Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
paperback. A celebration and critical analysis of Madonna from a feminist perspective. The book follows the first decade of Madonna?s career as a popular culture icon and includes a comprehensive listing of her songs, videos, tours, films, and stage roles. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; AVGP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 365.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- SKU
- V9780802080639
- ISBN
- 9780802080639
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.75
€ 46.75
paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New Generation Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780755213849
- ISBN
- 9780755213849
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.57
€ 18.57
hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 23 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; BGF; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780231144964
- ISBN
- 9780231144964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.56
€ 136.56
paperback. Armatage reintroduces film studies scholars to Nell Shipman, a pioneer in both Canadian and American film, and one of proportionately numerous women from Hollywood's silent era who wrote, directed, produced, and acted in motion pictures. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; APF; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802085429
- ISBN
- 9780802085429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.34
€ 62.34
Paperback. An award-winning actor, an activist for civil rights and progressive causes worldwide, and a singer whose voice has won him great applause, Theodore Bikel here tells his own compelling life story. With a new chapter as he turns ninety. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ANB; APB; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1, With reflections upon my ninetieth year
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299300548
- ISBN
- 9780299300548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.41
€ 39.41
Balanchine ballerina Allegra Kent tells her singular story with the same originality, freshness, and grace she has brought to the stage. The book should be required reading for dancers everywhere for years to come. of photos. Num Pages: 343 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813034409
- ISBN
- 9780813034409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.84
€ 23.99
€ 22.84
Hardcover. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AN; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610502
- ISBN
- 9780815610502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.56
€ 30.99
€ 29.56
Paperback. Originally published: New York: Knopf, 2009. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGK; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817356965
- ISBN
- 9780817356965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.38
€ 35.38
Hardcover. Series: Sarh Mills Hodge Fund Publications. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white halftones, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: AGB; BGFA; BGLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330556
- ISBN
- 9780820330556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.87
€ 49.87
Paperback. Clarence Major is an award-winning painter, fiction writer, and poet - as well as an essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer, and memoirist. The Art and Life of Clarence Major is the first critical biography of this innovative African American writer and visual artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white images and 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB; BGF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349824
- ISBN
- 9780820349824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.15
€ 42.15
Hardback. Collected interviews with one of the most popular, significant figures in art comics since the 1990s Editor(s): Wandtke, Terrence R. Series: Conversations with Comic Artists Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 black & white illustations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJP; AKLC; BGFA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496805508
- ISBN
- 9781496805508
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.97
€ 152.97
Hardcover. Moviegoers know Mary Wickes as the housekeeper in White Christmas and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled with behind-the-scenes stories from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable characters to life on screen and stage. Num Pages: 432 pages, 54 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 163 x 34. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604739053
- ISBN
- 9781604739053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.35
€ 58.35
Hardcover. Samuel Fuller (1912-1997) is known as the "Rousseau of the cinema," a mostly "B" genre Hollywood moviemaker deeply admired by "A" filmmakers. Fuller, who made 23 features between 1949 and 1989, is the very definition of a "cult" director, appreciated by those with a certain bent of subterranean taste. This volume tells his story. Editor(s): Peary, Gerald. Series: Conversations with Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APF; APFA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617033063
- ISBN
- 9781617033063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.35
€ 58.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- ROUNDHOUSE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617037740
- ISBN
- 9781617037740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.97
€ 152.97
Hardcover. Rose Thompson Hovick, mother of June Havoc and Gypsy Rose Lee, went down in theatrical history as "The Stage Mother from Hell" after her immortalization on Broadway in Gypsy: A Musical Fable. Yet the musical was 75 percent fictionalized. This book tells her full story. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617038532
- ISBN
- 9781617038532
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.05
€ 52.05
Hardcover. The first biography of the prodigiously hard-working actor who embodied the Western ideal Series: Hollywood Legends. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628460476
- ISBN
- 9781628460476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.05
€ 52.05
Paperback. Artist and Adventurer. 464 pages, 200 colour illustrations. This is an illustrated biography of the artist Johan Zoffany (1733-1810). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB; BGF. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 32. Weight: 1276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907372049
- ISBN
- 9781907372049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.07
€ 40.07
Paperback. Includes discography (p. 155-161) and index. Num Pages: 192 pages, 163 illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Painted Turtle
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814335017
- ISBN
- 9780814335017
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
hardcover. Alice Howell (1886-1961) is slowly gaining recognition and regard as arguably the most important slapstick comedienne of the silent era. This new study, the first book-length appreciation, identifies her place in the comedy hierarchy alongside the best-known of silent comediennes, Mabel Normand. Series: Hollywood Legends Series. Num Pages: 144 pages, 43 b&w illustrations, filmography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781496806321
- ISBN
- 9781496806321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.83
€ 37.83
Paperback. The story of nineteenth-century America's most prominent woman sculptor Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781558498396
- ISBN
- 9781558498396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.29
€ 47.29