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“david cavanagh”

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  • The Creation Records Story

    My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize

    by David Cavanagh ...
    'The greatest book ever written on British independent music' Guardian'One of the best British music books of the last ten years' MojoFounded by Alan McGee in 1983, Creation Records achieved notoriety as the home of Primal Scream, the Jesus and Mary Chain and other anti-Establishment acts. During the Britpop boom of the mid-90s, the astonishing success of Oasis brought Creation fame on the world ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Cycling In Plato's Cave

    by David Cavanagh ...
    How we relate, how we know what we think we know, how past mingles with present, how a bike stays upright, how the butt can bear that puny perch — a lot more than pedals and wheels goes around in Cycling in Plato's Cave. Just like a bike, the poems are simple but have deftly moving parts that roll us along, offer fresh perspectives, and let us feel the air. And just like on a sunny Sunday in June, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Good Night and Good Riddance

    How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life

    by David Cavanagh ...
    Goodnight and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Britain is a social history, a diary of a nation's changing culture, and an in-depth appraisal of one of our greatest broadcasters, a man who can legitimately be called the most influential figure in post-war British popular music.Without the support of John Peel, it's unlikely that innumerable artists - from ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

    by Viv Albertine ...
    SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARMOJO BOOK OF THE YEARIn 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar.A year later, she was the guitarist in the hugely influential all-girl band the Slits, who fearlessly took on the male-dominated ... Read more

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  • Wild

    From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)

    by Cheryl Strayed ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe—and built her back up again.A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century**At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was ... Read more

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  • Rod

    The Autobiography

    by Rod Stewart ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Music legend Rod Stewart takes us on a rollicking journey through his extraordinary life and career in this “action-packed memoir . . . full of bad behavior and enough ex-wives to fill an entire soccer side” (Rolling Stone).“Funny, self-deprecating, and a whole lot less boastful than he could be, Mr. Stewart offers a string of Grade-A rock ’n’ roll debauchery stories ... Read more

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  • The Never-Ending Present

    The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip

    by Michael Barclay ...
    The #1 National BestsellerShortlisted for the 2019 Speaker’s Book AwardNominated for the 2019 Heritage Toronto Book Award“Barclay combines his admiration of the band with his knowledge of the music industry to make a clever, touching, and very informative book that may well be the definitive work on an important piece of Canadian pop culture.” — Publishersweekly.com, starred reviewTh... ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Robert Plant: A Life

    The Biography

    by Paul Rees ...
    Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends.Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records, Plant has had a profound influence on music for over four decades. But the full account of his life has barely been told … until now.Robert Plant: A Life is the first complete and comprehensive telling of Plant’s story. From his earliest performances in folk ... Read more

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  • When Giants Walked the Earth

    A Biography of Led Zeppelin

    by Mick Wall ...
    "This fantastic account of Led Zeppelin's wild and decadent heyday is as detailed and definitive as music biographies get." — London LiteThe first significant fresh reporting on the legendary band in twenty years, built on interviews with all surviving band members and revealing a never-before-seen side of the genius and debauchery that defined their heyday.Veteran rock journalist Mick Wall ... Read more

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  • Exit Stage Left

    The curious afterlife of pop stars

    by Nick Duerden ...
    **A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022****INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH****GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY****FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK**'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into dem... ... Read more

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  • The Story Of Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

    by Neil Daniels ...
    Defenders Of The Faith is what heavy metal fans have been waiting for. This epic biography of Judas Priest includes over 50 interviews with prominent musicians producers record company personnel journalists childhood friends and ex-band members. From their deprived beginnings in late-sixties West Bromwich through the numerous line-up changes of the 1970s to the controversial sell-out US tours in ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD