' This is our story of fifty fantastic years We started out as a blues band playing the clubs & more recently we've filled the largest stadiums in the world with the kind of show that none of us could have imagined all those years ago Curated by us it features the very best photographs & ephemera from & beyond our archives' Mick Keith Charlie & Ronnie On Thursday 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage at the Marquee Club in London's Oxford Street In the intervening fifty years the Stones have performed live in front of more people than any bandever They've played the smallest blues clubs & some of the biggest stadium tours of all time They've had No 1 singles & albums in every country that has a popular music chart & have helped define global popular culture A phenomenal half-century later they now look back at their astounding career Curated introduced & narrated by the band themselves The Rolling Stones 50 is the only officially authorized book to celebrate this milestone With privileged access to a wealth of unseen & rare material it is packed with superb reportage photography contact sheets negative strips outtakes & so much more from every period in the band's history With more than 1000 illustrations it also features some of the most rare & interesting Stones memorabilia in existence international posters draft record cover art bubblegum cards jigsaws & other previously unpublished treasures specially photographed for this volume The ephemera comes from the greatest Rolling Stones collection in the world which belongs to Ali Zayeri Featuring photography from the Daily Mirror's archive & with contributions by photography legends Gered Mankowitz Jean-Marie Perier Dezo Hoffmann Michael Cooper Terry O' Neill Bent Rej Philip Townsend & many others this is the definitive celebration of fifty years of the Rolling Stones From Mick Keith Charlie & Ronnie
- here is one spectacular thank you to their fans all over the world
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Called the greatest rock film ever made this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 US tour & features definitive live performances of " Satisfaction" & eight other Stones classics When 300000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell&s Angels at San Francisco&s Altamont Speedway direct cinema pioneers David & Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade&s dreams into disillusionment Gimme Shelter has received a full restoration of visuals & audio & will be packaged alongside an exclusive 36 page booklet containing snapshots & essays detailing the events at Altamont & the end of the Rolling Stones US tour in 1969 Audio Commentary by directors Albert Maysles & Charlotte Zwerin & collaborator Stanley Goldstein 1969 KSAN Radio Broadcast of Altamont wrap-up (with excerpts from then-DJ Stefan Ponek) Backstage Outtakes of the Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden in New York City Trailers ...

The Rolling Stones I Was There provides a fan&8217;s-eye account of the greatest rock &38; roll band in the world With more than 400 fans&8217; friends & work colleagues accounts of their memories of seeing one of the greatest live acts ever the book is packed with fascinating anecdotes stories photographs & memorabilia that have never been published before Featuring fans accounts of the the group from its first live shows in 1962 right through to the death of Brian Jones ...

If you cannot get any Satisfaction at the moment then you need to a Shine a Light at Rolling Stones MONOPOLY Pick from 6 exclusive tokens from the world of Rolling Stones; will it be Charlie Watts’ legendary drum kit the band’s tour bus or the iconic licks logo As you rock & roll around the board you will experience the best of the Stones world tours their finest albums & even get behind the scenes! The world&s favourite family board game brings you the Rolling Stones edition of MONOPOLY Choose your favourite exclusive Rolling Stone token tour your favourite albums & accumulate fortunes but watch out for taxes jail & bankruptcy Advance to Sticky Fingers Black & Blue Some Girls
- will you owe rent or reap the rewards? Invest in stands & arenas & trade your way to success The Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game is fun for the whole family
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Continuing the very successful From The Vault series of classic previously unreleased Rolling Stones live shows this release is taken from their performance at the Tokyo Dome in 1990 one of ten shows from the 14th to the 27th February at the venue which were the culmination of the Steel Wheels World Tour These were the first concerts The Rolling Stones ever performed in Japan their previous attempt to tour there in the early seventies having fallen through The footage has now been carefully restored & the sound has been newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain for this first official release of the show ...

The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement It had a population of sixty million people spread across lands encircling the Mediterranean & stretching from drizzle-soaked northern England to the sun-baked banks of the Euphrates in Syria & from the Rhine to the North African coast It was above all else an empire of force
- employing a mixture of violence suppression order & tactical use of power to develop an astonishingly uniform culture This Very Short Introduction covers the history of the Empire from Augustus (the first Emperor) to Marcus Aurelius describing how the empire was formed how it was run its religions & its social structure It examines how local cultures were romanised & how people in far away lands came to believe in the emperor as a god The book also examines how the Roman Empire has been considered & depicted in more recent times from the writings of Edward Gibbon to the differing attitudes of the Victorians & recent Hollywood blockbuster films ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable
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This essential document for the study of Roman history traces the story of Rome from Romulus & the foundations of Rome to the reign of the Emperor Tiberius It is especially valuable to historians & students for its vivid eyewitness account of the dramatic years that saw the Roman Empire emerge from the chaos left by the shattered Republic Rendered with the non-specialist in mind the translationthe first English language translation in nearly ninety yearsseeks to remain faithful to the original while avoiding technical & obscure jargon The volume

Includes:: a substantial introduction to Velleius' life & times & to the literary context of his historical work as well as generous & detailed notes on the text a bibliography map glossary of unfamiliar terms & an index

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Jonathan goes on a secret quest to Rome & Flavia Nubia & Lupus set out to find him Their dangerous mission takes them to the Golden House of Nero where a deadly assassin is rumoured to be at work
- & they learn what happened to Jonathan's family during the terrible destruction of Jerusalem nine years earlier
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This exciting adventure gives fascinating insight into the workings of the Roman legal system in a page-turning court room drama As always Caroline Lawrence springs new surprises for all the characters & provides motives means & opportunity for one determined felon & as ever it's up to the four young detectives to crack the case ...

The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series re-issued with a fantastic new cover look Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia the port of Rome in AD79 she & her three friends Jonathan a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia an African slave girl; & Lupus a mute beggar boy must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes & why A talented storyteller Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable & accessible series that children will want to read time & time again ...