The Beatles: 10 YEARS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD

by D.K. Publishing, Brian Wilson (Foreword)

A visually stunning compilation of a decade in the lives of the members of the greatest band in the history of rock music traces the careers of John, Paul, George, and Ringo in more than seven hundred illustrations, behind-the-scenes photographs, rare memorabilia, album covers, and more.

Genres: Music, Biography, Nonfiction, History

464 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Lars Pluto · Rating 4 out of 5]

An almost day by day and week by week account of the activities of The Beatles from the years 1960-1970 and their split. Mostly a collection of articles and interviews in chronological order that sometimes gleans a new nugget of understanding into the mind of these young men and the spirit of the times and sometimes tells you again the major parts of the story we've all heard a million times. In their defense how could you skip them? I'm more than a casual fan I suppose....however for anyone knowing nothing at all about the Beatles legend this is possibly the most in depth bios I've read on them. In My Life is still the best.
It's large and beautiful with actually a fair amount of photographs I have never seen before and a few facts even the most obsessed of fan might not have known.

[Ian "Marvin" Graye · Rating 5 out of 5]

You Need This Mojo Stuff

This is some of the best stuff ever written about the Beatles.
It's effectively a compilation of the three special editions put out by Mojo Magazine about the three phases of the Beatles career.
A must for any Beatles fan or anyone who wants to know what all of the fuss was about, assuming your ears can't explain adequately (in which case I admit you mightn't bother).

More to come.

[Brianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very detailed timeline on every page's sidebar, which was fun. Even after all the Beatle history I've soaked up in the past 16 years, I found some of these essays fresh. Personally though, I'm just not interested in pop culture figures talking about their favourite Beatles albums. I trust my own ears a lot better; I don't need to know what you like about them.

[KennyO · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very high production quality in this book. Loaded with photographs and chronologically meticulous, it may not be a must-have but it's surely an awful-nice-to-have book. I'm pleased to have it on my shelf.