Decoded
Written by Jay-Z
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2011
Price: $25.00
Expanded paperback edition of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller features 16 pages of new material, including 3 new songs decoded. Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history...
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Musicophilia
Tales of Music and the Brain
Written by Oliver Sacks
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $15.95
Revised and Expanded
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. In Musicophilia, he shows us a variety of what he calls “musical misalignments.&rdquo...
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Rod
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $12.99
The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.
With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer...
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The Baroness
The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild
Written by Hannah Rothschild
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $26.95
Beautiful, romantic and spirited, Pannonica, known as Nica, named after her father’s favorite moth, was born in 1913 to extraordinary, eccentric privilege and a storied history. The Rothschild family had, in only five generations, risen from the ghetto in Frankfurt to stately homes in England. As a child, Nica took her...
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Rod
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $27.00
The extraordinary life and career of music legend Rod Stewart, in his own words for the first time.
With his soulful and singular voice, narrative songwriting, and passionate live performances Rod Stewart has paved one of the most iconic and successful music careers of all time. He was the charismatic lead singer...
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A Light That Never Goes Out
The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Written by Tony Fletcher
Format: Hardcover, 704 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Price: $30.00
The definitive book about The Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, The Smiths--Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Andy Rourke, and Mike Joyce--were critical and popular favorites throughout their mid-1980s heyday...
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The Inner Game of Music
Written by Barry Green and W. Timothy Gallwey
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: February 21, 1986
Price: $25.95
By the best-selling co-author of
Inner Tennis, here's a book designed to help musicians overcome obstacles, help improve concentration, and reduce nervousness, allowing them to reach new levels of performing excellence and musical artistry.
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The First Four Notes
Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination
Written by Matthew Guerrieri
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $26.95
A TIME Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2012
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
Los Angeles Magazine's #1 Music Book of the Year
A unique and revelatory book of music history that examines in great depth what is perhaps the best-known and most-popular symphony ever written and its four-note opening, which...
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The Art of Practicing
A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Written by Madeline Bruser
Foreword by Yehudi Menuhin
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 2, 1999
Price: $14.95
This landmark book enlightens amateur and professional musicians about a way of practicing that transforms a sometimes frustrating, monotonous, and overly strenuous labor into an exhilarating and rewarding experience. Acclaimed pianist and teacher Madeline Bruser combines physiological and meditative principles to help musicians release physical and mental tension and unleash their...
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Start and Run Your Own Record Label, Third Edition
Written by Daylle Deanna Schwartz
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2009
Price: $21.95
For everyone interested in starting a record label–to market new talent or to release and promote their own music–there has never been a better time to do it!
Music can be released, distributed, and promoted for a fraction of traditional costs. Veteran author and music-business consultant Daylle Deanna Schwartz (who started...
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