Needles and Plastic - Flying Nun Records 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
$69.95 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: very good
A richly illustrated Flying Nun discography – all the records from ‘Tally Ho!’ to Bird-Dog. Founded in 1981 by Roger Shepherd, Flying Nun Records unleashed an extraordinary wave of New Zealand music on listeners in Aotearoa and around the world – from The Clean to the Headless Chickens, Look Blue Go Pur ...Show more
Mastering the Art of Watercolours - A Complete Step-B-Step Course in Painting Techniques, with 26 Projects and 900 Photographs by Wendy Jelbert; Ian Sidaway
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Master all the aspects of watercolour painting with this comprehensive practical manual. An introduction details all the equipment you will need and lays out the basic techniques, including the different strokes required, and how to mix the paints to create the right palette. There are then over 25 step ...Show more
Wild Kinship : The Makers by Monique Hemmingson
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Why is art important and what impact does it have on society? Wild Kinship: The Makers takes us on a journey to find out just that. A collection of over twenty-five chapters The Makers speaks with artists from all walks of life to discover the impact that arts and creativity have on the cultural wellbei ...Show more
Bordering on Miraculous (Korero Series) by Saskia Leek; Lynley Edmeades
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment | Series: Korero Series 4 | Reading Level: near fine
In this luscious collaboration poet Lynley Edmeades and painter Saskia Leek explore ideas of the quotidian and its everyday miracles. Their close, intense domestic observations merge with the philosophical, in a quest for deeper meaning. Leek's high-colour palette and symbolic investigation of the domes ...Show more
Robin White: Something Is Happening Here by Sarah Farrar; Nina Tonga; Jill Trevelyan
$69.95 AUD
Category: Art
Robin White: Something is happening here is the first book to be devoted to Robin White's art in 40 years. Its assessment of her remarkable 50 years as an artist includes fresh perspectives by 24 writers and interviewees from Australia, the Pacific, and Aotearoa New Zealand and celebrates her status as ...Show more
Illustrated History of Great Composers, The by Wendy Thompson
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music
This authoritative volume provides a beautifully illustrated guide to the most influential composers of classical music. Starting from medieval times, the book gives detailed biographies covering the life and times of each composer, listing their most important works and placing them in their historical ...Show more
Hundertwasser in New Zealand - The Art of Creating Paradise by Andreas J Hirsch
$74.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
'New Zealand is for me a kind of promised land.' Austrian-born artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser arrived in New Zealand in 1973, seeking refuge from a world out of kilter with nature. After travelling and exhibiting, he settled at Kaurinui, the land he bought and restored in the Bay of Islands. Wishing ...Show more
Around the Corners, Out to the Edges - A Memoir by composer Jonathan Besser by Jonathon Besser; Nicola McCloy
$74.95 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
Acclaimed classical music composer and director Jonathan Besser's career has been colourful and experimental, immersed in the burgeoning New Zealand art scene of the '70s and '80s. Born into a Jewish household in New York in 1949, Jonathan struggled in school as a neuro-atypical child, before delving in ...Show more
Backstage Pass - The Grit and the Glamour by Joe Matera
$34.95 AUD
Category: Music
To most people the perception of the life of a music journalist is one of hanging out at parties with rock stars, partying until the early hours of the morning, jetting off to far away locations and indulging in all the glamorous benefits that come with hanging with that sort of crowd. This perception c ...Show more
Remembering Kaikoura Earthquake by Andrew Spencer
$32.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
On reflection - 5 years on with lift out quotes from a range of people that were there to experience the damage first hand. Before and after quake images plus hero profiles and hardships. Includes - Seddon, Hanmer, Culverton and other wider rural areas
The Architect and the Artists - Hackshaw, McCahon, Dibble - The Collaborative Projects 1965-1979 by Bridget Hackshaw
$69.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: very good
A beautiful and important book about the remarkable collaboration between the modernist architect James Hackshaw (a member, for a time, of the famous Group Architects), the painter Colin McCahon and the then young sculptor Paul Dibble on 12 New Zealand buildings - from churches to school halls. Drawing ...Show more
Complete Illustrated Book of The Electric Guitar,The: A comprehensive guide to the electric guitar, with over 600 photographs, illustrations and exer by Terry Burrows & Ted Fuller
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music
This is a step-by-step guide to playing the electric guitar, shown in over 600 photographs, illustrations and exercises. It shows you how to master a range of diverse musical styles, such as funk and disco, heavy rock, indie rock, electric blues, country guitar, jazz, lounge and reggae. It includes a be ...Show more