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  • The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect

    The Last Indie Music Scene 2000-2010

    An oral history of the UK “indie sleaze” scene, capturing The Libertines, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, The Cribs, NME culture, and the last great 2000s British indie moment. This is the UK's answer to Meet Me in the Bathroom—L******izzy Goodman's seminal oral history of the New York indie scene."The times in this book could be the last blast of UK indie culture as we’ve known it, and Janine was ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Sound Bites

    Eating on Tour with Franz Ferdinand

    by Alex Kapranos ...
    In September 2005, Alex Kapranos began writing about what he ate while touring the world with the rock band Franz Ferdinand. The writing is as much about where he eats and the people he eats with as the unusual flavours he tastes on the road.Whether it’s munching donuts with cops in Brooklyn, swallowing bull’s balls with the band in Buenos Aires or queuing for a saveloy in South Shields, these are ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    The Story of Modern Pop

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    Modern pop began in 1952 when the first British chart was published and the first 7" singles were released. It ended (perhaps) in 1995 when Robson and Jerome reached the top of the charts with the first number one not to be available on vinyl since 1953. The internet age ushered in the death rites of over 40 years of pop.A Complete History Pop describes the journey that leads from 'Rock Around the ... Read more

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  • A Cook's Tour

    In Search of the Perfect Meal

    From the host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown and bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, this wonderful book sees Bourdain travelling the world discovering exotic foods.Dodging minefields in Cambodia, diving into the icy waters outside a Russian bath, Chef Bourdain travels the world over in search of the ultimate meal. The only thing Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling, ... Read more

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  • Toast

    The Story of a Boy's Hunger

    by Nigel Slater ...
    Now with an updated foreword by Elizabeth Day and afterword by Nigel Slater, twenty years later Toast has become a classic food memoir, detailing all the food, recipes and cooking that have marked Nigel’s passage from greedy schoolboy to great food writer.Whether relating his mother’s ritual burning of the toast, his father’s dreaded Boxing Day stew or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Under a Mackerel Sky

    by Rick Stein ...
    ‘All men should strive to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why’Rick Stein's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. But ever ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • England's Dreaming

    by Jon Savage ...
    WINNER OF THE RALPH J. GLEASON AWARDINCLUDES FOREWORD BY JOHNNY MARRAward-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's definitive history of punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and their time: the late 1970s.A pop-culture classic full of anecdote, insight and exclusive interviews, England's Dreaming tells the sensational story of the meteoric rise and rapid decline of the last great ... Read more

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  • Lonely Planet A Moveable Feast

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    Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher*Life-changing food adventures around the world.From bat on the island of Fais to chicken on a Russian train to barbecue in the American heartland, from mutton in Mongolia to couscous in Morocco to tacos in Tijuana - on the road, food nourishes us not only physically, but intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually too. It can be a gift ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete David Bowie

    by Nicholas Pegg ...
    The biggest edition yet – expanded and updated with 35,000 words of new materialCritically acclaimed in its previous editions, The Complete David Bowie is widely recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie’s career. The A-Z of songs and the day-by-day dateline are the most complete ever published. From the 11-year-old’s skiffle performance at the 18th ... Read more

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  • Mr Cool's Dream - Paul Weller with The Style Council

    by Iain Munn ...
    Paul Weller wrote some of the best songs during his sabbatical with The Style Council - from savvy socially-conscious pop to effortless love songs. Between 1983 and 1985, its as if Paul was happiest taking chances, usurping expectations, borrowing magpie-like from the past and remoulding it for the present (in true Mod fashion). Iain Munn must be congratulated for flying the flag for Weller's ... Read more

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  • Heston Blumenthal - The Biography of the World's Most Brilliant Master Chef

    by John Blake ...
    Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is the man who turned the world of cuisine on its head and became a national hero with an OBE and three Michelin stars. This is the full inspirational story of the self taught genius, from a life-changing childhood holiday in France, through to his brief apprenticeship in Raymond Blanc's restaurant. Heston is a gastronomic alchemist who sees the kitchen as a ... Read more

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  • Punk Rock

    An Oral History

    by John Robb ...
    With its own fashion, culture, and chaotic energy, punk rock boasted a do-it-yourself ethos that allowed anyone to take part. Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change. John Robb talks to many of those who cultivated the movement, such as John Lydon, Lemmy, Siouxsie Sioux, Mick Jones, Chrissie Hynde, Malcolm McLaren, Henry Rollins, and Glen ... Read more

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