History & Criticism
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Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods!: Interviews with Science Fiction Legends
$17.95 Add to cartIn these highly-candid radio interviews, more than fifty legendary, larger-than-life personalities trade anecdotes about the Golden Age of science fiction. Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, … [more below]
- Author: Wolinsky, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1616964421
- Language: English
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Armies of the Night: The Warriors and Its Legacy
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the New York City Subway to Coney Island–uncover the gritty legacy of The Warriors, the cult classic that stormed the streets–and shaped mainstream culture–since 1979!
The Warriors opened to sc- Author: Gingold, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1948221977
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright in the Movies: Iconic California Sites on Film
$24.99 Add to cartWhat do Vincent Price, Harrison Ford, Jackie Chan, and Uma Thurman all have in common with Frank Lloyd Wright? Answer: The Movies.
The influence of Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture can’t be o
- Series: History & Guide
- Author: Wilson, Mark Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159557
- Language: English
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Desert Dreams: The Music, Style, and Allure of Coachella
$24.99 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the music, the fashion, and the hype of one of the biggest music festivals in the world.
Coachella is considered one of the most profitable and widely attended music festivals, wi- Author: Bain, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0760397554
- Language: English
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Die Hard
$17.95 Add to cartUpon its release, John McTiernan’s Die Hard (1988) was met with immense commercial and critical success; breaking the $100 million mark at the box office in its first run, and resulting in four Academ
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Lewis, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1839026529
- Language: English
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Read Frame Type Film: Or, Written on the Screen
$55.00 Add to cartThis ambitious survey chronicles text and typography in 20th-century artists’ films and experimental cinema
From credits to subtitles to title cards and beyond, texts play a critical part in the struct
- Author: Camporesi, Enrico
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991658010
- Language: English
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The Hours Are Long, But the Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music
$24.95 Add to cart“The music business is not a meritocracy: it is a crapshoot taking place in a septic tank balanced on the prow of the Titanic, a venal snake pit where innovation, creativity, and honest business pract… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Rob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0252088964
- Language: English
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Opera Wars: Inside the World of Opera and the Battles for Its Future
$30.00 Add to cartImmerse yourself in the captivating and surprisingly contentious world of opera with this compelling unveiling of the art form’s bold characters and the fierce struggles that are redefining its future… [more below]
- Author: Vincent, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1668084066
- Language: English
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Eternal Current Events: Early Writings
$19.95 Add to cartThe first English translation of Chris Marker’s early writings on film, religion, philosophy, politics, and art.
Before making his first films in the 1950s, Chris Marker was a regular contributor to t- Series: Inpatient Press / Mercurial Editions
- Author: Marker, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1965874002
- Language: English
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How to Score in Hollywood: Secrets to Success in the Movie Business
$28.00 Add to cartHow to Score in Hollywood reveals the secrets to a movie’s success and profitability. Entertainment research expert Kevin Goetz shares how smart, data-driven decisions–from development to release–he… [more below]
- Author: Goetz, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 198218986X
- Language: English
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Alternative for the Masses: The ’90s Alt-Rock Revolution – An Oral History
$29.99 Add to cartGet the definitive story of the ’90s alt-rock movement straight from the musicians and figures who lived it.
No period in the history of rock music offered such an abrupt shift in prevailing tastes as- Author: Prato, Greg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0760398429
- Language: English
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Why Sound Matters
$26.00 Add to cartA poignant consideration of the material aspect of sound and how it fundamentally shapes our experience of the world, both in its presence and absence
From the joyous communal connections fostered th- Series: Why X Matters
- Author: Krukowski, Damon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 0300272243
- Language: English
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Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the Cars
$29.95 Add to cartThe sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter
- Author: Aaron, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1493075314
- Language: English
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Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks
$19.95 Add to cartA stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.
Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the fine- Author: Morrison, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 0520401263
- Language: English
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Keep Your Ear to the Ground: A History of Punk Fanzines in Washington, DC
$39.95 Read moreThe first history of the fanzines that emerged from Washington, DC’s highly influential punk community
DIY culture has always been at the heart of DC’s thriving punk community. As Washington, DC’s punk
- Author: Davis, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1647126355
- Language: English
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Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street
$17.99 Add to cartWhen the head of Columbia Pictures, David Begelman, got caught forging Cliff Robertson’s name on a $10,000 check, it seemed, at first, like a simple case of embezzlement. It wasn’t. The incident was t
- Series: Collins Business Essentials
- Author: McClintick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0060508159
- Language: English
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Nobody Sits Like the French
$30.00 Add to cartA Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs.
Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that to- Author: Pappas, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 12 2025
- ISBN10: 9460583792
- Language: English
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The B-52s’ Cosmic Thing
$14.95 Add to cartThe B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in their music, using 1989’s Cosmic Thing as a focal point.
Alongside the author’s own queer awakenin- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Crighton, Pete
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765133125
- Language: English
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The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick
$52.50 Add to cart- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Bleasdale, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1985901196
- Language: English
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Deliver Me from Nowhere (Movie Tie-In): The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska
$20.00 Add to cartThe fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen’s career–now with a new afterword
Soon to be a major motion- Author: Zanes, Warren
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 9798217088645
- Language: English
