The former Beach Boy discusses his meteoric rise to superstardom, his breakdown and recovery, the birth of his band, his bouts with drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness, and his relationship with Dr. Eugene Landy

Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Brian Wilson

Arts & Literature

HarperCollins, Publishers

Christianity (Religions of the World)

Routledge

Wouldn't it be Nice: My Own Story

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Brian Wilson was the creative genius behind The Beach Boys. He turned a suburban California garage into a group that took the world by storm, with the sound of his songs, the sound capturing the laid-back, sunny Southern California lifestyle. But the cheerful image belied what was really going on. This autobiography describes Wilson's 20-year nightmare of drug addiction, alcoholism, obesity and mental illness. He spent three years alone in his room. He lost his family, and he nearly lost his life. It is a frank discussion of what destroyed his life and of the controversial forces which helped to save it.

Wouldn't It Be Nice : My Own Story

BLOOMSBURY

This selection of Indian recipes will fill your kitchen with appetizing aromas and enticing flavors. Indian cuisine is presented with step-by-step instructions, photographs of key stages of preparation and helpful tips to help you create the finest Indian food. There are recipes for soups, appetizers, meat, fish, vegetarian courses and delightful desserts. This cookbook has a covered spiral binding which allows the book to open flat to the recipe of your choice.

The Best Ever Indian Recipes

Parragon

Started in the '60s, this album was considered the lost masterpiece of the Beach Boys until Wilson finally released it in 2004. Includes the Grammy-winning song Mrs. O'Leary's Cow plus: Roll Plymouth Rock * Cabin Essence * Surf's Up * Good Vibrations * and more.

Brian Wilson Smile: The Album, The Legand, Lyrics

Van Dyke Parks

IBooks

I Am Brian Wilson: The genius behind the Beach Boys

As a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded, forever expanding the possibilities of pop songwriting. Derailed in the 1970s by mental illness, drug use, and the shifting fortunes of the band, Wilson came back again and again over the next few decades, surviving and--finally--thriving. Now he weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows. Whether he's talking about his childhood, his bandmates, or his own inner demons, Wilson's story, told in his own voice and in his own way, unforgettably illuminates the man behind the music, working through the turbulence and discord to achieve, at last, a new harmony.

Coronet Books

The New York Times bestsellerAs a cofounding member of the Beach Boys in the 1960s, Wilson created some of the most groundbreaking and timeless popular music ever recorded, forever expanding the possibilities of pop songwriting. Derailed in the 1970s by mental illness, drug use, and the shifting fortunes of the band, Wilson came back again and again over the next few decades, surviving and--finally--thriving. Now he weighs in on the sources of his creative inspiration and on his struggles, the exhilarating highs and the debilitating lows. Whether he's talking about his childhood, his bandmates, or his own inner demons, Wilson's story, told in his own voice and in his own way, unforgettably illuminates the man behind the music, working through the turbulence and discord to achieve, at last, a new harmony.

Coronet

"Dances with Waves" has all the ingredients of a great adventure - danger, high drama, narrow escapes, bizarre encounters. On Brian Wilson's solo 1200-mile voyage around the coast of Ireland, his little kayak is lashed by the tail-wind of Hurricane Gusta, bombarded by the incontinent gannets of the Skelligs, and almost run down by a ghost galleon off Mizen Head. Sherkin Island pirates kidnap him for ransom, his boat is claimed as wreckage by the beachcombers of Connemara, and he receives an ecstatic welcome from Fungi, the Dingle Dolphin. Add to this diversions into sea-lore, local legend, music and history and you have a yarn that will entertain landlubbers and sailors alike.

Dances with Waves

Sports & Outdoors

Two Ravens Press

Alone in his tiny kayak, Brian Wilson sets off on an 1800-mile odyssey around Scotland's grand cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, fearsome sea passages and Hebridean islands. He discovers a world of sea-level adventure, and in the process takes a good look at Scottish identity from a unique and fascinating perspective. Sometimes harrowing, frequently philosophical, often hilarious, this book will appeal to all lovers of the coast and its endlessly varied characters, wildlife and lore. Adventure is there aplenty as he battles with whirlpools, heavy seas and hypothermia, streaks naked in front of Lady Diana, and survives a close encounter with a killer whale.The narrative is brim-full of history and folklore, disasters at sea, haunted bothies and the exploits of Celtic Saints, Viking raiders and mermaids. It is inhabited by larger-than-life characters like Tex Geddes the shark hunter, Dr. Stan the cave-dweller, and a whole camp of homosexual gold panners. It is also a perceptive commenta

Blazing Paddles: A Scottish Coastal Odyssey 3rd edition by Wilson, Brian (2008) Paperback

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Wouldn't It Be Nice: My Own Story

Christianity (Religions of the World)

Wouldn't it be Nice: My Own Story

Wouldn't It Be Nice : My Own Story

The Best Ever Indian Recipes

Brian Wilson Smile: The Album, The Legand, Lyrics

I Am Brian Wilson: The genius behind the Beach Boys

I Am Brian Wilson: The genius behind the Beach Boys

Dances with Waves

Blazing Paddles: A Scottish Coastal Odyssey 3rd edition by Wilson, Brian (2008) Paperback