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Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....
3) M train
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village cafe where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Here, too, are singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. M Train is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
x, 498 pages, 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A monumental figure on the American landscape, Jerry Lee Lewis spent his childhood raising hell in Ferriday, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi; galvanized the world with hit records like "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" and "Great Balls of Fire," that gave rock and roll its devil's edge; caused riots and boycotts with his incendiary performances; nearly scuttled his career by marrying his thirteen-year-old second cousin--his third wife of seven;...
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
674 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and had taken the popular music world by storm before he was twenty-four. "Unfaithful Music" describes how Costello's career has endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal...
9) Elvis and me
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
214 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
10) Life
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
564 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
13) Born to run
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 510 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, the best-selling author of Shout! delivers a compelling new biography of the legendary guitarist. Celebrated as the most innovative guitarist ever to play, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is renowned for symphonic solos and virtuosic picking (sometimes, with his teeth). But, as Philip Norman describes, before Hendrix was setting guitars aflame onstage, he was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking...
18) Special deluxe
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of the Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
383 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee traces his six-decade career through the cars he has owned, discussing how they are reflecting new understandings about the environmental impact of automobiles.
19) Lou Reed: a life
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
519 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
20) The Villa
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins comes a deliciously wicked gothic suspense, set at an Italian villa with a dark history, for fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware. As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end...
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