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Brothers: A deep and personal family memoir from the co-founder of
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this intimate and open account - nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read - Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship,...
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way
The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales...
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop
You know the songs by heart. You've traded the friendship bracelets. You've worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation's biggest super star...
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop
You know the songs by heart. You've traded the friendship bracelets. You've worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation's biggest super star...
The Elton John Activity Book: An Unofficial Lovefest
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book is a celebration of a musical great. Perfect for the long-standing superfan or for those wanting...
Jean Sablon
The story of Jean Sablon's life and career encapsulates some of the major changes in twentieth-century society, transformations that reshaped the art of the chanson while also opening up hitherto...
Mahler: His Life, Work and World
Gustav Mahler was born on 7 July 1860 in an insignificant outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He grew to become one of the greatest conductors and composers of his time,...
Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out
(Book). Popular music's queer DNA is inarguable, from Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" to David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, from cross-dressing Kurt Cobain to "female Elvis" k.d. lang. Regardless, gay and lesbian...
Dua Lipa: The Unauthorized Biography
Discover the fascinating story behind the rise of a new pop icon: Dua Lipa.When Dua Lipa was eleven, her music teacher told her she wasn't good enough to join her...
BTS: Icons of K-Pop
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Seven men. Seven years. 31 million Twitter followers. 11 billion YouTube views. 13 billion Spotify streams. Sold out world tours. BTS are a global phenomenon - this is their story....
The Elton John Activity Book: An Unofficial Lovefest
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book is a celebration of a musical great. Perfect for the long-standing superfan or for those wanting...
Punk Perfect Awful: Beat: The Little Magazine that Could ...and Did.
Drawing on a decade's worth of pioneering photography and journalism, Punk Perfect Awful is an irreverent love letter to music and the passion that makes it happen.Known for shedding new...
Weather Bird
Gary Giddins's magnificent book Visions of Jazz has been hailed as a landmark in music criticism. Jonathan Yardley in The Washington Post called it "the definitive compendium by the most...
The Overrated Book
This work deals with hip lampoons of the music industry by comedians. Put together by the staff of "Chunklet Magazine", this work is a paragon of satire for the holy...
A House Full of Music: Strategies in Music and Art
Before John Cage (1912-1992), there was hardly anyone as consistent as he was in questioning the boundaries of music and its connections to other fields of art and the everyday...
B.B. King: There Is Always One More Time
The ELives in MusicE series meshes biography with discography. This debut title profiles the legendary King of Blues B.B. King. An opening essay charts his life from childhood in the...
Ode to Hip-Hop: 50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music
Celebrate the music that has shaped the culture and given us some of the greatest hits of all time with this vibrantly illustrated anthology, featuring 50 of the most lauded,...
Moving Mountains: The Little Guide to Pink
"I'm proof that things absolutely can happen." - PinkDubbed the next "Queen of Pop" for her distinctive voice and live acrobatic stage performances, Pink unapologetically smashed her way through the...
Taylor Swift unofficial colouring book
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The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival,
One man, his piano and their miraculous survival.'Extraordinary' Baroness Julia Neuberger'Powerful and gruelling ... an almost unimaginable story of horror and survival' Mail on Sunday'Stunning. A beautiful blend of action,...
Rock on Film: The Movies That Rocked the Big Screen
When the use of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" turned 1955's Blackboard Jungle into a teen sensation and a box-office smash, it proved the opening shot in a cinematic...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir
A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
Oasis: Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever
***'A wonderful document of the last great gathering of the pre-internet age. No camera phones, no social media, just a band and its fans as one' -NOEL GALLAGHER On 10th...
Under A Rock
ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've...
Tribute: Cocker Power
Relive the legendary 1970 Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour and the 2015 tribute concert at the Lockn' Festival with Tedeschi Trucks Band, both of which were captured by...
To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy
In 1977, 17-year-old Steven Hamper was a stonemason in the dockyards of Chatham, Kent. His heart, however, beat in sync with the punk rock tremors of the era, seduced by...
Listen: On Music, Sound and Us
'I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.' There are countless books...
Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star
I was only sixteen when I bought an electric guitar and joined a band. A year later, I formed an all-girl band called the Marine Girls and played gigs, and...
The Pianist
The powerful memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival...
Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground
Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen whether it be the 1960s of the 2020s, The Velvet Underground represent ground zero. Crystallizing the idea...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir
A gritty, revealing heavy metal memoir by Lamb of God's lead guitarist and co-lyricist, which explores both his life in music and his tumultuous path through addiction and into recovery.DESOLATION...
Me
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I Am What I Am
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The World Theatre of Wagner
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Author: Charles OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book celebrates 150 years of Wagner productions, providing insights into the impact of his works on...
Mr S: The Last Word on Frank Sinatra
George Jacobs is generally considered 'the last of the Rat Pack', a member of the exclusive club that has fascinated us for decades. He was Sinatra's valet and confidant from...
The Beatles Lyrics: The Unseen Story Behind Their Music
Over 100 handwritten manuscripts of the Beatles' original lyrics, tracked down from friends of the band, museums, universities and collectors. Hunter Davies, author of the only authorised biography of the...
Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success: Rough Trade Book of
Formed in 1988, Lush were part of the London gig scene during one of the most vibrant and creative periods in UK music. Now, Miki Berenyi tells all.The book begins...
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain
AN UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024For 5 years after they'd swapped sought-after apprenticeships for life on the dole, brothers William and Jim Reid sat up till the early hours...
Dua Lipa: The Unauthorized Biography
Discover the fascinating story behind the rise of a new pop icon: Dua Lipa.When Dua Lipa was eleven, her music teacher told her she wasn't good enough to join her...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond
A Rough Trade Book of the YearThe Sunday Times bestsellerThe much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal pioneers Black Sabbath...
The BBC Proms Guide to Great Concertos
The BBC Proms Guides provide all the background and information you need about some of the most exciting works in the repertory. As one of the world's leading music festivals,...
100% Unofficial Taylor Swift Annual 2025
It's me, hi ... your essential unofficial guide to Taylor Swift! Farshore are the #1 annuals publisher in the UK (Bookscan TCM 2023)Packed with fun facts all about our Tay-Tay,...
Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris
Between the world wars, Paris welcomed not only a number of glamorous American expatriates including Jospehine Baker and F. Scott Fitzgerald, but also a dynamic musical style emerging in the...
All I Wanted to Do Was Play the Guitar, and Then This Happened (SIGNED)
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Author: Joe MandicaBinding: SoftbackPublished: Xlibris AU, 2023Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book chronicles the author's journey and experiences with music, detailing his passion for playing...
Gustav Mahler: His Mind And His Music Volume I
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Author: Neville CardusBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz, 1965Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis book provides an insightful exploration of the life and music of Gustav Mahler, delving into...
Taylor Swift: The Whole Story
2014 edition. A fully updated 2024 edition is out now 9780008696320The full story of Taylor Swift's stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop...
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
'A roadmap for a new generation' VOGUE'Radical, funny and fearless' VANITY FAIR'Gripping' NYLONAn electric, searing memoir by the original Riot Grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre...
This Is a Call: The Fully Updated and Revised Bestselling Biography of
FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED, INCLUDING TWO NEW CHAPTERS TO BRING THE STORY UP TO DATE 'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.'He has sold over 50...