Publication date: 1996-09
Dewey code: 781
Price: $13.95
Review Biographize: The Def Leppard Story / Trafalgar Square Publishing:
Publication date: 1992-09
Dewey code: 720.92
Price: $44.95
Review The Architecture of Charles W. Dickey: Hawaii and California / Univ of Hawaii Pr:
Publication date: 1997-01
Price: $150.00
Review Ezra Jack Keats: Artist and Picture-Book Maker / Pelican Publishing Company:Keats was the first American picture-book maker to give the urban child a central place in children's literature. Author Brian Alderson gives an insightful account of the emergence and significance of Keats' work within the context of his life. In describing this career and analyzing Keats' great picture books, Alderson draws upon recollections of those who knew him and upon the large archive of his works at the de Grummond Collection of the University of Southern Mississippi.
Creator: Salem Press
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-04-30
Dewey code: 810.989607303
List Price: $217.00
Price: $189.99
Review Notable African American Writers, 3 Volume Set (Magill's Choice) / Salem Press:This title profiles important African American writers in all genres. From slave narratives to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the United States. Its scope and coverage: Notable African American Writers compiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-story writers, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today. Students, librarians and teachers will find a comprehensive overview of each author's biography and literary career as well as ready-reference listings of their major works in all genres. Its organization and format: Each essay identifies the writer's major genres (e. g. , "Novelist and poet") and provides information about birth and death dates and places. Chronological listings of the author's works by genre follow. At the end of every essay is an up-to-date annotated bibliography that suggests secondary sources for further study. The three volume set of 900 pages feature 80 essays ranging in length of 4-8 pages. [+]Each essay contains between 2,000-8,000 words.
Authors
- W. R. Owens
- Philip Nicholas Furbank
Dewey code: 016.8235
List Price: $195.00
Price: $191.00
Review A Critical Bibliography of Daniel Defoe / Pickering & Chatto Publishers:Daniel Defoe was one of the most prolific writers in English literature, however the canon of works attributed to him has become somewhat swollen. The first bibliography of his writings, published in 1790 listed a little over 100 works, but over the following two centuries a series of Defoe scholars between them raised this total to 570 separate titles. In the work, "The Cannnisation of Daniel Defoe", Furbank and Owens sought to illustrate how approximately half of the items attributed to Defoe have no rightful place there. This critical bibliography completes their project. It lists the works which they consider as certainly or probably by Defoe, clearly distinguishing these two categories. The entry for each work includes a full transcription of the title page and a physical description of a given copy of the first edition. As well as attempting to provide a precise dating, Furbank and Owens supply a brief summary of the work, trace the history of the attribution, and discuss the evidence on which the ascription is based. Brief appendices are also included in the book, sketching major political or religious controversies to which Defoe contributed.
Edition: illustrated edition
Publication date: 1983-12
Dewey code: 610.924
Price: $53.95
Review New Light on William Harvey / S Karger Pub:
Publication date: 2005-09-02
Dewey code: 927'.8
Review Correspondance 1872 - 1918 / Gallimard-Jeunesse:
Publication date: 2003-10-01
Dewey code: 782.42166092
List Price: $15.95
Price: $38.68
Review Shang-a-Lang: Life as an International Pop Idol / Mainstream Publishing:This book tells the story of the roller-coaster rise to stardom of Les McKeown, who transformed the Bay City Rollers from a one-hit-wonder boy band into a super-group, and his subsequent descent into near destitution after quitting the band. It is a remarkable story of extremes, and a no-holds barred account of Rollermania.
Creator: Margaret O'Brien
Edition: Revised
Publication date: 2001-09-11
Dewey code: 920
Price: $26.00
Review Judy Garland: The Golden Years / Great Feats Press:Note: Also available in HARDCOVER from Amazon. com “I’ve had a very happy life. really, I have!” - Judy Garland Unfortunately, from the many projects produced about Judy, you would never know it. While a number of biographies have been published detailing Judy’s life, most all have concentrated on her later years and have provided an inaccurate and distorted image of the star, her life and her career. In fact, previous Judy Garland biographies are far more interesting for the information that they leave out, rather than for that which they put in! No one can deny the very real sadness and struggle that Judy faced at distinct points in her life, yet that same life was also full of much joy and happiness. Judy Garland, The Golden Years captures that joy and happiness and stands in sharp contrast to both past and present Garland works in a variety of ways: • Provides an honest, factual account of Judy’s early life and MGM career that is loving, sensitive, respectful and appropriate for all readers. • Features a foreword and a chapter written by Margaret O’Brien, beloved child star who starred with Judy in Meet Me in St. Louis. [+]This is the one and only Judy book to which she has ever personally contributed. •Includes family photos, documents, letters and diaries dating from 1727, as well as a detailed family history and family tree. There are also first time contributions from family members who have never contributed to any Judy project before. • Includes a complete MGM filmography, a DECCA discography, a film music history, a detailed recap of Judy’s radio appearances through this period, an early publicity photo section, a headlines section, as well as separate chapters on The Wizard of Oz and Meet Me in St. Louis. • Is illustrated with over 600 new, original, most previously unpublished, photos from Judy’s life that show the light in her eyes, the dazzle in her smile and the joy in her being. • Contains unique, original collectibles including personal documents and letters as well as vintage posters, novelties, advertising and other memorabilia. Whether you first met Judy Garland as Andy Hardy's sidekick while sitting through a Saturday matinee, fell in love with her at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair or traveled down the yellow brick road with her while sitting in front of your family's television set, Judy Garland, The Golden Years will provide you with the story of the real Judy Garland, a woman who was good and kind, honest and sincere, who was a devoted daughter, sister, wife, friend and mother, who did the best she could in all situations, who, time and time again, would not allow herself to be defeated, who picked herself up and started over, who loved her children more than anything else and always tried to do the best by and for them and who, most of all, will always be remembered for bringing joy to millions of people the world over. What more could anyone ask from a life - and a definite happy one at that.
Publication date: 2004-12-31
Dewey code: 759.4
List Price: $197.00
Price: $190.42
Review Jean Poyer: Des Gesamtwerk (Ars Nova: Studies in Late Medieval and Renaissance Northern Painting and Illumination) (German Edition) / David Brown:
Publication date: 2004-10
Dewey code: 770
List Price: $60.95
Price: $194.15
Review Marilyn, Andre De Dienes (Fotografia) (Spanish Edition) / Taschen America Llc:The making of Marilyn; Fashion photographer Andre de Dienes's life was changed forever one day in 1945 when he met a lovely young aspiring model named Norma Jean Dougherty. He instantly fell in love with her innocence and charm and the two were briefly engaged. They took many adventurous road trips together in those early years, de Dienes shooting Norma Jean in every possible natural setting in his original, inspired style. He soon built up a huge portfolio of stunning photographs of the smiling brunette which helped to launch her model career and, a few years later, a film career that was to make her a legend. His entire relationship with the star, including many private moments shared only between the two, is detailed in de Dienes's secret memoirs, which were discovered when Monroe fans ravaged his home after his death in 1988. Never before published, the memoirs tell a beautiful story of love and friendship from the point of view of someone who knew Marilyn intimately; describing the transformation from Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe - the evolution of a sensitive, ambitious girl into a deeply troubled megastar - from an inside perspective, they shed light on a little-known side of Marilyn. From their trip to see Norma Jean's mother in a mental hospital to Marilyn's visit to his home a few days before her death, de Dienes recounts all of the emotional moments they shared. The combination of de Dienes's memoirs and an extensive selection of his Monroe photographs (which numbered in the thousands) makes for an unprecedented, personal exploration into the psychology, history, and iconography of the world's favorite movie star.
Publication date: 2007-08-31
Dewey code: 809
List Price: $243.00
Price: $198.00
Review Contemporary Authors New Revision Series / Gale Cengage:
Edition: 2nd
Publication date: 1998
Review Music biz know-how: Do-it-yourself strategies for independent music success / Music Business Solutions:
Edition: 1901
Publication date: 2007-12-03
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $190.00
Price: $190.00
Review James Russell Lowell: A Biography - Leather Bound / Reprint Services Corp:
Publication date: 2002-05
Dewey code: 791.43028092
Price: $27.50
Review Michelle Pfeiffer: A Biography / Robert Hale Ltd:
Publication date: 1984-02
Dewey code: 809
Price: $12.95
Review Unquiet Grave / Persea Books:This enduring classic is "a book which, no matter how many readers it will ever have, will never have enough" (Ernest Hemingway). Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was one of the most influential book reviewers and critics in England, contributing regularly to The New Statesmen, The Observer, and The Sunday Times. His essays have been collected in book form and published to wide acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. The Unquiet Grave is considered by many to be his most enduring work. It is a highly personal journal written during the devastation of World War II, filled with reflective passages that deal with aging, the break-up of a long term relationship, and the horrors of the war around him. It is also a wonderfully varied intellectual feast: a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, and quotations from such masters of European literature as Horace, Baudelaire, Sainte-Beuve, Flaubert, and Goethe. Dazzlingly original in both form and content, The Unquiet Grave has continued to influence generations of writers.
Creator: Salem Press
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-04-30
Dewey code: 810.989607303
List Price: $217.00
Price: $189.99
Review Notable African American Writers, 3 Volume Set (Magill's Choice) / Salem Press:This title profiles important African American writers in all genres. From slave narratives to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the United States. Its scope and coverage: Notable African American Writers compiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-story writers, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today. Students, librarians and teachers will find a comprehensive overview of each author's biography and literary career as well as ready-reference listings of their major works in all genres. Its organization and format: Each essay identifies the writer's major genres (e. g. , "Novelist and poet") and provides information about birth and death dates and places. Chronological listings of the author's works by genre follow. At the end of every essay is an up-to-date annotated bibliography that suggests secondary sources for further study. The three volume set of 900 pages feature 80 essays ranging in length of 4-8 pages. [+]Each essay contains between 2,000-8,000 words.
Publication date: 2007-06-30
Dewey code: 709
List Price: $203.00
Price: $189.29
Review Adriaen Thomasz Key, 1545-1589: Portrait of a Calvinist Painter (Pictura Nova) (Pictura Nova) / Brepols Publishers:Art history has not given Adriaen Thomasz Key's legacy its proper due. After a short and successful artistic career in a turbulent period, Thomasz Key vanished from the stage for centuries. Barring his art, he left few other traces behind and over time even this came to be riddled with the most far-fetched attributions. In the past, connoisseurs were often at a complete loss. Adriaen Thomasz's pictures were ascribed to a host of painters from numerous countries and periods. The names of Frans Pourbus the Elder and Willem Key, for instance, were linked to several of Adriaen Thomasz's panels. Other works had to endure attributions which had nothing in common with the quality, let alone the art, of the master. Dozens of inferior portraits were given to Adriaen Thomasz and many of his altarpieces and devotional scenes were not recognised as such because he was considered solely as a portraitist. Consequently, up until now the image of Adriaen Thomasz's art has been clouded and inconsistent. Adriaen Thomasz Key richly deserved his reputation as a portraitist. [+]Some ninety percent of his preserved oeuvre consists of likenesses of the Antwerp and the Dutch elite. Adriaen Thomasz's skills as a portraitist were and are generally acknowledged. With a finesse and sobriety recalling that of Flemish Primitives such as Jan van Eyck and Hans Memling, he recorded his sitters with ruthless objectivity. The same sobriety and objectivity are to be found in his altarpieces and devotional paintings, a less known facet of his art. Often incorrectly ascribed as a lack of ingenuity or understanding of the Italian Renaissance and typified as archaising, Key's history and devotional paintings prove to be of a huge intellectual resourcefulness and artistic talent. His art was a conscious, reformatory and humanistic intellectual discourse with his famous predecessors and contemporaries. The striving for photographic realism and sobriety in the oeuvre of the painter is tackled in this monograph, bearing in mind Adriaen Thomasz. 's humanistic concerns with iconography. This richly illustrated monograph brings to light, for the first time, the oeuvre of a painter, called the most talented of his generation by David Freedberg. It consists of portraits and altarpieces, devotional paintings and chiaroscuro prints. The rediscovery of Adriaen Thomasz Key's art will be a eye opener to all scholars interested in the Netherlandish Renaissance and will hopefully induce new research into Adriaen Thomasz Key and his contemporaries.
Creator: David P. Housden
Publication date: 1997-08
Dewey code: 781
Price: $12.40
Review Arthur Lee Love Story / Agenda Ltd:
Creator: Frances Frame
Publication date: 2007-11-02
Dewey code: 824.8
List Price: $254.00
Price: $253.98
Review Dictionary of Literary Biography: Thomas Carlyle: A Documentary Volume / Gale Cengage:
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