Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. A cradle-to-grave study of Yehudi Menuhin, one of the known and loved of the twentieth century's classical musicians. Menuhin was born in New York of Russian Jewish immigrants. He demanded to play the violin when only four and proved prodigiously gifted; newspapers were soon dubbing him 'Miracle Boy'. Num Pages: 576 pages, 8pp integrated b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 42. Weight in Grams: 650. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0001787
- ISBN
- 9780571206797
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. A biography of comic genius Spike Milligan, who died in February 2002, by one of Britain's leading biographers. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 or 24 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KNW0008917
- ISBN
- 9780340826126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. A biography of comic genius Spike Milligan, who died in February 2002, by one of Britain's leading biographers. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 or 24 pp b/w photos. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 56. Weight in Grams: 314. Good copy with some shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KHN0000361
- ISBN
- 9780340826126
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006530268
- ISBN
- 9780006530268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.14
€ 25.99
€ 19.14
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786061355
- ISBN
- 9781786061355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.86
€ 13.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. This is a biography of musician Nick Cave, from his early days with "The Birthday Party". Charting his career, it explores Cave's idiosyncratic, obsessive lyrical visions, which make no concession to prevailing musical fads. Insights into his turbulent personal life are also given. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349107783
- ISBN
- 9780349107783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.78
€ 14.99
€ 11.78
Paperback. Since the posthumous publication in 1979 of alleged memoirs by Shostakovich, the controversy about the composer and his music has escalated. This book presents the case for the dissident view, arguing that the meaning of the composer's music cannot be appreciated without a knowledge of the terrible times he lived through under Soviet Communism. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845950644
- ISBN
- 9781845950644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.45
€ 25.99
€ 19.45
Hardcover. Who was the greatest of all American guitarists? Bob Dylan called Davis "one of the wizards of modern music." This book takes readers through Davis' difficult beginning as the blind son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South to his decision to become an ordained Baptist minister and his move to New York in the early 1940s, and more. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVH; AVRL1; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226234106
- ISBN
- 9780226234106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.71
€ 34.99
€ 27.71
Paperback. Editor(s): Dalaker, Ingrid Loe. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Akademica Publishing Norway
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788232102617
- ISBN
- 9788232102617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.04
€ 49.99
€ 36.04
Paperback. This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal Mamet's ideas on writing, acting, and directing, covering his beginnings in Chicago, his relationship to Judaism and reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and excerpts from early plays and stories that have never before been referenced in print. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; ANF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230378711
- ISBN
- 9780230378711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.90
€ 35.99
€ 30.90
Paperback. Warm, funny and perceptive, brimming with wisdom and insight, My Life in Agony is a meditation on the subjects that tend to concern and confuse us the most - from mother-daughter relationships through to eating disorders, office politics and those perennial areas of interest: love and sex. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGFA; KNTJ; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Alma Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846883552
- ISBN
- 9781846883552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.16
€ 14.16
paperback. A remarkable account of a wildly artistic life, finally restored to its unexpurgated form, with a revealing new introduction by Joan Acocella. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liveright
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780871403186
- ISBN
- 9780871403186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.99€ 18.24
€ 22.99
€ 18.24
Hardback. A glimpse inside the mind and artistic process of a fascinating contemporary cartoonist Num Pages: 112 pages, 120 colour images + 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300184402
- ISBN
- 9780300184402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.54
€ 30.99
€ 22.54
Paperback. Joe Cocker is a rock legend. A gas fitter who went from playing Sheffield pubs to the stadiums of the world, he was the man who no one - not even himself - expected to survive the age of 30. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pages of b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753509111
- ISBN
- 9780753509111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.87
€ 20.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. At last, this expertly edited, well researched and affordable edition makes Robinsons innovative and influential poetry accessible again to a wide audience. Paula Feldman, University of South Carolina Editor(s): Pascoe, J. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551112015
- ISBN
- 9781551112015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 29.00
€ 38.99
€ 29.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 40
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843680758
- ISBN
- 9781843680758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.22
€ 18.99
€ 16.22
Hardback. Affectionately known as 'Koss', Paul Kossoff's playing touched people. It still does today, more than forty years after his sad and untimely death at the age of twenty-five. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Troubador Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785898815
- ISBN
- 9781785898815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.32€ 48.60
€ 58.32
€ 48.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main Market Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330441469
- ISBN
- 9780330441469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.23
€ 11.99
€ 10.23
Paperback. An insightful and page-turning biography of a true screen legend Num Pages: 560 pages, 40 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Pan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330433907
- ISBN
- 9780330433907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.36
€ 17.99
€ 13.36
Paperback. The definitive biography of Michael Jackson, fully updated. Num Pages: 768 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 47. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main Market
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780330515658
- ISBN
- 9780330515658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93