The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi by Lou Reed; Laurie Anderson (Editor)
65.00 NZD
Category: Biography / Memoir
The Art of the Straight Line captures the energy of Lou Reed's worlds of Tai Chi, music, and meditation. It was edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson, with Stephan Berwick, Bob Currie, and Scott Richman. Lou Reed was a musician, singer, songwriter, poet, and founding member of the legendary ro ...Show more
Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The Oscar-nominated star who captivated the world with his performance in Juno finally shares his truth. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image and struggling with familial strife, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. With this evocative an ...Show more
Then It Fell Apart by Moby
33.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
*Featured in The Times' 'Best Books of the Year So Far' 2019*'Somehow this chronicle of a long, dark night of the soul also involves funny stories involving Trump, Putin, and a truly baffling array of degenerates.' Stephen Colbert ***What do you do when you realise you have everything you think you've ...Show more
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh
33.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.
The Impossible Art: Adventures in Opera by Matthew Aucoin
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
From its beginning, opera has been an impossible art. Its first practitioners, in seventeenth-century Florence, set themselves the unreachable goal of reproducing the wonders of ancient Greek drama, which no one can be sure was sung in the first place. Opera's greatest artists have striven to fuse multi ...Show more
The Beatles: The Illustrated Lyrics by Unnamed
65.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The lyrics to the songs of the Beatles read like poetry. This book treats them as such, and illustrates each track artistically, paying careful attention to detail and high design standards. The stories, themes and ideas behind nearly 200 songs are explored in this beautiful book that includes photogra ...Show more
A Cellarful of Noise: With a new introduction by Craig Brown by Brian Epstein
25.00 NZD
Category: Music
The iconic life story of Brian Epstein, the 'Fifth Beatle', in his own words - and inevitably the story of the making of the Beatles. Featuring a new introduction by Craig Brown (One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time). Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison may have fronted the ...Show more
Bowie at 75 by Martin Popoff
110.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A unique and beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Bowie at 75 examines David Bowie's extraordinary life through the lens of 75 significant career achievements and life events.Hendrix, Joplin, Mercury...few rock artists garner as much adulation after passing as they did i ...Show more
David Bowie: Changes - A Life in Pictures 1947-2016 by Chris Welch
45.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
David Bowie: Changes \b0 is a celebration of the international figure all starry-eyed hopefuls aspired to be when setting out on a path to fame and fortune in the music industry - whether they know it or not. Through more than 150 stellar photos, it tells the story of an artist the likes of which we'd n ...Show more
Music and How It Works by .
30.00 NZD
Category: Music
Take a visual journey through the world of music and learn the science behind it too. Budding music fans will love discovering musical geniuses of every era, from Mozart and classical music to Bowie and pop, as well as finding out how music is created and what links it all together. The book explains ho ...Show more
Re-Make/Re-Model - The Art School Roots of Roxy Music by Michael Bracewell
25.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Series: Faber Greatest Hits Ser.
A new edition as part of the Faber Social Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century. Re-make/Re-model tells the extraordinary and largely unknown story of the individuals and circumstances that would lead over a period of almost ...Show more
Kids Guide to Learning the Ukulele - 25 Songs to Learn and Play for Kids by Emily Arrow
30.00 NZD
Category: Music - Instruments
The benefits of music are monumental Ukuleles are the perfect first instrument for kids to learn to play, and this book will show them why and how. Filled with basic instructions for holding positions, tuning, basic chords, and more, children will then learn and practice 24 songs, games, and activities. ...Show more