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Music
Ziggyology
By Simon Goddard
Hardback
Published 28-Mar-2013
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It was the greatest invention in the history of pop music - the rock god who came from the stars - which struck a young David Bowie like a lightning bolt from the heavens. When Ziggy the glam alien messiah fell to Earth, he transformed Bowie from a prodigy to a superstar who changed the face of music forever. But who was Ziggy Stardust?
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Threepenny Memoir
By Carl Barat
Paperback
Published 30-Sep-2010
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'Looking back at The Libertines is like catching flashes of sunlight between buildings as you race by on a train. An old film reel where the spools are weathered and worn, leaving empty frames on the screen!'
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Doors
By Greil Marcus
Hardback
Published 19-Jan-2012
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The author saw the Doors band many times at the legendary Filmore Auditorium and the Avalon Ballroom in 1967. This title tells the story of the band.
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Gustav Mahler
By Jens Malte Fischer
Hardback
Published 13-May-2011
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Explores Gustav Mahler's early life, his relationship to literature, his achievements as a conductor in Vienna and New York, his unhappy marriage, and his work with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic in his later years.
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I'm Your Man
By Sylvie Simmons
Hardback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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The genius behind such classic songs as "Suzanne", "Bird on the Wire" and "Hallelujah", Leonard Cohen has been one of the most influential songwriters of our time, a man of spirituality, emotion, and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life. This title explores various facets of Cohen's life.
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Bedsit Disco Queen
By Tracey Thorn
Hardback
Published 07-Feb-2013
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Bruce
By Peter Ames Carlin
Hardback
Published 30-Oct-2012
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Stunning biography of Bruce Springsteen describing his life and work in vivid intimate detail
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Song Reader
By Beck Hansen
Hardback
Published 06-Dec-2012
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Complete with full-colour, heyday-of-home-play-inspired art for each song and a produced hardcover carrying case (and, when necessary, ukulele notation), this title is an experiment in what an album can be in the 21st century.
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E Street Shuffle
By Clinton Heylin
Hardback
Published 01-Nov-2012
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Bruce Springsteen is one of the important and controversial rock stars of our times. In this title, the author has written the factually accurate, informative on Springsteen. It focuses on Bruce Springsteen and his work: the songs he's written, the way they were recorded, how they sounded live.
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How Music Works
By David Byrne
Hardback
Published 13-Sep-2012
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From the frontman of Talking Heads comes David Byrne's magnum opus on the subject of music.
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