History & Criticism
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Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the Cars
$29.95 Add to cartThe sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter
- Author: Aaron, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493075314
- Language: English
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Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
$19.95 Add to cartA stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.
Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the fine- Author: Morrison, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0520401263
- Language: English
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Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC
$39.95 Add to cartThe first history of the fanzines that emerged from Washington, DC’s highly influential punk community
DIY culture has always been at the heart of DC’s thriving punk community. As Washington, DC’s punk
- Author: Davis, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1647126355
- Language: English
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Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street
$17.99 Add to cartWhen the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson’s name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn’t. The incident was t
- Series: Collins Business Essentials
- Author: McClintick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0060508159
- Language: English
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Nobody Sits Like the French
$30.00 Add to cartA Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs.
Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that to- Author: Pappas, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9460583792
- Language: English
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The B-52s’ Cosmic Thing
$14.95 Add to cartThe B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in their music, using 1989’s Cosmic Thing as a focal point.
Alongside the author’s own queer awakenin- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Crighton, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765133125
- Language: English
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The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick
$52.50 Add to cart- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Bleasdale, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1985901196
- Language: English
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Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In): The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska
$20.00 Add to cartThe fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen’s career–now with a new afterword
Soon to be a major motion- Author: Zanes, Warren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217088645
- Language: English
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The Devil Is in It: A History of the American Acoustic Guitar
$34.95 Add to cartThe rich history of the acoustic guitar and its impact on the music world.
In 2020, guitar expert John Stubbings released a limited-edition book on the American acoustic guitar that sold out in days.
- Author: Stubbings, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1477332588
- Language: English
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The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, the Berkshires, and the Place of Jazz in American Life
$35.00 Add to cartHow a small town in New England became a home for jazz, challenging conventional assumptions about the relationship between culture and landscape, art and geography, town and city, and race and place.… [more below]
- Author: Gennari, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1684582857
- Language: English
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The Dream Factory: London’s First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare
$30.00 Add to cartHow Shakespeare became Shakespeare: a riveting tale of London’s first playhouse and the people–actors, writers, builders, investors–who built the Theatre.
Between 1576 and 1598, a playhouse called- Author: Swift, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0374601275
- Language: English
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The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai
$29.95 Add to cartThe Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfre… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Taylor Cole
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1978836848
- Language: English
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Mystery Train, 50th Anniversary Edition: Images of America in Rock ‘n’ Roll Music
$22.00 Add to cartA 50th anniversary edition of the music classic, with fully updated discographies and new introductions from Greil Marcus and Dwight Garner
In this special 50th anniversary edition of the beloved Plum- Author: Marcus, Greil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217048021
- Language: English
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American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s: From the Silver Screen to the Printed Page
$34.95 Add to cartIn AMERICAN MOVIE COMIC BOOKS (1930s-1970s), author PETER BOSCH continues his remarkable history of Hollywood’s ongoing love affair with comic books. The sequel to AMERICAN TV COMIC BOOKS, this new bo… [more below]
- Author: Bosch, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1605491292
- Language: English
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The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
$19.99 Read more“Hollywood boldly went where it hadn’t gone before and Nashawaty chronicles the journeys.” –Los Angeles Times (“Books You Need To Read This Summer”)
“Written with a fan’s enthusiasm . . . An importan- Author: Nashawaty, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1250827078
- Language: English
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Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
An unsparing investigation into Spotify’s origins and influence on music, weaving unprecedented reporting with incisive cultural criticism, illuminating how streaming is reshaping- Author: Pelly, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1668083515
- Language: English
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Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man Who Knew Him Best
$16.99 Add to cartPeter Freestone was Freddie Mercury’s Personal Assistant for the last 12 years of his life. He lived with Mercury in London, Munich and New York, and he was with him when he died.
In this book, the mos
- Author: Freestone, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: November 05 2001
- ISBN10: 0711986746
- Language: English
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The Shakers: A World in the Making
$85.00 Add to cartA close look at the creative production of the United States Shaker communities and their influence on designers and artists past and present
Established in the 18th century, the Shakers were a Christi
- Author: Adamson, Glenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 3945852668
- Language: English
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Fender Telecaster: 75 Years
$50.00 Add to cartAuthoritatively written and lavishly illustrated, Fender Telecaster 75 Years is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of this legendary guitar.
Embraced for its simplicity and adaptability,- Author: Hunter, Dave
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0760389314
- Language: English
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Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face
$31.00 Add to cartFilm historian and acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer Scott Eyman has written the definitive biography of Hollywood icon Joan Crawford, drawing on never-before-seen documents and photos f… [more below]
- Author: Eyman, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1668047306
- Language: English
