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Art of the Renaissance, the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Nathaniel, PUBLISHER: Parragon Publishing, The Life and Works art series collects the world's greatest artists and art movements into a handsome set of monographs Each book features a biography of an artist or an explanation of the movement, followed by 50 magnificent, individually commentated reproductions Each is an affordable treasure, sure to please every seasoned critic and newcomer to the beauty of great art.

Maximum Alicia Keys The Unauthorised Biography Of Alicia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ben Graham, PUBLISHER: Chrome Dreams, NA Acquista Ora

Smirt: The Nightmare Has Triplets, Volume 1

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cabell, James Branch, PUBLISHER: Wildside Press, " Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was "The Nightmare Has Triplets," a sequence comprising Smirt: An Urban Nightmare, Smith: A Sylvan Interlude, and Smire: An Acceptance in the Third Person. This explicitly emulates the logic and geography of dreams... successfully mistly and dreamlike..." --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

He's Still Here: The Biography of Joaquin Phoenix

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howden, Martin, PUBLISHER: John Blake, The first biography of one of the most complex actors of his generation From his early career as a child star to his Oscar-nominated performance in Walk the Line and subsequent "reinvention," this biography traces the rise of a completely unique actor. Since his Oscar nomination, Joaquin Phoenix has risen to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Yet in October , during an interview to promote the critically acclaimed "Two Lovers," Phoenix made the shocking announcement that he was to retire from acting, declining any future film roles in a bid to reinvent himself as a hip hop artist. The resulting documentary, "I'm Still Here," turned out to be one of the most extraordinary and memorable pieces of performance art ever committed to film. Born in , Phoenix was a natural performer from an early age, regularly busking on the streets of New York City with his multitalented siblings. Following in the footsteps of his older brother River, Joaquin decided on a career in acting, and his breakthrough performance alongside Nicole Kidman in "To Die For "confirmed him as the most intriguing actor of his generation. Thirteen years later, Phoenix undertook his most challenging role to date: playing a completely reinvented version of himself in Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here." Fascinating and compelling, this is the first biography of one of the most complex actors working in film and the full story behind one of the most intriguing films ever to have come out of Hollywood.

Washington Irving: The Definitive New Biography of One of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brian Jay Jones, PUBLISHER: Skyhorse Publishing Company Incorporated, NA

Kirtland Temple The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David J Howlett, PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press, NA

The Great Rock Discography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Strong, Martin C. / Peel, John / Strong, M. C., PUBLISHER: Canongate Books, Full revised and expanded, featuring over entries, all with band biography and full U.S. and U.K. discographies. The Times (London) calls it "a genuine labour of love... invaluable, " and The Guardian describes it as "the last word in rock 'n' roll trainspotting; there isn't a better guide on the market."

Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weintraub, Stanley, PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press, At twenty, "the Fra Angelico of Satanism," as Roger Fry was to call Aubrey Beardsley, was working as an obscure clerk in a London life insurance company. Three years later he was the most notorious--and perhaps the most influential--artist in England. His controversial drawings for Oscar Wilde's Salome were so daring and different that someone quipped that Wilde's play illustrated Beardsley's art. His work as art editor of the two most famous magazines of the 's, The Yellow Book and The Savoy, consolidated his fame although he was unreasonably dragged into the Wilde scandal and nearly destroyed by it. By the time he produced his strikingly scabrous drawings for a pornographer publisher's Lysistrata he was dying, yet still incredibly productive. But he had already indelibly stamped the age with his name. In a front-page review in the New York Times Book Review in , art critic John Russell wrote of Beardsley that "as a biography--a life's story" the book "needs no successsor." Aubrey Beardsley: Imp of the Perverse began as an updating of the original biography but new material at hand and the need to reinterpret Beardsley from the perspective of augmented life-records made a mere updating impractical, especially since the climate for publishing has become far more receptive to truth in biography, however explicit.

Steven Spielberg: Crazy for Movies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rubin, Susan Goldman, PUBLISHER: ABRAMS, Abrams presents the definitive young readers' biography of this American master filmmaker. The book features interviews with his family and Hollywood greats as well as never-before-published family photographs.

The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Asprey, Robert, PUBLISHER: Basic Books (AZ), Robert Asprey completes his definitive, two-volume biography with an intimate, fast-paced look at Napoleon's daring reign and tragic demise with more of the personality and passion that marked the first volume of this cradle to the grave biography. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, Asprey showed us that Napoleon was not the father of chaos, but rather an heir to it. In this companion volume, we see Napoleon struggling to subdue the turmoil. We peer over Napoleon's shoulder as he solidifies his growing empire through a series of marriages, military victories, and shrewd diplomatic manipulations. We watch Napoleon lose control of his empire, plot his return from Elba, rally peasants in his march to Paris, endure defeat at Waterloo and suffer exile and a lonely death on the island of St. Helena. Robert Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail.

Peter Gzowski: A Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleming, Rae / Fleming, R. B. / Rae Fleming, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Born in , Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski's days at the University of Toronto's "The Varsity" in the mid s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of "Maclean's" in the s and his tremendous success on CBC's "Morningside" in the s and s, and ending with his stint as a "Globe and Mail "columnist at the dawn of the 21st century and his death in January . Gzowski saw eight Canadian Prime Ministers in office, most of whom he interviewed, and witnessed everything from the Quiet Revolution in Qu x00e9;bec to the growth of economic nationalism in Canada's West. From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Peter was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live.

Portrait of Obedience: The Biography of Robert T. Ketcham

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murdoch, J. Murray, PUBLISHER: Regular Baptist Press, Interested in Regular Baptist history? in your theological roots? in godly men of the past? This book shows how God used the obedience of a man, Robert T. Ketcham, to help shape Baptist fundamentalism in America.

Arise Sir Michael Caine: The Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hall, Richard / Hall, William, PUBLISHER: John Blake, With more than 80 films to his name, including "Alfie, A Bridge Too Far, Educating Rita, "and "The Cider House Rules," a prestigious knighthood, two Oscars, and countless other awards, Michael Caine is one of the most esteemed actors of his day. Having maintained the balance of critical respect and unswerving popularity, he has established himself as a performer of the highest rank. In this in-depth biography, William Hall, who has known Caine since his earliest days in acting, sketches a picture of a man who has achieved his amazing success through a mixture of innate talent, cool charm, barbed wit, and shrewd intelligence. He also reveals a man who has known his share of difficult times, including the poverty of his earliest years and the pain of discovering his long-lost brother in a psychiatric hospital. Written with Michael Caine's full cooperation, this is a compelling and affectionate portrait.

In All Things I Am Not Alone

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Westmorelans, Tony / Graves, Helen, PUBLISHER: Winston-Derek Publishers, This personal biography shows the spirit of man at its best Strive with the author through tragedies and deprived circumstances as he shows how he overcame great obstacles to achieve his goals.

The Scarlet Letter Thrift Study Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hawthorne, Nathaniel / Dover Thrift Study Edition, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Includes the unabridged text of Hawthorne's classic novel plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.

The Triumphs and Troubles of Theodore Swann

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Griffith, Edward, PUBLISHER: Black Belt Press, A touching biography of a larger-than-life Birmingham businessman.

Bruce Lee

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tagliaferro, Linda, PUBLISHER: Lerner Publications, Lerner Publications and the A&E Television Networks have teamed up to create Biography for young readers. With highly accessible text and engaging photographs, this engrossing collection offers in-depth profiles of some of the world's most interesting figures.

Malcolm X

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Benson, Michael, PUBLISHER: Lerner Publications, Lerner Publications and the A&E Television Networks have teamed up to create Biography for young readers. With highly accessible text and engaging photographs, this engrossing collection offers in-depth profiles of some of the world's most interesting figures.

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The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Magee, Bryan, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, The most comprehensive treatment in English of Schopenhauer's philosophy, this book presents a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and its influence on a wide range of philosophers and artists, particularly Wagner and Wittgenstein.

Illuminated Progress: The Story of Thomas Edison

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baxter, Roberta, PUBLISHER: Morgan Reynolds Publishing, A young adult biography of inventor Thomas Edison

Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duffy, Paul / Kandalov, Andrei, PUBLISHER: SAE International, This interesting book focuses on the aircraft designs of the man often referred to as the father of Russian aviation, Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev. Born in Russia in , Tupolev went on to design aircraft that earned Russia worldwide acclaim for their pioneering contributions to aviation in the s, '30s, and '40s. Tupolev - The Man and His Aircraft begins with a short biography of Tupolev, then quickly moves on to covering the historical and engineering details of his aircraft designs.

Anton Chekhov

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bloom, Harold, PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publications, -- User's guide -- Biography of the short story writer -- List of characters in each story -- Detailed thematic analysis of each short story -- Extracts from major critical essays that discuss important aspects of each work -- A complete bibliography of the writer's works -- A list of critical works about the short stories covered in the book -- An index of themes and ideas in the author's work

John XXIII: Pope of the Century

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hebblethwaite, Peter, PUBLISHER: Continuum, This is a new edition of Peter Hebblethwaite's acclaimed biography of Pope John XXIII. Angelo Roncalli was elected pope in and in four and a half years transformed the Roman Catholic Church. He summoned the Second Vatican Council and put in hand a major revision of the Code of Canon Law. By his personality, teaching, and initiatives with world leaders he gave the papacy a new image and set before the Catholic Church a new version of its mission to the world.

The Genius in My Basement: The Biography of a Happy Man

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Masters, Alexander, PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate, Alexander Masters tripped over his first book subject on a Cambridge sidewalk, and the result was the multi-award-winning bestseller "Stuart: A Life Backwards." His second, he's found under his floorboards. One of the greatest mathematical prodigies of the twentieth century, Simon Norton stomps around Alexander's basement in semidarkness, dodging between stalagmites of bus timetables and engorged plastic bags, eating tinned kippers stirred into packets of Bombay mix. Simon is exploring a theoretical puzzle so complex and critical to our understanding of the universe that it is known as the Monster. It looks like a sudoku table--except a sudoku table has nine columns of numbers. The Monster has columns. But that's not the whole story. What's inside the decaying sports bag he never lets out of his clutches? Why does he hurtle out of the house in the middle of the night? And--good God --what is that noxious smell that creeps up the stairwell? Grumpy, poignant, comical--more intimate than either the author or his quarry intended--"Simon: The Genius in My Basement" is the story of a friendship and a pursuit. Part biography, part memoir, and part popular science, it is a study of the frailty of brilliance, the measures of happiness, and Britain's most uncooperative egghead eccentric.

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