The Beatles A Hard Day's Night


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In March of 1964 director Richard Lester began shooting A Hard Day's Night, a black-and-white feature film starring the Beatles. With slapstick humor and a fantastic soundtrack, the movie imagines the excitement and chaos of thirty-six hours in the life of the Fab Four, and stars John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, with Wilfrid Brambell portraying McCartney's grandfather. The Making of A Hard Day's Night is a collection of photographs and rare ephemera that documents the band on set and behind the scenes. This private archive captures the infectious energy and anarchic spirit of this groundbreaking film. An authoritative essay and lively captions by Beatles’ historian Mark Lewisohn provide context and explores its impact and enduring legacy.







The Songs of John Lennon


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(Berklee Press). An essential guide for all songwriters and Beatles fans, this book explores John Lennon's songwriting genius with a guided tour through 25 of his Beatles-era hits. Author John Stevens explains Lennon's intuitive talent from a technical point of view, through the lens of songwriting's three basic elements: melody, harmony and lyric. He shows how Lennon fashioned songs that were at once politically and socially relevant during the '60s, yet remain ageless and timeless today. Features in-depth musical analysis of: A Hard Day's Night * Ticket to Ride * Norwegian Wood * Strawberry Fields Forever * Come Together * and more. John Stevens is a songwriting professor at Berklee College of Music. For more than 20 years, he has taught "The Music of John Lennon," one of the most popular courses in the Berklee curriculum. "You've got the Beatles' records and the John Lennon records; now with this book, you can have the Owner's Manual. This will tell you how the songs are built and how they work. Good stuff." Marshall Crenshaw, Singer/Songwriter




Hard Day's Knight


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The USA Today bestselling author of Men in Kilts and The Corset Diaries goes medieval. At a modern-day Renaissance faire, one woman is about to meet her knight in tarnished armor.




A Hard Day's Night Searcher


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Previously published in the anthologies My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding and Dark Bites, Sherrilyn Kenyon's A Hard Day's Night Searcher is now available as a standalone e-novella! As a Dark-Hunter and an immortal pirate who once intimidated the entire Spanish Main, Rafael Santiago thinks he has it made. Until his Squire writes a story that threatens to expose their covert world and Celena shows up to kill him for the story. In order to protect his Squire, he is now forced to endure Celena who is the greatest aggravation of his life. Celena, for all her bluster, only wants what’s best for all Dark-Hunters, but there’s something about Rafael that makes her want to forsake her deepest held oath. That is if her well intentions don't kill him first.




The Complete Beatles Songs


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In The Complete Beatles Songs, Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy. This beautifully packaged book examines every Beatles-penned song and the inspiration behind them all; with fresh research and packed with new information, there are revelations aplenty. The book covers the Fab Four's entire output chapter by chapter and includes a complete set of printed lyrics to accompany each song, used with exclusive permission from the band's music publishers. Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Who was 'Lady Madonna'? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What inspired 'Happiness is a Warm Gun'? Why was Paul the 'walrus' and what inspired the lyrics to Ringo's 'Octopus's Garden'?




The Gospel According to the Beatles


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The spiritual journey of the Beatles from fun-loving agnostics to drug-inspired mystics.




A Hard Day's Write


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Dean Rhodes was the pop music writer for The Phoenix Gazette in Arizona from 1989 to 1994. During that time, he talked with a bevy of musicians and singers, including Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Stevie Nicks, Tony Bennett, Paul Simon, Liz Story and even Michaelangelo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A Hard Day's Write includes those interviews, as well as his entertaining memories of talking with musicians, attending numerous concerts and receiving tons of music for free.




The Beatles


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Based on Steve Turner's highly acclaimed A Hard Day's Write, which has sold over 300,000 copies around the world, this Stories Behind the Songs Volume covers the Beatles' entire recording career. Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What was the inspiration for 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds'? Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating the events immortalised in the songs that took four boys from Liverpool to the top of the charts around the world. From their first hit, 'Love Me Do' and first album, Please Please Me, this is the story behind every Beatles song, including the Live At The BBC and Anthology 1-3 albums, providing a comprehensive and hugely entertaining insight into the music of the world's most influential band.




A Hard Day's Write


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