Chanson: A Tribute to France's Most Romantic and Poetic Musical Tradition by OLAF SALIE
$150.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
A photographic tribute to France's most lyrical, romantic, and poetic musical tradition. Virtually no other musical discipline is as closely linked with the culture and essence of a country as the chanson with France. With roots in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, this secular, lyric-driven form of song ...Show more
Cinema of the 70s: 101 Iconic Movies by JOHN H. FOOTE
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
A celebration of the cinema of the 70s. What a decade! Today, over half a century later, great films are measured by those of the 70s. Has there been a more impactful 10-year period? For the first time, cinema reflected life and society, presenting both on the big screen with a compelling and penetratin ...Show more
Classical Sparks:The story of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra by Rogers, Tom.
$47.50 NZD
Category: Christchurch City & Banks Peninsula
The story of how the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra has survived against the odds for nearly fifty years. While adapting to constantly changing conditions, the orchestra has gone on making music, pushing the boundaries of what a regional orchestra can tackle
Cover Story - 100 Beautiful, Strange and Frankly Incredible New Zealand LP Covers by Steve Braunias
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Reading Level: very good
Music is a key to culture, no matter where in the world you are from and New Zealand is no exception. In the decades from 1957- 87 the LP was king of New Zealand recorded music. To sell the music cover art was needed, and the book showcases 100 of the best examples at full LP size. Divided into themes, ...Show more
Cult Filmmakers by Kristelle Rodeia (Illustrator); Ian Haydn Smith
$14.00 NZD
$28.00 (50% off)
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Series: Cult Figures Ser.
What makes a cult filmmaker? Whether pioneering in their craft, fiercely and undeniably unique, or critically divisive, cult filmmakers come in all shapes and guises. Some gain instant fame, others instant notoriety, and more still remain anonymous until a chance change in fashion sees their work propel ...Show more
Curepedia: An A-Z of The Cure by Simon Price
$99.99 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
The Cure are arguably the biggest alternative rock band in the world. Their popularity is not limited to any one country, or even continent. Between 1985 and 2000 every album they released went to at least Gold in the UK, the US or both. In America they have earned four Platinum albums, and they are est ...Show more
Dance Your Way Home - A Journey Through the Dancefloor by Emma Warren
$40.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it's a set of interconnected histories of the overlooked places where dancing happens . . . Why do we dance together? What does dancing tells us about ou ...Show more
David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth by Paul Duncan (Editor)
$50.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Loving the AlienBehind the scenes of Nic Roeg's 1976 sci-fi masterpiece starring David BowieFirst advertised as a "mind-stretching experience," Nicolas Roeg's 1976 The Man Who Fell to Earth stunned the cinema world. A tour-de-force of science fiction as art form, the movie brought not only hallucinatory ...Show more
Days of Hope and Dreams: an intimate portrait of Bruce Springsteen by Frank Stefanko
$27.50 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
Born and bred in a working class environment in Asbury Park, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen has, over the past 30 years, established himself as one of the most influential songwriters and performers in American popular music. Winner of three Grammy Awards for The Rising, he continues to entertain and ins ...Show more
Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska by Warren Zanes
$80.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen's most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen's careerWithout Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen's hugely successful The River should have been the hit- ...Show more
Downstage Upfront: The first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre by John Smythe
$60.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness | Reading Level: very good
The first 40 years of New Zealand's longest-running professional theatre.* In its first 40 years, from conception to maturity, through stages of growth both painful and pleasurable, Downstage Very Good - signed copy.
FILM ART AN INTRODUCTION by David Bordwell; Kristin Thompson
$20.00 NZD
Category: Music & Showbusiness
Secondhand. Film is an art form with a language and an aesthetic all its own. Since 1979, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson's Film Art has been the best-selling and widely respected introduction to the analysis of cinema. Taking a skills-centered approach supported by a wide range of examples from va ...Show more