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Reckless by Chrissie Hynde
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.74By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the 'get down... -
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender by Chrissie Hynde
RRP: £19.00Booksplease Price: £16.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101912232Author Chrissie HyndeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint -
Chrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography by Adam Sobsey 9781477310397
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £17.24A musical force across four decades, a voice for the ages, and a great songwriter, Chrissie Hynde is one of America's foremost rockers. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, she and... -
Apathy for the Devil by Nick Kent
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Pitched somewhere between Almost Famous and Withnail & I, Apathy for the Devil is a unique document of this most fascinating and troubling of decades - a story of inspiration, success and serious... -
Too Late To Stop Now: More Rock’n’Roll War Stories by Allan Jones
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.71More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and The Clash. Allan Jones brings stories - many previously unpublished - from the golden days of... -
The Unstable Boys: A Novel by Nick Kent
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £5.26London 1968:The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider's lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their chance to hit the bigtime. They... -
The Unstable Boys: A Novel by Nick Kent 9781472135322
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £5.26London 1968:The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider's lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their chance to hit the bigtime. They... -
The Unstable Boys: A Novel by Nick Kent 9781472132918
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £3.39London 1968:The Unstable Boys are the name on every music insider's lips and tipped to follow in the footsteps of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. This is their chance to hit the bigtime. They... -
The Queer Sixties by Patricia Juliana Smith 9780415921695 [USED COPY]
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £1.79The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of the last decade before the closet doors swung open... -
Leonard Cohen Poems by Leonard Cohen 9781841597874
RRP: £12.00Booksplease Price: £8.82This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as 'Suzanne', 'Sisters of Mercy', 'Bird on the Wire', 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and 'I'm Your Man' and... -
Songwriters On Songwriting: Revised And Expanded by Paul Zollo
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.01In these fifty-two interviews, the greatest songwriters of our time go straight to the source of the magic of songwriting by offering their thoughts, feelings, and opinions on their art. Representing... -
Poems: Edna St Vincent Millay by Edna St. Vincent Millay 9781841597850
RRP: £12.00Booksplease Price: £8.82One of America's best-loved poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) burst onto the literary scene at a very young age and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. Her passionate lyrics and... -
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Before Carrie Brownstein became a music icon, she was a young girl growing up in the Pacific Northwest just as it was becoming the setting for one of the most important movements in rock history... -
Mick Ronson: The Spider with the Platinum Hair by 9781786062680
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.89During the five years it has taken to collate this work, authors Weird and Gilly have spoken to over fifty family members, close friends and colleagues including exclusive interviews with Suzi... -
Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying and Playing Guitar with the Doors Robby Krieger 9781474624190
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.69'An attempt to retell an oft-told tale, this time informed by a desire to suck the hot air out of the more inflated earlier versions . . . this late-arriving history is perhaps the most reliable, and... -
Falling and Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins by Grace Maxwell 9780091930004
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46In February 2005, Edwyn Collins suffered two devastating brain haemorrhages. He should have died. Doctors advised that if he did survive, there would be little of him left. If that wasn't enough, he... -
Black Vinyl White Powder by Simon Napier-Bell 9780091880927
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16The most authoritative, intelligent, diligently researched and unpretentious analysis of the British pop scene yet written' Sunday TelegraphBlack Vinyl White Powder charts the amazing fifty year... -
Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.37'To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn't wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing... -
Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol by Steve Jones
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £6.96SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES DIRECTED BY DANNY BOYLE_____________________Foreword by Chrissie HyndeWithout the Sex Pistols there would be no punk rock, and without Steve Jones there would be no Sex... -
The Driver: True Life Adventures of an Underground Road Racer by Alexander Roy 9780091924904 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £1.99On his deathbed, Alex Roy's father dropped tantalizing hints about the notorious Cannonball Run of the 1970s, the utterly illegal high-speed non-stop races from New York to LA. Inspired by his... -
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain by Paul Theroux
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £9.23As mentioned in The Times Travel Book Club 2020Award winning writer Paul Theroux embarks on a journey that, though closer to home than most of his expeditions, uncovers some surprising truths about... -
Paul Weller - The Changing Man by Paolo Hewitt
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46Paolo Hewitt has known Paul Weller since they were both teenagers in the depths of Woking, through his ascent to fame with The Jam, the halcyon years of The Style Council and for all of his... -
The Modfather: My Life with Paul Weller by David Lines 9780099476597 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £2.47When David Lines first heard This is the Modern World by The Jam, it sparked off a love affair that continues to this day. Paul Weller became the blueprint for David's life, and he followed his music... -
The Portable Beat Reader by Ann Charters
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.73Beginning in the late 1940's, American literature discovered a four-letter word, and the word was "beat." Beat as in poverty and beatitude, ecstasy and exile. Beat was Jack Kerouac touring the... -
The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain by Paul Theroux 9780140071818 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £1.97As mentioned in The Times Travel Book Club 2020Award winning writer Paul Theroux embarks on a journey that, though closer to home than most of his expeditions, uncovers some surprising truths about... -
Tove Jansson: Work and Love by Tuula Karjalainen
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.03Now in paperback, a beautifully illustrated account of of Tove Jansson's life and artThe definitive biography of one of the most unique and beloved children's authors of the 20th century, the creator... -
So What: The Life of Miles Davis by John Szwed
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16Miles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. His Kind of Blue is an automatic inclusion in any critic's list of the great jazz albums, the one record people who... -
Westlife On Tour by Eddie Rowley 9780091884741
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47When Shane, Kian, Mark, Nicky and Bryan celebrated the beginning of 2001 in true Irish style, they had no idea of the adventures that lay ahead. Eddie Rowley, co-author of Ronan Keating's bestselling... -
Here Comes The Sun by Joshua M. Greene
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'The soundtrack of [Harrison's] spiritual journey begins with the explosions of battle and ends, fifty-eight years later with the harmonies of eternal peace. And like all good stories, this one... -
My Life in Dire Straits: The Inside Story of One of the Biggest Bands in Rock History by John Illsley
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £8.81With a foreword by MARK KNOPFLER'An uplifting journey through the sheer hard work, pitfalls and thrills of navigating a great rock band to the pinnacle of success. I so enjoyed the ride!' ROGER... -
Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb 9781529989229
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.80'To see The Clash on the White Riot tour was like discovering how to be a rock star: you just did it yourself. You didn't wait for someone to come and discover you. That was the most important thing... -
Pete Doherty: Last of the Rock Romantics by Alex Hannaford 9780091910792 [USED COPY]
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £2.45Pete Doherty, erstwhile singer with The Libertines, is a British icon. Whether he is playing impromptu gigs in his front room or performing at Live 8, he possesses a sense of drama and expectation... -
In the City: A Celebration of London Music by Paul Du Noyer 9780753515747 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £2.69'A dense and colourful account of one of the most vibrant musical centres in the world, In the City almost puts you on that train to London' GuardianIn this fascinating history of London's music,... -
Factory: The Story of the Record Label by Mick Middles 9780753518250 [USED COPY]
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £2.41Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one personality - that of its director, Tony Wilson. At the height of the label's success in the late... -
The Story of The Streets by Mike Skinner
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46**WINNER OF THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD**'This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously that's something I should be fairly... -
Factory: The Story of the Record Label by Mick Middles
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £6.96Factory Records' fame and fortune were based on two bands - Joy Division and New Order - and one personality - that of its director, Tony Wilson. At the height of the label's success in the late... -
The Official Ultimate 80s Pop Quiz by 9780753516911
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.16From Spandau Ballet and Kajagoogoo to Half Man Half Biscuit and Guns and Roses, the 1980s music scene is here in all its glory. The Official Ultimate 80s Pop Quiz will spark arguments at dinner... -
The Life of Lee by Lee Evans 9780718156190 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.40Lee Evans is one of the best-loved comedians in the country; a Hollywood star able to sell out arenas in the blink of eye. But he was not always such a roaring success. The Life of Lee is an utterly... -
Just For The Record by Geri Halliwell 9780091888046 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £2.66In 2002, Just For The Record was the book that everyone was talking about. Then in 2003, repackaged in a new, compact mass-market format, Just For The Record did it all over again being one of the... -
In the City: A Celebration of London Music by Paul Du Noyer
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41'A dense and colourful account of one of the most vibrant musical centres in the world, In the City almost puts you on that train to London' GuardianIn this fascinating history of London's music,...