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Louis Armstrong was the founding father of jazz and one of this century's towering cultural figures, yet the full story of his extravagant life has never been told. Born in 1901 to the sixteen-year-……続きを見る

Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt……続きを見る

THE GREAT HOUDINI A Play in Two Acts The newspaper headlines are being barked, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Houdini dies! Death ends career of the King of Magic". At least that's what the headl……続きを見る

This explosive autobiographical volume is about entertainer Jerry Castaldo growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, NY, his agonizing descent into the darkness of the city's underbelly and his de……続きを見る

This book contains the definitive treatment of the stories, texts, and music of Turandot, Gianni Schicchi, The Barber of Bagdad, Thaïs, Eugen Onegin, Prince Igor, The Golden Cockerel, Elektra, Orfeo……続きを見る

The years 1966 to 1975, a decade many people call The Sixties; years that shook America, a memorable, tumultuous time in our nations history. The pace of change was startling: the height and end of ……続きを見る

The story of a world-beating multi-instrumental band with a unique creative dynamic. Their story is compelling a complex musical collaboration in an eight-piece band that has coalesced around Win Bu……続きを見る

Max Hastings's account of his family's tumultuous 20th century experiences embraces the worlds of fashion and newspapers, theatre and TV, pioneering in Africa and even – his father's most exotic 196……続きを見る

These days, it’s harder than ever to know how to act like a real man. We’re not talking about the touchy-feely, ultra-sensitive, emotion-sharing, not-afraid-to-cry version of manhood that Oprah and ……続きを見る

**It is the middle of the Swinging Sixties, and Clive James doesn't have much to show for it. May Week Was In June is the third hilarious, tender instalment of memoir from the iconic author, poet an……続きを見る

Hollywood icon, German dissident, lover, war heroine, distant mother, and eventual recluse. These are just some of the sobriquets attached to Marlene Dietrich. Ean Wood seeks to show the true Marlen……続きを見る

Johnny Depp is one of the most versatile actors of his generation, as well as one of the greatest character actors to have lived. Having not only found commercial success, but early critical acclaim……続きを見る

From renowned journalist Bill Zehme, author of the New York Times bestselling The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin', comes the first full-fledged biography and the only……続きを見る

A life in film. An extraordinary career. An unforgettable storyーfrom the “most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world” (The Hollywood Reporter) “[Field’s] illuminating, consistently entert……続きを見る

ONE OF THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S 100 GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME • A rich companion volume to George Stevens, Jr.’s much admired book of American Film Institute seminars with the pioneering movie……続きを見る

The vivid true story of one of the biggest stars in Britain during the 1920s and 30s, and the inspiration for Downton Abbey's Jack Ross Born in Grenada in 1900, Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson went to Ame……続きを見る

When Cosmo Landesman's American parents decided to move their young family to London in the swinging sixties, it was not to pursue a quieter life on this side of the pond. Quite the reverse: it was ……続きを見る

Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS Introduction The Technic of Operatic Pro……続きを見る

The first Latin American actor to become a superstar, Ramon Novarro was for years one of Hollywood's top actors. Born Ram〓n Samaniego to a prominent Mexican family, he arrived in America in 1916, a……続きを見る

Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends an……続きを見る

An intimate memoir by three-time Oscar nominee Piper Laurie, one of Hollywood's most gifted and respected actresses At the age of seventeen, in the glory days of movie-making, Piper Laurie was livin……続きを見る

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics. 'There was one place in the world that stood solid and did not melt into unreality: the place where his mother was. Everybo……続きを見る

To mark the 20th anniversary of Kenneth Williams’ death, a beautiful coffee table book celebrating his life, including never-before-seen photographs, sketches and personal testimony from Williams’ c……続きを見る

All Ebooks in This Series The Men Behind Mob Wives: Sammy “The Bull” Gravano (Father of Karen Gravano) The Men Behind Mob Wives: Anthony “TG” Graziano (Father of Renee Graziano) The Men ……続きを見る

One of the most successful pop stars of the 80s, his face adorning posters on teenager's walls from Acton to Akron, Adam Ant was a phenomenon. Now in this frank and revealing autobiography, he tells……続きを見る

D. W. Griffith (1875-1948) is one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture. As director of The Birth of a Nation, he is also one of the most controversial. He raised the ……続きを見る

In a career that spanned five decades, Elmer Iseler proved himself pivotal to the development of choral music in Canada. After founding Canada’s first professional choir in 1954, he became artistic ……続きを見る

A tale of Catherine Cookson-esque tragedy and Northern grit, Pauline Prescott's life story will shock and amaze. A mother and a faithful friend, Pauline is not your typical politician's wife. She is……続きを見る

Published to coincide with his major biography of Iris Murdoch, Peter Conradi’s acclaimed critical appreciation of her work is reissued in a fully revised and updated edition, with a foreword by Joh……続きを見る

When a 10-year-old boy befriends a carnival stuntman and his lion cub, he learns the true meaning of family, loyalty, love, and survival. For Dickie Kettleson, growing up during the Depression makes……続きを見る