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Chopin
Adam Zamoyski

To mark the bicentennial of Chopin's birth, this is a brand new version of the definitive biography. Chopin's legacy to western music remains as strong as ever, but little is known of the man himself. Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology that surrounds him to provide an accurate portrait of his life, including recent discoveries about the state of his health, as well as placing him within the intellectual and spiritual environment of his day.

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Nina Simone
David Brun-Lambert

Luke Haines, frontman of The paperback edition of the sensational first full biography of one of the greatest female artists of the 20th century. Her life was a catalogue of ill temper, both her own and others', and abuse. Turned down by the music school which she'd hoped would give her the classical training she desired, she felt herself to be a life-long victim of racism. This is the story behind the mercurial, mesmerising performer..

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All Hopped Up and Ready to Go
Tony Fletcher

The literature, theatre, art and politics of New York have often converged in its seminal music scene, producing music of great innovation and profound importance. From Dizzy Gillespie to Tito Puente, Bob Dylan to the Ramones, the biographer of Keith Moon takes us through the emergence of bebop, the Latin music scene, the folk revival, glitter music, disco, punk and hip-hop from their street origins.

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Crossroads
Tom Graves

It is said bluesman Robert Johnson, cited as a major influence by just about every blues musician who came after, sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads at midnight in return for his legendary prowess. His death by poisoning at 27 (probably at the hands of a jealous husband) only fuelled the myth. Tom Graves uncovers the true facts about his life and music and explores his potent legacy on blues music and its descendants.

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Appetite for Destruction
Mick Wall

Journalist Mick Wall, author of Led Zeppelin biography When Giants Walked the Earth , is a rock institution. His PR firm handled Black Sabbath and The Damned, amongst many others, and his contributions to Kerrang! were legendary. Here are some of his greatest journalistic hits, including an all-nighter with Axl Rose, a trip to Berlin with Marillion's Fish and dinner with Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore..

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