Post by ChrisB on Jul 18, 2018 20:53:22 GMT
I'm not sure if I have posted this before but there's no harm if I have.
Bibliophile Books
I've been getting the Bibliophile catalogue for years - it may even be decades by now! I get it as a newspaper style publication through my letterbox ten times a year, but they are online too.
They sell new books at silly cheap prices. They are line ends, overstocks and back-list books and there is often a fascinating mixture of titles any many that you probably won't see anywhere else.
For example, here are just two from the music section:
Bibliophile Books
I've been getting the Bibliophile catalogue for years - it may even be decades by now! I get it as a newspaper style publication through my letterbox ten times a year, but they are online too.
They sell new books at silly cheap prices. They are line ends, overstocks and back-list books and there is often a fascinating mixture of titles any many that you probably won't see anywhere else.
For example, here are just two from the music section:
UNIVERSAL TONE: Bringing My Story to Light
CARLOS SANTANA Book Number: 80471 Product format: Hardback
The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a guitar legend. In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later he played a historic set at Woodstock and the world came to know Carlos Santana, his instantly recognisable guitar sound, and the band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin and modern jazz. His is a tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, filled with colourful detail and life-affirming stories. He traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana, his indebtedness to musical and spiritual leaders from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte, his deep, lifelong path from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies and other mystical sources. 'I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart.' 'Mexican moms take their dreams seriously - I guess that's where I get that.' See the electric snake in action. Many colour and black and white photos. US first edition, 536pp.
Published price: $30
Bibliophile price: £4.25
CARLOS SANTANA Book Number: 80471 Product format: Hardback
The intimate and long-awaited autobiography of a guitar legend. In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later he played a historic set at Woodstock and the world came to know Carlos Santana, his instantly recognisable guitar sound, and the band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin and modern jazz. His is a tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, filled with colourful detail and life-affirming stories. He traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana, his indebtedness to musical and spiritual leaders from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte, his deep, lifelong path from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies and other mystical sources. 'I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart.' 'Mexican moms take their dreams seriously - I guess that's where I get that.' See the electric snake in action. Many colour and black and white photos. US first edition, 536pp.
Published price: $30
Bibliophile price: £4.25
SOUNDSCAPES: A Musician's Journey Through Life and Death
PAUL ROBERTSON Book Number: 84523 Product format: Hardback
Born in 1952, Paul Robertson grew up in a caravan in Oxford, his father a radical Marxist and his mother the daughter of a Russian-Romanian Jewish immigrants. His lifelong passion for the violin began when he was eight years old, and he went on to lead the Medici String Quartet of which he was a founder member. He explored the connection between healing and music in the Channel 4 series 'Music and the Mind' and has collaborated with pianist Sir Clifford Curzon, Sir John Tavener and the Royal Shakespeare Company among others. "From the first note it was clear that we had collectively entered an entirely different emotional state." This surprising and rewarding memoir offers a singular perspective on the rigours of learning, the challenges of performance and the spiritual nourishment of music. In 2008, the renowned violinist Paul Robertson suffered a ruptured aorta. After dying for a lengthy period on the operating table, he remained in a coma for many weeks. During this time he experienced visions which afforded him a profound insight into the relationship between music and the mind. When he awoke, he found his understanding of the world - and beyond - fundamentally altered. 272pp, eight pages of colour and b/w photos.
Published price: £15.99
Bibliophile price: £6.00
PAUL ROBERTSON Book Number: 84523 Product format: Hardback
Born in 1952, Paul Robertson grew up in a caravan in Oxford, his father a radical Marxist and his mother the daughter of a Russian-Romanian Jewish immigrants. His lifelong passion for the violin began when he was eight years old, and he went on to lead the Medici String Quartet of which he was a founder member. He explored the connection between healing and music in the Channel 4 series 'Music and the Mind' and has collaborated with pianist Sir Clifford Curzon, Sir John Tavener and the Royal Shakespeare Company among others. "From the first note it was clear that we had collectively entered an entirely different emotional state." This surprising and rewarding memoir offers a singular perspective on the rigours of learning, the challenges of performance and the spiritual nourishment of music. In 2008, the renowned violinist Paul Robertson suffered a ruptured aorta. After dying for a lengthy period on the operating table, he remained in a coma for many weeks. During this time he experienced visions which afforded him a profound insight into the relationship between music and the mind. When he awoke, he found his understanding of the world - and beyond - fundamentally altered. 272pp, eight pages of colour and b/w photos.
Published price: £15.99
Bibliophile price: £6.00