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For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard! In their first in-depth autobiography, pop sensations Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis tell the story of...

The future looks bleak. The present feels hopeless. Yet, for two young African-American brothers from the slums of New York City, failure is not an option. Experience a once-in-a-lifetime, true story of how courage, desperation, and a love for Hip-Hop shaped music history. Author Kenny Parker is the renowned deejay for the groundbreaking Hip-Hop act Boogie Down Productions. He provides a first-hand account detailing how he and his older brother, the iconic rapper KRS-One, escaped crime, extreme poverty, brutal violence, and betrayal to carve out an unparalleled musical legacy.

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.

If Howard Kaylan had sung only one song, the Turtles’ 1967 number-one smash hit “Happy Together,” his place in rock ’n’ roll history would still be secure. But that recording, named in 1999 by BMI as one of the top fifty songs of the twentieth century, with over five million radio...

For the first time in this audio original, three of the people closest to him are sharing their memories of Russell Tyrone Jones—the man known to the world as Ol' Dirty Bastard. Ol' Dirty Bastard was the heart and soul of the revolutionary East Coast rap group Wu-Tang Clan. He was an iconic figure with a new way of rapping his verse that changed the face of Hip-Hop. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, when big stars like Puff Daddy and Kanye West were just getting started, Ol' Dirty Bastard was one of the biggest stars in rap.

""[This book] captures the gut-wrenching shifts of a filmmaker’s life—the bizarre whipsaw from success to disaster.” —Variety An acclaimed memoir from William Friedkin, a maverick of American cinema and Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The French Connection...

손열음의 이번 책은 타 클래식 입문서와는 다른 세 가지의 차별점이 있다. 첫째, 클래식 매니아뿐만 아니라 음악을 사랑하는 사람이라면 누구나 읽을 수 있는 쉬우면서도 밀도 높은 글이라는 점. 둘째, 청중의 눈을 포함해서...

Every Beatles fan, and indeed any music lover, should experience this in-depth journey into the legacy of the greatest band of all time. The Beatles didn’t just change music—they shaped a generation, leaving an indelible mark on our lives. This audiobook takes you on a captivating journey from the band’s early days in Liverpool to their global domination, narrated through first-hand accounts and exclusive interviews with over forty of their closest friends, family members, fellow musicians, and managers.

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times ‘[An] astoundingly poetic book’ Pandora Sykes You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The...

THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL BOOK— Published in celebration of BTS’s 10th Anniversary, stories that go beyond what you already know about BTS. After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the...

When we think of Ludwig van Beethoven images of a stormy and passionate but tortured genius are brought to mind, alongside the transformative effect of his work on musical history. All of these things are true, but no artist lives in a vacuum, and even music that opens a portal onto 'the infinite realm of the spirit' has its wider context.

Freddie Mercury was one of the greatest showmen of the twentieth century. With his unparalleled voice and searing on-stage energy, he was a great pretender, a killer queen and a champion of the world. But behind the glamour lived a musician and lyricist talented beyond measure, and the creative...

""You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you’ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre."" One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time...

Nel 1997 nascono i Sun Eats Hours, la prima band di Francesco Lorenzi. Sono quattro giovanissimi vicentini alle prese con un grande sogno: fare della musica la propria professione. Dopo qualche anno hanno già all'attivo quattro dischi in inglese, più di trecento concerti, migliaia di fan del loro punk melodico e il premio come Miglior punk rock band italiana nel mondo. Ma il grande successo ha anche un altro volto: la loro vita si smarrisce dietro a eccessi e comportamenti autodistruttivi, l'energia della giovinezza e della celebrità si disperde tra relazioni falsate, bugie, ubriacature moleste.

The Beatles have been at the top for fifty years, their music remains exciting, their influence is still huge, their acclaim and achievements cannot be surpassed. But who really were the Beatles, and how did they and everything else in the 1960s fuse so explosively? Mark Lewisohn's three-part...

Brought to you by Penguin. “I’m not sure anyone knows who I really am. So here it is.” The real highs. The real lows. The Real Girl. Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line-up of the iconic girl band Sugababes. As she launched into fame, her life became...

Twenty years after his acclaimed postpunk best-seller, Rip It Up and Start Again, Simon Reynolds tells the tale of what happened next: the underground explosion of noisepop, shoegaze, slacker rock, and grunge that reverberated through the late Eighties into the early Nineties. Capturing the...

Dieses Hörbuch macht hörbar, warum Bach-Musik überall zu Hause ist, weil sie zugleich festlich, tröstlich und voller Energie klingt. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt Sie mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und vermittelt verständlich, unterhaltsam und klar strukturiert Basiswissen, das sofort greifbar wird. Sie lernen, wie Bach Themen entwickelt, Stimmen verschränkt und Spannung aufbaut, sodass selbst ein kurzer Choral wie eine große Erzählung wirken kann.

Wie wurde Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart zum musikalischen Ausnahmetalent, das bis heute weltweit als Inbegriff der Wiener Klassik gilt? Dieses Sachbuch zeigt Ihnen den Menschen hinter dem Genie und führt in eine Zeit, in der ein waches Kind Europas Bühnen eroberte und Musikgeschichte schrieb. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold lädt zu einer faktenreichen Kulturreise ein und vermittelt verständlich, unterhaltsam und klar strukturiert Wissen zu Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Wer Georg Friedrich Händel hört, spürt sofort die große Bühne. Dieses Hörbuch lädt Sie ein, Händel neu zu entdecken, als Komponisten genialer Barockopern und Oratorien in London, als Meister von Drama, Melodik und Textverständlichkeit, dessen Musik bis heute Festtage und Konzertsäle prägt. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt Sie mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und vermittelt verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen, das sofort Orientierung gibt.