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How Music Works
David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation. Utilizing his incomparable career and inspired collaborations with Talking...- $ 550.00
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Eat the World
A Collection of Poems. Marina’s gift for crafting powerful, evocative lyrics finds fresh expression in her poetry. Each poem echoes the creative melodies and emotional depth that have made her an artistic force. Praised by The New York Times for “redefining songs about coming...- $ 400.00
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Surrender
40 Songs, One Story. As one of the most iconic figures in music, and the cofounder of the organizations ONE and (RED), Bono has been written about for decades. But in Surrender, he finally tells his own story. In his unmistakable voice, Bono takes...- $ 550.00
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Faith, Hope and Carnage
An extraordinary journey into the inner world of artist and musician Nick Cave. Formed from over forty hours of candid conversations with journalist Sean O’Hagan, this book is less a traditional biography and more a profound meditation on a life lived through creativity, loss...- $ 400.00
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Do Not Say We Have Nothing
The narrative unfolds through the perspectives of Marie, a young woman in Vancouver, and Ai-Ming, a Chinese émigré, as they delve into the lives of their families and the profound impact of China's tumultuous 20th-century history on their identities and destinies. Marie’s father, Kai,...- $ 350.00
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Book of Mercy
The poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions. Internationally celebrated...- $ 300.00
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The Sick Bag Song
The Sick Bag Song is an exploration of love, inspiration and memory. It began life scribbled on airline sick bags during Cave’s 22-city journey around North America in 2014. It soon grew into a restless full-length contemporary epic.- $ 360.00
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Who Is Taylor Swift?
From a young age, Taylor Swift was determined to become a country music star. At just thirteen, she persuaded her parents to relocate from Pennsylvania to Nashville—the heart of the country music scene—to chase her dream. As a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Taylor poured...- $ 300.00
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The Taylor Swift Book
From her humble days as a teen country artist to her record-obliterating Eras Tour, Taylor Swift is a supernova that shows no sign of burning out. The Taylor Book explores the life of an icon, including:- Expert analysis of every original album and Taylor’s...- $ 580.00
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Words Without Music
A world-renowned composer of symphonies, operas, and film scores, Philip Glass has, almost single-handedly, crafted the dominant sound of late-twentieth-century classical music. Yet here in Words Without Music, he creates an entirely new and unexpected voice, that of a born storyteller and an acutely...- $ 650.00
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In His Own Write
Introduced by Paul McCartney. In His Own Write is John Lennon's literary debut, a book of stories, drawings and poems that was first published in 1964 to great critical acclaim and became a phenomenon, selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone and revealing...- $ 600.00
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A Spaniard in the Works
A Spaniard in the Works is John Lennon's delightfully absurd follow-up to his acclaimed literary debut, In His Own Write. Originally published in 1965, this second collection of surreal stories, offbeat poems, and playful illustrations showcases Lennon's irreverent wit and unique imagination at full...- $ 600.00
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The Pole
Exacting yet unpredictable, pithy yet complex, Coetzee’s The Pole tells the story of Wittold Walccyzkiecz, a vigorous, extravagantly white-haired pianist and interpreter of Chopin who becomes infatuated with Beatriz, a stylish patron of the arts, after she helps organize his concert in Barcelona. Although...- $ 450.00
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
This in-depth guide explores Benjamin Britten’s operatic adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, his seventh major opera, which premiered in 1960. Working alongside his partner, tenor Peter Pears, Britten transformed Shakespeare’s beloved comedy into a haunting and lyrical operatic experience—retaining much of the original...- $ 250.00
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La Traviata
In this guide, Julian Budden reviews the difficulties that faced the management that had commissioned La Traviata and how, in some previously unpublished letters, Verdi fought their views on casting the leading lady. Denis Arnold contributes a musical commentary. April FitzLyon discusses the social...- $ 400.00
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Otello
Otello, Verdi’s penultimate opera, was composed more than a dozen years after Aida, which he had intended to be his last work for the stage. He was persuaded by his publisher Giulio Ricordi to work with the librettist Arrigo Boito on an adaptation of...- $ 450.00
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Simon Boccanegra
Verdi's Simon Boccanegra exists in two that of the 1857 original and that of the 1881 revision. The texts of the libretto of both versions are included in this guide, with a number of essays which focus on the differences between the two. Rodolfo...- $ 450.00
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The Cutting Edge
The Beatles' hair changed the world. As their increasingly wild, untamed manes grew, to the horror of parents everywhere, they set off a cultural revolution as the most tangible symbol of the Sixties' psychedelic dream of peace, love and playful rebellion. In the midst...- $ 340.00
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The Last Holiday
Raised by his grandmother in Tennessee, Gil Scott-Heron's journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most uncompromising and influential songwriters of his generation is a remarkable one. In this, his heartfelt, beautifully written and posthumously published memoir, we are given bright insights...- $ 370.00
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Let Us Compare Mythologies
First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a young man.An unprecedented debut published to immediate...- $ 350.00
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The Flame
The Flame is a stunning collection of Leonard Cohen’s last poems and writings, selected and ordered by Cohen in the final months of his life. The book contains an extensive selection from Cohen’s notebooks, featuring lyrics, prose pieces and illustrations, which he kept in...- $ 400.00
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