25 Years of Grace: An Anniversary Tribute to Jeff Buckley's Classic Album by Jeff Apter; Merri Cyr
$60.00 AUD
Category: Music
Jeff Buckley made only one album, but the one he made has proved to be seminal. His talent awed industry giants and moved the hearts of fans spanning generations. But Buckley's untimely death in 1997 left his fans to wonder about all the sonic magic that could have been.Photographer Merri Cyr was there ...Show more
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster
$31.00 AUD
Category: Music
"Last Night a DJ Saved My Life" was the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a figure who has become a powerful force shaping the music industry--and since its original publication, the book has become a cult classic. Now, with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material ...Show more
Cinema: the Whole Story by Philip Kemp
$49.99 AUD
Category: Film
Cinema: The Whole Story takes a close look at the key time periods, genres and key works in world cinema. It places the burgeoning world of cinema in the context of social and cultural developments that have taken place since its beginnings. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of ci ...Show more
Rough Ideas: Reflections on Music and More by Stephen Hough
$40.00 AUD
Category: Music
A collection of essays on music and life by the famed classical pianist and composer Stephen Hough is one of the world's leading pianists, winning global acclaim and numerous awards, both for his concerts and his recordings. He is also a writer, composer, and painter, and has been described by The Econ ...Show more
The Classic FM Music Box: Hear Iconic Music from the Great Composers by Tim Lihoreau; Sam Jackson
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
The Classic FM Music Box is the perfect introduction to the classical world for music lovers of all ages. Far from a stuffy, academic work, this entertaining book features brightly coloured, hand-drawn illustrations and concealed buttons that play short bursts of iconic pieces of music. The book is arra ...Show more
Hi-Fi: The History of High-End Audio Design by Gideon Schwartz
$130.00 AUD
Category: Music
A beyond-cool look at the world of high-end audio design for passionate collectors, obsessive audiophiles, and design fans At a time when sales of vinyl records have hit a 25-year high, and analog technologies are providing the kind of extraordinary audio experiences that our increasingly digital world ...Show more
I Like to Watch by Emily Nussbaum
$45.00 AUD
Category: Film
From The New Yorker's fiercely original, Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic, a provocative collection of new and previously published essays arguing that we are what we watch. From her creation of the "Approval Matrix" in New York magazine in 2004 to her Pulitzer Prize-winning columns for The New Yor ...Show more
Letters from Hollywood (Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking) by Rocky Lang, Barbara Hall
$55.00 AUD
Category: Film
Rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more Letters from Hollywood reproduces in full color scores of entertaining and insightful pieces of correspondence from some of the most notable and talented film industry names of all time--from the s ...Show more
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues A Musical Journey by Scorsese Martin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them. Included in this stunning collection are Essays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elmor ...Show more
This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession by Daniel Levitin
$25.00 AUD
Category: Music
This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music and to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it. Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles, Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution, shows how our musical preferences begin to fo ...Show more
Going Platinum - KISS, Donna Summer, and How Neil Bogart Built Casablanca Records by Brett Ermilio; Josh Levine
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
The first full account of legendary music producer Neil Bogart's life and meteoric career Neil Bogart was the founder of Casablanca Records and made the top acts of all 70's music's defining genres: stadium rock with KISS, disco with Donna Summer & the Village People, and funk with George Clinton's ...Show more
Ways of Hearing by Damon Krukowski; Emily Thompson
$40.00 AUD
Category: Music
A writer-musician examines how the switch from analog to digital audio is changing our perceptions of time, space, love, money, and power. Our voices carry farther than ever before, thanks to digital media. But how are they being heard? In this book, Damon Krukowski examines how the switch from analog t ...Show more