csupán az ABBA rajongói számára teszik élvezetes olvasmánnyá ezt az izgalmas zenetörténeti áttekintést.
„Mert ma, amikor az ABBA világszerte a nemzetközi kincs státuszába emelkedett, többnyire már magunk mögött hagytuk azokat az időket, amikor a zenéjük "bűnös élvezetnek" számított. Átverekedtük magunkat azon a sötét korszakon, és most már bátran, büszkén, szabadon vállalhatjuk: igen, szeretjük az ABBA-t, és ezt senki sem torolja meg rajtunk."
Mamma Mia! ABBA, toda su historia
AvGiles Smith
E-bok
Spanska, 2025
159 kr
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Mamma mia! ABBA, toda su historia es una biografia dirigida a todos los fans de ABBA y, tambien, a los amantes de la musica pop de cualquier epoca y lugar. Giles Smith rememora y expone de manera brillante, divertida e iluminadora, la historia de ABBA a traves de los momentos culturalmente mas importantes de una banda que a lo largo de las epocas ha sorprendido a los criticos por su capacidad de reinventarse y de seguir transmitiendo pura alegria a sus seguidores de manera desenfadada y, en ocasiones, un poco cursi. Desde su formacion en Estocolmo en 1972, pasando por su exito internacional en el Festival de Eurovision de 1974 y sus mas de cinco decadas de trayectoria hasta llegar a la ABBA Voyage de 2024, Giles Smith detalla los grandes lanzamientos, los anuncios de television, el glamour de su vestuario y las cripticas portadas de los albumes que han hecho del grupo integrado por Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny y Anni un fenomeno unico, perdurable e irrepetible.
Lost in Music
Una odisea pop
AvGiles Smith
E-bok
Spanska, 2020
126 kr
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Desde muy joven, Giles Smith se sintió atraído por el universo del pop: por las canciones que sonaban en la radio, por los conciertos en directo que veía en la televisión, por los singles de siete pulgadas que compraba o hurtaba, por la iconografía pop, los peinados estrambóticos, las guitarras eléctricas Empezó a comprar discos, a clasificarlos y atesorarlos, a imitar a sus ídolos, a Marc Bolan de T. Rex, sobre todo, y a tocar en grupos de escuela, mientras soñaba en convertirse en una estrella del pop.Creció en la anodina ciudad británica de Colchester, donde jamás nació músico alguno, donde lo más memorable que jamás sucedió en relación con el pop es la anécdota apócrifa que cuenta que los Beatles se detuvieron a comprar caramelos en una tienda de ultramarinos de camino a un concierto.Su amor por el pop le llevó a tocar, tras un errático periplo juvenil en bandas amateur que nadie contrataba, en los Cleaners from Venus, un grupo que nunca llegó a nada y que, a pesar de lograr fichar para RCA en Alemania, no trascendió. Pero grabaron un disco, que, a la postre, es lo que cuenta. Un disco cuya grabación se hizo en un tugurio con un equipamiento técnico lamentable y donde el grupo a veces pernoctaba. Pero nada importaba. Solo el disco. Grabar un disco.Esta es la historia de un fracaso y de un amor indeleble. Con un humor finísimo, Smith evoca sus sueños de juventud, los grupos en los que tocó, los discos que escuchó y coleccionó, los años en los que, en definitiva, desarrolló una pasión inextinguible por la música popular y su cultura.
Acquisition Strategy, Process and Organization for Innovative Systems
AvJohn Birkler,Giles Smithm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
262 kr
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Common Treasures Book One
Land, Food and Farming
AvAmica Dall,Giles Smithm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
161 kr
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This is an anthology ofwriting from people who are engaged in practical, hands-on work to transformland, food and farming systems in the UK at grassroots level. They are boundtogether by a passion for understanding how land use and ownership shape notonly agriculture but also the character of rural communities and the country atlarge. Many have first-hand experience of the challenges inherent in mainstreamfarming, food production and resource management, and the difficulties faced bythose who seek to do things differently. But these are hopeful stories,offering a credible and compelling vision of what life in a rural future might looklike. Contributors: Maria Benjamin, Philip Trevelyan, Megan Willoughby,Charlotte Hollins, Stella Peyerl, Stephen Davies, Jez Ralph, Clare Hill,Colleen McCulloch, Stefan Laxness, Kaye Song

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Giles Smith – författare

Lost in Music

My My!

My My!

My My!

My My!

Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel

Richest Man in Britain

Lost in Music

Common Treasures Book Two

ABBA

Mamma Mia! ABBA, toda su historia

Lost in Music

Acquisition Strategy, Process and Organization for Innovative Systems

Common Treasures Book One

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