Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
paperback. Includes an account of Bernard's Salford childhood, the early days of Joy Division, the band's enormous critical and popular success, and the subsequent tragic death of Ian Curtis. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552170499
- ISBN
- 9780552170499
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.42
€ 16.99
€ 12.42
Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866674
- ISBN
- 9781901866674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.00€ 25.25
€ 32.00
€ 25.25
Paperback. In Provence, December 1888 Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is an act that has come to define him. Yet for more than a century biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened that night have been left with more questions than answers. The author sets out to discover exactly what happened that night in Arles. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784702229
- ISBN
- 9781784702229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.84
€ 19.99
€ 14.84
Hardcover. Benvenuto Cellini is an artist-craftsman, one of the greatest sculptors in the renaissance, passionately devoted to art, the worshipper and frequenter of the great men of his time, the 'divine' Michelangelo, who came to his studio. This autobiography gives an account of his daily life in Renaissance Florence and Rome, its studios, and its taverns. Num Pages: 540 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB; AGB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 207 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Number of pages
- 540
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841593289
- ISBN
- 9781841593289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Hardback. Now Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona. Translator(s): Kover, Tina A. Num Pages: 424 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AKLC; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404547
- ISBN
- 9781421404547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.40
€ 12.40
Hardback. The jazz musician describes his teenage years as a gifted saxophonist, his friendship with John Coltrane, his performances with Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie, and Jimmy Heath, and his work as a composer for films and television. --Publisher's description. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439913338
- ISBN
- 9781439913338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.64
€ 46.64
Hardback. An entertaining and unpretentious chronicle of a life in American popular music, recounted with wit and honesty. Bennett evokes a bygone era when 'territory' and 'name' bands-each with its own 'girl singer'-crisscrossed the country. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 photographs, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BGF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810837140
- ISBN
- 9780810837140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.56
€ 89.56
Hardcover. From the moment Cecil Beaton arrived at Cambridge University in 1922 wearing evening jacket, red shoes, black-and-white trousers, to his appearance forty years later at Truman Capote's 1970 Black and White Ball, Beaton expressed a flamboyant sartorial nonchalance - a sprezzatura. This title deals with the changes in his wardrobe over the years. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AKT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1140.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500518335
- ISBN
- 9780500518335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 6.75
€ 34.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. This book is the first comprehensive biographical study of Bartok as man, composer, and folklorist, including the background and development of his unique musical language and the impact of his pioneering investigations of multinational musical folklore on his composed works. Num Pages: 344 pages, bibliography, index, footnotes, tables. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840768
- ISBN
- 9780810840768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.33
€ 100.33
Paperback. * A vivid, accessible life of one of the most romantic figures of the nineteenth century, written with a fantastic sense of location. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180. Good copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Abacus London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0009123
- ISBN
- 9780349116877
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Few other jazz musicians have proved so inspirational and so fascinating as Coltrane. This book offers a narrative of Coltrane's life and also discusses this saxophonist's unique sound. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571232741
- ISBN
- 9780571232741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.85
€ 17.99
€ 12.85
Paperback. The first biog of the acclaimed musician and political activist. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30 B/W photos. BIC Classification: AVGH; BGF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321653
- ISBN
- 9780745321653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 24.05
€ 35.99
€ 24.05
Hardback. A year after Prince's death at the age of 57, acclaimed writer brilliantly anatomizes the star's dramatic career and an aesthetic that at times seemed otherworldly. In thematically structured chapters that blend critical consideration of Prince's art with the author's personal connection to the music. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333264
- ISBN
- 9780571333264
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.66
€ 24.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. Ben Fong-Torres was torn between an alluring American lifestyle - including Elvis and rock 'n' roll - and the traditional cultural heritage his proud immigrant parents struggled to instill in their five children. This title tells of growing up with a double identity - Chinese and American. Num Pages: 296 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; AVGP; BGFA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition,Revised
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269682
- ISBN
- 9780520269682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.03
€ 27.99
€ 21.03
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BM; VFX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062473622
- ISBN
- 9780062473622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.55
€ 34.99
€ 29.55
Paperback. The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear.. Num Pages: 352 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; WSPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 35. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007331697
- ISBN
- 9780007331697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.32
€ 13.00
€ 11.32
Paperback. Winning awards, losing love, longing for stability and affection, being pitted against Amy Winehouse by the press - Lily's meteoric rise to fame has been peppered with extreme highs and lows, no lower than when she tragically suffered a miscarriage in 2008. This title presents her story. Num Pages: 244 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Omnibus Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0004403
- ISBN
- 9781849380614
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Brings together several Leos Janacek scholars to look closely at a range of issues surrounding his life and work. This book features essays accompanied by translated writings by the composer himself. It includes essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde and four impressionistic chronicles of the 'speech melodies' of daily life. Editor(s): Beckerman, Michael. Series: Bard Music Festival. Num Pages: 320 pages, 11 halftones. 5 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC6; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691116761
- ISBN
- 9780691116761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 41.45
€ 53.29
€ 41.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716529484
- ISBN
- 9780716529484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.85
€ 29.99
€ 24.85
Paperback. "In his tragically short life (1928--1964), Eric Dolphy was a titanic force in the development of the sixties avant-garde (or "new thing") from the hard bop of the late fifties. The searing intensity an" Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306805240
- ISBN
- 9780306805240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.46
€ 19.99
€ 18.46
Hardback. From his dazzling conducting debut in 1943 until his death in 1990, Leonard Bernstein's star blazed brilliantly. This biography examines Bernstein's career against the backdrop of cold war America - blacklisting by the State Department in 1950 and voluntary exile from the New York Philharmonic in 1951 for fear that he might be blacklisted. Num Pages: 296 pages, 9 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257641
- ISBN
- 9780520257641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.49
€ 52.99
€ 37.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 680 pages, 195 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816641826
- ISBN
- 9780816641826
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 619 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 34. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Number of pages
- 619
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637812
- ISBN
- 9780816637812
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.72
€ 26.99
€ 26.72
- Publisher
- United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195305883
- ISBN
- 9780195305883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.05
€ 30.05