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Cher

The Memoir, Part One

by Cher ...

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15 hours 47 min

Part One of a Two Part Memoir from the Iconic Artist and Actor'A rock 'n' roll memoir like no other' Daily Mail'A gutsy account of tenacity and perseverance...Cher's voice reverberates with the grit and depth that made her famous' The New York TimesTHERE IS ONLY ONE CHER ...The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself.After more t... ... Read more

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Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story

A Non-Memoir

by James Blunt ...

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Unabridged

6 hours 1 min

This book is inspired by true events but is not a biography.The truth is My Truth is not The Truth, and that's as honest as I can be. It's partially true, rather than painfully true, and I have possibly been economical with the truth, Your Honour.Basically, I made this sh*t up . . .While James Blunt's crimes against music are well-documented, he also has some stories that are not. In L... ... Read more

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Say Everything: A Memoir

by Ione Skye ...

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Gen X icon Ione Skye bares all in an achingly vulnerable coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father."Yep, Ione Skye wrote a memoir. I gobbled it up. She’s just really honest and detailed and heartfelt which really only works if you have heart, and she so obviously does. You want to know her, hang out with her, cuddle with her in a way ... Read more

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Scattershot

Life, Music, Elton and Me

by Bernie Taupin ...

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*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER**A Times Best Music Book of 2023*'This is the most glorious of books. I am besotted by the life I never knew he had.' -Elton John'Every page of Scattershot is a delight, a joy, a name-dropper fan's delight. Divine. I couldn't put it down.' -Pete Townshend'Hilarious and so emotionally true, Scattershot is like a letter from a cherished friend. You'll want to ... Read more

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Elvis and Me

by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Sandra Harmon, Jesse Bickford ...

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7 hours 31 min

The inspiration for the major motion picture Priscilla directed by Sofia Coppola, this New York Times bestseller reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley, told by the woman who lived it.Decades after his death, millions of fans continue to worship Elvis the legend. But very few knew him as Elvis the man. Here in her own words, Priscilla Presley tells the story of their ... Read more

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The Voice Inside

by John Farnham, Poppy Stockell ...

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At last, the unflinching and unforgettable memoir of music and life from the much-loved Australian legend. The Voice, in his own voice.Growing up in London and Melbourne, music was always part of John Farnham's world. But the young John never dreamed of what was to come. Pop stardom in the 1960s. The release of Whispering Jack, the critically acclaimed and highest-selling Australian album of all
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The Storyteller

Tales of Life and Music

by Dave Grohl ...

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So, I’ve written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities (‘It’s a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone else to write it, put your face on the cover, and voila!’), I have decided to tell these stories just as I have always done, in my own voice. The joy that I have felt from chronicling these tales is not unlike ... Read more

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The Woman in Me

by Britney Spears ...

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Acid For The Children - The autobiography of Flea, the Red Hot Chili Peppers legend

by Flea ...

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9 hours 4 min

The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parents divorced and his mother Patricia remarried a jazz musician. Flea's stepfather frequently invited musicians to his house for jam sessions which sparked Flea's interest in music. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Flea became fascinated with the trumpet, idolizing musicians like Miles, Dizzy, and ... Read more

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Will

The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography

by Will Smith, Mark Manson ...

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Brought to you by PenguinThe Instant Sunday Times BestsellerThe Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerThe Instand #1 Audible BestsellerNARRATED BY WILL SMITH.One of the most dynamic and globally recognized entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connection ... Read more

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Surrender

Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story

by Bono ...

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Perfect Sound Whatever

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

by James Acaster ...

Narrated by James Acaster ...

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6 hours 55 min

The brand new memoir from James Acaster: cult comedian, bestselling author of Classic Scrapes, undercover cop, receiver of cabbages.PERFECT SOUND WHATEVER is a love letter to the healing power of music, and how one man's obsessive quest saw him defeat the bullshit of one year with the beauty of another. Because that one man is James Acaster, it also includes tales of befouling himself in a Los ... Read more

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Sing Backwards and Weep

The Sunday Times Bestseller

by Mark Lanegan ...

Narrated by Mark Lanegan ...

Unabridged

11 hours 56 min

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER"Mark Lanegan-primitive, brutal, and apocalyptic. What's not to love?" NICK CAVE"A stoned cold classic" IAN RANKIN'Mark Lanegan writes like he sings, from the pained heart of a damaged soul with brutal honesty' BOBBY GILLESPIE"Powerfully written and brutally, frighteningly honest" LUCINDA WILLIAMSA ROUGH TRADE AND MOJO BOOK... ... Read more

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Life

The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the Rolling Stones legend

by Keith Richards ...

Narrated by Joe Hurley, Johnny Depp ...

Unabridged

23 hours 5 min

The once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.'Electrifying'New York Times'A masterpiece'The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest'Sunday Telegraph'Densely packed with incident... immensely readable'Sunday Times... ... Read more

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The once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend - the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.'Electrifying'New York Times'A masterpiece'The Word'Funny, poignant, brutally honest'Sunday Telegraph'Densely packed with incident... immensely readable'Sunday Times...
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Love & Pain

The epic times and crooked lines of life inside and outside Silverchair

by Ben Gillies, Chris Joannou ...

Narrated by Ben Gillies, Chris Joannou ...

Unabridged

7 hours 56 min

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024This is the powerful, untold story of two of the three members of Silverchair, Australia's most awarded musical act. From their beginnings in Ben Gillies' garage, this trio of high school kids from Newcastle, New South Wales, became famous with their smash-hit single 'Tomorrow', setting them on a path to domination of the Australian ... Read more

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024This is the powerful, untold story of two of the three members of Silverchair, Australia's most awarded musical act. From their beginnings in Ben Gillies' garage, this trio of high school kids from Newcastle, New South Wales, became famous with their smash-hit single 'Tomorrow', setting them on a path to domination of the Australian
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The Dirt

Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars ...

Narrated by Sebastian York, Roger Wayne, Fred Berman, MacLeod Andrews, Hillary Huber ...

Unabridged

14 hours 43 min

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate over thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the audiobook edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity love ... Read more

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Scar Tissue

by Anthony Kiedis ...

Narrated by Rider Strong ...

Unabridged

14 hours 51 min

As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. Much has been written about him, but until now we've only had his songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved ... Read more

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As lead singer and songwriter for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Anthony Kiedis has lived life on the razor's edge. Much has been written about him, but until now we've only had his songs as clues to his experience from the inside. In Scar Tissue, Kiedis proves himself to be as compelling a memoirist as he is a lyricist, giving us a searingly honest account of the life from which his music has evolved
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Detours

by Tim Rogers ...

Narrated by Tim Rogers ...

Unabridged

8 hours 17 min

A charming, honest, funny, sad, tender and beautiful literary memoir, from Tim Rogers of You Am I. Think Patti Smith meet Dylan Thomas, by way of Banjo Paterson.'Rogers is a beautiful writer, both literate and lyrical ... Detours makes most rock memoirs look like How to Hypnotise Chooks. A heartbreaking work of staggering honesty.' West Australian'Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers ... Read more

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A charming, honest, funny, sad, tender and beautiful literary memoir, from Tim Rogers of You Am I. Think Patti Smith meet Dylan Thomas, by way of Banjo Paterson.'Rogers is a beautiful writer, both literate and lyrical ... Detours makes most rock memoirs look like How to Hypnotise Chooks. A heartbreaking work of staggering honesty.' West Australian'Of all the utterances delivered to me by strangers
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18 and Life on Skid Row

by Sebastian Bach ...

Narrated by Sebastian Bach ...

Unabridged

12 hours 19 min

18 And Life on Skid Row tells the story of a boy who spent his childhood moving from Freeport, Bahamas to California and finally to Canada and who at the age of eight discovered the gift that would change his life. Throughout his career, Sebastian Bach has sold over twenty million records both as the lead singer of Skid Row and as a solo artist. He is particularly known for the hit singles I ... Read more

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18 And Life on Skid Row tells the story of a boy who spent his childhood moving from Freeport, Bahamas to California and finally to Canada and who at the age of eight discovered the gift that would change his life. Throughout his career, Sebastian Bach has sold over twenty million records both as the lead singer of Skid Row and as a solo artist. He is particularly known for the hit singles I
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Miracle and Wonder

Conversations with Paul Simon

by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam, Paul Simon ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators including Art Garfunkel, and the nature of creativity ... Read more

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Miracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon is unlike any artistic portrait you’ve ever heard before. Recorded over a series of 30 hours of conversation between Simon, Malcolm Gladwell, and Broken Record podcast co-host Bruce Headlam, the conversation flows from Simon’s music to his childhood in Queens, NY, his frequent collaborators including Art Garfunkel, and the nature of creativity
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I Am Ozzy

by Ozzy Osbourne ...

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Unabridged

14 hours 20 min

'Mightily entertaining' - HeatThis audiobook includes an interview with Ozzy Osbourne from 2009.People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and ... Read more

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'Mightily entertaining' - HeatThis audiobook includes an interview with Ozzy Osbourne from 2009.People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and
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NOFX

The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories

by Jeff Alulis ...

Narrated by Fat Mike Burkett ...

Unabridged

12 hours 31 min

Available as an audiobook for the first time, read by band members "Fat Mike" Burkett, Eric Melvin, Erik "Smelly" Sandin, and Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta along with special guest narrator musician and comedian Tommy Chong. In addition, the audiobook features exclusive, previously unreleased tracks, 'Bouncy' (a NOFX instrumental), 'La Pieta' (Fat Mike piano & vocal song about his mother), and 'Young ... Read more

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Available as an audiobook for the first time, read by band members "Fat Mike" Burkett, Eric Melvin, Erik "Smelly" Sandin, and Aaron "El Hefe" Abeyta along with special guest narrator musician and comedian Tommy Chong. In addition, the audiobook features exclusive, previously unreleased tracks, 'Bouncy' (a NOFX instrumental), 'La Pieta' (Fat Mike piano & vocal song about his mother), and 'Young
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Fortunate Son

My Life, My Music

by John Fogerty ...

Narrated by John Fogerty ...

Unabridged

15 hours 38 min

The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival.Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Born on the Bayou," and more. Now he reveals how he ... Read more

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The long-awaited memoir from John Fogerty, the legendary singer-songwriter and creative force behind Creedence Clearwater Revival.Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of the most important and beloved bands in the history of rock, and John Fogerty wrote, sang, and produced their instantly recognizable classics: "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Born on the Bayou," and more. Now he reveals how he
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A Song for You

My Life with Whitney Houston

by Robyn Crawford ...

Narrated by Robyn Crawford ...

Unabridged

10 hours 24 min

**The New York Times Bestseller!After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story.**Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One ... Read more

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**The New York Times Bestseller!After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story.**Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent the next two decades dominating the charts and capturing the hearts of fans around the world. One
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