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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. Kate Bush has written some of the most memorable songs in pop music history. This work traces the story of Kate Bush's career, from her up-bringing in the Essex countryside through her first forays into music with a series of home recordings, to her number one debut album that propelled her to international stardom. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Publisher
- Piatkus Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Revised & Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749951146
- ISBN
- 9780749951146
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Career-spanning biography of one of the most acclaimed and innovative musicians of the past three decades. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white and colour in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908279606
- ISBN
- 9781908279606
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
paperback. Rob Lowe is teen idol at fifteen, international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars. This title chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. Num Pages: 384 pages, col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Corgi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780552164375
- ISBN
- 9780552164375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. 'Packs a surprising, epic, life-affirming punch' THE SUNDAY TIMES Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA; BT; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780749928759
- ISBN
- 9780749928759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. A love letter to David Bowie, and a celebration of his life and his music from a lifelong fan and Rolling Stone magazine columnist. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AV; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Headline Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472241078
- ISBN
- 9781472241078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. With songs like 'The Weight', and 'Up on Cripple Creek', he and his partners in the Band fashioned a music that has endured for decades. In this memoir, he tells his story. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099510956
- ISBN
- 9780099510956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843680765
- ISBN
- 9781843680765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. This is an intimate account of the rise, fall and rise again in show business of Hollywood giant and legendary 'bad boy' Robert Evans. He spares no-one, least of all himself, in this revealing chronicle. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 43. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Robert Evans
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571219315
- ISBN
- 9780571219315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. A riveting portrait of the great Sarah Bernhardt from acclaimed writer Robert Gottlieb Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 256 pages, 94 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300192599
- ISBN
- 9780300192599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.29
€ 19.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. The shocking, decadent, true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' beloved double album Exile on Main Street Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280. A Season in Hell with the "Rolling Stones". 272 pages, illustrations. "Exile on Main Street" freezes forever in time a moment when the Stones and their counterculture audience found themselves at a crossroads. This is the true story behind the making of the Rolling Stones' celebrated double album "Exile on Main Street.". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 19. Weight: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306815638
- ISBN
- 9780306815638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.81
€ 24.81
Paperback. The definitive, intimate, no-holds-barred biography of Johnny Cash. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: AVGL; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 144 x 38. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Digital original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780220956
- ISBN
- 9781780220956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFKV; APB; BGF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816691296
- ISBN
- 9780816691296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99
€ 20.99
Hardback. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 474 pages, Fr.Ill. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810829510
- ISBN
- 9780810829510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.32
€ 181.32
Paperback. Robert Ponsonby has been at the centre of the music world both in Britain and elsewhere for some sixty years. This title presents a distillation of his experiences, achievements and friendships in that world. It paints portraits in many formats of the fifty or so figures he knew best, including conductors, composers, performers and administrators. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 black and white. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AV; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357296
- ISBN
- 9781900357296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Paperback. The authorised biography of Oliver Reed, one of Britain's best loved actors. Num Pages: 560 pages, Illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 35. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472112637
- ISBN
- 9781472112637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. A story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked - or staggered - off a film set into a pub; of drunken binges of near biblical proportions, parties and orgies, broken marriages, drugs, riots and wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent and because the public loved them. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848090187
- ISBN
- 9781848090187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.90
€ 15.99
€ 11.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 496 pages, B&W Photos: 40,. BIC Classification: APFA; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 236 x 35. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231165785
- ISBN
- 9780231165785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. A memoir of the author that shares the romances, the drama and the humor of his incredible life. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099538356
- ISBN
- 9780099538356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750962339
- ISBN
- 9780750962339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.89
€ 14.99
€ 13.89
Paperback. Rod Stewart was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths, ranging from gravedigging to professional football, it was music that truly captured his heart - and he never looked back. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 x 8 page picture sections. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099574750
- ISBN
- 9780099574750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardback. Roger Christian reveals his life story, from his earliest work in the British film industry to his breakthrough contributions on such iconic science fiction masterpieces as Star Wars, Alien and his own rediscovered Black Angel. This candid biography delves into his relationships with legendary figures, as well as the secrets of his greatest work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12-24 colour page plate sections. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783299003
- ISBN
- 9781783299003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Reader
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781448208203
- ISBN
- 9781448208203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.91
€ 19.00
€ 16.91
Paperback. This biography examines Hawtrey's origins as a child star and as a performer in revue and the Will Hay films. It looks at his career on radio and television, and then at the sad, slow decline of a belligerent, alcoholic recluse on the Kent coast. Num Pages: 128 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001369
- ISBN
- 9780571210893
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback.
The comic genius of English writing takes on Hollywood, delusion, celebrity and last century's ultimate glamour couple: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. .- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857381736
- ISBN
- 9780857381736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36