Biography: arts and entertainment

'This unique oral history builds to a comprehensive portrait and an important biography' Observer'Reveals a vulnerable side to the man and adds remarkable depth to his onscreen persona' Financial TimesWhen Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, fans around the globe came together to celebrate the life of an inimitable man who had dedicated his life to traveling nearly everywhere (and eating nearly everything), shedding light on the lives and stories of others.

Leo Black, a pupil of Rubbra in the 1950s, presents a full-scale study of his symphonies (the first for fifteen years).

Vincenzo Bellini on Stage and Screen, 1935-2020 offers nine case studies of the history of Vincenzo Bellini's operas on stage, on screen, and in sound, video and performance art.

Harry Somers is one of Canada's leading composers, and one of the most original.

Despite Steely Dan's popularity, its ability to cultivate an ever-growing base of avid and loyal fans, and its chart positions, relatively little has been written about the group.

This is a biography of Dan Levenson, an old-time banjo and fiddle player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Gathered here for the first time are Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work.

In the hierarchy of British jazz & rock musicians, the electrifying guitarist, composer, and bandleader John McLaughlin arguably holds an unassailable position at the very top.

I am aware that, once my pen intervenes, I can make whatever I like out of what I was.

"e;Ja Rule's candid, unvarnished view of guns, drugs, depression, fame, lust, love, and family makes this a remarkable memoir and a worthy read.

Thomas Eakins is widely considered one of the great American painters, an artist whose uncompromising realism helped move American art from the Victorian era into the modern age.

Gioachino Rossini was one of the most influential, as well as one of the most industrious and emotionally complex of the great nineteenth-century composers.

A thorough look into the early life and career of Charlie Chaplin.

From beloved indie musician Andrew McMahon comes a searingly honest and beautifully written memoir about the challenges and triumphs of his life and career, as seen through the lens of his personal connection to three pianos.

William Hogarth is a house-hold name across the country, his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981) was one of the most important and honored American composers of the twentieth century.

A New York Times best seller.

A pathbreaking, new intellectual biography of the composer and conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler.

The war in Afghanistan has run for more than a decade, and NATO has become increasingly central to it.

The “poet laureate of the New York underground scene” chronicles three decades of electrifying artistic expression Once dominated by Beat Generation writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, by the 1970s and ’80s, New York City’s creative scene had given way to a punk rock–era defined by figures like Debbie Harry and Richard Hell.

DAS ERSTE UND EINZIGE OFFIZIELLE BUCH –Veröffentlicht zur Feier des 10-jährigen Jubiläums von BTS.

The definitive biography of one of pop music's most private stars.

Ruefrex were one of Northern Ireland's most popular and uncompromising punk rock bands.

A remarkably fresh piece of Dylan scholarship, focusing on the profound impact that his Midwestern roots have had on his songs, politics, and prophetic character.

Rausch und Freiheit: Die mitreißende Doppelbiografie von Sönke und Wotan Wilke Möhring – zwei Brüder auf der Suche nach dem Außergewöhnlichen.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE $60,000 HILARY WESTON WRITERS TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONWhat the hell kind of great escape is this?

From the moment she appeared on the American silver screen as a runaway princess in Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn was beloved by critics and audiences alike.

Maria Popova porträtiert brillante Denkerinnen und Denker aus Wissenschaft, Kunst und Literatur.

Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative, honest and moving coming-of-age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe.

Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road TruckersThe highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north.

A detailed account of the composition, structure and Organisation of the First World War German Army has long been needed by English-language readers - this work will fill this gap admirably.

Charlotte Cushman, one of the great actors of 19th century American theatre, was a lesbian who kept her identity hidden by focusing her career on male characters (Romeo, Claude Melnotte, Wolsey), and also on strong and passionate women (Lady Macbeth, Bianca in Fazio, and Queen Katherine in Henry VIII).

An expedition into the troubled soul of one of the worlds greatest songwriters.

Auteurism expanded With acclaimed films like Sink or Swim and The Odds of Recovery, Su Friedrich's body of work stands at the forefront of avant-garde and Queer cinema.

Die beispiellose Laufbahn von Joan Chandos Baez, der musikalischen Galionsfigur der Bürgerrechtsbewegung, des konsequenten Pazifismus und der US-amerikanischen Gegenkultur, umspannt mittlerweile annähernd sechs Jahrzehnte.

From his upbringing as a "e;red-diaper baby"e; among some of the leading lights of American music and Left politics, to his legendary work as bassist for the Bill Evans trio, to his collaborations with such figures as Charles Mingus and Billie Holiday, Chuck Israels has witnessed over a half-century of change and innovation in American jazz music.

Vietnam was often called a "e;teenager's war.

Crass was the anarcho-punk face of a revolutionary movement founded by radical thinkers Penny Rimbaud and Steve Ignorant.

The first full-length biography of the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Grawemeyer Award, Aaron Jay Kernis achieved recognition as one of the leading composers of his generation while still in his thirties.

The Boys and Me is the behind-the-scenes, untold story of front man and lead singer Mark Miller and his bandcountry music icons Sawyer Brown!