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Paperback. Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVGH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226136127
ISBN
9780226136127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. Coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the Born Free Foundation, which Virginia McKenna chairs. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publisher
Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840028980
ISBN
9781840028980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.87

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813531939
ISBN
9780813531939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.49

paperback. Editor(s): Wexman, Virginia Wright. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781578060832
ISBN
9781578060832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.84

Paperback. Series: Philosophical Filmmakers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474221122
ISBN
9781474221122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Presenting an essay, this work develops a theory of the comical and applies it to interpret both the recurrent personae played by Woody Allen, the actor and the philosophical issues addressed by Woody Allen, the director in his films. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268031046
ISBN
9780268031046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. In 1975, Viv Albertine was obsessed with music but it never occurred to her she could be in a band as she couldn't play an instrument and she'd never seen a girl play electric guitar. This book deals with her life and work. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328284
ISBN
9780571328284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

paperback. Considers how we remember historical instances of suffering and atrocity, framing its central questions to show larger cultural shifts in how we position ourselves in relation to history, performance, and memory. Series: Unnatural Acts: Theorizing the Performative. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: AN; APFA; DSG; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253212924
ISBN
9780253212924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.45

Paperback. Cinema is a sensuous object, but in our presence it becomes also a sensing, sensual, sense-making subject. This title challenges basic assumptions of current film theory that reduce film to an object of vision and the spectator to a victim of a deterministic cinematic apparatus. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Princeton University Press Princton, NJ
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691008745
ISBN
9780691008745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.46

Paperback. This text attempts to shape definitions of the American science fiction film, studying the connection between the films and social preconceptions. It covers many classic films and discusses their import, seeking to rescue the genre from the neglect of film theorists. Num Pages: 345 pages, 199 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 397 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813524924
ISBN
9780813524924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

Paperback. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 black & white. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; APFA; APFB; APFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024268
ISBN
9780253024268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

hardcover. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 19 black & white. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 501.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024213
ISBN
9780253024213
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.69

Hardback. Deals with classical issues in the philosophy of music, including metaphysics and ontology. This book argues that music is not a hieroglyph, nor a language or sign system. It argues that music is 'ineffable', because it cannot be pinned down, and has a capacity to engender limitless resonance in several domains. Translator(s): Abbate, Carolyn. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691090474
ISBN
9780691090474
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 46.46

Paperback. The bestselling guide to improving musical performance. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447291725
ISBN
9781447291725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. An exploration of musical harmony from its ancient fundamentals to its most complex modern progressions, addressing how and why it resonates emotionally and spiritually in the individual. Num Pages: 576 pages, 100 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 285 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1936.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892815609
ISBN
9780892815609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.92
€ 39.48

Hardcover. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ranks high among letter writers of any age or occupation, and the 1200 or so surviving letters of Mozart and his family form the most fascinating correspondence by any artist of the 18th century or earlier. This volume includes letters from his father, a dominant but loving parent, and more. Editor(s): Washington, Peter; Rose, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 114 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597737
ISBN
9781841597737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Hardback. Explores ritualized performance in twentieth-century music. This book uncovers the range of political, didactic, and aesthetic intents that inspired the creators of modernist music theater. Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music. Num Pages: 365 pages, 15 b/w photographs, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 238 x 32. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520223028
ISBN
9780520223028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.76
€ 49.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 317 pages, 117 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894959612
ISBN
9781894959612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 484 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894959780
ISBN
9781894959780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Paperback. In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence. Num Pages: 462 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA; APT; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532325
ISBN
9780226532325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. Traces Arsenio Rodriguez's early career in Cuba, his influence on Cuban and Latin popular music in the 1940s, his struggle for recognition at the height of mambo-mania in the 1950s, and his importance to Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Series: Studies in Latin American and Caribbean Music Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, 5 tables, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; ASD; AVGE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592133864
ISBN
9781592133864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback. A seasoned jazz critic draws on his interviews of forty musicians, from Slide Hampton and Bucky Pizzarelli to Dee Dee Bridgewater and Diana Krall, illuminating their lives, careers, and art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195152494
ISBN
9780195152494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, numerous line drawings, 12 music examples. BIC Classification: AVG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
222
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
HAR/CDR
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195300505
ISBN
9780195300505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590308318
ISBN
9781590308318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.15

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