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The paperback edition of the bestselling biography. The Kinks are the quintessential British sixties band, revered for an incredible series of classic songs ('You Really Got Me', 'Waterloo Sunset' and 'Lola' to name but a few) and critically acclaimed albums (The Village Green Preservation Society). Featuring original interviews with key band members Ray Davies, his brother Dave and Mick Avory, as well as Chrissie Hynde and many others close to the group, every stage of their career is covered in fascinating detail: the hits, the American successes of the 1970s and the legendary band in-fighting. Nearly 50 years after they formed, The Kinks influence is still being felt today as strongly as ever.

The best-selling biography of Eminem - now fully updatedAn unflinching account of rapper Marshall Mathers' rise to fame from his native Detroit to worldwide superstardom and on to his latest globally chart-topping album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).Laying bare Eminem's relationship with his mother, his teenage soulmate Kim Scott, and his friendship with Dr. Dre, The Dark Story of Eminem also investigates the violent death of his best friend, talks to the makers of 8 Mile, and covers his near-fatal addiction during a four-year disappearance from public view and triumphant comeback with the huge hit album Recovery.Bringing the story up to date, Nick Hasted finds the newly straightedge sober star obsessively focused on making fresh music, resulting in five albums which are examined in unprecedented detail. And while Eminem's unlikely new guise as a wise American elder in tumultuous times finds him attacking Donald Trump and America's gun laws, and embracing Black Lives Matter, his anti-conscience Shady's provocation and mayhem continues, a contradiction brought to a head with the album The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce).