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 ...

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...

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...

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 ultimate biography of the musical icon. A groundbreaking and vibrant look at the music hero to generations, DYLAN: The Biography digs deep int...

A fresh guide to classical music from the acclaimed creator of NPR's "What Makes It Great"™ Rob Kapilow has been helping audiences hear more in gre...

Rob Kapilow has been helping audiences hear more in great music for almost twenty years with his What Makes It Great? series on NPR, at Lincoln Cen...

Sandra Hochman seemingly knew everyone, and throughout her life, she captured those friends' likenesses in one-of-a-kind watercolors that now adorn...

An inspiring self-portrait of a world-renowned African American vocal artistThis is a fascinating account of a gifted woman's coming of age and ris...

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...

The rock-and-roll memoir of one of the world's greatest guitarists Yngwie Malmsteen's revolutionary guitar style—combining elements of classical mu...

The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and prod...