Superman: A Biography: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon
$25.95 AUD
Category: Film
This is a celebration of Superman's life and history - in time for his 75th birthday. How has the Big Blue Boy Scout stayed so popular for so long? How has he changed with the times, and what essential aspects of him have remained constant? This fascinating biography examines Superman as a cultural phen ...Show more
How to Watch a Movie by David Thomson
$30.00 AUD
Category: Film
From one of the most admired critics of our time, brilliant insights into the act of watching movies and an enlightening discussion about how to derive more from any film experience. Since first publishing his landmark Biographical Dictionary of Film in 1975 (now in its sixth edition), David Thomson has ...Show more
Prince: The Man and His Music by Matt Thorne
$28.00 AUD
Category: Music
Famously reticent, perverse, and controversial, Prince is one of the few remaining superstars of the 1980s who still, perhaps, remains an enigma. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as "Purple Rain," "Sign o' the Times," and "Parade" regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Princ ...Show more
The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon
$45.00 AUD
Category: Film
A witty, intelligent cultural history from book critic Glen Weldon explains Batman's rises and falls throughout the ages and what his story tells us about ourselves. Since his creation, Batman has been many things: a two-fisted detective; a planet-hopping gadabout; a campy Pop-art sensation; a pointy-ea ...Show more
Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde: An Insider's Guide to Film Slang by Dave Knox
$28.00 AUD
Category: Film
Everything You Need to Know to Become a Film-Industry Insider Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a gaffer and a grip? Or what makes the best boy so great? In "Strike the Baby and Kill the Blonde," * Dave Knox, a top camera operator and longtime veteran of the film industry, gives you ...Show more
West of Eden: An American Place by Jean Stein
$50.00 AUD
Category: Film
"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER An epic, mesmerizing oral history of Hollywood and Los Angeles from the author of the contemporary classic"Edie" Jean Stein transformed the art of oral history in her groundbreaking book "Edie: American Girl, " an indelible portrait of Andy Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, whi ...Show more
Small Town Talk - Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix Friends in Woodstock by Barney Hoskyns
$40.00 AUD
Category: Music
Think 'Woodstock' and the mind turns to the seminal 1969 festival that crowned a seismic decade of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. But Woodstock itself was over 60 miles from the site to which the fabled half a million flocked. So why the misnomer? Quite simply, Woodstock was already a key location in the ...Show more
Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas by Dale Pollock
$28.99 AUD
Category: Film
Filled with revelations about the origins and making of American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi, this only full-length biography of filmmaker and cinematic visionary George Lucas has been updated with a substantial new chapter that discusses ...Show more
Why We Love Music - From Mozart to Metallica - The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds by John Powell
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music
Why does music affect you so profoundly? It impacts the way you think, talk, feel, behave, and even spend money. With his conversational style, humour, and endless knowledge, scientist and musician John Powell showcases fascinating studies - for example that shoppers spend more money in stores that play ...Show more
Woody Allen by Jason Solomons
$50.00 AUD
Category: Film
"In 2015, the world will be celebrating 50 years of Woody Allen's feature films. Since he first vented his neuroses in 1965, Woody Allen has enjoyed a career unlike any other writer or director in Hollywood. The impact of his comedy and his psychoanalysis of the modern world have been hugely influential ...Show more
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
$23.00 AUD
Category: Theatre | Series: Faber Drama Ser.
In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the '500 acres inclusive of lake' where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the 'picturesque' Gothic style: 'e ...Show more