_____________________ Foreword by Chrissie Hynde Without the Sex Pistols there would be no Punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who formed Kutie Jones and his Sex Pistols, the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols, with his schoolmate Paul Cook and who was its original leader. As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of Punk – the influence and cultural significance of which is felt in music, fashion and the visual arts to this day – Steve tells his story for the very first time. Steve’s modern Dickensian tale begins in the streets of Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush, West London, where as a lonely, neglected boy living off his wits and petty thievery he is given purpose by the glam art rock of David Bowie and Roxy Music and becomes one of the first generation of ragamuffin punks taken under the wings of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. For the very first time Steve describes the sadness of never having known his dad, the neglect and abuse he suffered at the hands of his step father, and how his interest in music and fashion saved him from a potential life of crime spent in remand centres and prison. From the Kings Road of the early seventies, through the years of the Sex Pistols, Punk Rock and the recording of Never Mind the Bollocks (ranked number 41 in Rolling Stone magazine’s Best Albums of All Time), to his self-imposed exile in New York and Los Angeles where he battled with alcohol, heroin and sex addiction – caught in a cycle of rehab and relapse – Lonely Boy, written with music journalist and author Ben Thompson, is the story of an unlikely guitar hero who, with the Sex Pistols, changed history.

Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol

Ben Thompson

Steve, Jones

Cornerstone Digital

Guts & Glory: The American Civil War: Library Edition

Summary: In this book, America's largest battles, legendary heroes, spies, and lesser-known moments of the American Civil War are discussed.

Guts & Glory: The American Civil War

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Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III, picks up where Volume II left off, at times slowing the pace to allow for thoughtful introspection, but never forgetting the importance of wonder and adventure.The foreword by Lidia Yuknavitch reminds us to celebrate lives dedicated to words as a kind of devotion.Regular contributor George Wells takes readers on a walk across the field between how things are and how they're remembered in To the River.The Story of a Mother by Mika Hillery is an honest and painful journey through the grief of losing a child. The story here ends on a hopeful note, but as this is Spark's first Creative Nonfiction inclusion, the Hilleries' real-life story goes on and can be followed on their blog.Christopher Michel wrote Night Class in Syracuse to record the scene he encountered while attending lectures by Brooks Haxton. Through the story he tells and his writing itself, Fatman Butter paints a portrait of man s ability to find a silver lining in the most testing circumstances of adversity in Silver Linings.Leafing by Elizabeth Sachs is a love story, exploring a relationship's evolution as necessitated by Alzheimer's disease.Cathy Bryant wrote Yellow Roses on Snow after visiting Sylvia Plath's grave on the fiftieth anniversary of her death.As the train moves forward in Letters to Mary, the tension provided by Megan Turner lies as much in what is unsaid as in what is said.Traditional Southern imagery is freshly woven by D.A. Gray in the sophisticated and evocative poem Sleepless on Medicine Creek.Alexis A. Hunter's third installment of By The Gun raises the stakes for Della and adds a paranormal twist as she finds herself on the Wrong Side of God. Through the dreamlike language of Sister Eugénie's Wonderful Glass Eye, Barbara Black invites the reader to explore the aquatic depths of the imagination.In a delightful injection of levity, Ben Thompson brings an unlikable narrator to All-You-Can-Eat. As he makes his way through the local buffet, will you find yourself rooting against him or for him?When an anomalous baby is born to young parents, Janet E. Irvin explores the couple's difficulties of raising a daughter who is "different" in A Brief Theory of Triangular Scale.Temporal Shift by Tom Pescatore paints the very same location at very different times.John W. Buckley deftly provides the soundtrack to an evening of acquaintances lost and acquaintances regained in Jukebox Lament.Despair against nature leads to unexpected salvation in Christian Fennell's Angel of the Equinox.Before Ararat introduces fresh perspectives on a familiar story a recurring approach in Kari Castor's poetry. Her work also appeared in Volume I.In Call, Talk, Lock, Deborah Miller-Collins takes an unusual occurrence and develops it into an event that brings together two strangers who need each other.Beatriz F. Fernandez pens a response from the woman to Sherlock Holmes, signed Very Truly Yours, Irene Norton, née Adler.  Escape seems impossible for Cassie in the fiery suspense Gold Stars and Forget-Me-Nots by Francesca Linton.In Inner Night by Michael Campagnoli, a woman waits for an unknown lover.Caroline Zarlengo Sposto asks, "How far would you go to stand up for and even protect a stranger?" in Chivalry.To conclude Volume III, a mother savors a moment with her infant son and contemplates the day he will inevitably leave in Rebekah Orton's Future Wife.

Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III

Alexis A. Hunter

George Wells

John W. Buckley

Mika Hillery

Christopher Michel

Fatman Butter

Barbara Black

Janet E. Irvin

Empire & Great Jones Little Press

Guts & Glory

The Race To Space

Erik Slader

A Relentless Onslaught of the Toughest Warlords, Vikings, Samurai, Pirates, Gunfighters, and Military Commanders to Ever LiveThroughout history―from the bone-crushing age of antiquity to the sack-tearing modern era―there have been larger-than-life ass-kickers with a natural talent for unleashing their epic bloodlust on anyone who crossed them. They built empires, smashed armies, and ravaged civilizations for wealth, glory, and ultimate supremacy. Sometimes villains, sometimes heroes, sometimes criminally insane, they had one thing in common: They were all Badass!Chandragupta MauryaAn Indian warlord who commanded an army of drunken war elephants and employed an elite detachment of highly trained female bodyguardsPeter FranciscoAn unsung hero of the American Revolution, this powerful giant battled the British with a massive five-foot-long broadswordWolf the QuarrelsomeA mysterious barbarian leader who only appears in history twice―and both times he's kicking someone's assBhanbhagta GurungA fearless Gurkha who won the Victoria Cross by clearing out six Japanese foxholes with nothing more than grenades, a bayonet, and a knifeFrom Alexander the Great to George S. Patton, from Genghis Khan to Bruce Lee, this pantheon of ass-kicking awesomeness should inspire you to quit your stupid job and dive headfirst into a new career as a professional badass.

Badass

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Lonely Boy

Arts & Literature

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