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The Frontman: Bono (In the Name of Power) by Harry Browne
RRP: $12.89$9.02Celebrity philanthropy comes in many guises, but no single figure better encapsulates its delusions, pretensions and wrongheadedness than U2's iconic frontman, Bono-a fact neither sunglasses nor leather pants can hide. More than a mere... -
Chopin by Adam Zamoyski 9780007341856
RRP: $19.34$12.51A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had... -
Storms by Carol Ann Harris
RRP: $20.58$17.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556527906Author Carol Ann HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint A Cappella BooksPublisher A Cappella BooksWeight(grams) 539g -
Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff by Michael Nesmith 9781101907511
RRP: $21.92$15.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101907511Author Michael NesmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Clara Schumann: The Artist and the Woman by Nancy B. Reich 9780801486371
RRP: $28.37$22.19This absorbing and award-winning biography tells the story of the tragedies and triumphs of Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896), a musician of remarkable achievements. At once artist, composer, editor, teacher, wife, and mother of eight children, she was an... -
You Can Drum but You Can't Hide by Simon Wolstencroft 9781901927696 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89$6.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901927696Author Simon WolstencroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Route PublishingPublisher Route Publishing -
Into The Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature by Lev Parikian
RRP: $12.89$8.84'Funny, accessible and full of wonders - a genuine breath of fresh air. - Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley and The Stubborn Light of Things Lev Parikian is on a journey to discover the quirks, habits and foibles of how the British... -
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream by Neil Young
RRP: $16.76$11.73Waging Heavy Peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil YoungNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.Reflective, insightful and... -
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker by Gary Giddins 9780816690411
RRP: $18.05$15.60Within days of Charlie "Bird" Parker's death at the age of thirty-four, a scrawled legend began appearing on walls around New York City: Bird Lives. Gone was one of the most outstanding jazz musicians of any era, the troubled genius who brought modernism... -
Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir by Alan Light
RRP: $19.34$15.04Do You Feel Like I Do? is the incredible story of Peter Frampton's positively resilient life and career told in his own words for the first time. His monu-mental album Frampton Comes Alive! spawned three top-twenty singles and sold eight million copies... -
Sounds and Sweet Airs: The Forgotten Women of Classical Music by Anna Beer
RRP: $16.76$10.55The hidden history of the women who dared to write music in a man's world. 'Lucid, engaging and exuberant... [Sounds and Sweet Airs] is terrifically enjoyable and accessible, and leaves one hankering for a second volume.' The Sunday Times Francesca... -
Maria Callas: The Woman behind the Legend by Arianna Huffington 9780815412281
RRP: $24.50$18.99For millions of people, the great soprano Maria Callas (1923-1977) remains the focus of such unparalleled fascination that there is still no higher praise for singers than "...the best since Callas." In this biography, Callas' career is brought... -
My Rock 'n' Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn
RRP: $21.92$14.54'Entertaining, affectionate and righteous' Guardian'Says so much about being a woman' Cosey Fanni TuttiA TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEARIn 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's music career was just... -
I Am Brian Wilson: The genius behind the Beach Boys by Brian Wilson
RRP: $14.18$9.55'My life has been written about over and over again, and that's mostly okay with me. Other people can talk about my life. Sometimes they'll get it right and sometimes they'll get it wrong. For me, when I think back across my own life, there are so many... -
The Life & Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography by Paul Gorman 9781472121080
RRP: $38.70$26.32'I couldn't put this book down. Malcolm inspired us to make art out of our boredom and anger. He set us free' Bobby Gillespie, Primal ScreamIncluded in the Guardian 10 best music biographies'Excellent . . . With this book, Gorman convincingly moves away... -
All that Glitters by Pearl Lowe
RRP: $16.76$11.09Pearl Lowe has been a singer in a hugely successful pop group, a fashion model and a friend to some of the most famous people in the country. In the nineties when Britpop was in full swing and London was officially the coolest place on the planet, Pearl... -
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: A Restless Hungry Feeling: 1941-1966 by Clinton Heylin
RRP: $25.80$20.50'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording... -
Madonna: Like an Icon by Lucy O'Brien
RRP: $16.76$11.73The definitive biography of one of the world's most famous women.Madonna is the biggest-selling female recording artist in the world and one of our greatest living pop stars. With each pioneering album she has consistently reinvented her music and her... -
Syd Barrett & Pink Floyd by Julian Palacios
RRP: $19.34$12.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859655620Author Julian PalaciosFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd -
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir by George Clinton
RRP: $24.50$16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476751085Author George ClintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 155mm * 36mm -
The Big Life of Little Richard by Mark Ribowsky
RRP: $32.24$21.57The first major biography of Little Richard, a rollicking, nuanced celebration of the late singer/songwriter’s life and his role in the history of American music—gospel, soul, rock, and more “Tutti Frutti” • “Rip It Up” • “Good Golly Miss Molly” •... -
Love of My Life: The truth behind Freddie Mercury's romantic relationships by Lesley-Ann Jones 9781529362329
RRP: $25.80$17.22'EYEWITNESS GOLD' SUNDAY TIMESWHO - OR WHAT - WAS THE REAL LOVE OF FREDDIE MERCURY'S LIFE? THE SENSATIONAL NEW BIOGRPHAY OF QUEEN'S FRONTMAN Millions of Queen and screen fans who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody believe that Mary Austin,... -
Corresponding with Carlos: A Biography of Carlos Kleiber by Charles Barber
RRP: $58.05$51.46Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How... -
Classical Music For Dummies by David Pogue
RRP: $27.09$18.01Classical music was never meant to be an art for snobs! In the 1700s and 1800s, classical music was popular music. People went to concerts with their friends, they brought snacks and drinks, and cheered right in the middle of the concert. Well, guess... -
Rage To Survive: The Etta James Story by David Ritz
RRP: $18.05$11.87One of the great women of American music, equally at home singing blues and jazz, Etta regales us with tales of her chaotic childhood, the stars she has known, and her troubled trip to stardom in this mesmerizing autobiography.About the AuthorDavid Ritz... -
Dead Straight Guide To The Smiths by Mick O'Shea 9781912733330
RRP: $19.34$13.89Critics have called The Smiths one of the most important bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 80s. Based on the songwriting partnership of vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr, the group released four hugely influential... -
Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney by Kate Kennedy
RRP: $45.15$36.30The first comprehensive biography of an extraordinary English poet and composer whose life was haunted by fighting in the First World War and, later, confinement in a mental asylumIvor Gurney (1890-1937) wrote some of the most anthologized poems of the... -
Musorgsky by David Brown 9780198165873
RRP: $32.88$28.78This is not only the first life-and-works on Musorgsky in English for over half a century but also the largest such study of the composer ever to have appeared outside Russia. Mussorgsky was one of the towering figures of nineteenth century Russian music... -
Stories to Tell: A Memoir by Richard Marx
RRP: $34.83$20.51Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career.Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him... -
Garcia: A Signpost To New Space by Charles Reich 9780306812538
$17.62Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) is an American icon. The guitarist and de facto leader of the Grateful Dead was a gregarious talker, keenly engaged with the new world exploding around him. In 1972, Garcia was visited by Charles Reich, a Yale law professor, and... -
Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story by Martin Kemp 9781913406363 [USED COPY]
RRP: $25.80$0.88'A really emotional read... it's wonderful' - Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2'It's such a lovely book!' - Holly Willoughby, This Morning 'A lovely read... it's got everything - emotion and lots of laughs' - Alex Jones, The One Show'A gorgeous book!' -... -
Shirlie and Martin Kemp: It's a Love Story by Martin Kemp
RRP: $25.80$19.89'A really emotional read... it's wonderful' - Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2'It's such a lovely book!' - Holly Willoughby, This Morning 'A lovely read... it's got everything - emotion and lots of laughs' - Alex Jones, The One Show'A gorgeous book!' -... -
Teenage Kicks: My Life as an Undertone by Michael Bradley 9781785581809
RRP: $21.92$20.06Michael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the Undertones recorded 'Teenage Kicks', John Peel's favourite record, and became one of the most... -
The Life of Elgar by Michael Kennedy 9780521009072
RRP: $29.66$25.23This important biography of Elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years. Michael Kennedy, a leading scholar of British music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes... -
Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Lifetime in Music by Sergei Bertensson
RRP: $30.95$27.40Sergei Rachmaninoff A Lifetime in MusicSergei Bertensson and Jay Leyda, with the assistance of Sophia SatinaWith a new introduction by David Butler CannataAn indispensable and captivating document, now back in print!Throughout his career as composer,... -
Then It Fell Apart by Moby 9780571339419
RRP: $14.18$9.44*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far'*What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ever wanted but still feel completely empty? What do you do when it all starts to fall apart? The second volume of Moby's... -
Be My Baby by Ronnie Spector 9781529091571
RRP: $14.18$10.23Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene... -
Telling Stories by Tim Burgess
RRP: $14.18$10.02Telling Stories by Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is one of the decade's most revealing rock books 'Clear, honest. An unusually frank and well-written rock memoir' The TimesThe Charlatans. Madchester. Britpop. Taking on the world. Here are the highs, the... -
Ed Sheeran by Sean Smith
RRP: $14.18$9.35'Compelling new biography' Daily Express 'Fascinating stories' Daily Mirror 'A well-researched, entertaining look at Ed Sheeran ... Sheeran fans will... -
Rockers and Rollers: An Automotive Autobiography by Brian Johnson
RRP: $16.76$11.73By night, Brian Johnson sings in the biggest rock 'n' roll band on the planet.But by day, AC/DC's charismatic, flat-capped frontman gets to indulge his passion for all things automotive.Cars and rock 'n'roll, they were made for each other.Car racer, car...