Music & Arts

"If you peek under the sofa cushion or into the mind of a cartoonist, mostly you will find crumbs, a couple of cheap ballpoint pens, some candy wr...

The first and only definitive biography of legendary Motown group, the Temptations The Temptations are an incomparable soul group, with dozens of c...

The Eagles are the bestselling, and arguably the tightest-lipped, American group ever. Now band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks the ...

One of the world's greatest classical pianists reveals how the ""other world"" transformed his life and career By any measure, Byron Janis has had ...

The inside story of Chicago, one of the most successful and enduring rock bands ever With their distinctive blending of soulful rock and horn-infus...

Inside the making of one of the biggest-selling albums of all time: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the B...

The first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock band How did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to become...

Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. Th...

A fascinating read.–Associated Press Joshua Greene, who studied meditation with the legendary Beatle George Harrison, draws on personal remembrance...

The first complete biography of singing legend Tony BennettAmong America's greatest entertainers such as Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Ray Charles,...

Explore the national parks in this relaxing coloring book for nature lovers Featuring 34 of the most popular and scenic parks and recreation sites...

A collection of stories shared by 25 country music stars in which they were embarrassed, often in the middle of a performance. Country music fans w...

A Gossipy, Entertaining Look at Life with the Stars Backstage. It’s the place everyone wants to be, the place where the stars hang out. If only fan...

Birthplace of jazz, home to the beignet, city of a thousand legends, New Orleans grew out of a unique blend of cultures. Its architecture and cuisi...

Called "The Mother Church of Country Music," the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors on 5th Av...

New Orleans jazz thrilled the world in the twenties and traveled around the world in the thirties. In the forties and fifties, the world came to Ne...

When the Beatles touched down in New York on February 7, 1964 for their first visit to America, they brought with them a sound that hadn't been hea...

Secrets. Sigalerts. Ravines. Records. In Paperback L.A., A Casual Anthology Book 3, our contributors deftly command fiction, nonfiction, playwritin...

Paperback L.A. Book 2 continues the engaging "Casual Anthology" series with genre-crossing writing gems, vibrant photo essays, and more. Memoirs, m...

Paperback LA is a surprising and witty collection of some of the best writing ever about Los Angeles. More than a dozen major selections include ne...

A photographic tour featuring the doorways of the most beautiful city in the world. With more than three hundred photographs of Paris’s most encha...

An adventure through the classic, the vintage, the kitsch, the nostalgic, and the fun of Americana culture guided by showman Charles Phoenix. “Add...

A vibrant collection of paintings capturing Los Angeles from the eye of a local. "Thomason paints as a native, capturing Los Angeles at the level ...

Behind the scenes in the life of a musician—an exuberant, entertaining memoir from jazz guitarist, singer, and raconteur John Pizzarelli John Pizza...