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A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

by David Lehman

Part of the Jewish Encounter series

In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous...


Raising Hell

by Ronin Ro

The year is 1978. Saturday Night Fever is breaking box office records. All over America kids are racing home to watch Dance Fever, Michael Jackson is poised to become the next major pop star, and in Hollis,...


Mozart

by Maynard Solomon

On the occasion of Mozart's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, read Maynard Solomon's Mozart: A Life, universally hailed as the Mozart biography of our time.


Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone

by Johnny Ramone

Raised in Queens, New York, Johnny Ramone founded one of the most influential rock bands of all time, but he never strayed from his blue-collar roots and attitude. He was truly imbued with the angry-young-man...


Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.

by Howard Kaylan & Jeff Tamarkin

(Book). If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song, the Turtles' 1967 No. 1 smash hit "Happy Together," his place in rock-and-roll history would still be secure. But that recording, named in 1999 by BMI as one...


Read & Burn: A Book about Wire

by Wilson Neate

(Book). Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical...


World on a String: A Musical Memoir

by John Pizzarelli & Joseph Cosgriff

Behind the scenes in the life of a musician-an exuberant, entertaining memoir from jazz guitarist, singer, and raconteur John Pizzarelli

John Pizzarelli, the son of jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, is a connoisseur...


Hitless Wonder: A Life in Minor League Rock and Roll

by Joe Oestreich

A classic underdog story about a local band that almost hits the big time.

 

Everyone knows the price of fame. Hitless Wonder measures the price of obscurity. What happens when you chase a dream into middle...


Livwise: Easy Recipes for a Healthy, Happy Life

by Olivia Newton-John

Over thirty years ago, singer Olivia Newton-John danced and sang her way through Grease, the most successful movie musical of all time. With a career spanning more than four decades with over 100 million albums...


Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison

by Gary Tillery

John Lennon called himself a working class hero. George Harrison was a working class mystic. Born in Liverpool as the son of a bus conductor and a shop assistant, for the first six years of his life he lived...


Lush Life

by David Hajdu

Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) was one of the most accomplished composers in American music, the creator of such standards as "Take the 'A' Train", yet all his life he was overshadowed by his friend and collaborator,...


101 Amazing Justin Timberlake Facts

by Frankie Taylor & Jack Goldstein

Are you the world's biggest Justin Timberlake fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the SexyBack superstar, actor and ex *NSYNC singer? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained...


101 Amazing Miley Cyrus Facts

by Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

Are you the world's biggest Miley Cyrus fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the ex Hannah Montana actress who is now a global superstar? If so, then this is the book for you! Contained...


101 Amazing Spice Girls Facts

by Jack Goldstein & Frankie Taylor

Are you the world's biggest Spice Girls fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the Girl Power band who took the world by storm in the 90s - and are still popular today? If so, then this...


One Direction - The Unofficial Book of Everything

by Jack Goldstein

Do you want to become the ultimate Directioner? Do you want to know everything about Harry, Louis, Liam, Niall and Zayn? Want to prove your knowledge with not just one but TWO quizzes? If so, then this is the...


CageTalk: Dialogues with and about John Cage

by Peter Dickinson

John Cage was one of America's most renowned composers from the 1940s until his death in 1992. But he was also a much-admired writer and artist, and a uniquely attractive personality able to present his ideas...


The Cynical Idealist: A Spiritual Biography of John Lennon

by Gary Tillery

A radio playlist could easily follow John Lennon’s "Mind Games" with "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy." But comparing the two, it becomes obvious that Lennon had more in common with the great thinkers of any age than...


Polka King: The Life and Times of Polka Music's Living Legend

by Jimmy Sturr

Arguably the most important polka practitioner of his generation, reedist/vocalist Jimmy Sturr has won an eye-popping 18 Grammy Awards, and when you hear his exuberant brand of the music that is his heart and...


The Real Toscanini: Musicians Reveal the Maestro

by Cesare Civetta

(Amadeus). Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium....


The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years

by Greil Marcus

A fan from the moment the Doors’ first album took over KMPX, the revolutionary FM rock & roll station in San Francisco, Greil Marcus saw the band many times at the legendary Fillmore Auditorium and the Avalon...