Styles F Books

To all those with a taste for adventure...come explore the previously undiscovered regions of the Inkwell Isles! Get transported back once again to the classic rubber hose cartoons of the 1930s...

With the growth of interest in folklore, it becomes increasingly evident that the presentation of a collection needs some rationale more than the fact that traditional materials have been collected...

This broad-based collection of essays is an introduction both to the concerns of contemporary folklore scholarship and to the variety of forms that folk performance has taken throughout English...

Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance, theme, text and movement are analyzed in...

This book explores the various ways in which individuals use music and culture to understand and respond to changes in their natural and built environments. Drawing on over 15 years of ethnographic...

Fantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with The Lord of the Rings, Conan the...

The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of Japanese design as we know it today - anonymity,...

The captivating autobiography by one of America's most influential folk singers, Woody Gutherie Bound for Glory is the funny, cynical and earthy autobiography of Woody Guthrie, the father of...

As if recovering from a raucous dream of the 1960s, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek arrived on 1970s American radio with a sound that echoed disenchanted hearts of young people everywhere...

A companion volume to the Art of Final Fantasy XVI, featuring illustrations and concept art for the DLC episodes Echoes of the Fallen and The Rising Tide. A companion volume to the Art of Final...

An officially licensed, in-world exploration of the art and lore of Dungeons & Dragons's iconic villains, anti-heroes, and morally ambiguous characters. "I am Glasya, Lord of the Sixth, Archduchess...

The definitive guide to the Mortal Realms, revealing unseen details and untold stories for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar fans. This is a time of turmoil. This is the era of war. This is the Age of Sigmar...

This work represents the first comparative study of the folk revival movement in Anglophone Canada and the United States and combines this with discussion of the way folk music intersected with, and...

Featuring large clear print, the "Song Book" contains the words to 100 popular songs that are ideal for group sing-along sessions. The book is divided into six sections: traditional folk songs,...

Almost 20 years ago Michael Brocken created from his doctoral research, what became both a seminal and contested volume concerning the social mores surrounding the British Folk Revival up to that...

Originally published in 1998, Easels of Utopia presents a discussion of art's duration and contingency within the avant garde's aesthetic parameters, which throughout this century have constructed,...

American folk music has long presented a problematic conception of authenticity, but the reality of the folk scene, and its relationship to media, is far more complicated. This book draws on the...

Step back into the storm. Return to the electrifying world of Rebecca Yarros's #1 New York Times bestselling Empyrean series in this officially licensed coloring book. The battle has truly begun for...

Enter a fantasy realm inspired by the stories, moods, and imagery from Taylor Swift’s albums that have captivated millions of music fans. Illustrator Alef Vernon (known online as @alefvernonart)...

Across his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative, signpost the era in which the films were made, and delineate the characters’ place within...

Family Storytelling as Authentic Pedagogy explores the use of family storytelling as a culturally responsible pedagogy for teacher candidates. Drawing on insights from a 10-year storytelling project...

This is the first monograph to evaluate Elizabeth Bowen’s ‘verbal painting’, and the first to acknowledge the influence of the East Kent landscape in her novels. Drawing on the work of critics and on...

Recipient of the 2026 Publication Award, National Art Education Association, Ecology and Environment Interest GroupThis book explores folk school pedagogies through craft as creative inquiry. Using a...

Recipient of the 2026 Publication Award, National Art Education Association, Ecology and Environment Interest GroupThis book explores folk school pedagogies through craft as creative inquiry. Using a...

Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant-gardes. Since the publication of Stein's major writings by the Library of...

Without a doubt one of the most important, influential and acclaimed artists since the 1960s, Leonard Cohen is admired by fans, musicians and composers the world over. His death in 2016 at the age of...

An epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seasFrom the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties.The world sang in harmony with Nathan Evans, the Glaswegian...

'Probably the most ambitious, generous and thorough volume about a musician to see publication' Mouth MagazineThe authorised companion to the music of Nick Drake, compiled, composed and edited by...

In this book, Andy Gill assesses the circumstances behind Dylan's most famous songs, tracing the artist's progress from young tyro folkie to acclaimed protest singer, and through the subsequent...

This book commences with the history of Indian, Egyptian, Arab, and flamenco dance, then compares and contrasts the history of both classical ballet and flamenco.The book outlines the early roots of...

This book charts the transoceanic history of South Asian women in California through their speech and songs across the twentieth century.Nicole Ranganath reimagines the history of the South Asian...

Born in South Carolina, White spent his childhood as a lead boy for traveling blind bluesmen. In the early '30s he moved to New York and became a popular blues star, then introduced folk-blues to a...

This book provides an `insider’ view of worlds of popular music. It shows the relationship between music, creativity, ideas and localities by looking at cities, independents, genre, globalization and...

**A Vanity Fair Best Book of 2022****Mosaic Magazine Best Book of 2022**The untold story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen...

A career-spanning account of the artistry and politics of Bob Dylan's songwriting. Bob Dylan's reception of the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature has elevated him beyond the world of popular music,...

Available for the first time in English translation, this collection of songs is a powerful memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.In June 1945, before the full devastation of the Holocaust had...

Popular Music in Spanish Cinema analyses the aesthetics and stylistic development of soundtracks from national productions, considering how political instability and cultural diversity in Spain...

A guide for both everyday readers and policymakers on using creativity and knowledge to imagine the best, prepare for the worst and live with surprise.Widespread pessimism and fear of the future are...

Magic Realms celebrates the incredible art of the brilliant and highly respected fantasy and science fiction artists who, over the years, worked with the Fighting Fantasy authors to bring their...