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'The loveliest and certainly the most human book about pop music I've ever read A delightful and humane soap opera, a real page-turner, full of rounded and entirely recognisable characters.'

Jon Ronson, Daily Telegraph

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A scandalous story of money, drugs, fast cars, high politics, lowly crime, hundreds of beautiful woman and one man, Porfirio Rubirosa from the celebrated author of RAT PACK CONFIDENTIAL.

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This is a 50-year retrospective of some of the work of scrimshander Marvin M. Cohen.

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The intimate chronicle of one of our leading composers and writers.

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In a sequel to Dave Oliphant's The Early Swing Era: 1930 to 1941, McClellan (professional education, Berklee College of Music, Boston) profiles big bands, vocalists, and small groups playing swing music during World War II and--unlike most commentators-- on through the next decade.

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For everyone who has fallen in love with Latin music, a guide to its many styles that also traces its place in American music and culture

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From the terrified double-takes of Lou Costello and Bob Hope and the rapid-fire wisecracks of Michael Keaton's Beetlejuice to the ghoulish sight gags of Shaun of the Dead, horror and humor have been intertwined, on screens large and small, for decades. This edited collection o...

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The purpose of this book is simple: to serve as a picture book to aide you on your journey toward inner peace and spiritual enlightenment.

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This is the diary of Brian Cox, in which he describes the emotional and physical problems that came with playing the all-consuming role of King Lear. It also reveals the personal strains of touring, in particular the problems of being separated from his family as he embarks on a year-long tour.

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"At the time of Mark Rothko's apparent suicide in 1970, the deeply troubled, pioneering artist of Abstract Expressionism was at the height of fame and financial success; yet within months of the funera"

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Art and Lives of Twelve Great Bluesmen

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"Huddie Ledbetter (1889--1949), known to millions of fans simply as Leadbelly, was arguably the most famous black singer in American history. His close musical associations included such towering figure"

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Published in 1845 as the first adequate account of Mozart to appear in English, Holmes' biography also was the first to be based upon Mozart's letters and the memoirs written following the composer's death in 1791.

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This volume analyses major French plays of the 1830s, focusing on their theatricality, and on the ways in which they expose the workings of the theatre rather than conceal them. It breaks new ground in nineteenth-century theatre scholarship while proposing a fresh direction in the study of text and performance. -- .

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This coloring book is a dedication to the type and beauty of the Lippitt Morgan Horse. This magnificent morgan type has the highest percentage of Justin Morgan blood. There are only approximately 1,500 Lippitts presently in the world. They are considered an endangered species. The Lippitt Morgan is known for their Morgan Type, versatility, intelligence, stamina, and personality

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Drawing together all kinds of writing about and around Live Art, the Almanac is both a useful resource and a great read for artists, writers, students and others interested in the field of interdisciplinary, performance-based art.

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Australia likes to celebrate its musical heritage, but there are so many stories that haven't been told.

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The screenplay of the classic British gangster film. Harold Shand has made it from Whitechapel to running his own "corporation", even forging links with the Mafia. Everything indeed is coming up roses, until the Easter weekend when enemies unknown embark on a series of lethal outrages against him.

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It is a story to rival the best detective fiction - a story of audacious thieves, art forgers, shadowy conmen, millionaire collectors, a global manhunt, and the most beautiful and enigmatic woman in the world, Mona Lisa Gioconda.

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Following the life and times of Prince John, the forgotten youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary, this dramatization reveals how, diagnosed as epileptic and suffering from learning difficulties he was shut away at the age of 12 to prevent the family from public embarrassment.

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Songs such as A Room with a View, The Stately Homes of England, Mad Dogs and Englishmen and Mrs Worthington are known and sung the world over. This edition gathers together over 250 of Nol Coward's lyrics, arranged in chronological order and grouped by show.