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Paperback. At the time of her death in 1993, Lillian Gish was universally recognized as a film legend. This title uncovers a life that was cast in the shadow of self-generated myth. It shows how the actress carefully shaped her public identity while keeping much of her life private. Num Pages: 445 pages, 70 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234345
ISBN
9780520234345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 33. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
404
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442231177
ISBN
9781442231177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.48

hardcover. Editor(s): Bennett, John Charles. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; APFB; BGFA; CBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Edition
1.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813144498
ISBN
9780813144498
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

Paperback. Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. This autobiography constructs the poor London childhood and his prodigious life in the movies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780141011479
ISBN
9780141011479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.74

Paperback. This gripping biography tells how with extraordinary ambition, enterprise and showmanship, Alexander Korda established in Britain a film industry that rivalled Hollywood, built Europe's biggest studio, and created world-class stars, including Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. Num Pages: 424 pages, 2 x 8pp bw plates. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 209 x 33. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848856950
ISBN
9781848856950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.87

Hardcover. As a composite portrait of this complex, paradoxically private figure, 'John S. Beckett' is a fascinating record of an era seen through the character and achievements of a singular individual whose varied career touched many lives. Num Pages: 567 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JMC; AVGC; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843516651
ISBN
9781843516651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.68

Hardback. Updates and expands Claghorn's previous book, Women Composers and Hymnists (Scarecrow, 1984), presenting succinct biographies for female composers in both secular and sacred music. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810831308
ISBN
9780810831308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810882218
ISBN
9780810882218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.12

Paperback. Charles Handy is perhaps best known outside the business world as a wise and warm presenter of Radio 4's "Thought for the Day". Here, he leaves the management territory he has so effectively and influentially mapped in the past to explore the issues and dilemmas - moral and creative - raised by the turning points of his long and successful life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 pp b&w. BIC Classification: BGBA; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099481881
ISBN
9780099481881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AVGP; AVH; AVX; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613738375
ISBN
9781613738375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.81

Paperback. 'Charles R Cross has got as close to the truth as anyone yet in his exhaustive and ground-breaking account of the life of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock.' Observer Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340826843
ISBN
9780340826843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.25

Paperback. A vivid biography of John Lee Hooker, from a critically acclaimed journalist Num Pages: 656 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight in Grams: 454. The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century. 656 pages, ill. A vivid biography of John Lee Hooker, from a critically acclaimed journalist. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 42. Weight: 452.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857862037
ISBN
9780857862037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.06

Mixed media pr. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810851399
ISBN
9780810851399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.49

Mixed media pr. CD included Num Pages: 304 pages, maps, photographs, bibliography, index, footnotes. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810843813
ISBN
9780810843813
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 137.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; WJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 316 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1958. Very good copy in dustwrapper. DW has minor shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Roads Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0004973
ISBN
9781909399648
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 11.53

Paperback. Charlie Louvin was a good, god-fearing, churchgoing singer, but his brother Ira had the devil in him and was known for smashing his mandolin to splinters onstage, cussing out Elvis Presley, and trying to strangle his third wife with a telephone cord. Num Pages: 320 pages, 75 Black and White Photos Throughout. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780062069047
ISBN
9780062069047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.45

Paperback. Clean copy with very light shelfwear. Good to very good
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Orion Publishing
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
SKU
KST0017270
ISBN
9780752893396
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 8.99
€ 5.50

Paperback. The number one bestselling smash hit - now with new and exclusive material. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472229670
ISBN
9781472229670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.85

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taschen GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836561631
ISBN
9783836561631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. The autobiography of acclaimed actor, model and chanteuse Charlotte Rampling Num Pages: 128 pages, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 207 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9781785781933
ISBN
9781785781933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 7.00

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