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Come As You Are
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $19.95
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
The Story of Nirvana
Written by Michael Azerrad
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 1, 1993
Price: $19.95
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X. Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana -- the only book with exclusive in-depth interviews with bandmembers Kurt Cobain... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Gospel of Hip Hop
The First Instrument
Written by KRS-One
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument, the first book from the I Am Hip Hop, is the philosophical masterwork of KRS ONE. Set in the format of the Christian Bible, this 800-plus-page opus is a life-guide manual for members of Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and... Read more >
The First Instrument
Written by KRS-One
Format: Hardcover, 832 pages
On Sale: October 24, 2009
Price: $24.95
The Gospel of Hip Hop: First Instrument, the first book from the I Am Hip Hop, is the philosophical masterwork of KRS ONE. Set in the format of the Christian Bible, this 800-plus-page opus is a life-guide manual for members of Hip Hop Kulture that combines classic philosophy with faith and... Read more >
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Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter
Written by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.00
Loretta Lynn’s classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.
Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one... Read more >
Written by Loretta Lynn and George Vecsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: September 21, 2010
Price: $15.00
Loretta Lynn’s classic memoir tells the story of her early life in Butcher Holler, Kentucky, and her amazing rise to the top of the music industry.
Born into deep poverty, married at thirteen, mother of six, and a grandmother by the time she was twenty-nine, Loretta Lynn went on to become one... Read more >
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Fifteen Poems
Written by Leonard Cohen
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $1.99
This selection of poems by Leonard Cohen, one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters in the world, is accompanied by twenty-four of his striking and provocative drawings.
Cohen first made his name as a poet more than half a century ago and since then his achievements in poetry and music have made him... Read more >
Written by Leonard Cohen
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $1.99
This selection of poems by Leonard Cohen, one of the most acclaimed singer-songwriters in the world, is accompanied by twenty-four of his striking and provocative drawings.
Cohen first made his name as a poet more than half a century ago and since then his achievements in poetry and music have made him... Read more >
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The First Four Notes
Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination
Written by Matthew Guerrieri
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $13.99
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... Read more >
Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination
Written by Matthew Guerrieri
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $13.99
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... Read more >
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hardcover.
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This Business of Artist Management
Written by Xavier M. Frascogna, Jr. and H. Lee Hetherington
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $24.95
This authoritative reference on artist management in the music industry is the standard for all phases of managing a musician's career from both the artist's and manager's point of view. This substantially updated edition covers the major changes that have transformed the business world and music industry over the past six... Read more >
Written by Xavier M. Frascogna, Jr. and H. Lee Hetherington
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2004
Price: $24.95
This authoritative reference on artist management in the music industry is the standard for all phases of managing a musician's career from both the artist's and manager's point of view. This substantially updated edition covers the major changes that have transformed the business world and music industry over the past six... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Motown
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $13.99
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
Music, Money, Sex, and Power
Written by Gerald Posner
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2009
Price: $13.99
In 1959, twenty-nine-year-old Berry Gordy, who had already given up on his dream to be a champion boxer, borrowed eight hundred dollars from his family and started a record company. A run-down bungalow sandwiched between a funeral home and a beauty shop in a poor Detroit neighborhood served as his headquarters... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Elvis: My Best Man
Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $15.00
When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley... Read more >
Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley
Written by George Klein and Chuck Crisafulli
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 4, 2011
Price: $15.00
When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Future Is the Beginning
The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley
Written by Bob Marley
Introduction by Gerald Hausman
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $16.00
In this one-of-a-kind collection, edited by Gerald Hausman and with an introduction by Cedella Marley, the words of reggae legend Bob Marley are brought together as a testament to the deeply felt and powerfully motivated sense of spirit of the revered singer-songwriter and performer who helped spread both Jamaican music and... Read more >
The Words and Wisdom of Bob Marley
Written by Bob Marley
Introduction by Gerald Hausman
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $16.00
In this one-of-a-kind collection, edited by Gerald Hausman and with an introduction by Cedella Marley, the words of reggae legend Bob Marley are brought together as a testament to the deeply felt and powerfully motivated sense of spirit of the revered singer-songwriter and performer who helped spread both Jamaican music and... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Six Steps to Songwriting Success, Revised Edition
The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
Written by Jason Blume
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $16.95
What’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the... Read more >
The Comprehensive Guide to Writing and Marketing Hit Songs
Written by Jason Blume
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2008
Price: $16.95
What’s the secret to writing a hit song? It’s as simple as 1-2-3-4-5-6! Innovative, practical, and inspiring, Six Steps to Songwriting Success presents a surefire step-by-step approach to mastering the elements consistently found in hit songs. Author Jason Blume, a songwriter with the rare distinction of having had songs on the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
