History & Criticism
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Making Monsters: Inside Stories from the Creators of Hollywood’s Most Iconic Creatures
$49.95 Add to cartExplore behind the scenes of the greatest monster movies ever made!
What makes a great movie monster? Academy Award-winning make-up effects artist Howard Berger and acclaimed journalist Marshall Juliu- Series: Hollywood Monsters
- Author: Berger, Howard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1802798455
- Language: English
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The Places of Marguerite Duras
$25.00 Add to cartThe first English translation of an important and evocative interview-turned-book project in Marguerite Duras’ illustrious oeuvre
“I could talk for hours about this house, this garden. I know it all, I
- Author: Duras, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 1738901343
- Language: English
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I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of the Vampire Diaries
$22.00 Add to cartFrom Entertainment Weekly writer and debut author Samantha Highfill, a definitive and deliciously nostalgic look into the creation and legacy of hit show The Vampire Diaries, as told by its cast, crew… [more below]
- Author: Highfill, Samantha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 09 2025
- ISBN10: 059347595X
- Language: English
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Strange Fruit: Billie Holiday and the Biography of a Song
$18.99 Add to cartLearn the story behind the song performed by Andra Day in “United States vs. Billie Holiday” now on Hulu
Recorded by jazz legend Billie Holiday in 1939, “Strange Fruit” is considered the first signifi
- Author: Margolick, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0060959568
- Language: English
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Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation Into the Cinema of Occulted Taboos
$29.95 Add to cartThe secret history of the world can be decoded through film.
In Hollywood Haunts the World: An Investigation into the Cinema of Occulted Taboos, Robert Guffey deconstructs the most powerful taboos of … [more below]
- Author: Guffey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1915316375
- Language: English
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Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run
$45.00 Add to cartAn engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble begin… [more below]
- Author: McCartney, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096306
- Language: English
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Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire
$16.95 Add to cartSoftcover edition contains over 100 NEW BONUS PAGES and more than 50 ADDITIONAL IMAGES about Sleepaway Camp II and III!
As featured in Fangoria, Movieweb, ComingSoon, Queerty, Rue Morgue, Yahoo News,
- Author: Hayes, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1948221322
- Language: English
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After Hours: Scorsese, Grief and the Grammar of Cinema
$16.95 Add to cartSiskel and Ebert meet Joan Didion in Auteur, a unique series that combines in-depth film criticism with personal autobiography. Each book in the series examines a single movie through a critical and h
- Series: Auteur #1
- Author: Tanzer, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1632461714
- Language: English
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Ministry’s the Land of Rape and Honey
$14.95 Read moreThis is the definitive chronicle of Ministry’s 1988 industrial rock release, The Land of Rape and Honey, that details the zeitgeist where post-punk, metal, funk and straight-up noise converge.
Minist- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Pettigrew, Jason
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765106839
- Language: English
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12 Days on the Road
$17.99 Add to cartIn the mid-seventies, the Sex Pistols, the most controversial rock-and-roll band ever, erupted out of London, offending everyone from members of Parliament to the rock establishment it sought to unsea… [more below]
- Author: Monk, Noel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 25 1992
- ISBN10: 0688112749
- Language: English
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Chet Atkins: Mr. Guitar
$39.95 Add to cartChet Atkins was arguably the most influential American guitarist of the twentieth century and, through his work as a recording executive, is often credited as a founder of the Nashville Sound. In Chet
- Series: Music of the American South
- Author: Cusic, Don
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: June 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0820373397
- Language: English
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Scream with Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)
$30.00 Add to cartA compelling, intelligent, and timely exploration of the horror genre from one of Columbia University’s most popular professors, shedding light on how classic horror films demonstrate larger cultural … [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1668087634
- Language: English
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Laughing Hyenas
$16.00 Add to cartLaughing Hyenas is the saga of one of the most uncompromising quartets in post-punk’s artistically dubious history. It’s a legacy of hell-bent self-destruction in the name of making an unholy racket,
- Author: Miller, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: July 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991739405
- Language: English
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Fever: The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever
$29.00 Add to cartThe music! The dancing! The clothes! The hair! (Watch the hair!) Celebrating almost 50 years of the iconic Saturday Night Fever, this first-ever complete history includes exclusive interviews, rare ph… [more below]
- Author: Donohue, Margo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 0806543922
- Language: English
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Criss-Cross: The Making of Hitchcock’s Dazzling, Subversive Masterpiece Strangers on a Train
$29.00 Add to cartTake a deep dive into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks as author Stephen Rebello unravels for the very first time the t… [more below]
- Author: Rebello, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0762486392
- Language: English
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Taylor’s Version: The Poetic and Musical Genius of Taylor Swift
$30.00 Add to cartA preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry–and the celebrity–of Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift has become a peerless superstar, ceaselessly productive and internationally bel- Author: Burt, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 154160623X
- Language: English
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Inspired Enterprise: How Nasa, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek
$35.00 Add to cartStar Trek creator Gene Roddenberry sought to create a work of science fiction that would immerse viewers not only through clever storylines and modern visual effects, but also by presenting the story … [more below]
- Author: Swanson, Glen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0764369369
- Language: English
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Your Favorite Scary Movie: How the Scream Films Rewrote the Rules of Horror
$22.00 Add to cartThe ultimate story of the Scream movie franchise, featuring interviews from more than eighty key players and an in-depth exploration of the creation and legacy of the films that revived a dying genre … [more below]
- Author: Cullins, Ashley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 0593474708
- Language: English
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That Very Witch: Fear, Feminism, and the American Witch Film
$33.99 Add to cartThat Very Witch explores the cyclical rise and fall of the cinematic witch in American culture and her relationship to feminist movements over time.
Through historical analysis and dozens of case studi
- Author: McCarty-Simas, Payton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: July 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1915556600
- Language: English
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Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In (Updated Edition)
$54.99 Add to cartThis brand-new, updated art book-sized hardcover edition of the long out-of-print collection by cult film host Joe Bob Briggs features new writing, movie reviews, and fan letters not seen in over 40 y… [more below]
- Author: Briggs, Joe Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 150674818X
- Language: English
