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1000 Unforgettable Senior Moments by Tom Friedman 9780761140764 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £1.25"1,000 Unforgettable Senior Moments in History", of which we could remember only 249, is filled with excruciatingly embarrassing and totally true stories of major mental lapses and famous acts of... -
A Del of a Life: The hilarious #1 bestseller from the national treasure by David Jason 9781787465367 [USED COPY]
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £2.31THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: a hilarious and heartfelt new autobiography from the national treasure Sir David Jason'There are British telly icons and then there is Sir David Jason. This book is... -
Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink by Elvis Costello 9780241003466 [USED COPY]
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £2.99Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars. Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London... -
I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties by Holly Knight
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.50Holly Knight's singular music career included crafting a good part of the soundtrack to the MTV eighties with mega-hits for Tina Turner ("The Best"), Pat Benatar ("Love Is A Battlefield"), and Patty... -
Sparkplug by David Judge 9780573116216
Booksplease Price: £13.26"He's got two dads, my lad. One's black. That makes him black. I suppose." Manchester, 1983. Dave loves Rod Stewart, Joanne and his Ford Capri. He's all set for a new start. Only Joanne's about to... -
Pack of Dogs by Michael Gillette
RRP: £17.50Booksplease Price: £14.68Content Michael Gillette's mesmerising illustrations blend beloved, iconic music legends, both past and present, with their dog counterparts. A celebration of pup and pop culture for music and and... -
Hunky Dory (Who Knew?): The best I can remember from twenty years at the heart of '60s and '70s rock and pop by Laurence Myers 9781912892297
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £8.05WHAT A STORY! WHAT A LIFE! A FASCINATING MEMOIR FROM A LEGENDARY MUSIC BUSINESS EXECUTIVE WHO... Signed the little-known David Bowie... Owned the Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust... -
One Love, One Life: Stories from the Stars Billy Sloan 9781785306303
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28WHEN legendary music journalist Billy Sloan was fifteen years old he saw The Who play an incendiary live show at Green's Playhouse in Glasgow. It was the beginning of a lifelong love affair with... -
Life on Mars: Get Cartwright by Tom Graham 9780007538966
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52Time to leap into the Cortina as Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt roar back into action in a brand new installment of Life on Mars. 'Women in the Force?! It's against nature! Just look what... -
My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers by Ted Kessler 9781782114000
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.31If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say? Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many... -
Amazing Grace: John Newton, slavery and the world's most enduring song by Steve Turner 9780745951782
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.39Top music writer Steve Turner traces the biography of 'Amazing Grace', the world's most recorded song. Versions of this hymn have been performed by artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith... -
Anymore for Anymore: The Ronnie Lane Story by David Stafford 9781913172534
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £13.30Ronnie Lane's story is that of a working-class kid who started his musical career busking a ukulele at the age of eight. As a young man he signed with legendary manager Don Arden, who paid him in... -
Ready Steady Go!: The Weekend Starts Here: The Definitive Story of the Show That Changed Pop TV by Andy Neill
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £29.70The London-based Ready, Steady, Go! began broadcasting in August of 1963 and, within a matter of weeks, became an essential television ritual for the newly confident British teenager. It set trends... -
Larger Than Life: My Autobiography by Eddie Large 9781844541287 [USED COPY]
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £2.73Eddie Large and Syd Little dominated television screens across the nation for fifteen years; drawing in record viewing figures of more than 16 million at their peak. They are fondly remembered as two... -
Mania: Tartan, Turmoil and My Life as a Bay City Roller Stuart Wood 9781785122019
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26*FEATURING A FOREWORD BY ROD STEWART*Stuart Wood's love of music was ignited at fourteen when he, along with three schoolmates, formed a band. By the time he turned fifteen, he had left school to... -
Booked!: The Gospel According to our Football Heroes by John Smith
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.23Booked! The Gospel According to our Football Heroes is a funny, fascinating digest of over 120 footballer autobiographies. Authors John Smith and Dan Trelfer have forensically examined the life... -
The Tracks of My Years: The autobiography by Ken Bruce 9781447249146
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.99From his childhood in 1950s Glasgow, when he was affectionately known to his older brothers as 'the wee bastard', to his wildnerness years as an accountant when he longed to achieve his dream and... -
Maggie May by Frances Poet 9781848429512
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.10'They say we're like swans. Ruddy beautiful graceful things on the surface of a lake but underneath we're paddling like mad.' Maggie and Gordon first met, dancing to Rod Stewart songs, in 1971... -
Ed Sheeran: Memories we made: Unseen photographs of my time with Ed by Christie Goodwin 9781788400664 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £2.33'...a fabulous book' Chris Evans (BBC Radio 2)A stunning collection of rare and unseen photographs and stories charting Ed Sheeran's rise to global superstar, by long-time collaborator Christie... -
Trinidad & Tobago - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Tim Ewbank 9781857335439
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.10Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will... -
Just Backdated: Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies by Chris Charlesworth 9781915858221
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.87Just Backdated - Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies is a memoir by Chris Charlesworth who, between 1970 and 1977, was a staff writer and editor for Melody Maker, the UK’s best-selling music... -
Music Express: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine by Keith Sharp 9781459721944
Booksplease Price: £18.47The glory days of rock from the perspective of Canada's original music magazine. The story of Music Express is told through the unique perspective of Keith Sharp, the magazine's founder and editor... -
Eric Clapton Sessions by Andrew Wild 9781789521771
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.26Since 1963 Eric Clapton has contributed to two hundred albums by other artists: from very famous to the obscure and the unexpected: Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Phil... -
Abba by Andrew Oldham 9780283072291
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.30Once known for successful pop records and a wardrobe of polyester jump suits, this is a reassessment of a band now cemented in their position as one of the all time great pop acts. ABBA were once... -
Mi Cultura: Bringing Shadow into Light Al Rendn 9781595342867
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £26.40Internationally acclaimed photographer Al Rendon has been documenting the extended culture of south-central Texas for more than five decades. From his early teenage escapades weaseling his way... -
Freddie Mercury: By the Man Who Knew Him Best Peter Freestone 9781917274135
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Peter Freestone was Freddie Mercury's personal assistant and closest confidante for the last twelve years of Mercury's life. Freestone lived with Mercury in London, Munich and New York and was by his... -
The Words and Music of Melissa Etheridge by James E. Perone 9781440830075
Booksplease Price: £46.29For a quarter century, Melissa Etheridge has been one of the most iconic and prolific female rock musicians. This book critically examines this songwriter's portrayal of universal human emotions and... -
Acting and Performance for Animation by Derek Hayes
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £38.85Unique, believable characters that think, feel, and captivate your audience are ones that involve emotion, personality, and story. Successful animators balance all of these elements within a single... -
Concert Lighting: The Art and Business of Entertainment Lighting by James Moody
RRP: £62.99Booksplease Price: £54.28Concert Lighting: Tools, Techniques, Art, and Business Fourth Edition provides readers with an updated look at how to succeed in the complex world of concert lighting design and technology. The... -
The Singers Talk: The Greatest Singers of Our Time Discuss the One Thing They're Never Asked About: Their Voices by Jason Thomas Gordon 9781637586990
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.55A groundbreaking collection of inspiring and instructive conversations about the beauty, brutality, discipline, and technique of being a successful singer."This is a captivating look at both the... -
TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star by Cidny Bullens 9781641607902
RRP: £26.95Booksplease Price: £20.58From the depths of the seventies rock 'n' roll excesses through unimaginable personal losses to an inspiring late-life transformation, Cidny Bullens's story is an utterly compelling journey about... -
1970: A Year In Rock. The Year Rock Became Mainstream by John van der Kiste 9781789521474
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.001970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously-constructed epics, heavy rock numbers and contemporary folk songs competed... -
Small Faces and The Faces On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Andrew Darlington 9781789523164
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.72Small Faces. Big Sound. There were but four Small Faces. First, they were the sharp little mod fourpiece of the 'All Or Nothing' Decca years, Carnaby Street, Ready Steady Go! and Rave... -
Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives by John Altman
Booksplease Price: £30.69Everybody knows John Altman's music, but not so many people know his name. Yet he is one of the most prolific composers, conductors and arrangers in history and his saxophone playing has been heard... -
Hidden Man: My Many Musical Lives by John Altman 9781800501546
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £42.16Everybody knows John Altman's music, but not so many people know his name. Yet he is one of the most prolific composers, conductors and arrangers in history and his saxophone playing has been heard... -
The Pretenders 1978 to 1990 On Track: Every Album, Every Song Richard Butterworth 9781789523584
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Dinner with David Bowie, kissing with Jackie Wilson, close encounters with Iggy Pop, Rod Stewart and Ron Wood. Not even 20, still less a rock goddess, but Chrissie Hynde wasn't hanging around. The... -
On a Pedestal: A Trip around Britain's Statues Roger Lytollis 9781472146137
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.25This is a book for people who are interested in statues . . . and for people who aren't. It explores those immortalised in marble and bronze - and what the rest of us think about them.As Roger... -
Three Songs, No Flash!: Your Ultimate Guide to Concert Photography by Loe Beerens 9781933952482
Booksplease Price: £18.75Author Loe Beerens, a veteran photographer on the international concert scene, relates his experience in and knowledge of all the important aspects of planning and photographing concerts of all kinds... -
The American Song Book: The Tin Pan Alley Era by Philip Furia 9780199391875
RRP: £135.00Booksplease Price: £109.33The American Song Book, Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the first in a projected five-volume series of books that will reprint original sheet music, including covers, of songs that constitute the... -
Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?: The Lives of an American Song by Todd Decker 9780199389186
RRP: £36.49Booksplease Price: £30.23In the mid 1920s, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote a song called "Ol' Man River" that combined the seriousness of a Negro spiritual with the crowd-pleasing power of a Broadway...