Thirty years have passed for Tom Strong, his alternate-world counterpart Tom Strange, and the science-heroes of Terra Obscura - do they still have what it takes? And will they be able to stop a mysterious object... hurtling on a collision course with their planet?

The list of obstacles that Shirley Bassey had to overcome on her way to stardom is daunting: extreme poverty, a mixed-race background, an illegitimate child at the age of 16, and yet within a few years she transformed herself into an icon and a diva. This biography provides insights into her career.

A consumer's guide to the music of Nick Drake. It gives an analysis of each officially released album by Drake. It also includes track by track analysis, information on when and where the music was recorded, a special index of compilation, archive and posthumous releases, and a track index for easy reference.

Sporting shades and a feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever. This title explores: The Velvet Story - How Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale and the others emerged from the New York scene, their successes and excesses and what happened to each in their solo years.

A guide to the music of R.E.M. The book examines every recorded song in the band's catalogue to date, and acts as a consumer's critical guide to the music. Shaped like a CD box, it is designed to sit alongside the reader's existing CD collection.

A consumer's critical guide to the music of The Velvet Underground, detailing every recorded song, from The Velvet Underground and Nico to the rarities on their box set. Part of a series, the book is specially designed to sit alongside a CD collection.

A guide to the music of Nick Drake, the English singer-songwriter who although failed to find a wide audience during his short lifetime, his work grew in stature to the extent that he now ranks among the most influential English singer-songwriters. It presents an analysis of such albums as Five Leaves Left and Pink Moon .

A consumers' guide to the music of The Fall, this title offers an analysis of every officially released album by Drake, from the early albums that were largely overlooked at the time of their release in the late Sixties and early Seventies to the posthumous collections.