Best Selling Books by Bruce Springsteen

“Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.” —Bruce Springsteen, from the pages of Born to Run In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl’s halftime show. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. That’s how this extraordinary autobiography began. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as “The Big Bang”: seeing Elvis Presley’s debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. He vividly recounts his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band. With disarming candor, he also tells for the first time the story of the personal struggles that inspired his best work, and shows us why the song “Born to Run” reveals more than we previously realized. Born to Run will be revelatory for anyone who has ever enjoyed Bruce Springsteen, but this book is much more than a legendary rock star’s memoir. This is a book for workers and dreamers, parents and children, lovers and loners, artists, freaks, or anyone who has ever wanted to be baptized in the holy river of rock and roll. Rarely has a performer told his own story with such force and sweep. Like many of his songs (“Thunder Road,” “Badlands,” “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” “The River,” “Born in the U.S.A.,” “The Rising,” and “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” to name just a few), Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography is written with the lyricism of a singular songwriter and the wisdom of a man who has thought deeply about his experiences.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country’s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders—one Black and one white—looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: • Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen • Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions • Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his “Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches” • Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career • Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives • Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for—and the occasional toll of—telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.

DELUXE CLOTHBOUND EDITION IN SLIPCASE, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS | Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring all the incredible photographs, bonus content, and archival material of the original edition. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country’s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders—one Black and one white—looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. Renegades: Born in the USA includes: • Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen • Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions • Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his “Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches” • Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career • Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives • Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for—and the occasional toll of—telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.

Outlaw Pete is a modern legend of a criminal who starts out in diapers and confronts the roughest edges of adulthood. It’s one of the most ambitious and original story songs Springsteen has written. When Bruce Springsteen was a little boy, he learned the story of Brave Cowboy Bill, about a pure-hearted little cowboy. It was the first of Bruce’s Western loves, which now range from John Ford movies to Mexican music to Native American art. Each of these inspirations, plus what he’s learned as a man and a rock ’n’ roller about how to combine whimsy and wisdom, were stations on the way to Outlaw Pete, a modern legend of a criminal who starts out in diapers and confronts the roughest edges of adulthood. It’s one of the most ambitious and original story songs Springsteen has written—rhapsodic and harsh, a meditation on destiny, filled with absurdities but not for one second of its eight minutes exactly a joke. It’s an elaborate musical drama, weaving into a single tapestry several styles of rock and an orchestration reminiscent of a Morricone soundtrack. Outlaw Pete is an adult book, illustrated by Frank Caruso, who drew and painted its pages. Caruso does more than illustrate the song. His approach, immaculately detailed, simple when it needs to be, parallels Springsteen’s blend of absurdity and meditation. The questions about destiny remain unanswered, as they must be, but they’re also brought into a different kind of focus. Details that pass by almost unnoticed in the lyrics become central. Reading and listening have rarely so superbly complemented each other. The result becomes the most intense kind of artistic collaboration, a vision shared. But I’m not trying to start anything, so buy it, don’t steal it, OK? —Dave Marsh

(Book). Bruce Springsteen Like a Killer in the Sun , originally published in Italian, is the definitive book on the work of Bruce Springsteen, showing his unique narrative talent and offering an accurate critical examination of his poetics. It presents 117 among his best lyrics, expounded and annotated with the philological care used for the classics of literature. In his introduction, Leonardo Colombati draws the attention to the fact that Springsteen is an author grafted on the line that goes from Whitman to Steinbeck, from Flannery O''Connor to Raymond Carver. The book also contains Springsteen''s biography and discography, plus an exclusive interview with Bruce Springsteen. With forewords by Academy Award-winner Ennio Morricone and music critic Dave Marsh, a committee member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Springsteen''s biographer. Like a Killer in the Sun is a book for anyone who wants to listen to a powerful and inspired voice coming from the heart of America.

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New York Times -bestseller nyt myös suomeksi! Renegades – Born in the USA on vilpitön, paljastava ja viihdyttävä presidentti Barack Obaman ja legendaarisen muusikko Bruce Springsteenin vuoropuhelu. Kirjassa kolutaan kaikkea heidän alkuperätarinoistaan ja uraa määrittävistä hetkistään Yhdysvaltojen polarisoituneeseen politiikkaan ja siihen, miten amerikkalainen unelma ja amerikkalainen todellisuus etääntyvät yhä kauemmaksi toisistaan. Runsaan kuvituksen ja harvinaisen arkistoaineiston täydentämä teos on vangitseva ja silmää hivelevä muotokuva kahdesta epäsovinnaisesta Yhdysvaltain lähihistorian merkkihenkilöstä, jotka miettivät keinoa yhdistää omakohtaiset merkityksen, identiteetin ja yhteisöllisyyden etsintänsä itse Amerikan tarinaan. Obama ja Springsteen tapaavat äänitysstudiossa, jossa on kymmeniä kitaroita, ja käyvät ainakin kerran kruisailemassa avo-Corvettella. He keskustelevat avioliitosta ja isyydestä, rotukysymyksestä ja maskuliinisuudesta, houkutuksesta lähteä tien päälle ja vastaavasti kotiinpaluun vetovoimasta. He vertailevat mieluisimpia protestilaulujaan, kaikkien aikojen inspiroivimpia amerikkalaisia sankareitaan ja paljon muuta. Keskusteluissa he paljastavat myös kautta uransa kokemansa voimakkaan halun – ja sen ajoittain vaatiman hinnan – kertoa isompaa ja todempaa Amerikan tarinaa ja tutkailevat sitä, miten heidän pirstoutunut maansa voisi löytää tiensä takaisin yhtenäisyyteen ja globaaliin johtajuuteen. Barack Obama oli Yhdysvaltojen 44. presidentti. Hänet valittiin vuonna 2008 ja hän palveli kaksi virkakautta. Hän on kirjoittanut kolme New York Times -bestselleriä, Unelmia isältäni, Rohkeus toivoa ja Luvattu maa. Presidentti Obamalle myönnettiin Nobelin rauhanpalkinto vuonna 2009. Hän asuu Washingtonissa vaimonsa Michellen kanssa. Heillä on kaksi tytärtä, Malia ja Sasha. Bruce Springsteen on nimetty Rock and Roll Hall of Fameen ja Songwriters Hall of Fameen. Hän on voittanut 20 Grammya, parhaan laulun Oscarin, Tony-palkinnon ja Kennedy Center Honorin. Springsteen on kirjoittanut New York Times -bestsellerin Born to Run ja sai 2016 Presidential Medal of Freedomin. Hän asuu perheensä kanssa New Jerseyssä.

Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades- Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes- Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions Obama''s never-before-seen annotated speeches Springsteen''s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors'' personal archives

Tot va començar el 2009, en concloure l''actuació de Bruce Springsteen i la E Street Band a la mitja part de la Super Bowl. Va ser tan estimulant que en Bruce es va decidir a escriure sobre el que havia experimentat i així, sense saber ben bé què en sortiria de tot plegat i amb força discreció, posà fil a l''agulla i va anar filant-se aquesta monumental autobiografia. Ens descriu com va ser la seva infantesa a Freehold, Nova Jersey; una colpidora barreja de foscor, perill i poesia que va anar conformant l''imaginari de les seves cançons, tot conduint-nos al moment que ell defineix com el seu "Big Bang" particular: la primera vegada que va veure l''Elvis Presley al programa televisiu d''Ed Sullivan. També, amb sinceritat i humor, ens relata la seva lluita per convertir-se en músic, els seus inicis com a líder d''una banda, la formació de la E Street Band i tot el que s''amaga darrera la cançó "Born to Run", el seu himne personal. Aquest serà un llibre revelador per a tothom que conegui i gaudeixi d''en Bruce Springsteen; però és molt més que unes memòries d''una rock star llegendària. És un llibre per a treballadors i somiadors, per a pares i fills, per a amants i solitaris, per a artistes, monstres i per a qualsevol persona que encara no hagi descobert el riu sagrat del Rock & Roll, escrit amb el lirisme d''un compositor singular i la saviesa d''un home que ha reflexionat sobre les seves experiències.

« Se raconter est une drôle d''affaire . . . Dans un projet comme celui-ci, l''auteur fait une promesse : laisser le lecteur entrer dans sa tête. C''est ce que j''ai essayé de faire au fil de ces pages. » BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN dans les pages de Born to Run En 2009, Bruce Springsteen et le E Street Band jouent à la mi-temps du Super Bowl. L''expérience est tellement grisante que Bruce décide d''écrire à ce sujet. C''est ainsi qu''a commencé cette extraordinaire autobiographie. Au cours des sept années écoulées, Bruce Springsteen s''est, en secret, consacré à l''écriture de l''histoire de sa vie, apportant à ces pages l''honnêteté, l''humour et l''originalité qu''on retrouve dans ses chansons. Il décrit son enfance, dans l''atmosphère catholique de Freehold, New Jersey, la poésie, le danger et les forces sombres qui alimentaient son imagination, jusqu''au moment qu''il appelle Le Big Bang : la première fois qu''Elvis Presley passe à la télévision, au Ed Sullivan Show. Il raconte d''une manière saisissante l''énergie implacable qu''il a déployée pour devenir musicien, ses débuts dans des groupes de bar à Asbury Park et la naissance du E Street Band. Avec une sincérité désarmante, il raconte aussi pour la première fois les luttes personnelles qui ont inspiré le meilleur de son oeuvre et nous montre que la chanson Born to Run révèle bien plus que ce qu''on croyait. Born to Run sera une révélation pour quiconque apprécie Bruce Springsteen, mais c''est bien plus que le témoignage d''une rock star légendaire. C''est un livre pour les travailleurs et les rêveurs, les parents et les enfants, les amoureux et les solitaires, les artistes, les dingues et quiconque ayant un jour voulu être baptisé dans les eaux bénies du rock''n''roll. Rarement un artiste avait raconté son histoire avec une telle force et un tel souffle. Comme nombre de ses chansons (Thunder Road, ''Badlands, ''Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Born in the USA, The Rising, The Ghost of Tom Joad, pour n''en citer que quelques-unes), l''autobiographie de Bruce Springsteen est écrite avec le lyrisme d''un auteur/compositeur singulier et la sagesse d''un homme qui a profondément réfléchi à ses expériences.

SUEÑOS – MITOS – MÚSICA El presidente Barack Obama y el legendario músico Bruce Springsteen se reúnen para contar su historia estadounidense en RENEGADOS: Born in the USA Dos viejos amigos comparten en este libro, inspirado en el podcast producido por Higher Ground, sus reflexiones en torno a la vida, la música y su amor por Estados Unidos, con todos sus desafíos y contradicciones. Renegados: Born in the USA es un diálogo sincero, revelador y entretenido entre el presidente Barack Obama y el legendario músico Bruce Springsteen, en el que se tratan toda una serie de temas —desde los orígenes de cada uno de sus protagonistas y los momentos que definieron sus carreras hasta la polarización política de su país y la abismal brecha entre el sueño americano y la cruda realidad estadounidense. Esta edición profusamente ilustrada nos ofrece el conmovedor retrato de dos outsiders —uno Negro y otro blanco— que buscan la manera de conectar sus búsquedas poco convencionales de significado, identidad y comunidad con la Historia de Estados Unidos. La edición incluye: Introducciones originales escritas por el presidente Obama y Bruce Springsteen Conversaciones e historias no recogidas en el podcast Los discursos anotados de Obama que jamás han sido publicados, incluido su famoso discurso pronunciado en el 50.o aniversario de la marcha de Selma. Letras escritas a mano de las canciones de Bruce Springsteen a lo largo de toda su carrera Fotos exclusivas de los archivos personales de los autores Documentos y fotografías históricas para resaltar visualmente el contexto de sus conversaciones Ya sea en un estudio repleto de guitarras o en un viaje en Corvette, Obama y Springsteen reflexionan sobre el matrimonio, la paternidad, la raza, la masculinidad, la libertad de la carretera y la necesidad de volver a casa. También comparten sus opiniones acerca de sus canciones de protesta preferidas o sobre las figuras más emblemáticas de Estados Unidos, entre muchas otras cosas. Por el camino, revelan su pasión, a lo largo de sus carreras, y el coste ocasional, por contar una historia más grande y verdadera de Estados Unidos, y exploran cómo un país así de fracturado puede encontrar el camino de regreso hacia la unidad. De Renegados se ha dicho: «El libro evidencia la potencia de la alianza de la cultura con la buena política para comprometerse con un país que se piensa críticamente y en positivo desde la conciencia de su mejor tradición». Jordi Amat, El País

Las memorias de Bruce Springsteen. «Escribir sobre uno mismo es algo muy curioso. [...]. Pero en un proyecto como este el escritor hace una promesa: mostrarle su mente al lector. Y eso es lo que he intentado hacer en estas páginas.» Bruce Springsteen, extracto de Born to Run En 2009, Bruce Springsteen y la E Street Band actuaron durante el intermedio de la Super Bowl. La experiencia fue tan maravillosa que Bruce se propuso escribir sobre ello. Así comenzó esta extraordinaria autobiografía. Durante los últimos siete años, Bruce Springsteen se ha dedicado a escribir en privado la historia de su vida, dotando a estas páginas de la misma honestidad, humor y originalidad que encontramos en sus canciones. Describe sus primeros años como chaval católico en Freehold, Nueva Jersey, en un ambiente donde la poesía, el peligro y la oscuridad alimentaban su imaginación, hasta que llega el momento que él denomina «el Big Bang»: cuando vio en televisión el debut de Elvis Presley en The Ed Sullivan Show. Nos cuenta vívidamente su incansable voluntad de convertirse en músico, sus primeros tiempos como rey de las bandas de bar en Asbury Park, y el ascenso de la E Street Band. Con un candor desarmante, cuenta también por vez primera las angustias personales que inspiraron sus mejores obras, y explica porqué la canción «Born to Run» revela mucho más de lo que pensábamos. Born to Run será una revelación para cualquiera que en algún momento haya disfrutado de Bruce Springsteen, pero estas páginas son mucho más que las memorias de una legendaria estrella de rock. Es un libro para trabajadores y soñadores, padres e hijos, amantes y solitarios, artistas, friquis, o para cualquiera que alguna vez haya anhelado ser bautizado en el sagrado río del rock''n''roll. Rara vez un intérprete ha contado su propia historia con tanta amplitud y fuerza. Como muchas de sus canciones («Thunder Road», «Badlands», «Darkness on the Edge of Town», «TheRiver», «Born in the USA», «The Rising» o «The Ghost of Tom Joad», por citar solo algunas), la autobiografía de Bruce Springsteen ha sido escrita con el lirismo de un autor de canciones único y con la sabiduría de un hombre que ha reflexionado hondamente sobre sus experiencias.

Den danske udgave af bogen bag Barack Obama og Bruce Springsteens populære podcast med mere end 350 fotos og masser af eksklusivt bonusmateriale, der aldrig før har været offentliggjort. I et pladestudie fyldt med guitarer har to mangeårige venner en åbenhjertig samtale om liv, musik, race, maskulinitet og en stor fælles kærlighed til fædrelandet USA med alle dets udfordringer og modsætninger. Renegades er en ærlig, afslørende og underholdende samtale mellem præsident Barack Obama og den legendariske musiker Bruce Springsteen, som udforsker temaer fra deres private forhistorier og karriere-definerende øjeblikke til USAs polariserede politiske liv og den voksende afstand mellem den amerikanske drøm og virkeligheden. Det er et smukt illustreret portræt af to rebeller med forskellige baggrunde, som leder efter en måde, hvorpå de kan knytte deres egen ukonventionelle søgen efter mening, identitet og fællesskab sammen med amerikansk historie.

«C''è qualcosa di strano nel raccontarsi per iscritto... Tuttavia, c''è una promessa che l''autore di un libro come questo fa al lettore: aprirgli la propria mente. È quanto ho cercato di fare in queste pagine.» BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Nel 2009 Bruce Springsteen e la E Street Band si esibirono al Super Bowl: l''esperienza fu talmente entusiasmante che Bruce decise di metterla su carta. Nasce così questa straordinaria autobiografia, a cui Bruce ha dedicato gli ultimi sette anni e dove ritroviamo tutta la sincerità, l''ironia e l''originalità a cui ci ha abituato con le sue canzoni. Ci racconta la sua infanzia a Freehold, nel New Jersey, un luogo pieno di poesia ma anche di potenziali rischi, destinato ad alimentare la sua immaginazione, fino al momento che Bruce chiama «Big Bang»: il debutto di Elvis Presley all''«Ed Sullivan Show». Descrive il suo desiderio incontenibile di diventare un musicista, gli esordi come re delle bar band ad Asbury Park e la nascita della E Street Band. Con candore disarmante, per la prima volta Bruce illustra i tormenti interiori che hanno ispirato i suoi capolavori, a cominciare proprio da Born to Run, un brano che qui si rivela più complesso di quanto immaginassimo. È una lettura illuminante per chiunque ami Bruce Springsteen, ma è molto più del memoir di una rockstar leggendaria: è un libro per spiriti pratici e inguaribili sognatori, per genitori e figli, per innamorati e cuori solitari, per artisti, fricchettoni e chiunque voglia essere battezzato nel sacro fiume del rock. È raro che un artista racconti la propria storia in maniera così intensa e dettagliata. Come in tante delle sue canzoni (Thunder Road, Badlands, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River, Born in the USA, The Rising e The Ghost of Tom Joad, per citarne solo alcune), nell''autobiografia di Bruce Springsteen troviamo l''ispirazione di un autore unico e la saggezza di un uomo che ha riflettuto a fondo sulle proprie esperienze.