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Biography: arts & entertainment
Brand: Random House
Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the story of a culture, an art form, a moment in history, and one of the most provocative and successful artists of our time.Praise for Decoded"Compelling ..
36.02£
Brand: Random House
From his emergence in the 1950s - when an uncannily beautiful young man from Oklahoma appeared in the West Coast and became, seemingly overnight, the prince of 'cool' jazz - until his violent, drug-related death in Amsterdam in 1988, Chet Baker live..
19.79£
Brand: Orion
Michael Palin's bestselling diaries of the 1980s.After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE. Writing and acting in films and televi..
19.40£
Brand: Orion
Michael Palin's bestselling diaries before, during and after Monty Python.Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corne..
20.04£
Best known for the "dead-ant" theme to the Pink Panther films, Henry Mancini also composed the music to Peter Gunn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Orson Welles' Touch of Evil, and the Academy Award winning soundtracks to Victor/Victoria and The Days of Win..
21.50£
A rollicking recounting of the landmark case a writer brought against Miramax, whom he accused of stealing his screenplay and turning it into the cult classic Rounders.When a young screenwriter goes online to check out the promotional website for a ..
21.22£ 22.74£
Brand: The History Press
Even if the name doesnt ring a bell, youd recognise David Tomlinsons face genial and continually perplexed, he was Mr Banks in Mary Poppins, Professor Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug. To many, hes the epitome o..
26.33£
Brand: Random House
In 2016, Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature 'for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition'. This collection of essays by leading poets and critics - with a new foreword by Will Self - examines Dyla..
14.38£
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend.As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. I..
75.15£
Brand: Lion Hudson
Dorothy L. Sayers was a woman of contrasts.A strong Christian, she had a baby - out of wedlock - by a man she did not love. Possessing a fierce intellect, she translated Dante, and also created one of the most popular fictional detectives ever in Lo..
16.68£
Brand: Rare Bird Books
In Double Talkin' Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provides an honest, engaging account of the highs and l..
24.74£
Brand: Transworld
'Engagingly written and scrupulously researched' ObserverAn UPDATED EDITION of Howard Sounes' classic, definitive biography to mark the legendary Bob Dylan's 80th birthday__________Bob Dylan was the first figure in the history of popular music to ch..
23.89£
Brand: BookBaby
Jamie rants about everything from Spotify, who paid her ten cents one quarter, to sharing the road with clueless truckers who don't pull over even when they're dragging a curtain of sparks behind them. Read about a trip to Hawaii where she hardly no..
20.59£
"Omaskêko Cree artist Duane Linklater (b. 1976, Treaty 9 territory, Canada) works across a range of mediums to address the contradictions of contemporary Indigenous life within and beyond settler systems of knowledge, representation, and value. Publ..
24.62£
Duty showcases the work of LGBTQI+ artist, Owen Grant Innes, who as a child struggled to understand how and where he fit in. Somehow the Queen gave him a place to belong and connected him to a world beyond his own. This beautiful art book captures i..
41.77£
Brand: Random House
Steve Coogan was born and raised in Manchester in the 1960s, the fourth of six children. From an early age he entertained his family with impressions and was often told he should 'be on the telly'. Failing to get into any of the London-based drama s..
14.51£
An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful meditation on history, race, capitalism and art.Henry Threadgill has had a singular life in music. At 78, the jazz saxophonist, flautist, and celebrated co..
29.02£
Brand: Backbeat
Elegant People is the definitive history of Weather Report, the premier fusion band of the 1970s and beyond. ISBN: 9781493059997Publisher: BackbeatImprint: BackbeatPublished date: 02 Jul 2021DEWEY: 782.421650922DEWEY edition: 23Language: EnglishNumb..
37.59£
Brand: Princeton University Press
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating, important, and influential figures in the history of British music. He rose from humble beginnings and achieved fame with music that to this day is beloved by audiences in England,..
34.62£
Brand: Welbeck Publishing
Meticulously researched and drawing on many original interviews with close friends and associates, Elton John: The Biography is a serious and weighty, but also page-turningly entertaining, biography of one of the most important musical icons of the ..
18.81£
Brand: Random House
The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerForty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures. There has been an impressive array of bestselling Elvis books over the years, but there has never been a boo..
15.72£
Brand: Little Brown and Company
Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a classic so influential as to be almost synonymous with the ongoing vinyl revival. ..
27.62£ 28.43£
Brand: Ebury Publishing
The man known simply as 'Enge' by his millions of fans worldwide has sold over 150 million records and is in the Guinness Book of Records for achieving 56 consecutive weeks in the chart with 'Release Me'.From living on the dole and receiving last ri..
16.85£
Brand: Random House
Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star.Like Dylan and McCartney, he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of h..
11.53£