Rock, Pop & Music Biography

James Ball / Should I Stay Or Should I Go? (Hardback)

They're some of the most famous questions ever asked. But do you know the answer to them? In Should I Stay or Should I Go?, award-winning journalist James Ball travels from the economic status of...

James Kirkwood Jr. / A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical (Hardback)

It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and...

James Rhodes / Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music (Hardback)

James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed abuse, breakdown and addiction. Listening to...

Joe Jackson / Troubadours And Troublemakers (Large Paperback)

Troubadours And Troublemakers: Ireland Now: A Culture Reclaimed Troubadours And Troublemakers: Ireland Now: A Culture Reclaimed   Joe Jackson is an Irish journalist, author,...

Joe Shooman / Trivium - The Mark of Perseverance (Large Paperback)

 The four members of Florida-based metal phenomenon Trivium have shaken the world of heavy metal since their inception in 2000 - yet this group of regular kids from Orlando had to work harder...

johan Bakker / Behind The Rainbow: The Tragic Life of Eva Cassidy : The Tragic Life of EVA Cassidy (Hardback)

  Eva Cassidy's story if one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography Johan Bakker re-evaluates her brief performing career and...

John Collis / Van Morrison (Hardback)

 This biography provides an insight into Van Morrison's 25-album-strong career and includes full discography and 30 carefully researched photographs. After three decades, Van Morrison has become...

John Cussans / Bruce Springsteen: The Illustrated Biography (Large Paperback)

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John Harris - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (Hardback)

This amusing miscellany delves into hundreds of interesting corners of rock 'n' roll history, from Keith Moon's drum kit set- up to the relative quality of ex-Beatles' solo albums...

John L. Williams / Miss Shirley Bassey (Large Paperback)

 From 'Hot from Harlem' to 'Goldfinger', the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get...

John Waters / Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2 (Large Paperback)

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Johnny Cash / Cash - The Autobiography

 This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's...

Jonathan Cott / Dylan on Dylan (Large Paperback)

Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews charts Dylan's public transformation, from the early sixties to the present day, as he repeatedly re-creates himself. Dylan expert and longtime Rolling Stone...

Jonathan Lethem, Paul Bresnick / Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002 (Large Paperback)

It's the third and latest volume in the series that you have come to rely upon for your music-reading fix. The 2002 volume will celebrate the year's best writing about music and its culture, as...

Jonathan Maitland / Eva Cassidy: Songbird - By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Coffee Table Book)

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Jools Holland / Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts (Hardback)

 The marvellously witty memoir by Britain's most popular pianist and bandleader. Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in South East London, to skiving...

Juliet Peel / Michael Buble : The Biography

Michael Bublé is an international singing sensation. Since his debut in 2003, he has sold 18 million albums, won numerous awards (including a Grammy), reached the top 10 in the UK charts with his...

June Skinner Sawyers / Tougher Than the Rest - The 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs (Large Paperback)

Tougher Than the Rest: 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs   June Skinner Sawyers, Christopher Phillips (Foreword)     Simply put, Bruce Springsteen is the...

Justin Bieber / First Step 2 Forever: My Story (Coffee Table Book)

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Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started (Coffee Table Book)

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Karen Farrington / The Music, Songs, & Instruments of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Throughout the centuries the allure of the Emerald Isle has spread far and wide through the joyful melodies and haunting refrains of its music. In recent years Irish music, in its many forms, has...

Keith Richards / Life: Keith Richards (Hardback)

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he...

Kurt Cobain / Journals (Coffee Table Book)

Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music and the people who bought and sold him and his...

Kyran O'Brien / Oh Boyz! : The New Boyzone Book (Coffee Table Book)

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Laura Jackson / Bono : The Biography (Hardback)

  U2's lead singer, Bono, has been one of rock music's biggest stars since the 1980s. This biography gives an insight into his life and music, as well as his strong social conscience and...

Leona Lewis / Dreams (Coffee Table Book)

Winning X Factor was amazing. I didn't even think I'd get through the first audition, so I just couldn't believe it when I kept getting further and further. I really didn't expect to win.I just feel...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Fly Away Paul (Large Paperback)

No comprehensive biography of the time Paul McCartney spent with Wings has ever been published. A period often dismissed as McCartney's 'missing' years, in fact the band lasted for a decade: two...

Lisa Peters / Celine Dion : The Complete Biography (Hardback)

  Born the youngest of 14 children, into a poor French Canadian family, Celine Dion began to sing at the age of five, soon she was a child star spending most of her teenage years on stage...

Liz Evans / Women, Sex and Rock 'n' Roll - In Their Own Words(Large Paperback)

This collection of interviews with notable women performers from the rock world focuses on both new performers with a more radical approach and the more established, but still progressive, artists...

Louis Walsh / Louis Walsh's Fast Track To Fame (Coffee Table Book)

X-Factor judge, Louis Walsh, has managed acts such as Westlife, Girls Aloud, Shayne Ward and G4. He formerly steered Boyzone to chart topping success and also propelled Ronan Keating to solo...

Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti : My World (Hardback)

   The operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti has attained the kind of superstardom usually only reached by film and pop stars. He is the most celebrated tenor today, his concerts attended by...

Majella O'Donnell / It's All in the Head (Large Paperback)

In September 2013, on the Late Late Showin front of an audience of more than half a million, Majella O'Donnell had her hair shaved off and raised a phenomenal 600,000 euros for the Irish Cancer...

Malcolm MacKenzie / The Taylor Swift Book (Coffee Table Book)

The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Life, Eras, and Legacy of an Icon The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context...

Marc Eliot / Paul Simon: A Life (Hardback)

The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now...

Marcus Connaughton / Rory Gallagher : His Life and Times (Hardback)

  Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) is a hero and icon of rock music. Contemporaries, road crew, family and friends contribute to this compelling testament to the musical life of a legendary rock...

Mariah Carey, Michaela Angela Davis / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Hardback)

 It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams,...

Marie Clayton / Elvis Presley: Unseen Archives (Coffee Table Book)

Elvis Presley: The Unseen Archives charts the life and achievements of the boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, from the first taste of fame in the early 1950s to his untimely death in 1977. Over...

Marie Osmond & Marcia Wilkie / Might As Well Laugh About It Now (Hardback)

Recollections, wisdom, and advice from the beloved entertainer, American icon, mother of eight children, and New York Times bestselling author.When the Donny and Marie show ended...

Mark Beaumont / Jay-Z: The King of America (Hardback)

Author Mark Beaumont met and interviewed Jay Z in 2009 and many quotes from that interview feature in this biography. Also included are interviews with Kanye West, Chris Martin, Busta...

Mark Ellen / Rock Stars Stole My Life! (Hardback)

In a sodden tent at a '70s festival, the teenage Mark Ellen had a dream. He dreamt that music was a rich meadow of possibility, a liberating leap to a sparkling future, an industry of human...

Mark F. Dewitt / Roots Music (Coffee Table Book)

When we talk about roots music, what do we mean and what is at stake? Ethnomusicologist Mark F. DeWitt delves into these questions in an introductory bibliographic essay and selects twenty-one...

Mark Ribowsky / He's a Rebel: Phil Spector (Large Paperback)

 Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by the age...

Martin Roach / The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles (Coffee Table Book)

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Mary Byrne / This Is My Life (Large Paperback)

 From a Tesco check-out to the X Factor stage ... Mary Byrne has lived every undiscovered singer's dream.With a voice of pure gold, Mary Byrne took X Factor by storm. Millions tuned in each week...

Matt Cardle / My Story (Coffee Table Book)

In those weeks following the audition I'd started to think that maybe I could do well in the competition, and even to see beyond bootcamp and what doing well could mean. I knew I never wanted to go...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am: My Story (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.I never...

Michael Heatley / Dave Grohl : Nothing to Lose

 Updated through the Foo Fighters "Greatest Hits," this guide to his career places the singer/guitarist/drummer in the context of contemporaries and musical styles that have influenced him Dave...

Michael Heatley / Elton John: The Life and Music of a Legendary Performer (Coffee Table Book)

Recounts his life and work from his boyhood as Reg Dwight to his tribute to Princess Diana, and describes his relationship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, his troubles with alcohol, drugs, and...

Michael Heatley / John Peel : A Life in Music (Hardback)

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Michael Schumacher / Crossroads : The Life and Music of Eric Clapton

  CROSSROADS is the story of Eric Clapton - the man, his magnificent music and his tragedy-marred life. Clapton is the million-selling Grammy-winning master of the blues guitar - and his...

Michael Streissguth / Like a Moth to a Flame : The Jim Reeves Story (Hardback)

Traces the life and career of the popular Country and Western singer who died in a plane crash, and describes the reasons for his success       This book is second hand,...

Michka Assayas / Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Bono-the biggest rock star in the world-tells his life story.Bono's career is unlike any other in rock history. As the lead singer of U2, Bono has sold 130 million...