He was catapulted to international pop-superstardom in the early 60s at the tender age of 21. Now, Paul McCartney finally tells his side of the story as a member of the most popular rock ‘n’ roll band ever in Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now by Barry Miles. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and complete access to McCartney's archives, Miles presents a highly authoritative biography that offers a personalized glimpse into the life and times of this true musical icon. Here McCartney sets the record straight on his musical partnership with John Lennon and shares a revealing portrait of swinging London in the 60s. Beatle’s fans will also enjoy the more than 32 pages of black-and-white photographs that accompany this definitive guide to Sir Paul.

Word by Word Songbook
The Word by Word Songbook and accompanying Song Album offer entertaining practice with English vocabulary through a variety of popular musical types. They may be used independtly or as musical accompaniments to the Word by Word family of Picture Dictionaries: Word by Word, Word by Word Basic, and the Word by Word Bilingual Edtions.
Each song appears twice on the album - first, with the words and music; and then in a "karaoke-style" sing-along version with just the musical background.

Music and Song
Who is it for?

• Teachers, trainee teachers, and teacher trainers.

Key features

• Shows how any piece of music - from folk and classical to jazz, rock, and pop - can be exploited in an immense variety of ways in the language classroom.
• Shows how teachers can 'tune in' to students and use their musical interests to enhance their learning.

Extra activities for teachers and OUP resource web page:
http://www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/teachersites/rbt/?cc=cz