Books by Stephen Davis

Jim Morrison's electrifying live performances, and appetite for sexual and psychedelic experience enflamed the spirit of a generation. In Jim Morrison, critically acclaimed journalist Stephen Davis brings together insights gleaned from dozens of original interviews, long-lost recordings, and Morrison's own unpublished journals to create a vivid portrait of a misunderstood genius. Each page brims with new details on every phase of Morrison's life, from his troubled youth in a strict military household, to his coming of age in the avant-garde scene of 1960s LA, his epic alcohol and drug binges, and sexual affairs.In a gripping final chapter, Davis synthesizes new evidence recently uncovered in Paris to resolve at last many of the mysteries surrounding Morrison's death, and reconstructs the final days and hours of America's greatest rock star. Compelling and harrowing, intimate and revelatory, Jim Morrison is the definitive biography of the rock god who defined the 1960s.

A stunning new biography of Duran Duran by the best-selling author of Gold Dust Woman and Hammer of the Gods

De begyndte som Bob Dylans backingband, da folk-trubaduren satte strøm til guitarerne i 1965, og de gik i opløsning ti år senere i projektørlysenes skær, mens fi lminstruktøren Martin Scorsese dokumenterede deres sidste koncert i The Last Waltz. Derimellem udspandt sig en dekade, hvor The Band red på en bølge af musikalsk kreativitet, der gjorde dem til noget særligt i amerikansk rockmusik, men også på en bølge af succes og berømmelse, som endte med at ødelægge dem.Med bandets trommeslager, Levon Helm, som den fødte fortæller er Historien om The Band en rockbiografi af de sjældne, fortalt med vid og bid og indlevelse, ikke mindst i de andre bandmedlemmers personligheder; den brillante og ambitiøse Robbie Robertson (guitar), den legesyge Rick Danko (bas), musikgeniet Garth Hudson (tangenter) og den skrøbelige og drukfældige Richard Manuel (vokal), der begik selvmord i 1986.Wheels on Fire fortæller også om de mange stjerner, der krydsede The Bands vej i 60’erne og 70’erne: Dylan, Clapton, The Beatles, Neil Young, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison m.fl . Store musikbegavelser, der inspirerede hinanden på kryds og tværs, og som igen påvirkede millioner af mennesker og dermed lagde grunden til, at The Band fik sin fortjente plads i rockhistorien og blev optaget i The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame i 1994.Nærværende bog udkom første gang i 1993. Den blev genudgivet og opdateret i år 2000 og igen i 2013, året efter, at Levon Helm var død af kræft. Denne danske version baserer sig på 2013-udgaven. Skrevet i samarbejde med Stephen Davis.

'Damning' - Mail on Sunday'Utterly horrific and compelling' - The Guardian'This investigation rings true' - Publishers WeeklyOn 1 August, 1990, British Airways Flight 149 departed from Heathrow airport, destined for Kuala Lumpur.

There is a war on truth. And the liars are winning. Truthteller exposes how governments and corporations cover up murder, corruption and catastrophe. It is an essential guide for concerned citizens who want to know the facts, not fake news.

An insider's tour of rock through 50 memorable concerts

In his introduction to this collection of essays by constitutional experts, Philip Bryden says that Canadians can be proud of their commitment to the protection of rights and liberties in the Charter. Canada, he believes, is a better place to live then it would be otherwise. Nevertheless, as the essays in this book reveal, the case in favour of the Charter is not simple or one-sided. For instance, Kim Campbell, minister of justice at the time of writing, and Jeffrey Simpson of the Globe and Mail express concern that the Charter promotes a rights discourse that threatens to overwhelm the ordinary politics of recognizing and accommodating different interests. Dean Lynn Smith of the University of British Columbia law faculty observes that the Charter rights are better understood as complementing than as supplanting traditional mechanisms. The authors, diverse in background and outlook, reflect varying points of view but share a significant degree of consensus on issues that need to be addressed.

General John Bell Hood tried everything he could: Surprise attack. Flanking march. Cavalry raid into the enemy's rear lines. Simply enduring his opponent's semi-siege of the city. But nothing he tried worked.