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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. Beautiful and talented, versatile and charismatic, Elizabeth Robins was one of the foremost actresses of her day. Yet, this enduring character was also an active and lifelong feminist. This biography examines Elizabeth's historical identity and provides a study of the social culture surrounding a woman who lived a life in the spotlight. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGF; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752440286
- ISBN
- 9780752440286
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.33
€ 6.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Publishing Print Matters South Africa
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780980260977
- ISBN
- 9780980260977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.29
€ 45.99
€ 39.29
Paperback. The remarkable life story of the legendary singer, from impoverished Iowa farm boy to superstardom. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 334. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- W&N
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0010066
- ISBN
- 9780753826577
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. You Fascinate Me So takes readers into the world and work of Tony, Grammy, and Emmy Award-winning composer/performer Cy Coleman, exploring his days as a child prodigy in the 1930s, his time as a hot jazz pianist and early television celebrity in the 1950s, and his life as one of Broadway's preeminent composers Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x 8-page photo inserts. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 239 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1040.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781480355903
- ISBN
- 9781480355903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.20
€ 34.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Sigma Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850589815
- ISBN
- 9781850589815
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 12.69
€ 13.99
€ 12.69
Paperback. The first and authorised biography of one of the heroines of post-war British comedy, on radio, film and TV. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b/w plates. BIC Classification: APB; APF; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 254. The Authorised Biography of Hattie Jacques. 240 pages, 8pp b/w plates. The first and authorised biography of one of the heroines of post-war British comedy, on radio, film and TV. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; APF; APT; BGF. Dimension: 162 x 197 x 20. Weight: 254.
- Publisher
- Aurum Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845133627
- ISBN
- 9781845133627
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.93
€ 21.99
€ 16.93
Paperback. Margaret Rutherford was without a doubt one of Britain's best-loved comic actresses. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226. Dreadnought With Good Manners. 304 pages, ports. Margaret Rutherford was without a doubt one of Britain's best-loved comic actresses. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 228.
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845135850
- ISBN
- 9781845135850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.52
€ 18.99
€ 14.52
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250031464
- ISBN
- 9781250031464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.12
€ 19.99
€ 18.12
Paperback. The definitive biography of Alexander McQueen which reveals the source of his genius and the links between his dark work and even darker life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 2x8pp Colour Plates. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781471131806
- ISBN
- 9781471131806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.70
€ 13.99
€ 10.70
Paperback. In 1963, in a south London hotel, Andrew Loog Oldham discovered a rhythm and blues band called the Rolling Stones and became their manager and producer. This title follows on from "Stoned", in which Oldham recorded the Stones' early years, to reveal what happened afterwards. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099443650
- ISBN
- 9780099443650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. An account of the author's life as the manager and producer of one of the world's greatest rock bands, The Rolling Stones, as well as a story of the whole Sixties scene. Andrew Loog Oldham was a hustler of genius, addicted to scandal, notoriety and innovation. Num Pages: 384 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099284673
- ISBN
- 9780099284673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.77
€ 14.99
€ 11.77
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€ 15.04
€ 19.99
€ 15.04
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€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
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€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
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
€ 13.99€ 11.62
€ 13.99
€ 11.62
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
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
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
€ 42.99€ 40.07
€ 42.99
€ 40.07
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
€ 36.99€ 32.06
€ 36.99
€ 32.06
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
€ 50.32€ 40.76
€ 50.32
€ 40.76
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
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
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
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Paperback. Offers a look into the lonely, personal nightmares behind celebrity suicides. This book includes subjects that range from Virginia Woolf to Kurt Cobain, from Elliott Smith to Adolf Hitler and from Mark Rothko to Anne Sexton. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; JFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061728563
- ISBN
- 9780061728563
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.14
€ 17.14
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€ 13.49
€ 13.99
€ 13.49