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The Kings of England by Graeme Oxby
Ways of Hearing (The MIT Press) by Damon Krukowski
Rockonomics
Rusty Brown (Pantheon Graphic Library) by Chris Ware
Building Stories by Chris Ware
Make Some Space : Tuning Into Total Refreshment Centre by Emma Warren
Homunculus by Joe Sparrow
An Audience of One: Reclaiming Creativity for Its Own Sake by Srinivas Rao
Graveyard Bins by Al Brydon
Steal As Much As You Can: How to Win the Culture Wars in an Age of Austerity by Nathalie Olah
Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson
99Objects: Christmas Ornaments by Petri Paselli
Leisure Landscape Lifestyle by Jan Williams
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
Here by Richard McGuire
Abram Games: Design by Naomi Games
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
Make Time for Creativity: Finding Space for Your Most Meaningful Work (A Self-Guide) by Brandon Stosuy
Toy Instruments: Design, Nostalgia, Music by Eric Schneider
Wobbly Sounds: A Collection of British Flexi Discs (Four Corners Irregulars, 6) by Jonny Trunk
Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer by Sue Nelson
Recording Unhinged: Creative and Unconventional Music Recording Techniques (Music Pro Guides) by Sylvia Massy
Music Producers Handbook Second Edition (Technical Reference) by Bobby Owsinski
Unlocking Creativity: A Producer's Guide to Making Music & Art (Music Pro Guides) by Michael Beinhorn Producer
David Bowie Is... (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago: Exhibition Catalogues) by Victoria Broackes
Modern Records, Maverick Methods: Technology and Process in Popular Music Record Production 1978-2000 by Samantha Bennett
The Music of the Future by Robert Barry
Culture is bad for you: Inequality in the cultural and creative industries by Orian Brook
Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound by Tara Rodgers
Mirror Sound: The People and Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music by Spencer Tweedy
Creating 3-D Animation by Peter Lord
Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class by Scott Timberg
Free Ride: How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back by Robert Levine
Stay Inspired: Finding Motivation for Your Creative Work by Brandon Stosuy
Records Ruin the Landscape: John Cage, the Sixties, and Sound Recording by David Grubbs
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie by Jon Ronson
The Producer's Manual: All You Need to Get Pro Recordings and Mixes in the Project Studio by Paul White
The Label Machine: How to Start, Run and Grow Your Own Independent Music Label by Nick Sadler
And Away... by Bob Mortimer
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Talent Is An Asset by Easlea Daryl
Wheels of Light: Designs for British Light Shows 1970–1990 by Kevin Foakes
One for the money: Politics and popular song by David Harker
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs
Culture Is Everywhere by Victor Margolin
The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World by Lewis Hyde
No. 1 Songs in Heaven: Sparks by Dave Thompson
Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle by C. G. Jung
A Star is Torn by Robyn Archer
This Is It: and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience by Alan W. Watts
The Speed of Sound by Thomas Dolby
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella by Seth
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector by Mick Brown
Muse Sick: a music manifesto in fifty-nine notes by Ian Brennan
Can Music Make You Sick? Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition by Sally Anne Gross
Nico, Songs They Never Play on the Radio by James Young
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
Rock Bottom: A Music Writer's Journey into Madness by Michael Odell
The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck by David Spiegelhalter
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
Dockwood [Graphic Novel] by Jon McNaught
ADVENTURES IN MODERN RECORDING
Super-Frog Saves Tokyo by Haruki Murakami
How Music Dies (or Lives): Field Recording and the Battle for Democracy in the Arts by Ian Brennan
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes: The Art of Alan Aldridge by Alan Aldridge
Love Me Do!: "Beatles" Progress by Michael Braun
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Nine Eight Books Blink Publishing Street-Level Superstar A Year With Lawrence WINNER OF THE 2025 PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZE. by Will Hodgkinson
Information is Beautiful by David McCandless
Climbing the Charts: What Radio Airplay Tells Us about the Diffusion of Innovation by Gabriel Rossman
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine (2015-10-01) by Adrian Tomine;
Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt (American Music Series) by Kristin Hersh
Rock Stars Stole my Life!: A Big Bad Love Affair with Music by Mark Ellen
Immortality by Milan Kundera
Blue Eyed Pop - The History of Popular Music in Iceland by Dr. Gunni
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones: Experimental Musical Instruments by Bart Hopkin
The Practice of Not Thinking: A Guide to Mindful Living by Ryunosuke Koike
U.K. Crisp Packets 1970-2000 by Chris Packet
Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield space age, from The Human League to Pulp (The British Pop Archive) by Jamie Taylor
Taking the Purple: The extraordinary story of The Purple Gang – Granny Takes a Trip . . . and all that! by Chris Joe Beard
Linda's Pictures by Linda McCartney
Isle of Wight Poets 2 by Anne Frances Potts
(smith).just kids by Patti Smith
Obsessions: Collectors and Their Passions by Stephen Calloway
Television (How it Works) by David Carey, Jr.
Marilyn in Art by Roger Taylor
Graham Rawle's Lying Doggo: (He Sometimes Tells a Fib) by Graham Rawle
The 1950s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
The 1960s Scrapbook by Robert Opie
Freddy by Bridget Farmer
かぜがはこぶおと by Katsumi Komagata
How Soon is Now? by Richard King
Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe
Absolutely on Music: Conversations (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami
Sleepwalk: and Other Stories by Adrian Tomine
Ogilvy on Advertising by David Ogilvy
Two Hands, One Voice: Sparks 1974/2015 by Andre Csillag
Ultra-Processed People: The Science Behind Food That Isn't Food by Chris van Tulleken
Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album by Matthew Robertson
Granny's Kitchen Cupboard: A lifetime in over 100 objects by John Alexander
Room to Dream by David Lynch
Blankets by Craig Thompson
Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
Good Pop, Bad Pop: The Sunday Times bestselling hit from Jarvis Cocker by Jarvis Cocker
The Bootleg Bible: A Guide to Bootleg Toymakers by Ben Gore
Blurb Your Enthusiasm: A Cracking Compendium of Book Blurbs, Writing Tips, Literary Folklore and Publishing Secrets by Louise Willder
Illegal Alien by James Robinson
Exit Stage Left: The Curious Afterlife of Pop Stars by Nick Duerden
Aftersun by Charlottle Wells
The Ballad of Wallis Island by James Griffiths
You Are Beautiful and You Are Alone: The Biography of Nico by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Tár [DVD] by Cate Blanchett
Depeche Mode - The Early Years 1981-1993 by Trevor Baker
The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus
Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story by John Yorke
How to Fail: Everything I’ve Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day
Waiting for the man by Jeremy Reed
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley
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