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From the streets of Boston to global stardom, the journey of Aerosmith’s Joe Perry embodies determination, perseverance, and survival through 6 decades of rock music history. Joe Milliken chronicles the guitar hero’s early life and meteoric rise to stardom, then Aerosmith’s collapse and...

Born in India, documentary filmmaker and writer Nasreen Munni Kabir lives in London, where she has made several programmes on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 TV, including the forty-six-part series Movie Mahal and The Inner/Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Her several books include Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema; Talking Films and Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar; The Spirit of Music with A.R. Rahman; Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice; and five publications featuring the complete dialogue of classic films like Mughal-e-Azam and Awaara.

Die beliebte Schauspielerin Andrea L'Arronge ließ ihr Leben Revue passieren und merkte, dass sie etwas von Grund auf ändern muss. Sie beschloss, ihrem Leben noch mal eine völlig neue Richtung zu geben, und trennte sich nach 33 Jahren Ehe von ihrem Mann. Jetzt folgt sie dem Ruf ihres Herzens und landet an einem Ort in Italien, der sie 30 Jahre zuvor schon einmal fasziniert hatte. Ein Buch, nicht nur für die zahlreichen Fans von Andrea L'Arronge, sondern für alle, die Mut und Lust haben, neue Wege zu gehen und sich gleichzeitig selbst treu bleiben möchten.

Art Blakey, Schlagzeuger und Jazz-Legende: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten.

*An instant Sunday Times bestseller* A smart, funny, anarchic and gripping memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents' bitter divorce...

The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous...

Chet Atkins was arguably the most influential American guitarist of the twentieth century and, through his work as a recording executive, is often credited as a founder of the Nashville Sound. In Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar, noted music historian Don Cusic illuminates the legend, detailing Atkins's...

For a spell during the early ’90s, it seemed like every month (week?) brought another new, outstanding, original-sounding alt-rock artist to discover–or a now-classic album hitting the record store racks. The Smashing Pumpkins were certainly one shining example.

Brought to you by Penguin. The groundbreaking reckoning with the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band from the award-winning, bestselling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin. A New York Times Most Anticipated Book of 2026 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN … THE ROLLING STONES What...

What is a musician? Why is a musician? What attracts anyone to do this for a living? Maybe it's the same mystique that once made children want to run away with the circus... and, in a way, it is exactly like that! Scott Paris was a career musician for nearly two decades. Not the arena-playing, ant-snorting, loved-by-millions type... more like the week-in-week-out cover band work-for-hire type. Some of it was magical, other parts were treacherous.

A poignant, humourous and heartfelt coming-of-age memoir from one of Canada's most beloved musicians. From the prairies of Saskatchewan to sharing the stage with arguably the most influential guitarists of all time, Colin James is one of Canada’s greatest musical talents. His career spans over...

"Nothing New But 'Abortive Gasp'“ portrays the short-lived, controversial Hamburg electro-industrial band Abortive Gasp (1987–1989). Founded by Harry Luehr (instruments) and Tim Paal (vocals) with rotating guests, they stood out for their high improvisation – unusual in the electronic scene. Their sound mixed early dub, parodies of Front 242/Ministry, and ironic-anarchic elements. As "Hamburg Bunker Bands“ (with Girls Under Glass), they played clubs like Kir or Stairways near the Schanzenviertel Flakbunker – a refuge from scene hostility.

Michael Jackson was more than the King of Pop. Behind the music and global fame was a disciplined strategist who understood ownership, publishing, and long-term power. The Mogul Mind of Michael Jackson: How the King of Pop Created His Music and Publishing Empire is not a traditional biography. It is a focused examination of how Jackson moved from superstar to business architect. From witnessing how Motown centralized copyrights and revenue to later structuring deals that protected his own publishing interests, Jackson positioned himself for long-term financial power.

In 1970s Los Angeles, fourteen-year-old Darls Centola lives between two worlds: the rigid doctrines of Jehovah’s Witnesses and an elite private school where she works in exchange for tuition, surrounded by the children of Hollywood stars. Her life shifts when a quiet, fifteen-year-old Michael Jackson asks if she will study the Bible with him. What begins as shared spiritual inquiry deepens into something more intimate. In a hidden, eucalyptus-scented sanctuary, they exchange future dreams and fears of Armageddon. As their connection grows, the pressures of belief and expectations close in.

The long-awaited memoir by the late, much-lauded theater and visual artist Robert Wilson Robert Wilson was a driving force in the avant-garde art and theater worlds for half a century: He was the creative mind behind the seminal Einstein on the Beach (1976), among dozens of other original works...

An unconventional, brilliant new biography of composer Claudio Monteverdi – from the bestselling biographer and acclaimed conductor John Eliot Gardiner. This book positions Claudio Monteverdi amidst seven leading lights of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: Galileo, Bacon, Kepler, Rubens...

This book is an autobiography of pianist John Bayless, chronicling his musical journey from childhood prodigy to acclaimed performer, his struggle with a stroke that paralyzed his right hand, and his resilience in continuing to make music and find meaning through spirituality and reinvention. From prodigy, to mentoring by Leonard Bernstein, to paralysis, to perseverance: World-renowned pianist John Bayless shares his extraordinary journey of musical triumph making his Carnegie Hall debut at age 25, devastating loss, and spiritual rebirth.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Ringmaster and the Hugo finalist True Believer, a propulsive and stylish account of Beck, who was received as a pop messiah in the 1990s, but whose closest friends and most devoted fans never knew his buried secrets. Once upon a time, there was a...

An epic tale of sex, drugs, and country music almost 40 years in the making, Gary Stewart: I Am From the Honky-Tonks is the eighth and final biography by Jimmy McDonough (Shakey: Neil Young’s Biography, Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen), America’s greatest chronicler of popular culture...

Ensconced in keyboard martyrdom since the age of 7, after reluctantly beginning organ lessons to appease his father, keyboardist Dan Kenney would later go on to become the music director for Britney Spears at age 25 and tour worldwide from 1999-2002.