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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. A lucid assessment of the achievements and films of actress Barbara Stanwyck. Celebrating her flexibility and range, Andrew Klevan explores Stanwyck's skilful execution in performance and her relation to the wider concerns of the classic Hollywood films she starred in, which include Stella Dallas, The Lady Eve and Double Indemnity. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 152 pages, 31 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844576487
- ISBN
- 9781844576487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.96
€ 31.99
€ 26.96
Paperback. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This book presents the readings of Caravaggio's pictures, which show how he created their drama, immediacy and humanity, and how completely he departed from the conventions of his time. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: ACQB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954645
- ISBN
- 9780241954645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.55
€ 19.99
€ 16.55
Paperback. Hollywood, Interrupted is a sometimes frightening, occasionally sad, and frequently hysterical odyssey into the darkest realms of showbiz pathology, the endless stream of meltdowns and flameouts, and the inexplicable behavior on the part of show business personalities. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 146 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 394
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471706243
- ISBN
- 9780471706243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.26
€ 26.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; ACX; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660080
- ISBN
- 9781445660080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.36
€ 17.99
€ 14.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC4; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 261 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Samuel Wachtman´s Sons, Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941905005
- ISBN
- 9781941905005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. Explores how a tiny acoustic record has puttered and purred its way into the millennium. This book contains interviews of producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and the marketing team behind the VW commercial. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages. Explores how a tiny acoustic record has puttered and purred its way into the millennium. This book contains interviews of producer Joe Boyd, string arranger Robert Kirby, and the marketing team behind the VW commercial. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 165 x 121 x 8. Weight: 120.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826427908
- ISBN
- 9780826427908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.68
€ 16.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Translator(s): Wright, Ann. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGW; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Route
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901927450
- ISBN
- 9781901927450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.44
€ 11.44
Paperback. A biography of Ian Carr, pioneer bebop player and founding father of jazz rock in the UK. This work also draws a picture of Ian Carr's home region, the North-East of England, of literary influences such as W Somerset Maughan, of post-war continental Europe and its Bohemian arts scene, and of the London jazz world from the 1960s onwards. Series: Popular Music History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845532222
- ISBN
- 9781845532222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.93
€ 43.93
Hardback. Creator of favorite tunes such as "I'm in the Mood for Love" and "On the Sunny Side of the Street", Jimmy McHugh was a one-man history of twentieth-century popular music. This biography of McHugh captures the significant contributor to American songwriting. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252034657
- ISBN
- 9780252034657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.09
€ 40.09
Hardback. Ally Hilfiger, daughter of designer Tommy Hilfiger, shares her story of battling, and eventually recovering from, Lyme disease. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781455567065
- ISBN
- 9781455567065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.18
€ 30.99
€ 24.18
Paperback. In this text, Allen Shawn puts aside ultimate judgements about Arnold Schoenberg's place in music history to explore the composer's world in a series of linked essays that are searching and suggestive. Num Pages: 368 pages, 22 halftones, 2 line illustrations, 124 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674011014
- ISBN
- 9780674011014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.10
€ 37.99
€ 32.10
Paperback. A fresh appreciation of the great musical figure that gives him his due as composer as well as conductor Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219852
- ISBN
- 9780300219852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.65
€ 16.99
€ 13.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; BGF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763539784
- ISBN
- 9788763539784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.08€ 40.81
€ 51.08
€ 40.81
Balanchine ballerina Allegra Kent tells her singular story with the same originality, freshness, and grace she has brought to the stage. The book should be required reading for dancers everywhere for years to come. of photos. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813034409
- ISBN
- 9780813034409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.31
€ 27.31
Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780253353108
- ISBN
- 9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 36 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 195 x 9. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Edition
- Facsimile
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870706844
- ISBN
- 9780870706844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.55
€ 13.99
€ 13.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Oddey, Alison. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 347
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403948779
- ISBN
- 9781403948779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.03
€ 67.03
hardcover. Jamie Dornan is about to become the hottest sex symbol on the planet after landing the leading role in the Fifty Shades of Grey movies. But he remains almost as enigmatic as Mr Grey himself. This book reveals everything fans want to know about the mysterious Mr Dornan, from his tragic childhood to his career as a Calvin Klein model. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMO0001391
- ISBN
- 9780718180126
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860497292
- ISBN
- 9781860497292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.53
€ 17.99
€ 13.53
Paperback. Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Num Pages: 280 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, 8pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA; WSJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 240. How a Wild Rock'n'roll Life Led to a Serious Golf Addiction. 280 pages, b/w illustrations throughout, 8pp colour illustrations. Alice Cooper: Golf Monster is the full account of how Cooper became one of the biggest rock stars on the planet. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA; WSJG. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 21. Weight: 270.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845133580
- ISBN
- 9781845133580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 789.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Limelight Editions United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781574672053
- ISBN
- 9781574672053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.30
€ 59.30
Paperback / so. Series: Grenzfragen Des Nerven- Und Seelenlebens. Num Pages: 79 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AGB; BGF; BGL; JMAF; JMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1921
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 79
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662426463
- ISBN
- 9783662426463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.70
€ 70.70
Paperback. Through his musical taste which defined a culture and his wildly popular Radio 4 show, "Home Truths", John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection. This book, completed by the woman who knew him best, his wife, Shiela, presents an intimate portrait of his life, marriage and his family. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- CORGI BOOKS
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552551199
- ISBN
- 9780552551199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. The inspiring and life-enhancing memoir of the nineteen-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer who was the subject of two highly-praised Channel 4 documentaries: A Boy Called Alex in 2008 and A Passion for Life in 2009. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340978535
- ISBN
- 9780340978535
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.12
€ 13.99
€ 11.12