Bøger af Steven Gaines

All You Need is Love is a ground-breaking oral history of the Beatles and how it all came to an end. Based on never-before-published or heard interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and their families, friends, and business associates, this is a landmark book, containing stunning new revelations, about the biggest band the world has ever seen.In 1980-1981 former COO of Apple Corp, Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines interviewed everyone in the Beatles' inner circle and included a small portion of the transcripts in their international bestselling book The Love You Make, which spent four months on the New York Times bestseller list. But left in their archives was a treasure trove of unique and candid interviews that they chose not to publish, until now. A powerful work assembled through honest, intimate, sometimes contradictory and always fascinating testimony, All You Need is Love is a one-of-a-kind insight into the final days, weeks, months and years of the Beatles phenomenon.

A Thug'z Luv is a gripping story with a natural street language, centering around Jason Blue, who at the tender age of six, lost his father to drugs and crime in the streets of Fort Worth, Texas. Now living with his single white mother, Paris Blue, in an all Black Community on the South Side of Town; he has to learn to deal with life on a level far beyond an average kid his age. Jason at the age of six does not understand why his mother keeps him locked in the house away from other kids. But as time goes on he, is faced with the facts of life and learns about different Races, Prejudices, Betrayasl, Death and most of all, "GAMES OF GANGS." And yet against all odds, Jason progresses and gains their Trust and Respect by remaining True to Himself and staying down with the hood. Becoming part of the street gang was not something Jason had as a goal in life, but it was his way of life, therefore he took pride in who and what he was. Jason remains respectful to his mother, but finds a deeper love for the guys that call themselves "Gangsters of the Hood" and a life he was so destined to lead. So he hits up the gang signs and vows for life to maintain; "True Homies" are what he lived for and at all cost, may die for...

Life is a chancy proposition: from the movement of molecules to the age at which we die, chance plays a key role in the natural world. Traditionally, biologists have viewed the inevitable "e;noise"e; of life as an unfortunate complication. The authors of this book, however, treat random processes as a benefit. In this introduction to chance in biology, Mark Denny and Steven Gaines help readers to apply the probability theory needed to make sense of chance events--using examples from ocean waves to spiderwebs, in fields ranging from molecular mechanics to evolution. Through the application of probability theory, Denny and Gaines make predictions about how plants and animals work in a stochastic universe. Is it possible to pack a variety of ion channels into a cell membrane and have each operate at near-peak flow? Why are our arteries rubbery? The concept of a random walk provides the necessary insight. Is there an absolute upper limit to human life span? Could the sound of a cocktail party burst your eardrums? The statistics of extremes allows us to make the appropriate calculations. How long must you wait to see the detail in a moonlit landscape? Can you hear the noise of individual molecules? The authors provide answers to these and many other questions. After an introduction to the basic statistical methods to be used in this book, the authors emphasize the application of probability theory to biology rather than the details of the theory itself. Readers with an introductory background in calculus will be able to follow the reasoning, and sets of problems, together with their solutions, are offered to reinforce concepts. The use of real-world examples, numerous illustrations, and chapter summaries--all presented with clarity and wit--make for a highly accessible text. By relating the theory of probability to the understanding of form and function in living things, the authors seek to pique the reader's curiosity about statistics and provide a new perspective on the role of chance in biology.

* Gossipy stories of Manhattan celebrities - from Jerry Seinfeld to Barbra Streisand to Gloria Vanderbilt.

"The Beach Boys have been rolling, like the tide their great songs evoke, for more than thirty years, reaching professional peaks and tragic personal depths. In this electrifying account Steven Gaines"