The Art of Sound: A Visual Composition for Audiophiles by Terry Burrows
$70.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
This spectacular volume is a compendium of beautiful recording and playback equipment and at the same time an engaging, comprehensive history of sound recording. Organized chronologically, it showcases specially commissioned photography of the beautiful, iconic and rarely seen objects contained within t ...Show more
Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time by Ray Padgett
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
From the creator of the popular website covermesongs.com comes the perfect book for music fans: the inside stories behind 20 iconic cover songs and the artists who turned them into classics. A great cover only makes a song stronger. Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower." The ...Show more
My Giddy Aunt and her sister comedians by Sharon Connolly
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A vivid and original account of the age of vaudeville in Australia and the eccentric women who gave it life. Whip-smart and fabulously funny, the women of vaudeville entertained Australia and challenged ideas of how women should behave. Opening a forgotten case of photographs, Sharon Connolly begins a ...Show more
Guitar Zero by Gary Marcus
$19.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
On the eve of his 40th birthday, renowned cognitive psychology Gary Marcus decided to fulfil a lifelong dream and learn to play the guitar, investigating how humans "make" music and how anyone of any age might master a new skill. His quest takes him from summer jam sessions with 12-year-olds to classes ...Show more
The True Story of Guns N' Roses by Mick Wall
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
Many millions of words have already been written about Guns N' Roses, the old line-up, the new line-up. But none of them have ever really gotten to the truth. Which is this: Guns N' Roses has always been a band out of time, the Last of the Giants. They are what every rock band since the Rolling Stones h ...Show more
Strange Fascination: David Bowie: the Definitive Story by David Buckley
$27.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
The Sunday Times bestseller. David Bowie was arguably the most influential artist of his time, reinventing himself again and again, transforming music, style and art for over five decades. David Buckley's unique approach to unravelling the Bowie enigma, via interviews with many of the singer's closest a ...Show more
The DC Book: A Vast and Vibrant Multiverse Simply Explained by Stephen Wiacek
$39.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
A unique, in-depth exploration of the DC Comics Multiverse for casual fans and comic devotees alikeTravel the myriad worlds of the DC Multiverse. If you want to truly understand DC Comics, The DC Book is your one-stop guide to the DC Multiverse. This unique, insightful examination of a mind-boggling com ...Show more
John Illsley - My Life in Dire Straits by John Illsley
$35.00 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Reading Level: very good
The first - and only - inside story of one of the greatest bands in rock history, as told by bassist and founder member John Illsley, with a foreword by Mark Knopfler. Dire Straits filled giant stadiums around the world and sold hundreds of millions of records. Throughout the eighties they were one of t ...Show more
Headhunters by Jo Nesbo
$19.95 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Reading Level: good
THE NEW GLOBAL PHENOMENON Roger Brown has it all: clever and wealthy, he's at the very top of his game. And if his job as a headhunter ever gets dull, he has his sideline as an art thief to keep him busy. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve. Not only is Greve the perfect candidat ...Show more
The Boy in the Song: The Real Stories Behind 50 Classic Pop Songs by Michael Heatley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance
The Boy in the Song is a follow up to 2010's The Girl in the Song. It features the real-life stories that inspired some classic pop songs about the male of the species. While the first book was filled with songs about unrequited love, the follow-up is more varied, with songs written from a number of emo ...Show more
A Spotter's Guide to Film (and TV) Locations 1 by Lonely Planet
$14.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Series: Lonely Planet | Reading Level: General Adult
The next in Lonely Planet's Spotter's Guide series reveals more than 100 locations of classic moments from famous films and TV series. How many scenes can you tick off? Films featured range from La Dolce Vita in Rome to Gladiator in Morocco. and TV series' settings include Game of Thrones in Dubrovnik a ...Show more
Songs by Don Walker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music, TV , Film & Performance | Series: Australian | Reading Level: 3 Biography
Don Walker is widely considered one of Australia's greatest songwriters. For over forty years - from Cold Chisel and Tex, Don & Charlie to his solo work - he has written songs that capture what it is to be Australian. Collected here, for the first time, are lyrics from his extensive career- from 'K ...Show more