Results for: books tagged ‘Biography & Memoir’
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: James Shapiro
An intimate history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes but the course of literature.How did Shakespeare go from being a talented poet ... More
Aaron Copland: Howard Pollack
The son of Russian immigrants, Aaron Copland (1900-1990) became America's most loved and esteemed composer. Commonly referred to as the American composer - 'the best we've got' in the words ... More
Acting Up: David Hare
In 1997 the 50-year-old playwright David Hare decided to visit the 50-year-old state of Israel and write a play - Via Dolorosa - about the conflict. He then chose to ... More
Adrian Boult: Michael Kennedy
Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983) was one of the greatest English conductors. He had a long association with the BBC, as director of music, and, more famously, as the permanent conductor ... More
Adventures of a Suburban Boy: John Boorman
John Boorman, hailed by the Observer as 'arguably Britain's greatest living director', offers an enthralling memoir of a creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light. One ... More
Alamein to Zem Zem: Keith Douglas
A classic war book by one of the finest poets of the Second World War. Keith Douglas was posted to Palestine in 1941 with a cavalry regiment. When fighting broke ... More
Alan Clarke: Richard T. Kelly
An unusually brilliant generation of film-makers emerged from British television drama in the 1960-70s - none more formidable than Alan Clarke. Yet Clarke enjoyed only a vague renown among the ... More
Alma Mahler-Werfel: Diaries 1898-1902: Antony Beaumont
Born in 1879 in Vienna, Alma Mahler-Werfel was the daughter of the popular landscape painter, Emil J. Schindler. Her stepfather, Carl Moll, was instrumental in forming the Secession movement and ... More
And Still I Rise: Doreen Lawrence
This is the heartbreaking story of a mother's loss. It is also the story of how one ordinary black woman and her husband changed the face of British policing and ... More
Aneurin Bevan: A Biography: Michael Foot
Michael Foot's biography of Nye Bevan is one of the great political biographies of the last century. Originally published in two volumes (1962 and 1973), Faber Finds is reissuing it ... More
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