History & Criticism
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Someday All the Adults Will Die!: The Birth of Texas Punk
$29.95 Add to cartA deep dive into the early days of punk in Austin, Texas, this oral history immerses readers in a diverse and influential music scene.
Texas has always teemed with music and counterculture. When punk
- Series: American Music
- Author: Blashill, Pat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1477332472
- Language: English
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A Chronology of Film: A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen
$24.95 Add to cartA Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and
- Series: A Chronology Of…
- Author: Smith, Ian Haydn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0500298564
- Language: English
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Welcome to the Family: The Explosive Story Behind Fast & Furious, the Blockbusters That Supercharged the World
$30.00 Add to cartAn exclusive look inside the surprising history and contentious future of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster–the Fast & Furious franchise–a series that uncannily anticipated the shifting currents… [more below]
- Author: Hertz, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1538771039
- Language: English
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Reflections: On Cinematography
$45.00 Add to cartFrom a two-time Academy Award winner widely regarded as the greatest cinematographer of all time–a one-of-a-kind visual memoir, telling his life’s story by way of his iconic, beloved films.
Cinemato- Author: Deakins, Roger
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1538771500
- Language: English
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Not Here, Not Now: Speculative Thought, Impossibility, and the Design Imagination
$39.95 Add to cartWhat it means to design at a time when, for many people, the future seems to have become an impossibility.
When reality fails us, what can designers do? Question design’s relationship to reality, as A- Author: Dunne, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 026204966X
- Language: English
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Outrageous, Definitive, Untold History
$30.99 Add to cartThe Indiana Jones of rock history and founding curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum narrates his quest to build the Rock Hall’s collection from scratch–a wild ride that would take him fro… [more below]
- Author: Inciardi, Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895150481
- Language: English
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Behind the Mirror: Inside the World of Big Brother
$27.99 Add to cartA look inside the TV show that watches you back
In a house designed for manipulation, paranoia, and power plays, sixteen strangers are cut off from the outside world–watched every second by cameras, j
- Author: Armstrong, Taran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1464224536
- Language: English
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The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks
$24.99 Add to cartFormer Variety reporter Nicole LaPorte draws from years of inside-the-filmmakers-studio access to spin a smart, gritty tell-all about a clash of industry titans in The Men Who Would Be King.
DreamWork
- Author: Laporte, Nicole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 516
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0547520271
- Language: English
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Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era
$22.95 Add to cartHow Star Trek‘s twenty-first-century reinventions illuminate the unique challenges and opportunities of franchise-style corporate storytelling
Late Star Trek explores the beloved science fiction franch
- Series: Mass Markets: Storyworlds Across Media
- Author: Kotsko, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 151791910X
- Language: English
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Making Mary Poppins: The Sherman Brothers, Walt Disney, and the Creation of a Classic Film
$29.99 Add to cartMaking Mary Poppins reveals the extraordinary true story behind the creation of one of the most beloved films of all time–and the two little-known songwriters who helped make it possible.
Long before
- Author: Pierce, Todd James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 1324111070
- Language: English
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Rear Window: The Making of a Hitchcock Masterpiece in the Hollywood Golden Age
$29.00 Add to cartThe definitive, in-depth look inside Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window–the all-time classic of voyeurism, paranoia, and murder that became one of Hollywood’s greatest achievements and turned generations… [more below]
- Author: O’Callaghan, Jennifer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0806543884
- Language: English
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Revolution: Prince, the Band, the Era
$27.95 Add to cartRevolution is a detailed exploration into the era of Prince’s most prolific and groundbreaking music made with considerable inspiration and performed by a unique cadre of musicians he gathered and rel… [more below]
- Author: Campion, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: August 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1493080849
- Language: English
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Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie
$28.99 Add to cartLIMITED DELUXE EDITION (first 5,000 copies worldwide) has black foil gilded page edges, textured cover spot varnish, and is printed on heavyweight paper stock. As featured in People, Variety, Entertai
- Author: Collis, Clark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1948221357
- Language: English
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The Beatles Anthology (25th Anniversary Reissue)
$50.00 Add to cartThe landmark international bestseller–The Beatles’ own story, in their own words–reissued on the 25th anniversary of its first publication.
From their years growing up in Liverpool through their rid- Author: Beatles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1797241486
- Language: English
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Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror
$25.95 Add to cartQueer writers reflect on the complicated legacy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Since its earliest midnight showings at the Waverly Theater in New York City, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has been a
- Author: Atwell, Margot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1558613501
- Language: English
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Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours
$29.00 Add to cartThe author of The Holy or the Broken and former editor-in-chief of Vibe brings his “thoughtful and illuminating” (The New York Times) insight to Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album Rumours, celebrating its s… [more below]
- Author: Light, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 166805437X
- Language: English
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Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures
$49.95 Add to cartExplore behind the scenes of the greatest monster movies ever made!
What makes a great movie monster? Academy Award-winning make-up effects artist Howard Berger and acclaimed journalist Marshall Juliu- Series: Hollywood Monsters
- Author: Berger, Howard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1802798455
- Language: English
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The Places of Marguerite Duras
$25.00 Add to cartThe first English translation of an important and evocative interview-turned-book project in Marguerite Duras’ illustrious oeuvre
“I could talk for hours about this house, this garden. I know it all, I
- Author: Duras, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1738901343
- Language: English
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I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of the Vampire Diaries
$22.00 Add to cartFrom Entertainment Weekly writer and debut author Samantha Highfill, a definitive and deliciously nostalgic look into the creation and legacy of hit show The Vampire Diaries, as told by its cast, crew… [more below]
- Author: Highfill, Samantha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 059347595X
- Language: English
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Biography of a Song
$18.99 Add to cartLearn the story behind the song performed by Andra Day in “United States vs. Billie Holiday” now on Hulu
Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, “Strange Fruit” is considered the first signifi
- Author: Margolick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0060959568
- Language: English
