With Robert Capa as Photojournalist in the Spanish Civil War
Paris in the summer of 1937. A giant funeral procession wends its way from the city centre eastward toward the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery, accompanied by the sounds of Chopin's Marche funebre. The photojournalist Gerda Taro had been killed in the Spanish Civil War a few days earlier. Thousands come to pay their last respects to the emigree from ......
This book, the fruit of half a lifetime’s study by three impas- sioned authors, brings every single one of the published Diableries into the 21st Century for the very first time
The dramatic story of a legendary American composer
George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music.
He and his siblings received little love from their mother and no ......
George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music. He and his siblings received little love from their mother and no direction from their father. Older brother and lyricist Ira managed to create a home when he married Leonore ......
The biography of George Clinton, one of music's most fascinating, colourful and innovative characters, featuring a new cover and foreword. The most comprehensive history of the life, music and cultural significance of a great Black music pioneer and the era which spawned him. Clinton stands alongside James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone as ......
Paul Gemignani is one of the titans of the modern musical theater industry. Serving as musical director for more than forty Broadway productions since 1971, his collaborations with Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Hal Prince, Michael Bennett, and Alan Menken have led to countless accolades for his collaborators, but ......
The Legend of Lady Ottoline Morrell Brought Up-to-Date
GARSINGTON REVISITED, a new book updating the legend of the flamboyant benefactor of the arts, Lady Ottoline Morrell. This book by SANDRA JOBSON DARROCH is a revised edition of her original biography of Ottoline first published in 1976 by Chatto & Windus and later in paperback. As well as being updated, the book contains hitherto unpublished ......
A journal of fond memories, life experiences, lessons learned, and tragedies overcome. It presents the story of the family that gave the world actress Jennifer Aniston.
This biography of Freddie Mercury is written by the man who was his personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life. It reveals the truth behind the scandalous rumours and describes the part played in Mercury's life by such famous names as Elton John, Kenny Everett and Elizabeth Taylor.
