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Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
Light, Alan
Paper Book
Fleetwood Mac's iconic album Rumours is more popular and acclaimed now than ever and attracts listeners across generations--Don't Stop celebrates the album's unlikely creation, surprising longevity, and enduring cultural impact. On January 1, 1975,...
Blood Harmony: The Everly Brothers Story
Mazor, Barry
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLER The definitive biography of the Everly Brothers, one of the greatest and most influential acts in popular music history, based on dozens of exclusive and archival interviews, as well as long-lost...
Tonight in Jungleland : the making of Born to Run
Carlin, Peter Ames
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the making of Bruce Springsteen's ground-breaking album, Born to Run, one of the most iconic records in rock history * "A lovely book about the making of Born to Run. It goes into great...
Clint: The Man and the Movies
Levy, Shawn
Paper Book
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year, New York Times "Editors Choice," and Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book" "This is the biography of Clint Eastwood we've been waiting for." -- Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Sergio Leone From the...
Vagabond : a memoir
Curry, Tim
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER This memoir is a celebration of Tim Curry's life's work, and a testament to his profound impact on the entertainment industry as we know it today. ...
Here beside the rising tide : Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American awakening
Newton, Jim
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A MULANEY READS PICK * A kaleidoscopic history of the Grateful Dead that explores the American counterculture through the life of iconoclastic frontman Jerry Garcia, and his merry band "By writing this book, Jim Newton informs the rest of the world what...
It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin
Meltzer, Marisa
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The first comprehensive biography of Jane Birkin--actress, singer, and legendary style icon--and her profound cultural impact, from the "acerbic, culturally astute, and genuine" (The New York Times) author of the instant New York Times...
The Cars : let the stories be told
Janovitz, Bill
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Bill Janovitz delivers "the definitive story of The Cars" (Rolling Stone), one of the most popular, beloved, and influential bands to emerge from New Wave--with a foreword by Cars keyboardist Greg Hawkes.   ...
Gwyneth : the biography
Odell, Amy
Paper Book
*INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* "Amy Odell's dishy, often delicious Gwyneth: The Biography charts how Paltrow grew from winsome ingenue to influencer executrix." --The Washington Post New York Times bestselling author...
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe: A True Crime Thriller
Patterson, James
Paper Book
From the world's #1 bestselling author, The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe is a true crime thriller about a woman who changed Hollywood history, and whose indelible image captures our imagination to this day. "Electrifying ... A spellbinding new...
Revolution : Prince, the band, the era
Campion, James
Paper Book
Revolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince's most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and relentlessly drove to be the sonic, visual, and ideological reflection of his evolving...
Burning Down the House: Talking Heads and the New York Scene That Transformed Rock
Gould, Jonathan
Paper Book
On the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, acclaimed music biographer Jonathan Gould presents the long-overdue, definitive story of this singular band, capturing the gritty energy of 1970s New York City and showing how a group of art students brought fringe culture to rock's...
Loud and Clear: The Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound and the Quest for Audio Perfection
Anderson, Brian
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER RECOMMENDED BY THE GRATEFUL DEAD The first book to tell the full story of the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound, an unprecedented and since unparalleled speaker system. Loud and...
The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World
Guralnick, Peter
Paper Book
TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2025 | Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2025 | Variety's Best Music Books of 2025 | Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2025 "Outlandish, tension-filled and brimming with a mystery that lingers long...
The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of Songwriting
Cash, Johnny
Paper Book
The official, comprehensive archive of Johnny Cash's writing, with 526 lyrics spanning his 55 years of genre-defining writing: a "journey through the mind and soul of one of America's greatest storytellers" (Eric Alper)   Johnny Cash remains one of the most...
Rumors of My Demise: A Memoir
Dando, Evan
Paper Book
Evan Dando, front man of The Lemonheads and "poster boy--and prettiest boy--of Gen X" (The New York Times), spills the true story of his band's tumultuous history and what it was like to be famous in the pre-internet days in this candid, colorful, and unputdownable memoir. ...
Stupid Tv, Be More Funny: How the Golden Era of the Simpsons Changed Television-And America-Forever
Siegel, Alan
Paper Book
This comprehensive account of the meteoric rise of The Simpsons combines incisive pop culture criticism and interviews with the show's creative team that take readers inside the making of an American phenomenon during its most influential decade, the 1990s. "The...
Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly
Weiss, Jeff
Paper Book
AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER. Named a Most Anticipated Book by People, Vulture, A.V. Club and OurCulture. One of Glamour's Best Summer Beach Reads. "Like a J.D. Salinger novel rolled in Hunter S. Thompson's hallucinogen dust." --Ann Powers,...
Sick and dirty : Hollywood's gay golden age and the making of modern queerness
Koresky, Michael
Paper Book
Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Nonfiction AN ALLSTORA'S QUEER HISTORY 101 BOOK CLUB PICK "An absorbing landmark of film criticism." --The Chicago Tribune, "The 10 Best Books of the Year" A blazingly...
Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty
Yu, Kaila
Paper Book
A "raw and lyrical" (New York Times) memoir-in-essays from former pinup model and lead singer of Nylon Pink Kaila Yu, reckoning with being an object of Asian fetish and how media, pop culture, and colonialism contributed to the oversexualization of Asian women. AN NPR...
The Art of the Snl Portrait
Matthews, Mary Ellen
Paper Book
The electric spirit of Saturday Night Live as captured by longtime resident photographer Mary Ellen Matthews Andy Samberg in a giant martini glass. Billie Eilish peeking out of a pile of snow. Kevin Hart writing his own cue cards. Paul Rudd as Paul...
Actress of a certain age : my twenty-year trail to overnight success
Hiller, Jeff
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER A humorous collection of autobiographical essays from comedian and Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Hiller, who shares his journey from growing up "profoundly gay" in 1980s Texas to his experiences as an inept social worker and how he clawed, scraped, and...
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