This is the story of Melody Paradise. You'll like her - everybody does. Women aspire to be like her and men fall in love with her. Melody is kind, spiritual and very beautiful. She's also on a mission... and nothing is going to stand in her way. The traveling community to which she belongs has become horribly fragmented by a series of mysterious and chaotic happenings. Her mission is to reunite them. She organises a festival as the perfect vehicle to bring them together, during which an amazing story unfolds, often funny, sometimes sad, always compelling... and with a twist in the tail. Through the words and eyes of Martin Millar, the reluctant guest novelist at Melody's festival, we become privileged observers of a world that most of us would struggle to even imagine.

Love & Peace with Melody Paradise

Literature & Fiction

Millar, Martin

Contemporary

Independent Music Pr Ltd

Part bizarre quest, part travelogue, part fiction, this is a tale of Amazonian drugs, prophetic dreams and adventurous treks through Egypt, Rajastan and Northern India. Based on the author's own experiences it takes the reader on a kaleidoscope trip of crystals, free love and Nirvana.

The Techno-Pagan Octopus Messiah

Winn, Ian

A backward child brought up by his Aunt Nalda in strange seclusion, the narrator of this tale lives his life between fantasy and reality. His aunt tells him fantastic stories, and he believes that his father was a jewel thief who, whilst fleeing from the law, fed his fragile baby a rare diamond.

Nalda Said

David, Stuart

The first biography of one of modern rock's most influential figures. Emerging from the morass of suicide and potent musical legacy that was Nirvana, the Foo Fighters established themselves - against all odds - as one of the most popular rock bands in the world.

Dave Grohl: Foo Fighters, Nirvana and Other Misadventures

James, Martin

Humor & Entertainment

Bands such as Oasis, Nirvana and The Sex Pistols have all claimed to be influenced by Mott the Hoople. Ian Hunter's revealing tour diary was first published in 1974 to coincide with the band's global success. It gives an insight into life with a rock group on the road.

Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star: Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople

Biographies & Memoirs

Hunter, Ian

Arts & Literature

Formed from the fringes of juvenile criminality in Swinton in 1984, Happy Mondays established themselves, not so much as a band in the traditional sense, but as a swirling vortex of wild hedonism. Fuelled by endless tales of petty thievery, drug dealing, pill popping skag smoking, car smashing, purse nabbing, liberty taking and rogue-ish near anarchy, Happy Mondays careered uncontrollably through the heart of the late eighties Madchester rave scene before finally imploding in spectacular fashion.
Shaun Ryder chronicles this story and details how, from the ashes of the Mondays, self-confessed heroin addict and ex-postman, Shaun Ryder defied all the odds to emerge triumphant as the front man of Black Grape, arguably the only band fulfilling the potential laid down by their flawed predecessors.

Shaun Ryder: Happy Mondays, Black Grape & Other Traumas

Middles, Mick

In 1978, Sean Mayes toured the world with David Bowie. Here for the first time, Sean’s tour diary is presented -- a blow-by-blow record of how it felt to be part of a real rock circus. Includes a full tour chronology and previously unpublished photos.

Life on Tour With David Bowie: We Can Be Heroes

Mayes, Sean

Part of the current renaissance in Welsh rock music, the Stereophonics have already had a number one album and pushing for fame in America. This book tells the story of the band''s rise to fame.'

Stereophonics: High Times and Head Lines

Black, Mike

This unauthorized biography of the group that Melody Maker have called the biggest band in Britain provides a detailed, in-depth account of Travis' career to date including their life on the road trawling the underground gig circuit until they finally found fame.

Closer Every Year : The Story of Travis

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