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In less than a year, 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. That lack of direction lead him on a 55,000 mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again.

Joe Perry’s New York Times bestselling memoir of life in the rock-and-roll band Aerosmith: “An insightful and harrowing roller coaster ride through the career of one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists. Strap yourself in” (Slash). Before the platinum records or the Super Bowl...

A Times, Resident and Rough Trade Book of the Year Longlisted for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2026 “A warm and engaging memoir” Guardian “A beautifully told odyssey” Daily Express “A brilliant book” Mark Ellen, Word in Your Ear The long overdue reflection of life in The Smiths from...

»Heartbreak is the National Anthem « ist das erste Buch, das uns den ganzen musikalischen und kulturellen Einfluss von Taylor Swift vor Augen führt. Der preisgekrönte Rolling Stone Journalist Rob Sheffield ist bekennender Swiftie und hat Taylor auf jedem Schritt ihrer langen Karriere begleitet, von ihren Anfängen bis hin zur Eras Tour. Niemand ist näher dran an Taylor Swift und ihrer Musik, ihren Songtexten, der Bindung zu ihren Fans, ihrer puren Energie.

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) stammt aus einer angesehenen Musikerfamilie in Bonn. Der talentierte Junge wird Meisterschüler des Hoforganisten Christian Gottlob Neefe und vertritt ihn bereits im Alter von 11 Jahren an der Orgel. Neefe lobt seinen Schüler im "Magazin der Musik" als zweiten Mozart. Beethoven reist nach Wien, um Kompositionsschüler bei Mozart zu werden. Joseph Haydn, bei dem er vorspielt, bestärkt Beethoven darin, 1792 erneut nach Wien zu reisen.

Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the world’s most revered and celebrated drummer. Mid-1962. The newly formed Rolling Stones are on the hunt for a permanent drummer. Their sights are set on Charlie Watts, a...

*An instant Sunday Times bestseller* A smart, funny, anarchic and gripping memoir from Mark Hoppus, the vocalist, bassist, and founding member of pop-punk band blink-182. This is a story of what happens when an angst-ridden kid who grew up in the desert experiences his parents' bitter divorce...

In Surrender, it’s Bono who picks up the pen, writing for the first time about his remarkable life and those he has shared it with. In his unique voice, Bono takes us from his early days growing up in Dublin, including the sudden loss of his mother when he was 14, to U2’s unlikely journey to become one of the world’s most influential rock bands, to his more than 20 years of activism dedicated to the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty. 

With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life. More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now...

After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power to build brighter days and they choose to take another step on a road that no one has gone before.

'The pages sing in this beautiful book.' Bono 'Moving and lyrical, The Forest is the Path is an imaginative and deeply personal journey of self-discovery.' The Irish Times ‘[An] astoundingly poetic book’ Pandora Sykes You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The...

The Metal God himself, Rob Halford - lead vocalist of Judas Priest and author of the critically acclaimed and reader-beloved autobiography, Confess - delivers a bible of hard rock and heavy metal, all in his enlightening, hilarious, and one-of-a-kind voice. Rob Halford has long been known for...

In this New York Times bestseller, Tina Turner—the legendary queen of rock & roll—reveals personal stories she’s never told before, about her complicated relationship with her mother, the tragic death of her son, and finally finding true love with Erwin, setting the record straight about...

Konstantin Wecker liest aus seinen Büchern, vor allem aus seiner Biografie "Das ganze schrecklich schöne Leben", die 2017 zu seinem 70. Geburtstag erschienen ist.

Persuasive, captivating, and bursting with insight, this dual biography by acclaimed New York Times journalist Jim Windolf dives into the surprisingly supportive, occasionally rivalrous, and always fertile relationship between Bob Dylan and the Beatles, uncovering how they inspired and...

2007 Audie Award Winner for Non-Fiction, Abridged Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as...

A stunningly candid portrait of the Seattle grunge scene of the '90s and a memoir of an addict during the last great era of rock 'n' roll excess, by Hole drummer Patty Schemel Patty Schemel's story begins with a childhood surrounded by the AA meetings her parents hosted in the family living room...

Gert Westphal präsentiert: Große Komponisten im Porträt. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert und Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms und Peter Tschaikowsky - um diese Künstler rankt sich die europäische Musikgeschichte. Und sie alle standen nicht für sich allein, sondern waren Teil eines feinen Geflechts aus familiären Bindungen, innigen Freundschaften, künstlerischem Austausch und tiefer Liebe. Diese Auswahl aus Briefen, Dokumenten von Zeitgenossen und literarischen Zeugnissen der Nachwelt zeichnet auch heute noch ein ganz privates Porträt jener herausragenden Persönlichkeiten.

The New York Times bestselling memoir from legendary rapper Gucci Mane spares no detail in this “cautionary tale that ends in triumph” (GQ). For the first time, Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary life story in his own words. It’s “as wild, unpredictable, and fascinating as the man...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Buffett offers his philosophy on life and how to live it, “like sitting with Buffett at a beachside bar, listening to him spin tales” (Time). “Buffett took his family on a three-week trek around the Caribbean...