Biography: arts and entertainment

This book will undoubtedly be one of the most controversial books of this new decade!

Drawing on “a treasure trove of family records”, this biography of the women of a prominent Hudson Valley, New York family is “riveting and moving.

For twenty-five years, millions of Americans watched Jack Perkins on NBC News as a correspondent, commentator, and anchorman.

Daar is min gesigte op Suid-Afrikaanse televisie so wyd herken en geliefd soos dié van Johan Stemmet, en min kenwysies so sinoniem met naweekaand-vermaak as die vrolike Noot vir Noot-klingel.

TRACING INVISIBLE LINES is a critical autoethnographic text built around Gregory Ulmer's concept of the "e;Mystory.

By the time of his death in 1982, Sam "e;Lightnin'"e; Hopkins was likely the most recorded blues artist in history.

Back in print due to popular demand; the David Bowie Black Book remains one of the most elegant books about the iconic superstar ever to have been published.

At ninety, musician and singer Tony Bennett is as vibrant and productive as ever.

How do you keep going when your world is falling apart?

« Dialoguer avec un mort : un genre ancien, que j’ai essayé de remettre au goût du jour.

This sensational biography charts Christina Aguilera's rise to the top in the face of parental issues, panic attacks, self-harm, and professional betrayals big and small.

TRACING INVISIBLE LINES is a critical autoethnographic text built around Gregory Ulmer's concept of the "e;Mystory.

Is Bob Marley the only third world superstar?

In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.

Ellis Amburn's magnificent biography of the Academy Award-winning actress and legendary beauty captures the unparalleled Elizabeth in all her tragedy and splendorher tumultuous loves, her doomed affections, her shocking excesses, her courage, and her inimitable style.

On paper, Kenny Everett's qualifications did not look promising - with little in the way of education, physique or social skills.

An inspiring self-portrait of a world-renowned African American vocal artistThis is a fascinating account of a gifted woman's coming of age and rise to success at a time when black classical musicians faced barriers at every turn.

All my life I have been taken captive by birds.

* Coal Mines, Confessions and Dance Halls with Return to the North and The Theatre of Self.

Biography of Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.

Bruce Springsteen has always taken interviews seriously.

When Hitchcock's The Birds began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks.

Arguably the greatest of all piano virtuosi, Liszt was one of the few composers of his day who had the technique to perform his own compositions.

In 1969, when Bunkie King was a wide-eyed Sydney schoolgirl, she met aspiring actor Jack Thompson.

Foreword Magazine IndieFab Book of the Year's Gold for Biography 2017Maximum Volume offers a glimpse into the mind, the music, and the man behind the sound of the Beatles.

Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life.

Lady Gagas old friend and former DJ Brendan Jay Sullivan paints a vivid picture of the downtown scene from which she emerged.

I SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE PLAYING NERDS.

Scotland's greatest export.

A tour de force of storytelling years in the making: a dual biography of two of the greatest songwriters, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, that is also a murder mystery and a history of labor relations and socialism, big business and greed in twentieth-century Americawoven together in one epic saga that holds meaning for all working Americans today.

A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.

Fans of the eccentric and edgy films of the Coen brothers know there's more going on in their films than meets the eye.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**'Flawless.

This updated edition of the first ever book about Queens Of The Stone Age takes in nine years of chaos.

A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own wordsAngela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor.

The iconic radio personality looks back on his life and career, from his first job at a smalltown Indiana station to his time at NPR and Sirius XM Radio.

I Love You a Thousand Ways is the story of one of the most loved, respected, and imitated singer/songwriters in the history of country music, a man whose songs touched the lives of millions of people.

The eminent art critic David Sylvester always managed to catch the unexpected angle when he explored the lives, work and ideas of his contemporaries.

When Hitchcock's The Birds began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks.

Published to coincide with his highly anticipated new sitcom a mockumentary follow-up to Extras from the pens of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant Size Matters Not is the surprising and hilarious story of the worlds biggest little actor.

Read the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm.

One of the great cartoonists of our time.

You'll love how Bob "e;the Blade"e; Robinson stuck it to the man.

Louella Pickett-New was legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett's sister no.

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of the fresh-faced, charismatic and talented Justin Bieber, the teen singing sensation who has taken the music world by storm.

Five nights a week, Mara Elena Salinas looks into a television camera and delivers the news to millions of television viewers.

David Sylvester, who died in June 2001, was one of the greatest art critics of our time.