A new, updated edition of Christopher Sandford's classic biography of the band, The Rolling Stones is a gripping account of the band's remarkable 60 years at the top of the rock industry. In 1962 Mick Jagger was a bright, well-scrubbed boy (planning a career in the civil service), while Keith Richards was learning how to smoke and to swivel a six-shooter. Add the mercurial Brian Jones (who'd been effectively run out of Cheltenham for theft, multiple impregnations and playing blues guitar), the wryly opinionated Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, and the potential was obvious. During the 1960s and 70s the Rolling Stones were the polarising figures in Britain, admired in some quarters for their flamboyance, creativity and salacious lifestyles, and reviled elsewhere for the same reasons. Confidently expected never to reach 30, the band is now celebrating 60 years together with a European tour, Sixty, to mark the occasion. Of the original line-up, only Jagger and Richards remain, along with 'new boy' Ronnie Wood, who joined the band in 1975. In The Rolling Stones, Christopher Sandford tells the human drama at the centre of the Rolling Stones story. Sandford has carried out interviews with those close to the Stones, family members (including Mick's parents), the group's fans and contemporaries - even examined their previously unreleased FBI files. Like no other book before The Rolling Stones makes sense of the rich brew of clever invention and opportunism, of talent, good fortune, insecurity, self-destructiveness, and of drugs, sex and other excess, that made the Stones who they are.

A biography of a legendary singer and song-writer, written with his co-operation, this is the life behind the award-winning and bestselling albums of Steve Earle, rebel, rocker and Nashville legend. Steve Earle is the musicians' idol - "my hero" to Emmylou Harris - who has said of his life "If I'd known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself". He was taking heroin at 13, and by the age of 40 was mired in a seemingly permanent "vacation in the ghetto" as he described his life then. In and out of jail for a variety of offences, Earle seemed determined to make good on his boast that when the end of the world came (and it seemed pretty close at times) only he, Keith Richards and the cockroaches would be left standing. He has been married six times, twice to the same woman, and amazingly forgiven by almost all of the ex-wives. In moments of consciousness he has, through sheer musical ability, shared a stage with, among others, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Sheryl Crow, the Pogues and Bob Dylan.

My Voyage in Art includes 197 colour images of paintings, watercolours, sculptures and people over a 60 year period accompanied by a detailed essay. Encounters with Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Morrison, Andy Warhol and others illuminate.

This is a true life story account of Len Garry's childhood memories of his childhood days spent with John Lennon and Paul McCartney and the forming of the band The Quarrymen. Also the day John Lennon met Paul McCartney for the very first time at St. Peter's Church fete on 6th July 1957, this book is a first hand account of what took place on that day plus more stories.

This second updated edition of Notes from a Jazz Life includes Digby Fairweather's career since the year 2000 as a jazz cornetist, band leader, educator and broadcaster, working with George Melly and leading his band the Half-Dozen. The book has much to offer to people who are even marginally interested in jazz in all its wide variety of forms as well as providing insights for regular jazz readers. The author provides revealing reflections on the personal life and career of a musician and, with a wealth of warm, hilarious anecdotes, he writes honestly about all the challenges, frustrations and rich rewards of being part of the jazz world.

In The Eyeline of Furtherance, charts John Howard's rise from 70's pop idol to a career in A & R and marketing. The '90s opened up new vistas, ever bigger and better opportunities, working with Elkie Brooks, Madness, Barry Manilow and rock 'n' roll heroes Lonnie Donegan and The Crickets. As John puts it, "I was propelled onwards and upwards, not this time by my own ambition, but by the plans of others who had clearly decided that I was going places in a direction I would never have imagined twenty years earlier." John Howard's first book, Incidents Crowded With Life, followed the ambitions of a young gay singer-songwriter in London in the '70s which were realised after being signed by CBS Records and recording his debut LP at Abbey Road studios. En route, he wrote the theme song for a Peter Fonda movie and was heralded as The Next Big Thing. And all the while navigating a series of disastrous personal events, not least when he broke his back in 1976.

Elia Kazan's varied life and career is related here in his autobiography. He reveals his working relationships with his many collabourators, including Harold Clurman, Lee Strasberg, Clifford Odets, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, James Dean, John Steinbeck and Darryl Zanuck, and describes his directing "style" as he sees it, in terms of position, movement, pace, rhythm and his own limitations. Kazan also retraces his own decision to inform for the House Un-American Activities Committee, illuminating much of what may be obscured in McCarthy literature.

In this the third of our Music Series, and the first on Pop music we present our giant hard covered picture book on the careers of the biggest names in Pop. Pop is an abbreviation of the word popular, it doesn't mean good or tasteful, it just means popular. Pop Music is a reflection of it's time... if contemporary society deems to crown a suburban mime artist as reigning Queen of Pop then so be it. Pop has come a long way since it's early bleating's, from the anthemic teen angst of the early sixties, to the languid internalization of Coldplay and the airbrushed soul of Beyonce . Pop is now blurred into red carpet supermarket magazines, slotted betweenweight loss and divorces. It's hard work staying there, staying on top, as Michael Jackson was to find, from his troubled child stardom with the Jackson Five, to his emperor's new clothes period, culminating in his eventual death by media. That he managed to survive for over thirty years on top is an accomplishment in anyone's eyes. One could ask the question, will Justin Bieber exist, after, or even before I finish writing this introduction? Although Britney Spears, ex Disney child star, for a brief moment, tween, then teen poppet, sexed herself into prehab as well as rehab and our ever-eager wallets. Even Britney's old alumni Justin Timberlake, the everyman next door, now reinvented into a GQ supplement, is still known to exist, although, sadly the sartorial elegance of the talented Andre 3000 front man of the band Outkast, burst onto the scene then promptly burst out. Jennifer Lopez career jellied her name out of a contract, flirting with the silver screen, whilst conducting a well-publicized supermarket affair with Sean "Puffy" Holmes. There were crossovers - Shakira and Ricky Martin, humanitariansboth, credibly reworked Latin, ex Hawaiian Bruno Mars made reggae fusion accessible to the masses, Rihanna moved from Barbados at the age of 16 to the U.S. becoming one of the best selling artists of all time at the tender age of 24. Since we can remember people have been talking about Pop music. FEATURED ARTISTS Michael Jackson Kylie Minogue Jennifer Lopez Adele Ke$ha Katy Perry Jamiroquai Justin Timberlake Massive Attack Bruno Mars Amy Winehouse LMFAO Fashion Industry Broadcast's Masters of Music is a Series: Masters of Music - Rock Vol 1 Masters of Music - Rock Vol 2 Masters of Music - Pop Vol 1 Masters of Music - Pop Vol 2 Masters of Music - Legends Vol 1 Masters of Music - Legends Vol 2 Masters of Music - R&B Vol 1 Masters of Music - Jazz Vol 1 Fashion Industry Broadcast is a leading publisher of lifestyle titles, made and distributed globally as books, e-books and Apps. Fashion Industry Broadcast supports a number of important charities that provide funding for critical medical research, medicines, animal and human rights. A percentage of every book, e-book and App sold goes towards supporting these vital causes. The Masters of Music series could well be the most extensive and complete publishing initiative ever released on this subject. This multi edition set has been created as hard cover colour coffee table books for $45.00, e-books for $9.99, and groundbreaking video rich App versions featuring thousands of original music videos, and rare concert performances for just $6.99 per edition for all Apple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch), and is available through the iTunes App store. Contact [email protected] Authors Ian Hartley Samantha Mayfair Paul G Roberts Paula Garrod Astrid Ingram-Lynn Ole Renberg

Mick Miller is often referred to as "The bald guy with the long hair" and is well known for his famous "Noddy" routine. This book tells the story of the journey from his childhood in Liverpool to his acclaimed performance at "The Royal Variety Show" in front of The Princess Royal. It takes us through his days as a goalkeeper at Port Vale where the legendary Stanley Matthews signed him. We learn of his days as a Pontin's Blue Coat and how he became a comedian in his own right. We find out how that Noddy routine came about and how he found himself on "New Faces" and "The Comedians." Mick Miller is not an "Old School" comedian stuck in a 1980s time warp. He works hard to keep his act fresh and up to date and, because of that, he is still very relevant today and is equally at home in comedy clubs, cruise ships and theatres. He still has the drive and ambition that he had when he started out and relishes new challenges. This is the story of his life so far.

I've written another book and this will be one of those that when you pick it up, you'll begin to regret it. You see, I don't read books; I read the Sun newspaper. Actually, that's a lie; because when I get to page three I can't let go of my cock, so I can't turn the pages.

From the iconic stylist and fashion provocateur whose designs transformed culture - bringing the glitz of Studio 54 and the sophistication of Sex and the City to the mainstream - comes a playful yet intimate memoir of a life spent challenging conventions. Carrie Bradshaw's pairing of a tutu with a tank top is one of the most iconic outfits ever seen on television - and a look that turned avant-garde New York designer and stylist Patricia Field into a household name. But before she was crowned the fairy godmother of haute couture, Field was the owner of the longtime East Village emporium Pat Field, a haven for drag queens, club kids, starving artists, NYU freshmen, and creative visionaries alike. Presiding over downtown with her distinctive vermillion hair and a constantly lit cigarette, Patricia was a rock 'n' roll den mother to everyone from Amanda Lepore to Lady Bunny to Patti Smith, with her store providing the city's eccentrics with a place to discover a sense of family, home, and a rhinestone bedazzled bustier or two. In Pat in the City, Patricia describes her journey from scrappy Queens kid peddling men's pants to the fashion world's most notorious renegade. As the daughter of immigrant parents, Field learned the principles of glamour from her entrepreneurial mother, and applied her NYU lessons on democracy to inform a fashion ethos that would reach millions. From her Studio 54 disco-glam styling to her award-winning work in The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City to today's buzzy costuming in Emily in Paris, Field's inimitable styling has pushed the envelope and created trends that have become the culture standard. Now in her seventies, Patricia Field is ready to tell her story - not to take a final bow, but to spread her credo of challenging convention and filling the world with joy and dancing.

Thomas Hennell (1903-45) said his aim was to 'surprise his subject' - to capture the transient quality of the moment. In watercolour he found his perfect medium, producing work which was, as his fellow artist Edward Bawden said, 'fully expressive and technically perfect'. During an idyllic childhood in rural Kent Hennell discovered his love of the English countryside. He explored its fields, farms and woods, and later, travelling on a rusty old bicycle, developed an appreciation of England's traditions and crafts. Much of his work records the countryside in a state of change, imbuing his sense of loss with poetic intensity. In the early 1930s, Hennell suffered a severe breakdown and later described the three years he spent in mental hospitals in his memoir The Witnesses (1938), an astonishing document in a period when stigma still attached to mental illness. Hennell's remarkable talent for friendship survived his years of mental turmoil. Jessica Kilburn's new biography brings Hennell the man vividly to life through extracts from his letters to friends and personal accounts by people who knew him. As this richly illustrated book shows, the artist's final years were exceptionally productive. In 1943 Hennell was appointed an official war artist, yielding commissions in Iceland and northern Europe. After the pastoral evocations of inter-war England, his portrayal of war's brutality is shocking: devastated French towns, emaciated prisoners of war. At the war's end, Hennell received a final posting to the Far East. Tragically, he was caught up in the struggle for independence in Java and in late October 1945 disappeared in circumstances which Jessica Kilburn recreates more fully than in any previous account. Thomas Hennell was born into a remarkable generation of English artists that included Eric Ravilious, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and Barbara Hepworth. His peers regarded him as one of their finest creative talents; Jessica Kilburn's sensitive and deeply researched new biography restores this unjustly neglected artist to his rightful place in the history of twentieth-century English art.