Eagles - Dark Desert Highway: How America's Dream Band Turned into a Nightmare by Mick Wall
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond recognition. The band that embodied the American dream with globe-straddli ...Show more
The Many Lives of Barry Humphries (HB): A Treasury of Reminisces by Rowan Dean
$49.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Actor, comedian, raconteur, writer, poet, painter, songwriter, music lover and one of the most gifted artists of the last century, Barry Humphries was an Australian global superstar. In this affectionate tribute, Rowan Dean, one of the last people to spend time alone with his friend Barry, reminisces th ...Show more
Billie Eilish by Billie Eilish
$45.00 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Billie Eilish is a phenomenon. With distinctive visual flare and darkly poignant lyrics that are unparalleled among music icons of the 21st century, Billie is a musician who stands out from the crowd. Between her record-shattering award-winning music and her uncompromising and unapologetic attitude, it' ...Show more
Leonard Cohen: The Mystical Roots of Genius by Harry Freedman
$29.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Leonard Cohen's music is studded with allusions to Jewish and Christian tradition, as well as Kabbalah and Zen. In his 1994 classic 'Hallelujah' he opens with the words 'Now I've heard there was a secret chord, That David played, and it pleased the Lord - the baffled king composing Hallelujah'. As the ...Show more
Killing Time by Jimmy Barnes
$27.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Tales of adventure, misadventure, love and loss - this collection of non-fiction short stories from the Australian rock legend turned writer is vintage Jimmy. Outrageous, witty, warm and wise, Killing Time shares more than forty yarns reflecting an epic life - from an encounter with a soul legend in Mem ...Show more
Devotion: Why I Write by Patti Smith
$16.95 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music | Series: Why I Write Ser.
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, a rare and generous look into the creative process A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic--its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience never met? ...Show more
Nirvana - The Complete Illustrated History by Andrew Earles
$39.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Nirvana, the immortal grunge Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is as relevant and influential as ever.
Madonna: An Intimate Biography of an Icon at Sixty by J. Randy Taraborrelli
$32.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Who is the real Madonna? At the age of sixty, she is still one of the richest and most successful pop stars in the world. Her provocative behaviour continues to generate headlines yet she remains an enigma. Until now. In Madonna, J. Randy Taraborrelli has crafted a brilliant biography full of vivid deta ...Show more
How to Make Gravy by Paul Kelly
$24.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Paul Kelly is a uniquely gifted storyteller. For thirty years he has written songs of uncommon directness about everything from love and land rights to cricket and cooking. 'Before Too Long', 'To Her Door', 'Leaps And Bounds', 'Don't Start Me Talking', 'Dumb Things', 'From Little Things Big Things Grow' ...Show more
Beastie Boys Book by Adam Horovitz, Michael Diamond
$49.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more. Formed as a New York City hardcore band in 1981, Beastie Boys st ...Show more
Whole Notes by Ed Ayres
$24.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Life Lessons Through Music How can we pause long enough to repair ourselves? How can we make space and time in our lives to know ourselves? One way is through music - learning music, listening to music, being open to music. Because music consoles and restores us. Through music, whether we are listening ...Show more
Long Players - Writers on the Albums That Shaped Them by Tom Gatti (ed.)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing Arts & Music
Fifty great writers reflect on the albums that shaped them in this captivating collection curated by the New Statesman's Tom Gatti. Our favorite albums are our most faithful companions: we listen to them hundreds of times over decades, we know them far better than any novel or film. These records don' ...Show more