New Releases by Barry Miles

At the beginning of the sixties Barry Miles was at art school in Cheltenham; at the end he was running the Beatles'' Zapple label and living in New York''s legendary Chelsea Hotel. This is the story of what happened in between. In the Sixties is a memoir by one of the key figures of the British counterculture. A friend of Ginsberg and Corso, Miles helped to organise the 1965 Albert Hall poetry reading. He co-founded and ran the Indica Bookshop, the command centre for the London underground scene, and he published Europe''s first underground newspaper, International Times (IT), from Indica''s basement. Miles'' partners in Indica were John Dunbar, then married to Marianne Faithfull, and Peter Asher. Through Asher, Miles became closely involved with the Beatles, particularly Paul McCartney, and In the Sixties is full of intimate glimpses of the Beatles at work and play. Other musicians who appear in its pages include the Rolling Stones, the Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen and Frank Zappa. But Miles'' greatest love is for the written word and his book includes memorable portraits of Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Charles Olson, Richard Brautigan and Charles Bukowski. This is the book that ever

Originally published: London: Virgin, 1992.

An updated paperback edition of the hardback best-seller. A fascinating and meticulous piece of Beatles scholarship.

The Beat Hotel is a delightful chronicle of a remarkable moment in American literary history. From the Howl obscenity trial to the invention of the cut-up technique, Barry Miles''s extraordinary narrative chronicles the feast of ideas that was Paris, where the Beats took awestruck audiences with Duchamp and Celine, and where some of their most important work came to fruition--Ginsberg''s "Kaddish" and "To Aunt Rose"; Corso''s The Happy Birthday of Death; and Burroughs''s Naked Lunch. Based on firsthand accounts from diaries, letters, and many original interviews, The Beat Hotel is an intimate look at an era of spirit, dreams, and genius.

S''appuyant sur des témoignages précis des amis de Kerouac et sur une appréciation critique de l''oeuvre de la tête de file du mouvement beat, l''auteur offre un portrait contrasté d''un homme à la dérive, écrivain génial ou clochard céleste.

A definitive, authorized portrait of Paul McCartney draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews and access to personal archives to chronicle the private life and successful career of one of the world''s most famous musicians, the world of the Beatles, his partnership with John Lennon, and more.

The Beatles: A Diary is an exceptional reference work. Itâs all here: the quarrels, the sex, the drugs, and the rock and roll.

A biography of the influential American beatnik novelist, charting both his life and legacy. Miles considers the continuing appeal of Kerouac, his iconic status, the cult of On the Road, and the influence he has had on popular culture.

A guide to the Rolling Stones which traces their career from 1960 to the present day. It covers the drug busts of the 1960s, the death of Brian Jones, and the departure of Bill Wyman. This book also features a month-by-month diary, comprising all important events shaping their 30-year career.

In part thanks to early friendships with renegades such as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and William Burroughs, and his publication of the electrifying and brilliant "Howl," Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. Following Ginsberg''s death in 1997, Barry Miles, drawing both on his long friendship with the poet and on Ginsberg''s journals and correspondence, thoroughly updated and revised his immensely readable account of one of the 20th century''s most extraordinary poets.

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Presents interesting facts about origins, development, and people of the rock culture in America and abroad