Entertainment & Performing Arts

Spectacles is the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins. When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn't kept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375503788Author Gerald ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 885g

When Zayn Malik unexpectedly announced on 25 March 2015 that 'after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band' the shockwaves were felt around the world. When One Direction first formed on The X Factor in 2010, few could...

Written together with friend and journalist Boyd Hilton, Inside Little Britain follows a year in the lives of Matt Lucas and David Walliams - the good, the bad, the mundane and the monumental. A year that includes at its core a mammoth nine-month Spinal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903047675Author Ellen CheshireFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Pocket EssentialsPublisher Oldcastle Books LtdWeight(grams) 59g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906132989Author Nicolas RidleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint MogzillaPublisher MogzillaWeight(grams) 504g

This biography traces David Jason's life from his humble roots in north London, through his days as an electrician, to the David Jason we all know and love. It is based on the actor's own memories and also recollections from friends, relatives and...

Over four million fans voted for Gareth Gates in the final of "Pop Idol" and in this illustrated autobiography he takes us back to his childhood in Bradford. He reveals how he has suffered from a stammer since he could talk but has refused to...

There is no more recognized actress of the twentieth century than Marilyn Monroe. She starred in some of the greatest films ever made and had relationships with some of the most famous men in the world. Even after death she has continued to be surrounded...

Ray Winstone's amazing talent for bringing out the humanity buried inside his often brutal screen characters - violent offender in Scum, wife-beater in Nil by Mouth, retired blagger in Sexy Beast - has made him one of the most charismatic actors of his...

Hey, bros! Listen up. Want to know everything about PewDiePie? The ultimate king of YouTube? WELL KEEP CALM AND FIST BUMP, because this book is all you need. With this ultimate unofficial guide to PewDiePie, you will learn everything you need to know to...

In January 2012, one of EastEnders' longest-serving and best-loved characters breathed her last when Pat Butcher succumbed to cancer. Her departure from the show gave actress Pam St Clement time to reflect, not only on almost 26 years playing a role that...

Actress, presenter, talent show judge. Daughter, wife, mother, survivor. There's so much more to Amanda Holden than fame. A natural-born performer, Amanda's journey to becoming one of the most recognisable faces on our screens today has been one full of...

National Book Awards Autobiography of the Year 2013 The long-awaited autobiography of one of Britain's best-loved actors. Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs...

'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there' Hadley Freeman, Guardian A New York Times Notable Book of 2018 If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's...

Charismatic, talented, intriguingly private and not forgetting devastatingly handsome, Johnny Depp is an actor who has captured the hearts and imaginations of people worldwide. The range of roles in which he has starred make him one of the world's most...

James Dean was one of the icons of his time, a group that included Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and Buddy Holly, all whose lives were tragically and cruelly cut short. James Dean was the archetypal screen icon who lived fast and died young. This official...

National treasure, godfather of glam and thinking grandmother's crumpet, Noddy Holder possesses that megastar quality that has made him a living legend. In The World According to Noddy he shares her life experience with trademark humour and insight. He...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800721893Author Pattie MalletteFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing GroupPublisher Baker Publishing Group

Pauline Quirke was a skinny child, a slim teenager, a curvy woman, then -- according to her bathroom scales (curse them) - just plain fat. Yes, the 'F' word. Tipping the scales at nearly 20 stone, with creaking knees and a dodgy ankle to boot, at the...

The life of Willie Donaldson ended in June 2005 when he was found dead in the seedy rented flat in Chelsea where he had lived for 35 years. His computer, situated in the study he used to call 'the literary room', was still logged on to a website called...

An in-depth study of one of Hollywood's great leading men: philanthropist, model husband, world-class racing driver, and authentic silver-screen icon, one of the last and greatest living links between Hollywood's golden age and its post-studio-system era...

Welcome to Giles and Mary reality. Giles is a countryman who relishes solitude. His wife Mary thrives in company and enjoys frequent escapes to London. After thirty years in a marriage of opposites, Giles and Mary have adapted to a life of domestic...

Michael Palin's diaries begin when he was newly married and struggling to make a name for himself in the world of television comedy. But Monty Python was just around the corner ...Enjoying an unlikely cult status early on, the Pythons then proceeded to...

When Richard Whiteley died on 26 June 2005, he was mourned by a nation. But there was more to this engaging and 'bumbling' character than met the eye. Kathryn Apanowicz first dated Richard Whiteley when she was seventeen, leading to a thirty year on-off...

Alan Root is one of Africa's most bitten. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla and a hippo, and almost lost his life to a deadly puff-adder, which claimed one of his fingers. Root's unmatched experience of...

All roads lead home. `After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: "This must mean a lot to you, with you...

Roy Hudd's career began in the 1950s and since then he has worked with most of the major stars of the last forty years. Born in Croydon in 1936, his early life was turbulent. His father left home and his mother committed suicide during the war, leaving...

British actor and professional footballer, Vinnie Jones is the original bad boy made good and will tell the full extraordinary rags to riches story for the first time - the brilliance on the pitch, the brawls and drinking off the pitch, the arrests, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668050798Author Stephen FriedFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint GalleryPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 331g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063113343Author Moon Unit ZappaFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860519713Format HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Robson Books LtdPublisher Robson Books LtdWeight(grams) 501g

When Brian Johnston was a schoolboy, his reports were full of phrases such as 'talks too much in school' and 'apt to be a buffoon'. Later millions of radio listeners would be delighted to discover that some things never changed! Johnners brought his...

Join Union J as they embark on their journey to become THE next big boyband in Our Story! Only a few months ago Union J were just average guys, dreaming of performing on the X Factor stage, making music and having legions of fans screaming their names...

This biography of Marilyn Monroe based on her personal archive of over 35,000 documents - including letters, diaries, billets doux and suicide notes - aims to reveal the truth about Monroe's death and names the names. It overturns many myths about...

'One Man Tango' is distinguished by honesty that has marked actor Anthony Quinn's 60-year career as one of the true originals of stage and screen.Book InformationISBN 9780747215042Author Anthony QuinnFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Headline Book...

Leni Riefenstahl, who died in 2003, will always be remembered for her film of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. After the war, Riefenstahl was shunned by the film industry both in Europe and America, despite a 1952 court ruling proclaiming her not guilty...

Alfred Hitchcock was a strange child. Fat, lonely, burning with fear and ambition, his childhood was an isolated one, scented with fish from his father's shop. Afraid to leave his bedroom, he would plan great voyages, using railway timetables to plot an...

He street jams in spandex and wrestles in lycra. He's been a magician, a ventriloquist and a clown. He's hugged some of the biggest stars in the world, and pretty much anyone else who's crossed his path. He mucks about, wears silly costumes and...

Known for his intelligent and often surreal humour, Paul Merton's weekly appearances on BBC1's Have I Got News For You - as well as Radio 4's Just A Minute and his travel documentaries - have seen him become an artfully rebellious fixture in our lives...