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Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardcover. This final volume of Bernth Lindfors's definitive biography records the remarkable achievements and experiences of Ira Aldridge in the last years of his life, when he performed at theaters throughout Europe. Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. Num Pages: 364 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JH; ANB; BGF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465380
ISBN
9781580465380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 65.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ5; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Counterpoint
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781619027978
ISBN
9781619027978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.49

Paperback. The notorious Linda Lovelace was America's first Queen of Porn during the decadent 1970s. But at decade's end, Linda, in a complete about-face, emerged as one of the more compelling voices in the feminist movement, denouncing the degradations of her cinematic past. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 640 pages, 75 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: BGF; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Publisher
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936003334
ISBN
9781936003334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849762137
ISBN
9781849762137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: ANF; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 37. Weight in Grams: 678.
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783190898
ISBN
9781783190898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Derek Paravicini is blind, can't tell his right hand from his left and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gift - he is a musical prodigy with perfect pitch whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas, the Barbican to Buckingham Palace. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 304 pages, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099513582
ISBN
9780099513582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.50

Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
Stated First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825307423
ISBN
9780825307423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 288 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780825308277
ISBN
9780825308277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.84

Paperback. First substantial overview of the life and career of Pharrell Williams, the foremost producer of the modern era, and performer in his own right. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AVGQ; AVGR; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 177 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783057894
ISBN
9781783057894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.54

Paperback. A confessional, uplifting memoir from the beloved YouTube personality Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476794303
ISBN
9781476794303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. The definitive account of the Jimmy Savile story. Num Pages: 624 pages, 2 x 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 40. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Quercus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782067467
ISBN
9781782067467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. Num Pages: 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1182. Series: Aldeburgh Studies in Music. 522 pages, 54, 2 colour, 52 black and white. Editor(s): Grogan, Christopher. This paperback edition is updated to include new insights into Holst's life and work resulting from the discovery of important unseen archival materials. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 35. Weight: 1180.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
522
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843835998
ISBN
9781843835998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. An extraordinarily moving and honest memoir by John Lennon's sister revealing for the first time the often painful and lonely childhood that was to have such reverberations for his and her own life. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 x b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340839256
ISBN
9780340839256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. This lavishly illustrated book chronicles Liszt's life and times with the help of many rare photographs and contemporary prints. Num Pages: 176 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Omnibus Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Pap/Com
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780388717
ISBN
9781780388717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. Igor Stravinsky was a celebrity composer in an increasingly celebrity-obsessed age. He was a true modern, a man of his time. Stravinsky's extraordinary music reflected and shaped his own times, and resonates with audiences even today. Stravinsky tells of a colourful life lived against the backdrop of the twentieth century's wars and revolutions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 200 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780234946
ISBN
9781780234946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. A biography of Ignaz Friedman that offers the reader the behind and the between of the life and career of this extraordinary pianist. It examines Friedman's life as a cultured Jewish musician in Poland; his studies in Leipzig and Vienna; his relationship with Manya Friedman; and, his performing career, teaching, and retirement in Australia. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21 b&w illus., 10 music exx. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780253353108
ISBN
9780253353108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. * The definitive biography of one of rock's most extraordinary legends Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 24, b/w and colour. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780751538106
ISBN
9780751538106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0296129
ISBN
9780007177851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Most Hollywood biographies are little more than 500-page musings on the 'when-I-met..' theme, filled with famous names, love affairs and cliches of a 'meteoric rise' or 'tragic fall'. Bruce Campbell's If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor is the boisterous antidote to such convention. Num Pages: 368 pages, over 200 b/w photos throughout. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Quarto Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845134747
ISBN
9781845134747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; BGF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763539784
ISBN
9788763539784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.08
€ 40.81

paperback. "I'm in the Band" charts White Zombie's rise from the gritty music scene of New York's Lower East Side in the 80s to arena headliners during the 90s alternative-explosion that followed, while sharing the unlikely story of a female musician who won the respect and adoration of male metal musicians and fans. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 281 x 13. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Counterpoint United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781593762995
ISBN
9781593762995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. Pop manager Simon Napier-Bell had enough of pop groups. He'd had enough of the constant grief at home with his two ex-boyfriends bickering and bleeding him dry; and most of all he'd had enough of the music biz. But then he simultaneously fell in love with a passion - the Far East; and a dynamic duo - George and Andrew - jointly called Wham! Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Ebury Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091897628
ISBN
9780091897628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. The author is one of Scotland's most recognisable faces. Best known for playing Jamesie Cotter in Rab C Nesbitt, he is also famed for appearing in much-loved Scottish comedies Scotch & Wry and Naked Video, as well as for writing the classic comedy-drama The Steamie. In this revealing autobiography, he tells his life story. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 pp black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; APB; APT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845028893
ISBN
9781845028893
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. A sparkling celebration of the wit and wisdom of Linda Smith - a 'national treasure' of Radio 4 and BBC TV. Editor(s): Lakin, Warren. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton London
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
SKU
KEX0204967
ISBN
9780340938478
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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