num_pages: 147
description: McSweeney's is excited to release Songbook, a brand-new collection of short, personal essays by Nick Hornby on 31 of his favorite songs and songwriters. This hardcover book has 4-color illustrations by Marcel Dzama throughout and comes complete with a CD featuring 11 songs discussed within. Proceeds from Songbook will benefit TreeHouse and 826 Valencia. The TreeHouse Trust is a U.K. charity based in central London, established in 1997 to provide an educational Centre of Excellence for children with autism and related communication disorders. 826 Valencia is a nonprofit learning center in the Mission District of San Francisco, providing free writing-based tutoring and workshops for students throughout the Bay Area. Students can drop in for individual one-on-one tutoring, register for workshops, or attend field trips through local schools and community organizations.
language: English
title: Songbook
titlecomplete: Songbook
genres: British Literature, Music, Short Stories, Humor, Biography, Pop Culture, Contemporary, Memoir, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 13812
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: McSweeneys Books