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27,162 titles

Let’S Spend the Night Together: Sex, Pop Music and British Youth Culture, 1950s–80s

Let’S Spend the Night Together: Sex, Pop Music and British Youth Culture, 1950s–80s

Network, Subcultures · Manchester University Press, 2025

New £36.99

Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman Dj

Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman Dj

Macmanus, Annie, Paulette, DJ · Manchester University Press, 2025

New £25.99

Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp

Studio Electrophonique: The Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp

Taylor, Jamie · Manchester University Press, 2025

New £27.99

The Island Book of Records Volume II: 1969-70

The Island Book of Records Volume II: 1969-70

Storey, Neil · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £79.99

The Theatrical Orchestra: British Music Ensembles Experiment with Performance

The Theatrical Orchestra: British Music Ensembles Experiment with Performance

Curtin, Adrian · Manchester University Press, 2025

New £84.99

Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism

Fantasies of Music in Nostalgic Medievalism

Dell, Helen · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £84.99

The Island Book of Records Volume I: 1959-68

The Island Book of Records Volume I: 1959-68

Storey, Neil · Manchester University Press, 2023

New £79.99

David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine

David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the sun machine

Royle, Nicholas · Manchester University Press, 2023

New £29.99

Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell

Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds of Soft Cell

Clarke, Patrick · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £27.99

The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth

The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth

Robb, John · Manchester University Press, 2023

New £36.99

Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice

Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice

Fatsis, Lambros · Manchester University Press, 2026

New £28.99

Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice

Policing the beats: Black music, racism and criminal injustice

Fatsis, Lambros · Manchester University Press, 2026

New £84.99

She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music

She Played and Sang: Jane Austen and Music

Dooley, Gillian · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £32.99

Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman Dj

Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman Dj

Macmanus, Annie, Paulette, DJ · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £32.99

Pasticcio Opera in Britain: History and Context

Pasticcio Opera in Britain: History and Context

Morgan Barnes, Peter · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £88.99

Out of the depths: The first collection of Holocaust songs

Out of the depths: The first collection of Holocaust songs

Boucher, Anna, Toltz, Joseph · Manchester University Press, 2026

New £32.99

The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music

The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music

Kolbe, Kristina · Manchester University Press, 2024

New £84.99

Manchester Beethoven Studies

Manchester Beethoven Studies

Pilcher, Matthew, Cooper, Barry · Manchester University Press, 2023

New £88.99

Sonic Ethnography: Identity, Heritage and Creative Research Practice in Basilicata, Southern Italy

Sonic Ethnography: Identity, Heritage and Creative Research Practice in Basilicata, Southern Italy

Scaldaferri, Nicola, Ferrarini, Lorenzo · Manchester University Press, 2020

New £40.99

The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, Resistance and Rebellion

The Punk Rock Politics of Joe Strummer: Radicalism, Resistance and Rebellion

Gall, Gregor · Manchester University Press, 2022

New £30.99

Ballads and songs of Peterloo

Ballads and songs of Peterloo

Morgan, Alison · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £36.99

The End-Of-The-Century Party: Youth, Pop and the Rise of Madchester

The End-Of-The-Century Party: Youth, Pop and the Rise of Madchester

Redhead, Steve · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £28.99

Partners in Suspense: Critical Essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock

Partners in Suspense: Critical Essays on Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock

Donnelly, Kevin J., Rawle, Steven · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £36.99

Ripped, torn and cut: Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976

Ripped, torn and cut: Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976

Network, Subcultures · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £36.99

It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City

It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City

Melville, Caspar · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £32.99

It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City

It's a London Thing: How Rare Groove, Acid House and Jungle Remapped the City

Melville, Caspar · Manchester University Press, 2020

New £84.99

Connecting Sounds: The Social Life of Music

Connecting Sounds: The Social Life of Music

Crossley, Nick · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £128.99

Connecting Sounds: The Social Life of Music

Connecting Sounds: The Social Life of Music

Crossley, Nick · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £357.99

This Man and Music: By Anthony Burgess

This Man and Music: By Anthony Burgess

Burgess, Anthony, Gengaro, Christine Lee · Manchester University Press, 2020

New £84.99

Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines from 1976

Ripped, Torn and Cut: Pop, Politics and Punk Fanzines from 1976

Network, Subcultures · Manchester University Press, 2018

New £88.99

Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk

Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk

Coulter, Colin · Manchester University Press, 2019

New £36.99

The Jewel of the Blues

The Jewel of the Blues

Chenault-Kilgore, Monica · Graydon House, 2024

New £86.99

Wheatfield Empire: The Listener's Guide to The Guess Who

Wheatfield Empire: The Listener's Guide to The Guess Who

Lawson, Robert · FriesenPress, 2020

New £32.99

Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart)

Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart)

John, Tobias Sid, Harris, Kevin, Jackson, Nadina MacKie · FriesenPress, 2020

New £41.99

Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart)

Solitary Refinement: Chromatics, Chords & Scales - Concepts for the Committed Bassoonist (updated with fingering chart)

John, Tobias Sid, Harris, Kevin, Jackson, Nadina MacKie · FriesenPress, 2020

New £48.99

Performance: Delivering Your Own Awesome

Performance: Delivering Your Own Awesome

Gandy, Bruce · FriesenPress, 2020

New £34.99

Mind & Music: Tips and Lessons from the Guy in the Back Row

Mind & Music: Tips and Lessons from the Guy in the Back Row

Farrell, Brian · FriesenPress, 2019

New £30.99

California Slim: The Music, The Magic and The Madness

California Slim: The Music, The Magic and The Madness

Bernstein, Andrew J · FriesenPress, 2018

New £30.99

California Slim: The Music, The Magic and The Madness

California Slim: The Music, The Magic and The Madness

Bernstein, Andrew J · FriesenPress, 2018

New £37.99

The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works: An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works: An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

Smook, Gary a · FriesenPress, 2019

New £42.99

The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works: An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

The 100 Greatest Composers and Their Musical Works: An Introduction to the Fascinating World of Classical Music

Smook, Gary a · FriesenPress, 2019

New £47.99

Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick

Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick

Lawson, Professor of Psychology Robert · FriesenPress, 2017

New £32.99

Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick

Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick

Lawson, Professor of Psychology Robert · FriesenPress, 2017

New £37.99

Now: Appreciating Today's Music

Now: Appreciating Today's Music

West, Julia · Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S., 2018

New £40.99

Basic Arranging for the Rhythm Section

Basic Arranging for the Rhythm Section

Thomas, Gates · Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S., 2019

New £76.99

Mental Illness: How I Escaped My Straightjacket

Mental Illness: How I Escaped My Straightjacket

Du Preez, Achilles · Authorhouse, 2017

New £31.99

A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship

A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship

Pearce, Dr Mark · Authorhouse UK, 2017

New £35.99

A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship

A Biblical Theology Behind Music, Praise, and Worship

Pearce, Dr Mark · Authorhouse UK, 2017

New £27.99

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