Four experienced narrative designers from different genres of game development have banded together to create this all-inclusive guide on what it's like to work as a writer and narrative designer in the videogame industry.

A celebration of music, fashion, friendship and the club that changed everything

The definitive autobiography by renowned Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, looking back across his phenomenal life and career.

Nikos Skalkottas is perhaps the last great 'undiscovered' composer of the twentieth century. In the 1920s he was a promising young violinist and composer in Berlin, and a student of Schoenberg, who included him among his most gifted pupils. This book provides a comprehensive study of this fascinating composer.

The complete lyrics of Syd Barrett - 52 songs written for Pink Floyd and during his subsequent solo career - are presented together for the first time, along with rare photos and artwork, to form this beautifully illustrated book.

A jazz critic, an anarchist, a chemist, a cad... and the biggest drug bust in UK history

A chronicle of the controversial made-for-TV band the Monkees.

This is a collection of academic essays about Radiohead, bringing together close readings of the band's music, lyrics, album cover art, and music videos, as well as critical commentary on interviews, reviews, and the documentary film 'Meeting People Is Easy'.

The Oxford Handbook of Music and the Brain is a groundbreaking compendium of current research on music in the human brain. It brings together an international roster of 54 authors from 13 countries providing an essential guide to this rapidly growing field.

The 2nd edition of the Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology updates the original landmark text, providing a comprehensive review of the latest developments in this fast growing area of research. With contributions from internationally recognised experts, it is an essential resource for students and researchers in psychology.

The first comprehensive academic survey of British musical theatre from its origins, The Oxford Handbook of the British Musical offers both a historical account of musical theatre from 1728 and a range of in-depth critical analyses of key works and productions that illustrate its aesthetic values and sociocultural meanings.

Drawing on Strummer's lyrics, interviews and bootleg recordings, as well as interviews with friends and contemporaries like Billy Bragg, The punk rock politics of Joe Strummer reveals the wide-ranging political influence of one of the twentieth century's iconic rock'n'roll rebels. -- .

A book about how music shapes every emotional stage of our lives from one of the most high-profile female pop writers in the UK today

The Rolling Stones juggernaut appraised and dissected as never before - the good, the bad, the ugly.

The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album.

The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock star, Dave Grohl

A unique collaborative publication which documents the lyrics written by Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro for the platinum selling, Grammy nominated, Jazz singer Stacey Kent.