Ballet Confidential: A Personal Behind-the-Scenes Guide by David McAllister
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
Beyond the formidable combination of tulle and lycra, how much can an audience ever truly understand about the demands of being a ballet dancer? What really is the pain and pleasure of pointe shoes and jockstraps? Can a wardrobe malfunction derail a scene? What happens when injury sidelines a principal ...Show more
Shoulda Been Higher: A Celebration of 30 Years of Triple J's Hottest 100 by Tom W Clarke
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
The Hottest 100 is a national institution.Every year since 1993, Australia's national youth broadcaster triple j has held annual countdown of listeners' 100 favourite songs of the year, as voted by the public. It's as iconic of modern Australiana as sausage sizzles and leadership spills. It has become s ...Show more
George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle by Philip Norman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
From the premiere Beatles biographer--author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation--a rare and revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unp ...Show more
The Lives of Brian by Brian Johnson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
The story of AC/DC's legendary front man in his own distinctive voice. 'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it all is one of the most cheering and entertaining stories in rock 'n'roll history. ...Show more
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
$49.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ...Show more
Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton and Me by Bernie Taupin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug." This is ...Show more
Dune Exposures by Josh Brolin
$99.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
Explore the creation of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune through this evocative fusion of star Josh Brolin’s sublime writing and cinematographer Greig Fraser’s candid set photography.During the shooting of Dune, director Denis Villeneuve asked Fraser if he would document the filming process using still photograp ...Show more
Don't Dream It's Over: The remarkable life of Neil Finn by Jeff Apter
$34.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House. In February 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song, and the biggest hit, for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-fo ...Show more
Scoops by Sam McAlister
$22.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
The secrets of a former Newsnight producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace 'A cracking read' Lorraine Kelly 'Riveting' Sunday Telegraph 'Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan She is the woman who ...Show more
I am Ozzy by Ozzy Osbourne
$24.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
People ask me how come I'm still alive, and I don't know what to say. When I was growing up, if you'd have put me up against a wall with the other kids from my street and asked me which one of us was gonna make it to the age of sixty, with five kids and four grandkids and houses in Buckinghamshire and C ...Show more
Amy Winehouse: In Her Words by The Amy Winehouse Foundation
$52.99 AUD
Category: Performing & Musical Arts
Global icon. Six-time Grammy winner. Headline-maker. The most talented recording artist of her generation. Much has been said about Amy Winehouse since her tragic death aged just 27. But who was the real Amy? Amy Winehouse: In Her Words shines a spotlight on her incredible writing talent, her wit, her ...Show more
When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall
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Category: Performing & Musical Arts
The biography of the legendary band, built on interviews with all surviving band members and revealing what it's like to be in the minds and bodies of debauched rock 'n' roll genius, Featuring a rich and deep vein of new writing and interviews-over forty thousand additional words-on top of the classic o ...Show more