Michael and Steven A. Baur, The Beatles and Philosophy (2006)
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Everything from the group's take on "reality" to their existential being and "somethingness" is reviewed in philosophical, yet readable, terms.
The Beatles, The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook (2000)
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This chord book contains practically every Beatles song released.
Bob Spitz, The Beatles: The Biography (2006)
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Bob Spitz painstakingly goes through the story of the Beatles in this 1,000-page biography.
Bob Spitz, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Beatles, Beatlemania, and the Music that Changed the World (2007)
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This coffee-table account of the band's early years is more or less an abridged, more accessible version of author Bob Spitz's extended biography.