Rock, Pop & Music Biography

Jake Jackson / Play Guitar Made Easy: Acoustic, Rock, Folk, Jazz & Blues (Coffee Table Book)

"Play Guitar Made Easy" contains everything the new or intermediate guitar player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this most popular of instruments. Highly practical, it...

James Kirkwood Jr. / A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical (Hardback)

It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and...

James Rhodes / Instrumental: A Memoir of Madness, Medication and Music (Hardback)

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Jason King / The Michael Jackson Treasures: Celebrating the King of Pop in Photos and Memorabilia (Coffee Table Book)

Michael Jackson left a legacy of extraordinary showmanship and endlessly influential music. Michael Jackson Treasures pairs a compelling exploration of his story with photographs and memorabilia that...

Joe Shooman / Trivium - The Mark of Perseverance (Large Paperback)

 The four members of Florida-based metal phenomenon Trivium have shaken the world of heavy metal since their inception in 2000 - yet this group of regular kids from Orlando had to work harder than...

johan Bakker / Behind The Rainbow: The Tragic Life of Eva Cassidy : The Tragic Life of EVA Cassidy (Hardback)

  Eva Cassidy's story if one of the most compelling and poignant in recent music history. In this thoughtful and probing biography Johan Bakker re-evaluates her brief performing career and the...

John Collis / Van Morrison (Hardback)

 This biography provides an insight into Van Morrison's 25-album-strong career and includes full discography and 30 carefully researched photographs. After three decades, Van Morrison has become more...

John Cussans / Bruce Springsteen: The Illustrated Biography (Large Paperback)

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John Harris - Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll: The Ultimate Guide to the Music, the Myths and the Madness (Hardback)

This amusing miscellany delves into hundreds of interesting corners of rock 'n' roll history, from Keith Moon's drum kit set- up to the relative quality of ex-Beatles' solo albums.    Hardcover,...

John Jobling / U2: The Definitive Biography (Hardback)

 John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years. Drawing on extensive interviews...

John L. Williams / Miss Shirley Bassey (Large Paperback)

 From 'Hot from Harlem' to 'Goldfinger', the story of how a two-bit jazz singer from Cardiff became an immortal icon.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy...

John Spillane / Will We Be Brilliant or What?: Songs & Stories (Hardback)

John Spillane fell in love with singing when he was a small boy and now that he has written about 200 songs and an opera, he feels he’s starting to get the hang of it. For over thirty years, his...

Johnny Cash / Cash - The Autobiography

 This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life. The story takes us from Johnny Cash's childhood on...

Johnny Marr / Set the Boy Free

 The Sunday Times Bestseller and Winner of the NME Best Book Award 2017Few groups have had a bigger impact than The Smiths and few musicians are as celebrated as Johnny Marr. He is an icon who...

Jonathan Cott / Dylan on Dylan (Large Paperback)

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Jonathan Maitland / Eva Cassidy: Songbird - By Those Who Knew Her Authorised by Hugh and Barbara Cassidy (Coffee Table Book)

Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can...

Jools Holland / Barefaced Lies and Boogie-woogie Boasts (Hardback)

 The marvellously witty memoir by Britain's most popular pianist and bandleader. Jools Holland has had a fascinating life. From playing on bomb sites as a boy in South East London, to skiving off...

Juliet Peel / Michael Buble : The Biography

Michael Bublé is an international singing sensation. Since his debut in 2003, he has sold 18 million albums, won numerous awards (including a Grammy), reached the top 10 in the UK charts with his...

Justin Bieber / First Step 2 Forever: My Story (Coffee Table Book)

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Justin Bieber: Just Getting Started (Coffee Table Book)

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Karen Farrington / The Music, Songs, & Instruments of Ireland (Coffee Table Book)

Throughout the centuries the allure of the Emerald Isle has spread far and wide through the joyful melodies and haunting refrains of its music. In recent years Irish music, in its many forms, has...

Keith Richards / Life: Keith Richards (Hardback)

With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the world, and over four decades he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he...

Kurt Cobain / Journals (Coffee Table Book)

Kurt Cobain filled dozens of notebooks with lyrics, drawings and writings about his plans for Nirvana and his thoughts about fame, the state of music and the people who bought and sold him and his...

Kyran O'Brien / Oh Boyz! : The New Boyzone Book (Coffee Table Book)

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Laura Jackson / Bono : The Biography (Hardback)

  U2's lead singer, Bono, has been one of rock music's biggest stars since the 1980s. This biography gives an insight into his life and music, as well as his strong social conscience and dedication...

Leona Lewis / Dreams (Coffee Table Book)

Winning X Factor was amazing. I didn't even think I'd get through the first audition, so I just couldn't believe it when I kept getting further and further. I really didn't expect to win.I just feel...

Lisa Marie Presley / From Here to the Great Unknown (Large Paperback)

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Lisa Peters / Celine Dion : The Complete Biography (Hardback)

  Born the youngest of 14 children, into a poor French Canadian family, Celine Dion began to sing at the age of five, soon she was a child star spending most of her teenage years on stage. Lisa...

Liz Evans / Women, Sex and Rock 'n' Roll - In Their Own Words(Large Paperback)

This collection of interviews with notable women performers from the rock world focuses on both new performers with a more radical approach and the more established, but still progressive, artists...

Louis Walsh / Louis Walsh's Fast Track To Fame (Coffee Table Book)

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Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti : My World (Hardback)

   The operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti has attained the kind of superstardom usually only reached by film and pop stars. He is the most celebrated tenor today, his concerts attended by thousands,...

Malcolm Croft / Shawn Mendes: Ultimate Fan Book (Coffee Table Book)

The first—and the ultimate—illustrated hardcover dedicated to the singer who’s causing a worldwide fan frenzy.With every album he releases, excitement over Shawn Mendes’s work builds. This richly...

Malcolm MacKenzie / The Taylor Swift Book (Coffee Table Book)

The Ultimate Guide to the Music, Life, Eras, and Legacy of an Icon The Taylor Book is the ultimate guide to a generation-defining pop sensation, packed with stunning images and all the context you...

Mariah Carey, Michaela Angela Davis / The Meaning of Mariah Carey (Hardback)

 It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that...

Marie Clayton / Elvis Presley: Unseen Archives (Coffee Table Book)

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Mark Beaumont / Jay-Z: The King of America (Hardback)

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Mark Ellen / Rock Stars Stole My Life! (Hardback)

In a sodden tent at a '70s festival, the teenage Mark Ellen had a dream. He dreamt that music was a rich meadow of possibility, a liberating leap to a sparkling future, an industry of human happiness...

Mark F. Dewitt / Roots Music (Coffee Table Book)

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Mark Ribowsky / He's a Rebel: Phil Spector (Large Paperback)

 Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by the age of...

Martin Kemp / Ticket to the World: My 80s Story (Hardback)

Ticket to the World is a joyous, nostalgic celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all.New Year’s Eve, 1979. My family and I stand arm in arm around our Formica kitchen table,...

Martin Roach / The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles (Coffee Table Book)

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Mary Byrne / This Is My Life (Large Paperback)

 From a Tesco check-out to the X Factor stage ... Mary Byrne has lived every undiscovered singer's dream.With a voice of pure gold, Mary Byrne took X Factor by storm. Millions tuned in each week to...

Mary Coughlan / Bloody Mary: My Story (Large Paperback)

Since she rose to international fame in 1985 with her seminal Irish jazz album Tired and Emotional, Mary Coughlan's battles with addiction, the problems in her personal life and career have been well...

Matt Cardle / My Story (Coffee Table Book)

In those weeks following the audition I'd started to think that maybe I could do well in the competition, and even to see beyond bootcamp and what doing well could mean. I knew I never wanted to go...

Michael Heatley / Elton John: The Life and Music of a Legendary Performer (Coffee Table Book)

Recounts his life and work from his boyhood as Reg Dwight to his tribute to Princess Diana, and describes his relationship with the lyricist Bernie Taupin, his troubles with alcohol, drugs, and...

Michael Heatley / Encyclopedia of Rock Albums (Coffee Table Book)

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Michael Heatley / John Peel : A Life in Music (Hardback)

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Michael Jackson / Moonwalk

Moonwalk is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success...

Michael Schumacher / Crossroads : The Life and Music of Eric Clapton

  CROSSROADS is the story of Eric Clapton - the man, his magnificent music and his tragedy-marred life. Clapton is the million-selling Grammy-winning master of the blues guitar - and his...

Michael Streissguth / Like a Moth to a Flame : The Jim Reeves Story (Hardback)

Traces the life and career of the popular

Michka Assayas / Bono: In Conversation with Michka Assayas (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Bono-the biggest rock star in the world-tells his life story.Bono's career is unlike any other in rock history. As the lead singer of U2, Bono has sold 130 million albums,...

Mick Wall / Bono : In the Name of Love (Large Paperback)

 From his childhood in Dublin, to his superstardom, to his emergence as one of the world's great philanthropists: here is the story of Bono. Not only is Bono a crucial element in the most dazzlingly...