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From Bach to the Beatles, and from Elgar to Eminem, here you’ll find our best music books, including the biographies of best-loved bands and classical composers, ever-green music writing classics and stunning music gift books. Whether it’s symphonies, jazz, country or grunge that gets your feet tapping, we’ve got something for everyone.

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Our Best Music Books

One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
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One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time
Craig Brown
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Hear Me Out
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Hear Me Out
Sarah Harding
£20.00   £16.99
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Nina Simone's Gum
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Nina Simone's Gum
Warren Ellis
£20.00   £17.99
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Oh yes, oh yes!
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Oh yes, oh yes!
Carl Cox
£20.00   £17.99
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Just Kids
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Just Kids
Patti Smith
£9.99   £8.49
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
David Hepworth
£9.99
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Me
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Me
Sir Elton John
£9.99
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(R)evolution
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®evolution
Gary Numan
£9.99
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House of Music
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House of Music
Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason
£9.99   £8.49
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Bowie's Books
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Bowie's Books
John O'Connell
£9.99   £8.49
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Really Saying Something
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Really Saying Something
Sara Dallin
£9.99   £8.49
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The Listening Party
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The Listening Party
Tim Burgess
£25.00
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Rememberings
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Rememberings
Sinead O'Connor
£20.00   £17.99
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Beeswing
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Beeswing
Richard Thompson
£20.00   £17.99
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Bunnyman
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Bunnyman
Will Sergeant
£20.00   £17.99
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How Music Works
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How Music Works
David Byrne
£17.99
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Love of My Life
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Love of My Life
Lesley-Ann Jones
£20.00
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Life
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Life
Keith Richards
£10.99
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Our Best New Music Books

Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
David Hepworth
£9.99
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Bowie's Books
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Bowie's Books
John O'Connell
£9.99   £8.49
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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
Naomi Parry
£30.00   £26.99
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Billie Eilish
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Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish
£20.00   £16.99
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Chaise Longue
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Chaise Longue
Baxter Dury
£16.99
Hardback
Rememberings
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Rememberings
Sinead O'Connor
£20.00   £17.99
Hardback
Sea Shanties
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Sea Shanties
Karen Dolby
£9.99
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Love of My Life
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Love of My Life
Lesley-Ann Jones
£20.00
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Oasis: Knebworth
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Oasis: Knebworth
Jill Furmanovsky
£40.00
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Electric Wizards
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Electric Wizards
JR Moores
£20.00
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Sinatra and Me
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Sinatra and Me
Tony Oppedisano
£25.00
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The Piano
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The Piano
Susan Tomes
£16.99   £14.99
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You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone
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You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
£20.00   £17.99
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The Musical Human
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The Musical Human
Michael Spitzer
£30.00   £26.99
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Ever Fallen in Love
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Ever Fallen in Love
Pete Shelley
£20.00
Hardback
Outtakes On Bob Dylan
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Outtakes On Bob Dylan
Michael Gray
£20.00
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Mellencamp
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Mellencamp
Paul Rees
£20.00
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One Two Another
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One Two Another
Tim Burgess
£9.99
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Will
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Will
Will Smith
£20.00   £16.99
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The Lyrics
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The Lyrics
Paul McCartney
£75.00
Hardback
The Storyteller
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The Storyteller
Dave Grohl
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
From Staircase to Stage
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From Staircase to Stage
Raekwon
£20.00   £17.99
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Tenement Kid
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Tenement Kid
Bobby Gillespie
£20.00
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Unrequited Infatuations
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Unrequited Infatuations
Stevie Van Zandt
£20.00
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Set the Night on Fire
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Set the Night on Fire
Robby Krieger
£20.00
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Renegades
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Renegades
President Barack Obama
£35.00   £30.00
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How to Be a Rock Star
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How to Be a Rock Star
Shaun Ryder
£20.00
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My Life in Dire Straits
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My Life in Dire Straits
John Illsley
£20.00   £17.99
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Supersonic
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Supersonic
Oasis
£50.00
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The Beatles: Get Back
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The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles
£40.00
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The First 21
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The First 21
Nikki Sixx
£20.00   £17.99
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The Lives of Brian
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The Lives of Brian
Brian Johnson
£20.00   £17.99
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Oasis: Knebworth
Oasis: Knebworth
Jill Furmanovsky, Daniel Rachel
£40.00
Hardback
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'A wonderful document of the last great gathering of the pre-internet age. No camera phones, no social media, just a band and its fans as one' - Noel Gallagher

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Our Best Books on Bands and Artists

Just Kids
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Just Kids
Patti Smith
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Me
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Me
Sir Elton John
£9.99
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(R)evolution
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®evolution
Gary Numan
£9.99
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Chronicles Volume 1
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Chronicles Volume 1
Bob Dylan
£10.99
Paperback
Really Saying Something
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Really Saying Something
Sara Dallin
£9.99   £8.49
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Scar Tissue
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Scar Tissue
Anthony Kiedis
£10.99
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Lady Sings the Blues
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Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday
£9.99
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My Thoughts Exactly
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My Thoughts Exactly
Lily Allen
£9.99
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Born to Run
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
£9.99
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Slash: The Autobiography
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Slash: The Autobiography
Slash
£9.99
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Life
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Life
Keith Richards
£10.99
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Girl in a Band
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Girl in a Band
Kim Gordon
£8.99
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Before We Was We
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Before We Was We
Mike Barson
£9.99   £8.49
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Kraftwerk
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Kraftwerk
Uwe Schutte
£9.99
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This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else
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This Searing Light, the Sun and Everything Else
Jon Savage
£12.99   £10.99
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Cash
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Cash
Johnny Cash
£9.99
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Our Best Music Writing

Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
David Hepworth
£9.99
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How Music Works
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How Music Works
David Byrne
£17.99
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This is Your Brain on Music
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This is Your Brain on Music
Daniel Levitin
£9.99
Paperback
A Fabulous Creation
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A Fabulous Creation
David Hepworth
£10.99   £7.99
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Why Dylan Matters
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Why Dylan Matters
Richard F. Thomas
£9.99
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Uncommon People
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Uncommon People
David Hepworth
£10.99
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Crossroads
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Crossroads
Mark Radcliffe
£9.99   £8.49
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Detroit 67
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Detroit 67
Stuart Cosgrove
£9.99
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Rip it Up and Start Again
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Rip it Up and Start Again
Simon Reynolds
£8.99
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Harlem 69
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Harlem 69
Stuart Cosgrove
£9.99
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England's Dreaming
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England's Dreaming
Jon Savage
£12.99
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Memphis 68
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Memphis 68
Stuart Cosgrove
£9.99
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Electric Eden
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Electric Eden
Rob Young
£6.99
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The Music Instinct
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The Music Instinct
Philip Ball
£10.99
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1966
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1966
Jon Savage
£12.99
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The Rest is Noise
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The Rest is Noise
Alex Ross
£16.99
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In the Country of Country
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In the Country of Country
Nicholas Dawidoff
£8.99
Paperback
Mars by 1980
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Mars by 1980
David Stubbs
£12.99
Paperback
Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann
£190.00
Hardback
Coming soon - 28/10/2021
Awaiting publication

This special edition includes:

-A denim-wrapped foil-stamped clamshell box with Songteller inside
-A 45 record on pink vinyl featuring two neverbefore- released demo songs, "I Don't Care" and "The Fall," encased in a printed sleeve and inserted into a folder. Folder contains lyrics to the two songs printed on the back.
-Lifting ribbon
-Individually shrink-wrapped

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Our Best Music Gift Books

The Lyrics
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The Lyrics
Paul McCartney
£75.00
Hardback
Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
Naomi Parry
£30.00   £26.99
Hardback
Hamilton: The Revolution
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Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda
£35.00
Hardback
Oasis: Knebworth
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Oasis: Knebworth
Jill Furmanovsky
£40.00
Hardback
Dolly Parton, Songteller
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Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton
£37.99
Hardback
The Collected Works of Jim Morrison
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The Collected Works of Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison
£40.00
Hardback
While We Were Getting High
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While We Were Getting High
Kevin Cummins
£30.00
Hardback
John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band
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John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon
£40.00
Hardback
David Bowie: Icon
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David Bowie: Icon
Iconic Images
£50.00
Hardback
Morning Glory on the Vine
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Morning Glory on the Vine
Joni Mitchell
£30.00
Hardback
Jimmy Page: The Anthology
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Jimmy Page: The Anthology
Jimmy Page
£45.00
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Queen: The Neal Preston Photographs
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Queen: The Neal Preston Photographs
Neal Preston
£49.95
Hardback
Glastonbury 50
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Glastonbury 50
Emily Eavis
£30.00
Hardback
Supersonic
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Supersonic
Oasis
£50.00
Hardback
The Beatles: Get Back
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The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles
£40.00
Hardback
Amplified
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Amplified
Paul Atkinson
£25.00
Hardback
Wembley or Bust
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Wembley or Bust
Jeff Lynne
£35.00
Hardback

Our Best Classical Music Books

Beethoven
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Beethoven
Laura Tunbridge
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The Complete Classical Music Guide
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The Complete Classical Music Guide
DK
£18.99
Hardback
Handel in London
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Handel in London
Jane Glover
£9.99
Paperback
The Lark Ascending
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The Lark Ascending
Richard King
£8.99
Paperback
Chopin's Piano
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Chopin's Piano
Paul Kildea
£10.99
Paperback
Music in the Castle of Heaven
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Music in the Castle of Heaven
John Eliot Gardiner
£12.99
Paperback
Beethoven
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Beethoven
John Suchet
£9.99
Paperback
Wagner's Parsifal
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Wagner's Parsifal
Roger Scruton
£9.99
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Debussy
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Debussy
Professor Stephen Walsh
£14.99
Paperback
Fryderyk Chopin
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Fryderyk Chopin
Professor Alan Walker
£20.00
Paperback
The Eighth
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The Eighth
Stephen Johnson
£10.99
Paperback
Mozart
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Mozart
John Suchet
£9.99
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Mozart
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Mozart
Jan Swafford
£30.00
Hardback
Sounds and Sweet Airs
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Sounds and Sweet Airs
Anna Beer
£9.99
Paperback

Little People, Big Dreams - the Musicians

Elton John: Volume 50
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Elton John: Volume 50
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
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David Bowie: Volume 26
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David Bowie: Volume 26
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
John Lennon: Volume 52
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John Lennon: Volume 52
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
Dolly Parton: Volume 28
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Dolly Parton: Volume 28
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
Prince: Volume 54
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Prince: Volume 54
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
Bob Dylan: Volume 37
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Bob Dylan: Volume 37
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£9.99
Hardback
Little People, BIG DREAMS: Music Stars
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Little People, BIG DREAMS: Music Stars
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
£25.00
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