History & Criticism
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By: de Forest, Sloan
The Essential Directors: The Art and Impact of Cinema’s Most Influential Filmmakers
$25.99PaperbackRead moreFrom Turner Classic Movies, this is the essential guide to all the must-know detail on the style, achievements, and landmark films of the most influential directors in cinema history from the silent e
- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: de Forest, Sloan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0762498935
- Language: English
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By: Mauceri, John
The War on Music: Reclaiming the Twentieth Century
$32.00HardcoverRead moreA fascinating journey into global politics that made classical music a proxy for power, inadvertently creating the “sound of Hollywood,” and excluding hundreds of composers
“[Mauceri’s] writing is mo- Author: Mauceri, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 0300233701
- Language: English
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By: Kozloskie, Donna
Cat Power’s Moon Pix
$14.95PaperbackRead more“Moon Pix was conceived during a hallucinatory waking nightmare in the South Carolina home of Chan Marshall one fateful day in 1997. Like all legends, the aura surrounding them is an impression, a sen… [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Kozloskie, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 02 2022
- ISBN10: 1501377930
- Language: English
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By: Eaton, Bruce
Big Star’s Radio City
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cartReleased when ELP and Elton John were plodding from one packed stadium to the next, Radio City was a radical album influenced by records that were already deemed oldies and yet sounding like a lean el… [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #65
- Author: Eaton, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0826428983
- Language: English
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By: Woodworth, Marc
Guided by Voices’ Bee Thousand
$14.95PaperbackRead moreMarc Woodworth’s book covers the album’s long and unorthodox period of writing, recording, sequencing, and editing. It includes interviews with members of the band, manager Pete Jamison, web-master an
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Woodworth, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 02 2006
- ISBN10: 0826417485
- Language: English
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By: Black, A. J.
Lost Federations: The Unofficial Unmade History of Star Trek
$21.95PaperbackRead more“An innovative and unusual account of Star Trek’s lost voyages that makes for a fascinating alternate history.” — Brian J. Robb in Sci-Fi Bulletin
SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. THESE WERE ALMOST THE VOYA… [more below]
- Author: Black, A. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1915359112
- Language: English
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By: Malakaj, Ervin
Anders ALS Die Andern: Volume 7
$24.93PaperbackRead moreReleased in 1919, Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others) stunned audiences with its straightforward depiction of queer love. Supporters celebrated the film’s moving storyline, while conserv… [more below]
- Series: Queer Film Classics
- Author: Malakaj, Ervin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0228018684
- Language: English
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By: Waddell, Beau
Aphex Twin: Every Album, Every Song
$22.95PaperbackRead moreOne of the true musical geniuses of the late 20th and early 21st century, Richard D. James has continued to be a pioneer in the electronic music landscape throughout his prolific, multi-faceted career
- Series: On Track
- Author: Waddell, Beau
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789522676
- Language: English
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By: Hiller, Nancy R.
English Arts & Crafts Furniture: Projects & Techniques for the Modern Maker
$37.00HardcoverRead more“Arts & Crafts” has come to be a name for a style of decorative arts, but just try to pin it down. It’s a huge challenge, because it encompasses such a broad variety of work. Early pieces, such as som… [more below]
- Author: Hiller, Nancy R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1440350825
- Language: English
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By: Hendler, Glenn
David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs
$14.95PaperbackRead moreAfter his breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust and before his U.S. pop hits “Fame” and “Golden Years” David Bowie produced a dark and difficult concept album set in a post-apocalyptic “Hunger City” popula
- Series: 33 1/3 #143
- Author: Hendler, Glenn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1501336584
- Language: English
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By: Shapiro, Harry
Jack Bruce Composing Himself: The Authorised Biography
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartWhen Cream broke up in 1968 it was by no means a foregone conclusion that it would be Eric Clapton who would enjoy continued commercial success. After all, it was Jack Bruce who had the looks, and who
- Author: Shapiro, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1906002266
- Language: English
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By: Karr, Lee
The Making of George a Romero’s Day of the Dead
$26.95PaperbackAdd to cartReleased in 1985, Day of the Dead was the final film of George A. Romero’s classic zombie trilogy, which forever changed the face of horror filmmaking. Set in an apocalyptic world where the living-dea
- Author: Karr, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 0859655695
- Language: English
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By: Maerz, Melissa
Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused
$18.99PaperbackRead more- Author: Maerz, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0062908499
- Language: English
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By: Molleson, Kate
Sound Within Sound: Radical Composers of the Twentieth Century
$30.00HardcoverRead moreSound Within Sound presents an alternative history of 20th-century composers–nearly all of them women or composers of color–by a leading international music critic.
Think of a composer right now. W- Author: Molleson, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1419753568
- Language: English
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Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
$60.00HardcoverRead moreLed Zeppelin All the Songs takes a deep dive into the innovative recording history of the one of the most influential rock bands of all time–covering every album and every track that Led Zeppelin has… [more below]
- Series: All the Songs
- Author: Guesdon, Jean-Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0316448672
- Language: English
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By: Charles, Bryan
Wowee Zowee
$14.95PaperbackAdd to cartPavement wrapped up at Easley Recording in Memphis. They mixed the tracks and recorded overdubs in New York. They took a step back and assessed the material. It was a wild scene. They had fully fleshe
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Charles, Bryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0826429572
- Language: English
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By: Jarman, Derek
Chroma: A Book of Color
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartChroma: A Book of Color is a meditation on the color spectrum by Britain’s most controversial filmmaker. From the explosions of image and color in Edward II, The Last of England, The Garden, and Wittg… [more below]
- Author: Jarman, Derek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 0816665931
- Language: English
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By: Hal Leonard Corp
The Renaissance Guitar Book/Online Audio [With CD]
$34.99PaperbackRead more(Music Sales America). This book/audio series provides solos, duets and songs covering four centuries of composers for the guitar and lute family. Taken from original sources, and carefully fingered f… [more below]
- Series: Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology
- Author: Hal Leonard Corp
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0825618134
- Language: English
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By: Buss, Andrew
Top Five: How ‘High Fidelity’ Found Its Rhythm and Became a Cult Movie Classic
$24.95PaperbackRead moreThe movie High Fidelity is sacred ground for music lovers and cinephiles alike. Through the story of hapless record store owner Rob Gordon and his coterie of vinyl snobs, the 1997 film made it cool to
- Author: Buss, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072137
- Language: English
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Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel
$27.95PaperbackRead moreHarry Dean Stanton (1926–2017) got his start in Hollywood in TV productions such as Zane Grey Theater and Gunsmoke. After a series of minor parts in forgettable westerns, he gradually began to get fi
- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Atkins, Joseph B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0813197724
- Language: English





