Across the Great Divide: The Band and America (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback)

Across the Great Divide: The Band and America (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback)

ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE: THE BAND AND

Across The Great Divide (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback / softback)

Starting out as a backing group for Ronnie Hawkins, before being propelled on to the world stage by Bob Dylan, The Band literally changed the course of music with their first two

Major Dudes - A Steely Dan Companion (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback / softback)

A Rock's Backpages anthology, edited and introduced by Barney Hoskyns, of Steely Dan, one of the defining and bestselling American rock acts of the last

Led Zeppelin: The Oral History of the World's Greatest Rock Band (Hoskyns Barney)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive oral history of the iconic, bestselling rock band Led ZeppelinWith Robert Plant on lead vocal and Jimmy Page on guitar, Led Zeppelin is one of the most iconic, legendary, and influential rock bands in musical history. Tales of their indulgence in sex, drugs, and excess have swirled

Waiting for the Sun: A Rock & Roll History of Los Angeles (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback)

(Book). A classic, finally back in print British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long and twisted rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors,

Across the Divide (Booth Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Black Like Me (Griffin John Howard)(Paperback / softback)

The classic account of a white reporter's journey across the racial divide in 1950s America, reissued for the 60th anniversary of the events with a new foreword by Bernardine

Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback / softback)

Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Tom Waits is a chameleonic survivor who's achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. From his perilous 'jazzbo' years in '70s Los Angeles to the multiple-Grammy winner, this biography charts Waits' life step-by-step and

Book of Trespass - Crossing the Lines that Divide Us (Hayes Nick)(Paperback / softback)

A journey across England through the eyes of a trespasser and a meditation on the fraught and complex relationship between land, politics and power, The Book of Trespass is an innovative and utterly original exploration of the fences that divide us. 'Brilliant, passionate and political . . . The

God Is in the Radio (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback)

God Is in the Radio gathers 50 pieces from 40 years of writing passionately about music. A former mainstay of NME and MOJO--and author of such acclaimed books as Hotel California and Small Town Talk--Barney Hoskyns hymns the artists that have thrilled and moved him most, from Frank Sinatra to Amy

Timbuktu (Auster Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Together they sally forth across America to Baltimore, Maryland, on one last great adventure, searching for Willy's old teacher, Bea Swanson. Years have passed since Willy last saw his beloved mentor, who used to know him as William Gurevitch, son of Polish war

Capitol Records (Hoskyns Barney)(Pevná vazba)

From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of Hollywood's most distinctive landmarks and home to one of the world's most defining labels for the past 75+ years. To commemorate this extraordinary

Mick Rock. the Rise of David Bowie. 1972-1973 (Hoskyns Barney)(Pevná vazba)

A unique tribute from David Bowie's official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie's blessing. In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowie's Stardust alter ego: a

For the People: Left Populism in Spain and the US (Tamames Jorge)(Paperback)

Recent years have witnessed dramatic challenges to established politics across Europe and America. Opposition to business-as-usual has not been limited to the radical right: left populist movements with transformative agendas offer a very different - if equally radical - response to the status

A Walk Across America (Jenkins Peter)(Paperback)

Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country.'I started out searching for myself and my country,' Peter Jenkins writes, 'and found

Barney Bungle and the Princess (Kay Philip)(Paperback / softback)

The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War (Bascomb Neal)(Paperback)

75 Years of Capitol Records - Barney Hoskyns, Reuel Golden

From the Beatles to Beck, Sinatra to Sam Smith, a parade of era-defining artists have passed through the doors of the Capitol Records Tower, one of Hollywood’s most distinctive landmarks and home to one of the world’s most defining labels for the past 75 years. To commemorate this extraordinary

The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe (Cunliffe Barry)(Paperback)

Brilliant horsemen and great fighters, the Scythians were nomadic horsemen who ranged wide across the grasslands of the Asian steppe from the Altai mountains in the east to the Great Hungarian Plain in the first millennium BC. Their steppe homeland bordered on a number of sedentary states to the

The Times Great Quotations: Famous Quotes to Inform, Motivate and Inspire (Owen James)(Paperback)

A revised and updated collection of witty and memorable quotations from across the centuries. Thematically-arranged quotes from the most notable minds, orators, celebrities, writers, and politicians that ever lived. Funny and profound, there are gems here for everyone.Struggling to recall those

Skirrid Hill (Sheers Owen)(Paperback)

Ideas of separation and divorce the geographical divides of borders, the separation of the dead and the living, the movement from childhood to adulthood, and the end of relationships drive this poetry collection from one of Great Britain's rising young talents. The collection revolves around the

Great Divide (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? This title argues that inequality is a choice - the cumulative result of unjust policies and misguided priorities. It exposes the inequality that is afflicting America and other Western countries in thrall to

Collins Big Cat - Blackbeard: Emerald/Band 15 (Collins Uk)(Paperback)

Travel with fearsome Captain Blackbeard and his crew of pirates across the open seas as they search for treasure and capture ships. But just when Blackbeard thinks he has everything he ever wanted, he realizes that it s being a true pirate that he loves best. Emerald/Band 15 books provide a

The Oregon Trail (Parkman Francis)(Paperback)

The Oregon Trail is the gripping account of Francis Parkman's journey west across North America in 1846. After crossing the Allegheny Mountains by coach and continuing by boat and wagon to Westport, Missouri, he set out with three companions on a horseback journey that would ultimately takehim over