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Sweet Dreams - The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and bro ...Show more
(R)evolution - The Autobiography by Gary Numan
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music
Gary Numan is one of Britain's most important and respected musical artists. He has been lauded by everyone from Prince ('His album Replicas never left my turntable . . . There are people still trying to work out what a genius he was') through the Foo Fighters and Nine Inch Nails to Lady Gaga ('[He] pro ...Show more
Texas Flood - The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan by Alan Paul; Andy Aledort
$32.99 NZD
Category: Music
An instant New York Times bestseller The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon. Just a few years after he almost died from a severe addiction to cocaine and ...Show more
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave by Mark Mordue
$45.00 NZD
Category: Music
The first volume of the long-awaited, near-mythical biography of Nick Cave, by award-winning writer, Mark Mordue. A deeply beautiful, profound, profane and poetic biography of the early formative years of the dark prince of Australian rock 'n' roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave's creation story. This is th ...Show more
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton
$69.99 NZD
Category: Music
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished imag ...Show more
Looking to Get Lost - Adventures in Music and Writing by Peter Guralnick
$49.99 NZD
Category: Music
By the bestselling author of Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll and Last Train the Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this dazzling new book of profiles is not so much a summation as a culmination of Peter Guralnick's remarkable work, which from the start has encompassed the full sweep of ...Show more
The Butterfly Effect - How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America by Marcus J Moore
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
'Kendrick Lamar understands and employs blues, jazz, and soul in his music, which makes it startling. His work is more than merely brilliant; it is magic' Toni Morrison 'Lamar is a man living on a real and metaphorical peak, with one eye trained on the heavens, the other searching for stories in the val ...Show more
Confess - The Autobiography by Rob Halford
$37.99 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
Rob Halford is the legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time. Known as "The Metal God" by his devoted, global fan base, Rob Halford has always subverted the norm, and Confess will offer readers a compelling and honest look at the struggles he has faced ...Show more
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
$39.99 NZD
Category: Music
It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that contributed to the person I am today. Though there have been countless stories about me throughout my car ...Show more
Bus Stops on the Moon by Martin Edmond
$39.95 NZD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
Bus Stops on the Moon is a personal and a cultural history. As memoir, it is a sequel to The Dreaming Land (2015). A troubled and restless young Martin Edmond is on his way to becoming the wiser, older man who will sit down and write both narratives. As cultural history, the book gives us a participant' ...Show more
Not For You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Ronen Givony
$40.99 NZD
Category: Music
There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded 11 studio albums; sold 85 million records; played a 1,000 shows, in 50 countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is about much more than music. Through passion, integrity, and sheer force ...Show more
The Music Advantage: How Music Helps Your Child's Brain by Anita Collins
$36.99 NZD
Category: Music
Groundbreaking music educator Dr Anita Collins draws on the latest international neurological research to reveal the extraordinary and often surprising benefits of learning music for children from newborns to teenagers.