Entertainment & Performing Arts

In Harold, the beloved actor Hal Holbrook presents an affecting memoir about his struggle to discover his true self, even as he learned to transform himself onstage. Abandoned by his mother and father when he was two, Holbrook and his two sisters...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385335157Author Gerald ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538720363Author Laura DernFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380914961Author Gp EditorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint General Press IndiaPublisher General Press India

Dylan can be as evasive and abstruse as he is witty. But in the right moments, he offers candid, revealing commentary about his groundbreaking music and creative process. Dylan on Dylan is an authoritative, chronologically arranged anthology of...

Graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and cartoonist Rahel Szalit (1888–1942) was among the best-known Jewish women artists in Weimar Berlin. But after she was arrested by the French police and then murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz, she was all but...

The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time—Barbara Walters—a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author...

Paul Gregg is the mastermind behind the iconic Apollo Leisure Group, which hosted many of the world's greatest live shows, including The Lion King, Starlight Express, Fiddler on the Roof, Les Misérables, Cats and Riverdance. Despite initially being...

A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood's most infamous private detective and "fixer" to the stars, revealing newly discovered shocking revelations from his never-before-seen investigative files. During the...

An adoring, celebratory tribute to the one, the only, Jennifer Coolidge, that all-at-once captures her unique personality, engaging life story, smart and sassy life lessons, and special brand of humour that's quickly made JC one of America's most beloved...

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2023 From the author of Apollo's Angels, the first major biography of the figure who modernised dance: an intimate portrait of the man behind the mythology, set against the vibrant backdrop of the century that...

During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982157296Author Sarah SmarshFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 133g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668007204Author Rebel WilsonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 513g

Winner of the 2020 Peter C. Rollins Book AwardLonglisted for the 2020 Moving Image Book Award by the Kraszna-Krausz FoundationNamed a 2019 Richard Wall Memorial Award Finalist by the Theatre Library AssociationHerman J. (1897-1953) and Joseph L...

In this dazzling Hollywood memoir, Jeff Margolis takes us on the ultimate behind-the-scenes tour of television’s most memorable variety series and specials spanning the past fifty years—from the most iconic variety shows of the 1970s to the Oscars.Today,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798212876896Author Arthur SmithFormat PaperbackImprint Blackstone PublishingPublisher Blackstone Publishing

The Agent in Love is more than an autobiography. In telling the story of his life in Moscow and Prague, and his renewed relationship with Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, artist Viktor Pivovarov plunges the reader into the rich cultural...

'This is the biography - truthful, sympathetic and thorough - that Coward deserves'DAILY TELEGRAPHThe voice, the dressing-gown, the cigarette in its holder, remain unmistakable. There is rarely a week when one of Private Lives, Hay Fever, and Blithe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401310639Author Marlo ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 473g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802160980Author Daniel de ViséFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

From AOC to Eva Perón, Sonia Sotomayor to Jennifer Lopez, Latina Legends Alphabet celebrates an A to Z of women who inspire powerful Latino community pride. Illustrated with wow and written with pow, this book sends your little Latina legend off to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982188542Author Constance WuFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 413gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982157258Author Rebecca QuinFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 481g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927575697Author Jay SherwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 356g

For ten years between 1965 and 1975, James Brown was the most popular and cutting-edge of any black artist. As one journalist put it, "before Brown, there was music with a beat. After Brown music had found a groove." The drawing out of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894864459Author Mark WellsPage Count 432Imprint Folklore PublishingPublisher Folklore PublishingWeight(grams) 482g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885942241Author Stephen FifeFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Cune Press,USPublisher Cune Press,USWeight(grams) 407g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883283988Author Robert PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 510Imprint Brick Tower PressPublisher Brick Tower PressWeight(grams) 739g

'A sense of delight permeates Gyles Brandreth's John Gielgud: An Actor's Life ... Brandreth combines neat reportage, deft evocation and lovely tales about a man he knew and relished.' - The Times'A delightful memoir which tells you all you need to know...

A celebration of Sinatra's enduring impact on American entertainment and cultural life. For nearly sixty years, Frank Sinatra [1915-98] triumphed in concert, in the recording studio, on television, and on the big screen, refashioning his image to suit...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538768730Author Moshe KasherFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams) 304g

'Powerful' LIT HUB'Absorbing' KIRKUS'Poignant, arresting and ultimately affirming' BOOKLISTLucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634242462Author John BarbourFormat PaperbackPage Count 738Imprint Trine DayPublisher Trine DayWeight(grams) 784g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451623987Author Charlotte ChandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 520g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312337070Author Gene WilderFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Saint Martin's Griffin,U.S.Publisher St Martin's Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837914579Author Jess ConradFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Oak Tree PressPublisher Andrews UK Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781837914555Author Jess ConradFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Oak Tree BooksPublisher Andrews UK Limited

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739605032Author Jennifer KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Stephen MorrisPublisher Stephen Morris

Douglas Fairbanks was the greatest leading man of his generation-the first and the best of the swashbucklers. He made some of the greatest films of the silent era, including The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. With Charlie Chaplin, D...