Item category 1: Music & Performing Arts

Sing along together! Catchy tunes help you learn to count in a fun and exciting way. There's even a cool way to test your learning -- with interactive counting to show how clever you are. Learning has never been so much fun. Suitable for pre-school and Key Stage 1.

MUSIC. This book names the best albums of the last 50 years from around the globe. It places each album in order (from 1 - 100) and discusses why it deserves its place. It tells the story behind the making of the album, where it fits in the artist's career and the album's impact on the world stag...

ARTISTS INCLUDE: AC/DC, Gabriella Cilmi, Missy Higgins, Hunters & Collectors, The Saints, Ed Kuepper, Faker, Grinspoon, John Butler Trio, Delta, Silverchair, Jet.

An updated version of the highly controversial 100 Best Australian Albums, 110 Best Australian Albums opens up the debate once more, with 10 new albums mixing up the rankings and providing you with the ultimate, most up-to-date list of Australian music. The book names the best Australian albums o...

'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.' In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intimately record the months towards the end o...

Features 40 songs with complete lyrics, chord symbols, and guitar chord diagrams, including: Cat's in the Cradle, Daughter, Hey, Soul Sister, Homeward Bound, I Should Have Known Better, Into the Mystic, Losing My Religion, Patience, Shelter from the Storm, Take It Easy, Wild Horses, and more.

488 Rules for Life is Kitty Flanagan's way of making the world a more pleasant place to live. Providing you with the antidote to every annoying little thing, these rules are not made to be broken. 488 Rules for Life is not a self-help book, because it's not you who needs help, it's other people. ...

501 Essential Albums of '90s is the ultimate curated list detailing dozens of the decade's most influential releases across all genres, featuring descriptions of the releases, album art, and artist imagery.

Enjoy learning your letters with the help of songs! Sing along to your favourite tunes -- while learning the alphabet too. Jam-packed with fun, you'll find questions to test your learning. Have fun with phonics. Learn the alphabet through the sounds of each letter, from A all the way to Z. A fun ...

SONGS INCLUDE: Ballbreaker; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be; Hells Bells; High Voltage; Highway To Hell; It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n'Roll!); Let There Be Rock; Rock 'n' Roll Damnation; TNT; You Shook Me All Night Long.

Rockschool Acoustic Grade 3 is for students who have been learning approximately eighteen months to two years and have established the basic skills, preliminary techniques and the beginnings of stylistic awareness through articulation and the introduction of solo and improvisation work. The 2019 ...

Acting: The Basics is a practical and theoretical guide to the world of the professional actor, skilfully combining ideas from a range of practitioners and linking the academy to the industry. Complete with a glossary of terms and useful website suggestions, this is the ideal introduction for any...

Drawing on his lifetime career in front of the camera, Denis Lawson has written a wonderfully accessible introduction to the worlds of film and TV. Directly addressing the young actor fresh from drama school, he offers a guided tour of the film or TV set from day one. We meet the various members ...

ANIMATION. Brave is Pixar's first fairy tale, a lush, animated adventure through the forests, heaths, and highlands of medieval Scotland. Featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with the film's many artists, The Art of Brave also showcases the gorgeous concept art that went into the creation of th...

Collects concept art and scenes from the Captain America, the winter soldier movie, with sketches of characters, vehicles, and weapons.

GRAPHIC NOVELS. A hardback, prestige format book with a generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images. Along with the stunning visuals, the book also presents interviews and comments with the production staff, including key po...

Pairing over two hundred stunning images with reflections and recollections from friends, photographers, designers, close collaborators and Hepburn herself, Audrey: The 60's is an unforgettable showcase of the actress's timeless beauty and extraordinarily influential style. Among the highlights a...

Australia's best-loved film critic David Stratton reviews (almost) every feature film from the past three decades in the ultimate guide to modern Australian cinema.

Discusses key works and filmmakers in its exploration of the matrix of forces - artistic, cultural, economic, political, governmental and ideological - that gave rise to, shaped and sustained the Australian Film Revival.

At last, the definitive book about perhaps the best cabin crew dramedy ever filmed: View From the Top starring Gwyneth Paltrow. In Ayoade on Top, Richard Ayoade, perhaps one of the most 'insubstantial' people of our age, takes us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of Nevada and other place...

The bass guitar is utilized in almost every single genre of music-rock, classical, jazz, metal, funk, and country just to name a few. Bass Guitar Exercises For Dummies provides bassists an opportunity to dabble with all these styles and more. Regardless of your intended musical style, this hands-...

The Beatles Collected shows in beautiful memorabilia using images and photographs reproduced on-the-page the Fab Four's journey from the backstreets of Liverpool and Hamburg to their sell-out concerts in the Shea Stadium in the USA and their quest for musical perfection including tickets and post...

COMPOSERS & MUSICIANS. 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania, with their first number one, and their first album. From the time they were formed in 1962, through to their break-up eight years later, the Beatles were associated with a multitude of items, places and people. This illustrate...

In ten years of existence and only eight years of recording history, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr recorded twelve albums, composed more than 200 songs and revolutionized the world of music. Hundreds of books have explored this mythical group but The Beatles in Comi...

In early 1964, photographer Harry Benson received a call from the photo editor of London's Daily Express, who asked him to cover The Beatles' trip to Paris. It was the beginning of a career-defining relationship, which would both make Benson's name and produce some of the most intimate photograph...

A rich and revealing examination of the legendary pop duo Soft Cell. Soft Cell are not your average pop band. Marc Almond and Dave Ball may be best known for the string of hits they released in 1981, but the powerful first phase of their collaboration embraced a staggering array of sounds, influe...

BALLET. This book offers an introduction to the study of ballet as a performing art. Beginning Ballet and the accompanying web resource introduce students to the study of ballet as a performing art and provide instructional support in learning foundational ballet technique. The book features more...

DANCE. This title helps you learn basic tap dance techniques. Designed for those on introductory tap dance courses, Beginning Tap Dance contains concise descriptions of exercises, steps and techniques. Featuring more than 70 video clips of tap steps with verbal cues, the web resource helps studen...

JOKES & RIDDLES. AUSTRALIAN. With over 400 jokes to smile, giggle and laugh your way through, Best Aussie Jokes has a joke for nearly every occasion. Laughter is a powerful tonic for our physical and mental health and these jokes will ensure you become the life of the party. So get ready for a bo...

Editor and comedian Luke Ryan has wrangled 24 of Australia's finest comedy writers and rolled them into a single book of comedy gold. If there's been a more impressive assembly of funny people in any Australian book ever, you can have your money back. Featuring: James Colley, Annabel Crabb, Andre...