Biography: arts & entertainment
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Biography: arts & entertainment
Anthony Slide examines Thomas Dixon's films and discusses the novels from which they were adapted; and chronicles Dixon's transformation from a major supporter of the original Ku Klux Klan in his early novels to an ardent critic of the modern Klan in his last film, "Nation Aflame". Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; APFB; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813123288
- ISBN
- 9780813123288
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
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
Condition: New
€ 39.64
€ 39.64
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
Condition: New
€ 46.97
€ 46.97
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
€ 50.50
€ 50.50
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
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810884182
- ISBN
- 9780810884182
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.07
€ 129.07
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
€ 118.45
€ 118.45
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
€ 185.97
€ 185.97
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
€ 69.07
€ 69.07
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
€ 87.09
€ 87.09
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
€ 88.77
€ 88.77
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
€ 86.70
€ 86.70
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
€ 91.07
€ 91.07
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€ 21.01
€ 31.99
€ 21.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Translated by Cyril and Rena Clarke
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486491073
- ISBN
- 9780486491073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.39
€ 23.39
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
€ 20.99€ 20.09
€ 20.99
€ 20.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; APB; BGFA; JFSL3; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780399573224
- ISBN
- 9780399573224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.00
€ 17.99
€ 16.00
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
€ 17.99€ 15.67
€ 17.99
€ 15.67
Paperback. From comedy star Chris Gethard, a collection of essays chronicling his bizarre childhood, awkward adolescence, and the hilarious misadventures that followed Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 280. True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure. 256 pages, illustrations. Star of Comedy Central's "Big Lake", Chris Gethard has often found himself in awkward and often absurd situations that most people would have safely avoided. This title collects Gethard's most popular stories of growing up as an ill-fated nerd, forced to navigate the perils of adolescence with a name that spells, "Get-hard". Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; WH. Dimension: 174 x 209 x 18. Weight: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306820304
- ISBN
- 9780306820304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.98
€ 16.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APT; BGFA; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 213 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143109242
- ISBN
- 9780143109242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.49
€ 18.99
€ 16.49
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Publisher
- Dey Street Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062456779
- ISBN
- 9780062456779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.46
€ 30.99
€ 25.46
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
€ 17.99€ 15.75
€ 17.99
€ 15.75
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
€ 31.99€ 29.74
€ 31.99
€ 29.74
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
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27