Music & Performing Arts

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The Die Zauberfloete

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti

Paperback

The guide contains the complete German libretto with a new English translation by Kenneth Chalmers and incorporates all the... [more]

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Then It Fell Apart

Moby

Music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs

Paperback

Suddenly he was hanging out with David Bowie and Lou Reed, Christina Ricci and Madonna, taking esctasy for breakfast (most... [more]

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Outback Songman: My Life

Ted Egan

Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

They don't make them like Ted anymore. He's the quintessential bush storyteller; he has rubbed shoulders with some of the... [more]

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Alien: The Blueprints

Graham Langridge

Illustration & commercial art; Films, movies & cinema; Fiction-related items

Hardback

Technical drawings of all the major ships and vehicles from the Alien movies, presented in incredible detail. Includes iconic... [more]

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Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking...

Rocky Lang, Barbara Hall

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Diaries, letters & journals

Hardback

Rare notes, memos, and telegrams from Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra, Jane Fonda, and more Letters... [more]

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Harryhausen: The Lost Movies

John Walsh

Poster art; Films, movies & cinema; Fiction-related items

Hardback

The official guide to the unrealised films of Ray Harryhausen. [more]

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Mr Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder

John Waters

Individual film directors, film-makers; Biography; Memoirs

Hardback

Studded with cameos of Waters's stars, from Divine and Mink Stole to Johnny Depp, Kathleen Turner, Patricia Hearst, and Tracey... [more]

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Captain Fantastic: Elton John's Stellar Trip Through the '70s

Tom Doyle

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

The first book to trace Elton John's meteoric rise in the wild 1970s, to a global sensation with sales of 200 million albums... [more]

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Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick Arthur C Clarke and the Making of a Masterpiece...

Michael Benson

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: arts & entertainment; Fiction-related items; Astronomy, space & time

Paperback

Synopsis coming soon....... [more]

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Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making...

Don Graham

Film, TV & Radio; Individual actors & performers; Film theory & criticism; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

A larger-than-life narrative of the making of the classic film, marking the rise of America as a superpower, the ascent of... [more]

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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life

Michael Caine

Acting techniques; Film, TV & Radio; Individual actors & performers; Films, movies & cinema; Memoirs

Paperback

Hollywood legend and British national treasure Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has... [more]

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Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson

Music; Blues; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Robert Johnson. [more]

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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show

Richard Zoglin

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment; History of the Americas

Hardback

The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the... [more]

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The Big Beat: Rock Music in Australia 1978-1983 Through the Pages of Roadrunner...

Donald Robertson

Music

Hardback

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Elton John: Rocket Man

Chris Roberts

Music; Rock & Pop music; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

One of the most prolific and commercially successful artists in modern pop music, during a career spanning over half a century... [more]

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Bob Dylan: His Life in Pictures

Harry Shapiro

Music; Music reviews & criticism; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

A major figure in pop culture for the better part for six decades, Bob Dylan: His Life in Pictures pays homage to the counterculture... [more]

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Star Wars: The Best of the Original Trilogy

Titan Comics

Films, movies & cinema; Science fiction; Reference works

Paperback

The making of the Star Wars original trilogy, as told by the cast and crew. The iconic characters from the original Star Wars... [more]

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Howard Stern Comes Again

Howard Stern

Radio; Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Society & Social Sciences

Paperback

Over his unrivalled four-decade career in radio, Howard Stern has interviewed thousands of personalities-discussing sex, relationships,... [more]

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The Science of Breaking Bad

Dave Trumbore, Donna J. Nelson (Professor of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma)

Television; Mathematics & Sciences; Popular science; Chemistry

Paperback

All the science in Breaking Bad-from explosive experiments to acid-based evidence destruction-explained and analyzed for authenticity.... [more]

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How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

Stephen Johnson

Music; 20th century & contemporary classical music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Memoirs; Abnormal psychology; Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama)

Paperback

BBC music broadcaster Stephen Johnson explores the power of Shostakovich's music during Stalin's reign of terror, and writes... [more]

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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

Todd Purdum

Theatre Studies; Musicals

Paperback

A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American... [more]

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Sir Elton: The Definitive Biography

Philip Norman

Individual actors & performers; Music; Rock & Pop music; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

The definitive biography of the much-loved star Elton John. [more]

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Dead People I Have Known

Shayne Carter

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

In Dead People I Have Known, the legendary New Zealand musician Shayne Carter tells the story of a life in music, taking us... [more]

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The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names: How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana,...

Adam Dolgins

Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Paperback

The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock... [more]

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Supreme Glamour

Mary Wilson, Mark Bego

Music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Hardback

Marrying sumptuous fashion with insightful biography, Supreme Glamour charts the glittering story of Motown's most successful... [more]