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Décryptez l’art de Lucas Cranach l'Ancien en moins d’une heure ! Aujourd'hui considéré comme l'un des plus grands artistes du XVIe siècle, Lucas Cranach l'Ancien flirte déjà avec le succès de son vi……続きを見る

Begleite Gitty durch einen amourösen und spannenden Sommer. Erlebe ihre erotischen Abenteuer auf dem Straßenstrich hautnah mit. Die einzelnen Geschichten sind authentisch und prickelnd er……続きを見る

Décryptez l’art de Jérôme Bosch en moins d’une heure ! Son nom est le sésame d'un univers à la fois divin et diabolique, peuplé d'êtres hybrides, d'hommes égarés et de créatures infernales. Il s'agi……続きを見る

As I Was Saying... is the seventh book in Jeremy Clarkson's best-selling The World According to Clarkson series. *** Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . . Fo……続きを見る

Parts of this novel are based on narrations and reports of the author from this environment. This novel describes true events. Any similarity to persons living or deceased is accidental. This also a……続きを見る

Over nearly sixty years, Agnès Varda (b. 1928) has given interviews that are revealing not only of her work, but of her remarkably ambiguous status. She has been called the “Mother of the New Wave” ……続きを見る

Ronald Reagan, a former actor and one of America's most popular presidents, married not one but two Hollywood actresses. This book is three biographies in one, discovering fascinating connections am……続きを見る

For ten years before the creation of Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney struggled with, failed at, and eventually mastered the art and business of animation. Most biographies of his career begin in 1928, whe……続きを見る

With her gripping film The Hurt Locker, Kathryn Bigelow (b. 1951) made history in 2010 by becoming the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director. Since then she has also filmed history with her ……続きを見る

While undergoing routine surgery to remove a benign tumor, Ruby Elzy died. She was only thirty-five. Had she lived, she would have been one of the first Black artists to appear in grand opera. Altho……続きを見る

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