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  • Definitely Maybe

    The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Oasis

    by Andy Bollen ...
    Oasis rose from humble beginnings to become Britpop icons, capturing 1990s youth with their music and legendary highs and lows.Ride the Oasis rollercoaster ahead of Live '25.Oasis were Artful Dodgers from a housing estate who created stadium anthems that connected with millions. They became the band of the people by giving the people what they wanted: rock 'n' roll.Ahead of the Live '25 Tour, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Number Ten

    More than a Number, More than a Shirt

    by Andy Bollen ...
    What makes the number-ten jersey so special? It's merely material and thread - the number only used for administrative purposes. Yet the number ten represents much more than football. Those wearing it carry the weight of expectation for club and country. Andy Bollen forensically examines the world's greatest players - from Puská s to Pelé , Maradona and Messi - and asks, what makes them tick? How ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of European Football in 100 Objects

    The Alternative Football Museum

    by Andy Bollen ...
    An alternative take on European football, covering match-fixing, bribery, extortion and murder. In this fantasy football museum, Bollen delves into the archives to uncover idiocy and chaos from across the continent. The exhibits highlight the very worst of the human condition: greed, cheating, match-fixing, bribery, extortion and murder. Learn about the French captain who joined the Gestapo, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Labelled with Love

    A History of the World in Your Record Collection

    by Andy Bollen ...
    '… an instant classic and a required part of the library of anyone fascinated with the record business.' – Danny Goldberg, bestselling author of Serving the Servant: Remembering Kurt CobainChess Records tested their acquisitions out on people waiting at a nearby bus stop: if the crowd were bopping, they had a hit.Sub Pop rejection letters start with the harsh, yet funny, 'Dear Loser'.Atlantic ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Scottish Football in 100 Objects

    The Mayhem, Mavericks and Magic of the Beautiful Game

    by Andy Bollen ...
    From Socrates to Arthur Montford, via Bovril, Buckfast and, of course, pies, this is a unique journey through the extraordinary world of Scottish football.Packed with anecdotes and observations, Andy Bollen wallows in a nostalgic haze, a time of hatchet-men with moustaches, a magic sponge that should have been granted miracle status and big-money strikers who couldn't hit a cow's posterior with a ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Scottish Football in 100 Objects

    The Alternative Football Museum

    by Andy Bollen ...
    The comedy writer's collection of "artifacts dedicated to controversial, silly and bonkers mishaps . . . [a] tribute to an alternative football history" ( Daily Record).Andy Bollen has created a fantasy football museum to collect together a treasure trove of Scottish football exhibits that ranges from Jimmy Johnstone's oar to Aggie the tea lady's trolley. Learn why Puskás and Socrates should've ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fierce Genius

    Cruyff's Year at Feyenoord

    by Andy Bollen ...
    In 1983, aged 36, Johan Cruyff, one of the world's most iconic football superstars, guided Ajax to a league and cup double. Out of contract, most people, including the player, expected a valedictory final season and a one-year extension. Inexplicably, Ajax let him go. They grossly underestimated the fierce genius of Johan Cruyff. He signed for bitter rivals Feyenoord, leading them to a league and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Definitely Maybe

    The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Oasis

    by Andy Bollen ...
    Ride the Oasis rollercoaster ahead of Live '25.Oasis were Artful Dodgers from a housing estate who created stadium anthems that connected with millions. They became the band of the people by giving the people what they wanted: rock 'n' roll.Ahead of the Live '25 Tour, Definitely Maybe offers a unique take on their story. The euphoric highs, spectacular implosions, chaos, excesses and sibling ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Nirvana - A Tour Diary: My Life on the Road with One of the Greatest Bands of All Time

    by Andy Bollen ...
    When Nirvana first exploded onto the music scene in 1991 with the anthemic 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', few people could've predicted their subsequent global impact. No one knew then that Nevermind would become one of the seminal albums of the decade, selling over 30 million copies worldwide and spearheading a whole new 'grunge' movement. In so doing, the band's lead singer Kurt Cobain was ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

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    The Biography

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    As the assistant editor of Melody Maker, Everett True was the first journalist to cover the Seattle music scene in early 1989 and interview Nirvana. He is responsible for bringing Hole, Pavement, Soundgarden, and a host of other bands to international attention. He introduced Kurt Cobain to Courtney Love, performed on stage with Nirvana on numerous occasions, and famously pushed Kurt onto the ... Read more

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  • Come As You Are

    The Story of Nirvana

    The definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination”“Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.” ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Kurt Cobain

    In this compelling biography, Christopher Sandford explores the full, inside story of Kurt Cobain.From the disruptive childhood which had such a crucial impact on Cobain's personality to the ambitious career musician who, as a friend said, "lunged for success", and the worldwide breakthrough of Nirvana's Nevermind, Sandford also writes about Cobain's stormy marriage to Courtney Love, his heroin ... Read more

    $2.99 USD