|
Appetite for Definition: An A-Z Guide to Rock Genres
Ian King · Harper Perennial
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback
|
|
Part reference book, part history, and part road map to the connectivity of popular music, this book is a must for all rock 'n' roll fans as it brings together a compilation of over two hundred genres of rock music - an entertaining, enlightening, knotty family tree of America's... |
|
| |
|
|
 |
|
Being John Lennon: A Restless Life
Ray Connolly · Pegasus Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
|
|
An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero?... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Photoshop for Lightroom Users
Scott Kelby · New Riders
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
|
|
Anyone who uses Adobe's Lightroom for image management, editing, and workflow knows it's amazing software -- and with each new version, it gets even better. But there comes a time in every photographer's life when they want to do things Lightroom still can't do. When you need... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Versailles
Colin Jones · Basic Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The vivid story of the creation, renovation, and enduring legacy of the most famous building in France: the palace of VersaillesNothing represents the glorious and fraught history of France quite like the Palace of Versailles. Made famous by the absolutist king Louis XIV, Versailles became... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Akira Kurosawa: A Viewer's Guide
Eric San Juan · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
|
|
The career of acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa spanned more than five decades, during which he directed more than thirty movies, many of them indisputable classics: Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Throne of Blood, and Yojimbo, among others. During the height of his creative... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
How to Play the Ukulele: The Ultimate Step-by-Step Guide
Terry Burrows · Arcturus Publishing Limited
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Easy to understand and use, this excellent guide to playing the ukulele has everything you need to get started. Beginning with a brief introduction describing what the ukulele is and how it evolved, the book takes you through the basics of understanding the instrument, how to create chords... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Rock-and-Roll Woman: The 50 Fiercest Female Rockers
Meredith Ochs · Sterling
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Celebrate the women who rock, with this fully illustrated tribute to 50 iconic female musicians and bands. Award-winning radio personality Meredith Ochs takes an insightful look at 50 rock icons who indelibly shook up the music scene, whether solo or in a band. Profiling women from the 1950s... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Teardrop Traveler: A Visual Tour of America with Mandy Lea & Her Teardrop Trailer
MANDY LEA · Amherst Media
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
|
|
After a 17-year career in photography stores, photographer Mandy Lea realized that her wanderlust had become overwhelming -- so she left her secure job, hit the road out with her teardrop camper (now her full-time home) , and set out to pursue freelance photography and maybe learn a thing... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
