Rock, Pop & Music Biography

Joe Thorley / Avril Lavigne: The Unofficial Book (Coffee Table Book)

Avril Lavigne is rock's hottest singer-songwriter. Still only eighteen years old, she has shot to fame with her own unique blend of teenage attitude and rebellious songwriting. Her debut album, Let...

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...

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...

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

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

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...

John Illsley / It's a Long Way From Deptford: My Life in Dire Straits (Large Paperback)

 Some bands go huge - only a few stay huge. One of the most successful music acts of all time, Dire Straits have filled stadia around the world. Their album sales number the hundreds of...

John Jobling / U2: The Definitive Biography (Large Paperback)

John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography of U2 to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years.Drawing on extensive...

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...

John Lydon / Anger is an Energy: My Life Uncensored (Large Paperback)

John Lydon has secured prime position as one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols - the world's most notorious...

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,...

John Taylor / In the Pleasure Groove ( Duran Duran) (Large Paperback)

In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death and Duran Duran John Taylor, Duran Duran’s co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All...

John Waters / Race of Angels: Ireland and the Genesis of U2 (Large Paperback)

      All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in very good condition. Removing stickers from a book may...

Jonathan Cott / Dylan on Dylan (Large Paperback)

Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews charts Dylan's public transformation, from the early sixties to the present day, as he repeatedly re-creates himself. Dylan expert and longtime Rolling Stone...

Jonathan Lethem, Paul Bresnick / Da Capo Best Music Writing 2002 (Large Paperback)

It's the third and latest volume in the series that you have come to rely upon for your music-reading fix. The 2002 volume will celebrate the year's best writing about music and its culture, as...

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

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Juliet Peel / Michael Bublé : 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...

June Skinner Sawyers / Tougher Than the Rest - The 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs (Large Paperback)

Tougher Than the Rest: 100 Best Bruce Springsteen Songs   June Skinner Sawyers, Christopher Phillips (Foreword)     Simply put, Bruce Springsteen is the...

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

   Once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 SUNDAY TIMES bestseller.With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the...

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...

Leon Hendrix , Adam Mitchell / Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story (Hardback)

 More than forty years after his death, Jimi Hendrix—recently named the greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine—continues to inspire fans. Many have...

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...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Bohemian Rhapsody : The Definitive Biography of Freddie Mercury

 *** ***THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE OSCAR-WINNING, GOLDEN-GLOBE-WINNING FILM.'Exactly the sort of tribute Mercury himself would have wanted'Spectator'No one has captured better than Lesley-Ann...

Lesley-Ann Jones / Freddie Mercury - The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury.(Large Paperback)

Love Of My Life.  The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury. If you are one of the many millions who watched the Oscar-winning film Bohemian Rhapsody you may suppose that Mary Austin was the love of...

Lily Allen / My Thoughts Exactly : The No.1 Bestseller (Large Paperback)

 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018'Raw, beautiful' Dolly Alderton'Unflinching, unputdownable' Guardian'Witty, dark, devastating'...

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

From Here to the Great Unknown Lisa Marie Presley & Riley Keough     Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her...

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...

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...

Louisa Jepson / Harry Styles: Every Piece of Me

Harry Styles is 1/5 of the global boy band sensation that is One Direction. Made up of bandmates Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Harry himself, 1D came to prominence in...

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...

Majella O'Donnell / It's All in the Head (Large Paperback)

In September 2013, on the Late Late Showin front of an audience of more than half a million, Majella O'Donnell had her hair shaved off and raised a phenomenal 600,000 euros for the Irish Cancer...

Marc Eliot / Paul Simon: A Life (Hardback)

The definitive biography of legendary singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Paul Simon, one of the country's most popular musicians, has been a dynamic creative force for more than half a century. Now...

Marc Shapiro / All Things Must Pass (Large Paperback)

George Harrison was always known as the 'quiet Beatle' As part of the biggest band in pop history, he took a back seat to Paul McCartney and John Lennon, but his talent shone through in the...

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,...

Marie Osmond & Marcia Wilkie / Might As Well Laugh About It Now (Hardback)

Recollections, wisdom, and advice from the beloved entertainer, American icon, mother of eight children, and New York Times bestselling author.When the Donny and Marie show ended...

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

Author Mark Beaumont met and interviewed Jay Z in 2009 and many quotes from that interview feature in this biography. Also included are interviews with Kanye West, Chris Martin, Busta...

Mark Blake / Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd

Incorporating more than 100 new and exclusive interviews, this definitive guide covers Pink Floyd from their Cambridge beginnings in the early 1960s to their...

Mark Blake / Queen - The Untold Story

Based on new interviews and eyewitness testimonies—from former producers and managers, ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends--Is This the Real Life? is the first behind-the scenes narrative biography...

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...

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...

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...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am (Large Paperback)

For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in the Spice Girls. I never...

Melanie Chisholm / Who I Am: My Story (Hardback)

 For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls.I never...

Michael Heatley / Dave Grohl : Nothing to Lose

 Updated through the Foo Fighters "Greatest Hits," this guide to his career places the singer/guitarist/drummer in the context of contemporaries and musical styles that have influenced him Dave...

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 / John Peel : A Life in Music (Hardback)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers...

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

Traces the life and career of the popular Country and Western singer who died in a plane crash, and describes the reasons for his success       This book is second hand,...

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...

Mick Fleetwood / Play On : Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac

   "After forty-six years of being on the road, now is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. I'm looking forward to sharing it with you."Mick Fleetwood...