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Artist Biography

The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
by Amanda Palmer • 2014
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
3.92
37k+
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help Summary
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help 90%
Fans gave her couches, food, then $1.2 million. The one rule: treat help as collaboration.
by Amanda Palmer 2014
3.92
37k+ ratings
🎤 Artist Memoirs✨ Creativity Guides💔 Vulnerability In Art
Shakey
by Jimmy McDonough • 2002
His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.
4.09
8k+
🧑‍🎤 Rock History🎸 Singer-Songwriters🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene
Shakey Summary
Shakey 90%
His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.
by Jimmy McDonough 2002
4.09
8k+ ratings
🧑‍🎤 Rock History🎸 Singer-Songwriters🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene
Frida
by Hayden Herrera • 1983
Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.
4.02
76k+
📚 Artist Biographies🎨 Mexican Modernism🖼️ Self-Portraiture
Frida Summary
Frida 90%
Two hundred self-portraits, one body in revolt. Frida Kahlo turned a lifetime of surgeries into art.
by Hayden Herrera 1983
4.02
76k+ ratings
📚 Artist Biographies🎨 Mexican Modernism🖼️ Self-Portraiture
Lives of the Artists
by Calvin Tomkins • 2008
When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.
4.10
586
🎨 Contemporary Art✍️ Art Criticism💰 Art And Commerce
Lives of the Artists Summary
Lives of the Artists 90%
When art has no fixed rules, the artist's life becomes the work. Ten portraits.
by Calvin Tomkins 2008
4.10
586 ratings
🎨 Contemporary Art✍️ Art Criticism💰 Art And Commerce
Becoming Leonardo
by Mike Lankford • 2017
Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.
4.00
320
🏛️ Italian Renaissance🧠 Psychobiography✍️ Creative Process
Becoming Leonardo Summary
Becoming Leonardo 90%
Illegitimate, arrested, haunted by brutality: the wounds behind Leonardo da Vinci's genius.
by Mike Lankford 2017
4.00
320 ratings
🏛️ Italian Renaissance🧠 Psychobiography✍️ Creative Process
A Boy Named Shel
by Lisa Rogak • 2007
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
3.42
572
📚 Children'S Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process
A Boy Named Shel Summary
A Boy Named Shel 89%
He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.
by Lisa Rogak 2007
3.42
572 ratings
📚 Children'S Authors🎵 Songwriters✏️ Creative Process
Rick Rubin
by Jake Brown • 2009
A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.
3.53
282
🎛️ Music Production🎤 Hip Hop History🎵 Music Industry
Rick Rubin Summary
Rick Rubin 89%
A dorm-room label, Slayer, Johnny Cash: one producer's philosophy of removal over addition.
by Jake Brown 2009
3.53
282 ratings
🎛️ Music Production🎤 Hip Hop History🎵 Music Industry
There's No Going Back
by David M. Stewart • 2025
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
3.76
21
🎬 Independent Cinema🎥 Director Biographies🎵 Music In Film
There's No Going Back Summary
There's No Going Back 89%
Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.
by David M. Stewart 2025
3.76
21 ratings
🎬 Independent Cinema🎥 Director Biographies🎵 Music In Film
David Bowie
by Dylan Jones • 2017
An oral history of David Bowie, built from 180 voices who watched the transformations up close.
4.04
2k+
🎸 Rock Biography🎙️ Oral History🔄 Artistic Reinvention
David Bowie Summary
David Bowie 89%
An oral history of David Bowie, built from 180 voices who watched the transformations up close.
by Dylan Jones 2017
4.04
2k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Biography🎙️ Oral History🔄 Artistic Reinvention
England's Mistress
by Kate Williams • 2006
A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.
3.91
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England👩‍🎨 Women'S Biography🎨 Artist'S Muse
England's Mistress Summary
England's Mistress 89%
A blacksmith's daughter invented a new kind of performance, won Nelson's heart, and lost everything.
by Kate Williams 2006
3.91
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Georgian England👩‍🎨 Women'S Biography🎨 Artist'S Muse
Glory Days
by Dave Marsh • 1987
The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.
3.78
387
🎤 Music Biographies📰 Rock Criticism🏭 Working Class Life
Glory Days Summary
Glory Days 89%
The contract was signed on a car hood. The battle to control his music nearly broke him.
by Dave Marsh 1987
3.78
387 ratings
🎤 Music Biographies📰 Rock Criticism🏭 Working Class Life
The Road Beneath My Feet
by Frank Turner • 2015
Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.
4.21
2k+
🎸 Music Memoir🚐 Diy Touring🎤 Touring Life
The Road Beneath My Feet Summary
The Road Beneath My Feet 89%
Band broke up. He went acoustic, slept on floors, and one tiny show at a time, headlined Wembley.
by Frank Turner 2015
4.21
2k+ ratings
🎸 Music Memoir🚐 Diy Touring🎤 Touring Life
Leonardo da Vinci
by Walter Isaacson • 2017
He learned optics for sunsets, anatomy for smiles. Leonardo drew no line between art and science.
4.18
131k+
🏛️ Renaissance Figures🎨 Art And Science Fusion👁️ Visual Thinking
Leonardo da Vinci Summary
Leonardo da Vinci 89%
He learned optics for sunsets, anatomy for smiles. Leonardo drew no line between art and science.
by Walter Isaacson 2017
4.18
131k+ ratings
🏛️ Renaissance Figures🎨 Art And Science Fusion👁️ Visual Thinking
Understanding John Lennon
by Francis Kenny • 2020
Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.
4.00
9
🎸 Music Biography🎵 Rock History💔 Childhood Trauma
Understanding John Lennon Summary
Understanding John Lennon 89%
Three forces made John Lennon, then broke him: Liverpool, a lost mother, and McCartney.
by Francis Kenny 2020
4.00
9 ratings
🎸 Music Biography🎵 Rock History💔 Childhood Trauma
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again
by Julia Cameron • 2016
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
4.12
1k+
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again Summary
It's Never Too Late to Begin Again 89%
A London workhouse boy invented the world's most famous character. Then the world demanded he speak.
by Julia Cameron 2016
4.12
1k+ ratings
🎞️ Silent Cinema🎭 Comedy Theory🎨 Creative Autonomy
Re-Sisters
by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
3.69
143
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters 89%
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022
3.69
143 ratings
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
Moonwalk
by Michael Jackson • 1988
A pop icon's craft rules: learn from masters, own your work, convert every snub into fuel.
4.34
7k+
🎵 Pop Music💿 Music Industry⭐ Celebrity Memoir
Moonwalk Summary
Moonwalk 89%
A pop icon's craft rules: learn from masters, own your work, convert every snub into fuel.
by Michael Jackson 1988
4.34
7k+ ratings
🎵 Pop Music💿 Music Industry⭐ Celebrity Memoir
Walt Disney
by Neal Gabler • 2006
The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.
4.07
12k+
🎞️ Animation History🎬 Hollywood Moguls🎯 Creative Perfectionism
Walt Disney Summary
Walt Disney 89%
The Disney empire: one haunted man's attempt to build a reality he could finally control.
by Neal Gabler 2006
4.07
12k+ ratings
🎞️ Animation History🎬 Hollywood Moguls🎯 Creative Perfectionism
Bowie's Bookshelf
by John O'Connell • 2019
Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.
3.73
2k+
🎸 Rock Music📖 Reading Lives🛣️ The Beat Generation
Bowie's Bookshelf Summary
Bowie's Bookshelf 89%
Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke, and 98 other books: the shelf that built David Bowie.
by John O'Connell 2019
3.73
2k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Music📖 Reading Lives🛣️ The Beat Generation
Deliver Me from Nowhere
by Warren Zanes • 2023
Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.
4.33
4k+
🎧 Album Making-Of🏠 Home Recording🧠 Creative Struggle
Deliver Me from Nowhere Summary
Deliver Me from Nowhere 88%
Why Bruce Springsteen's darkest album was a home demo he never meant to release.
by Warren Zanes 2023
4.33
4k+ ratings
🎧 Album Making-Of🏠 Home Recording🧠 Creative Struggle
Beethoven
by Edmund Morris • 2005
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
4.02
2k+
🎵 Classical Music🎼 Composer Biographies🔥 Artistic Obsession
Beethoven Summary
Beethoven 88%
A deaf composer whose life was chaos but whose music was perfect order: the Beethoven paradox.
by Edmund Morris 2005
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎵 Classical Music🎼 Composer Biographies🔥 Artistic Obsession
Our Noise
by John Cook • 2009
When the majors came knocking, Merge Records bet everything on handshakes and artistic freedom.
4.05
1k+
🎸 Indie Record Labels🎶 Indie Rock History🏗️ Diy Music Scenes
Our Noise Summary
Our Noise 88%
When the majors came knocking, Merge Records bet everything on handshakes and artistic freedom.
by John Cook 2009
4.05
1k+ ratings
🎸 Indie Record Labels🎶 Indie Rock History🏗️ Diy Music Scenes
Prince
by Ronin Ro • 2011
A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.
3.39
441
🎵 Music Biography💿 Record Industry🎨 Artistic Control
Prince Summary
Prince 88%
A million-dollar unknown deal, then 'slave' scrawled on his cheek: the war for artistic control.
by Ronin Ro 2011
3.39
441 ratings
🎵 Music Biography💿 Record Industry🎨 Artistic Control
Room to Dream
by David Lynch • 2018
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
4.39
9k+
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process
Room to Dream Summary
Room to Dream 88%
How a filmmaker built Eraserhead and Twin Peaks from dreams and meditation.
by David Lynch 2018
4.39
9k+ ratings
🎬 Auteur Filmmaking🖼️ Surrealism💡 Creative Process
Her Again
by Michael Schulman • 2016
A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.
3.62
3k+
🎭 Actor Biographies🏙️ New York Theater🎬 Hollywood History
Her Again Summary
Her Again 88%
A producer called her ugly in Italian at her first film audition. She understood every word.
by Michael Schulman 2016
3.62
3k+ ratings
🎭 Actor Biographies🏙️ New York Theater🎬 Hollywood History
This Is Gonna Hurt
by Nikki Sixx • 2011
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
4.17
5k+
🎸 Rock Memoirs📸 Music Photography🎨 Creative Process
This Is Gonna Hurt Summary
This Is Gonna Hurt 88%
Beauty in the broken: a rock icon's lens on music, photography, and creative imperfection.
by Nikki Sixx 2011
4.17
5k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Memoirs📸 Music Photography🎨 Creative Process
The Storyteller
by Dave Grohl • 2021
Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.
4.43
170k+
🎸 Rock Memoirs🔧 DIY Ethos💔 Grief And Loss
The Storyteller Summary
The Storyteller 88%
Iggy Pop called. He said yes. From punk basements to stadiums, a life in music.
by Dave Grohl 2021
4.43
170k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Memoirs🔧 DIY Ethos💔 Grief And Loss
One Train Later
by Andy Summers • 2006
A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.
4.04
1k+
🎸 Rock Guitarists🥁 Band Histories🎨 Creative Process
One Train Later Summary
One Train Later 88%
A missed train would have erased The Police. A life in the balance.
by Andy Summers 2006
4.04
1k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Guitarists🥁 Band Histories🎨 Creative Process
Michael Jackson, Inc.
by Zack O'Malley Greenburg • 2014
He bought the Beatles' catalog against all advice. It's now worth a billion dollars.
4.22
338
🎵 Music Business🎩 Music Moguls📜 Music Publishing
Michael Jackson, Inc. Summary
Michael Jackson, Inc. 88%
He bought the Beatles' catalog against all advice. It's now worth a billion dollars.
by Zack O'Malley Greenburg 2014
4.22
338 ratings
🎵 Music Business🎩 Music Moguls📜 Music Publishing
Look at Me!
by Jonathan Reiss • 2020
Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.
4.54
126
🎤 Hip Hop Biography🔪 True Crime Biography🎨 Troubled Artists
Look at Me! Summary
Look at Me! 88%
Murdered at 20, after becoming more famous in jail than most artists ever get outside it.
by Jonathan Reiss 2020
4.54
126 ratings
🎤 Hip Hop Biography🔪 True Crime Biography🎨 Troubled Artists
Elvis '68 Comeback
by Steve Binder • 2022
The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.
4.72
165
🎸 Rock And Roll History🎬 Behind The Scenes🎤 Music Business
Elvis '68 Comeback Summary
Elvis '68 Comeback 88%
The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.
by Steve Binder 2022
4.72
165 ratings
🎸 Rock And Roll History🎬 Behind The Scenes🎤 Music Business
I'll Never Write My Memoirs
by Grace Jones • 2015
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
3.76
2k+
🎤 Music Memoirs👗 Fashion And Style🦋 Self Invention
I'll Never Write My Memoirs Summary
I'll Never Write My Memoirs 88%
How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.
by Grace Jones 2015
3.76
2k+ ratings
🎤 Music Memoirs👗 Fashion And Style🦋 Self Invention
A Light So Lovely
by Sarah Arthur • 2018
Science and art both belonged inside faith for L'Engle. Her children say she rewrote their lives.
4.09
930
🖋️ Literary Biography🎨 Faith And Art⚡ Paradox And Faith
A Light So Lovely Summary
A Light So Lovely 88%
Science and art both belonged inside faith for L'Engle. Her children say she rewrote their lives.
by Sarah Arthur 2018
4.09
930 ratings
🖋️ Literary Biography🎨 Faith And Art⚡ Paradox And Faith
12 Notes
by Quincy Jones • 2022
From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.
4.29
2k+
🎹 Music Memoirs🎵 Music Industry🎨 Creative Process
12 Notes Summary
12 Notes 88%
From the producer of Thriller: twelve notes on turning pain into art and practice into legacy.
by Quincy Jones 2022
4.29
2k+ ratings
🎹 Music Memoirs🎵 Music Industry🎨 Creative Process
Home
by Julie Andrews Edwards • 2008
Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.
3.97
22k+
🎬 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Theater Memoir👧 Child Performer
Home Summary
Home 88%
Her stepfather taught her to sing. Her mother couldn't protect her. The stage became home.
by Julie Andrews Edwards 2008
3.97
22k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir🎭 Theater Memoir👧 Child Performer
Art, Inc.
by Lisa Congdon • 2014
Turn your art into a business: diversify income, build a brand, and sell without selling out.
3.98
2k+
🎨 Art Business💼 Creative Careers🚀 Artist Entrepreneurship
Art, Inc. Summary
Art, Inc. 88%
Turn your art into a business: diversify income, build a brand, and sell without selling out.
by Lisa Congdon 2014
3.98
2k+ ratings
🎨 Art Business💼 Creative Careers🚀 Artist Entrepreneurship
Faith, Hope and Carnage
by Nick Cave • 2022
Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.
4.41
8k+
🎵 Songwriting Craft🤝 Artistic Collaboration💔 Grief And Art
Faith, Hope and Carnage Summary
Faith, Hope and Carnage 88%
Nick Cave's son died. The art that followed was improvised, spiritually hungry, built from wreckage.
by Nick Cave 2022
4.41
8k+ ratings
🎵 Songwriting Craft🤝 Artistic Collaboration💔 Grief And Art
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
by Andy Warhol • 1975
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
3.85
49k+
🎨 Pop Art💭 Pop Philosophy✍️ Artist Memoirs
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol Summary
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol 88%
The most exciting thing is the thing you never do, and the best art is a dollar bill.
by Andy Warhol 1975
3.85
49k+ ratings
🎨 Pop Art💭 Pop Philosophy✍️ Artist Memoirs
Brothers
by Alex Van Halen • 2024
Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.
4.08
9k+
🎸 Rock Music History🎤 Band Memoirs👥 Sibling Bands
Brothers Summary
Brothers 88%
Alex Van Halen remembers Eddie: the immigrant brotherhood that built rock's most explosive band.
by Alex Van Halen 2024
4.08
9k+ ratings
🎸 Rock Music History🎤 Band Memoirs👥 Sibling Bands
How to Be an Artist
by Jerry Saltz • 2020
A handbook for artists: the work, the network, the rejection, and staying in the game.
3.94
4k+
🎨 Artistic Practice✨ Amateur Mindset⏰ Studio Habits
How to Be an Artist Summary
How to Be an Artist 88%
A handbook for artists: the work, the network, the rejection, and staying in the game.
by Jerry Saltz 2020
3.94
4k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Practice✨ Amateur Mindset⏰ Studio Habits
The Sound of the Machine
by Karl Bartos • 2022
From inside Kraftwerk: the drummer who programmed the beats, then walked away to find his own.
4.28
178
🎵 Music Memoirs⚡ Krautrock🎛️ Electronic Music
The Sound of the Machine Summary
The Sound of the Machine 88%
From inside Kraftwerk: the drummer who programmed the beats, then walked away to find his own.
by Karl Bartos 2022
4.28
178 ratings
🎵 Music Memoirs⚡ Krautrock🎛️ Electronic Music
Anne McCaffrey
by Robin Roberts • 2007
How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.
4.43
5k+
📚 Literary Biography🚀 Women In Science Fiction✍️ Creative Process
Anne McCaffrey Summary
Anne McCaffrey 88%
How a failed marriage and a move to Ireland gave science fiction its most beloved dragons.
by Robin Roberts 2007
4.43
5k+ ratings
📚 Literary Biography🚀 Women In Science Fiction✍️ Creative Process
Find Your Artistic Voice
by Lisa Congdon • 2019
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
4.05
3k+
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
Find Your Artistic Voice Summary
Find Your Artistic Voice 88%
Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.
by Lisa Congdon 2019
4.05
3k+ ratings
🎨 Artistic Practice🔄 Creative Process🖼️ Visual Arts
Boys in the Trees
by Carly Simon • 2015
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
3.67
12k+
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity
Boys in the Trees Summary
Boys in the Trees 88%
The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.
by Carly Simon 2015
3.67
12k+ ratings
🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir🎸 Women In Rock🧠 Mental Health And Creativity
The Truth About Trump
by Michael D'Antonio • 2015
A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.
3.54
795
🏛️ Political Biographies💼 Business Moguls👨‍👦 Family Dynasties
The Truth About Trump Summary
The Truth About Trump 88%
A Queens developer's decades-long project of self-invention, and how it conquered America.
by Michael D'Antonio 2015
3.54
795 ratings
🏛️ Political Biographies💼 Business Moguls👨‍👦 Family Dynasties
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling
by Holger Weßling • 2019
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling Summary
101 Amazing Facts about J.K. Rowling 88%
From welfare to a billion dollars: the backstory of Hogwarts in 101 digestible facts.
by Holger Weßling 2019
👤 Author Biography📚 Literary Trivia🔍 Behind The Books
Carl Jung
by Claire Dunne • 2000
Before mapping the unconscious, Jung had to survive his own descent into it.
4.18
571
🧠 Jungian Psychology🎨 Illustrated Biography📚 Intellectual Biography
Carl Jung Summary
Carl Jung 88%
Before mapping the unconscious, Jung had to survive his own descent into it.
by Claire Dunne 2000
4.18
571 ratings
🧠 Jungian Psychology🎨 Illustrated Biography📚 Intellectual Biography
Just Kids
by Patti Smith • 2010
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
4.21
362k+
🏙️ 1970s New York🎨 Artistic Soulmates🥖 Starving Artists
Just Kids Summary
Just Kids 88%
Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.
by Patti Smith 2010
4.21
362k+ ratings
🏙️ 1970s New York🎨 Artistic Soulmates🥖 Starving Artists
Jony Ive
by Leander Kahney • 2013
Before the iPhone, a soft-spoken British designer saved Apple with a translucent computer.
3.99
7k+
⚙️ Industrial Design📱 Consumer Electronics🔲 Minimalist Design
Jony Ive Summary
Jony Ive 88%
Before the iPhone, a soft-spoken British designer saved Apple with a translucent computer.
by Leander Kahney 2013
3.99
7k+ ratings
⚙️ Industrial Design📱 Consumer Electronics🔲 Minimalist Design
Herbie Hancock
by Herbie Hancock • 2014
A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.
4.23
2k+
🎹 Jazz Memoirs🎸 Jazz Fusion🎺 Midcentury Jazz
Herbie Hancock Summary
Herbie Hancock 88%
A five-dollar piano, Miles Davis at 23, a crack addiction hidden from everyone.
by Herbie Hancock 2014
4.23
2k+ ratings
🎹 Jazz Memoirs🎸 Jazz Fusion🎺 Midcentury Jazz
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