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Title: Neil Diamond – The Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Laura Jackson
Neil Diamond, the biography provides a defininte insight into one of the most enduring, creative and prolific singer-songwriters of this generation, exploring the complex man behind the glittering legend.                                                                                                                                                                                    Large  Paperback ,  Published by Piatkus Books 2004. Good condition (ex library copy).

Title: A Salute to Irving Berlin
Genre: Biography
Author: Michael Freedland
This is the story of a great man and his music.  Irving Berlin was born in Siberia and taken to America by his parents at the age of four. The lyrics of his first song were scribbled on his cuff while he served beer to patrons on The Bowery in New York and he had his first big hit before he was twenty.  He went on to write magical tunes such as Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Easter Parade, There’s no Business like Show Business and White Christmas.  He revolutionsed the popular song and was decorated by his President for writing God Bless America. Yet the man who wrote 3000 songs has never learnt how to read a note of music or play a piano that hasn’t been fitted with a special lever that changes key for him automatically.  Irving Berlin has remained intense, shy and introspective, he has survived personal tragedy, fought snobbery, eloped with an heiress, tussled with moments of extreme depression, yet always remained what he essentially is, a great songwriter.                                                                                                                                                                      Large Hardcover ,  Published by Mackays of Chatham 1986. Very Good condition.

Title: Dingo – The Story of our Mob
Genre: Biography
Author: Sally Dingo
Emerging from her middle-class existence in a sleepy Tasmanian town a young white woman marries a charismatic actor and the tubulent Dingo tribe. Lovingly embraced by her new Aboriginal family, they begin to yarn and she begins to write their stories down. From the unique perspective of Sally Dingo, the widpella (whitefella) and wife of actor Ernie Dingo, this moving family saga is full of life, death, laughter, violence, struggle, children, poverty, alcohol, and eventually success.                                                                                                                                                                                      Large  Hardcover ,  Published by Random House 1997. Good condition (some age spots).

Title: Tom Cruise – An Unauthorized Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Andrew Morton
Everyone knows Tom Cruise – or at least what he wants us to know.  We know he overcame a difficult childhood to star in an astonishing array of blockbusters. After that the picture becomes a little less clear. For two years, award winning biographer Andrew Morton has been tirelessly seeking out everyone from former teachers and girlfriends to Scientology insiders to friends who have watched a once-bullied “nothing special” outsider transform into an icon Forbes has called the most powerful celebrity in the world. Here, with never-seen photos and never-heard revelations, is a riveting, sometimes shocking portrait of the real Tom Cruise, his work, his love life, his marriages, his religion..                                                                                                                                                                                    Large Hardcover ,  Published 2008. Good condition (shows ex library stamp and repair to one section of binding).

Title: Alban Berg – The Biography
Genre: Biography
Author: Karen Monson
Alban Berg was the one of a few members of the Viennese School of composers to achieve success in his lifetime. Thanks to a wealth of research, Karen Monson has been able to give a more detailed analysis of his music, and a more penetrating picture of his private life, than has previously been possible.                                                                                                                                                                                  Large Hardcover ,  Published by MacDonald General Books 1980. Average condition (ex library).

Title: Alban Berg – The Man and the Work
Genre: Biography
Author: Mosco Carner
Alban Berg (1885-1935) two operas Wozzeck and Lulu, his Violin Concerto and his Lyric Suite are now established as modern classics.  In this book, Dr. Carner follows his biography with a close analysis of Berg’s works one by one, emphasising the perfect equilibrium between the composer’s lyrical and dramatic instincts in his operas and songs, and the assured sense of form and organisation in his instrumental work.                                                                                                                                                                                   Large Hardcover ,  Published by Gerald Duckworth 1975. Average condition (ex library).