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The Tenderness of Silent Minds - Benjamin Britten and His War Requiem

The human body is the primary instrument of war, yet those waging war often confront soldiers' bodies in a detached or merely intellectua...

Rihanna

"It's a piece of art that I am really proud of..."- Rihanna "The book is a rollicking and sumptuous autobiography, told largely with inti...

50 x 50 - 50 Cent in His Own Words

Rap superstar and bestselling author 50 Cent is back to tell his own story in this interactive autobiography.

Dreamworld - The fabulous life of Daniel Treacy and his band Television Personalities

London 1977: Daniel Treacy drops out of school, bored to death. With friends, he records a few songs thanks to a few pounds sterling lent...

Gold Dust Woman - The Biography of Stevie Nicks

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "All you ever wanted to know about Fleetwood Mac's mesmerizing frontwoman." - People Magazine "Davis is astu...

Nina Simone's Gum

On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe...

In The Pleasure Groove - Love, Death and Duran Duran

I wanted to make music, and in this sense my dreams were being realised. The time spent on stage was becoming more fun ... but what to do...

The Storyteller - Tales of Life and Music

The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock star, Dave Grohl

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

From one of the most iconic and prolific figures in the entertainment industry, award-winning musician and actress Cher recounts the hist...

NOFX - The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

The first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands.

The Dirt - Mötley Crüe - Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

The most influential, enduring, and iconic metal band of the 1980's reveals everything a tell-all of epic proportions. This unbelievable ...

The Butterfly Effect - How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America

A cultural portrait of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rap superstar documents his coming-of-age as an artist, his genius as a lyricist, and h...

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD - get out of your way

Instant National Bestseller! Wall Street Journal bestseller; USA Today bestseller; Publishers Weekly bestseller; international bestseller...

Beeswing - Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975

An intimate look at the early years of one of the world's most significant and influential guitarists and songwriters. In this moving and...

Who by Fire - Leonard Cohen in the Sinai

“An expedition into the troubled soul of one of the world’s greatest songwriters.”—Haaretz  “A fascinating and intense account of Leonard...

Famous Father Girl - A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein

The composer of On the Town and West Side Story, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, television star, humanitarian, friend of t...

Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band's Kogun

A study of the 1974 album Kogun by the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band, this book assesses not just its importance in jazz history...

Johnny Cash - The Life

In Johnny Cash: The Life, Robert Hilburn conveys the untarnished truth about a musical icon. Drawing upon his personal experience with Ca...

The Gospel According to Luke

No one explodes one of the longest-held misconceptions of music history better than Steve Lukather and his band Toto. The dominant pop-cu...

Woolgathering

A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids Patti Smith 'A poet o...

Year of the Monkey

New York Times Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir ...

Cult Musicians - 50 Progressive Performers You Need to Know

Aimed at music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians and the general reader, the book is both an introduction to, and celebration of, fiercely ...

Paul Simon - The Life

Now in paperback, this is a revealing biography of musician and songwriter Paul Simon, through his success with Art Garfunkel, his solo c...

The Double Life of Bob Dylan Vol. 1 - A Restless Hungry Feeling: 1941-1966

'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' Observer The definitive biography of one contemporary cu...

A Likely Lad

Peter Doherty is the last of the great rock 'n' roll stories - maybe even the best ever rock 'n' roll story. Since his band The Libertine...

Under A Rock

At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Harry carried Blondie through their many ...

Being Britney - Pieces of a Modern Icon

With her canon of best-selling singles, electrifying stage performances and iconic music videos, Britney Spears is undoubtedly a modern p...

Seventeen - The shocking true story of a teacher's affair with her student

Joe’s gripping record of the illicit relationship that dominated his adolescence and dictated the course of his life.

Confess - The year's most touching and revelatory rock autobiography' Telegraph's Best Music Books of 2020

The full, frank and shocking autobiography of Judas Priest's Metal God.

Kerrang! Living Loud - Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative Music

Celebrate 40 years of Kerrang! with this year-by-year review of the greatest artists and moments in metal and alternative music. Kerrang!...

Dua Lipa - The Unauthorized Biography

A fascinating and revealing biography of one of the biggest pop stars in the world by a leading pop music journalist.

The Book of Harry - A Celebration of Harry Styles

A celebration of Harry Styles ¿ we Adore You!

Math Rock

Math rock sounds like blueprints look: exact, precise, architectural. This trance-like progressive metal music with indie rock and jazz i...

Over the Rainbow - Tales from an Unexpected Year

There is nothing that can touch the sound made by a close-knit group of people who have been playing together for years and years and yea...

The Stone Age - The explosive truth about the Rolling Stones

From Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann Jones On 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marq...

None of this Rocks - The brilliant first memoir by Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman

Joe Trohman co-founded Fall Out Boy with Pete Wentz in the early aughts, and he's been the sticky element of the metaphorical glue-like s...

Hammer of the Gods

Brothers

In this intimate and open account - nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you've ever read - Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of ...

Taylor Swift Is Life - A Superfan's Guide to All Things We Love about Taylor Swift

Along with the values, lifestyle, and aesthetic of Swiftie culture, this colorful and youthful book includes an A to Z of all things Tayl...

Taylor Swift: Era by Era - The Unauthorized Biography

Heartbreak is the National Anthem - How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl...

Down with the System

The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billb...

Sonic Life - The new memoir from the Sonic Youth founding member

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 Unde...

Madonna - A Rebel Life - The Biography

*A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR | A GUARDIAN MEMOIR OF THE YEAR | A TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR * 'Chronicles, in enthralling ...

Beyonce Is Life - A Superfan's Guide to All Things We Love about Beyonce

This is a beautifully illustrated, all-encompassing guide on all things Beyonce. Including a full discography, some tips on Beyhive cultu...

Me and Mr Jones - My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars

My My! - ABBA Through the Ages

On the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo – the song, not the battle - one super-fan sits down to listen to the ABBA Gold album from start ...

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

A Rough Trade Book of the Year The Sunday Timesbestseller The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

Within You Without You - Listening to George Harrison

Within You Without You: Listening to George Harrison is a highly personal exploration of George Harrison's essential contributions to the...

A Little Thing Called Life - On Loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and Songs in Between

Award-winning songwriter Linda Thompson breaks her silence, sharing the extraordinary story of her life, career, and epic romances with t...

Always a Song - Singers, Songwriters, Sinners, and Saints - My Story of the Folk Music Revival

Folk matriarch and mother to Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper, the author--herself a singer and songwriter--crafts a vivid image of the...

Substance - Inside New Order

In this final installment of his internationally bestselling trilogy of memoirs, Peter Hook describes the 1980s new wave and post-punk sc...

I Love Taylor Swift Updated & Expanded Version - An Unofficial Fan Journal

For Swifties of all ages, I Love Taylor Swift is exactly what you need to capture your love for this musical icon. Now updated for the To...

Ira Gershwin - A Life in Words

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American lyricist Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) has been hailed as one of the masters of the Great American Songboo...

Carl Perkins - The King of Rockabilly

The definitive and fascinating biography of the musical trailblazer who wrote the classic “Blue Suede Shoes” and was the influence behind...

A Dysfunctional Success - The Wreckless Eric Manual

18 and Life on Skid Row

FROM SKID ROW TO BROADWAY, FROM THE GUTTERS OF NEW JERSEY TO SAVILE ROW, HEREIN LIES THE TALE OF THE FIRST THIRTY YEARS OF BACH 'N' ROLL,...

Girl in a Band - A Memoir

?Unconventional. . . . Not a garden-variety rock memoir . . . [but] a strange and lovely book about a woman finding and losing herself on...

Decoded

Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a mome...