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Glasgow-born Alex Harvey's career began in the 1950s when he won a competition to become Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele (he dubbed himself 'Last of the Teenage Idols').

Welcome to the channeling sessions from the old friends of Olivia Newton John who have passed over.

The name John Lennon immediately conjures up thoughts and images of the iconic sixties band 'The Beatles', the 'Let It Be' roof top concert, a pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road Studios, a white room, the song 'Imagine' and Yoko Ono.

This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars.

The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor.

A Rolling Stone Best Music Book of the Year, this is an electrifying, superb (The Atlantic), and entirely fresh (Rolling Stone) journey through the history of rock and roll, told through the lives of fifteen iconic drummers and their percussion rivalsfrom John Bonham and Charlie Watts to Ringo Starr and Questlove.

Juan Pablo Ordunez, mas conocido como El Pirata, trata de poner sobre la mesa a traves de estas paginas historias, leyendas, informes reales, testimonios directos y tambien misterios sin resolver.

Before the television cameras.

The Courage To Love: From Abuse to Happiness, a Healing Memoir From a childhood marked by abuse and silence, Guy Giard's extraordinary journey spans four continents in search of healing, joy, and true purpose.

Michael Winner, the legendary film director, writer and food critic, is a colourful figure who has led a remarkable life.

Unique, transgressive and as funny as its subject, A Life Discarded has all the suspense of a murder mystery.

24 themed chapters.

The story of the development of jazz and the extraordinary jazz legends who changed the face of music.

Meet 100 of the most remarkable people from The Sunday Times Magazine's acclaimed column, A Life in the Day.

A hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch, and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age, whatever they may be.

We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable.

Mutya Buena was only thirteen when she became one third of the original line-up of the iconic girl band Sugababes.

It's been another memorable year on Diddly Squat Farm - will the chickens finally come home to roost?

This is a guide for any Christian Leader or Performer interested in learning about the art of mime and its theatrical use in worship services.

A reissue of Joe Oestreich's legendary memoir, featuring a new introduction by Rob Harvilla (60 Songs that Explain the '90s) and a new afterword by the author.

Echoes of '79: Synths, Circuits, and the New British Sound• Captures a pivotal year in British music with fresh historical insight• Connects punk, disco, reggae, and early electronic music into a single narrative arc• Explores the rise of synthesisers and studio technology shaping the 1980s• Strong appeal to readers of music history, cultural studies, and retro‑era nonfictionBritain, 1979.

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024'Marriage to Mike Leigh, the minutiae of working on Gavin and Stacey: it's a tribute to her range that there's something here to interest everybody' TelegraphThe first memoir from the national treasure, critically acclaimed actress and much-loved Gavin and Stacey star.

Dance-floor-filling bangers, complete and radical optimism, killer style we d all love to be a bit more Dua Lipa.

'Fab-u-lous' Craig Revel Horwood'Uplifting' Fleur East'Brilliant' Sara Davies'Feel-good' Gemma AtkinsonChange your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.

'Squirm-inducing, excruciatingly honest and painfully funny' Joseph O'ConnorWe all went to school with friends who've turned out more successful than ourselves.

1973 was a year that glittered and growled, a year when British music stood at the crossroads of fantasy and fury, glamour and grit, reinvention and collapse.

Grab your cowboy hat, shine up your boots and step inside a whole world of heart and heartbreak with this fully illustrated, alphabetical guide to the most beloved music around.

From bestselling YA authors comes thirteen dazzling contemporary romances inspired by the songs of Taylor Swift!

1995 was the year Britain found its pulse again.

Spend time with Phil this Christmas in his funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life storyTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Searingly honest, brave, highly readable' Sunday Express'[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life' Lorraine Kelly'A really smashing book' Michael Ball_________For forty years we've been watching Phillip - from children's TV to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and This Morning - but what is life like behind the scenes and who is he when the camera is off?

Impassioned, witty and polemical, At Your Own Risk is Derek Jarman's defiant celebration of gay sexuality.

1964 was the year Britain found its voice — and the world stopped to listen.

Pioneering metal writer Keith Kahn-Harris presents a moving, visionary exploration of Ozzy Osbourne, and of metal music and culture: the potent legacy Ozzy left us.

In her one-of-a-kind voice, Diane Keaton shares the wisdom she s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon.

Was passiert im Kopf, wenn das Riff einsetzt?

Before the eighties found their swagger, before the neon glow became a cultural signature, before the machines took over the charts — there was 1981.

1984 was not just another year in British music — it was a cultural detonation.

Utterly gripping, enraging, entertaining and important.

Now with an updated foreword by Elizabeth Day and afterword by Nigel Slater, twenty years later Toast has become a classic food memoir, detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked Nigel's passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer.

Was passiert im Kopf, wenn das Riff einsetzt?

Hitchcock's second memoir explores the formation of his seminal 1970s band the Soft Boys, and the obsessions that fuelled his early creative output'British singer-songwriter Hitchcock wistfully reflects on boarding school and the music that shaped him in this captivating chronicle of the year he credits with sculpting his artistic sensibility .

Meet Union J - the X Factor's newest boy band sensation.

A scandalous story of money, drugs, fast cars, high politics, lowly crime, hundreds of beautiful woman and one man, Porfirio Rubirosa from the celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL.

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.

Amy Winehouse needs no introduction.

The final book from the world's favourite medium, who died in 2002, contains 101 original poems about life and commentaries on each one.

Mario Puzo and Carol Gino-Beyond the Shadows of The Godfather, there was the Light of a Love StoryNew York Times bestselling author Carol Gino, offers her intimate memoir about love and creative collaboration with acclaimed writer, Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather.

An intimate, definitive exploration of Funk, the sound of a generation, that tells its stories, its triumphs and excesses.

Of course you love being a parent.

'Superb, detailed research and analysis of how four ordinary boys from Liverpool took over the world, through the lens of the man who made it all happen Daily TelegraphMr Moonlight is a crisply written canter through Epsteins rich and mysterious life SpectatorThe definitive biography of Brian Epstein the man who made the Beatles by leading Beatles biographer Philip Norman.