History & Criticism
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Tartuffe and Other Plays
$9.95 Read moreThe Ridiculous Precieuses * The School for Husbands * The School for Wives * The Critique of the School for Wives * The Versailles Impromptu * Tartuffe * Don Juan
This memorable collection gathers the- Author: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 0451474317
- Language: English
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What It Means to Be a Designer Today: Reflections, Questions, and Ideas from Aiga’s Eye on Design
$40.00 Read moreAIGA’s Eye on Design presents a provocative collection of essays and interviews that cover a wide-reaching examination of the profession of design today and its impacts on society and culture.
Eye on
- Author: Stinson, Liz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1797224557
- Language: English
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The Driving Machine: A Design History of the Car
$29.99 Add to cartIn this lively and entertaining work, Witold Rybczynski–hailed as “one of the best writers on design working today” by Publishers Weekly–tells the story of the most distinctive cars in history and t
- Author: Rybczynski, Witold
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1324075287
- Language: English
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What Nails It
$20.00 Add to cartFrom a celebrated critic, a heartfelt and adventurous reflection on the art of writing about art
“Essential for fans of Marcus and fruitful reading for anyone reflecting on the mysteries of art.”–Ki- Series: Why I Write
- Author: Marcus, Greil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300272456
- Language: English
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The Rainbow Age of Television: An Opinionated History of Queer TV
$28.00 Read moreThe ultimate deep dive into the revolution of queer TV
With the last decade’s television boom across a multitude of platforms, producing hundreds of network and streaming series, American audiences ar
- Author: Warner, Shayna Maci
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1419762575
- Language: English
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The Crow: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Classic Film
$27.95 Read moreLong-anticipated remake of The Crow to hit theaters Fall, 2024 from director Rupert Sanders starring Bill Skarsg?rd
“You won’t find a more comprehensive, step-by-step account… a cult classic that co
- Author: Baiss, Bridget
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1493074113
- Language: English
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Doctor Who: A Brief History of Time Lords
$27.99 Read moreTHE book the Time Lords (including the Doctor) read when studying at the Academy, the full-color in-world history that pieces together the true story of Gallifrey from the many and contradictory accou
- Author: Tribe, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 006266686X
- Language: English
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When Harry Met Sally …
$15.95 Add to cartWhen Harry Met Sally (1989) is one of the definitive romantic comedies and has had an enormous impact on the development of the genre since its release. With an illuminating scene-by-scene analysis, T
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: McDonald, Tamar Jeffers
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1844579077
- Language: English
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Sound of the Beast
$19.99 Add to cartThe definitive history of the first 30 years of heavy metal, containing over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Ene
- Author: Christe, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0380811278
- Language: English
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Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure
$28.00 Read moreWith striking photographs and personal insight, a compelling biography of the great American saxophonist and free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman.
Ornette Coleman’s career encompassed the glory years- Author: Golia, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145600
- Language: English
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Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age
$31.00 Read moreThe hegemony of finance compels a new orientation for everyone and everything: companies care more about the moods of their shareholders than about longstanding commercial success; governments subordi
- Series: Zone / Near Futures
- Author: Feher, Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 26 2018
- ISBN10: 1942130120
- Language: English
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The Fix Is in: The Showbiz Manipulations of the Nfl, Mlb, Nba, NHL and NASCAR
$16.95 Read moreProfessional sports in America: it’s all about fair play and the goal of winning championships. At least that’s the spin. But could it be a massive showbiz operation filled with greedy owners, crooked
- Author: Tuohy, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1932595813
- Language: English
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Back from the Future: A Celebration of the Greatest Time Travel Story Ever Told
$19.95 Add to cartA Fan’s Look at the Back to the Future Franchise
“Brad Gilmore’s book not only offers new perspectives and a deeper understanding of Back to the Future, it reminds us why we fell in love with it in the
- Author: Gilmore, Brad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: April 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1642502057
- Language: English
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Oasis’ Definitely Maybe
$14.95 Add to cartOasis’s incendiary 1994 debut album Definitely Maybe managed to summarize almost the entire history of post-fifties guitar music from Chuck Berry to My Bloody Valentine in a way that seemed effortless
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Niven, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 08 2014
- ISBN10: 1623564239
- Language: English
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Squier Electrics: 30 Years of Fender’s Budget Guitar Brand
$24.99 Add to cartIn 1982, Fender revived an old guitar-string name for its new line of Japanese-made electric guitars. Millions of guitars later, and celebrating its 30th anniversary, Squier is almost as important to … [more below]
- Author: Bacon, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1617130222
- Language: English
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The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music
$27.00 Add to cartIn California’s Central Valley, two thousand miles away from country music’s hit machine, the hard edge of the Bakersfield Sound transformed American music in the latter half of the twentieth century…. [more below]
- Author: Price, Robert E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1597144150
- Language: English
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She’s a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll
$25.99 Add to cartGillian G. Gaar’s critically acclaimed, breakthrough book, the first full history of women in rock and pop ever written, became an instant classic upon its publication in 1992.
Arranged chronologicall- Series: Live Girls
- Author: Gaar, Gillian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 17 2008
- ISBN10: 1580050786
- Language: English
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Chicago’s WLS Radio
$31.99 Add to cartFrom its early days as the farmer’s companion to over a quarter century as the nation’s premier rock-and-roll station, WLS has touched the lives of millions of listeners. Many well-known celebrities, … [more below]
- Author: Childers, Scott
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 1531640249
- Language: English
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Hank and Jim: The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart
$17.00 Add to cart” A] remarkably absorbing, supremely entertaining joint biography” (The New York Times) from bestselling author Scott Eyman about the remarkable friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart, two Hollyw… [more below]
- Author: Eyman, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 1501102184
- Language: English
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Pulling a Rabbit Out of a Hat: The Making of Roger Rabbit
$30.00 Add to cartWho Framed Roger Rabbit emerged at a nexus of people, technology, and circumstances that is historically, culturally, and aesthetically momentous. By the 1980s, animation seemed a dying art. Not even
- Author: Anderson, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1496822331
- Language: English
