Biography: arts and entertainment Books
MO - University of Illinois Press Spike Lee
Book SynopsisSince the release of Do the Right Thing in 1989, Spike Lee has established himself as a cinematic icon. Lee's mostly independent films garner popular audiences while at the same time engaging in substantial political and social commentary. The author argues that Lee uses excess in his films to intervene in issues of philosophy, politics, and art.Trade Review"This collection brings valuable attention to the largely overlooked experiences of Asian Americans in the southern US. . . . An important contribution to Asian American studies. Essential."--Choice "In this invaluable study, Todd McGowan describes Spike Lee as a political theorist whose films always go 'too far.' In this way Lee vividly illustrates how we are defined as human subjects by what 'exceeds' us: the disturbing and often unconscious passions that break out in sexuality, violence, and the racism we disclaim. According to McGowan, far from considering this excess of being from a moralistic perspective, Lee uses each of his films to explore both its deadly consequences and its ambiguous role in driving the passions bound up in thought, emotion, and behavior. This book brings the kind of philosophical focus to Lee's work that has long been needed, without sacrificing close attention to the aesthetic elements and historical contexts of the films." --Susan White, Associate Professor of Film and Literature, University of Arizona"McGowan's decision to ignore the specificity of Lee's life and engage a rather theoretical, straightforwardly auteurist reading of Lee's oeuvre yields specific, fascinating readings of individual films."--Slant Magazine "Several of the films produced by 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks and directed by the prominent director Spike Lee are intricately analysed by Todd McGowan with poise, eloquence, and succinctness ending in a brilliant diegesis. From the start the author formulates for the reader the profound value the concept excess holds in crucially interpreting Spike Lee as not only an iconic political filmmaker but an artist committed to using excess as a unique peculiarity throughout his film repertoire."--Ethnic and Racial Studies"A solid look at director Spike Lee's often controversial and always to-the-point films. . . . A well-thought-out assessment."--Library Journal"Spike Lee is an enlightening take on the numerous ways excess plays a significant role in the films of Spike Lee and serves as an alternative look into a complex filmmaker."--Film Matters
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University of Illinois Press Colin McPhee
Book SynopsisColin McPhee was a performer, writer, and pioneer among Western composers in turning to Asia for inspiration. A close friend of Aaron Copland, Carlos Chavez, Henry Cowell, and Virgil Thomson, he played a vital role in new music activities in New York in the 1920s. But his most important accomplishments emerged from his devotion to the music of Bali. After hearing rare recordings of the Balinese gamelan--a percussion orchestra with delicately layered textures and clangorous sounds--McPhee traveled to Bali to learn more. There, he worked closely with Western anthropologists like Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson. McPhee became a devoted and meticulous chronicler of Balinese musical culture in classic texts like Music of Bali while integrating Balinese and Western music into an imaginative hybrid that anticipated work by John Cage, Lou Harrison, and Steve Reich.A fascinating portrait of an unconventional artist-scholar, Colin McPhee evocatively looks at key issues Trade Review"A strong and necessary argument for the reconsideration of McPhee's work as a composer."--Larry Polansky, Ethnomusicology"Carol Oja has recounted his story with outstanding thoroughness and sensitivity. . . . McPhee's legacy is a small body of specialized work, creative and scholarly, that suggested new paths in the music of this century. It deserved--indeed, awaited--the full and well-balanced study Oja has given it."--John Beckwith, American Music
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University of Illinois Press Composing a World
Book SynopsisComposing a World is the definitive work on Lou Harrison, the prolific California composer often cited as one of America''s most original and influential figures. The product of extensive research, including seventy-five interviews with the composer and those associated with him over half a century, Composing a World includes chapters on music and dance, intonation and tuning, instrument building, music criticism, Harrison''s political activism, homosexuality, Asian influences, and final years. This edition features an updated catalog of works reflecting compositions completed after 1997. It also includes an annotated work list detailing more than 300 compositions and a CD featuring over seventy-four minutes of illustrative Harrison compositions, including several unique and previously unrecorded works.A compelling and deeply human portrait, Composing a World offers an indispensable study of a beloved musical pioneer.Trade Review"Garrulous and loving, remarkably successful in distilling abstruse musical manipulation--e.g., the mathematics governing the many kinds of tuning in Harrison's music--this is one of those rare musical biographies that draws you close to the subject with words of kindness rather than scholarly gobbledygook or scabrous patter."--Alan Rich, San Francisco Sunday Examiner"An inspirational assessment of the American maverick."--BBC Music Magazine"[S]eemingly manages the impossible in striking a perfect balance between convention and alterity, seriousness and humor, scholarship and celebration, erudition and readability, macrocosm and microcosm . . . A minor musicological miracle."--David Nicholls, Notes
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University of Illinois Press Kim Kiduk
Book Synopsis This study investigates the controversial motion pictures written and directed by the independent filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, one of the most acclaimed Korean auteurs in the English-speaking world. Propelled by underdog protagonists who can only communicate through shared corporeal pain and extreme violence, Kim''s graphic films have been classified by Western audiences as belonging to sensationalist East Asian 'extreme' cinema, and Kim has been labeled a 'psychopath' and 'misogynist' in South Korea. Drawing upon both Korean-language and English-language sources, Hye Seung Chung challenges these misunderstandings, recuperating Kim''s oeuvre as a therapeutic, yet brutal cinema of Nietzschean ressentiment (political anger and resentment deriving from subordination and oppression). Chung argues that the power of Kim''s cinema lies precisely in its ability to capture, channel, and convey the raw emotions of protagonists who live on the bottom rungs of KoreanTrade Review"An immensely informative study of one of the world's most provocative and challenging filmmakers. . . . Kim Ki-duk is a contribution of considerable significance."-- The Journal of Asian Studies "The definitive work on Kim Ki-duk. Hye Seung Chung consistently brings new insights and an original perspective to this divisive director's work." --Daniel Martin, Queen's University Belfast
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University of Illinois Press John Sayles
Book SynopsisA consideration of the distinctly independent filmmaker's explicitly political cinemaTrade Review"An insightful and thorough study of an important film director. Bringing to bear his broad knowledge of cinema, literature, and popular culture, David R. Shumway's study will appeal to fans of Sayles's work and others interested in the politics of American cinema."--Lucy Fischer, editor of American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations"A thoughtful overview."--Times Literary Supplement
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MO - University of Illinois Press Marga Richter
Book SynopsisBeyond Blackberry Vines and Winter Fruit - the life and works of an important woman composerTrade Review"Recommended."--Choice"Marga Richter has long been a highly respected contributor to classical repertoire, and this volume is significant as the first focused examination of her life and oeuvre. It will be valued by musicians and nonmusicians alike who are interested in contemporary classical music."--Ellen K. Grolman, author of Joan Tower: The Comprehensive Bio-Bibliography
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Hachette Books Whatever Next
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Hachette Books Heavy Duty
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Alfred A. Knopf A Life of Picasso IV The Minotaur Years
Book SynopsisThe beautifully illustrated fourth volume of Picasso’s life—set in France and Spain during the Spanish Civil War and World War II—covers friendships with the surrealist painters; artistic inspiration around Guernica and the Minotaur; and his muses Marie-Thérèse, Dora Maar, and Françoise Gilot; and much more.Including 271 stunning illustrations and drawing on original and exhaustive research from interviews and never-before-seen material in the Picasso family archives, this book opens with a visit by the Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï to Picasso’s chateau in Normandy, Boisgeloup, where he would take his iconic photographs of the celebrated plaster busts of Marie-Thérèse, Picasso’s mistress and muse. Picasso was contributing to André Breton’s Minotaur magazine and he was also spending more time with the likes of Man Ray, Salvador Dalí, Lee Miller, and the poet Paul &Eacu
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Random House USA Inc All of Me
Book SynopsisIn this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid.“After ‘Snowbird’ hit, I was swept up like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and catapulted into a strange new universe … If I thought for a moment that I was really in control of events, I was deluded.” Anne MurrayAn unflinching self-portrait of Canada’s first great female recording artist, All of Me documents the life of Anne Murray, from her humble origins in the tragedy-plagued coal-mining town of Springhill, Nova Scotia, to her arrival on the world stage. Anne recounts her story: the battles with her record companies over singles and albums; the struggle with drug- and alcohol-ridden band members; the terrible guilt and loneliness of being away from her two young ch
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Random House USA Inc Elvis My Best Man
Book SynopsisThe touching story of thirty years of friendship between George Klein and the King that “offers an insider’s view of Presley the man as opposed to Presley the singer, actor, and icon” (Associated Press). “You capture the essence of Elvis not only in dialogue, but also in giving the reader a sense of his personality, humor, and his spirit of play.”—Priscilla Presley When George Klein was an eighth grader at Humes High, he couldn’t have known how important the new kid with the guitar—the boy named Elvis—would later become in his life. But from the first time GK (as he was nicknamed by Elvis) heard this kid sing, he knew that Elvis Presley was someone extraordinary. During Elvis’s rise to fame and throughout the wild swirl of his remarkable life, Klein was a steady presence and one of Elvis’s closest and most loyal friends until his untimely death in 1977. In Elvis: My Best Man, a heartfelt, entertaining, and long-awaited contribution to our understanding of Elvis Presley and the early days of rock ’n’ roll, George Klein writes with great affection for the friend he knew about who the King of Rock ’n’ Roll really was and how he acted when the stage lights were off. This fascinating chronicle of boundary-breaking and music-making through one of the most intriguing and dynamic stretches of American history overflows with insights and anecdotes from someone who was in the middle of it all. From the good times at Graceland to hanging out with Hollywood stars to butting heads with Elvis’s iron-handed manager, Colonel Tom Parker, to making sure that Elvis’s legacy is fittingly honored, GK was a true friend of the King and a trailblazer in the music industry in his own right.
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St Martin's Press If Chins Could Kill
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Little, Brown & Company The Beatles
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Little, Brown & Company Bossypants
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Back Bay Books Showboat
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Little, Brown & Company Its a Long Story
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Little Brown and Company What Really Happens in Vegas
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Little Brown and Company AList Angels How a Band of Actors Artists and
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Little Brown and Company LPTIGER TIGER
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Little Brown and Company The House of Kennedy
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Random House USA Inc Still Me
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Random House Publishing Group Twenty Thousand Roads
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Errand Into the Maze
Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of the visionary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux Fragments
Book SynopsisFragments is an eventan unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe''s humanity.Marilyn''s image is so universal that we can''t help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notorietyand by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her.Beyond the headlinesand the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and desolationwas a woman far more curious, searching, witty, and hopeful than the one the world got to know. Now, for the first time, readers can meet the private Marilyn and understand her in a way we never have before. Fragments is an unprecedented collection of written artifactsnotes to herself, letters, even poemsin Marilyn''s own handwriting, never before published, along with rarel
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux NinetyNine Glimpses of Princess Margaret
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Random House USA Inc Nureyev
Book SynopsisRudolf Nureyev, one of the most iconic dancers of the twentieth century, had it all: beauty, genius, charm, passion, and sex appeal. No other dancer of our time has generated the same excitement, for both men and women, on or off the stage. In this superb biography, Julie Kavanagh deftly brings us through the professional and personal milestones of Nureyev's life and career: his education at the Kirov school in Leningrad; his controversial defection from the USSR in 1961; his long-time affair with the Danish dancer Erik Bruhn; his legendary partnership with Margot Fonteyn at the Royal Ballet in London. We see his fiery collaborations with almost all the major living choreographers including Ashton, Balanchine, Robbins, Graham, and Taylor. And we see Nureyev as he reinvigorated the Paris Ballet Opera in the early 1980s before his death from AIDS complications in 1993. Nureyev: The Life is the most intimate, revealing, and dramatic picture we have ever had of this dazzlin
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Random House USA Inc So Anyway...
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc Come As You Are
Book SynopsisThe definitive biography of the revolutionary band Nirvana and its star-crossed frontman Kurt Cobain, hailed by Rolling Stone as “the first [book] to comprehensively tell the band’s tale from Aberdeen, Wash., to world domination” “Amazingly raw and candid . . . an unsparing and extremely honest depiction of the group’s highly tumultuous history . . . Come As You Are is as good as rock bios get.”—Billboard“Just tell the truth. That’ll be better than anything else that’s been written about me.”—Kurt CobainNirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X.Come As You Are is the close-up, intimate story of Nirvana—the only b
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Random House USA Inc Rogues True Stories of Grifters Killers Rebels
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Random House Canada Where I Belong
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WW Norton & Co One Love
Book SynopsisAn intimate portrait of two years on the eve of fame by a friend and collaborator of the Wailers.
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WW Norton & Co Elvis Presley The Rebel Years Schirmers Visual
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Penguin Putnam Inc Monologue What Makes America Laugh Before Bed
Book SynopsisJon Macks is one of the greatest comedy writers of all time.—Chris RockA hilarious, revealing look behind the history and culture of American late-night TV, by a longtime comedy writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Ever since Johnny Carson first popularized the late-night talk show in 1962 with The Tonight Show, the eleven p.m. to two a.m. comedy time slot on network television has remained an indelible part of our national culture. More than six popular late-night shows air every night of the week, and with recent major shake-ups in the industry, late-night television has never been more relevant to our public consciousness than it is today. Jon Macks, a veteran writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, takes us behind the scenes of this world for an in-depth, colorful look at what really makes these hosts the arbiters of public opinion. From the opening monologue—what’s funny, what’s dangerous, what’s untouchable—to the best vs. worst guests, Macks covers the landscape of late-night comedy and punctuates the narrative with hysterical personal anecdotes, shining the spotlight on some of the very best late night jokes, and drawing from more than half a million of his own jokes written over the span of twenty years. With an insider’s expertise and a laugh-out-loud voice, Macks explains how late-night TV redefines the news and events of any given day, reshapes public opinion, and even creates our national zeitgeist.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Love Lucy Berkley Boulevard Celebrity
Book SynopsisTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe one and only autobiography by the iconic Lucille Ball, hailed by TV Guide as the “#1 Greatest TV Star of All Time.”Love, Lucy is the valentine Lucille Ball left for her fans—a warm, wise, and witty memoir written by Lucy herself. The legendary star of the classic sitcom I Love Lucy was at the pinnacle of her success when she sat down to record the story of her life. No comedienne had made America laugh so hard, no television actress had made the leap from radio and B movies to become one of the world's best-loved performers. This is her story—in her own words.The story of the ingenue from Jamestown, New York, determined to go to Broadway, destined to make a big splash, bound to marry her Valentino, Desi Arnaz. In her own inimitable style, she tells of their life together—both storybook and turbulent; intimate memories of their children and frTrade ReviewPraise for Love, Lucy“We watched her, we loved her...Lucy fans will find the book fascinating.”—Detroit News“Her story is one of triumph...a winner.”—New York Newsday“A warm, conversational memoir...Lucille Ball died in 1989, so it's a shock to hear the gleeful, guiless voice of ‘America’s favorite redhead’ ring out with such vitality in an autobiography.”—The New York Times Book Review“An extremely interesting memoir...It’s a way to discover first hand what was most important to Lucy—like Desi, her mother, her family and kids, the career, her mentor Lela Rogers—and what was not. She was the geniuine article. So is this book.”—Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter
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Time Warner Trade Publishing The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
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Little, Brown & Company SeriouslyIm Kidding
Book SynopsisDeGeneres is a beloved stand-up comedian, television host, bestselling author, and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," and was also a judge on "American Idol" in its ninth season in 2009. These are anecdotes and stories from her life.
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Time Warner Trade Publishing Kiss
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) Gone
Book SynopsisThe spellbinding memoir of a violin virtuoso who loses the instrument that had defined her both on stage and off -- and who discovers, beyond the violin, the music of her own voice Her first violin was tiny, harsh, factory-made; her first piece was “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.” But from the very beginning, Min Kym knew that music was the element in which she could swim and dive and soar. At seven years old, she was a prodigy, the youngest ever student at the famed Purcell School. At eleven, she won her first international prize; at eighteen, violinist great Ruggiero Ricci called her “the most talented violinist I’ve ever taught.” And at twenty-one, she found “the one,” the violin she would play as a soloist: a rare 1696 Stradivarius. Her career took off. She recorded the Brahms concerto and a world tour was planned.Then, in a London café, her violin was stolen. She felt as though she had lost her soulmate,
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Penguin Publishing Group Bound For Glory Plume
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1943, this autobiography is also a superb portrait of America's Depression years, by the folk singer, activist, and man who saw it all.Woody Guthrie was born in Oklahoma and traveled this whole country over—not by jet or motorcycle, but by boxcar, thumb, and foot. During the journey of discovery that was his life, he composed and sang words and music that have become a national heritage. His songs, however, are but part of his legacy. Behind him Woody Guthrie left a remarkable autobiography that vividly brings to life both his vibrant personality and a vision of America we cannot afford to let die. “Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.”—The NationTrade Review“Even readers who never heard Woody or his songs will understand the current esteem in which he’s held after reading just a few pages… Always shockingly immediate and real, as if Woody were telling it out loud… A book to make novelists and sociologists jealous.”—The Nation"Deserves the attention of this generation... It is not only a fascinating autobiography, it is a voice from the grass roots of America... Woody speaks for the indomitable spirit of an independent man who set out to do his own thing."—Library Journal"Woody Guthrie was the greatest composer and singer of folk songs America has produced. In his autobiography, he tells how he grew up in Oklahoma, rode the rails, and found inspiration for his music through his own hard times during the Depression. As his songs attrest, he's a good prose stylist, with an ear for the patterns of American speech."—The Washington PostTable of ContentsForeword: "So Long, Woody, It's Been Good to Know Ya" by Pete SeegerA Tribute to Woody Guthrie by Stewart L. Udall, Secretary of the Interior I. Soldiers in the DustII. Empty Snuff CansIII. I Ain't Mad at NobodyIV. New KittensV. Mister CycloneVI. BoomchasersVII. Cain't No Gang Whip Us NowVIII. Fire ExtinguishersIX. A Fast-Running Train Whistles DownX. The Junking SackXI. Boy in Search of SomethingXII. Trouble BustingXIII. Off to CaliforniaXIV. The House on the HillXV. The Telegram that Never CameXVI. Stormy NightXVII. Extra SelectsXVIII. CrossroadsXIX. Train Bound for GloryPostscript
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The University of Michigan Press Franz Kafka
Book SynopsisGrapples with the critical and subversive dimension of Franz Kafka’s writings, which is often hidden or masked by the fabulistic character of the work. Löwy’s reading has generated controversy, because of its distance from the usual canon of literary criticism about the Prague writer, but the book has been well received in its original French edition.Trade ReviewThis reading of Kafka so thorough, consistent, and inspired can surprise, but it convinces; not by the aggressive assertion of a thesis, but by the quality of information, the rigor and finesse of listening; in short, by knowledge.- Guy Petitdemange, Etudes, July 2004
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Franz Kafka
Book SynopsisGrapples with the critical and subversive dimension of Franz Kafka’s writings, which is often hidden or masked by the fabulistic character of the work. Löwy’s reading has generated controversy, because of its distance from the usual canon of literary criticism about the Prague writer, but the book has been well received in its original French edition.Trade ReviewThis reading of Kafka so thorough, consistent, and inspired can surprise, but it convinces; not by the aggressive assertion of a thesis, but by the quality of information, the rigor and finesse of listening; in short, by knowledge.- Guy Petitdemange, Etudes, July 2004
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Lives of the Surrealists Desmond Morris
Book SynopsisTrade Review'Morris’s eye for detail is a delight. He writes with a pleasingly conversational tone and a dry humour and affection that undercuts the more preposterous behaviour described here … Juicy little nuggets litter the book' - The Times'Concise, factual, witty and entertaining' - Art Book Review'Fascinating' - Mature Times'An exceptionally lively, crisply written, independent-minded survey of one of the most bizarre groups of misfits who ever lived' - Mail on Sunday'Gossipy, waspish, biased, score-settling and very entertaining' - Literary Review'Informative and intriguing' - The Lady'If you have a taste for zany characters, outlandish conduct and the partner-swapping of post-WW1 mavericks who stuck their fingers up at the establishment, then you will not experience a second’s boredom … this book is a carnival of wackiness' - Big Issue'Uproariously funny … [Morris’s] anecdotes are all told with a dry but good-natured humour … these figures make for highly entertaining company' - The Spectator'Vastly entertaining … Morris has all the scrupulousness of a scientist but he also has the eye of a novelist' - Financial Times'Vastly entertaining' - The Oldie'Peppered with personal anecdotes and colourful detail, this is a lighthearted and entertaining read' - Vanity Fair'Very moreish' - The Herald, Books of the YearTable of ContentsForeword • Introduction • Eileen Agar • Jean (Hans) Arp • Francis Bacon • Hans Bellmer • Victor Brauner • André Breton • Alexander Calder • Leonora Carrington • Giorgio de Chirico • Salvador Dalí • Paul Delvaux • Marcel Duchamp • Max Ernst • Leonor Fini • Wilhelm Freddie • Alberto Giacometti • Arshile Gorky • Wifredo Lam • Conroy Maddox • René Magritte • André Masson • Roberto Matta • Edouard Mesens • Joan Miró • Meret Oppenheim • Wolfgang Paalen • Roland Penrose • Pablo Picasso • Man Ray • Yves Tanguy • Dorothea Tanning • Major Surrealist Group Exhibitions
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Random House USA Inc Mamas Boy
Book SynopsisThis heartfelt, deeply personal memoir explores how a celebrated filmmaker and activist and his conservative Mormon mother built bridges across today’s great divides—and how our stories hold the power to heal. • Adapted as an HBO documentary now streaming on HBO Max.“A beautifully written, utterly compelling account of growing up poor and gay with a thrice married, physically disabled, deeply religious Mormon mother, and the imprint this irrepressible woman made on the character of Dustin Lance Black.” —Jon Krakauer, bestselling author of Missoula and Under the Banner of HeavenDustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn California’s anti–gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ activist he has unlikely origins—a conservative Mormon household outside San Antonio, Texas. There he was raised by a single mother who, as
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Carson McCullers
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Alfred A. Knopf The Nolan Variations
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at Christopher Nolan, considered to be the most profound, commercially successful director at work today, written with his full cooperation. A rare, revelatory portrait, as close as you''re ever going to get to the Escher drawing that is Christopher Nolan''s remarkable brain (Sam Mendes). In chapters structured by themes and motifs (Time; Chaos; Dreams), Shone offers an unprecedented intimate view of the director. Shone explores Nolan''s thoughts on his influences, his vision, his enigmatic childhood past--and his movies, from plots and emotion to identity and perception, including his latest blockbuster, the action-thriller/spy-fi Tenet (Big, brashly beautiful, grandiosely enjoyable--Variety). Filled with the director''s never-before-seen photographs, storyboards, and scene sketches, here is Nolan on the evolution of his pictures, and the writers, artists, directors, and thinkers who have inspired and informed his films. Fabulous: intelligent, illuminating, rigorous, and highly readable. The very model of what a filmmaking study should be. Essential reading for anyone who cares about Nolan or about film for that matter.--Neal Gabler, author of An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood and Walt Disney, The Biography
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Random House USA Inc Going Off Script How I Survived a Crazy Childhood
Book SynopsisNow in paperback, the New York Times bestseller from the entertainment journalist, television personality, reality show star, and author, Giuliana Rancic. In her hilarious memoir Going Off Script, Giuliana Rancic gives readers an honest look at her life on and off camera. From a young age she dreamed of becoming a TV anchorwoman, but her path to her dream job was far from straight, leading her instead to Hollywood news and a bounty of LA misadventures (featuring notables such as Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Russell Crowe). In spite of her glamorous Hollywood life, however, Giuliana could not escape some rockier times, including her battles with infertility and breast cancer. Here, she reveals the whole truth behind her well-publicized struggles, and the highly controversial decisions she had to make. Candid, funny, and poignant, Going Off Script is an autobiography that proves you don't always have to foll
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Faber & Faber Touching from a Distance Ian Curtis Joy Division
Book SynopsisThe only in-depth biographical account of the legendary lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow.Revered by his peers and idolized by his fans, Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. Mesmerizing on stage but introverted and prone to desperate mood swings in his private life, Curtis died by his own hand on 18 May 1980.Touching from a Distance documents how, with a wife, child and impending international fame, Curtis was seduced by the glory of an early grave. Regarded as the essential book on the essential icon of the post-punk era, Touching from a Distance includes a full set of Curtis's lyrics and a discography and gig list.
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Random House USA Inc Palace Papers
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors with sprinkles of Keats.”—The New York Times (Notable Book of the Year)ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Elle, Town & Country“Never again” became Queen Elizabeth II’s mantra shortly after Princess Diana’s tragic death. More specifically, there could never be “another Diana”—a member of the family whose global popularity upstaged, outshone, and posed an existential threat to the British monarchy.Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace P
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