Entertainment & Performing Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439190142Author Susan OrleanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 336gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, Alan Zweibel traces the history of American comedy Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982150839Author Danny TrejoFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm * 23mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398425699Author Mohinder DhillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams) 203g

He is the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House ...The charming, wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos ...The scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up comic from Entourage and The Aristocrats ...He is Bob Saget, and in Dirty...

Sir Ronald Harwood (1934-2020) was one of the most prolific playwrights and screenwriters of his generation. His acclaimed play, The Dresser, has been constantly revived since its premiere in 1980 and has been adapted for both cinema and television, most...

The memoirs of the pioneering Danish silent film star Asta Nielsen in English translation for the first time, with scholarly introduction and annotations. From her explosive screen debut in The Abyss (1910) through her "scandalous" fourth marriage at...

WITH A FOREWORD BY WALTER MURCH Gene Phillips blends biography, studio history, and film criticism to complete the most comprehensive work on Coppola ever written. The force behind such popular and critically acclaimed films as Apocalypse Now and the...

Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an...

During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh - whose stage name was Clicko - performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Prior to his fame in the United States, Taibosh toured the world as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903364529Author Yoram AllonFormat PaperbackPage Count 560Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 1186gDimensions(mm) 232mm *...

Remembered in his native Ireland primarily as a harpsichordist and interpreter of Bach's music, and in the UK as a conductor of the ground-shaking early music group Musica Reservata, John Beckett also composed avant-garde incidental music, performed on...

Nevill Johnson is better known as a painter and photographer than as a writer. Eoin O'Brien, close friend of Nevill Johnson and literary executor of his estate, has edited his writings in this volume for the first time. The resulting book, provides an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733304108Author Columbus ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vodka & MilkPublisher Vodka & Milk

This is A study of Chinese stars and transnational stardom focussing on the career of Jet Li. Jet Li is arguably the best martial arts actor alive, and his career has crossed numerous cultural and geographic boundaries, from mainland China to Hong Kong,...

In the early months of 1966, a handsome, hardworking thirty-five-year-old Canadian-born actor named William Shatner was cast as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, a troubled, low-budget science-fiction television series set to premiere that fall on NBC. Star...

A landmark biography of a singular and important Australian photographer, Olive Cotton, by an award-winning writer - beautifully written and deeply moving. Winner of the 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, Non Fiction AwardWinner of the 2020...

"A very personal remembrance of Nora Ephron's life and loves, and her ups and downs" (USA TODAY) by her long-time and dear friend Richard Cohen in a hilarious, blunt, raucous, and poignant recollection of their decades-long friendship.Nora Ephron...

Unlikely friends and collaborators, Bernard Shaw and Gilbert Murray carried on a lively and wide-ranging correspondence for more than fifty years. When they began exchanging letters in the late 1890s, Shaw was a renowned Fabian propagandist, reviewer,...

This is a story of a young girl from a small town with a big dream that took her to Juilliard, Broadway, summer stock, the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and the Santa Fe Opera, and introduced her to her husband William Zeckendorf Jr. Her memoir...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398406070Author Lois BromfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993220746Author Ellen CheshireFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Aurora Metro BooksPublisher Aurora Metro Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859654616Author Garrett BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Plexus Publishing LtdPublisher Plexus Publishing Ltd

Have you ever wondered what Angelina Jolie fears the most, or what Dustin Hoffman did to ease tension on a film set? What did Whitney Houston think about fame? Find out the secrets of the stars as you go behind the scenes of some of your favorite films...

If you've ever seen the movie Funny Lady or read about the fantastic extravagance of the 1939 New York World's Fair, ever visited Jerusalem, sung along to "It's Only a Paper Moon," or strolled through Times Square, then you have most likely heard about...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501115257Author Chonda PierceFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

A pianist in lounges and lobbies around the world, Robin Meloy Goldsby tells her warm-hearted stories by linking people she has met with places she has played. Along the way, she connects the humanity of her audiences-princes and paupers, dreamers and...

The revealing and candid memoir of Australia's legendary playwright and screenwriterThe definitive memoir of David Williamson, author of iconic dramas such as The Removalists, The Club, Don's Party, Emerald City and Travelling North, as well as more than...

Charming and hilarious, IT'S OK TO MISS THE BED ON THE FIRST JUMP is more than a mere celebration of man's best friend. In this lighthearted and reflective exploration of how dogs have served as some of our most valuable and enlightened teachers,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841505084Author Victoria ThomsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Intellect BooksPublisher Intellect Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476797434Author Sophia LorenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 147mm * 25mm

John Corcelli, author of Frank Zappa FAQ, takes a deep dive into the comedic artistry of George Carlin, one of America's most important funny men. From his early radio days to his most successful comedy albums, Carlin changed the way stand-up comedy was...

This visual salute to the First Lady of Television spans Betty White's more than 80 years as a performer and star of such legendary series as The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls. Chronicling 100 highlights from the acting life and passions...

'Armytage now reigns as the official queen of morning television' - The Daily Telegraph You probably recognise Samantha Armytage from her many TV gigs - from her current role as co-host of SUNRISE to her time on DANCING WITH THE STARS. What you...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501187636Author Matthew PollyFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943023Author Jonathan AdamsFormat PaperbackImprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakis's compositional development, James Harley, who studied with Xenakis, presents the works together with clear...

A major biography of Henrik Ibsen-one of the most important figures in modern drama-evoked through a biographical reading of his plays "An exhaustive examination of Ibsen's life and work by a major scholar of Scandinavian literature, Ibsen's Kingdom is...

American composer Lou Harrison (1917-2003) is perhaps best known for challenging the traditional musical establishment along with his contemporaries and close colleagues: composers John Cage, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, and Leonard Bernstein; Living...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789390547999Author Rakeysh Omprakash MehraFormat HardbackPage Count 340Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.Publisher Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.