{"title":"Duff McKagan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuff McKagan\u003c\/strong\u003e offers candid and compelling works that blend autobiography with life lessons. His writing invites readers into the raw truth behind fame and personal challenges, delivering stories with a striking sense of honesty and insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond memoir, McKagan explores the demands and joys of fatherhood, providing heartfelt reflections that resonate with parents and families alike. His books balance rockstar candour with thoughtful perspectives on raising children and navigating family life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"its-so-easy-and-other-lies-by-duff-mckagan-9781409127390","title":"It's So Easy (and other lies)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA founding member of Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver shares the story of his rise to the pinnacle of fame and fortune, his struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction, his personal crash and burn, and his phoenix-like transformation via a unique path to sobriety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1984, at the age of twenty, Duff McKagan left his native Seattle—partly to pursue music but mainly to get away from a host of heroin overdoses then decimating his closest group of friends in the local punk scene. In L.A. only a few weeks and still living in his car, he answered a want ad for a bass player placed by someone who identified himself only as 'Slash.' Soon after, the most dangerous band in the world was born. Guns N' Roses went on to sell more than 100 million albums worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eIt's So Easy (and other lies)\u003c\/em\u003e, Duff recounts GN'R's unlikely trajectory to a string of multiplatinum albums, sold-out stadium concerts, and global acclaim. But that kind of glory can take its toll, and it did—ultimately—on Duff, as well as on the band itself. As GN'R began to splinter, Duff felt that he himself was done, too. But his near death as a direct result of alcoholism proved to be his watershed, the turning point that led to his unique path to sobriety and the unexpected choices he has made for himself since.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a voice that is as honest as it is indelibly his own, Duff—one of rock's smartest and most articulate personalities—takes readers on his harrowing journey through the dark heart of one of the most notorious bands in rock-and-roll history and out the other side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46844176138476,"sku":"9781409127390","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/da6b521376f0729da84d01d40c7ba8b3.jpg?v=1758833371"},{"product_id":"rocking-fatherhood-by-duff-mckagan-9780738218779","title":"Rocking Fatherhood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet me guess: your Facebook page is littered with baby studies and you're hearing \"Having a baby changes everything\" more often than \"Having a baby is pure joy.\" The sad fact is that pregnancy has been turned into a cataclysmic medical emergency and parenthood's become an obstacle course of optimisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusic journalist Chris Kornelis has no patience for any of it. He didn't know the first thing about pregnancy when his wife gave him the good news, but he knew that the birth of a child should be a joyous occasion, not a minefield of stress and shame. \u003cem\u003eRocking Fatherhood\u003c\/em\u003e provides a week-by-week guide to pregnancy for twenty-first century fathers, but unlike most pregnancy books, it doesn't address every scenario and statistic you and your lady could encounter in the next nine months. Rather, Chris encourages you to make decisions based on what you think is best for your family, not to conform to someone else's definition of ideal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo write the book, he mined his own time as an expectant pop and new dad, but he also solicited wisdom from doctors, scientists, songwriters, and the real rock stars, mums. His entertaining insights include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eYou don't need a book or birthing course (only a 3x5 card).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBabies can't change everything. They can't even change themselves.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePregnancy sex can be \u003cem\u003egreat\u003c\/em\u003e sex.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNobody else knows how they're going to make it work, either.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBottle or breast: you decide what's best.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598055850220,"sku":"9780738218779","price":55.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/94b636206f43e755ba6694fc8cda037c.jpg?v=1778027535"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/duff-mckagan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}