Friday On My Mind
Jeff ApterRRP: £14.99
George Young wasn’t so much on the charts for the best part of three decades: he and his musical partner Harry Vanda were the charts. George’s journey began with the trailblazing Easybeats and continu …
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No One Listens to Your Dad's Show
Christian O'ConnellRRP: £9.99
‘Christian has achieved something very beautiful and funny with this book, weaving ordinary life and every day sadness into something hopeful and profound. I loved it.’ Russell BrandAs a radio DJ in L …
Malcolm Young
Jeff ApterRRP: £14.99
Malcolm Young was a legend: the founder and the driving force of AC/DC, a man with what many have called ‘the greatest right hand in rock and roll’. That right hand provided the instantly recognisable …
Michael
Tina HutchenceRRP: £9.99
He died at only 37 but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated frontman of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael’s big sister, Tina, adored him fro …
Martin Sharp
Joyce MorganRRP: £16.99
Martin Sharp’s art was as singular as his style. He blurred the boundaries of high art and low with images of Dylan, Hendrix and naked flower children that defined an era. Along the way the irreverent …
D.A.A.S.
Paul LivingstoneRRP: £14.99
Under the guise of his alter ego Flacco, Paul Livingston once basked in the reflected glory of Tim Ferguson, Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler, and their anarchic comedy incarnation, the Doug Anthony …
The Auctioneer
Simon de PuryRRP: £12.99
In the glamorous and secretive world of art, Simon de Pury is the ultimate insider. Having elevated the auction into performance art, he is the most famous of all auctioneers. He has been chairman of …
Live Wire
Gabby DarcyRRP: £14.99
The world knows Bon Scott as the wild rocker, the frontman for AC/DC who tragically died of alcohol poisoning on the eve of the band’s rise to superstardom.We know the legend, now meet the man.Live Wi …
Dog Eat Dog
Michael BrowningRRP: £12.99
Bon turned up with two bottles of bourbon, some dope and some speed. When Angus saw this stash, he said to Malcolm, ‘If this guy can walk, let alone sing, it’s going to be something.’Michael Browning …
Frank Zappa
Barry MilesRRP: £12.99
Barry Miles knew Frank Zappa intimately and was present at the recording of some of his most important albums. This sparkling biography brings the Zappa the musician and composer, Zappa the controvers …
Arthur Boyd
Darleen BungeyRRP: £18.99
Arthur Boyd’s legacy is a collection of masterpieces that define the history of Australian art in the last century. But the man himself – enigmatic, inarticulate, modest – has remained in the shadows …
Anyone Who Had a Heart
Burt BacharachRRP: £12.99
Burt Bacharach is one of the most celebrated and legendary song-writers of the twentieth century. Throughout his sixty year career he has worked with artists from Dionne Warwick to Dr Dre, Marlene Die …
Full Service
Lionel FriedbergRRP: £12.99
Full Service is the ultimate guilty pleasure, revealing for the first time the shadow lives of the people who created popular culture, told by the man who was so central to fulfilling their desires.Sc …
Untouchable
Randall SullivanRRP: £14.99
Drawing on never-before-seen material, this definitive biography exposes the true extent of the Jackson family’s dysfunctionality — evidence of which is still in the public eye as they dispute the st …
The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson
Louis BarfeRRP: £8.99
Les Dawson: a comedian who, more than any other, spoke for the phlegmatic, resigned, sarcastic, glorious British way of life. This is his story.A Northern lad who climbed out of the slums thanks to an …
Rin Tin Tin
Susan OrleanRRP: £14.99
From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. Rin Tin Tin’s improbable …
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