Biography: arts and entertainment

Can a band comprised of six very talented but very different musicians make a difference with their music?

All my life I have been taken captive by birds.

* Coal Mines, Confessions and Dance Halls with Return to the North and The Theatre of Self.

Biography of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.

Bruce Springsteen has always taken interviews seriously.

When Hitchcock's The Birds began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks.

Arguably the greatest of all piano virtuosi, Liszt was one of the few composers of his day who had the technique to perform his own compositions.

In 1969, when Bunkie King was a wide-eyed Sydney schoolgirl, she met aspiring actor Jack Thompson.

Foreword Magazine IndieFab Book of the Year's Gold for Biography 2017Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles.

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life.

Lady Gagas old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan paints a vivid picture of the downtown scene from which she emerged.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE PLAYING NERDS.

Scotland's greatest export.

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century Americawoven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today.

A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.

Fans of the eccentric and edgy films of the Coen brothers know there's more going on in their films than meets the eye.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'Flawless.

This updated edition of the first ever book about Queens Of The Stone Age takes in nine years of chaos.

A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.

The iconic radio personality looks back on his life and career, from his first job at a smalltown Indiana station to his time at NPR and Sirius XM Radio.

I Love You a Thousand Ways is the story of one of the most loved, respected, and imitated singer/songwriters in the history of country music, a man whose songs touched the lives of millions of people.

The eminent art critic David Sylvester always managed to catch the unexpected angle when he explored the lives, work and ideas of his contemporaries.

When Hitchcock's The Birds began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks.

Published to coincide with his highly anticipated new sitcom a mockumentary follow-up to Extras from the pens of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Size Matters Not is the surprising and hilarious story of the worlds biggest little actor.

Read the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm.

One of the great cartoonists of our time.

You'll love how Bob "e;the Blade"e; Robinson stuck it to the man.

Louella Pickett-New was legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett's sister no.

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the fresh-faced, charismatic and talented Justin Bieber, the teen singing sensation who has taken the music world by storm.

Can a band comprised of six very talented but very different musicians make a difference with their music?

Five nights a week, Mara Elena Salinas looks into a television camera and delivers the news to millions of television viewers.

David Sylvester, who died in June 2001, was one of the greatest art critics of our time.

Wolfgang Flur was vital cog in the Kraftwerk machine, galvanising the group's electric drum sound throughout the 1970's and propelling the rhythmic backbone of iconic albums such as Autobahn and Electric Cafe.

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart?

Autobiography of jazz bass player Coleridge Goode, assisted by Roger Cotterrell, includes Jamaican childhood; working as an innovative bassist with Ray Ellington, Joe Harriott, Django Reinhardt, Grappelli, Shearing and others; jazz and poetry, Indojazz fusions, and life as a black musician in Britain.

The Origins of Walt Disney tells the story of the famous artist and entertainer in a fresh way, placing him in the cultural narrative of twentieth century America and the world.

Rage Against The Machine's founding member and guitarist Tom Morello has given author Joel McIver his blessing to write this unauthorised biography of one of the most pro-actively political rock bands on the planet.

Charting the controversial journey of a shy, chaste child star from America's Deep South: from early fame on the Disney TV series Hannah Montana to her sexually liberated pop image that later made headlines worldwide.

During their golden years of 1977 to 1982, The Jam's frontman Paul Weller was their outspoken leader, but it was drummer Rick Buckler who was the beating heart of the band, and it is his fascinating story that is told in his autobiography, That's Entertainment: My Life In The Jam, replete with insights into his life and music.

"e;Not only a rock memoir and recipe book but also a poignant work of personal self-discovery and the challenges yet joys of parenting.

Freddie Mercury was rock's most dazzling showman, a legendary entertainer who in 1991, at the age of just forty-five, became the first major music star to die of AIDS.

Lorde won two Grammys earlier this year for her song 'Royals,' which has captivated audiences all over the world and skyrocketed her from obscurity to superstardom.

The definitive biography of musical legend Bessie Smith: “A landmark in the writing of jazz history .

Joel McIver's acclaimed Black Sabbath biography, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, concluded in 2011 that its subjects were at a crossroads.

Over the years, award-winning hitmaker, savvy record executive, successful music publisher and former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi has worked with the best.

Hedwig Stein was starting to make her mark as a concert pianist in Germany in the early 1930s when she fell in love with a Russian emigre pianist, Iso Elinson.