Marybeth HamiltonEveryone knows the story of the Delta blues, with its fierce, raw voices and tormented drifters and deals with the devil at the crossroads at midnight. In this compelling...

James Kaplan From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular musicIrving Berlin (1888–1989) has been called—by George Gershwin, among...

It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond(The Artist's Way)Julia Cameron and Emma Lively“The book you hold in your hands is the distillate...

Laurence Senelick Offenbach's operas were a significant force for cultural change, both in his own time and in the decades to follow. In this book, Laurence Senelick demonstrates the ways...

Lisa Wheeler and R Gregory ChristieWith a simple clap of hands, an itty-bitty beboppin' baby gets his whole family singing and dancing. Sister's hands snap. Granny sings scat. Uncle soft-shoes--and...

Christian Aguilera Jerry Goldsmith: A Musical Chameleon by Christian Aguilera offers an in-depth exploration of the legendary composer's versatile career. This expert analysis delves into Goldsmith's innovative techniques and his...

Christopher Wolff Although we are acquainted with the music of J. S. Bach through countless performances and recordings, the composer himself continues to come across as the somewhat enigmatic figure...

Geoff Leonard, Peper Walker, Gareth Bramley For rock 'n roll fans, The John Barry Seven were pioneers of the emerging British music scene in the 1950s, while his distinctive pizzicato...

Thomas Voigt 'The most sought-after tenor in the world', the greatest tenor of today', 'the new king of tenors' - for years Jonas Kaufmann has occupied a unique status among...

Nick Hornby Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the...

Patti SmithJust Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late sixties and seventies and to...

Sarah Dessen Annabel Green is "the girl who has everything" — at least that's what she portrays in her modeling shoots. But Annabel's life is far from perfect. Her friendship...