Bob Spitz, Author . Little, Brown $29.95 (983p) ISBN 978-0-316-80352-6
With this massive opus, veteran music journalist Spitz (Dylan: A Biography
) tells the definitive story of the band that sparked a cultural revolution. Calling on books, articles, radio programs and primary interviews, Spitz follows the band from...
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Bob Spitz, Author . Little, Brown $18.99 (234p) ISBN 978-0-316-11555-1
This hip and comprehensive rock biography captures the spirit and talent that made the Fab Four an international sensation. Spitz, who wrote The Beatles: The Biography
(2005) for the adult market (from which some material in this volume is adapted),
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Bob Spitz, Author . Norton $24.95 (323p) ISBN 978-0-393-06059-1
When Spitz (
The Beatles
) finds himself at a convergence of personal and professional crossroads, he finally decides to take a long anticipated trip to Europe to learn to cook, with an itinerary of placements across France and Italy that he hopes...
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Bob Spitz, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-193116-3
In this portrait of the World Champion 1969-70 New York Knicks, Spitz (Barefoot in Babylon) has reincarnated a basketball team that could shoot the ball, play defense and outsmart every club in the league. Coached by Red Holzman, the team was led by
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Bob Spitz, Author McGraw-Hill Companies $19.95 (639p) ISBN 978-0-07-060330-1
This overlong biography of Dylan (ne Robert Zimmerman) leads up to a thin, 25-page section on his life following his conversion to Christianity in 1979. Preceding are some 526 cliche-ridden pages on his youth in Minnesota, early stardom as a...
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Bob Spitz. Knopf, $28.95 (560p) ISBN 978-0-307-27222-5
On November 3, 1948, a lunch in a Paris restaurant of sole meunière, the sole so very fresh with its delicate texture and cooked like an omelet in nothing but a bath of clarified butter, changed Julia Child’s life. In that moment, Child (1912–2004)...
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Bob Spitz. Penguin Press, $35 (880p) ISBN 978-1-59420-531-6
This captivating and evenhanded biography of America’s first celebrity president, Ronald Reagan, reads like a novel but doesn’t skimp on the scholarship. Spitz (Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child) starts with a prologue about Reagan’s great-g
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Bob Spitz. Penguin Press, $26.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-399-56242-6
Music biographer Spitz (The Beatles) calls on his supreme research and analytical skills to deliver the definitive story of one of the greatest rock groups of the 1970s. While this isn’t the first (or second) telling of the Zeppelin saga, it reigns...
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Bob Spitz, read by Kimberly Farr. Random House Audio, unabridged, 20 CDs, 25.5 hrs., $50 ISBN 978-0-449-01287-1
Spitz delivers a deep, thoroughly researched, fun, and amusing biography of legendary chef Julia Child. Interweaving anecdotes, family history, and historical events, he tells the tale of Child’s remarkable life, covering highlights from her...
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