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Brothers: A deep and personal family memoir from the co-founder of rock band Van Halen with exclusive behind-the-scenes content, for readers of Dave Grohl, Rick Rubin and Jim Moginie

Brothers: A deep and personal family memoir from the co-founder of

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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,...
Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass

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Globe and Mail National Bestseller"It's not surprising that sooner or later I'd dive down the proverbial rabbit hole into the world of vintage bass guitars."-Geddy LeeFrom Rush frontman Geddy Lee's...
The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and the 70 Recordings That Changed the World

The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll: The Illustrated Story of Sun Records and

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A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings.In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was...
Mahler: His Life, Work and World

Mahler: His Life, Work and World

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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

Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache: How Music Came Out

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(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...
Tent Show: Arthur Names and His ""Famous"" Players

Tent Show: Arthur Names and His ""Famous"" Players

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Before movie screens filled the country and television screens filled our homes, entertainment had to travel to the people. The traveling tent show was a popular form of melodrama and...
Punk Perfect Awful: Beat: The Little Magazine that Could ...and Did.

Punk Perfect Awful: Beat: The Little Magazine that Could ...and Did.

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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...
Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World

Get the Led Out: How Led Zeppelin Became the Biggest Band in the World

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Get the Led Out is the ultimate book on the ultimate band. This lushly illustrated volume starts with a unique day-by-day timeline based on Carol Miller's radio show, revealing quirky...
The Raven

The Raven

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One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all...
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius

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Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In his 1994 classic 'Hallelujah' he opens with the words 'Now I've...
Chimerica

Chimerica

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Time of My Life

Time of My Life

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A House Full of Music: Strategies in Music and Art

A House Full of Music: Strategies in Music and Art

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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...
I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer

I & I: The Natural Mystics: Marley, Tosh and Wailer

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The Wailers are the undisputed sovereigns of reggae- and one of the biggest and most influential groups of the twentieth century. In the course of their ten years together, Peter...
Paul Robeson: The Years of Promise and Achievement

Paul Robeson: The Years of Promise and Achievement

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A compelling biography of a great American in his formative years The son of a former slave, Paul Robeson (1898-1976) rose to become an All-American athlete, Phi Beta Kappa student,...
Wild Family: Seven Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendship

Wild Family: Seven Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendship

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Take a wild ride with the Myrtle Beach Safari and witness the heartwarming interspecies friendships created there.Wild Family reminds us that friendships aren't just for humans. When the struggles of...
Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion

Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion

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'An inspired and intuitive navigation of the drone continuum . . . with a compass firmly set to new and enlightening psychedelic truths' BECKMonolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across...
Three Dublin Plays

Three Dublin Plays

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Antony & Cleopatra: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

Antony & Cleopatra: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English

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Medea and Other Plays

Medea and Other Plays

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Sisters of the Lost Marsh

Sisters of the Lost Marsh

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On a poor Kentish farm, six sisters-Grace, Willa, Freya, and triplets Deedee, Darcy, and Dolly - live in fear of their violent father. Their beloved grandmother tries to protect them,...
The Magic Misfits

The Magic Misfits

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`I adored Magic Misfits. This man is far too talented for my liking, and needs to be stopped!' David Walliams The first in a funny and magical new children's books...
Diaries, 1942-1954

Diaries, 1942-1954

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James Lees-Milne (1908-97) made his name as the country house expert of the National Trust and for being a versatile author. But he is now best known for the remarkable...
Hamlet: Screenplay

Hamlet: Screenplay

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Henry IV, Part I & Part II (Collins Classics)

Henry IV, Part I & Part II (Collins Classics)

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Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

Dancing in the Rain: My story of hope, courage and resilience

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStrictly Come Dancing professional and breast cancer and Crohn's awareness advocate Amy Dowden shares her journey from growing up in the Welsh Valleys to dancing on the...
American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story

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The highly-acclaimed unauthorised biography of cult anti-hero comedian Bill Hicks. He was a radical stand up who dared to question the values of small town America and the evils of...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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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

Oasis: Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever

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***'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...
Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

Listen: On Music, Sound and Us

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'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...
The Pianist

The Pianist

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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...
Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend

Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili

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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the...
Sinners of Starlight City: A sumptuous historical novel of revenge and redemption

Sinners of Starlight City: A sumptuous historical novel of revenge and

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FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ANIKA SCOTTMadame Mystique is a performer extraordinaire, come to work her scandalous magic at the glittering 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Of African American and Sicilian heritage,...
Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

Desolation: A Heavy Metal Memoir

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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...
Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

Biblical: Rob Halford's Heavy Metal Scriptures

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Rob Halford's A-to-Z of Rock and Metal sees Rob to run his lively eye over all facets of the music and metal world. It's a lively encyclopaedia in which Rob...
Blues People

Blues People

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In this essential and impassioned text, LeRoi Jones traces the intertwined development of blues and jazz music with the history of its creators in 'White America'. As important and relevant...
The World Theatre of Wagner

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...
Ode to Hip-Hop: 50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music

Ode to Hip-Hop: 50 Albums That Define 50 Years of Trailblazing Music

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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,...
Mr S: The Last Word on Frank Sinatra

Mr S: The Last Word on Frank Sinatra

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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...
Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard

Five Plays: Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard

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Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

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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 Guide to Great Concertos

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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,...
Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

Into the Void: From Birth to Black Sabbath - and Beyond

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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...
Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959

Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!: A History of Exploitation Films,

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Unashamed nudists, high-flying hopheads, brazen strippers, vicious vice lords, and high school girls who find themselves "in trouble" comprise the population of exploitation films. In the first full-scale history of...
La Mama Collection: Six Plays for the 1990s

La Mama Collection: Six Plays for the 1990s

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A Man for All Seasons

A Man for All Seasons

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All I Wanted to Do Was Play the Guitar, and Then This Happened (SIGNED)

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...
Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training

Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training

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Author: Clive BarkerBinding: SoftbackPublished: Methuen, 1982, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a fresh perspective on drama training through the use of innovative theatre games....