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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

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Jonny Trunk

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