
Bill Clifton: America's Bluegrass Ambassador to the World
Book
The most atypical of bluegrass artists, Bill Clifton has enjoyed a long career as a recording...

Chanel: An Intimate Life
Book
In Chanel: An Intimate Life, acclaimed biographer Lisa Chaney tells the controversial story of the...

Noble Endeavours: The Life of Two Countries, England and Germany, in Many Stories
Book
On the eve of marking the centenary of the opening of the hostilities that devastated the world and...

Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4AD
Book
The first official account of the iconic record label. An NME Book of the Year 2013 * A Rough Trade...

Chasing Sound: Technology, Culture, and the Art of Studio Recording from Edison to the LP
Book
In Chasing Sound, Susan Schmidt Horning traces the cultural and technological evolution of recording...
Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions
Jimmy Johnson, Greg Ehrbar and Didier Ghez
Book
In this never-before-published memoir from the files of The Walt Disney Archives, Disney Legend...
Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System
Book
During the heyday of Hollywood's studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at...

Aesthetic Themes in Pagan and Christian Neoplatonism: From Plotinus to Gregory of Nyssa
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Whilst aesthetics as a discipline did not exist before the modern age, ancient philosophers give...

Concrete and Culture: A Material History
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Almost three tons of concrete are produced each year for every person on the planet; only water is...

The Art of Travel
Book
The Art of Travel is Alain de Botton's travel guide with a difference. Few activities seem to...