History & Criticism
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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
$36.00 Add to cartFragments is an event–an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe
- Author: Monroe, Marilyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 16 2012
- ISBN10: 0374533784
- Language: English
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Cinema of Swords: A Popular Guide to Movies about Knights, Pirates, Barbarians, and Vikings (and Samurai and Musketeers and Gladiators a
$75.00 Add to cartA combination history, handbook, and love letter to nearly four hundred movies and television shows featuring swashbucklers
- Author: Ellsworth, Lawrence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493065629
- Language: English
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Narrative Thread: Conversations on Fashion Collections
$35.95 Read more“I adored this book and can’t recommend it highly enough” – Cathy Horyn
“Beautifully executed” – Norma Kamali
“A visual feast” – Giles Deacon
“Entertaining, thought-provoking, and serious. Read it and le- Author: O’Flaherty, Mark C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: October 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1350287660
- Language: English
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Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes: My Personal Time with Music City Friends and Legends in Rock ‘n’ Roll, R&b, and a Whole Lot of Country
$29.95 Read moreHe didn’t know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni’s love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-ton
- Author: Ghianni, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 396
- Publish Date: March 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072153
- Language: English
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Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out
$20.00 Read moreIn this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice move… [more below]
- Author: Ko, Aph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1590565967
- Language: English
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A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour
$34.95 Add to cart- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Livingston, Nancy Olson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 402
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0813196191
- Language: English
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Tusk
$14.95 Read moreAfter Rumours became the best-selling single album of all-time, Fleetwood Mac asked Warner Brothers Records to buy them a studio (the label refused, costing both Warner Brothers and the band significa
- Series: 33 1/3 #77
- Author: Trucks, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0826429025
- Language: English
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The Great American Songbook: 201 Favorites You Ought to Know (& Love)
$24.95 Read moreIn an age of ubiquitous music and countless new songs releasing every minute, the Great American Songbook endures. After all, the Songbook–that sprawling canon of popular songs, standards, and show t
- Author: Suskin, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493070940
- Language: English
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The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera
$20.00 Read moreA user’s guide to opera–Matthew Aucoin, “the most promising operatic talent in a generation” (The New York Times Magazine), describes the creation of his groundbreaking new work, Eurydice, and shares
- Author: Aucoin, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 125085881X
- Language: English
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Linda Ronstadt 1969 to 1989: Every Album, Every Song
$22.95 Read moreLinda Ronstadt is one of the most important women and people in the history of popular music. Starting her solo career in 1969, she redefined what a music superstar could be by expanding her repertoir
- Author: Lawrence, Daryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1789522935
- Language: English
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Detroit Steel Artists: How Edsel Ford, Ray Dietrich, Tom Hibbard, and Ralph Roberts Turned Motor City Into a Styling Mecca Before Harley Earl
$95.00 Read more“[Detroit Steel Artists] is illustrated with sumptuous photos of period cars shot by pros. . . . Woven through the images is a detailed and well-constructed narrative, one that uncovers unsung heroes
- Author: Kilkenny, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1643437526
- Language: English
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Legendary Guitars: An Illustrated Guide
$24.99 Read moreLegendary Guitars guides you through the electric guitars of the 1950s and ’60s and the culture, styles, and music that shaped them.
“Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50- Author: Bacon, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0785841318
- Language: English
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Crooner: Singing from the Heart from Sinatra to NAS
$23.00 Read moreAn intimate history of the crooner in popular music from the 1950s to the present.
In this book, Alex Coles explores the history of the crooner–someone who sings close to the mic in a soft style–i- Series: Reverb
- Author: Coles, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147662
- Language: English
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The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger
$48.00 Read moreMichael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were true visionaries of British cinema, creating glorious Technicolor masterpieces including A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Black Narcissus (1947) and The Re
- Author: Morris, Nathalie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1838719172
- Language: English
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Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams
$105.00 Read moreThis is Dieter Rams’s 808-page book about his work, back in print in its original form with a PVC softcover and slipcase. The relevance of famous Braun designer Dieter Rams in -modern design remains u
- Author: Klemp, Klaus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 808
- Publish Date: August 06 2015
- ISBN10: 3899555848
- Language: English
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100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write: On Umbrellas and Sword Fights, Parades and Dogs, Fire Alarms, Children, and Theater
$19.00 Read more100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write is an incisive, idiosyncratic collection on life and theater from major American playwright Sarah Ruhl.
This is a book in which chimpanzees, Chekhov, and child c- Author: Ruhl, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535671
- Language: English
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Bass Notes: Jazz in American Culture: A Personal View
$37.95 Read moreFrom his upbringing as a “red-diaper baby” among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with su
- Author: Israels, Chuck
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074849
- Language: English
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First Floor Volume 1: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture
$20.00 Read moreFirst Floor started small. At first it was just a newsletter, an outlet where veteran electronic music journalist Shawn Reynaldo could write and share his ideas without having to contend with outside … [more below]
- Author: Reynaldo, Shawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1913231348
- Language: English
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Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy
$0.00 Read more“This is a fascinating book. It will educate you. Schwartzel has done some extraordinary reporting.” — The New York Times Book Review
“In this highly entertaining but deeply disturbing book, Erich Sc- Author: Schwartzel, Erich
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1984878999
- Language: English
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Art Deco Complete: The Definitive Guide to the Decorative Arts of the 1920s and 1930s
$150.00 Add to cartAlastair Duncan’s Art Deco Complete is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury.
“For those who wish they could live- Author: Duncan, Alastair
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0810980460
- Language: English
