Composers category: 3267 books
by Common
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
From the hip hop icon, Hollywood star, and “a true artist and writer of deep talent” (James McBride, author of The Color of Water)—a candid, New York Times bestselling memoir ranging from his childhood on Chicago’s South side and his emergence as one of rap’s biggest names.
Common...
by Neil Peart
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
Within a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile...
Unmasked
The Final Years of Michael Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
In late December 2008, Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jackson's failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later, the King of Pop was dead.
Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed...
My Infamous Life
The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
From one of the greatest rappers of all time, the memoir of a life cut short, a revealing look at the dark side of hip hop’s Golden Era...
In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deep’s Prodigy tells his much anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope down the...
Waging Heavy Peace
A Hippie Dream
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
The perfect gift for music lovers and Neil Young fans, telling the story behind Neil Young's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs.
“I think I will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if I am to succeed and deliver the cargo I so carefully have carried thus far...
Not Dead & Not for Sale
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
In the early 1990s, Stone Temple Pilots—not U2, not Nirvana, not Pearl Jam— was the hottest band in the world. STP toppled such mega-bands as Aerosmith and Guns N’ Roses on MTV and the Billboard charts. Lead singer Scott Weiland became an iconic front man in the tradition of Mick Jagger, David...
I'm Your Man
The Life of Leonard Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential musical artists of the past fifty years—and one of the most elusive. In I’m Your Man, journalist Sylvie Simmons, one of the foremost chroniclers of the world of rock ’n’ roll and popular music, explores the extraordinary...
Like Me
Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Chely Wright, singer, songwriter, country music star, writes in this moving, telling memoir about her life and her career; about growing up in America’s heartland, the youngest of three children; about barely remembering a time when she didn’t know she was different.
She writes about her...
Rod
The Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
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...
by Marilyn Manson, Neil Strauss
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
The best-selling autobiography of America’s most controversial celebrity icon, Marilyn Manson (with a bonus chapter not in the hardcover).
In his twenty-nine years, rock idol Manson has experienced more than most people have (or would want to) in a lifetime. Now, in his shocking and candid...
Save Me from Myself
How I Found God, Quit Korn, Kicked Drugs, and Lived to Tell My Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The amazing true story of an out-of-control rock star, his devastating addiction to drugs, and his miraculous redemption through Jesus Christ.
In February 2005, more than ten thousand people in Bakersfield, California, watched as Brian "Head" Welch—the former lead guitarist of...
Lady Sings the Blues
The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
Originally released by Doubleday in 1956, Harlem Moon Classics celebrates the publication with the fiftieth-anniversary edition of Billie Holiday’s unforgettable and timeless memoir, updated with an insightful introduction and a revised discography, both written by celebrated music writer David...
Kicking & Dreaming
A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The story of Heart is a story of heart and soul and rock ’n’ roll. Since finding their love of music and performing as teenagers in Seattle, Washington, Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson, have been part of the American rock music landscape. From 70s classics like “Magic Man” and “Barracuda”...
Face the Music
A Life Exposed
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
NEW YORK TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley—the co-founder and famous “Starchild” frontman of KISS—reveals for the first time the incredible highs and equally incredible lows in his life both inside and outside the band. Face the Music is the shocking,...