Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
In 1953, "Cash Box" magazine named the Hilltoppers the top vocal group of the year. Hits such as "Trying" and "P S I Love You" raced up the charts and kept the band in Billboard's Top 40. This title looks at the college kids who made it big between classes, serving as a study of celebrity and youth in the early days of rock 'n' roll. Num Pages: 248 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 214 x 29. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124360
- ISBN
- 9780813124360
Condition: New
€ 33.57
€ 33.57
Hardcover. At twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in "Citizen Kane", widely considered the best film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. This book reassesses Welles' final period in the context of his entire life and work. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124100
- ISBN
- 9780813124100
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.63
€ 41.63
Blending biography, studio history and film criticism, this comprehensive work on Franics Ford Coppola contains interviews with the director and his colleagues and examines Coppola's production journals and screenplays. Num Pages: 426 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 32. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123042
- ISBN
- 9780813123042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.98
€ 41.98
This volume presents current scholarship and writing on female country musicians, pivotal in the country music scene since its inception. It begins with the 1920s career of teenage guitar picker Roba Stanley and moves on to consider more contemporary musicians such as Faith Hill. Editor(s): Wolfe, Charles K.; Akenson, James E. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 photographs. BIC Classification: AVGL; BGF; HBT; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122809
- ISBN
- 9780813122809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.38
€ 49.38
Hardcover. Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) was one of the true giants of American film history. For years, however his life has been wreathed in myths, many of his own devising. Lennig has scoured European and American archives for details concerning Stroheim's life. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813121383
- ISBN
- 9780813121383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.52
€ 53.52
Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813120362
- ISBN
- 9780813120362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.77
€ 52.77
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884182
- ISBN
- 9780810884182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.52
€ 137.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 286 pages, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; APF; APFB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810883956
- ISBN
- 9780810883956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.81
€ 125.81
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 722 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 36 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AVGJ; AVH; BGF; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 722
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810882645
- ISBN
- 9780810882645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.24
€ 198.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 134 x 2. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810859128
- ISBN
- 9780810859128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.66
€ 73.66
Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 172 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810857063
- ISBN
- 9780810857063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.94
€ 92.94
Terry Gibbs, jazz vibraphonist and bandleader, was 12 years old when he began his career as a professional musician. This autobiography tracks jazz from the turbulent post-war years through the rise of bebop, traversing its changes through the eyes of a practitioner. A discography is included. Series: Studies in Jazz. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 b&w photographs, footnotes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 167 x 29. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810845862
- ISBN
- 9780810845862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.75
€ 94.75
The memoir of the late Lita Grey Chaplin (1908-1995), the only one of Chaplin's wives to have written an account of life with Chaplin. Her memoir is an extraordinary Hollywood story of someone who was there from the very beginning. Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APF; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834323
- ISBN
- 9780810834323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.31
€ 92.31
The first full-length account of the life and work of Joseph H. Lewis, the noted director of films such as My Name is Julia Ross (1945) and The Halliday Brand (1957). Series: The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810834071
- ISBN
- 9780810834071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.20
€ 97.20
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 60 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVRL1; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Schiffer
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764350481
- ISBN
- 9780764350481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.44
€ 31.99
€ 21.44
Paperback. Tells the story of author's formative years in the pre- and post-punk music scenes of London, counting down, from fifty to number one: attendance at seminal gigs and encounters with musical heroes; schoolboy projects that became national success stories; the style culture of punks, mods and skinheads and the tribal violence that enveloped them. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780434021673
- ISBN
- 9780434021673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.23
€ 21.99
€ 21.23
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BG; BGF; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 133 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307461193
- ISBN
- 9780307461193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.27
€ 19.99
€ 17.27
Paperback. From his harrowing childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his parents to a lifetime of alcoholism and self-mutilation to the peak of fame and success as the longest-tenured cast member of � �"Saturday Night Live� �", the author delves into the darkest corners of his life both in front of and behind the camera. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 Page Black and White Insert. BIC Classification: APB; ASZB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062064561
- ISBN
- 9780062064561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.61
€ 18.99
€ 16.61
Paperback. Diana Vreeland has been called the fashion editor of the twentieth century. An epic self-mythologizer, she had an incredible aura of glamour, a great eye, and a genius for life. This title includes more than 300 illustrations, photographs, and drawings, many by the fashion photographers of her time such as Louise Dahl Wolfe, Irving Penn, and more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 325 Colour. BIC Classification: AKT; BGF; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062032089
- ISBN
- 9780062032089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.46
€ 32.99
€ 31.46
Hardcover. From age ten, the author was determined to make a life in music-a decision that influenced every choice she would make. This title recounts this passionate young musician's coming-of-age from prairie small-town South Dakota to bar sets in Austin and New York City to the world stage at the Grammys. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061759598
- ISBN
- 9780061759598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.58
€ 27.99
€ 23.58