Movement at the Still Point: an Ode to Dance by Mark Mann
$135.00 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Renowned portrait photographer Mark Mann documents an impressive host of dancers--their eloquent bodies in posed tranquility and vibrant motion--representing years of excellence and varied disciplines of the art form.A celebration of the strength and emotive ability of dancers, this book is a collection ...Show more
God and the Devil - The Life and Work of Ingmar Bergman by Peter Cowie
$65.00 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Peter Cowie's book chronicles the life and the 60-year film and stage career of Bergman as he wrestles the themes of love, sex and betrayal with the figure of Death hovering overhead. Blending biographical information with critical comment, Cowie presents a man whose life and work were intimately fused ...Show more
Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time by Rolling Stone, Stone Rolling
$75.00 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
From Rolling Stone, the definitive and lavishly illustrated companion book to one of the most popular and hotly debated lists in the world of musicWhen Rolling Stone publishes a list, the world listens. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list was first established in 2003 and the line-up was updated in ...Show more
The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan
$59.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -- and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays focu ...Show more
Scene In Between USA: The sounds and styles of American indie, 1983-1989 by Sam Knee
$39.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Following on from the success of A Scene In Between, revised edition, this new title explores the musical and sartorial treasures of the American 1980s guitar-based indie scenes. Starting in 1983 with the post-hardcore movement in Washington DC, Scene USA journeys coast to coast, covering everything fro ...Show more
Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars by Terry Burrows
$45.00 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
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
Fender: The Official Illustrated History by Dave Hunter
$59.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Celebrate the legendary guitars and amps of Fender with this authoritatively written, lavishly illustrated, and officially licensed history of the company and the culture it inspired.
The Chaser Quarterly: Issue 11: Winter 2018 by The Chaser
$12.95 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Tons of travel guides will tell you about the Sydney Harbour Bridge or Federation Square, but how many will give you directions to the very spot where the Cronulla race riots began, or the place where Tony Abbott stood proudly in front of a oDitch the Bitcho poster? You've heard of Atlas Obscura. Welco ...Show more
The Movie Musical! by Jeanine Basinger
$64.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Irresistible and authoritative, The Musical! is an in-depth look at the singing, dancing, happy-making world of Hollywood musicals, beautifully illustrated in color and black-and-white--an essential text for anyone who's ever laughed, cried, or sung along at the movies. Leading film historian Jeanine B ...Show more
Wild and Crazy Guys - How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever by Nick de Semlyen
$19.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-l ...Show more
Ridley Scott: A Retrospective by IAN. NATHAN
$59.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts
Illustrated with images as iconic as they are stunning and including the author's first-hand experiences on set and interviews with the great director, this magnificent book charts the extraordinary journey of Britain's greatest living director. Telling the stories behind Alien and Blade Runner, Gladiat ...Show more
Memphis 68 - The Tragedy of Southern Soul by Stuart Cosgrove
$22.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts | Series: The\Soul Trilogy Ser.
Second in the award-winning soul music trilogy following Detroit 67--featuring Memphis artists Isaac Hayes, Mahalia Jackson, Otis Redding, and others. In the 1950s and 1960s, Memphis, Tennessee, was the launchpad for musical pioneers such as Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Al Green, and I ...Show more