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Rod
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Read by Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $22.50
The Autobiography
Written by Rod Stewart
Read by Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $22.50
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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100 Great Operas And Their Stories
Act-By-Act Synopses
Written by Henry W. Simon
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: April 22, 1989
Price: $17.95
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and Britten. Written in a lively anecdotal style, entries include character descriptions, historical background, and much... Read more >
Act-By-Act Synopses
Written by Henry W. Simon
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: April 22, 1989
Price: $17.95
An invaluable guide for both casual opera fans and afficionados, this volume contains act-by-act descriptions of operatic works ranging from the early seventeenth century masterworks of Monteverdi and Purcell to the modern classics of Menotti and Britten. Written in a lively anecdotal style, entries include character descriptions, historical background, and much... Read more >
Also available as an
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
Written by Gene Odom and Frank Dorman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $12.99
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock’s legendary and most popular band, from its members’ hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band’s rise again from the ashes.
In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager... Read more >
Remembering the Free Birds of Southern Rock
Written by Gene Odom and Frank Dorman
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: October 8, 2002
Price: $12.99
The first complete, unvarnished history of Southern rock’s legendary and most popular band, from its members’ hardscrabble boyhoods in Jacksonville, Florida and their rise to worldwide fame to the tragic plane crash that killed the founder and the band’s rise again from the ashes.
In the summer of 1964 Jacksonville, Florida teenager... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 26, 1999
Price: $17.00
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Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: January 26, 1999
Price: $17.00
Read more >
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The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition
Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009
Written by Joel Whitburn
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 18, 2012
Price: $24.99
The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music
Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart... Read more >
Complete Chart Information about America's Most Popular Songs and Artists, 1955-2009
Written by Joel Whitburn
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 18, 2012
Price: $24.99
The Essential Reference Guide to America’s Most Popular Songs and Artists Spanning More than Fifty Years of Music
Beginning with Bill Haley & His Comets’ seminal “Rock Around the Clock” all the way up to Lady Gaga and her glammed-out “Poker face,” this updated and unparalleled resource contains the most complete chart... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Blues Legacies and Black Feminism
Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $14.99
From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma"... Read more >
Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Written by Angela Y. Davis
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: October 5, 2011
Price: $14.99
From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the performances and lyrics of Gertrude "Ma"... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell
How to Create Hits in Today's Music Industry
Written by Eric Beall
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell unveils the secrets to climbing the charts and reaching success in today’s ultracompetitive music industry. Eric Beall supplies his firsthand knowledge of today’s record business, as well as interviews with successful writers, producers, and executives from the worlds of pop, hip-hop... Read more >
How to Create Hits in Today's Music Industry
Written by Eric Beall
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $19.95
The Billboard Guide to Writing and Producing Songs that Sell unveils the secrets to climbing the charts and reaching success in today’s ultracompetitive music industry. Eric Beall supplies his firsthand knowledge of today’s record business, as well as interviews with successful writers, producers, and executives from the worlds of pop, hip-hop... Read more >
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $13.99
Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn... Read more >
Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
Written by Thad Carhart
Format: eBook
On Sale: June 12, 2001
Price: $13.99
Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Johannes Brahms
A Biography
Written by Jan Swafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: December 7, 1999
Price: $21.00
A New York Times Notable Book
"This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to...become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain Dealer
Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography.
Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert... Read more >
A Biography
Written by Jan Swafford
Format: Trade Paperback, 752 pages
On Sale: December 7, 1999
Price: $21.00
A New York Times Notable Book
"This brilliant and magisterial book is a very good bet to...become the definitive study of Johannes Brahms."--The Plain Dealer
Judicious, compassionate, and full of insight into Brahms's human complexity as well as his music, Johannes Brahms is an indispensable biography.
Proclaimed the new messiah of Romanticism by Robert... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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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: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $13.99
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: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $13.99
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 a
trade paperback.
