David HepworthA rollicking look at 1971, rock’s golden year, the year that saw the release of the indelible recordings of Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, the Who, Rod Stewart, Carole King,...

Kazuo IshiguroDescribed by the New York Times as ‘an original and remarkable genius’, Kazuo Ishiguro is the author of six novels, including Never Let Me Go and The Remains of...

Rene Clemenicic Nice color and black-and-white illustrations of musical instruments with explanatory essays. Chapters: Introduction, High Renaissance, Mannerism, High Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Conclusion. January 1, 1973 by Octopus Books

Zoe SuggPenny's bags are packed.When Noah invites Penny on his European music tour, she can't wait to spend time with her rock-god-tastic boyfriend.But, between Noah's jam-packed schedule, less-than-welcoming bandmates and...

Andrea Batta The Opera is more than a conventional opera guide. Apart from presenting more than 300 operas from more than 100 composers, this book describes the history and music...

Ian Strasfogel OPERALAND follows Richie Verdun, a funny, fearless little dynamo, as he enters the glamorous and treacherous world of opera facing almost impossible odds. He's in his early forties,...

Alison LathamPrinted music and writing about music involve the use of complex systems of notation and a wealth of technical terms in several languages. The Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms...

Cate Haste History has long vilified Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Critics accused her of distracting Gustav Mahler from his work, and her passionate love affairs shocked her peers.Drawing on Alma's vivid,...

Cate Haste The life of an extraordinary artist and intellect: the composer, author and socialite Alma Mahler, whose life spanned one of the most captivating and dramatic periods in historyAlma...

Vincent Douglas"You are the finest toy I have ever made. I will call you Pinocchio." Geppetto is delighted when his puppet comes to life. Yet no matter how hard Pinocchio...

Paul Copperwaite In this work, one hundred of the best known, most popular, awesome and awful pop lyrics are given the Powerpoint treatment. They are deliberated and disseminated across the...

Edited by Greil Marcus Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an...