Biography: arts and entertainment

The extraordinary life of one of the world's greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.

This volume explores our cultural celebration of food, blending lobster festivals, politicians' roadside eats, reality show "e;chef showdowns,"e; and gravity-defying cakes into a deeper exploration of why people find so much joy in eating.

The colourful story of Don Harron's 77-year career in the entertainment business.

Im Wechseln der Jahreszeiten - dem Neubeginn des Frühlings, der Lebhaftigkeit des Sommers, dem Rückzug des Herbstes und der Ruhe des Winters - findet Herman van Veen eine Parallele zu den verschiedenen Phasen unseres Lebens.

Celebrated as Pixar's "e;Chief Creative Officer,"e; John Lasseter is a revolutionary figure in animation history and one of today's most important filmmakers.

Edward Braun's acclaimed work on Meyerhold available for the first time in paperback

Vsevolod Meyerhold began his career in theatre as an actor with the Moscow Art Theatre, and after a spell in the remote provinces, he returned to Moscow at Stanislavski's invitation and founded a new, experimental studio for the Art Theatre.

The author of this Vietnam War memoir was drafted in November 1966 just before completion of his Ph.

Beyond representation explores whether the last thirty years witnessed signs of 'progress' or 'progressiveness' in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories within television drama in Britain and the US.

A ';funny, relatable, honest' (Mindy Kaling, actress and New York Times bestselling author) essay collection about navigating a career change in Hollywood, rediscovering your identity, and overcoming the relatable messiness that ensues from unforeseen circumstances.

In 1926 Barry Dierks, a young American architect, arrived in Paris and fell in love with France.

________________________THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MEMOIR OF BEN WATT'S BATTLE WITH A RARE ILLNESS________________________'Intensely moving' - Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph'Quiet elegance and ringing epiphanic lyricism.

A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American culture "e;A charming .

This delightfully illustrated exploration into 60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals y-y musics hip sensuality, humor, style and wit.

I know for sure that I have an instinct for color, and painting is in the very marrow of my bones The life of Van Gogh has gone down in legend as the archetypal artist's existence.

Longlisted for the William MB Berger Prize for British Art History 2021Arthur Jeffress was an art dealer and collector from a Virginian family who bequeathed his subversive little collection (Derek Hill) to Tate and Southampton City Art Gallery on his suicide in 1961.

Acclaimed composer Ned Rorem delights and provokes with a fearless collection of vivid memories, critiques, and musings on life, music, and his worldPulitzer Prize winning American composer Ned Rorem has been lauded for his art songs, symphonies, operas, and other orchestral works.

SELECTED AS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT AND SPECTATORSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019'This exceptional book is far from standard biography A compendium of high-grade gossip about everyone from Princess Margaret to the Krays, a tour of the immediate post-war art world, a snapshot of grimy London and a narrative of Freud's career and rackety life and loves Leaves the reader itchy for volume two' SUNDAY TIMES, ART BOOK OF THE YEAR'Brilliant Freud would have approved' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Sparkling' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superlative packed with stories' GUARDIAN'Brilliant and compendious .

With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written.

Two 8-page photo inserts

Patti's Smith's exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-color edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, Just Kids.

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Wild, defiant and startlingly inventive, The Slits were ahead of their time, embodying the creative fire of punk music and rebellion like few others.

"e; From his unique perspective of friendship with many of the actors and actresses about whom he writes, silent film historian Anthony Slide creates vivid portraits of the careers and often eccentric lives of 100 players from the American silent film industry.

This in-depth study of Mexican film director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu explores his role in moving Mexican filmmaking from a traditional nationalist agenda towards a more global focus.

Blake, an author living in London, explains that the impetus for this biography of the great Dutch painter came from his own connection in childhood to a painting purchased by his grandmother

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Over a career that spanned forty-three years and seventy-seven films, Jimmy Stewart went from leading man to national idol.

Sarah Caldwell, the leader of the Opera Company of Boston from 1958-1990, was a groundbreaking and idiosyncratic woman who established her own career as a conductor and stage director in an environment resistant to change.

Louisville native John Jacob Niles (1892-1980) is considered to be one of our nation's most influential musicians.

Philip Lynott packed a vast amount into his 36 years.

Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert (1897-1936) was among the world's most recognizable actors during the silent era.

The first and only full-length critical study of Dario Fo, the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner

This book, now extensively rewritten and updated, remains the only full-length critical study to cover various phases of Dario Fo's theatrical career.

Vietnam Declassified is a detailed account of the CIA's effort to help South Vietnamese authorities win the loyalty of the Vietnamese peasantry and suppress the Viet Cong.

From rank outsiders to pop stardom a decade later, The Damned blazed an anarchic trail through punk rock to achieve massive chart success.

Joan Triadú (Ribes de Freser, 1921 – Barcelona, 2010) ha deixat una gran petja en la nostra vida col·lectiva i en el nostre sistema cultural.

A USAF navigator's candid, sharp-witted memoir of his Vietnam tours and his wide-ranging career: "e;A first rate read.

Born into an upper-crust family in New Orleans, Cora Bell Witherspoon (1890-1957) was an orphan by the age of 10 and a professional actress by 15.

During a seven-decade career that spanned from 19th century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner did more than any other composer to introduce and establish the language of film music.

Written with a searing honesty, My Amy is an evocative portrait of unbreakable lifelong friendship - and a devastating study into fame, addiction and self-sabotage.

Master composer Ennio Morricone's scores go hand-in-hand with the idea of the Western film.

A memoir of the Jazz Age and a life profoundly influenced by itMy Life in E-flat is the remarkable memoir of a woman who witnessed some of the most important movements in the history of jazz.

Robert Zemeckis has risen to the forefront of American filmmaking with a string of successes: Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future I, II, & III, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

A wide-eyed South African conscript relates his small share of the war in Angola and Namibia in the 1980s.

You didn't just meet with Fred Dinah you were instinctively drawn close to him, his larger than life personality was truly infectious and his communication skills second to none.

Jeff Corey (1914-2002) made a name for himself in the 1940s as a character actor in films like Superman and the Mole Men (1951), Joan of Arc (1948), and The Killers (1946).

Carrie Underwood's instant New York Times bestseller on honoring your body, fueling your soul, and getting strong-a great gift idea for fans of fitness and the megastar country singer.

Christian music icon and forty-time Dove award winner Sandi Patty has long astounded listeners with her powerful voice.

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