Harold C Schonberg The Pulitzer Prize-winning "New York Times" music critic provides anecdotal accounts of the lives and times of thirty-nine musical superstars--from the castrate to Pavarotti and Horowitz October...

John Hersey A saga of a magnificent violin, Antonietta, named after a beautiful woman who was the inspiration of Antonio Stradivari's later years. As Hersey brings Mozart, Berlioz, and Stravinsky...

Oliver Sacks With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the...

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...

David HepworthA rollicking look at 1971, rock’s golden year, the year that saw the release of the indelible recordings of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Who, Rod Stewart, Carole King,...

Vikram SethA powerful love story from the author of the international bestsellerPublished September 21st 2011 by Orion Publishing Group (first published 1999)

Willa CatherPerhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artist against the backdrop of the western landscape....

Shawn ColvinAfter learning to play guitar at the age of ten, Shawn Colvin was determined to make a life in music—a decision that would send a small-town girl out on...

Harry FreedmanHarry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyricsThe singer and poet Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual...

Rod StewartRod Stewart was born the working class son of a Scottish plumber in north London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths ranging from...

Anna PointerAn intimate, definitive celebration one of the world's most influential artistsAs a painfully shy six-year-old singing in her parents' kitchen back in the late 1980s, it was impossible to...

Elton JohnIn his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the film Rocketman.Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy...