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Paperback. Pour yourself a cup of Rosie Lee, take the weight off your plates and prepare for a right giraffe as you read this engaging tale of, Micky Flanagan, 'an East Boy done good'. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784180027
ISBN
9781784180027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Mickey Rourke has had one of the most colourful and controversial careers in Hollywood. This lively study explores his many transformations - from his training as a Method Actor and early scene-stealing roles in 1980s classics such as Diner, to his stint as a boxer and his spectacular come-back in blockbusters like Sin City and The Wrestler. Series: Film Stars. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844574308
ISBN
9781844574308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Mick Ronson was a lot more than just the guitarist for Ziggy Stardust. This fully updated first biography is full of first-hand recollections by those who were closest to him including a foreword by his wife Suzi and a hand-written speech by his daughter Lisa. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
John Blake Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786062680
ISBN
9781786062680
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.57

Paperback. A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock. Num Pages: 640 pages, (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007329519
ISBN
9780007329519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.23

paperback. In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a substantially new view of Michelangelo. Num Pages: 420 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107673694
ISBN
9781107673694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, integrated b&w. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241299425
ISBN
9780241299425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. * This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture. * Antonio Forcellino is one of the world s leading authorities on Michelangelo and an expert art historian and restorer. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640068
ISBN
9780745640068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.79

Hardcover. The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance Num Pages: 272 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229. .
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857096095
ISBN
9781857096095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716529484
ISBN
9780716529484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.85

Paperback. Michael Stipe is one of the most instantly recognisable faces in rock. This biography explores his nomadic early years as the child in a military family, his early love of punk and photography, his relationship with his two sisters and the drive behind one of the hardest working men in music. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2X4pp colour plates. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749951474
ISBN
9780749951474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Select Books Inc United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590792032
ISBN
9781590792032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.18

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
€ 18.48

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The History Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752491479
ISBN
9780752491479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.41

Paperback. The first ever biography of Michael Buble Num Pages: 224 pages, 8pp of colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGF; AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Piatkus Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749941437
ISBN
9780749941437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.33

Paperback. Mick Wall moves on from Led Zeppelin to produce a definitive doorstop on Metallica. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 31. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409121671
ISBN
9781409121671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 204 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 201 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300109078
ISBN
9780300109078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 33.24

Hardback. Merv Griffin became the richest man in TV, befriended everyone in media who mattered, bought a casino, and maintained a secret life as America's most famously closeted homosexual. This book tell his story. Num Pages: 525 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 35. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
Number of pages
525
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978646509
ISBN
9780978646509
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.52

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

Paperback. Drawing on contemporary sources, unpublished family correspondence and radio interviews, this book offers a portrait of Yehudi Menuhin - one of the classical musicians of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 41. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571325320
ISBN
9780571325320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.83

Paperback. This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007245819
ISBN
9780007245819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.34

Paperback. The memoirs of Giulio Gatti-Casazza, one of the twentieth century's greatest impressarios who reigned for ten years at La Scala in Milan before going on to spend twenty-seven years with the Met in New York. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: BGF; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 20. .
Publisher
Overture Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714543789
ISBN
9780714543789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.41

Paperback. Author worked in nearly every major Irish theatre and broadcasting organisation, north and south, including as Director at The Abbey in Dublin and The Lyric Theatre in Belfast. At BBC Radio he also produced music documentaries on Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Mel Torme and Marlon Brando. A thoroughly entertaining memoir Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AN; APW; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
The Liffey Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908308795
ISBN
9781908308795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Abbott, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVH; BGFA; BGHA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
472
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322356
ISBN
9780940322356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.04

Hardback. In print for the first time since 1790, this theatrical memoir of England's greatest mimic and one of the foremost actors and managers of the late eighteenth century, includes accounts of some of the great dramatic figures of the day, including David Garrick, Samuel Foote, Peg Woffington, John Rich and others. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838637678
ISBN
9780838637678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.69

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