Rakuten Kobo

Skip side bar filters

Living on a Thin Line

The 'Heartfelt and Hilarious' Autobiography

by Dave Davies ...

The no-holds-barred memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies'This powerful tell-all from the Kinks guitarist puts the spotlight on his own bad behaviour, dalliances with the occult and his recovery from a stroke.' - Observer'Heartfelt, hilarious, revealing, insightful and astonishingly candid. Boy, you really got me Dave. I can't wait to read it again.' - Mark Hamill'BOOK OF THE DAY'... ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

The no-holds-barred memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave Davies'This powerful tell-all from the Kinks guitarist puts the spotlight on his own bad behaviour, dalliances with the occult and his recovery from a stroke.' - Observer'Heartfelt, hilarious, revealing, insightful and astonishingly candid. Boy, you really got me Dave. I can't wait to read it again.' - Mark Hamill'BOOK OF THE DAY'...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Audiobook

Living on a Thin Line

The 'Heartfelt and Hilarious' Autobiography

by Dave Davies ...

Narrated by Ben Cartwright ...

Unabridged

11 hours 16 min

The all new, must-read memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave DaviesDave Davies is the co-founder and lead guitarist of epoch-defining band the Kinks, a group with fifty million record sales to their name. In his autobiography, Davies revisits the glory days of the band that spawned so much extraordinary music, and which had such a profound influence on bands from The Clash and Van Halen to ... Read more

$27.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

The all new, must-read memoir by legendary Kinks guitarist Dave DaviesDave Davies is the co-founder and lead guitarist of epoch-defining band the Kinks, a group with fifty million record sales to their name. In his autobiography, Davies revisits the glory days of the band that spawned so much extraordinary music, and which had such a profound influence on bands from The Clash and Van Halen to
... Read more

Also available as: eBook

Audiobook

Exit Stage Left

The curious afterlife of pop stars

by Nick Duerden ...

Narrated by Matt Bates ...

Unabridged

11 hours 38 min

'Exit Stage Left is the book I've long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom - and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star's bittersweet lot - the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom, followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows - is represented with flair and empathy.' - Pete Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

'Exit Stage Left is the book I've long wanted to read about the PTSD-like after-effects of pop stardom - and Nick Duerden is the perfect writer for the job. The pop star's bittersweet lot - the mass adoration that comes with pop stardom, followed by the bathetic comedown of what inevitably follows - is represented with flair and empathy.' - Pete Paphides, author of Broken Greek'Fame is the
... Read more

Also available as: eBook
Exit Stage Left

The curious afterlife of pop stars

by Nick Duerden ...

**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022****INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH****GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY****FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK**'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into dem... ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

**A SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN & TELEGRAPH MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022****INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE MONTH****GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY****FINANCIAL TIMES 'BEST SUMMER BOOKS 2022' PICK**'Incredibly moving.' - Guardian'Entertaining.' - Telegraph'Most books about pop stars focus on the way we turn average human beings into dem...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
X-Ray

The Unauthorized Autobiography

by Ray Davies ...

"Like his songs, Davies's book is alternately poignant, funny, and bawdy . . . indispensable for Kinks fans and recommended for anyone interested in 1960s pop music." — Library JournalThis subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography is ingeniously styled as a biography, written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Like his songs, Davies's book is alternately poignant, funny, and bawdy . . . indispensable for Kinks fans and recommended for anyone interested in 1960s pop music." — Library JournalThis subversively brilliant, one-of-a-kind rock autobiography is ingeniously styled as a biography, written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence
... Read more
Hollywood: The Oral History

by Jeanine Basinger, Sam Wasson ...

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh oral history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique, ... Read more

$15.99 USD

The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh oral history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique,
... Read more
The Conspiracy to End America

Five Ways My Old Party Is Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy

by Stuart Stevens ...

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement ... Read more

$17.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

Lincoln Project adviser and bestselling author of It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens offers an ominous warning that the GOP is dragging our country toward autocracy—and if we don’t wake up to the crisis in our system, 2024 may well have been our last free and fair election.Today’s Republican party is not a “normal” political party in the American tradition. It has become an autocratic movement
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
The Theory of Everything Else

A Voyage Into the World of the Weird

by Dan Schreiber ...

"A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." —Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." —Chicago TribuneA collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber.<p... ... Read more

Was $11.99 USD Now $1.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

"A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." —Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." —Chicago TribuneA collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber.<p...
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

by Leah Elson MS, MPH ...

Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?In ... Read more

$8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: Audiobook

Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?In
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Verse, Chorus, Monster!

by Graham Coxon ...

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation - but it wasn't always easy.Graham grew up as an Army kid, moving frequently in his early years from West Germany to Derbyshire and Winchester before settling in Colchester, Essex. A shy child, he had a thing for ... Read more

$12.79 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation - but it wasn't always easy.Graham grew up as an Army kid, moving frequently in his early years from West Germany to Derbyshire and Winchester before settling in Colchester, Essex. A shy child, he had a thing for
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages

by Dan Jones ...

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
Good Pop, Bad Pop

The Sunday Times bestselling hit music memoir

by Jarvis Cocker ...

The Sunday Times bestselling hit memoir from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.'It's real gold... its storytelling first class' Sunday TimesWhat if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker ... Read more

$14.59 USD

Also available as: Audiobook

The Sunday Times bestselling hit memoir from Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.'It's real gold... its storytelling first class' Sunday TimesWhat if the things we keep hidden say more about us than those we put on display?We all have a random collection of the things that made us - photos, tickets, clothes, souvenirs, stuffed in a box, packed in a suitcase, crammed into a drawer. When Jarvis Cocker
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook

Rakuten Kobo

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

What is Kobo Super Points?

Reward Yourself

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“dave davies”

Living on a Thin Line

Living on a Thin Line

People who read these also enjoyed

Exit Stage Left

Exit Stage Left

X-Ray

Hollywood: The Oral History

The Conspiracy to End America

The Theory of Everything Else

There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

Verse, Chorus, Monster!

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

Good Pop, Bad Pop

eReaders

Apps

Accessories

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Your Shopping Cart is empty

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Available:

1 audiobook monthly

+ FREE 30-day trial

Recommended For You

“dave davies”

Show:

People who read these also enjoyed