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The first and best biography of the great Troubadour with artwork by Martin Sharp.

Nigel's very personal story is told simply and honestly, and with humour and enthusiasm.

In 1981, fifteen-year-old Nikki McWatters is living in a Gold Coast suburb, dragging herself through humdrum schooldays and dreaming of losing her virginity to a rock star.

This remarkable memoir begins with Don Walker's early life in rural Australia and goes up to the late '80s.

The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era.

A bawdy, brilliant and heartbreaking memoir by the award-winning Malawian-born artist.

"e;The sky was painfully big, but our worlds were small, our lives little.

A memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness, from broadcaster, and co-founder and editor of The Quietus website, John Doran.

A biography of a German American family who grew wealthy from their Philadelphia beer brewing company in the late nineteenth century.

*** "e;A rip-roaring read.

Museum expert Rachel Morris had been ignoring the three boxes of family belongings beneath her bed for decades.

Helen Bellany, twice married to the artist John Bellany, recalls their lives together in Scotland, London, and Italy, John's rise from rebellious art student to internationally recognised artist, and the human cost inherent in creating great art.

Possessed by Music is the fascinating story of the Russian composer Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865-1936).

Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, A Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book is 2021's follow-up to A Celebration of David Attenborough: The Activity Book and The Unofficial Michelle Obama Activity Book.

*The Sunday Times bestseller*Fact: Did you know, over its lifespan, your sofa will witness roughly 293 arguments and 1,369 cuddles?

'WHICH IS THE BEST BAND I'VE BEEN IN?

*THE INCREDIBLE STORY BEHIND THE BETTER MAN FILM*'It's much more interesting to be a little bit broken and talk about your vulnerabilities.

ON THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, IESTYN EDWARDS, BASS BARITONE, BOARDED H.

Multi-award winning comedienne Angie Le Mar tells us what makes her tick.

MUM.

In 2010, recording artist Lil Wayne was at the height of his career.

The story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq is here told by its musical director from its inception to its eventual end.

Bu San Bu Sinot three not four.

In Great British Music Festival, Edith Bowman packs her wellies and braves the unpredictable weather to explore some of the country's best- and lesser-known music festivals.

Michael Auger, Richard Hadfield, Jamie Lambert, Matt Pagan and Thomas J Redgrave had been singing together for just one month when they decided to enter Britain's Got Talent.

On June 25th, 2009, the world was rocked by the tragic, shocking news that Michael Jackson - the biggest and most influential music icon since Elvis Presley - was pronounced dead on arrival at a Los Angeles hospital.

It was never easy for Professor Green.

A funny and engaging story about the pursuit of style.

"e;"e;IT'S A SONG WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE BITTERSWEET PARADOX BETWEEN DISTANCE AND CLOSENESS.

"“IT’S A SONG WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE BITTERSWEET PARADOX BETWEEN DISTANCE AND CLOSENESS.

In this philosophical biography, Liel Leibovitz looks at what it is that makes Leonard Cohen an enduring international figure in the cultural imagination.

In this unorthodox autobiographical collection of essays the author invites the reader into a world of travel, teaching, education, entertainment, chess, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, despair, political intrigue, faith and Catholicism.

A collection of short stories set in and around the RFH on London's South Bank.

In Shark Infested Waters, Michael Whitehall contrasts the glamorous image of theatrical life with the mundane realities of the business, while passing on some startling trade secrets along the way.

'How did I end up here?

If all disco means to you is records like 'I Will Survive' and 'YMCA', tacky fashions and glitter eyeshadow, this book will be a real revelation.

For almost thirty years, the Church have crafted music that blends a rich variety of styles in a beautiful, multi-layered sound.

When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan formed the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977, they were determined to be different.

The definitive account of AC/DC's rise to fame, when the ribald lyrics and charismatic stage presence of singer Bon Scott, along with the guitar work of Angus and Malcolm Young, defined a new, highly influential brand of rock and roll.

Capitol Contingency chronicles a unique time in a uniquely vibrant music scene: Washington, D.

Journalist Hugh Merrill takes us on a sweeping road trip in search of the distinctly American music known as the blues.

David Nichols tells the story of Australian rock and pop music from 1960 to 1985 formative years in which the nation cast off its colonial cultural shackles and took on the world.

The comic strips of Colin B.

In his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith, Rene Ricard, and Georges Simenon; traces the history of tabloids; surveys the landscape that gave birth to the Beastie Boys; explores the back alleys of vernacular photography; sounds a threnody for the forgotten dead of New York City.

"e;These are stories to cherish, as brilliant and charming as the writer himself.

This "e;Bible of the Beatles"e; captures the iconic band's magical and mysterious journey from adorable teenagers to revered cultural emissaries.

A powerful chronicler of the American Nightmare through his gripping examinations of near-mythic Southern California murders (the Black Dahlia, Tate-La Bianca), John Gilmore now draws upon his personal experiences to turn his sights on our morbid obsession with Celebrity and the ruinous price it extracts from those who would pursue it.

Live Fast, Die Young: Rembering the Short Life of James Dean is a first - revealing James Dean from the inside out by someone who knew him intimately, in more ways than one.