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Lennon, John

Summary: John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible. Whether he was experimenting with LSD, Transcendental Meditation, primal therapy, macrobiotic diets, or recording techniques, the public was on board every step of the way. He spoke candidly about his intense,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN LEN

Stark, Steven D.

Summary: The band that changed popular culture forever has become so shrouded in cultural mythology that it is difficult today to really understand how or why. Stark puts their impact into perspective by revealing both the personal details and the larger events, examining the ways in which the Beatles' own lives were inextricably tied to the cultural, youth, and gender revolutions they helped create and...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 STA

Thomson, Graeme

Summary: As a Beatle, Harrison underwent a bewilderingly compressed early adulthood, buffeted by unprecedented levels of fame and success. The notoriously shy performer mostly ceded the spotlight to his more flamboyant bandmates John, Paul, and Ringo, but after the band’s breakup, Harrison charted a new path all his own. In this elegant, in-depth biography, renowned music journalist Graeme Thomson...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, GEORGE THO

Norman, Philip

Summary: "Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARRISON, GEORGE NOR

Spitz, Bob.

Summary: Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. The Beatles legend smoothed the rough edges and filled in the fault lines, and for more than forty years this manicured version of the Beatles story has sustained as truth--until now. This biography is the product of almost a decade of research, hundreds of unprecedented interviews, and the discovery of scores of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 SPI

Kane, Larry

Summary: A veteran news anchor who traveled with the Beatles on their first American tours describes the legendary band's rise to the top from their early days in Liverpool and Hamburg with original drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Running Press 2013

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.6 KAN

Brown, Craig

Summary: Draws on previously unexamined lore and celebrity testimony in a kaleidoscopic group portrait of the Fab Four that reveals lesser-known examples of their indelible and enduring cultural impact.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 BRO

Riley, Tim

Summary: The author, a music historian and journalist writes a biography that challenges many popular assumptions about Lennon's life, from his widely misunderstood 'Working Class Hero' origins to his epic romance with Yoko Ono. Also critic for NPR he takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. He portrays Lennon's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN RIL

McCartney, Paul

Summary: Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023

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Summary: Created in cooperation with the surviving Beatles and Yoko Ono, this anthology of personal memorabilia, documents, photographs, and other items from personal archives chronicles the band's Liverpool origins, rise to fame, and breakup.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2000

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 781.66 BEA

Kane, Larry

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Publisher / Publication Date: Running 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LENNON, JOHN KAN

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