Music: styles and genres

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.

From the author of the critically-acclaimed Austerlitz and Across the Land and Water comes A Place in the Country, the much anticipated translation of one of W.

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.

VOLUME FIVE OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard______________ 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "e;I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate.

VOLUME THREE OF SPIKE MILLIGAN'S LEGENDARY MEMOIRS IS A HILARIOUS, SUBVERSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF WW2'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express 'Brilliant verbal pyrotechnics, throwaway lines and marvelous anecdotes' Daily Mail ______________ 'It's all over, Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry.

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

A lively and accessible book for teens on the history, pioneers, theories, questions, arguments, and daily reality of feminism today.

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!

If you could share one lesson from your life with every woman, what would it be?

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

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.

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'.

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'.

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

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

The first official account of the iconic record label.

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'.

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Collins Shorts - insight in an instant.

SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015Britain's empire has gone.

Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959.

Britain's Got Talent is BACK .

In American Smoke, Iain Sinclair hits the road to America in the tracks of the Beats.

Rob Brydon tells story of his slow ascent to fame and fortune in Small Man in a Book.

An introduction to Buddhist mantras and mudras, used by meditators to open doors within.

Calling all One Direction fans!

First published in 1986, "e;Real Life"e; gives the full background to Marsha Hunt's astonishing rise from Philadelphia ghetto girl to become the 'face' of the cult 60s rock musical "e;Hair"e; and the girlfriend of Mick Jagger, father of her daughter Karis.

A Space Opera.

The acclaimed classic biography, now available as an ebook.

The life of Hollywood's number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas.

Star of stage, screen and television, and one of only two people to be awarded two Knighthoods, Sir Derek Jacobi is one of Britain's most distinguished actors.

Autobiography by the singer and creative force of 70s rock group The Stranglers.

A treasure trove for any fan of the four-stringed (and occasionally more) instrument.