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  • I'll Love You Forever

    Notes from a K-Pop Fan

    by Giaae Kwon ...
    Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror meets Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings in a meditation that blends memoir and cultural criticism to explore how the author’s love affair with K-pop has shaped her sense of self, charting K-pop’s complex coming-of-age through some of its biggest idols.I’ll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan is a smart, poignant, constantly surprising essay collection that ... Read more

    S$ 13.61 SGD

  • Taylor Swift

    Album by Album

    by Kase Wickman, Joanna Weiss, Moira McAvoy ...
    Series series Album by Album
    If you’re a passionate Swiftie who wants to know EVERYTHING about your favorite icon—especially her music—this luxuriously illustrated deep dive should take center stage.Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums—from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department—Taylor Swift: Album by Album mines her life, lyrics, and music like nothing else before it. This book also features several ... Read more

    S$ 30.62 SGD

  • NPR The Curious Listener's Guide to Opera

    by William Berger ...
    Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas ... Read more

    S$ 10.34 SGD

  • Swift-o-graphics

    Your Favorite Pop Star in Over 120 Infographics

    by Megan McCluskey ...
    Whether it's facts that will absolutely shock you or things you know all too well, Swift-o-graphics will show you incredible things in this comprehensive visual journey through the global phenomenon that is Taylor Swift.Enter the era of total Swift domination with Swift-o-graphics, jam-packed with fun and fascinating facts told through dynamic infographics and eye-catching graphic art ... Read more

    S$ 17.21 SGD

  • Writing Better Lyrics

    by Pat Pattison ...
    The Must-Have Guide for SongwritersWriting Better Lyrics has been a staple for songwriters for nearly two decades. Now this revised and updated 2nd Edition provides effective tools for everything from generating ideas, to understanding the form and function of a song, to fine-tuning lyrics.Perfect for new and experienced songwriters alike, this time-tested classic covers the basics in addition to ... Read more

    S$ 12.74 SGD

  • Adorning the Dark

    Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

    by Andrew Peterson ...
    From the bestselling author of The Wingfeather Saga and award-winning musician and storyteller, Andrew Peterson.Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, WORLD Magazine each named Adorning the Dark as one of their books of the year.Making something beautiful in a broken world can be harrowing work, and it can’t be done alone.Over the last twenty years, Andrew Peterson has performed thousands of ... Read more

    S$ 12.20 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Music Works

    by David Byrne ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, economic, social, or technological—now updated with a new chapter on digital curation.“How Music Works is a buoyant hybrid of social history, anthropological survey, autobiography, personal philosophy, and business manual” ... Read more

    S$ 17.65 SGD

  • Bob Dylan All the Songs

    The Story Behind Every Track Expanded Edition

    by Philippe Margotin, Jean-Michel Guesdon ...
    Series series All the Songs
    An updated edition of the most comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize-winning work yet published, with the full story of every recording session, every album, and every single released during his nearly 60-year career.Bob Dylan: All the Songs focuses on Dylan's creative process and his organic, unencumbered style of recording. It is the only book to tell the stories, many unfamiliar even ... Read more

    S$ 41.19 SGD

  • What to Listen For in Music

    by Aaron Copland ...
    Now in trade paperback: “The definitive guide to musical enjoyment” (Forum).In this fascinating analysis of how to listen to both contemporary and classical music analytically, eminent American composer Aaron Copland offers provocative suggestions that will bring readers a deeper appreciation of the most viscerally rewarding of all art forms. ... Read more

    S$ 10.89 SGD

  • Into the Void

    From Birth to Black Sabbath—And Beyond

    by Geezer Butler ...
    A rollicking, effusive, and candid rock and roll memoir by the heavy metal musician and founding member of Black Sabbath, covering his years as the band’s bassist and main lyricist through his later-career projects, and detailing how one of rock’s most influential bands formed and prevailed.With over 70 million records sold, Black Sabbath, dubbed by Rolling Stone “the Beatles of heavy metal,” ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD

  • Ukulele For Dummies

    by Alistair Wood ...
    Strum a tune on your ukulele—no Hawaiian shirt required!Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with Hawaiian ... Read more

    S$ 27.99 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Twelve: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ Abbey Road

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Twelve examines the LP Abbey Road and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume ... Read more

    S$ 2.54 SGD

  • The Penguin Jazz Guide

    The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

    by Brian Morton, Richard Cook ...
    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history ... Read more

    S$ 35.20 SGD

  • Music Theory, 3E

    by Michael Miller ...
    Series series Idiot's Guides
    Many people find music theory a tough subject-- but it doesn't have to be! The best-selling Idiot's Guides: Music Theory, Third Edition, is a concise and clear guide that teaches any budding musician (and even more experienced ones) how to read musical notation by navigating the basics of reading and composing music. This book covers:- The basics of tones, including pitches, clefs, scales, ... Read more

    S$ 28.22 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Nine: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ White Album

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Nine examines the White Album and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume set is ... Read more

    S$ 3.82 SGD

  • The Storyteller

    Tales of Life and Music

    by Dave Grohl ...
    The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021So, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours of... ... Read more

    S$ 19.61 SGD

  • Music as Medicine

    How We Can Harness Its Therapeutic Power

    by Daniel Levitin ...
    **The Instant Sunday Times BestsellerA Financial Times, Telegraph and Waterstones Book of the YearShortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book PrizeWhat if music holds the key to healing our minds and bodies? Music as Medicine is the revelatory new book from the million-copy bestselling author of The Organized Mind.**'Fascinating' OBSERVER'Essential' WALL STREET JOURNAL‘Intr... ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • Funny Weather

    Art in an Emergency

    by Olivia Laing ...
    **'A brave writer whose books open up fundamental questions about life and art' – TelegraphIn this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a vivid and politically-engaged case for the importance of art – especially in the turbulent weather of the twenty-first century.**We are often told art can’t change anything. In Funny Weather, Laing argues that it can. It ... Read more

    S$ 17.54 SGD

  • And the Band Begins to Play. Part Eleven: The Definitive Guide to the Beatles’ Let It Be

    by Steve Lambley ...
    And the Band Begins to Play is an in-depth, 12-volume guide to every song recorded by the Beatles. Part Eleven examines the LP Let It Be and associated singles.Going further than the usual song-by-song, album-by-album guide, it is a record of every moment that the Beatles came together to record, from the first EMI session in 1962 to their acrimonious break-up in 1970. In short, this 12-volume set ... Read more

    S$ 2.54 SGD

  • Soul DJ Playlist

    by Mike Francis ...
    Soul DJ Playlist: The Ultimate Guide for DJsWhether you're a beginner or an experienced DJ, Soul DJ Playlist: The Ultimate Guide for DJs is your go-to resource for curating the perfect soul and R&B sets. This expertly compiled guide features an extensive selection of iconic tracks from the 1970s to today, making it easy for you to elevate your mixes and keep the crowd grooving.Organized by ... Read more

    S$ 4.59 SGD

  • The Hard Crowd

    Essays 2000–2020

    by Rachel Kushner ...
    From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Mars Room, a career-spanning collection of spectacular essays about politics and culture.In The Hard Crowd, Rachel Kushner gathers a selection of her writing from over the course of the last twenty years that addresses the most pressing political, artistic, and cultural issues of our times - and illuminates the themes and real-life terrain that underpin ... Read more

    S$ 16.12 SGD

  • The Dirt

    Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band

    by Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Mick Mars ...
    NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL MOVIE STARRING MACHINE GUN KELLY, DANIEL WEBBER, DOUGLAS BOOTH, AND IWAN RHEON, DIRECTED BY JEFF TREMAINE.Celebrate thirty years of the world's most notorious rock band with the deluxe collectors' edition of The Dirt—the outrageous, legendary, no-holds-barred autobiography of Mötley Crüe. Fans have gotten glimpses into the band's crazy world of backstage scandals, celebrity ... Read more

    S$ 17.87 SGD

  • The Hacienda: Threads

    Foreword by Peter Hook

    by Rebecca Hook ...
    FOREWORD BY PETER HOOKThe music. The fashion. The nights. The people. The love. These are the threads that came together to make the Haçienda great.Celebrate the magic of the club that changed everything in this official book, told through evocative photographs and eye-witness accounts of the people who were there, from musicians, DJs and fashion designers to performers, clubbers and staff ... Read more

    S$ 28.55 SGD

  • Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence

    An Oxford Handbook of Music Education, Volume 2

    Edited by Gary McPherson, Graham Welch ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Music Learning and Teaching in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence is one of five paperback books derived from the foundational two-volume Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Designed for music teachers, students, and scholars of music education, as well as educational administrators and policy makers, the second book in this set explores a broad array of key issues, concepts, and debates related ... Read more

    S$ 35.74 SGD