Musicians, singers, bands and groups

Tenement Kid is Bobby Gillespie's story up to the recording and release of the album that has been credited with 'starting the 90's', Screamadelica.

Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI, one of the best loved and most ground-breaking post-rock bands of the past three decades.

First as a journalist and then a publicist at Warner Brothers Records for nearly twenty years, Barbara Charone has experienced, first-hand, the changes in the cultural landscape.

From the mountains of Algeria to the squats of South London via sectarian Northern Ireland, Ten Thousand Apologies is the sordid and thrilling story of the country's most notorious cult band, Fat White Family.

'Arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,' says Jimi Hendrix's citation in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast, a sometime peace activist and finally an eccentric millionaire.

Eric Clapton is acknowledged to be rock's greatest virtuoso, the unrivalled master of its most essential tool, the solid-body electric guitar.

'The thought behind this book is not just me wanting to tell my story in the standard autobiographical fashion but to create a kind of self-help book that includes my story.

When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres.

Want to know what really goes on during an Olly Murs UK tour?

'Gratitude is your soul's superfood, but cheaper than goji berries, and twice as good for you.

Sunday Times Bestseller'I can't rewrite history; all I can do is be honest and wear my heart on my sleeve.

Get the kettle on, the biscuits out and settle in for a belting read.

Martin Hayes spent his childhood on a farm in County Clare, in a household steeped in musical tradition.

Legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.

'Grylls takes you behind the scenes on his most thrilling adventures.

______________________________________'Engaging, entertaining, brilliantly recounted' Mirror 'Captivating .

The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rivals, now a major series on Disney+'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.

'The definitive, scrupulously researched biography of a life steeped in mystery' ObserverThe definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artistIn 2016 it was announced that Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reportedly for $22 million.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roxy Music's iconic first album with this collection of Bryan Ferry's evocative lyrics of aspiration and romantic longing, introduced by the author.

The perfect gift for the Spice Girls fan in your life!

A poetic, passionate and intensely personal exploration of colour written during the final year of Derek Jarman's life -- with a new introduction by Ali Smith.

Wiley is Wiley, and if you don t know me, you don t know much.

'A beautiful and clever book about being human' Russell BrandCOMEDY.

THE PERFECT BOOK FOR FESTIVAL-GOERSWellies?

With his easy charm, down-to-earth personality and natural good looks, it's no wonder that Peter Andre has legions of fans across the globe.

Ferne McCann is a TV personality, style icon and influencer and for the first time she's telling her story.

The unforgettable collection of autobiographical essays from Jill Soloway, the creator and director of Transparent and Emmy-nominated writer for Six Feet Under.

A FAMILY STORY AND THE TALE OF A NATION.

***ONE OF BILLBOARD'S TOP TEN MUSIC BOOKS OF 2018*** A brilliant book about singing I have been talking to Nick Coleman about music, in person and in my head, for forty years now.

An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa.

Money, cars, homes, holidays, parties and all the shoes you've ever dreamed of.

In his first book, front man of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Corey Taylor took on the Seven Deadly Sins, pulling them apart to reveal all that is irrelevant and wrong about the vices in the modern world through his own uniquely hilarious yet ferocious style.

Cider with Roadies is the true story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop.

Hunter Davies, the only ever authorised biographer of the group, has produced the essential Beatles guide.

This vintage book comprises a fascinating and insightful biography of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, the famous opera composer who composed thirty-nine operas and was once considered the most popular opera composer in the world.

This volume contains a detailed biography of Elgar, and is part of the 'Master Musicians' series written by W.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Originally published in 1917.

This vintage book contains a collection of stories based upon Wagner's operas told by Gladys Davidson.

A burned-out pop star stranded in small-town Kentucky can't help falling for her unlikely knight in shining armour - the notoriously grumpy owner of the local pie shop - in this charming slice of romance from the author of the TikTok sensation The Cheat Sheet and Practice Makes Perfect.

'An entertaining first-hand account of pure rock 'n' roll madness.

'For all these years I've told stories.

For fans of BBC Three's Clean Eating's Dirty Secrets and The Cost of Cute, an honest and fun insight into tackling the problems that all young people face.

Since forming on YouTube in 2012, The Vamps have become one of the biggest bands in the UK.

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Flea, the iconic bassist and co-founder, alongside Anthony Kiedis, of the immortal Red Hot Chili Peppers finally tells his fascinating origin story, complete with all the dizzying highs and the gutter lows you'd expect from an LA street rat turned world-famous rock star.

In 2002 - along with Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts - Kimberley Walsh won a place in the Popstars The Rivals band Girls Aloud, and her life changed forever.

'A delightful memoir' Kate Saunders, The Times'Fabulous .