History & Criticism
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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 Add to cartThe 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 Add to cartTHE 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 Read moreOasis’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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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
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You Keep Me Hangin on
$25.00 Add to cart- Author: Schweikart, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: July 23 2011
- ISBN10: 1450783090
- Language: English
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Amazing Grace
$14.95 Read moreFor two days in January 1972, Aretha Franklin sang at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles while tape recorders and film cameras rolled. Everyone there knew the event had the potent
- Series: 33 1/3 #84
- Author: Cohen, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 06 2011
- ISBN10: 1441148884
- Language: English
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The Shadow of the Empress: Fairy-Tale Opera and the End of the Habsburg Monarchy
$26.00 Add to cartA beguiling exploration of the last Habsburg monarchs’ grip on Europe’s historical and cultural imagination.
In 1919 the last Habsburg rulers, Emperor Karl and Empress Zita, left Austria, going into e
- Author: Wolff, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 452
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1503635643
- Language: English
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K.D. Lang’s Ingénue
$14.95 Read moreCanadian performer k.d. lang broke new ground in the 1980s by blending the genres of punk and country, dubbed “cowpunk,” with her band, the Reclines. Despite Grammy-award-winning recordings and freque
- Series: 33 1/3
- Author: Stein, Joanna McNaney
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 150138919X
- Language: English
