Entertainment & Performing Arts 97

With a career spanning more than forty years, Barbara Kopple (b. 1946) long ago established herself as one of the most prolific and award-winning American filmmakers of her generation. Her projects ……続きを見る

The 1969 film Ma Nuit chez Maud catapulted its shy academic film director Eric Rohmer (1920-2010) into the limelight, selling over a million tickets in France and earning a nomination for an Academy……続きを見る

Joan Blondell: A Life between Takes is the first major biography of the effervescent, scene-stealing actress (1906-1979) who conquered motion pictures, vaudeville, Broadway, summer stock, television……続きを見る

When Kenny Pearl arrived in New York City, determined to succeed as a dancer, he was penniless, friendless and jobless. His memories shine against the backdrop of the turbulent ’60s and ’70s, includ……続きを見る

A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic aboriginal star When his father was given a diagnosis of terminal cancer, Winnipeg broadcaster and musician Wab Kinew decided to spe……続きを見る

The celebrated pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski was the rave of Paris, London, and New York audiences in the early twentieth century, with annual concert tours across the continents. But during World W……続きを見る

Who Really Cares, Childhood Poems by Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Janis Ian, includes all poetry from earlier, print editions of this early proof of what was to come from one of Americ……続きを見る

RITCHIE YORKE’S TRUE STORY OF JOHN AND YOKO’s CANADIAN PEACE MOVEMENT IS ABOUT TO BE PUBLISHED Australian author and journalist Ritchie Yorke is back in Toronto after many years absence to launch hi……続きを見る

Als viertes von fünf Kindern in einfachsten Verhältnissen geboren, wächst Schwill als Waisenkind in Kinderheimen auf, kommt sogar in ein Heim für Schwererziehbare. Er ist eine richtige Berliner Göre……続きを見る

How a small boy with a stammer ended up on the stage, becoming one of New Zealand's best loved comedians. In The Years Before My Death, renowned and much loved actor-director and comedy show writer ……続きを見る

Siegel and Shuster created the first of the great comic book superheroes, and their square-jawed defender of justice has been personified by the esteemed actor George Reeves and the heroic in his ow……続きを見る

This book traces the origin and development of the arts of dance and drama from the earliest times. This 24-chapter book describing Myanmar's dance and drama history starting from ancient Pyu era. 続きを見る

Maria Tallchief is specifically written to meet the needs of adolescents and adults who are reluctant readers. The photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easy to dec……続きを見る

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies is a paradox; a famous actress whose career spanned most of the twentieth century she is now largely forgotten. Drawing on material held in Ffrangcon-Davies's personal archive,……続きを見る

In this essay collection, established experts and new researchers, reassess the performances and cultural significance of Ellen Terry, her daughter Edith Craig (1869–1947) and her son Edward Gordon ……続きを見る

This biography of Will Rogers is a high-interest, low-vocabulary book for adolescents and adults with limited literacy skills. Will Rogers (1879-1935) was born in the Indian Territory, now known as ……続きを見る

The Perfect Planning Guide for Book clubs! The African American author is often overworked, overlooked and underrated. That coupled with the closing of many bookstores, which had long been the gathe……続きを見る

Lindsay Lohan was on the fast track to the top when, suddenly, alcohol, drug problems, arrests, stints in rehab, too much partying, and, yes, jail time derailed her celebrity train! Find out how Lin……続きを見る

Découvre en t'amusant la vie extraordinaire de la peintre favorite de Marie-Antoinette ! C’était au temps de Louis XV. À Paris, une petite fille découvre le métier de son père. Comme lui, elle sera ……続きを見る

Russell Senior is a man too smart to have ever been a pop star. And Pulp were too odd a band ever to have become so big. But we can only be grateful that he was, and they did – and that Freak Out th……続きを見る

Le vrai titre de cet ouvrage serait : À propos de Shakespeare. Le désir d’introduire, comme on dit en Angleterre, devant le public, la nouvelle traduction de Shakespeare, a ét&e……続きを見る

This Funky Beach Art is a collection of Lynne Pickering's art in naive beach paintings. Lynne paints in many styles and she loves the beach. This style of art has sold all over the world and I would……続きを見る

Suffering from depression, this improvisational comedian and actor ended his life on August 11, 2014. Remembered for his many live, film, and television roles from stand-up comedian to Mork & Mindy,……続きを見る

Actor Richard Beale was a young officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. In the summer of 2014, he sat down to write a memoir of that time, now more than 70 years ago. The result is an……続きを見る

______________ 'A perceptive and thorough examination of both the man and the music' ? NME 'A highly engaging and refreshingly irreverent portrait of the Doors' frontman'? i-D ______________ A revea……続きを見る

Deel twee van de autobiografische trilogie van Mocienne Petit Jackson begint met een uitgebreide beschrijving van Mociennes ontvoering naar Nederland. Vervolgens lezen we hoe het haar vergaat in het……続きを見る

In dit eerste deel van de driedelige autobiografie van Mocienne Petit Jackson maken we kennis met Mocienne, het hoofdpersonage. We volgen haar vanaf haar zesde tot haar negende levensjaar en lezen o……続きを見る

Nobody ever reads this part of the book. Somebody at the publishing house explained to me that it's actually called the book flap. That sounded dirty, so I giggled for three hours. But it says in my……続きを見る

Thomas Rowlandson was one of the most productive and influential artists of Britain's Regency years. He worked hard and enjoyed the company of friends and fellow artists, and his client base was imm……続きを見る

Unscrupulous, devilishly ambitious and undeniably charismatic, Domenico Barbaja was the most celebrated Italian impresario of the early 1800s and one of the most intriguing characters to dominate th……続きを見る