Biography: arts and entertainment Books
The Unapologetic Voice House LLC Born Funny: A Comic's Chronicle Through the Rise
Book SynopsisStand-Up Comedy is a battlefield not for the faint of heart. You either die on that stage or you kill. In 2002, Steve Collin was a brand spanking new comic who accidentally stumbled onto a burgeoning irreverent New York comedy movement in its infancy. Alternative Comedy quickly gained a following as a backlash to the stale 'club style' of the 80's. It was new and exciting, and Steve's loose style of comedy was a perfect fit for the 'Alt' scene. But in comedy, timing is everything…just one misstep and you become a cautionary tale or a punchline. A former class clown and comedic natural, Steve enters the stand-up world wholly unprepared for the rejection, heavy drinking and cut-throat competition accompanying it. Recognized early on by comedy tastemakers as a talent to watch, and swiftly securing a litany of TV credits, Steve soon gets caught up in a whirlwind of endless shows, free drinks and the unrelenting New York City nightlife."Born Funny: A Comic's Chronicle Through the Rise of Alt Comedy", is a novel based on the author's stand-up comedy experience during the significant era that launched a generation of comedy talent. Featuring cameos from many well-known future comedy stars before they made it big, some names have been changed, including the author's.
£16.10
Crown Publishing Group (NY) Era of Ignition: Coming of Age in a Time of Rage
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£11.04
Crown Publishing Group (NY) Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of
Book SynopsisThe behind-the-scenes story of the iconic funnymen who ruled '80s Hollywood—Bill Murray, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Eddie Murphy—and the beloved films that made them stars, including Animal House, Caddyshack, and GhostbustersNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEW YORK“An enjoyable romp that vividly captures the manic ups and downs of the remarkable group of funny folk who gave us a golden age of small and big screen comedy, from SNL to Groundhog Day.”—Peter Biskind, author of Easy Riders, Raging BullsWild and Crazy Guys opens in 1978 with Chevy Chase and Bill Murray taking bad-tempered swings at each other backstage at Saturday Night Live, and closes 21 years later with the two doing a skit in the same venue, poking fun at each other, their illustrious careers, triumphs and prat falls. In between, Nick de Semlyen takes us on a trip through the tumultuous '80s, delving behind the scenes of movies such as National Lampoon's Vacation, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and dozens more. Chronicling the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, John Belushi, John Candy, and Rick Moranis, it's got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes, and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S. Thompson while tied to a lawn chair. What's not to like?Based on candid interviews from many of the stars themselves, as well as those in their immediate orbit, including directors John Landis, Carl Reiner, and Amy Heckerling, Wild and Crazy Guys is a fantastic insider account of the friendships, feuds, triumphs, and disasters experienced by these beloved comedians. Hilarious and revealing, it is both a hidden history of the most fertile period ever for screen comedy and a celebration of some of the most popular films of all time.Praise for Wild and Crazy Guys“Eminently readable . . . Children of the 1980s, take note: this is a fond, engrossing look back at the making of movies that became cultural touchstones.”—Booklist (starred review) “Nick de Semlyen smartly charts the pinballing career paths of the stars of this new comic wave. . . . His punchy, nonstop narrative . . . tells a [story] where art and commerce smash hard against each other, sometimes causing destruction, but sometimes making sparks fly.”—The Sunday Times (UK)
£15.30
The University Press of Kentucky A Front Row Seat
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£27.00
The University Press of Kentucky Helen Morgan
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£63.00
The University Press of Kentucky Yves Montand: The Passionate Voice
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£27.00
Wolsak & Wynn Publishers I Thought He Was Dead: A Spiritual Memoir
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£16.00
The Sutherland House Inc. Norman Jewison: A Director's Life
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£19.94
The Sutherland House Inc. Yoko Ono: An Artful Life
Book SynopsisFor more than sixty years, Yoko Ono has fascinated us as one of the world’s most innovative, radical artists. From a childhood of both extraordinary privilege and extreme deprivation in war-time Japan, she adopted an outsider’s persona and moved to America where, after a spell at Sarah Lawrence College, she made a place for herself in bohemian arts circles. She was already twice divorced and established as a performance artist in the Fluxus movement and in Tokyo’s avant-garde scene before her fortuitous meeting with the Beatles’ John Lennon at a London Gallery in 1966. Their intense yet fraught relationship, reputed to have blown-up the Beatles, made headlines around the world, as did their famous bed-ins in protest of the Vietnam war, and their majestic, Grammy-winning musical collaborations.Through it all, and for decades after Lennon’s tragic death, she remained defiantly herself. Yoko Ono: An Artful Life charts her journey of personal turmoil, artistic evolution, and activism, and at last tells her iconic story on her own terms.
£20.89
The Sutherland House Inc. The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan
Book SynopsisA 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 Rupert''s empire all his life. In this riveting first biography of a little-understood but hugely influential figure, acclaimed journalist Paddy Manning asks: can the dutiful son hang onto the empire, or will the third generation of Murdoch moguls prove the last?Despite a life in the spotlight, Lachlan''s personality, politics, and business acumen remain enigmatic. Is he the ultra-conservative ideologue media reports maintain, or a free-thinking libertarian, as some friends suggest?After emerging victorious from the Murdoch family''s turbulent succession wars, Lachlan is stepping up at a time of unprecedented instability. What can we expect from his time at the helm, and does he have what it takes to chart a future for this century-old company? This is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the global media world, and about America in the age of Trump and Murdoch. It is a book about power, apprenticeship, and succession.
£17.99
Les Belles Lettres Ingrid Bergman
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£23.00
Brepols N.V. Josquin
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£71.37
Brepols N.V. Gaspar Van Weerbeke: New Perspectives on His Life
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£66.50
Brepols N.V. Hobrecht and His Singers
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£66.50
Brepols Publishers The Journey of Phil Trajetta
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£136.80
Bohlau Verlag Edwin Fischer (1886-1960) - Pianist, Dirigent,
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£75.59
Bohlau Verlag Wilhelm Stiassny 1842-1910: Judischer Architekt
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£61.51
Bohlau Verlag Musikreisen in innere Raume: Biographische
Book SynopsisIn the 20th century, listening to music in therapeutic methods was combined with hopes for new paths in the art of healing through the possibilities of modern technology. These hopes have become the lifelong theme of the American musician and music therapist Helen Lindquist Bonny (19212010): As a violinist, she first developed an expertise in classical-romantic aesthetic music before becoming active in music therapy and then with Guided Imagery and Music ( GIM) designed a music-receptive set of methods. Her path through life was linked to efforts towards female emancipation and the reception of a zeitgeist in which the examination of forms of altered waking consciousness was fascinating. Musical journeys into inner spaces opens with her biography a panorama of the early history of receptive music therapy in the 20th century.
£74.10
Brill Fink Das Skizzenbuch Engelmann: Untersuchungen Zu
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£205.20
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Hans Georg Nageli (1773-1836): Einsichten in
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£119.68
Dr Ludwig Reichert Er Ist Original! Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sein
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£28.50
Dr Ludwig Reichert Das Verborgene Band: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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£39.90
Zaphon Bernard V. Bothmer, Egyptologist in the Making,
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£71.25
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El emprendedor: 10 pasos para empezar o potenciar
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£16.96
Planeta Publishing Corp La Verdad Muere de Pie Memorias Truth Dies Standing a Memoir
£14.99
Almuzara Diego de Morón. Biografía del Duende
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£34.69
Ma Non Troppo Aerosmith
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£18.19
Ma Non Troppo El Lado Oscuro del Rock
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£18.84
Ma Non Troppo The Beatles de la A A La Z: La Banda Icónica
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£15.51
Libros del Kultrum Aretha Franklin: Apología Y Martirologio de la
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£16.09
Paginas Libros de Magia Puro Abracadabra
Book SynopsisUn libro aparentemente inofensivo que te introduce en un tejido, en un universo personal que te atrapa, que mezcla aparentes nimiedades con el sentido del universo, que te asoma a multitud de seres de carne y hueso que han tenido gran influencia en el pensamiento, el arte, la magia y la ciencia del siglo XX… Lo que parece ser el sencillo y frÍo relato de un anciano se convierte enseguida en un tapiz en el que todo encaja y es coherente, y a la vez, en el que cada hebra te invita a tirar de ella y sumergirte en un nombre propio, en un libro, en una imagen... La lectura de Puro Abracadabra. AutobiografÍa de Martin Gardner es solo el fascinante primer paso imprescindible para saborear lo que PÁginas tiene preparado para el aÑo 2018. EdiciÓn facsÍmil de ¡Corta la baraja! Se trata de un librillo antiguo de cartomagia de Martin Gardner, que la ediciÓn original en inglÉs de Martin Gardner Presents reproduce en facsÍmil. Contiene juegos de calidad. Todo un aperitivo que prepararÁ a los lectores para la trilogÍa mÁgica siguiente y una invitaciÓn para atraer hacia la magia a los miles de seguidores de Gardner. TrilogÍa de Gardner: Martin Gardner Presents La Magia de Martin Gardner 1: Matemagia La Magia de Martin Gardner 2: Cartomagia La Magia de Martin Gardner 3: Magia de cerca Con prÓlogos de Max Maven, Stephen Minch y del propio GardnerThis unassuming book may look like the simple story of an old man. However, it soon becomes an immersive experience in a captivating universe populated with figures who defined the thought, art, magic, and science of the twentieth century.
£37.47
Urano Mientras Estes Conmigo
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£18.70
Malpaso Editorial Cronicas I Bob Dylan
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£32.33
Herder & Herder VINCENT VAN GOGH
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£25.32
Plan B Records Madonna. Una biografía / Madonna. A Biography
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£31.75
Malpaso Editorial Tanto Que Contar
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£37.48
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Los reyes también lloran / Kings Also Cry
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£30.73
La reina de espadas Queen of Spades
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£18.73
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El diario de la princesa / The Princess Diarist
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£18.25
Contra Lost in Music: Una Odisea Pop
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£28.26
Contra La Chica del Tatuaje Encima del Culo
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£14.65
Ma Non Troppo Deep Purple: Historia de la Saga
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£20.75
Ma Non Troppo Freddie Mercury: La Historia del Gran Mito del
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£27.67
Libros del Kultrum Hípsters Eminentes: Ensayos Reunidos:
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£13.62
Libros del Kultrum Con Billie Holiday: Una Biografía Coral
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£15.28
Libros del Kultrum Mi Historia: Memorias del Fundador de the Who
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£14.36
Libros del Kultrum The Clash: Autobiografía Grupal
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£14.16
Blume J. R. R. Tolkien: Su Vida, Sus Obras Y Su
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£9.50
