History & Criticism
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Music and Technology: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartMark Katz surveys the age-old interrelationship between music and technology, from prehistoric musical instruments to today’s digital playback devices.
This Very Short Introduction takes an expansive- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Katz, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0199946981
- Language: English
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Movie Night Menus: Dinner and Drink Recipes Inspired by the Films We Love
$25.99 Add to cartLooking for a great idea for date night or to entertain friends? Why not cue up Casablanca with some French 75s and a Moroccan-themed spread? Turner Classic Movies: Movie Night Menus spotlights thirty… [more below]
- Series: Turner Classic Movies
- Author: Darlington, Tenaya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 27 2016
- ISBN10: 0762460938
- Language: English
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Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles
$20.00 Add to cartAn all-access, firsthand account of the life and music of one of history’s most beloved bands–from an original mastering engineer at Abbey Road
Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legen… [more below]- Author: Emerick, Geoff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1592402690
- Language: English
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The Empty Space: A Book about the Theatre: Deadly, Holy, Rough, Immediate
$18.00 Add to cartA timeless classic on the art of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century.
In this seminal and iconoclastic book, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Sh- Author: Brook, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0684829576
- Language: English
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Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
$19.99 Add to cartNow in paperback, a rollicking history of the rise and fall of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour –“A stunningly alive portrait of the 1960s and of two very different men who ‘refused to shut up’ and … [more below]
- Author: Bianculli, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1439101175
- Language: English
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The Devil Finds Work: An Essay
$15.00 Add to cartFrom “the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Baldwin, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 0307275957
- Language: English
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Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History
$45.00 Add to cartLabyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History is the definitive thirtieth-anniversary exploration of the beloved Jim Henson classic, featuring rare artwork, interviews, and on-set photos.
Journey back to Ji- Author: Block, Paula M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 1608878104
- Language: English
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Little Book of Schiaparelli: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House
$16.95 Add to cartLittle Book of Schiaparelli chronicles the work of one of history’s most influential and eccentric couturiers. Endowed with a strikingly imaginative and experimental approach to fashion, Elsa Schiapar
- Series: Little Books of Fashion #11
- Author: Baxter-Wright, Emma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 09 2021
- ISBN10: 1787398285
- Language: English
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Shoegaze
$19.95 Add to cartWhat the hell is shoegaze? A scene? A movement? A sound? Back in the Nineties, many would have said the so-called genre was entirely fabricated. The term itself, an offensive piss-take given by the no
- Series: Genre: A 33 1/3
- Author: Pinkard, Ryan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765103418
- Language: English
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A City Full of Hawks: On the Waterfront Seventy Years Later–Still the Great American Contender
$32.95 Read more“Journalist Rebello delivers a meticulous account of On the Waterfront’s bumpy path to the silver screen…. Rebello gamely traces how real-life political drama combined with rank Hollywood gamesmansh
- Author: Rebello, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1493077805
- Language: English
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The Art of the B Movie Poster
$49.95 Add to cartExploding off the page with over 1,000 of the best examples of exploitation, grindhouse, and pulp film poster design comes The Art of the B-Movie Poster, a collection of incredible posters from low-bu… [more below]
- Author: Newell, Adam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1584238038
- Language: English
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You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!: Life Lessons from the Movie A Christmas Story
$21.18 Add to cartFor the first time, author Quentin Schultze, who taught storytelling with screenwriter Jean Shepherd, reveals the “secret” parables that Shepherd included in his screenplay for A Christmas Story. Now
- Author: Schultze, Quentin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 210
- Publish Date: June 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1937532011
- Language: English
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Extraordinary Records
$81.67 Add to cartThis electrifying vinyl edition creates a new and edgy definition for “album art.” Produced in collaboration with Colors magazine, it brings together more than 500 remarkable records from the collecti
- Author: Benedetti, Alessandro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: April 19 2024
- ISBN10: 3836595001
- Language: English
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Recording Broadway: A Life in Cast Albums
$45.00 Add to cart“Grammy Award-winning producer Shepard throws open the door to the recording booth in his exuberant and fine-grained debut memoir…. Broadway aficionados will find plenty to enjoy.” – Publishers Week
- Author: Shepard, Thomas Z.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 149308125X
- Language: English
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Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live
$32.99 Add to cartThe New 50th Anniversary Edition of Saturday Night
“It reads like a thriller, and may be the best book ever written about television.”
— Associated Press“A chilling real-life cliffhanger.”
— Washin- Author: Hill, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1592115306
- Language: English
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Playhouse Square and the Cleveland Renaissance
$27.95 Add to cart- Author: Vacha, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1606354744
- Language: English
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Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History
$18.99 Add to cartBorn into the steam and starch of a Chinese laundry, Anna May Wong (1905-1961) emerged from turn-of-the-century Los Angeles to become Old Hollywood’s most famous Chinese American actress, a screen sir
- Author: Huang, Yunte
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 132409513X
- Language: English
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Weep, Shudder, Die: On Opera and Poetry
$19.95 Add to cart“Looking at opera from the standpoint of its texts, as only a gifted poet and librettist can do, Dana Gioia examines why a surprisingly small number of operas have attained a secure place in the reper
- Author: Gioia, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1589881966
- Language: English
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501 Essential Albums of the ’90s: The Music Fan’s Definitive Guide
$40.00 Add to cartBreak out the flannel, scrunchies, and high-rise jeans and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1990s’ most influential albums across all genres.
In 501 Essential Albums of the ’90s- Author: Graff, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0760389039
- Language: English
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Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
$20.00 Add to cart- Author: Jones, Quincy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0767905105
- Language: English
