Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on what's decent and what isn't. But he's much less good on relationships. In fact, he's not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So it's hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

'What is a self, and how can a self come out of inaminate matter?' This book examines this riddle. Linking together the music of J S Bach, the graphic art of Escher and the mathematical theorems of Godel, as well as ideas drawn from logic, biology, psychology, physics and linguistics, it reveals the mysteries of human thought processes.

Explains how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, this work reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born, and explains why music can offer such an emotional experience.

The first volume in a series of memoirs by an influential musician and songwriter.

Examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people to show that music can calm and organize, torment and heal. This work tells stories that alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.

Discusses, among other things, guitar solos and losing your virginity to a Rod Stewart song and singers whose teeth whistle and the sort of music you hear in Body Shop. The author writes about 31 songs that either have some great significance in his life - or are just songs that he loves.

Shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award A sweeping musical history that goes from the salons of pre-war Vienna to Velvet Underground shows in the sixties.

Now a major motion picture starring Michael Cera (Junoe, Superbad) and Kat Dennings (The 40 Year-Old Virgin), Nick and Nora's 'Infinite Playlist' is a comedy about two teens thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living and live, loud music.

The story of post-punk indie rock in America and the bands whose do-it-yourself ethic paved the way for the grunge phenomenon of the 1990s. Beginning with the pioneering and notorious punk band, Black Flag, the story continues with Husker Du, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and others.

This is the story of a cultural phenomenon which embraced Andy Warhol, Jim Morrison, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Patti Smith, The Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, and more. Documenting a time of self-destruction and peverse innocence, this text has contributions from both stars and groupies.

Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung .

The poignant -- and at times very funny -- new novel from the author of 'The Magician's Assistant', shortlisted for the Orange Prize.

A powerful love story from the author of the international bestseller A SUITABLE BOY

This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of his remarkable life.

He's hot, he's sexy, he's dead. But Jim Morrisons demise was just the beginning. Twenty years later he is even more famous, and soon a blockbusting film, The Doors, is to be released. Now for the first time THE book on Jim Morrisons life is available as a mass market paperback. A huge publicity campaign will ensure massive sales. Dump bin and poster available. Serial in national press. Jerry ...

Talks about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called Anarchy in the UK was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. In this book on punk, Dadaism, the situationists, medieval heretics, and the Knights of the Round Table, unravel the secret history of the twentieth century.

Taking a big-picture view of the post-punk period, this book recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music. It presents many anecdotes and insights, and features the likes of Joy Division, The Fall, Pere Ubu, PiL and Talking Heads. It is of interest to fans of post-punk music.

A memoir, in which, Rob Sheffield, a veteran rock and pop culture critic and staff writer for Rolling Stone magazine, tells the story of his musical coming of age, and how rock music, the first love of his life, led him to his second, a girl named Renee.