Biography: arts and entertainment

The perfect time for a reissue: In October 2009, PBS will air a ninety-minute primetime special on Joan Baez as part of the Emmy Award-winning American Masters series.

TELL IT ALL, TELL IT EARLY, TELL IT YOURSELF Nobody ever calls Lanny Davis to give him good news.

Discover the unique, profound, and unlikely yet enduring friendship between two of the most prominent and beloved celebrities of all timeElizabeth Taylor and Michael Jacksonin this exhaustively researchedconsistently absorbing (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) biography.

';A vivid page-turner' (NPR) detailing the rise, fall, and redemption of Broadwayits stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the drama, intrigue, and power plays that happened behind the scenes.

From celebrated entertainer Michael Feinstein comes a beautifully illustrated account of the lives and legacies of the Gershwinstold through stories of twelve of their greatest songs.

Dieses eBook: "Briefe eines Verstorbenen" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The appearance of this self-portrait by Patrick White is a literary event for which his readers and admirers have long hoped.

In Eminent Hipsters, musician and songwriter Donald Fagen, best known as the co-founder of the rock band Steely Dan, presents an autobiographical portrait that touches on everything from the cultural figures that mattered the most to him as a teenager, to his years in the late 1960s at Bard College, to a hilarious account of a recent tour he made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald.

All Our Todays is the first book about the BBC's most influential news and current affairs programme, published to celebrate Today's 40th anniversary in October 1997.

'[W]hen I found Rice's work I absolutely loved how she took that genre and (.

In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, the beloved food writer Ruth Reichl returns with more tales full of love, life, humour and marvellous meals.

Steve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children.

Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Roger Fry for many years - after his death she wrote this loving account of his passion for art, his own painting, and his challenging critical theories.

'REVELATORY' - DAILY TELEGRAPH *****'FASCINATING' - OBSERVER'ENGROSSING' - DAILY MAIL'You ll worry at your hunger to keep on reading, but you won t be able to stop' - GUARDIAN, Book of the Year David Litvinoff was one of the great mythic characters of 60s London.

Despite many wanting him to fail, Piers Morgan took over from US TV legend Larry King at CNN in 2010 and went on to cover some of the most shocking news events in recent US history, such as the killing of Osama bin Laden, the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy and horrific shooting rampages including the Newtown school massacre.

Since forming in 2007, JLS have achieved everything they'd hoped for and more.

You probably know Simon Napier-Bell as the manager of the Yardbirds.

Sunday Times BestsellerWith a brand new introduction for 2020.

Felix Dennis, notorious multimillionaire publisher, first started writing poetry after a life-threatening illness.

Fast approaching his fortieth birthday, Andrew is cornered at a family gathering by the nine-year-old son of his brother-in-law's sister.

Spontaneous, hilarious, irrepressible and, of course, trailblazing - Kenny Everett was revolutionary in television and radio comedy.

Mark Wallington has a dream.

In 1956, at the age of 22, Alan Bates was cast in John Osborne's controversial play, Look Back in Anger.

Winner of the National Book Awards Autobiography of the YearThe long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors*As seen in David and Jay s Touring Toolshed on BBC Two*Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing.

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London during the Blitz was a time of hardship, heroism and hope.

Alan Root is one of the great wildlife pioneers.

Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 Winner of the New Angle Book Prize 2017John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 and in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill.

Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century.

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles.

'An invigorating discussion of general ills, this collection of autobiographical essays ranges over adultery and parenthood, ghosts and gods, fiction and football.

As heard on Radio 4 Book of the WeekLina Prokofiev was alone in her Moscow apartment one night when the telephone rang.

For decades, Grace Coddington s personal touch has steered wildly imaginative fashion spreads in Vogue magazine.

From the author of The Satanic Verses and Midnight's Children comes an unflinchingly honest and fiercely funny account of a life turned upside-down.

Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models.

It s the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas.

The story of the Rolling Stones is one of the epic rock 'n' roll yarns of our time.

The intimate - and surprising - autobiography of Britain's most adored bandPrepare to meet the real McFly In 2003, Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Harry Judd and Dougie Poynter came together and formed what would become one of the most popular and successful bands in the UK.

Katie Price: model, businesswoman, author and Celebrity Big Brother 2015 winner, tells all in this explosive autobiographyThe last three years of Katie Price's life have been as dramatic as ever.

The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerForty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures.

When David Lines first heard This is the Modern World by The Jam, it sparked off a love affair that continues to this day.

In 2002, Just For The Record was the book that everyone was talking about.

** Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award **Fanatical about cricket since he was a boy, Miles Jupp would do anything to see his heroes play.

A true great of British comedy, Ronald Ronnie Corbett, is hailed as one of the finest comedians of his generation.

Known for his intelligent and often surreal humour, Paul Merton s weekly appearances on BBC1 s Have I Got News For You as well as Radio 4 s Just A Minute and his travel documentaries have seen him become an artfully rebellious fixture in our lives for over 25 years.

From its first episode in 1973, Open All Hours was an instant hit.

Forged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control.

When Fred Dibnah debuted on television in 1979, British audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from Bolton who fell in love with England's decaying industrial landscape and an exhaustive storyteller whose charm and wit was matched only by his down-to-earth manner.

A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZEHow do you lose music?