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Biography: arts & entertainment
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
€ 49.51
€ 49.51
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
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
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
€ 41.74
€ 41.74
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.65
€ 33.65
Illuminates the life, career, and political activism of Jarrico, the recipient of an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for "Tom, Dick, and Harry" (1941) and the producer of the only film ever blacklisted, "The Salt of the Earth" (1954). Num Pages: 352 pages, 11 photographs. BIC Classification: APF; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813124537
- ISBN
- 9780813124537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.49
€ 36.49
Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APW; BGFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 509.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134505
- ISBN
- 9780813134505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.36
€ 25.36
Paperback. Series: Screen Classics Biography/Film Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813134635
- ISBN
- 9780813134635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.39
€ 36.39
Paperback. Series: Screen Classics Biography/Film Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813136158
- ISBN
- 9780813136158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.90
€ 24.90
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813144269
- ISBN
- 9780813144269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.96
€ 41.96
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; ASDC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813147215
- ISBN
- 9780813147215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.90
€ 51.90
Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813165967
- ISBN
- 9780813165967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.31
€ 47.31
Paperback. Series: Topics in Kentucky History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 39 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBSK; 3JH; 3JJ; BGF; HBTB; JFMX; WSNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813168449
- ISBN
- 9780813168449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.93
€ 29.93
Paperback. In the darkest days of World War II, English-born Greer Garson became Hollywood's most inspiring icon of strength and courage. In this first-ever biography of Garson, Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. Num Pages: 518 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Edition
- Pbk. Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813191508
- ISBN
- 9780813191508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains 'was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself'. This biography includes more than thirty hours of Rains interviews. Series: Screen Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813192611
- ISBN
- 9780813192611
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.85
€ 30.85
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€ 21.79
€ 21.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Quest Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780835609005
- ISBN
- 9780835609005
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.03
€ 17.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 219 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727468
- ISBN
- 9780916727468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.43
€ 26.43
Hardcover. Written in tightly constructed rhymed quatrains, this is the first biography of internationally acclaimed Texas jazz trumpeter Kenny Dorham. Beginning in 1963 with Dorham's recordings in Denmark, this book-length poem traces the story of the Texan's career performing with the greatest musicians of the bop and hard bop eras in jazz history. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: APB; BGFA; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Wings Press
- Edition
- First edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916727956
- ISBN
- 9780916727956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs with the Gratefu...
Kreutzmann, Bill; Eisen, Benjy
Paperback. The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the original jam band that broke new ground in so many ways. Num Pages: 400 pages, 30 black and white photograph, 16 page colour photograph insert. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJ; AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 43. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Griffin Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250034007
- ISBN
- 9781250034007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.42
€ 21.99
€ 19.42
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APB; BGF; BGH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493017461
- ISBN
- 9781493017461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.47
€ 27.99
€ 24.47