New Releases by Barry Miles

An intimate day-by-day history of all four Beatles from childhood to the break-up of the group. All the concerts...film, TV and radio appearances...interviews, hushed-up scandals, the sex and the drugs...the triumphs and quarrels...and all the Beatles-related births, marriages and deaths. Essential reading for anyone interested in rock''s most influential phenomenon of all time.

''Fear makes me a writer, fear and a lack of confidence'' Charles Bukowski chronicled the seedy underside of the city in which he spent most of his life, Los Angeles. His heroes were the panhandlers and hustlers, the drunks and the hookers, his beat the racetracks and strip joints and his inspiration a series of dead-end jobs in warehouses, offices and factories. It was in the evenings that he would put on a classical record, open a beer and begin to type... Brought up by a violent father, Bukowski suffered childhood beatings before developing horrific acne and withdrawing into a moody adolescence. Much of his young life epitomised the style of the Beat generation - riding Greyhound buses, bumming around and drinking himself into a stupor. During his lifetime he published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including the novels Post Office, Factotum, Women and Pulp. His novels sold millions of copies worldwide in dozens of languages. In this definitive biography Barry Miles, celebrated author of Jack Kerouac: King of the Beats, turns his attention to the exploits of this hard-drinking, belligerent wild man of literature.

Examines the British influences on American culture between 1964 and 1969, discussing rock bands such as The Beatles, the Yardbirds, supermodel Twiggy and Mary Quant minidresses, James Bond films, and more.

Can you remember where you were when you heard John Lennon had died? Did you queue to watch Saturday Night Fever or rush out to buy With The Beatles when it was first released? Did you witness Justin Timberlake’s national TV superbowl blunder or tune in to see the verdict in the Michael Jackson trial? ''Massive Music Moments'' chronicles over 100 of the most memorable music events of the last fifty years, whether shocking, shameful, uplifting or inspiring. Unfolding chronologically the moments from music history to include the great album launches, the killer hit singles, the Broadway musical openings, the rock star excesses, the sad demises and the monster music festivals such as Live Aid, Woodstock and the 2006 Make Poverty History concerts around the world, which ended with a once-only reunion of Pink Floyd. Each event is featured in a double-page spread along with news and trivia from the time. Starting in 1955, the year that Bill Haley performed Rock Around The Clock in the film Blackboard Jungle and moving through to 2007, every year has its own timeline entry listing the key album and single No.1s, plus other groundbreaking records and news. These are combined with quotes from some of the major players and additional background information in box-outs. ''Massive Music Moments'' is a comprehensive and accessible record of music history covering the last fifty years.

Het ontstaan van het vredesteken en de geschiedenis van vredesbewegingen in de hele wereld, na de tweede wereldoorlog.

One of the most instantly recognized images in the world--the peace sign--celebrates its 50th anniversary. Miles uses a combination of research and personal recall to recount the evolution of this iconic image. Illustrated.

The world''s most celebrated band has been the subject of countless books and articles over the years. But The Beatles Phenomenon is a unique new Beatles chronicle that brings their astonishing legend to life using sheet music, rare photos and a detailed chronology of their gigs, public quotes and most memorable moments. Based on the exhaustive research of the legendary Miles, intimate member of the Beatles Sixties circle, The Beatles Phenomenon weaves together the whole spectacular Beatles story, the full sheet music of their most important songs in chronological order and 240 rarely-seen colour and black-and-white photos. The result is a truly amazing personal history of The Beatles, a collectable book that will become a treasured and evocative keepsake for those who grew up with their music, and an essential reference tool for anyone seriously interested in rock''s must influential phenomenon.Each of the 100 songs featured in this prestigious collection is printed with topline, guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. The result is a magnificent musical, visual and textual commentary on the life, times and music of the most phenomenal rock n roll band the world has ever seen.

A collection of posters "produced by students at a Political Poster Workshop in May of 1970 at the University of California at Berkeley...under the radical gaze of the political activist, poster designer and co-founder of the Mexican American Liberation Front, Malaquías Montoya."

Drawn from the personal archives of the English artist, this sumptuous volume presents paintings Wesson used in his teachings. He remains a huge influence to many painters today who strive to emulate his free and liberating style.

Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher and elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg and the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generation: Willaim Burroughs remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the twentieth century. A longtime heroin addict, Burroughs preferred to live abroad, away from America''s Draconian drug laws. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Tangier where he lived in male brothel and wrote his celebrated bestsellerNaked Lunch- inNewsweek''swords ''A masterpiece. A cry from Hell'' - as a series of letters to Allen Ginsberg. He lived at the Beat Hotel in Paris and spent a decade in London before returning as prodigal son to New York in 1974 after 25 years of self imposed exile.

The celebration of an era, this ultimate, beautiful, illuminating, and really groovy look at the 1960''s counterculture is rich in illustrations and filled with the history, politics, sayings, and slogans that defined the age.

Traces the life of ground-breaking musician Frank Zappa from his Italian American childhood roots to his ultimate success as a composer and rock star.

Élaboré à partir de trente-cinq séances d''entretiens, menées par Barry Miles sur une période de six ans, et avec un accès illimité aux archives personnelles de l''ex-Beatle, cet ouvrage est le récit personnel de Paul McCartney. La vie privée d''un homme qui devint personnage public à l''âge de vingt et un ans. La trajectoire du plus célèbre groupe de l''histoire, depuis ses débuts jusqu''à sa séparation. Les sixties racontées par un témoin placé dans l''œil du cyclone. Une histoire de musique, de drogues, de femmes, d''argent, de folie, d''art, d''amour, de paix, et aussi d''amertume. Au cœur de l''aventure se trouve évidemment la relation liant Paul McCartney à John Lennon, relation entre deux amis, deux collaborateurs, Lennon et McCartney, deux gars de Liverpool qui souhaitaient changer le monde... et l''un des plus grands tandems d''auteurs compositeurs du siècle. " Je vais vous raconter l''histoire comme elle me revient... C''est une suite d''événements qui se sont tous déroulés dans un petit laps de temps. Ce n''est que mon souvenir de l''aventure... Tout ce que je souhaite faire avec ce livre, c''est raconter ma version des faits. " Paul McCartney.

A detailed chronology of gigs, venues, quotes, and memorable dates relating to The Beatles.

Originally published: London: Virgin, 1992.

An updated paperback edition of the hardback best-seller. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship.