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Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback. Miles Davis was one of the crucial influences in the development of modern jazz. This book tells the story of Miles' childhood, his depressions and his relationship with heroin as well as the more familiar public career. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099281832
- ISBN
- 9780099281832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.47
€ 23.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 450 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Tomahawk Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780953192656
- ISBN
- 9780953192656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.86
€ 7.86
Paperback. Tells the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become a self-confessed legend. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APT; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099580089
- ISBN
- 9780099580089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.74
€ 15.99
€ 11.74
Hardback. Trumpeter Joe Wilder is distinguished for his achievements in both the jazz and classical worlds. He was a founding member of the Symphony of the New World, where he played first trumpet, and he performed as lead trumpet and soloist with Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie, and Count Basie. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; AVRN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439911273
- ISBN
- 9781439911273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.30
€ 38.30
Paperback. The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 b/w, 10 col plates (16pp), (2x8pp plates). BIC Classification: AVGN; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780007318919
- ISBN
- 9780007318919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 6.23
€ 12.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Marlon Brando will never cease to fascinate us: for his triumphs as an actor as well as his disasters; for the power of the screen portrayals he gave. This title examines each of Brando's films. It brings into focus Brando's self-destructiveness, his lifelong dissembling, his deeply ambivalent feelings towards his chosen vocation. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 122 x 26. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571244133
- ISBN
- 9780571244133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 8 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780394714394
- ISBN
- 9780394714394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.65
€ 18.99
€ 16.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Granville Island Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781894694568
- ISBN
- 9781894694568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.90
€ 26.99
€ 18.90
Paperback. Jazz pianist, trombonist, composer, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott tells his life story, from his childhood in Houston and growing up in Los Angeles, to his early professional career, creation of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, and his work to build and serve L.A.'s black community. Editor(s): Isoardi, Steven. Num Pages: 272 pages, 46 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362715
- ISBN
- 9780822362715
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Sun Ra's music as it is about his passionate, often wildly unorthodox views on the galaxy, black people and spiritual matters. With the various incarnations of his inimitable Arkestra, his repertoire ranged from boogie-woogie to swing to be-bop to fusion to New Age, and his influence extended throughout the jazz and rock worlds. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841950556
- ISBN
- 9781841950556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.83
€ 24.99
€ 16.83
paperback. Answers questions such as 'Is Mary Berry real?', 'Is it true you wear a surgical truss?' and 'Is a non-spherically symmetric gravitational pull from outside the observable universe responsible for some of the observed motion of large objects such as galactic clusters in the universe?' Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: APT; ASZB; BGFA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324. Very good copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0026167
- ISBN
- 9781405918558
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Since the release of Do the Right Thing in 1989, Spike Lee has established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee's mostly independent films garner popular audiences while at the same time engaging in substantial political and social commentary. This book presents an examination of Spike Lee's oeuvre. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 184 pages, 20 b&w photographs, filmography. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252079610
- ISBN
- 9780252079610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 21.84
€ 23.99
€ 21.84
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. As a kid, Stacey dreamed of becoming a star. But at 17, it looked like her dream was shattered when she got pregnant by mistake. Always the fighter, new single mum Stacey rallied, found a college with a creche for her son Zachery and waitressed at night, determined that he should have the opportunities she didn't. This title tells her story. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 col. Illustrations, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718158170
- ISBN
- 9780718158170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Hardback. Covers half a lifetime and the range of Frayn's theatrical writing. This title reflects on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0003665
- ISBN
- 9780571240555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Laurel and Hardy can still reduce audiences to helpless laughter, as Simon Louvish attests in this chronicle of their lives and works. Num Pages: 544 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APB; APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571215904
- ISBN
- 9780571215904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.55
€ 19.99
€ 14.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Santa Monica Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595800862
- ISBN
- 9781595800862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.71
€ 26.99
€ 23.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard
- Number of pages
- 194
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780881888829
- ISBN
- 9780881888829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.17
€ 41.99
€ 37.17
Paperback. Illustrated large format. Clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KEX0238436
- ISBN
- 9781846056697
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99