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Hardcover. With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain dormant for 30 years. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? This collection adopts a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the epic film in the 21st century. Editor(s): Elliot, Andrew B. R. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, film stills. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748684021
- ISBN
- 9780748684021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.54
€ 138.54
Hardback. Jazz has had a peculiar and fascinating history in Germany. The influential but controversial German writer, broadcaster, and record producer, Joachim-Ernst Berendt (1922-2000), author of the world's best-selling jazz book, labored to legitimize jazz in West Germany after its ideological renunciation during the Nazi era. Num Pages: 324 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AFKP; AVGJ; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845455668
- ISBN
- 9781845455668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.52
€ 155.52
Hardcover. Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career that often explored humanity's capacity for violence and cruelty. This title interprets his final works: the screenplay 'Saint Paul', the scenario for "Porn-Theo-Colossal", and the immense and unfinished novel "Petrolio". Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; APFB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226501345
- ISBN
- 9780226501345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 54.95
€ 65.36
€ 54.95
Paperback. Tells the story of Cash's humiliating fall from grace and his unprecedented revival; his struggle with a cruel variety of illnesses; his ongoing battles with addiction; his search to find direction in his career; his eventual rebirth as both an artist and a man; and his hugely influential legacy. Num Pages: 300 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621. Hurt, Redemption and American Recordings. 300 pages, 20 Colour and Black and White in Plate Section. Tells the story of Cash's humiliating fall from grace and his unprecedented revival; his struggle with a cruel variety of illnesses; his ongoing battles with addiction; his search to find direction in his career; his eventual rebirth as both an artist and a man; and his hugely influential legacy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 215 x 166 x 30. Weight: 618.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906002367
- ISBN
- 9781906002367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.46
€ 21.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; AVGP; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 37. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Rogan House United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780952954071
- ISBN
- 9780952954071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.71
€ 25.99
€ 19.71
Paperback. Alex Ross's sweeping history of twentieth-century classical music, winner of the Guardian First Book Award, is a gripping account of a musical revolution. Num Pages: 640 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVG; AVGC6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 233 x 52. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841154763
- ISBN
- 9781841154763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.47
€ 25.99
€ 17.47
Hardback. Series: Princeton Studies in Music. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691648972
- ISBN
- 9780691648972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.26
€ 150.26
Hardcover. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775050
- ISBN
- 9780226775050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.14€ 89.84
€ 108.14
€ 89.84
Paperback. Presents the voices of three musicians - queer nightclub star Zeki Muren, arabesk originator Orhan Gencebay, and pop diva Sezen Aksu - who collectively have dominated mass media in Turkey since the early 1950s. Using these three singers as a lens, the author examines Turkey's repressive politics and civil violence as well as its public life. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 7 halftones, 1 map, 20 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AVG; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226775067
- ISBN
- 9780226775067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.34
€ 41.99
€ 32.34
Paperback. Addresses the isolated fragments of films, iconic images or scenes, that fleetingly cross our perceptions and thoughts in the course of everyday life. This title examines a kaleidescope of film fragments drawn from a variety of media, the internet, memory and fantasy. Num Pages: 128 pages, 36 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 109 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861892157
- ISBN
- 9781861892157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.87
€ 29.87
Paperback. Argues that although the last two decades of Korean history were a period of progress in political democratization, the country refused to part from a "masculine point of view" which is also mirrored in Korean cinema Series: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politics, and Society. Num Pages: 344 pages, 66 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1FPK; APF; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822332671
- ISBN
- 9780822332671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Merging criticism with biography, this work uses Allen's ambivalent views of the artistic enterprise as the key to understanding his entire career. The author demonstrates how Allen's films constitute a debate he is conducting with himself about the capacities of art to improve the quality of life. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Rep Sub
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813190419
- ISBN
- 9780813190419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.35
€ 37.35
Hardback. Although many composers address the issue in their work, as yet there have been few attempts to think through the structure of religious music as we hear it. This book argues for a renewal of our thinking about religious music. It also addresses the author's notion of hyper-religious music of sounds and colors. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRLB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823230570
- ISBN
- 9780823230570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.96
€ 99.96
Paperback. A work that presents the registrational practices of organists from 1550 to 1800. Along with the many stoplists and discussions of performance traditions, it discusses the religious and political context for each period and region - and how these affected the work of composers and organ builders. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253210852
- ISBN
- 9780253210852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.48
€ 27.99
€ 26.48
Paperback. Reginald Iolanthe Perrin is surely one of the best loved comic creations, in both literature and television. This omnibus collects together the first three Reginald Perrin novels containing outrageous adventures. Series: Reginald Perrin. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: APT; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 55. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Number of pages
- 896
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Combined volume
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099436669
- ISBN
- 9780099436669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AVQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781458405456
- ISBN
- 9781458405456
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.54
€ 26.99
€ 25.54
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843498
- ISBN
- 9781843843498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.65
€ 97.65
Hardback. Editor(s): Starks, Lisa S.; Lehmann, Courtney. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472325
- ISBN
- 9781611472325
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.58
€ 134.58
paperback. An original collection of essays by leading international Soviet cinema scholars, covering seventy years of cinema history, providing a clear understanding of the aesthetic developments and sociopolitical function of Soviet cinema. Editor(s): Lawton, Anna. Num Pages: 356 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: 1DVU; APF; GTC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415078191
- ISBN
- 9780415078191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.74
€ 55.74
Paperback. Demonstrates how crucial French films were in making 'going to the movies' popular in the United States, first in vaudeville houses and then in nickelodeons. This book exposes the consequences of that popularity. It offers a revealing cultural history of American cinema's nationalization. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; APF; JFC; JPFN; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520214781
- ISBN
- 9780520214781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
The Red Nichols Story. After Intermission, 1942-1965.
Hester, Stanley; Hester, Stephen; Evans, Phil...
Hardback. Supplies a complete, chronological bio-discography to all issued recordings (including compact disc) as well as unissued material including radio and television appearances, concerts, interviews, and privately-owned home recordings spanning the period 1942-1965. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 746 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; AVH; AVRN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1007.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 746
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810830967
- ISBN
- 9780810830967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.32
€ 189.32
Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1DVP; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764274
- ISBN
- 9781904764274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 72.21
€ 95.07
€ 72.21
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DVP; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904764267
- ISBN
- 9781904764267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.43
€ 26.99
€ 20.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; APFA; APFN; APFX; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252082191
- ISBN
- 9780252082191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.40
€ 30.99
€ 27.40