Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The best selling memoir, now in paperback!
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020. A Spectator Book of the Year From the award-winning author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four. John Updike compared them to 'the sun coming out on an Easter morning'. Bob D ...Show more
Rememberings by Sinead O'Connor
26.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriterSinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of ...Show more
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
"Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with the journalist Seán O’Hagan, this is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives his life and creativity. The book examines questions of belief, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly o ...Show more
Children's Book of Music
45.00 NZD
Category: Children - Reference
Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with the Children's Book of Music. You'll find out how instruments are made and played, and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great composers and musicians, from Bach to Bowie, Bjork and Beyonce.The book ...Show more
Don't Dream It's Over: The remarkable life of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter
38.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography
Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In February 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song, and the biggest hit, for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-fo ...Show more
Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994 by David Hepworth
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations.What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. T ...Show more
Goodbye Maoriland by Bourke Chris
63.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: very good
Be it `Tipperary' or `Pokarekare', the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealand's experience of the First World War. In Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular ...Show more
David Bowie: The Golden Years by Roger Griffin
165.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
David Bowie: The Golden YearsAuthor Roger GriffinABOUT THE BOOKDavid Bowie's career is defined by the 70s, his golden years. This book chronicles Bowie's creative life during that decade in a year by year, month by month, day by day format, placing his works in their historical, personal and creative co ...Show more
Sportsman of the Year by Jan Hellreigel
40.00 NZD
Category: Music
Sportsman Of The Year - A Suburban Philosophy is Jan Hellriegel's 4th studio album, with a unique twist: it is also a beautifully produced book with photos and 12 chapters based on the new songs. She describes Sportsman of the Year as a ‘musical in a book’. The book grew out of her album project when Ja ...Show more
Blues: A Visual History: 100 Years of Music That Changed the World by MIKE EVANS
90.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Charting the history of the blues from its rural roots in the American South, and focusing on the key musicians and singers who brought it recognition worldwide, The Blues: A Visual History is a unique and fully illustrated account of the development of the blues. This deceptively simple, 12-bar musical ...Show more
The Who - The History of My Generation by Mat Snow
55.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Explore the trailblazing history of The Who with photos, memorabilia, and stories of rock decadence like no other.