Around the Corners, Out to the Edges - A Memoir by composer Jonathan Besser by Jonathon Besser; Nicola McCloy
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Biography | Reading Level: near fine
Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Besser's career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the '70s and '80s. Born into a Jewish household in New York in 1949, Jonathan struggled in school as a neuro-atypical child, before delving in ...Show more
Eruption - The Eddie Van Halen Story by Paul Brannigan
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
A searching, affectionate and in-depth look at the life and legends of the late, great guitar god.
Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There: How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America by David Hepworth
26.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times. The resulting ...Show more
The Number Ones - Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music by Tom Breihan
38.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through the lens of game-changing #1 singles from the Billboard Hot 100. When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"--a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in th ...Show more
The Beatles by Terry O'Neill: Five Decades of Photographs, with Unseen Images by Terry O'Neill
70.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
'An incredible photographer and good friend'-RINGO STARR The definitive collection of the breathtaking Beatles photographs of Terry O'Neill. Iconic photographer Terry O'Neill worked with the Beatles across five decades, capturing the band at the beginning of their rise to the top and the solo years be ...Show more
Beginner's Step-by-Step Guitar: The Complete Guide
48.00 NZD
Category: Music - Instruments
From Jimi Hendrix to Ed Sheeran, every guitar hero started somewhere - so stop dreaming and start playing! Covering acoustic and electric, this book includes everything you need to know, from choosing your instrument and reading guitar tab, to using amplifiers and effects. Easy-to-follow lessons take y ...Show more
Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave, Sean O'Hagan
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
"Created from more than forty hours of intimate conversations with the journalist Seán O’Hagan, this is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave’s own words, of what really drives his life and creativity. The book examines questions of belief, art, music, freedom, grief and love. It draws candidly o ...Show more
Sound Bites by Ed Le Brocq
40.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Ed Le Brocq invites you to come on a journey with him through a living tradition that spans a millennium - the tradition of Western classical music. Have you ever wondered where our music comes from? How did we arrive here, a place where we can have a hundred musicians on stage playing the wildest rhyt ...Show more
One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2020. A Spectator Book of the Year From the award-winning author of Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret comes a fascinating, hilarious, kaleidoscopic biography of the Fab Four. John Updike compared them to 'the sun coming out on an Easter morning'. Bob D ...Show more
Composers: Their Lives and Works by DK
48.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer, more than 90 biographical entries trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each musical genius and their work. Profiles offer revealing insights into what drove each individual to create the musical masterpieces - symphoni ...Show more
Hot Stuff: The Story of the Rolling Stones Through the Ultimate Memorabilia Collection by Matt Lee
55.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography
Matt Lee has been collecting Rolling Stones memorabilia for more than two decades. He amassed so much that he had to move house; he now has his own private museum dedicated to Stones memorabilia and people come from all over the world to view his collection. For the first time, Hot Stuff showcases his c ...Show more
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography by Elton John
28.00 NZD
Category: Music History & Biography | Reading Level: near fine
The best selling memoir, now in paperback!