History & Criticism
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100 Years of Grand OLE Opry: A Celebration of the Artists, the Fans, and the Home of Country Music
$60.00 Add to cartThe official book celebrating 100 years of the Grand Ole Opry–an intimate, gorgeously illustrated behind-the-scenes look at the American institution and world-renowned stage for country music
Since- Author: Grand Ole Opry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1419773607
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$21.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115365
- Language: English
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Art! Trash! Terror!: Adventures in Strange Cinema
$31.95 Add to cartFrom filmmaker, former Fangoria editor-in-chief, and Corman/Poe author Chris Alexander comes ART! TRASH! TERROR! Adventures in Strange Cinema, a treasure trove of in-depth essays and edifying intervie… [more below]
- Author: Alexander, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: March 15 2025
- ISBN10: 191531643X
- Language: English
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3 Women
$17.95 Read moreReleased after the large-scale frescos of Nashville (1975) and Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson (1976), 3 Women (1977) was seen as an intimate drama from director Robert
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Wyatt, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: November 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1839026022
- Language: English
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Hope I Get Old Before I Die: Why Rock Stars Never Retire
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of Abbey Road and Never a Dull Moment, the basis for AppleTV’s 1971 documentary, come the stories of how rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and more have survi… [more below]
- Author: Hepworth, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895150061
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$43.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782861
- Language: English
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Hollywood on the Tiber
$32.00 Add to cartHollywood on the Tiber is a dazzling blend of the epic and intimate featuring a glittering cast of screen gods and goddesses. This vibrant chronicle recounts how Hank Kaufman and Gene Lerner became un
- Author: Kaufman, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1942782853
- Language: English
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Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist Ear
$19.99 Add to cartWith contributions from:
‘I am concerned with the power of sound! and what it can do to the body and the mind, ‘ wrote composer Pauline Oliveros. In the body, histories and politics come together with… [more below]
- Author: Revell, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: February 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1739371712
- Language: English
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Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema
$45.00 Read moreA visual exploration of cyberpunk and its global impact and lasting influence on cinema culture
Cyberpunk, a subgenre of science fiction, first appeared in the early 1980s and uniquely captured the anx
- Author: Berger, Doris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1636811310
- Language: English
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’70s Chicagoland Rock Concerts
$24.99 Add to cartA Portal to Rock ‘N’ Roll History
During the 1970s, Chicagoland venues hosted an eclectic mix of legendary rock ‘n’ roll acts that thrilled audiences. Fans flocked to historic venues like the Auditori
- Author: Plotnick, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 146715685X
- Language: English
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Dance History(s): Imagination as a Form of Study
$50.00 Add to cartA multivoiced dance history book, authored by twelve diverse choreographers
In an effort to deepen our understanding of what dance is and how it has functioned throughout human history, this prismatic
- Author: Defrantz, Thomas F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0819500909
- Language: English
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The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood
$32.00 Add to cartA personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped it
Matthew Specktor grew up in the film indust
- Author: Specktor, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 0063008335
- Language: English
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America, 1935-1944
$49.95 Read moreThe legacy of denim in America, as seen through early FSA photographs of “blue collar” workers
There is perhaps no other fabric so inextricably associated with a country as is denim with the United Sta
- Author: Marsh, Graham
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1909526975
- Language: English
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Goth: A History
$18.99 Add to cartFollowing his memoir Cured, a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a misunderstood genre and culture, by co-founder of The Cure, Lol Tolhurst
GOTH is an entertaining and enga- Author: Tolhurst, Lol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 030682843X
- Language: English
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Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg: The Whole Equation
$30.00 Add to cartKenneth Turan brings to life the extraordinary partnership of Louis B. Mayer and Irving Thalberg and their role in creating the film industry as we know it
One was a tough junkman’s son, the other a- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Turan, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 0300254490
- Language: English
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From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech
$26.95 Add to cartA radical paradigm shift in the way we think about AI and tech, taking hope and inspiration from the aspirational users of new technologies around the world.
When it comes to tech, the mainstream head
- Author: Arora, Payal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0262049309
- Language: English
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John Cale’s Paris 1919
$14.95 Add to cartJohn Cale’s enigmatic masterpiece, Paris 1919, appeared at a time when the artist and his world were changing forever. It was 1973, the year of the Watergate hearings and the oil crisis, and Cale was
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Doyle, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 06 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79877E+12
- Language: English
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Spirto Gentil: An Invitation to Listen to Great Music with Luigi Giussani
$32.00 Add to cartWhen he was a young seminarian, the teacher in Luigi Giussani’s singing class played a recording of an aria from a Donizetti opera, “Spirto gentil” (“Gentle spirit, you once shone in my dreams, but af
- Author: Giussani, Luigi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1639821880
- Language: English
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Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the Life of a Legend
$30.00 Add to cartA deeply reported, perceptive, and celebratory biography of beloved actor James Gandolfini from a prominent critic and film historian.
Named one of the most anticipated books of the year by the AV Cl- Author: Bailey, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1419767690
- Language: English
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Spirto Gentil: An Invitation to Listen to Great Music with Luigi Giussani
$19.00 Add to cartWhen he was a young seminarian, the teacher in Luigi Giussani’s singing class played a recording of an aria from a Donizetti opera, “Spirto gentil” (“Gentle spirit, you once shone in my dreams, but af
- Author: Giussani, Luigi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1639821872
- Language: English
