{"product_id":"uncommon-people-book-david-hepworth-9781250124128","title":"Uncommon People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the best music books of 2017 by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn elegy to the age of the Rock Star, featuring Chuck Berry, Elvis, Madonna, Bowie, Prince, and more, uncommon people whose lives were transformed by rock and who, in turn, shaped our culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recklessness, thy name is rock.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. \u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e isn't just their story. It's ours as well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49535305089297,"sku":"GOR010753263","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50128161014033,"sku":"CIN1250124123VG","price":4.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50379556749585,"sku":"CIN1250124123A","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50508394627345,"sku":"CIN1250124123G","price":4.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53233457266961,"sku":"GOR014820027","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250124123.jpg?v=1750920158","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/uncommon-people-book-david-hepworth-9781250124128","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}