George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle by Philip Norman
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
From the premiere Beatles biographer--author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation--a rare and revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unp ...Show more
The Double Life of Bob Dylan Volume 2: 1966-2021: 'Far away from Myself' by Clinton Heylin
85.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The second volume of Clinton Heylin's magisterial biography takes us from Dylan's 1966 motorcycle accident to the present day. We meet a man who is determined to confound expectations; yet whatever he does only seems to confirm his iconic status to fans and critics alike.There are peaks and troughs. Lo ...Show more
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
33.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
From its beginning, opera has been an impossible art. Its first practitioners, in seventeenth-century Florence, set themselves the unreachable goal of reproducing the wonders of ancient Greek drama, which no one can be sure was sung in the first place. Opera's greatest artists have striven to fuse multi ...Show more
The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Laurie Anderson (Editor)
65.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary ro ...Show more
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative an ...Show more
Re-Make/Re-Model - The Art School Roots of Roxy Music by Michael Bracewell
25.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Series: Faber Greatest Hits Ser.
A new edition as part of the Faber Social Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. Re-make/Re-model tells the extraordinary and largely unknown story of the individuals and circumstances that would lead over a period of almost ...Show more
Travelling On the road with Joni Mitchell by Ann Powers
37.00 NZD
Category: Coming Soon
Celebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni Mitchell One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and authors, while never stopping still herself. In Traveling, Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox o ...Show more
Two Riders Were Approaching: The Life & Death of Jimi Hendrix by Mick Wall
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Jimmy was a down-at-heel guitarist in New York, relying on his latest lovers to support him while he tried to emulate his hero Bob Dylan. A black guy playing white rock music, he wanted to be all things to all people.But when Jimmy arrived in England and became Jimi, the cream of swinging London fell un ...Show more
Surrender - 40 Songs, One Story by Bono
55.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written a memoir; honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. "When I started to wri ...Show more