by Daniel J. Levitin  
Powells.com Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks — and all the better if you happen to be both. How do memory and music work together? What makes timbre? How do writers like Lennon and McCartney, or John Coltrane and Miles Davis, manipulate our... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Robert Dimery Publisher Comments 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work... (read more) Your Price $34.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Oliver Sacks
Powells.com Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book? Recommended by Beth, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Chuck Klosterman
Publisher Comments Empirically proving that -- no matter where you are -- kids wanna rock, this is Chuck Klosterman's hilrious memoir of growing up as a shameless metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakotoa (population: 498). With a voice like Ace Frehley's guitar, Klosterman... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Anthony Kiedis and Larry Sloman Publisher Comments This "New York Times" bestseller by the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is a compelling story of the price of success and excess, dedication and debauchery, intrigue and integrity, and recklessness and redemption that could only come from the... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Willie Nelson Publisher Comments Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helping his neighbors and living without pretense. After many hardscrabble years as a poorly paid songwriter (often watching his work become a gold mine for... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Peter (edt) Blood Publisher Comments Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles songs; hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Rock N Roll Camp For Publisher Comments Girls, get ready to rock Since 2001, the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls has taught legions of girls, ages 8 to 18, how to let loose and rock out. This book brings the camp's inspiring, hands-on approach and advice from its all-star crew of female musicians... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Roger Crimlis Publisher Comments From 1972 to 1982, rock posters-like rock itself--exploded with power and invention. Part visual history, part visceral history, Cult Rock Posters traces the evolution of pop music, from glam to punk to new wave, during a turbulent decade. These are the... (read more) Your Price $10.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Legs Mcneil Publisher Comments Now in paperback, this first oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements brings the sound of the punk generation chillingly to life with 50 new pages of depraved testimony. "Please Kill Me" reads like a fast-paced novel, but the tragedies it... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Philip T Sudo Publisher Comments A student of Eastern philosophy and an avid guitar player, Philip Sudo realized that each of us carries a song inside that makes us unique. In "Zen Guitar", he shows readers how to find--and awaken--the song within. For professional musicians, amateur... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Larry Crane Publisher Comments The newest Tape Op book collects interviews and articles from issues 11 through 20 of Tape Op Magazine, an independently published magazine founded in 1997. this book covers creative music recording — from the world's most famous studios to... (read more) Your Price $24.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Nick Hornby Publisher Comments Paperback edition of bestselling novelist, Hornby's collected essays about his favourite songs. Hornby remains one of the UK's most popular writers and a full marketing campaign, along with a Sony-produced CD, will support the promotion of the book... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Nikki Sixx Publisher Comments In one of the most unique memoirs of addiction ever published, Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx shares mesmerizing diary entries from the year he spiraled out of control in a haze of heroin and cocaine, presented alongside riveting commentary from people who... (read more) Your Price $32.50 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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