From his success with the Beach Boys to battles with his personal demons, Brian's first person account of his life, his struggles and triumphs, delves deep into his musical and emotional life, as he talks for the first time about his relationship with his abusive father and his passive mother; his alienation as a teenager; and his struggles to lead the Beach Boys away from surf music into groundbreaking experimental music.

Wonder Woman must protect mankind from the warfare of the Gods spilling over into the mortal world.

For 40 years the creator of science fiction's most eloquent visions of tomorrow, Brian Aldiss has turned his distinctive conviction and clarity of thought to a subject no less vivid, strident or fascinating - the making of his own life. Poignantly and passionately, he recalls the cameraderie of the army and the sobriety of post-war England; bookselling in Oxford; marital breakdown and financial impoverishment; life as a struggling novelist and literary...

This new, revised edition of 'Hot Wired Guitar' brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the world with Beach Boy Brian Wilson and the 2014 release of Jeff's latest solo disc. The definitive account of Jeff Beck's journey from his childhood in 1940s South London to the world-wide success of 2010's album Emotion and Commotion and beyond. Author...