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Paperback. Umm Kulthum was a celebrated musical performer in the Arab world, and her songs still permeate the international airwaves. This, the first English-language biography, chronicles her life and career. In particular, it examines her success in a society which discouraged women from public performance. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 halftones, 3 maps, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HBE; AVGH; BGF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226136127
- ISBN
- 9780226136127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history - a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile. This book pays homage to the Spanish master Velazquez. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099587040
- ISBN
- 9780099587040
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. The intimate and long-awaited memoir of guitar legend Carlos Santana. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; AVRL1; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409156550
- ISBN
- 9781409156550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; ACX; AMKH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500518663
- ISBN
- 9780500518663
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Hardback. A follow-up to The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers (1995), this text includes the birth, death, and career dates of actors during the transition from silents to sound and into the sound era in filmmaking. Information is included on thousands of actors from throughout the world. Num Pages: 636 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; APB; APF; BGF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 40. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 636
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835474
- ISBN
- 9780810835474
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.43
€ 270.43
Hardback. Lists those who worked behind the cameras from the beginning of the film industry to the present. Num Pages: 320 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835467
- ISBN
- 9780810835467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.75
€ 125.75
paperback. Sheila Hancock's moving and compelling memoir of her marriage to John Thaw Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 colour and b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747577096
- ISBN
- 9780747577096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 11.54
€ 16.99
€ 11.54
Paperback. 'The one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' roll writing'. Peter Guralnick Series: The Canons. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 422. Series: Canons. 576 pages, Illustrations, port. 'The one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' roll writing'. Peter Guralnick. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVH; BGF. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 37. Weight: 486.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main - Canons Imprint Re-issue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857863515
- ISBN
- 9780857863515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493017461
- ISBN
- 9781493017461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.46
€ 27.99
€ 24.46
Paperback. Fifty years after his first hit single, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bill Medley remains an icon of popular music and one of its most beloved voices. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 pages black-&-white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306823671
- ISBN
- 9780306823671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.40
€ 23.99
€ 19.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 196 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Legend Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910162217
- ISBN
- 9781910162217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.15
€ 10.99
€ 10.15
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Paperbooks Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909593633
- ISBN
- 9781909593633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.54
€ 17.99
€ 14.54
Paperback. Maria Trapp recalls the events that brought her talented family from Austria to the hills of New England. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations, photos. BIC Classification: AVG; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Number of pages
- 312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060005771
- ISBN
- 9780060005771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 80 photographs. BIC Classification: AGB; AKLC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Elysee Associates
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993453007
- ISBN
- 9780993453007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.65
€ 17.99
€ 17.65
paperback. The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989, and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made "The Stone Roses" such a special album. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780826417428
- ISBN
- 9780826417428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.56
€ 14.99
€ 11.56
Paperback. Reni. Mani. Ian Brown. John Squire. These are the names that will forever be remembered for creating their defining album "The Stone Roses". The author was with them every step of the way documenting their story. In this edition of his biography, he brings the ultimate rock 'n' roll tale fully up-to-date. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 37. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780091948580
- ISBN
- 9780091948580
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Paperback. Dermot charts his story through the songs that were playing at each key moment as life unfolded. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 Plates. BIC Classification: APT; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444790214
- ISBN
- 9781444790214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.92
€ 15.99
€ 11.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 444. A Journey in Irish Music. 288 pages, 60 b&w photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGH; BGF. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight: 444.
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- illustrated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510635
- ISBN
- 9781843510635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.00€ 17.10
€ 20.00
€ 17.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0013577
- ISBN
- 9780008232627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. BIC Classification: BGF. Dimension: 234 x 153. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KSG0015353
- ISBN
- 9780008232665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99