Music: styles and genres

A single moment can change your life forever.

An intimate look at movie star Steve McQueen's reckless life of fast cars, women, and drugs all the way up to his dramatic life-change and terminal cancer diagnosis.

Dolly Parton has entertained, educated, and inspired millions of fans for over five decades.

Christian music icon and forty-time Dove award winner Sandi Patty has long astounded listeners with her powerful voice.

The Eagles wrote the soundtrack to the Seventies and Eighties - and even now their albums top the charts.

Here for the first time is the full horror and madness of sharing a house, told by someone who's been there.

The SUNDAY TIMES bestselling memoir of Britain's best-loved actress, Dame Judi Dench.

In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever - and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts.

Vibrant and candid memoirs of the late, great British character actor, Pete Postlethwaite.

'Mischievous and measured, Joanna Lumley gives us a remarkable portrait of a groovy life'The Times'Immensely fun'Evening StandardJoanna Lumley is one of Britain's undisputed national treasures, who has lived many lives: a single mum; a voiceover artist; a TV presenter; an author; a former model and Bond girl; a human rights activist for Survival International and the Gurkha Justice Campaign; and as an iconic, award-winning actor, best known for her roles in timeless shows like Absolutely Fabulous and The New Avengers.

With over 30 of the most revealing interviews Bowie has given in 45 years, Bowie on Bowie tells the story of Bowie's restlessly inventive career in his own words.

For decades the relationship between the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and National Socialist regime has been shrouded in mystery.

Insightful and entertaining, Becoming Beyonce: The Untold Story is the first authoritative biography of the most famous woman in the world today and a must-have for the 'Bey Hive'.

A small format gift book which is a reproduction of the popular book '101 Scottish Songs' published by Collins in 1962.

**WINNER of Presto Books' Best Composer Biography**NINE WORKS OF BEETHOVEN, NINE WINDOWS INTO THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF A MUSICAL GENIUS.

'One of the very best collections of pop songs written in the style of William Shakespeare that I've read so far this year!

Adele touches the hearts of millions of people who love her for her music and share the real and honest emotion she brings to each and every song.

Signifying Rappers is a fun and quirky discovery for any fan of David Foster Wallace or Hip-hop.

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink is the long-awaited memoir from Elvis Costello, one of rock and roll's most iconic stars.

Wild Tales by Graham Nash - a classic rock memoir of the legendary Hollies front man and member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungGraham Nash, lead singer and principal songwriter of the Hollies, then member of supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, made the incredible and possibly unique journey from 60s Manchester to Swinging London to sunny California.

Love Goes to Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes - Five Years in New York that Changed Music Forever'A must-read for any music fan' (Boston Globe)Crime was everywhere, the government was broke and the city's infrastructure was collapsing, but between 1974 and 1978 virtually all forms of music were being recreated in New York City: disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the Minimalist classical composers, hip hop and punk.

American Interior is a psychedelic historical travelogue from Welsh pop legend Gruff Rhys.

The deluxe eBook edition of Waging Heavy Peace includes excerpts of more than fifteen Neil Young songs (personally selected by Young himself) such as "e;After the Gold Rush,"e; "e;Like a Hurricane,"e; and "e;The Needle and the Damage Done,"e; providing a soundtrack to his stories.

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show.

VOLUME FOUR OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail 'Desperately funny, vivid, vulgar' Sunday Times ______________ A voice is calling across the land, 'Bombardier Milligan.

The cult Swedish graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed Lukas Moodysson film We Are the Best!

For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard!

'The ideal interpreter of the Ring .

Worldwide sensation One Direction is back to share all their secrets, dreams and stories from the past year with the fans they love in the latest instalment of their must-have Annual.

This book is pretty much our official story so far.

A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls.

A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls.

'A triumph' - Time OutTransformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story.

Chris Evans is one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers.

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.

*SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER*For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard!

First published in 2005 and now available as an ebook.

Frankie Boyle's uproarious bestseller My Shit Life So Far combined with his latest book, Scotland's Jesus, which showcases Frankie's increasingly unsympathetic worldview and philosophical despair, now available in one complete eBook volume.

A two-book bundle of national treasure Phyllida Law's charming and funny memoirs of family life and motherhood - 'Notes to my Mother-in-Law' and 'How Many Camels Are There in Holland?

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

Where We Are, the hotly anticipated official 1D book, now combined for the first time in a single eBook volume with One Direction's first ever official book, Dare to Dream.

Rosie tries her hand in the Armed Forces.

Pop music, screaming fans, incredible tours - being a Pop Star certainly has rewards.

This is Louise's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

This is Claire's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

This is Paula's story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.

Nice girls come at a price.

This is a chapter from Alex Ross's groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, 'The Rest is Noise'.

This is a chapter from Alex Ross's groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, 'The Rest is Noise'.

This is a chapter from Alex Ross's groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, 'The Rest is Noise'.