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Paperback. Newly revised and expanded, this is the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold Editor(s): Grant, Barry Keith. Num Pages: 766 pages, 104 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
766
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292742062
ISBN
9780292742062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Drawing from FBI files, newspaper accounts, court records, and oral history, this book reveals the stories of the origins and prosecution of pop-song fake-book bootleggers, and of the emergence of the definitive jazz fake book, "The Real Book". Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810857278
ISBN
9780810857278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; HBTB; JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349466016
ISBN
9781349466016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Hardcover. This book explores, from a sociological perspective, the relationship between acting as symbolic work and the commercialization of popular culture. Particular attention is paid to the social conditions that gave rise to stardom in the theatre and cinema, and how shifts in the marketing of stars have impacted upon contemporary celebrity culture. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137344274
ISBN
9781137344274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. This book provides a detailed account of genre history and contemporary trends in film genre, alongside the critical debates they have provoked. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619030
ISBN
9780748619030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 488. Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945. 320 pages, illustrations. Barry Langford explains and interrogates the concept of 'post-classical' Hollywood cinema - its coherence, its historical justification and how it can help or hinder our understanding of Hollywood from the forties to the present. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; APF; KNTC. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight: 480.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638581
ISBN
9780748638581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. One of a hand-picked selection of some of the most popular and cult-worthy titles on Faber and Faber's extensive list of film scripts. Series: FF Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: APFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
FF Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571202348
ISBN
9780571202348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99

Hardcover. Richard Wagner is one of the influential and also the polarizing composers in the history of music. Over the course of his long career, he produced a stream of spellbinding works that challenged musical convention through their experimentation, paving the way for modernism. This title offers an overview of Wagners life, work and times. Num Pages: 320 pages, 285 illustrations, 165 in colour. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500516430
ISBN
9780500516430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.69

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195305883
ISBN
9780195305883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.54

Paperback. The Sound of Music FAQ is a comprehensive, encyclopaedia-like reference to the world's most popular movie musical. Series: FAQ Series. Num Pages: 400 pages, black and white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 37. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480360433
ISBN
9781480360433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, 195 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
680
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816641826
ISBN
9780816641826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Hardback. Peppered throughout with anecdotes and examples illustrating key concepts, this invitingly written book provides a firm grounding in the actual and theoretical physics of music. Num Pages: 288 pages, 167, 11 black & white halftones, 156 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892646
ISBN
9780801892646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.21

Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257641
ISBN
9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; HPN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356585
ISBN
9780822356585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. Shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. This book argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Series: Refiguring American Music. Num Pages: 344 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: AV; HPN; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356462
ISBN
9780822356462
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.56

Hardcover. Using narrative accounts from a sample of 69 New York City-based musicians of various genres who are self-acknowledged heroin users, the book addresses the reasons why these musicians started using heroin and the impact heroin had on these musicians' playing, creativity, and careers. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AVA; JFFH1; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137308566
ISBN
9781137308566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Paperback. Intrigued by the idea of frontier wilderness, of law and order vs lawlessness, and a firm belief that 'the better the bad guy, the better the film', Barry Stone goes beyond the American south-west to pay homage to the Italian and even Australian western - and, after much deliberation, he ranks them in order.. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APFG; APFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Icon Books
Condition
New
SKU
9781785780981
ISBN
9781785780981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

Paperback. "In his tragically short life (1928--1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity an" Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Hachette Books
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306805240
ISBN
9780306805240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.75

CD-Audio. Featuring Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Betty Marsden and Hugh Paddick, this volume includes cast biographies and a full series history. BIC Classification: APWD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 138. .
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House United Kingdom
Format
CD
Publication date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785292101
ISBN
9781785292101
CD
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.63

CD-Audio. Round the Horne: Complete Series One: March 1965 - June 1965. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; APW; FA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 135 x 24. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2014
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471366642
ISBN
9781471366642
CD
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.18

CD-Audio. Includes two programmes. Series: Vintage Beeb. BIC Classification: APWD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 124 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 96. Series: Vintage Beeb. Includes two programmes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APWD; WH. Dimension: 124 x 142 x 10. Weight: 96.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2009
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408409831
ISBN
9781408409831
CD
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.32

CD-Audio. Through four series of Round the Horne, Julian and Sandy graced each episode with an encounter with 'that nice Mr Horne'. Each week they'd be up to new tricks, from filmmaking (Bona Prods) to a travel agency, and a 'bijou restaurantette' (La Casserole de Bona Gourmet). This is a selection of Julian and Sandy sketches. BIC Classification: APWD; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 125 x 25. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House
Format
CD
Publication date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785293344
ISBN
9781785293344
CD
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. Barry Tuckwell was one of the world's leading horn virtuosos. Here, he tells the history of the horn, deals with the difficulties of building and maintaining the instrument, and provides useful advice on all aspects of learning, practising and playing for the beginner, amateur and teacher. Series: Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kahn & Averill Publishers
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871082425
ISBN
9781871082425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.54

Hardback. David Cronenberg's A History of Violence - the lead title in the new Canadian Cinema series - presents readers with a lively study of some of the filmmaker's favourite themes: violence, concealment, transformation, sex, and guilt. Series: Canadian Cinema. Num Pages: 112 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099327
ISBN
9780802099327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.67

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