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Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback. One of the nation's favourite comedy actresses - with starring roles in Calendar Girls, Acorn Antiques and Dinnerladies - tells her extraordinary and highly entertaining life story. Num Pages: 336 pages, 2 x 8pp. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444709292
ISBN
9781444709292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Limelight Editions United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574672411
ISBN
9781574672411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. This autobiography presents insights into the history of jazz and the author's life with her husband, Charlie Parker, one of the movement's important soloists. The author tells the story of her early life as the daughter of a producer of vaudeville shows and a Ziegfield Midnight Follies dancer. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVGK; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570032455
ISBN
9781570032455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, figures. BIC Classification: AGB; BGFA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816528196
ISBN
9780816528196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.11

The memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with Chaplin. Her memoir is an extraordinary Hollywood story of someone who was there from the very beginning. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810834323
ISBN
9780810834323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.31

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

€ 50.43

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

€ 56.19

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

€ 43.63

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. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141011479
ISBN
9780141011479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 220 pages, 22 music examples. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC9; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633336
ISBN
9780691633336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.60

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

€ 173.17

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
€ 20.33

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
€ 16.70

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
€ 19.18

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
€ 13.52

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
€ 17.54

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

€ 115.20

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

€ 141.59

Hardback. Num Pages: 407 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFH; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Publisher
AMMO Books LLC United States
Number of pages
407
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934429822
ISBN
9781934429822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.78

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