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  • Richard Lee 1677 - 1726
    Jacqueli Finley
    Richard Lee was born 1677 Surrey County, Virginia to William Lee and Alice Felton. He married Mary Young in 1695 in King and Queen County, Richmond, Virginia. Richard Henry Lee died on 10 Dec 1726 in West Farnham, Parish, King and Queen County, Richmond, Colony of Virginia. He was the grandson of Colonel Richard Lee and Anne Constable, and the father of John Lee, Esquire. Many ...
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    22,19 €

  • Troubles and Triumphs
    Dan McGuire
    An introvert by nature, Robert Young found that he could overcome his shyness by taking on other personalities when he performed with his high school’s drama group. Further schooling in theatre arts at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he appeared in many productions, led to a screen test and a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Louis B. Mayer, the top man at MGM, said, 'Young has ...
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    27,78 €

  • Troubles and Triumphs (hardback)
    Dan McGuire
    An introvert by nature, Robert Young found that he could overcome his shyness by taking on other personalities when he performed with his high school’s drama group. Further schooling in theatre arts at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he appeared in many productions, led to a screen test and a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Louis B. Mayer, the top man at MGM, said, 'Young has ...
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    37,96 €

  • Ha Ha Among the Trumpets An Improvisational Journey
    Latifah Taormina / TBD
    Names like Howard Hesseman, Alan Arkin, Bill Graham, and even Caspar Weinberger illuminate this incredible chronicle of The Committee, San Francisco’s improvisational company that hot only gave rise to many Hollywood stars but also pioneered long-form improvisation. Ha Ha Among the Trumpets chronicles the incredible journey of newly married Second City alums, Alan and Jessica M...
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    29,59 €

  • I Strip for God Part 10
    Rasa Von Werder
    Part 10 speaks a great deal re Sisterhood - the New Religion, Convent, Temple for Women, together with Matriarchal prophet William Bond & Social Pundit Ajax the Great. Peppered with pictures of the sweet girls Rasa organized in her B’klyn digs - the 'One World Light' gatherings she formed for girls, holding bible studies & Church services in her home, taking the girls on trips ...
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    46,94 €

  • Mais Oui Tell You Some Stories?
    Marc Denis
    Mais Oui Tell You Some Stories?Tales of meets and greets, interviews, photo ops, professional collaborations or just plain crazy encounters in Notable Places with these Famous Faces :Paul McCartney, Céline Dion, Boy George, Billy Joel, Chris DeBurgh, Michel Pagliaro, Bo Diddley, Frank Zappa, Gloria Estefan, Paul Anka, Robert Charlebois, Phil Everly, Don Everly, Julian Lennon, L...
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    26,49 €

  • Just a Regular Bloke
    Anthony Slide
    Just a Regular Bloke: The Ted Ray Story is the third in a trilogy of volumes on legends of British comedy, that began with Jimmy Edwards and continued with Arthur Askey. Ted Ray became a star as British Music Hall came to an end, and continued into radio, television and motion pictures. He never stopped performing on stage as Music Hall morphed into Variety, and could always be...
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    26,97 €

  • Just a Regular Bloke (hardback)
    Anthony Slide
    Just a Regular Bloke: The Ted Ray Story is the third in a trilogy of volumes on legends of British comedy, that began with Jimmy Edwards and continued with Arthur Askey. Ted Ray became a star as British Music Hall came to an end, and continued into radio, television and motion pictures. He never stopped performing on stage as Music Hall morphed into Variety, and could always be...
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    37,14 €

  • Tribute
    Ryan McCall
    This new 30-page edition of the biography comic book of the icon Loretta Lynn.  From the coal mines of Kentucky to the biggest stages around the world, Tribute: Loretta Lynn looks at the life and career of the iconic Loretta Lynn.  The triumphs and tragedies that made this Living Legend America’s Sweetheart are detailed in this comic book from TidalWave Productions. There are b...
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    11,21 €

  • Tribute
    Ryan McCall
    This new 30-page edition of the biography comic book of the icon Loretta Lynn.  From the coal mines of Kentucky to the biggest stages around the world, Tribute: Loretta Lynn looks at the life and career of the iconic Loretta Lynn.  The triumphs and tragedies that made this Living Legend America’s Sweetheart are detailed in this comic book from TidalWave Productions. There are b...
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    21,85 €

  • Judy Garland - Splendor and Downfall of a Legend (hardback)
    Bertrand Tessier / Lawrence Schulman
    The critically acclaimed biography of Judy Garland that reads like a novel.200 photos, many published for the first time, from private collections around the world. 'Extremely well documented, the biography by Bertrand Tessier hides nothing of the highs and lows of the American star.' - Le Figaro 'The journalist Bertrand Tessier recounts with talent the extraordinary destiny ...
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    41,04 €

  • Jimi Hendrix
    Sharon Lawrence
    The genius we never understood. . . . The man we never knew. . . . The truth we never heard. . . . The music we never forgot. . . . A revealing portrait of a legend by a close and trusted friend. ...
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    15,14 €

  • Traditions of Christmas
    Heady Delpak
    From Dr. Seuss to Charles Dickens, Christmas stories have always captivated people. Many of us can remember sitting at someone’s knee to hear a folkloric tale of Kris Kringle and his helper elves. Heck, the entire holiday has storybook elements!You have the magical Christmas tree decorations, a special Christmas dinner, and a mysterious gift delivery with all you’ve wished for....
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    35,51 €

  • Judy Garland - Splendor and Downfall of a Legend
    Bertrand Tessier / Lawrence Schulman
    The critically acclaimed biography of Judy Garland that reads like a novel.200 photos, many published for the first time, from private collections around the world. 'Extremely well documented, the biography by Bertrand Tessier hides nothing of the highs and lows of the American star.' - Le Figaro 'The journalist Bertrand Tessier recounts with talent the extraordinary destiny ...
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    30,87 €

  • Shut Up and Listen
    Rob McCuen
    Rob McCuen’s second book, the first one in 431 years, isn’t pretty. It’s a raw, unflinching, unadulterated, undeterred examination of the life of a fighter. It’s the memoirs of a bipolar rock and roller. ...
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    8,33 €

  • Let Your Heart Be Broken
    Tina Davidson
    Tina Davidson is three-and-a-half when she is adopted from her foster home in Sweden by a visiting American professor. Soon she is the oldest of five children, living with her mother and stepfather in Turkey, Germany, and Israel. She studies music and becomes a prolific pianist and composer. But something about her birth remains unnamed and hidden. When she returns to Sweden, s...
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    27,41 €

  • Let Your Heart Be Broken
    Tina Davidson
    Tina Davidson is three-and-a-half when she is adopted from her foster home in Sweden by a visiting American professor. Soon she is the oldest of five children, living with her mother and stepfather in Turkey, Germany, and Israel. She studies music and becomes a prolific pianist and composer. But something about her birth remains unnamed and hidden. When she returns to Sweden, s...
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    19,62 €

  • Life in the New Dark Age
    Doktor John
    For twenty years John Ambrose wrote regular reports on the gothic, punk and industrial scene for The Aquarian, a rock music magazine. He has previously published a novella, 'San Rocco and the Egg Drop Soup,' about an identity crisis and enlightenment experienced during a European vacation.Cover Artwork by Dan AmbroseDoktor John’s new book, 'Life in the New Dark Age' is a grippi...
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    21,02 €

  • A True Heart
    Billy Dib
    Suffering with chronic asthma during the first few months of life, and growing up in one of only two Lebanese families in a tough suburb of Sydney, Billy Dib was a fighter from the day he was born. Afraid to go to school because of the constant bullying, with the strength of his faith, he learnt to fight with resilience and humility. His destiny was paved from the moment he wal...
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    42,62 €

  • Song Book - This Is My Ministry
    Jonathan R P Taylor
    From an award-winning British singer-songwriter, these are Jonathan’s lyrics. Affectionately referred to as ’his brothel candles’ and from a writer, you’ve probably never heard of, until now... Contains ’A Dyslexic Perspective On Creative Writing’ as an appendix (100 pages) critique. ...
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    38,03 €

  • Beethoven
    J.W.N. Sullivan
    An exemplary 'entry-level' introduction to Beethoven’s life and music, this little book is still in print* almost a century after its first publication. Sullivan rarely assumes musical knowledge or expertise on the part of the reader but discusses Beethoven’s major works in terms of what they mean to us and how they reflect the composer’s deepening understanding of existence in...
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    16,40 €

  • Beethoven
    J.W.N. Sullivan
    An exemplary 'entry-level' introduction to Beethoven’s life and music, this little book is still in print* almost a century after its first publication. Sullivan rarely assumes musical knowledge or expertise on the part of the reader but discusses Beethoven’s major works in terms of what they mean to us and how they reflect the composer’s deepening understanding of existence in...
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    28,35 €

  • Una vida con…Ángel
    Juan José Montijano Ruiz
    Desde nuestra infancia, y a lo largo de toda nuestra vida, escuchamos fascinados cómo nuestro padre nos relataba innumerables acontecimientos que jalonaban su vida: los primeros años en el barrio del Madrid de su niñez, su adolescencia, el terrible periodo de la guerra civil, sus inicios en el mundo del teatro acabada ésta, su fraternal amistad con Jorge Negrete, su viaje a Méx...
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    23,46 €

  • A True Heart
    Billy Dib
    Suffering with chronic asthma during the first few months of life, and growing up in one of only two Lebanese families in a tough suburb of Sydney, Billy Dib was a fighter from the day he was born. Afraid to go to school because of the constant bullying, with the strength of his faith, he learnt to fight with resilience and humility. His destiny was paved from the moment he wal...
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    24,86 €

  • Orbit
    Joe Paradise
    Witness the rise, fall, and rise again of the original titans of horror punk in 'Orbit: The Misfits' by Joe Paradise and Martin Gimenez. Compiled from decades of rumors overheard in NJ record shops, this graphic biography is a retrospective of one of the hardest core bands ever to emerge from the NYC Punk scene.This comic book series has been featured in Entertainment Weekly, R...
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    8,57 €

  • My Extra Life in Show Business
    Peter Roy
    From my early days in the army, panto, music hall and then film and television, a career of some 70 years, I have met and worked with many famous actors, singers and comedians. I have been fortunate enough to work in some of the UK’s biggest film and tv franchises and consider myself very lucky to have had such a long and varied career. ...
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    17,39 €

  • Louise Bourgeois
    Gabriela Barzagui de Laurentiis / Lucas Kröeff
    Cuando parecía difícil, por tanto, decir algo distinto sobre Bourgeois, Gabriela Barzaghi De Laurentiis nos sorprende con un libro poético y original; un libro que se atreve a pensar fuera de los límites del marco establecido. Como esas gatas de Bourgeois que evoca en el último capítulo de su ensayo, Barzaghi De Laurentiis se aventura en un salto interpretativo: frente a una mi...
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    18,72 €

  • The Cello Still Sings
    Janet Horvath
    A sweeping history of three generations darkened by the long shadow of the Holocaust, The Cello Still Sings is a vivid, moving, and true story of personal discovery. As a child Janet is haunted by the eerie hush surrounding her parents’ experiences. George and Katherine, two professional musicians and Holocaust survivors, bury the memories of who and what they were before, sile...
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    29,65 €

  • Middle of the Rainbow - How a wife, mother and daughter managed to find herself and win two Emmys (hardback)
    Bonnie Bartlett Daniels
    MIDDLE OF THE RAINBOW The blunt and honest memoirs of Emmy-winning actress Bonnie Bartlett Daniels. It’s the story of her 70-plus year career, and her struggles in the pre-#metoo and pre-feminist world. It’s also the rare and unique story of a 70-plus year marriage (with film, theatre and TV icon William Daniels.) In a full telling of her life, we learn that through years of ps...
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    41,35 €

  • That Guy
    Larry Hankin
    After a confrontational Graduation Day, I decided to run away with a Show Business Circus. Went to Greenwich Village and started bussing bars between 2am and 6am while doing Open Mic Nites at the coffee-houses all over The Village. Within a couple of months, I was opening for Woody Allen, Miles Davis, The Kingston Trio, on to 'Second City' in Chicago, became a Founding Member o...
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    29,87 €