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After 27 years as undisputed queen of French pop, 11 number 1 singles and record sales in excess of 20 million within France alone, Mylene Farmer, more than a cultural phenomenon, has become that rarest of exceptions: a legend in her own lifetime. From "Maman a tort" through to "Lonely Lisa", "The Single File" revisits a career like no other, taking in sex, death, religion and controversy along the way, in the first ever English-language book to be published on the singer Salman Rushdie on...

*The Sunday Times Bestseller*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 Angeles s...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual”—The Boston GlobeUtilizing h...

Fame Fortune and Monsters is a quick-read biography of Lady Gaga one of today's most famous and outlandish celebrities. The book takes us through the history of Gaga from her school years right up to today. In addition to a general history of this world-famous music star the author also discusses her wilder - and stranger - side including bizarre rumours and fascinating news reports. This ebook has been specially formatted for today's e-readers and looks at the human being behind the celeb...

A charming and insightful memoir about coming of age as a fashion journalist in 1980s Paris, by former Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar editor Kate Betts, the author of Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style“You can always come back,” my mother said. “Just go.”As a young woman, Kate Betts nursed a dream of striking out on her own in a faraway place and becoming a glamorous foreign correspondent. After college—and n...

I broke all the rules that my dad gave me. It was he who had given me, in part, the confidence to think of my life as being worthy to mix with those of the geniuses. —Heather O’Neill With generosity and wry humour, novelist Heather O’Neill recalls several key lessons she learned in childhood from her father: memories and stories about how crime does pay, why one should never keep a diary, and that it is good to beware of clowns, among other things. Her father and his eccentric friends—ex-b...

In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like, a tongue-in-cheek homage to Parisians.To be mistaken for a Parisian, readers must buy the newspaper Le Monde, fold it, and walk. Then sit at a café and make phone calls. Be sure to order San Pellegrino, not any other kind of fizzy water. They shouldn't be surprised when a waiter brings out two spoons after they order le moelleux au chocolat- it is understood that t...

Non-fans regard Céline Dion as ersatz and plastic, yet to those who love her, no one could be more real, with her impoverished childhood, her (creepy) manager-husband's struggle with cancer, her knack for howling out raw emotion. There's nothing cool about Céline Dion, and nothing clever. That's part of her appeal as an object of love or hatred - with most critics and committed music fans taking pleasure (or at least geeky solace) in their lofty contempt. This book documents Carl Wilson's ...

A landmark history of post-punk and the basis of the documentary film directed by Nikolaos KatranisRenowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist sound and spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style. Reynolds explores these influences which continued into the early eighties with the video-savvy synth-pop of groups such as Human League, ...

Authorised biography of Brian Eno - the 'Father of Ambient Music'A sonic alchemist to the stars, Brian Eno's address book is a veritable who's who of rock and pop. Tellingly, his involvement with Roxy Music, David Bowie, Talking Heads and U2 has coincided with these artists producing their most challenging and critically revered work.ON SOME FARAWAY BEACH is the first serious, critical examination of the life and times of Brian Eno, from an idiosyncratic ch...

"This is an exceptional anthology, a beautiful piece of art, a serious account of one man's life work and a great example of the possibilities of new media in the 21st Century."– Dr Nathan Wiseman-Trowse, The University of NorthamptonRead Write [Hand]: A multi-disciplinary Nick Cave reader is a provocative new e-collection of illustrated essays, accompanied by illustrative online mixtapes, which interrogates Nick Cave's literary undertones and emphases, false-starts and fixa...

The Ultimate Guide to French Films Are you interested in watching French movies but have no idea where to start? This big list of French movie recommendations will point you to the right way. Whether you are a French learner, a Francophile, or a movie enthusiast, discover new French films you can enjoy for each day of the year.Learn French By Watching Movies For French learners, watching movies is a relaxing and enjoyable way to improve your Fren...