Item category 1: Music & Performing Arts

A stunning visual guide to the guitar - with detailed profiles of everything from the legendary Martin flat-tops to Fender's twelve-string electrics and everything in between. The Ultimate Guitar Sourcebook tells the full story of every major type of guitar. With a chapter devoted to each branch ...

Proving the age-old maxim that "it's in the way that you tell them," dads have always been renowned for being truly godawful joke tellers. Whether it's telling them at the wrong moment, misremembering the punchline, or it just simply being a terrible joke to begin with, dads are an embarrassment ...

Celebrate 100 of the most beloved love songs of all time. Author and music journalist Annie Zaleski's collection offers readers fascinating history and behind-the-scenes stories about each love song's everlasting impact.

Radio DJ Pete Graham is the 'King' of the dad joke. Every day he posts a dad joke on his Facebook page and brings a laugh to thousands of people. You could say that Pete resides is a permanent state of 'Dadsville'. Here, for the first time, is a collection of Pete Graham's favourite dad jokes.

Do you revere the legend that is Arnie? Do you agree that the best activities for your health are pumping and humping? Do you trust that if it bleeds, you can kill it? Then this is the book for you. Be inspired by the no-nonsense life philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger, through his best and most...

When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter who wouldn't even deign to attend the medal cer...

Describes the physical appearance, natural habitats, feeding patterns, behavior, mating rituals, herding instincts, and defense mechanisms of the wildlife featured in the "Star Wars" films.

Inspired by the Talking Sopranos podcast, The Sopranos stars Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti) and Steve Schirripa (Bobby Baccalieri) finally reveal all the Soprano family secrets in a surprising, funny, and honest new book. Woke Up This Morning is the definitive behind-the-scenes histor...

Meet the women who run the Whoniverse. From Sarah Jane Smith to Bill Potts, from Susan Foreman to the Thirteenth Doctor, women are the beating heart of Doctor Who. Whether they're facing down Daleks or thwarting a Nestene invasion, these women don't hang around waiting to be rescued - they roll t...

THEORY OF MUSIC & MUSICOLOGY. "Throughout human history, music has accompanied us in times of joy and in times of sorrow. This comprehensive encyclopedia is not only a reference work on musical instruments suitable for experts; it also explains the effects and expressive powers of the musical art...

Celebrate the first decade of James Cameron's Avatar and the beginnings of an epic cinematic journey. The World of Avatar celebrates, explores, and explains the spectacular world of Pandora its extraordinary geology, flora and fauna, and the customs and beliefs of its people, the mysterious Na'vi...

A practical and (a little bit) sassy how-to guide for selecting, preparing, and performing audition songs for the student or professional musical theatre performer.