A "e;meticulously researched and deftly written biography"e; of the woman behind the famed wax museums, and their origins in the era of the French Revolution (Midwest Book Review).
A "e;meticulously researched and deftly written biography"e; of the woman behind the famed wax museums, and their origins in the era of the French Revolution (Midwest Book Review).
Jeff Slaughter is known throughout the world for both his amazing passion in worship leadership and his awe-inspiring lyrics, estimated to have been sung by forty-six million children worldwide.
In this candid biography Lawrence Grobel chronicles the remarkable story of the Huston family, which boasts three Oscar winners, from Walter to John to Anjelica, with particular attention to the rich career and tumultuous personal life of director/actor John Huston (1906-1987).
From his emergence in the 1950s as an uncannily beautiful young Oklahoman who became the prince of "e;cool"e; jazz seemingly overnight to his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker lived a life that has become an American myth.
This is the story of my life from the war years living a modest and pretty uneventful life in Lancashire to marrying an artist/rock climber which opened up a world I had never known.
Die Stille als Schlüssel unserer Welt: Ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer des weltbekannten Dirigenten für genaueres Zuhören, Konzentration und Ruhe in einer sich immer schneller drehenden Zeit.
Von der verhassten Tanzstunde im Rock über den Versuch, so wie alle für den tollen Typen zu schwärmen, vom Sexismus in der Schauspielbranche über das private und das öffentliche Outing, vom Festgelegt-Werden auf die Tatort-Figur bis zur Frage, wer denn die Drehbücher für Frauenfiguren schreibt: Offenherzig, direkt und humorvoll erzählt Ulrike Folkerts von ihrem Kampf gegen innere und gegen äußere Widerstände.
The classic, heart-touching story of unrequited love of a man's fall from grace and his tragic end offers an insightful and compassionate portral of men and women in love.
Baba Allauddin Khan's daughter, Pandit Ravi Shankar's first wife, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan's sister, representative of Maihar-Senia gharana - Annapurna Devi has an illustrious lineage.
Zubin Mehta left the sheltered environs of his parental home in Bombay in 1954, as an eighteen year old, and moved to Vienna into the very unique culture of the Music Academy, where he studied under illustrious teachers such as Hans Swarowsky.
Sixty glorious years of independence of India mark several milestones and immense contributions from great men and women who have become part of its history.
'An inspiring and necessary book that challenges the narratives we set for our lives and reveals the beauty beyond them' CLEMENTINE FORDAlexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved.
A book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of mediaAn heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Ruperts empire all his life.
1970 was the last year of the Beatles and the first year of the supersonic Concorde-a time of new possibilities and social upheaval, and Jennifer Hosten, a young airline hostess from the Caribbean island of Grenada, was as surprised as anyone to find herself in the midst of it.
Norman Jewison directed some of the most iconic and beloved films of an era, from In the Heat of the Night and The Thomas Crown Affair to Jesus Christ Superstar and Moonstruck.
'A deep knowledge of and feeling for his subject' Sunday TimesKarl Lagerfeld, Chanel's iconic Creative Director for thirty-five years, was a cultural luminary like no other.
Más de cincuenta años después de la filmación de su epopeya Spartacus, Kirk Douglas revela el fascinante drama que tuvo lugar durante la realización de la legendaria película del gladiador.
Publicado por primera vez en 1906, Cómo hacer bien el mal es una clase magistral sobre la subversión impartida por uno de los personajes más reconocidos y misteriosos del siglo XX.
As a young, soccer-mad boy living in rural KwaZulu-Natal, Robert Marawa listened to the commentary of local football derbies on a small, crackling FM radio.
Adapted for younger readers from Born a Crime: And Other Stories - the #1 South African and New York Times bestseller'If my mother had one goal, it was to free my mind.
Shorlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Awards 2022 Non-Fiction Prize'There are moments in life that are pure, and which seem to hang in the air, unhitched from the everyday world as we know it.
