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When Kurt Cobain died at his Seattle home on April 8, 1994 at the age of 27, music lost the idol of an entire generation. Ernesto Assante, renowned music journalist, guides the reader through the personal story of an artist and the discovery of an entire musical genre that symbolises an era. A story of pain, passion, and music. A fascinating and mysterious personal adventure. The story of a troubled boy who became a rock star and that of a band that gave sound to the last great rock season of the 20th century: Nirvana. AUTHOR: Ernesto Assante is a renowned journalist, music critic, author and radio and television host. He has written a number of books publisher by White Star Publishers, including The Legends of Rock, U2. The Story and Images of a Rock Legend, Woodstock '69. Rock Revolution, The Beatles. 1962-1969 from Liverpool to Abbey Road, Info Rock. The History of Rock Music, Freddie Mercury. A Legendary voice, The Great History of Rock Music. From Elvis Presley to the Present Day, Bruce Springsteen. 50 years of Rock 'n Roll. SELLING POINTS: . A look at the mysterious and troubled man behind legend and idol, Kurt Cobain, commemorating 30 years since his death . Insights into the fall and rise of Nirvana - from the '90s Seattle grunge scene to becoming one of the best-selling bands of all time

Last RitesPeople say to me, if you could do it all again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything? I'm like, f*** no. If I'd been clean and sober, I wouldn't be Ozzy. If I'd done normal, sensible things, I wouldn't be Ozzy.Look, if it ends tomorrow, I can't complain. I've been all around the world. Seen a lot of things. I've done good... and I've done bad. But right now, I'm not ready to go anywhere.At the age of sixty-nine, Ozzy Osbourne was on a triumphant farewell tour, playing to sold-out arenas and rave reviews all around the world.Then disaster.In a matter of just a few weeks, he went from being hospitalised with a finger infection to having to abandon his tour - and all public life - as he faced near-total paralysis from the neck down.Last Rites is the shocking, bitterly hilarious, never-before-told story of Osbourne's descent into hell. Along the way, he reflects on his extraordinary life and career - including his turbulent marriage to wife Sharon, his regrets over Black Sabbath's reunion, his friendships with Slash and Zakk Wylde, and the harrowing final moments he spent with Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister.Unflinching but surprisingly life-affirming, Last Rites demonstrates once again why Ozzy has transcended his status as 'The Godfather of Metal' and 'The Prince of Darkness' to become a modern-day folk hero and national treasure.

Mary Penfold The inspiring story of Mary Penfold, the mother of the Australian wine industry - a self-taught vintner and business genius who emigrated to a frontier settlement and built her family's small vineyard into one of the world's most respected winemakersBestselling author and biographer Grantlee Kieza turns his focus to the birth of the Australian wine industry and the mother, business leader, and pioneering vintner Mary Penfold, who grew her garden vineyard into a world-renowned wine empire.Closely related to one of the world's wealthiest families, Mary was a new mother when she packed up her baby daughter and left all the comforts of her seaside home in England in 1844 to follow her husband Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold as he chased his dream of starting a new life in the infant colony of South Australia.Mary and Christopher settled on a farm in the Adelaide Hills, and as Christopher made his rounds visiting patients on horseback, Mary and her maid Ellen Timbrell tended grapevines that the Penfolds had sourced from the south of France and planted in the garden beside their stone cottage, which they named The Grange.At first, the wines Mary made were used as tonics for Christopher's patients, but at a time when women were often excluded from commerce and given little recognition for their business endeavors, Mary transformed her cottage industry into an empire. She expanded her vineyard, developed new styles of her product, and built a flourishing company that supplied not only Australia's demand for high-quality wine but thirsty export markets as well.Wine had been part of the Australian landscape since the First Fleet delivered vines along with the convicts and free settlers to Sydney Cove in 1788, and 'The Commander in Chief', as Mary was affectionately known, helped make the Australian wine industry the envy of the world. Riding her white mare and using her spyglass among the vines to oversee her creation, her brilliance as a vintner and great business mind lives on today with Penfolds Grange being one of the most sought after wines in the world.PRAISE'Inspiring .. A pioneer who proved that women could lead in industry at a time when they were rarely acknowledged' Books+Publishing

Matters Of The HeartThe moving story of an Indigenous woman who beat disadvantage and violence to become one of Australia's most influential political voices.Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed.Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary.In this remarkable memoir, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price candidly recalls her journey from the remote outback communities of Yuendumu and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory - a young girl with big dreams and the red dust of her ancestors under her fingernails - to the corridors of Canberra and beyond.Honest, raw and at times heartbreaking, Matters of the Heart is a deeply personal reflection of how a young Indigenous woman, growing up surrounded by violence and tragedy, beat the odds to become one of the most powerful political voices of our time."I've been to hell and back, and I've survived."

Memoirs Of A Child Holocaust SurvivorA.M. Fox’s testament to her late husband’s bravery brings home the horrors of life in the camps without ever resorting to sensationalism. Utterly free from self-indulgence, this clear-sighted memoir is all about Harry as an individual, his quiet courage and resilience, and the remarkable and defiant personality that enabled him not only to survive but to flourish in later life. I found parts of the book horrifying beyond words but was inspired by the positivity that shone through in spite of everything.’ — Catherine Coldstream, author of ‘Cloistered: my Years as a Nun’A Holocaust survivor recounts his memories from pre-war Poland to liberation, honouring lost family and culture.These are the memories of a man who had been a young Jewish boy in Central Poland. His ninth birthday came in mid-July 1939. Less than two months later, they are his memories of the Nazi era, from the very beginning of WW11 until he was liberated by the Russians on the 8 May 1945. This age of death, when the Nazis attempted the absolute annihilation of all Jews in Europe regardless of age, character, or gender, is now referred to as the Holocaust.These memories include those of his vibrant family life in Poland before the war. They are his homage and his memorial to his parents, his little sister and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins who were wiped out by the Nazis along with centuries of their culture.Arriving in the UK on 14 August 1945 he was in the first group of Concentration Camp child survivors brought into England at the invitation of King George VI. The story of these children’s arrival and initial rehabilitation in the Lake District is also told in the 2020 BBC film: The Windermere Children.His memories conclude with some glimpses of his life immediately after liberation, and later when he made his home in the UK.From dozens of known relatives living in their town when war began, he and his elder brother thought for a long time that they were the only two survivors. Later they discovered there was a third survivor, an even younger cousin.All the material concerning life in Poland, life during the war and vignettes of post war life were checked by the survivor as being true to what he remembered. He also wanted to include something about how the author, his second wife, came to meet him, and this tale begins the book.‘This memoire is a resounding affirmation of life in the face of the barbaric culture of death of the Holocaust. Harry’s courage and humanity rings out. Without food and friendship, no one could survive. May we never forget, lest such atrocities happen again!’ - Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe‘I was once giving a talk alongside three professors to five hundred graduates and undergraduates. The professors each tried to explore “why” the Holocaust happened. I had to set them straight – there is NO “why.”’ — Harry Fox‘Unique in its scope – revealing the world lost, the horror survived, and what came next … An emotive and beautifully written read – heart-wrenching, and full of hope in equal measure.’ — Big Sky Review ‘We must each say NO to hatred.’ — A.M. Fox