Hachette Books: 1744 books
Seven Dirty Words
The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
In Seven Dirty Words, journalist and cultural critic James Sullivan tells the story of Alternative America from the 1950s to the present, from the singular vantage point of George Carlin, the Catholic boy for whom nothing was sacred. A critical biography, Seven Dirty Words is an insightful (and, of...
Curtains
Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
At forty-four, Tom Jokinen decided to quit his job in order to become an apprentice undertaker, setting out to ask the questions: What is the right thing to do when someone dies? With the marketplace offering new options (go green, go anti-corporate, go Disney, be packed into an artificial reef and...
Alliss' 19th Hole
Trivial Delights from the World of Golf
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
From the trivial to the arcane to the bizarre to the hilarious to the tragic, Alliss' 19th Hole is a compulsively readable compendium of golf facts, told in the wry voice of the man Golf Digest called the "best golf commentator ever," the legendary Peter Alliss. Marvel at the accomplishments...
Dan Rooney
My 75 Years with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
Legendary chairman of the five-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers, Dan Rooney, tells his life story for the first time. From growing up on Pittsburgh's notorious North Side, to vying with Johnny Unitas for top high school quarterback honors in Western Pennsylvania, from learning how to run...
The Last Best League, 10th anniversary edition
One Summer, One Season, One Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Every summer, in ten small towns across Cape Cod, the finest college baseball players in the country gather in hopes of making it to "The Show." The hopes are justifiably high: The Cape Cod Baseball League is the best amateur league in the world, producing one out of every six major league...
I'm the Man
The Story of That Guy from Anthrax
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The long-awaited and vastly entertaining autobiography of Scott Ian, guitarist and founder of groundbreaking and influential thrash metal legend Anthrax
Black Tooth Grin
The High Life, Good Times, and Tragic End of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan-24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate.Darrell Abbott began as a Kiss-inspired teenage prodigy...
Access All Areas
Stories from a Hard Rock Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Entertaining, crazy, and hilarious stories from Scott Ian of Anthrax
Scott Ian, famous for cofounding legendary thrash metal band Anthrax and only slightly less so for his iconic beard, has done and seen a lot in his decades of touring. Those of you who have read Scott's memoir I'm the Man...
Lobotomy
Surviving the Ramones
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound peace on the straight and narrow, Dee...
Becoming Jimi Hendrix
From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces “Jimmy’s” early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home to his early discovery of the blues to his stint as a reluctant recruit of the 101st Airborne who was magnetically drawn to the rhythm and blues scene...
by Paul Zollo
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The long-awaited sequel to Songwriters on Songwriting, often called "the songwriter's bible," More Songwriters on Songwriting goes to the heart of the creative process with in-depth interviews with many of the world's greatest songwriters. Covering every genre of popular music from folk,...
Thriller
The Musical Life of Michael Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Thriller takes us back to a time in 1982 when Michael Jackson was king of the charts, breaking the color barrier on MTV, heralding the age of video, and becoming the ultimate representation of the crossover dreams of Motown's Berry Gordy, who helped launch Jackson's career with the Jackson 5. In this...
When I Left Home
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
According to Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time. An enormous influence on these musicians as well as Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, he is the living embodiment of Chicago blues.
Guy's epic story stands at...
Johnny Cash
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
To millions, he was the rebellious Man in Black, the unabashed patriot, the redeemed Christian-the king of country music. But Johnny Cash (1932-2003) was also an uncertain country boy whose dreams were born in the cotton fields of Arkansas and who struggled his entire life with a guilt-ridden childhood,...