Billy’s Back! shows how William Shepherd ("Billy Shears") replaced Paul McCartney in The Beatles, revealing exactly how he went from being "Billy Pepper" of Billy Pepper and the Pepper Pots, to The Beatles' new "Sgt. Pepper" of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.You will learn why Paul expected to die for the band, how, when, and why Paul and William each prepared for the switch, how the change occurred, and how the newcomer immediately took creative control of the band from Joh...

Beatles Enlightenment builds on Billy's Back!, but takes you deeper psychologically, not only exposing the "Paul is Dead" meanings in "Let It Be," "Within You and Without You," “Across the Universe,” and “The Long and Winding Road,” but also revealing the emotional anguish and ultimate spiritual breakthroughs behind these and other songs.This book contains selections from The Memoirs of Billy Shears that are too philosophical, or spiritually esoteric, for the general readership of ...

The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky's magnum opus.

If you wanted a picture of the life of Elvis Presley, who better to paint it for you than someone who worked as his trusted cook and maid at Graceland? Someone whose daily tasks centered around keeping the King of Rock & Roll happy, whose every move was designed to please the greatest music legend the entertainment world has ever known. Here is that picture, as painted by Nancy Rooks. Nancy worked for Elvis from 1967 until his untimely death in 1977. Read her stories of what those years we...

THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL OF JESUS THE CHRISTBy Levi H. Dowling"This book is an extensive reworking of the Jesus story with strong Theosophical and Spiritualist influences. Of interest is the attempt to fill in the two decade gap in the Jesus's traditional biography. According to Dowling, Jesus spent a lot of time in the mystical East where he learned esoteric methods from the masters, while rebelling against the caste system. The narrative, unfortunately, has numerous histor...

New York Times Bestseller: The oral history of the legendary rockers written with the band's participation.Foreword by Butch TrucksAfterword by JaimoeWith New Material—Behind the Scenes of The Allman Brothers' Final DaysFor more than two decades, Alan Paul has covered and written about The Allman Brothers Band, conducting hundreds of interviews, riding the buses wi...

A Rock and Roll Hall of Famer's Unflinching Tale of Drumming, Dreams, and DrugsIn Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Grateful Dead, Bill Kreutzmann, a founding member and drummer of the legendary American rock band, offers a wild, no-holds-barred account of his life and times with the Grateful Dead. For thirty years, beginning in San Francisco's hippie scene in 1965, Kreutzmann was at the heart of the Grateful Dead's incredible ...

A practical guide to Dr. John Dee’s angelic magic• Contains instructions for performing Enochian magic meditations• Examines John Dee’s original diaries from the British LibraryEnochian magic is a powerful, ancient system for opening portals to heavenly realms and enabling the ascent to God. The basis for many of the modern systems of magic, including the Golden Dawn, Enochian magic is named after the biblical prophet Enoch, who received the same knowledge and wisdo...

Fito de la Parra's unfiltered memoir pulls you inside the wild rise and unraveling of Canned Heat, a band that lived as hard as it played. Living the Blues is a firsthand account of the music, the chaos, and the price of survival--from breakthrough tours and legendary recording sessions to addiction, arrests, broken friendships, and the constant pressure to keep the show going. With vivid detail and dark humor, de la Parra recounts life on the road with Alan Wilson, Bob Hite, Henry Vestine...

"I am about to tell you a most unusual story, a chronicle of something that happened to me while I was living on the flank of an active volcano on the island of Hawai'i. I'm a scientist. I mention this because I do not feel that I was in any way predisposed for what was about to occur. In fact, my scientific training would seem to have preprogrammed me against such an experience." -- From SpiritwalkerThe astonishing true story of an anthropologist's quest into a s...

An unforgettable history of the 'fifth' member of Led Zeppelin and the toughest rock manager of them all. Chris Welch separates fact from myth and uncovers his complete story from childhood in war torn London to becoming a bouncer doorman and wrestler and helping turn Zep into rocks biggest attraction of the 70s. Paperback edition.

The definitive biography of the Smiths, one of the most beloved, respected, and storied indie rock bands in music history.“[Tony] Fletcher . . . combines original interviews with quotes and anecdotes from the vast paper trail of the British music press to piece together this enigmatic band’s rise and fall in obsessive detail.”—Boston GlobeThey were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Hailing from Manchester, England, T...