Harmonograph: A Visual Guide to the Mathematics of Music by Anthony Ashton
$15.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
Anthony Ashton uses a Victorian device called a harmonograph to tell the story of harmony and the intervals in the musical scale. The book includes guidance on how to build your own harmonograph.
Elements of Music: Melody, Rhythm and Harmony, The by Jason Martineau
$15.95 AUD
Category: Music
What is the secret code behind so many musical compositions? How do you substitute chords to create greater musical complexity? Why is music so good at playing with people's emotions? In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music in clear and comprehensible te ...Show more
Little Doomsdays (Korero series) by Nic Low; Phil Dadson (Artist)
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
A unique collaboration in words and art It’s said — in the quiet between buses, down the back of the pub, in the hushed elevator rising to the penthouse — that in the late twentieth century an unstable grouping of scholars, writers and fanatics from several Ngāi Tahu hapū in Murihiku created what has c ...Show more
An Illustrated Directory of Musical Instruments and a History of the Orchestra by Max Wade-Matthew; William Mival (Consultant Editor)
$44.95 AUD
Category: Music
This beautifully illustrated reference is a guide to the history of music and the instruments of the orchestra. An extended introduction provides a history of music-making around the world and outlines the evolution of the orchestra. It also features famous players, orchestras and concert halls, and the ...Show more
Oor Wullie The Broons Gift book 2024: Thon's Entertainment by DC Thomson
$34.95 AUD
Category: Art
The Broons and Oor Wullie have been entertaining generations of Scots since their debut in the pages of The Sunday Post in 1936. This production is proud to present some of their finest thespian-themed funnies, cocked-up concerts, televisual trials, and diabolical dramas. One thing's for sure - they've ...Show more
Through Shaded Glass - Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860 -1960 by Lissa Mitchell
$82.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
The contribution of women to the first century of photography has been overlooked across the world, including in New Zealand. With few exceptions, photographic histories have tended to focus on the male maker. This important book tilts the balance, unearthing a large and hitherto unknown number of women ...Show more
Eurovision! - A History of Modern Europe Through the World's Greatest Song Contest by Chris West
$29.95 AUD
Category: Music
Do you think the world of the Eurovision Song Contest, with its crazy props, even crazier dancers and crazier still songs has nothing to do with serious European politics? Think again. It has been a voice of rebellion across the Iron Curtain, an inspiration for new European nations in the 1990s and 2000 ...Show more
Architecture at Home - Houses for New Zealanders to live, work and play by Debra Millar
$79.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: near fine
Showcasing a stunning selection of award-winning architect-designed houses from recent years, Architecture at Home explores a broad range of living environments in diverse locations. Permanent homes and occasional retreats, small houses on compact urban sites and larger ones in remote landscapes, new bu ...Show more
The South Island of New Zealand from the Road by Robin Morrison (Photographer)
$79.95 AUD
Category: Art
In 1979 the photographer Robin Morrison and his family spent seven months onthe road in the South Island, where Morrison photographed people and places. Theresulting book was published in 1981 by Alister Taylor and became an overnightsuccess. Alas, conflict between Taylor and the printer, and the later ...Show more
The Birds Began to Sing - A Memoir of a New Zealand Composer by Dorothy Buchanan
$39.95 AUD
Category: Music | Reading Level: near fine
Dorothy Buchanan is a prolific, much loved and much awarded composer, who pioneered the composer-in-schools scheme and has been a force in music and music-making in Aotearoa for over half a century. Born in 1945 on the West Coast, she grew up as one of six sisters in a musical family in Christchurch. Do ...Show more
Simonsens of St Kilda, The: A Family of Singers by Roger Neill
$29.95 AUD
Category: Music
The fascinating true story of a family of singers and their pioneering opera company. Two became international stars in Europe and America, while another went to prison in San Francisco for robbery. Extraordinarily, twelve of the children and grandchildren of Martin and Fanny Simonsen became professiona ...Show more
Making Space - A History of New Zealand Women in Architecture by Elizabeth Cox (Editor)
$69.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: near fine
Overlooked, underpaid, and often undermined, New Zealand women architects have faced decades of struggle to maintain a position in a male-dominated profession yet their work has been both important and of significance. This groundbreaking new book tells the story of their contribution to the creativity, ...Show more