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Mozipedia
Price: AUD 69.95 Author: Simon Goddard

This is an encyclopaedia, both in terms of level of detail and actual format, of Steven Patrick Morrissey's life and work to date.

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The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll
Price: AUD 27.95 Author: Robert Forster

Founding member of The Go-Betweens and rock music critic for The Monthly, Robert Forster, includes in this collection his stories on musicians as diverse as Glen Campbell and AC/DC.

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Some Like It Hot
Price: AUD 55.00 Author: Laurence Maslon

This is dubbed the official fiftieth anniversary companion to Billy Wilder's classic film, "Some Like It Hot". It features archival material and a full history of the film, from its genesis to production. The author is an arts professor who, judging by th

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Story
Price: AUD 80.00 Author: Disney Editions

This is the first of what is to be a series of books utilising the collection of the Animation Research Library which is part of the Disney Corporation. Labelled the Archive Collection, this specific publication is a celebration of the storyboard techniqu

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Strange Things Happen
Price: AUD 32.99 Author: Stewart Copeland

A life with The Police, polo, and pygmies is the subtitle for this book and is an indicator of how varied this man's life has been to date. Being drummer with The Police was by no means the most unusual part of Stewart Copeland's life and this memoir is o

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The Cello Suites
Price: AUD 29.99 Author: Eric Siblin

It doesn't get any better than this is a phrase that comes to mind as I write this review of Eric Siblin's The Cello Suites. Johann Sebastian Bach and books! The composer whose music touches my heart the most is revealed in this meticulously researched an

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There Will Be Rainbows
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Kirk Lake

A biography of Rufus Wainwright inevitably includes a lot of material on his family – the Wainwrights and the McGarrigles – and it is against this amazing background that Rufus’ own talent and extraordinary life is chronicled.

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Taking Woodstock
Price: AUD 29.99 Author: Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte

If you were there or even just from that era, you probably subscribe to the belief that the festival, Woodstock, was the quintessential expression of a new found freedom and political rebellion. If you were not there and are from a later era, you might dismiss Woodstock as a memory out of all proportion to its actual signifcance and a symbol of a generation’s naivety. Elliot Tiber was there, and was a critical part of making it happen.

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Vagabond Holes
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Chris Coughran and Lucy Niall (eds)

musicians, and poets in this collection of musings on David’s life and work. Colour photographs sit alongside illuminating and heartfelt anecdotes.

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Behind a Velvet Light Trap
Price: AUD 59.95 Author: Anthony Buckley

Anthony Buckley takes us back through his mental archive and relives for us his involvement as editor and producer of an array of award winning Australian films. Famously the editor of Wake In Fright who searched for years to ensure its preservation, he also produced films such as Caddie and television series such as Poor Man’s Orange.

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Turn the Beat Around
Price: AUD 29.99 Author: Peter Shapiro

From its birth to its demise, Shapiro sets out the history of disco music and in so doing examines the cultural environment that spawned it.

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Appetite for Self-Destruction
Price: AUD 34.99 Author: Steve Knopper

Behind all the artists, the promoters, and the music fans, there is a labyrinth of corporations, entrepreneurs, and obsessive rebels with, the author asserts, an appetite for destruction.

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Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Barney Hoskyns

Tom Waits has reportedly said that he enjoys puzzlement and mystery, and certainly as an artist he defies easy explanation. This biography of Waits as he nears his sixtieth birthday does not attempt to define him, but presents him in all his incarnations.

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Vanity Fair`s Tales of Hollywood
Price: AUD 19.95 Author: Graydon Carter, editor

This collection takes thirteen iconic films and tells the story behind the story as it were, chronicling what happened during the making of each film. From All About Eve to Saturday Night Fever, it is an entertaining and enlightening look at what it takes to make a movie.

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Will It Be Funny Tomorrow Billy?
Price: AUD 29.95 Author: Stephen Cummings

Music was Stephen Cummings` way out of the challenges of the teenage years and suburban Melbourne into “magic and freedom”. Reading what that means for him is a fantastic glimpse into one man`s life.

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The Rest is Noise
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Alex Ross

Alex Ross has set out the history of twentieth-century music in a wonderfully rich and fascinating way, interlocking the different styles of music and explaining the connections to us. Taking in Vienna before the first world war, 1920s Paris, Hitler`s Germany, and on to downtown New York in the 1950s and 60s, this is a sweeping narrative of why music developed as it did. The title counters Hamlet`s last words that the “rest is silence”.

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I Found my Horn
Price: AUD 24.99 Author: Jasper Rees

After twenty-two years, and at the age of 39, Jasper Rees recovered his French Horn from his attic and began his new musical journey. Rees set himself a challenge – to play a Mozart concerto in front of a concert hall audience within twelve months of that trip to his attic.

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Shots
Price: AUD 27.95 Author: Don Walker

Don Walker’s life with the band Cold Chisel, his travels around Australia and the world, and his more recent solo musical career are all part of this memoir. Most notable, though, is his facility with words.

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I've Been Flushed From The Bathroom Of Your Heart
Price: AUD 22.95 Author: Colin Bowles

This book takes its title from a Johnny Cash song and although I've never heard it, I am sure I should be grateful for that fact. There are plenty of other tunes in this collection of awful songs that I have heard. Many I loathe and some I love. Author Colin Bowles pokes fun at this selection of worst songs from the 60s to the present and proves one personâ€™s trash is anotherâ€™s treasure. Lots of fun!

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Willie Nelson
Price: AUD 49.99 Author: Joe Nick Patoski

Three days after his birth in 1933, Willie Nelson’s parents were playing in their band. It would seem fated that music would feature in his life. By 1938 he was on stage himself, starting his musical journey.

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A Pure Drop
Price: AUD 49.95 Author: Jeff Apter

In his short life, Jeff Buckley amassed an enormous and devoted following for his music. Live performances across America, Europe, and Australia were driven by the popularity of his debut album, Grace. Known for his curiosity for all forms of music, Buckley's death at age thirty is considered by many to have robbed the world of a musical innovator.

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The Clash
Price: AUD 65.00 Author: Mal Peachey et al

Interspersed with memorabilia and photographs, this book brings together interviews conducted with each band member of an iconic punk band.

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Deconstructing Sammy
Price: AUD 39.99 Author: Matt Birkbeck

As an investigative journalist, Matt Birkbeck brings a critical eye to celebrity biography and uncovers the inevitable multiple layers behind the public persona. Sammy Davis Jnr achieved star status over six decades in the entertainment industry and enjoyed the wealth that went with the success. So, the fact that he died as he was facing bankruptcy is just part of the story of fame, organised crime, and politics that featured in his life.

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The South Pacific Companion
Price: AUD 49.99 Author: Laurence Maslon

This book coincides with a revival of the musical South Pacific in America. It was a landmark musical when it was first performed, signalling the collaboration of Rodgers, Hammerstein, Logan, and the author James Michener.

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Watch You Bleed
Price: AUD 35.00 Author: Stephen Davis

The Saga of Guns N' Roses is the result of years of interviews and research by the author into this unforgettable music band. Their onstage excesses were mirrored in their offstage lives, with drugs and alcohol being mainstays of their ride through the world and being just part of their long fall.

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Love Me Tender
Price: AUD 39.99 Author: Max Cryer

Forty popular and traditional songs are featured in this book which tells the story behind the music. We might say we love a song; we might hum along each time we hear it; and we might be able to call up lyrics in an instant without hearing a song for years. But could we say we know how a song came to be? It is fascinating to learn where some of the most enduring songs had their start. For instance, if Miss Jane Ross had not written down the tune she heard played by a piper at an Irish village fair in 1855, singers as diverse as Bing Crosby and Eric Clapton may not have recorded Danny Boy.

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