M Train by Patti Smith
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Reading Level: very good
REVISED EDITION WITH FIVE THOUSAND WORDS BONUS MATERIAL AND NEW PHOTOGRAPHS. M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village cafe where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between ...Show more
The Flame by Leonard Cohen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe Flame is the final work from Leonard Cohen, the revered poet and musician whose fans span generations and whose work is celebrated throughout the world. Featuring poems, excerpts from his private notebooks, lyrics, and hand-drawn self-portraits, The Flame offers an intim ...Show more
The Life of a Song by Jan Dalley; David Cheal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and re-imagined. The Life Of A Song is a compilation of weekly columns written £or FT Weekend, containing the biographies of 50 songs that have been born, reborn, sometimes hideously mangled, but often rein ...Show more
The Life of a Song by Jan Dalley; David Cheal
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
If The Kinks' "Waterloo Sunset" had been released under its original title, "Liverpool Sunset", would it have had the same impact? Was "Greensleeves" really written by Henry VIII? And how did The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" become globally adopted as a football chant? Like its bestselling predec ...Show more
The Marvel Book: Expand Your Knowledge of a Vast Comics Universe by DK
$42.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
The Marvel Book is an exhilarating journey through the endlessly fascinating, ever-dynamic, and awe-inspiring Marvel Comics universe. From iconic Super Heroes such as the Avengers, Spider-Man, and the Black Panther, to amazing technology like Iron Man's armors and S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Helicarriers, to the co ...Show more
Black Vinyl White Powder: The Real Story of the British Music Industry by Simon Napier-Bell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Black Vinyl White Powder is the definitive story of the British music industry's first five decades, as told by its ultimate insider. A key player since the 1960s - whether penning hits for Dusty Springfield, discovering Marc Bolan or managing a series of stellar acts ranging from the Yardbirds to Wham! ...Show more
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius by Harry Freedman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In his 1994 classic 'Hallelujah' he opens with the words 'Now I've heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord - the baffled king composing Hallelujah'. As the ...Show more
A Book of Days by Patti Smith
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith's singular aesthetic - inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, without any plan or agenda for ...Show more
Bodies: Life and Death in Music by Ian Winwood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Money, freedom, adoring fans: professional musicians seem to have it all. But beneath the surface lies a frightening truth: for years the music industry has tolerated death, addiction and exploitation in the name of entertainment. In Bodies, Ian Winwood explores the industry's reluctance to confront it ...Show more
Working Class Boy by Jimmy Barnes
$22.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A household name, an Australian rock icon, the elder statesman of Ozrock - there isn't an accolade or cliche that doesn't apply to Jimmy Barnes. But long before Cold Chisel and Barnesy, long before the tall tales of success and excess, there was the true story of James Dixon Swan - a working class boy w ...Show more
Fly Away Paul: How Paul McCartney survived the Beatles and found his Wings by Lesley-Ann Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
No comprehensive biography of the time Paul McCartney spent with Wings has ever been published. A period often dismissed as McCartney's 'missing' years, in fact the band lasted for a decade: two years longer than the Beatles, and wielded such impact and influence that they at one point achieved the stat ...Show more
Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars by Terry Burrows
$45.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Discover the rich history behind the world's favorite musical instrument in Guitar Family Trees. This striking visual catalog charts the histories of the most prominent and sought after guitars and their manufacturers, including such household names as Gibson, Martin, Rickenbacker, and Fender. From the ...Show more