History & Criticism
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A Hound Dog Tale: Big Mama, Elvis, and the Song That Changed Everything
$34.95 Add to cartThe release of the song “Hound Dog” in 1953 marked a turning point in American popular culture, and throughout its history, the hit ballad bridged divides of race, gender, and generational conflict. B
- Author: Wynne, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: February 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0807181145
- Language: English
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The Clash’s Sandinista!
$14.95 Add to cartFollowing the success of their instantly iconic double LP, London Calling, The Clash set out to do something “triply outrageous.” Named after the Nicaraguan rebels who successfully overthrew an author
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Henley, Micajah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1501390368
- Language: English
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Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious, Jim Higgins delves into each
- Author: Higgins, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 19 2024
- ISBN10: 9798987989159
- Language: English
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Baseball: The Movie
$30.00 Add to cart“Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie m… [more below]
- Author: Gittell, Noah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1637272642
- Language: English
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Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years
$50.00 Add to cartAuthoritatively written and including rare photography and memorabilia, this sumptuous slipcased hardcover is the only illustrated gift book to examine Prince’s most iconic album and film, Purple Rain… [more below]
- Series: The Great Albums
- Author: Swensson, Andrea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 0760386498
- Language: English
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The Sound of Seattle: 101 Songs That Shaped a City
$22.95 Add to cartThis rockin’ paperback explores the musical evolution of Seattle through the lens of 101 songs spanning 80 years, examining the most prominent and important music and musicians to come out of our corn… [more below]
- Author: Walker, Eva
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1632175142
- Language: English
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With Love, Mommie Dearest: The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic
$19.99 Add to cartWhen she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age–until publication the following year of her daughter’s memoir, Mommie Dearest.
Christina Crawford’s book was- Author: Hoff, A. Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1641607688
- Language: English
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Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema
$19.95 Add to cartA radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future.
In the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as t- Author: Maclay, Willow
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1914420586
- Language: English
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Picnic: Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Tradition
$35.00 Read moreIn 1973, a forty-year-old country musician named Willie Nelson, inspired by a failed music festival the year before, decided he was going to hold his own party. He would stage it in the same remote a
- Series: Texas Music Series, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
- Author: Thomas, Dave Dalton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1648431941
- Language: English
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Willie, Waylon, and the Boys: How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever
$32.50 Add to cartThe tragic and inspiring story of the leaders of Outlaw country and their influence on today’s Alt-County and Americana superstars, tracing a path from Waylon Jennings’ survival on the Day the Music D
- Author: Fairbanks, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0306831082
- Language: English
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Shake It Up, Baby!: The Rise of Beatlemania and the Mayhem of 1963
$32.00 Add to cartA vivid, captivating account of the Beatles’s musical transformation throughout the pivotal year of 1963, as the world became caught up in the maelstrom of Beatlemania and its far-reaching cultural im… [more below]
- Author: McNab, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 163936658X
- Language: English
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The Art of Castle in the Sky
$35.00 Add to cartThe definitive examination of the art and animation of Studio Ghibli’s masterpiece of fantasy and flight, Castle in the Sky!
The latest in the perennially popular line of Studio Ghibli art books, whic- Series: Art of Castle in the Sky #1
- Author: Miyazaki, Hayao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1421582724
- Language: English
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Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film
$40.00 Add to cartFor generations, members of the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood needed to be discreet about their lives but–make no mistake–they were everywhere, both in front of and behind the camera.
On the eve of
- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Duralde, Alonso
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0762485892
- Language: English
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The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War
$30.00 Add to cartOne of The Smithsonian‘s Ten Best History Books of the Year
A brilliant and daring account of a culture war over the place of theater in American democracy in the 1930s, one that anticipates our curre- Author: Shapiro, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 0593490207
- Language: English
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David Bowie. the Man Who Fell to Earth. 40th Ed.
$20.00 Add to cartAndy Warhol was a relentless chronicler of life and its encounters. Carrying a Polaroid camera from the late 1950s until his death in 1987, he amassed a huge collection of instant pictures of friends,
- Author: Woodward, Richard B.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 15 2024
- ISBN10: 3836590743
- Language: English
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Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera
$12.99 Add to cartExperience the magic of the Disney animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs like never before in this beautiful storybook with behind-the-scenes artwork.
This fresh retelling follows the charm- Series: Animated Classics
- Author: Editors of Studio Fun International
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 74
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0794444962
- Language: English
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Music from Elsewhere: Haunting Tunes from the Afterlife, Alien Worlds and Occult Realms
$19.99 Add to cartWhen school girl Janey Macklin disappeared from the seedy side of London in 1988, her case went cold, with no body and no witnesses. Now, thirty years later, private detective Kate Marshall has been a
- Series: Private Detective Kate Marshall #5
- Author: Bryndza, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1914547268
- Language: English
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Weird Music That Goes on Forever: A Punk’s Guide to Loving Jazz
$16.99 Add to cartOnce you’ve collected every 7″ from your favorite label, broken your back in the mosh pit, and become so well-versed in the interpersonal dynamics of every hardcore band that there’s nothing more to l… [more below]
- Author: Suren, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1648412084
- Language: English
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Women Behind The Mic: Curators of The Culture Volume Two “The Hip-Hop Edition”
$16.99 Add to cartWOMEN BEHIND THE MIC:
Curators of The Culture
Volume Two “The Hip-Hop Edition”
Volume Two “The Hip-Hop Edition” from the WOMEN BEHIND THE MIC series contains the stories of 21 veteran executives who
- Author: Brookshire, Lajoyce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1584410086
- Language: English
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Labelled with Love: A History of the World in Your Record Collection
$33.99 Add to cartA warm-hearted, reflective, musical odyssey through the record labels, bands and music which shaped our lives.
‘An instant classic and a required part of the library of anyone fascinated with the rec- Author: Bollen, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1803994339
- Language: English
