History & Criticism
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Stanley Kubrick: A Biography
$25.99 Add to cartStanley Kubrick, director of the acclaimed films Path of Glory, Spartacus, Lolita, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, and Full Metal Jacket, is arguably one of th… [more below]
- Author: LoBrutto, Vincent
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 606
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0306809060
- Language: English
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The Jazz Cadence of American Culture
$35.00 Add to cartA comprehensive collection of essays, speeches, and interviews on the impact of jazz on other arts, on politics, and on the rhythm of everyday life, including an essay on poet and novelist James Weldo
- Series: Film and Culture
- Author: O’Meally, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: December 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0231104499
- Language: English
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Life of a Song: Volumes 1 and 2
$14.99 Read moreDiscover the stories behind the songs THE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song’s biography and how they took on a new life following their release. Packed with intrigui… [more below]
- Author: Dalley, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1399800582
- Language: English
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Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century
$20.00 Read moreRecord Store Day: the Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century provides the official inside story on how Record Store Day managed to revive the vinyl format from oblivion over the past fifteen yea… [more below]
- Author: Jaffee, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1644282550
- Language: English
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Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die: Punk & Post Punk Graphics 1976-1986
$39.95 Read morePraise for the Too Fast To Live Too Young To Die exhibition:
“A fascinating look at how punk and new wave music met the eye” New York Times
“An absolute joy” Financial Times
The largest unique collec
- Author: Krivine, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 26 2020
- ISBN10: 1911641360
- Language: English
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The Cure FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Heartbreakingly Excellent Rock Band the World Has Ever Known
$37.43 Add to cartThe Cure FAQ is a complete analysis of the band’s forty-plus year career, delving into each one of their albums with fresh commentary and insight.
- Series: FAQ
- Author: Gerard, Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1617137073
- Language: English
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The Big Lebowski
$17.95 Add to cartEthan and Joel Coen’s The Big Lebowski was released in 1998 to general bafflement. A decade on, it had become a cult classic and remains so over 20 years later, inspiring a thriving circuit of ‘Lebows
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Tyree, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1838719601
- Language: English
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A Short History of Cahiers Du Cinema
$24.95 Add to cartCahiers du Cin ma was the single most influential project in the history of film. Founded in 1951, it was responsible for establishing film as the ‘seventh art, ‘ equal to literature, painting or musi… [more below]
- Author: Bickerton, Emilie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1844677605
- Language: English
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Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984 — An Oral History
$24.95 Add to cartIn the early 1970s, the Minneapolis music scene was no scene at all. Radio stations played Top 40 music; bars and clubs booked only rock cover bands and blues bands. Meanwhile, cities like New York, D
- Author: Collins, Cyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: April 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1681340321
- Language: English
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They Might Be Giants’ Flood
$14.95 Read moreFor a few decades now, They Might Be Giants’ album Flood has been a beacon (or at least a nightlight) for people who might rather read than rock out, who care more about science fiction than Slayer, w
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Reed, S. Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 21 2013
- ISBN10: 162356915X
- Language: English
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I Am Charlie Wilson
$17.99 Read moreThe long-awaited New York Times bestselling memoir of seven-time Grammy-nominated artist Charlie Wilson, the iconic R&B and Funk singer-songwriter-producer and former lead singer of The Gap Band–inte… [more below]
- Author: Wilson, Charlie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 28 2016
- ISBN10: 1476790086
- Language: English
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Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History
$64.93 Add to cart“It’s kind of crazy, the impact on culture so many Boom Chicago alums have had. Boom was where I became my best comedic self: the excitement of Amsterdam, the freedom of that environment, the letting … [more below]
- Author: Moskos, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141676
- Language: English
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French New Wave: A Revolution in Design
$59.95 Read moreThe definitive celebration of the visual imagery of the French New Wave with its explosive and groundbreaking poster art
The French New Wave of the 1950s and 1960s is one of the most important movement
- Author: Nourmand, Tony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0957261047
- Language: English
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If You’re Feeling Sinister
$14.95 Read moreIf You’re Feeling Sinister shows how Belle & Sebastian transformed themselves over the space of a decade, from a slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop gro… [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #50
- Author: Plagenhoef, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: September 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0826428185
- Language: English
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Star Wars and Philosophy: More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
$19.95 Add to cartThe Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex th… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy #12
- Author: Decker, Kevin S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: March 23 2005
- ISBN10: 0812695836
- Language: English
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Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten Movies We Love: Cult Classics, Underrated Gems, and Films So Bad They’re Good
$23.99 Add to cartHook. Wet Hot American Summer. Valley of the Dolls. There are some movies that defy traditional critical assessment — films that are panned by reviewers, but that go on to become beloved classics and… [more below]
- Author: Editors of Rotten Tomatoes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0762496053
- Language: English
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Post: A Look at the Influence of Post-Hardcore-1985-2007
$23.95 Add to cartPOST is a look at how post-hardcore/emo music developed since its unintentional inception in the mid-1980s. With each chapter broken up by influential band or label, it focuses on a broad style of ind… [more below]
- Author: Grubbs, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: September 23 2008
- ISBN10: 0595518354
- Language: English
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The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy
$18.00 Read moreBill Carter, executive producer of CNN’s docuseries The Story of Late Night and host of the Behind the Desk: Story of Late Night podcast, details the chaotic transition of The Tonight Show from host J… [more below]
- Author: Carter, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 27 2011
- ISBN10: 0452297494
- Language: English
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Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll
$20.99 Add to cartOn the south side of Chicago in the late 1940s, two immigrants; one a Jew born in Russia, the other a black blues singer from Mississippi; met and changed the course of musical history. Muddy Waters e
- Series: Enterprise #0
- Author: Cohen, Rich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0393327507
- Language: English
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The Spiritual Lives of the Great Composers
$15.99 Add to cartThis is a compelling and inspiring look at spiritual beliefs that influenced some of the world’s greatest composers, now revised and expanded with eight additional composers.
- Author: Kavanaugh, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 19 1996
- ISBN10: 0310208068
- Language: English
