Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai by Matti Friedman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Music
"An expedition into the troubled soul of one of the world's greatest songwriters."--Haaretz "Not only is a hidden side of Cohen revealed but so too a hidden side of Israel." --David Bezmogis The little-known story of Leonard Cohen's concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including ne ...Show more
Who I Am by Melanie C
$32.99 AUD
Category: Music
Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was really like in The Spice Girls. For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, tells her amazing life story in her own words and gives a full and honest account of what life was ...Show more
Who Killed John Lennon? - The Lives, Loves and Deaths of the Greatest Rock Star by Lesley-Ann Jones
$29.99 AUD
Category: Music
A compelling new book that unravels the enigma of John Lennon from acclaimed music biographer Lesley-Ann Jones.
Why Beethoven: A Phenomenon in 100 Pieces by Norman Lebrecht
$44.99 AUD
Category: Music
Without Beethoven, music as we know it wouldn't exist.There'd be no Wagner, Verdi, Mahler, Nina Simone, Michael Jackson, down to cello-playing Ed Sheeran. Norman Lebrecht asks- why? Who was this titan of world culture? In 100 recordings, freely available on Idagio and YouTube, Lebrecht brings to life t ...Show more
Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker
$19.99 AUD
Category: Music
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life's work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the w ...Show more
Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life's work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the w ...Show more
Why Dance Matters by Mindy Aloff
$30.95 AUD
Category: Performing Arts | Series: Why X Matters Ser.
A passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriersMindy Aloff, a journalist, an essayist, and a dance critic, analyzes dance as the ultimate expression of human energy and feeling. From her personal anecdotes, her engagin ...Show more
Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
A radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital vocalists. In the '60s and '70s, America's music scene was marked by raucous excess, reflected in the tragic overdoses of young superstars such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. At the same time, the uplifting harmo ...Show more
Why Marianne Faithfull Matters by Tanya Pearson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music | Series: Music Matters Ser.
A remarkable feminist history and biography that features fragments from the five-decade career of an iconic artist. First as a doe-eyed ingenue with 'As Tears Go By', then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-le ...Show more
Why Patti Smith Matters by Caryn Rose
$24.99 AUD
Category: Music
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose. What she found--what she fostered--was a cultural revolution. Through her poetry, her songs, her unapologetic vocal power, and her very presence as a woman fronting a rock band, she kicked open a door t ...Show more
Why We Love Star Wars - The Great Moments That Built a Galaxy Far, Far Away by Ken Napzok; Joseph Scrimshaw (Foreword by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Film & TV
#1 Amazon Best Seller ─ Rediscover All the Reasons Why You Love Star WarsCelebrate the greatest saga ever told: All of us who are deeply influenced by the epic saga of Star Wars have our favorite moments. Each time the screen goes black and you see those words-- "A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far, Far A ...Show more
Wild About You!: The Sixties Beat Explosion in Australia and New Zealand by Iain McIntyre
$54.99 AUD
Category: Music
The astonishing outpouring of rock 'n' roll in the 1960s in Australia and New Zealand gave birth to such iconic bands such as the Easybeats, the Masters Apprentices, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, the Purple Hearts and the Missing Links. It also launched the careers of a generation of musicians who would ...Show more