Music: styles and genres

A nationally best-selling author and pastor draws lessons of hope and transformation in the perils of excess, the agonies of repentance, and the wonder of redemption found in the life stories of several icons of pop music and rock and roll.

Schindlers List meets The Sound of Music as best-selling New York Post investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of Jewish stars and personnel of the German and Austrian opera to England and save them from a terrible fate under the Third Reich.

A riveting look at the polarizing nature of the Beatles phenomenon, and how it transformed a generation, through the lens of a singular city in the center of America.

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Mistakes Were Made is a revealing memoir and unexpected love story from model and actress Fiona Lewis about her journey to self-acceptance as she restores a crumbling French chateau.

A New Yorker, NPR, and Washington Independent Review Best Book of 2025 A coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time, Jeffrey Seller, who is the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prizewinning musicalsHamilton and Rent.

When we went to the Palace to get The Beatles their OBEs.

From snares to cymbals, drums are taking over the stage in this first-ever collected look into some of the most famous drum kits of rock and roll history.

I didn t know it at the time, as I didn t have a word for it then, but I ve repowered several times in my life.

Para una voz con acompañamiento de piano.

"e;It took hitting rock bottom for me to realize that if I wanted something better for my girls, I had to learn to love myself first.

The first comprehensive biography of iconic singer-songwriter Chris Cornell.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fast-paced, tender-hearted rock 'n' roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell's life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Jazz rock flourished from 1968 to 1974, offering a distinctively cool and innovative hybrid sound that captivated a generation-and beyond.

A beautiful tribute to Betty White, one of the most beloved and treasured American icons.

A New York Times Bestseller!

Der Techno-DJ und Rave-Philosoph über dreißig Jahre Musik, Feiern und ClubkulturenDie Nächte beginnen oft im Morgengrauen – mitten in der Pampa am anderen Ende der Welt oder in einem Club einer angesagten Metropole.

Rob Paulsen is one of Hollywood's busiest, most talented, and most passionate performers.

As the brother in law to JFK and a member of the Rat Pack, Peter Lawford was one of America's most acclaimed movie stars.

Cerphes Up is an incisive musical memoir by Cerphe Colwell, a renowned rock radio broadcaster for more than forty-five years in Washington, DC.

Hollywood in Heels is a sexy, smart, shockingly honest and wickedly hilarious memoir of a young woman finding her way in a city where sex is the primary commodity and illusion the name of the game.

Its been over forty years since the tragic death of Jimi Hendrix, yet his popularity is undiminished and his place as the preeminent electric guitarist of the ages is still unrivaled.

The Hollywood Ending of an Adrenaline-Filled and, By Turns, Harrowing and Funny Odyssey of Crime and Redemption in Americas War on DrugsSmugglers Blues, the first book in Richard Strattons memoir of his criminal career, detailed his years as a kingpin in the Hippie Mafia.

Brought completely up to date, this insightful biography remains "e;a must for any self-respecting Coen fan"e; (Screentrade).

John Cage has been described as the most important composer of our time.

Buffalo Bill lives deep in American legend.

Alexander Calder was one of the most original artists of the twentieth century and a major figure in American art.

Stories of Remarkable People and Enduring Love in the Time of WoodstockIn the 1960s and '70s, Frank Yandolino rode the hippie counterculture movement alongside visionaries like Artie Kornfeld and Michael Lang, and he helped put together the Woodstock Festival of 1969, the eras emblem of love and peace.

Composer John Cage is often described as the most influential musician of the last half-century.

Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith; a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris.

A New York Times Bestseller!

An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual.

Music has always been esteemed for its power to speak directly to our higher consciousness, a power founded in the purity of simple harmonic ratios.

The idea that the universe is created out of sound or music (and therefore is music) is a very ancient one.

Professor of Music at Colgate University and a widely respected musicologist, Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity.

'Lush and imaginative, Denner's The Kiss of the Nightingale will sweep you into an alternate Paris.

Was haben Rock, Pop und Metal mit Spiritualität und dem Glauben zu tun?

';Like a jigsaw puzzle, every story is made up of pieces; big ones, smaller ones, pieces not easily found, tiny and hiding, essential to complete the picture.

Written by an experienced musician, recording artist, and music journalist, The Everything Rock & Blues Piano Book with CD offers the basics of rock and blues piano playing in a fun, easy-to-follow manner.

The role of music in the evolution of humanity *; Reveals how a hierarchy of initiates, evolved spiritual intelligences, and devas actively influenced the musical compositions of geniuses to transmit great truths through music *; Explores the influence of the classical composers Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, and Strauss--from Beethoven's influence on the creation of psychoanalysis to Chopin's musical influence on the emancipation of women Composer and author Cyril Scott explores the role of music in the evolution of humanity and shows how it has pushed human evolution forward.

This book is a backstage pass to the ups, downs, and all-out craziness of arena rockdeep discussions with Rod Stewart, jamming with legends like Mick Jagger and Justin Timberlake, gaining groupies, and striking out solo.