Entertainment Books
Dalton Watson Fine Books The Fab One Hundred and Four: The Evolution of
Book SynopsisWhen one considers The Beatles' early history, there are several names that immediately come to mind, like Ivan Vaughan, Rod Davis, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. However, the story of the evolution of The Beatles from The Quarrymen to The Fab Four is about more than just the musicians in those groups. Other people, like George Smith, Joe Ankrah, Red Carter, Zancs Logie, Ian James, Marie Maguire, Colin Manley and Arthur Pendleton are all important to the story as well. These one hundred and four friends, family and musicians get a long overdue credit for their contributions to the musical development of the greatest pop group of all time: The Beatles.
£40.80
Tangent Books Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone
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£13.49
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd The Little Book of Eurovision: The Glitz, the
Book SynopsisEverything you want to know about the fabulousness that is Eurovision! The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the world's longest running TV programmes, and has become a much loved tradition across Europe and now Australia. From the spandex to the glitter, ABBA to Lordi, and the unexpected winners to the "nil points" losers, The Little Book of Eurovision will take you through the best and the "Wurst" moments of the last 65 years. Eurovision has come a long way from its very first competition in 1956, with just seven entrants and a studio audience of 200 people. Now people gather for Eurovision parties, complete with food and drink from the competing countries, and even dress up in finery to match the feathers, sequins, and leather on stage. Whether you are a cynic, a true believer or just a disappointed Brit (again), you'll love reliving the highs and lows of Eurovision through these pages.
£7.19
Velocity Press Synthesizer Evolution Drum Machines Samplers
Book SynopsisFollowing on from his 2021 book, Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back), Oli Freke returns with a Synthesizer Evolution A6 zine series. Drum machines and samplers have something of a shared history and this zine celebrates their invention and by picking out 46 of the most influential, important or most interesting drum machines and samplers from 1949 1996. Explore the most legendary drum machines and samplers ever created, including the Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Akai S1000, Fairlight CMI, Akai MPC60 and more, with detailed descriptions and the stories behind their development.
£8.47
Omnibus Press My Mama Cass
Book SynopsisA long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star Mama Cass Elliot.
£21.25
The Perseus Books Group Benson The Autobiography
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£19.80
Andrews McMeel Publishing Texts from Mittens the Cat 2025 DaytoDay Calendar
Book SynopsisThe Texts from Mittens 2025 Day-to-Day Calendar pulls back the curtain on the amusing inner life of housecat Mitty via text messages with his patient human and glimpses into the zany antics of his animal friends. Come for the drama but stay for the liver treats. Features include: No single-use plastic Recyclable chipboard easel backer for desk or tabletop display Page size: 4.606 x 4.606 Easel backer for desk or tabletop display Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink Full-color tear-off pages Back of pages contain Daily Extra content such as puzzles, jokes, quotations Day/Date reference on each page Combined weekend pages Official major world holidays and observances Back of pages contain Daily Extra content such as puzzles, jokes, quotations, and trivia Each page features hysterical text messages from a demanding, dramatic cat
£15.55
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Piano Exam Pieces 2023 & 2024, ABRSM Grade 3:
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Piano syllabus for 2023 & 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.A version of this book with audio download is also available.
£9.95
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Piano Exam Pieces 2025 2026 ABRSM Grade 6
Book SynopsisThis book contains nine pieces from ABRSM''s Grade 6 Piano syllabus for 2025 & 2026, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. Recordings of all pieces are available on all major streaming platforms.
£13.25
Headline Publishing Group The Beatles - Album by Album: The Beatles - The
Book SynopsisThis informative work tells the story of the famous Liverpool musicians, from the band's formative days in Hamburg and Liverpool to the split in 1970. General Editor Brian Southall has gathered a team of experts to write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums, from the simple, bouncy Please Please Me to the heavyweight double Let It Be. Further chapters cover the US and foreign releases, which were significantly different in the early days.Table of Contents• Tony Bramwell: Childhood friend of the Beatles who became CEO of Apple Records. • Ray Connolly: A British writer who was very close to the Beatles. • Tristan Fry: A drummer and percussionist, who played on Abbey Road. • Per Gessle: Singer/songwriter, lead singer of Swedish band Gyllene Tider and half of Roxette. • Graham Gouldman: English singer, songwriter and musician. • Steve Harley: English singer/songwriter who was frontman of Cockney Rebel. • Gered Mankowitz: High profile photographer of many famous musicians. • Diederik Nomden and Bart Van Poppel: Founders and performers in the band The Analogues. • Sir Tim Rice: English author and lyricist. • Paul Sexton: Journalist and broadcaster. • Tom Robinson: English singer/songwriter and presenter. • Chris Thomas: Co-producer of The White Album and Abbey Road. • Ken Townsend MBE: Sound engineer who worked at Abbey Road Studios. • Johnnie Walker MBE: A hugely popular and influential radio DJ. • Kenneth Womack: Professor of English and Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University, N.J.
£27.00
Transworld Publishers Ltd Hope I Get Old Before I Die
Book SynopsisDavid Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking about music and media since the seventies. He was involved in the launch and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word, among many others.He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation's coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of Magazine Editors.He lives in London, dividing his time between writing for a variety of newspaper and magazines, speaking at events, broadcasting work, podcasting at www.wordpodcast.co.uk and blogging at www.whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk.He says Chuck Berry's 'You Never Can Tell' is the best record ever made. 'This is not an opinion,' he says. 'It's a matter of fact.'
£21.25
Sonicbond Publishing J Geils Band On Track
Book SynopsisThe J. Geils Band were the original Bad Boys from Boston, getting down to it and blowing your face out every night. With classic albums like Full House, Bloodshot, Love Stinks, and the massively successful Freeze-Frame, Geils have been nominated for the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame no fewer than five times since 2005.
£15.29
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd My Word is My Bond: The Autobiography
Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHYThe quintessential suave hero, Roger Moore has had an extraordinary career that has spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of Hollywood and on to international superstardom. Dashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman, he is unforgettable as The Saint, as Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders! and, of course, as James Bond, making seven blockbusting films as arguably the most debonair of the 007s. For the first time, Roger shares his recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles alongside a host of legendary stars. With myriad stories from his personal life - from his childhood in London and experiences during the Second World War, to the happy and turbulent times in his later life. Along with anecdotes about his encounters with the stars and his wonderful memories from the heyday of Hollywood, My Word is My Bond is as frank, funny and disarmingly charming as the legend himself.Trade ReviewIn this kind, funny autobiography, Moore does his best to debunk his image as an upper-crust all-action hero... so engaging... so genuine. This is a delightful book, crammed with anecdotes of the television and film industry from the Fifties to the Noughties * The Mail on Sunday *Moore's autobiography is the funniest film memoir since David Niven's The Moon's A Balloon * The Daily Mail *Stuffed with showbiz anecdotes * The Sun *Funny, frank and charming * The Lady *There are stories galore... With a warm, winning mix of self-deprecation and praise for family, friends and colleagues, Sir Roger emerges as a figure every bit as dashing, but rather better-natured, than any he's played onscreen * Empire *Warm-hearted recollections of a long and distinguished career * The Scotsman *A lovely, ambling read * The Times *An amusing and racy memoir... Moore's wit and self-deprecation are evident on every page * The Stage *A man who can still snap a woman's knicker elastic with the flick of an eyebrow * The Times *
£9.49
Nick Hern Books Contemporary Monologues for Women
Book SynopsisTHE GOOD AUDITION GUIDES: Helping you select and perform the audition piece that is best suited to your performing skills In this volume of the Good Audition Guides, you'll find fifty fantastic speeches for women, all written since the year 2000, by some of our most exciting dramatic voices. Playwrights featured in Contemporary Monologues for Women include Mike Bartlett, Alexi Kaye Campbell, Caryl Churchill, Helen Edmundson, debbie tucker green, Ella Hickson, Lucy Kirkwood, Rona Munro, Joanna Murray-Smith and Enda Walsh, and the plays themselves were premiered at the very best theatres across the UK including the National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bush, Soho and Hampstead Theatres, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Traverse in Edinburgh, the Abbey in Dublin, and many on the stages of the Royal Court. Drawing on her experience as an actor, director and teacher at several leading drama schools, Trilby James prefaces each speech with a thorough introduction including the vital information you need to place the piece in context (the who, what, when, where and why) and suggestions about how to perform the scene to its maximum effect (including the character’s objectives and keywords). Contemporary Monologues for Women also features an introduction on the whole process of selecting and preparing your speech, and approaching the audition itself. The result is the most comprehensive and useful contemporary monologue book now available. 'Sound practical advice for anyone attending an audition… a source of inspiration for teachers and students alike' Teaching Drama Magazine on The Good Audition GuidesTrade Review'Thorough and easy-to-use... The guidance is perhaps the most thorough I have seen in a monologue book' * Teaching Drama magazine *'A good addition to any student's/teacher's bookshelf' * Drama Magazine (published by National Drama) *'Trilby James rides to the rescue... a very useful something for everyone' * ReviewsGate.com *
£11.69
Triarchy Press A Widening Field: Journeys in Body and
Book SynopsisThis is a handbook for working in the creative arts, with an emphasis on imagination and receptivity: to our bodies, surroundings, materials, and to what we create. It puts particular emphasis upon the sensing, feeling, moving body as a basis for any imaginative activity. It describes sources and strategies for working in and between various forms of expression, including: moving, making things with materials and writing. It stresses the importance of intuitive, instinctive ways of knowing, perceiving and creating. It is a useful resource for anyone studying or teaching in the arts, or working creatively with others: therapeutically, educationally, or in a community context. It is written to inspire rather than to instruct, to be used in small amounts to stimulate a working process, rather than to be read through from cover to cover. The authors' previous book, 'Body Space Image', was about improvised movement, experimental performance and creating performance settings. This book turns to the question of imagination in our lives and how this is awakened and nourished through attention to the present, feeling world of the body and to whatever appears as we make. In this way we enter into the poetics of our experience.Trade Review"Perhaps the way that the world sees itself is changing, and the divide between participant and observer, object and intelligence, is diffusing into field activity. This handbook is part of that process." Antony GormleyTable of ContentsAbout this Book Autobiographical Notes Sources Acknowledgements 1 Arriving Part 1 Creating as Conversation Introduction to part 1 2 Moving and writing 3 Making 4 Getting to know what you have made Notes on timing and getting stuck Part 2 The Unfolding Image Introduction to part 2 5 Skin 6 Materials 7 Stories 8 Bone 9 Places 10 Heart Glossary of Terms Selected Bibliography Permissions
£22.50
A24 Films LLC Midsommar Screenplay Book
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£47.50
Pm Press Orstralia
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£19.96
Oxford University Press Cello Time Joggers Cello Accompaniment Book for
Book SynopsisCello Time Joggers is a landmark book in the popular Cello Time series, which is enjoyed by students and teachers all over the world. It contains Kathy and David Blackwell''s trademark attractive and engaging compositions that appeal to learners of all ages. This book contains cello accompaniments for the tunes in Cello Time Joggers. These fun, characterful duet parts are suitable for a teacher or more advanced student, and will enhance lessons by providing an alternative accompaniment option for these popular pieces.
£10.32
HarperCollins Publishers Inner City Pressure The Story of Grime
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£15.00
HarperCollins Publishers Agatha Christies Poirot
Book SynopsisFrom the very first book publication in 1920 to the upcoming film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective.This book tells his story decade-by-decade, exploring his appearances not only in the original novels, short stories and plays but also across stage, screen and radio productions. The hardback edition includes more than 400 illustrations.Poirot has had near-permanent presence in the public eye ever since the 1920 publication of The Mysterious Affair at Styles. From character development, publication history and private discussion concerning the original stories themselves, to early forays on to the stage and screen, the story of Poirot is as fascinating as it is enduring.Based on the author's original research, review excerpts and original Agatha Christie correspondence, Poirot: The Greatest Detective in the World is a lively and accessible history of the character, offering new information and helpful pieces of context, that will delight all Agatha Christie fans, from a new generation of readers to those already highly familiar with the canon.Trade Review‘Delightful, detailed and compulsively readable.’ MARK GATISS ‘What a magnificent book! An essential component of every Poirot fan's book collection. I couldn't put it down.’ SOPHIE HANNAH ‘Exhaustively and entertainingly surveys the book, stage, radio, magazine and film appearances of that fussy little Belgian.’ MICHAEL DIRDA, WASHINGTON POST 'This quirky, trivia-filled look at a touchstone of detective fiction will have Christie fans young and old in heaven.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
£21.25
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Love Pamela
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£22.50
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Night Before Christmas at Dunder Mifflin
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£16.14
Columbia University Press The Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson American
Book SynopsisThis book provides the most complete account of Paul Thomas Anderson’s career to date, encompassing his evolution from a self-anointed auteur to one of his generation’s most distinctive voices. It is at once an unconventional primer on Anderson’s films and a provocative reframing of what makes his work so essential.Trade ReviewThe Cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson is a feast of a book. With consummate clarity and inventiveness, Warren brings the films into rich, often fractious dialogue with one another. The results are extraordinarily illuminating. The entire book is infused with the kind of energy and delectable unpredictability that I associate with Anderson’s art at its best. Warren’s study shakes up conventional approaches to director-centered analysis in a fashion that will have lasting influence. -- George Toles, University of Manitoba, author of Paul Thomas AndersonEthan Warren should be commended for his razor-sharp analysis and rich knowledge of Anderson’s unique perspective and worldview, as well as Anderson’s contribution to American cinema. Warren leaves no stone unturned in this book, and his insightful enthusiasm makes these multifaceted films come alive through his careful study of Anderson’s life and influences. -- Whitney Crothers Dilley, author of The Cinema of Wes AndersonSmart and compelling. -- Christopher Schobert * The Film Stage *[Warren] brings his cinephilic eloquence to bear upon unknotting the enigmatic plots of, or characters in, Anderson’s films as well as Anderson’s ethos. To be sure, this is not a film theory text. Rather, Warren’s biography holds this boy genius (or brat) up to the light like a prism and slowly allows every refraction of Anderson to shine. -- Hannah Bonner * Senses of Cinema *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsForeword, by Lindsay ZoladzIntroduction1. On Paul Thomas Anderson’s Career to Date2. On Places and Spaces3. On Influence4. On Domesticity5. On Screenwriting6. On Gender Performance7. On Alienation Effects8. On Faith and Belief9. On Music Videos10. On HistoryNotesIndex
£21.25
Yale University Press Journeys to Heaven and Hell
Book SynopsisA New York Times bestselling scholar’s illuminating exploration of the earliest Christian narrated journeys to heaven and hellTrade ReviewNamed by the New Yorker as a Best Book of 2022 “[An] illuminating deep dive. . . . An edifying origin story for contemporary Christian conceptions of the afterlife.”—Publishers Weekly “When the late rapper 2Pac argued in song that we on earth are probably in hell already but don’t know it, and that a crackhead is right now suffering ‘eternal fire,’ he was grappling with weighty biblical and theological issues taken up by Bart D. Ehrman in his brilliant and provocative book Journeys to Heaven and Hell. Ehrman’s work richly informs us about how visions and tours of the afterlife shape our before-death existence—what we should do with our purse, our person, our proselytizing, and how we should view the power and politics of God. This wise and insightful tome by an erstwhile believer, and one of my absolute favorite biblical scholars, stimulates the mind and charges the spirit of a hopeful Black evangelical like me.”—Michael Eric Dyson, author of Entertaining Race: Performing Blackness in America “Bart D. Ehrman explores the Greco-Roman background of Christian afterlife and provides a much-needed reassessment of its Jewish apocalyptic roots. This is an extremely well-documented and well-written book, a real intellectual pleasure to read.”—Pierluigi Piovanelli, University of Ottawa and École pratique des hautes études “In a characteristically scholarly yet engaging style, Bart Ehrman shines new light on ancient accounts of visits by the living to the realms of the dead. This is an important contribution to the reevaluation of the rich literary heritage of early Christianity.”—Judith Lieu, University of Cambridge “In Journeys to Heaven and Hell, Ehrman examines a range of apocryphal texts related to the afterlife, but his examinations of such issues as the ethical problem of wealth, conversion, and universal salvation reveal how much the study of these journeys to other worlds can contribute to the study of a wide range of areas of interest in this world.”—Tony Burke, editor of New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures
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Hachette Books Over the Influence
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Voracious Accidentally Wes Anderson
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£34.00
Faber & Faber The Grip of Film
Book SynopsisYou SLUG the guy.You KISS the dame. You TOTAL the car.That''s movies. And I love ''em.Gordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll even watch a film. But most of all he loves talking about film, and how they'd be a shit-ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure.The voyage of this book can be categorised as an attempt to understand How In Hell Film Works. Why are some films bad, and some films terrible? How come just a handful of films (Titanic, Porky's, Dirty Harry) are any good at all? Gordy'll tell you How and Why, and he'll give you a shot of Wherefore on the side. And he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut.
£10.44
Faber & Faber The Song of Lunch
Book SynopsisLunch in Soho with a former lover - but Zanzotti''s is under new management, and as the wine takes effect fond memories give way to something closer to the bone . . .Christopher Reid''s poem, which since its first publication has been filmed by the BBC and presented on stage in numerous venues, follows the lunchtime reunion of two long-separated lovers. Every smallest detail is cherished, as step by step the narrative moves towards its tragicomic outcome.
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Faber & Faber A Year with Swollen Appendices
Book SynopsisThe diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.''One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable insight into the mind and working practices of one of the industry's undeniable geniuses.''GUARDIANAt the end of 1994, musician, producer and artist Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell through quickly. What he did do and write however, was astonishing: ruminations on his collaborative work with artists including David Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence and essays dating back to 1978. These appendices' covered topics from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he believed the role of an artist and their art to truly be, alongside razor-sharp commentary on his day-to-day tribulations and happenings around the world.A fascinatTrade Review''A Year with Swollen Appendices is by turns fascinating, engaging and wonderfully mundane. Our world has changed in profound ways, but Eno's ideas are remarkably durable, his perspectives still feel fresh with possibility. This writing hasn't lost any of its power to entertain, persuade and inspire.'', Leah Kardos, The Wire'"A cranium tour of one of the most creative minds of our age ... [Eno] delivers razor-sharp commentary with devilish snarkiness and brutal honesty."', Colin Berry, Wired
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Faber & Faber The Horse
Book Synopsis''Tremendously compelling . . . as succinct and wrenching as a well-honed folk song.'' GUARDIANA bruised and beautiful instant classic.' BEN MYERSWilly Vlautin's most personal novel yet a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to be a musician.There''s a horse'', he whispered. ''An old horse that''s standing in front of my house. He''s blind and he won''t eat and I don''t know what to do.''65-year-old Al Ward is several years into an isolated stint living on old mining land in Nevada left to him by his great uncle. One morning, the horse arrives outside his home, seemingly unable to feed itself or stay safe from coyote attacks. 6000 feet up, 30 miles from the nearest town and broken by alcoholism and anxiety, Al must decide what to do.Intercut with Al's present-day story are episodes from his long life as a songwriter and guitarist. Beginning in Reno, we follow his chequered career
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Faber & Faber Barbie
Book SynopsisNominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted ScreenplayShe''s everything. He''s just Ken. The exclusive screenplay of the film phenomenon by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach.*Featuring an exclusive introduction by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach and 8 pages of full-colour photos from the film*''Greta Gerwig's bold and inventive Barbie breaks the mold.'' BBC Culture''A near-miraculous achievement.'' Independent''Brilliant, beautiful, and fun as hell.' The New YorkerFor the first time, the BARBIE screenplay is now available in print. Anarchically hilarious and unexpectedly emotional, BARBIE is a magical cinematic confection of absurdity, heart, and Technicolor musicals. Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have created a deeply personal and idiosyncratic film from the polarizing icon that is the Barbie doll. The movie celebrates the perfection of imperfection, and affirms that everyone, ev
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Hogarth Normal People The Scripts
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£22.50
Frances Lincoln The Worlds of Wes Anderson
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£20.00
Quarto Publishing PLC Steven Spielberg
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£21.00
The Crowood Press Ltd Shadow Puppets and Shadow Play
Book SynopsisShadow Puppets and Shadow Play is a comprehensive guide to the design, construction and manipulation and presentation of shadow puppets, considered by many to be the oldest puppet theatre tradition. Traditional shadow play techniques, together with modern materials and methods and recent explorations into theatre of shadows, are explained with precision and clarity, and illustrated by photographs that include the work of some of the finest shadow players in the world. Topics covered include: an introduction to shadow play, its traditions and the principles of shadow puppet design; advice on materials and methods for constructing and controlling traditional shadow puppets and scenery and there are step-by-step instructions for adding detail and decoration and creating transculent figures in full-colour. Detailed methods for constructing shadow theatres and using a wide range of lighting techniques are given along with techniques of shadow puppet performance and contemporary exploratio
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DK Disney Pixar Cars Ultimate Sticker Collection
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£10.71
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Unofficial Emily in Paris Coloring Book
Book SynopsisThe Unofficial Emily in Paris Coloring Book brings the hit Netflix show to your fingertips with over 50 drawings for you to color. Inspired by scenes from the show itself, color in characters, memorable quotes, and iconic Parisian scenes and pastries. This book is perfect for those who enjoy coloring and are a fan of Emily Cooper’s journey in Paris as she adapts to the French culture. Try your hand at fashion design by recreating some of the most iconic looks seen on the streets of Paris. Step into the City of Love and relive Emily’s best marketing campaigns, outfits, and funniest mess-ups of the French language. If a millennial from Chicago could do it, who’s to say you can’t too?
£10.79
Running Press Mini Office Messenger Pigeon
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£8.47
Running Press,U.S. Star Trek PopUp Notecards
Book SynopsisSend a unique note or greeting to friends, family and fellow Trekkies with this set of pop-up notecards featuring five iconic scenes from Star Trek history. The set includes:10 notecards, each featuring a fun pop-up scene, blank space for your own personalized message and a short description on the back of the card. Includes 2 cards each of 5 designs.10 blank envelopesFull-colour printed box to house cards
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Universe Publishing Hamilton 2025 Wall Calendar
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£11.39
Rizzoli Universe Star Trek Lower Decks 2025 Wall Calendar
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£14.39
Plexus Publishing Ltd Scott Walker
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Kahn & Averill Guitar
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£20.85
Taylor & Francis Ltd Recording Secrets for the Small Studio
Book SynopsisIn this new edition, discover how to achieve commercial-grade recordings, even in the smallest studios, by applying power-user techniques from the world's most successful producers.Recording Secrets for the Small Studio is based on the backroom strategies of more than 250 famous names. This thorough and down-to-earth guide leads you through a logical sequence of practical tasks to build your live-room skills progressively from the ground up, with user-friendly explanations that introduce technical concepts on a strictly need-to-know basis. On the way, you'll unravel the mysteries of many specialist studio tactics and gain the confidence to tackle a full range of real-world recording situations.Specifically designed for small-studio enthusiasts, this book provides an intensive training course for those who want a fast track to releasing quality results, while the chapter summaries, assignments, and extensive online resources are perfect for school aTrade Review'A perfectly targeted and very readable mine of technical information, practical advice and real-world home-studio experience [...] it’s a book that I’d be very happy to recommend unreservedly to enthusiasts, students and experienced practitioners alike.'Hugh Robjohns, Sound on SoundTable of ContentsPart 1: One Source, No Mics 1. Recording a Machine 2. The Human Element 3. Instruments with Pickups Part 2: One Source, One Mic 4. Basic Vocal Recording 5. Beyond Vanilla Vocals 6. Single-Mic Instrument Recording Part 3: One Source, Multiple Mics 7. Multimiking in Mono 8. Multimiking in Stereo Part 4: Multiple Sources, Multiple Mics 9. Ensemble Recording with a Dominant Array 10. Adding Spot Arrays 11. Ensemble Recording with Peer Arrays 12. Going Freestyle 13. Conclusion
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Piano For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond the Book 3 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Getting Started with Piano 5 Chapter 1: Preparing to Play a Piano 7 Knowing Why the Piano is So Special 8 Advantages to playing the piano 8 Advantages to studying music at the piano 8 A skill and an art 9 Understanding Why People Take Piano Lessons(And Why They Often Quit) 10 Getting to Know Your Instrument 11 Comprehending the Language of Music 12 Developing an ear for horizontal and vertical music 13 Getting to know musical forms and styles 13 Starting to Play the Best Way 14 Being Aware of What You Already Know about Playing the Piano 15 Chapter 2: Meeting the Keyboard Family 17 Looking at the Acoustic Ones 18 Pianos 18 Harpsichords 22 Pipe organs 24 Identifying the Electric Ones 25 The nuts and bolts of electronic sound 26 Synthesizers 26 Digital keyboards 27 Chapter 3: Finding the Perfect Keyboard 29 To Hum or Not to Hum: Electric or Acoustic (Or Both)? 30 Buying an acoustic 30 Buying a digital 32 Buying a hybrid 34 Picking the Perfect Acoustic Piano 34 Taking location into account 35 Getting all the pedals you deserve 35 Finding good buys (and avoiding scams) 36 If you’ve heard one, you haven’t heard them all 37 Looking at some specific piano brands 37 Selecting a Digital Keyboard That Lasts 38 Digital pianos and organs 39 Arrangers 40 Stage pianos 40 Workstations 40 Synthesizers 40 Avoiding obsolescence 41 Knowing the digital features you want 41 Browsing some specific keyboard brands 43 Other electric keyboards 45 Before You Drive It Off the Lot: Sealing the Deal at the Store 45 Taking it for a spin 45 Loving and leaving it 46 Refusing to pay the sticker price 46 Shopping online 47 The MIDI Places You Can Go 48 A MIDI primer 48 Keyboard to computer 49 Keyboard to keyboard 50 MIDI and music notation 50 Chapter 4: Taking Good Care of Your Keyboard 51 Providing a Good Place to Live 51 Making It Shine: Cleaning Your Keyboard 52 Calling In a Pro for General Checkups and Serious Repairs 54 Tuning acoustic keyboards 54 Keeping digital keyboards happy 56 Dealing with serious keyboard problems 57 Taking the Worry Out of Moving Your Acoustic Piano 58 Chapter 5: Eighty-Eight Keys, Three Pedals, Ten Fingers, and Two Feet 59 Finding the Keys, Easy Peasy 59 The white keys 60 The black keys 62 Discovering What Your Parents Never Told You about Posture 63 To sit or not to sit: That’s the real question 64 Sitting down: Chairs versus benches 65 Using stands and racks 67 Paying Attention to Hand Positioning 68 Arch those hands and fingers 68 Fingering 69 Giving your hands and fingers a rest 70 Pedal Power: Getting Your Feet in on the Action 71 Piano pedals 72 Digital keyboard pedals 73 Part 2: Deciphering Squiggles on Paper to Create Sound 75 Chapter 6: Reading Lines and Spaces 77 Your Guide to a Piano Score 78 Employing a staff of five lines 78 Hanging from a clef 80 Double Your Staff, Double Your Fun 85 Grand staff and ledger lines 85 Climbing up the staff and beyond 87 An octave above, an octave below 87 Punctuating Music: Bar Lines 88 Continuing to Read: Don’t Stop 89 Chapter 7: Joining the Rhythm Nation 91 Eyeing Tempo: The Beat Goes On 92 Measuring the beat using tempo 92 Grouping beats in measures 93 Serving Some Musical Pie: Basic Note Values 94 Quarter notes: One piece at a time 95 Half notes: Half the pie 95 Whole notes: The whole pie 96 Counting all the pieces 97 Faster Rhythms, Same Tempo 97 Eighth notes 98 Sixteenth notes and more 99 Listening for the Sound of Silence: Rests 100 Whole and half rests 100 Quarter rests and more 101 Counting Out Common Time Signatures 103 Common time: 4/4 meter 104 Waltz time: 3/4 meter 104 March time: 2/4 meter 105 6/8 time 106 Playing Songs in Familiar Time Signatures 106 Chapter 8: Changing the Beaten Path 111 Getting a Jump on the Start: Pickup Beats and Measures 111 Adding Time to Your Notes with Ties and Dots 113 Linking notes using ties 113 Extending notes using dots 113 Playing Offbeat Rhythms 116 Triplets love chocolate 117 Swing and shuffle time 118 Syncopation 120 Playing Songs with Challenging Rhythms 121 Part 3: One Hand at a Time 131 Chapter 9: Playing a Melody 133 Let Your Fingers Do the Walking 134 Getting into the Right Position 135 C position 135 G position 140 Shifting your hand position as you play 141 Crossing Your Fingers and Hoping It Works 142 Crossing over your thumb 142 Passing your thumb under 143 Playing Melodies in the Right Hand 144 Chapter 10: Scaling to New Heights 149 Building a Scale, Step by Step 150 Stepping Up to the Majors 151 Understanding major scales 152 Trying a major scale exercise 154 Exploring Minor Variations 155 Natural minor scales 155 Harmonic minor scales 156 Melodic minor scales 157 Trying minor scale exercises 158 Showing Your Rebellious Side with Blues Scales 160 Playing Songs Made of Scales 161 Chapter 11: Hey, Don’t Forget Lefty! 165 Exploring the Keyboard’s West Side 165 Moving into position 166 Getting used to the new neighborhood 166 Tackling Some Left-Hand Melodies 169 Practicing Some South-Paw Scales 170 C, G, and F major 170 A, E, and D natural minor 171 A harmonic and melodic minor 172 Trying Accompaniment Patterns 172 Three-note patterns 173 Four-note patterns 174 Adding the Left Hand to the Right Hand 177 Sharing the melody in both hands 178 Melody plus one note 178 Melody plus three-note accompaniment pattern 180 Melody in unison octaves 180 Playing Songs with Both Hands 182 Part 4: Living in Perfect Harmony 187 Chapter 12: The Building Blocks of Harmony 189 Measuring Melodic Intervals 190 Interval shorthand 191 Seconds 192 Thirds 193 Fourths and fifths 194 Sixths and sevenths 196 Octaves 197 Combining Notes for Harmonic Intervals 197 Playing two notes together 197 Adding intervals to the melody 198 Harmonizing with the left hand 200 Playing Songs with More Harmony 202 Chapter 13: Understanding Keys 209 Homing In on Home Key 209 A whole ring of keys 210 Using keys to play music 211 Reading key signatures 212 Leaving and returning to the “home” key 217 Playing Songs with Key Signatures 218 Chapter 14: Filling Out Your Sound with Chords 221 Tapping into the Power of Chords 221 Dissecting the Anatomy of a Triad 222 Starting Out with Major Chords 223 Branching Out with Minor Chords 224 Exploring Other Types of Chords 225 Tweaking the fifth: Augmented and diminished chords 225 Waiting for resolution: Suspended chords 227 Adding the Seventh 228 Reading Chord Symbols 229 Playing with Chord Inversions 232 Putting inversions to work 233 Flipping the notes fantastic 233 Playing Songs with Chords 235 Part 5: Technique Counts for Everything 241 Chapter 15: Dressing Up Your Music 243 Playing Dynamically 243 Starting with basic volume changes 244 Widening the range 244 Making gradual shifts in volume 245 Articulating the Positive 246 Interpreting articulation symbols 247 The power of articulation 248 Controlling the Tempo 249 Putting the Pedal to the Metal 250 Using the damper pedal 250 Getting the hard facts on soft-pedaling 251 Eyeing the middle pedal 252 Touching on Grace Notes 253 Tackling Trilling 254 Dazzling Your Audience: Gliss 255 Trembling Tremolos 257 Dressing Up Your Songs 260 Chapter 16: Great Grooves 267 Great Left-Hand Accompaniment Patterns 267 Fixed and broken chords 268 Chord picking 270 Octave hammering 270 Bouncy rock patterns 272 Melodic bass lines 275 Applying Great Intros and Finales 277 The big entrance 279 Exit, stage left 281 Playing Songs with Left-Hand Grooves 284 Chapter 17: Perusing the Aisle of Style 287 Taking Aim at Classical Music 287 Playing the Blues 290 Clues for the blues 290 12-bar ditties 290 Changing it up 291 Rockin’ around the Keys 293 Rocking ingredients 294 Slamming and jamming 294 You’re a Little Bit Country 295 Country-style cooking 295 Finger-pickin’ good 295 Pop! Goes the Piano 297 Popular picks 297 Topping the charts 297 Soul Searching 298 Saving your soul 298 Motown sounds 299 Funky sounds goin’ round 300 All That Jazz 300 Jazzing it up 301 It’s up to you 301 Substituting chords 301 Playing Songs in Favorite Styles 304 Part 6: The Part of Tens 311 Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Improve Your Practice and Performance 313 Be Comfortable at All Times 313 Shut Off the Distractions 314 Make a Schedule and a List 314 Get into Deconstruction 315 Use a Metronome 315 Rehearse Your Dress Rehearsals 315 Know Your Performance Piano 316 If You Memorize . 316 Preempt Post-Performance Syndrome 316 Smile and Take a Bow 317 Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Supplement This Book 319 Working through Method Books 319 Using Reference Books 320 Buying Music to Play 321 Types of printed music 321 Arrangements and transcriptions 322 Fake books 322 Where to buy printed music 323 Gigging with Others 324 Piano duets 324 Chamber groups 325 Bands 325 Checking Out the Masters 325 Johann Sebastian Bach 325 Ludwig van Beethoven 326 Johannes Brahms 326 Frederic Chopin 326 Franz Liszt 326 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 327 Sergei Rachmaninoff 327 Attending Live Concerts 327 Listening to Recordings 328 Perusing record stores 328 Shopping online 328 Visiting the library 329 Exchanging music with friends 329 Exploring Piano Sites on the Web 329 Enjoying Pianos on the Big Screen 330 Realizing You’re Not Alone 331 Chapter 20: Ten Questions to Ask Prospective Teachers 333 Whom Else Have You Taught? 333 How Long Have You Been Teaching and Playing? 334 How Much Do You Expect Me to Practice? 334 Would You Mind Playing Something for Me? 335 What Repertoire Do You Teach? 336 How Do You Feel about Wrong Notes, Mistakes, and Slow Learners? 336 What Methods Do You Use to Teach Piano? 337 Where Will the Lessons Take Place? 337 How Much Do You Charge? 338 Do You Have Student Recitals? 338 Appendix: About the Website: Audio Tracks and Video Clips 339 Index 345
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