wyszukanych pozycji: 7
Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart
ISBN: 9780306811357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the Algonquin Round Table to the Gershwins and the Hollywood moguls, Moss Hart knew and delighted everybody. Vanity Fair has called him "one of American theater's greatest geniuses," the man responsible for such indelible successes as A Star Is Born, Camelot, and My Fair Lady. His rags-to-riches autobiography, Act One, became one of the most successful and beloved books ever published about the lure of the theater. But it ended at the beginning--when Hart was only twenty-five. Now, at last, we have the whole and far richer story in this first full-scale...
From the Algonquin Round Table to the Gershwins and the Hollywood moguls, Moss Hart knew and delighted everybody. Vanity Fair has called him "o...
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113,25 zł |
Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend
ISBN: 9780816675845 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlene Dietrich in a biography that will stand as the ultimate authority on a singular star. Based on six years of research and hundreds of interviews--including conversations with Dietrich--this is the life story of one of the century's greatest movie actresses and performers, an icon who embodied glamour and sophistication for audiences around the globe.
From the stages of Berlin to anti-Nazi efforts and silver-screen stardom, Steven Bach reveals the fascinating woman behind the myth surrounding Marlen...
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93,49 zł |
The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era
ISBN: 9780805046663 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional blend of business and art. This book lays to rest the persistent myth that businesspeople and producers stifle artistic talent and reveals instead the genius of a system of collaboration and conflict. Working from industry documents, Schatz traces the development of house styles, the rise and fall of careers, and the making-and unmaking-of movies, from Frankenstein to Spellbound to Grand Hotel. Richly illustrated and highly... At a time when the studio is making a stunning comeback, film historian Thomas Schatz provides an indispensable account of Hollywood's tradional bl... |
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135,08 zł |
Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl
ISBN: 9780307387752 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Leni Riefenstahl, the woman known as Hitler s filmmaker, made some of the greatest and most innovative documentaries ever made. They are also insidious glorifications of Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich. Now, Steven Bach reveals the truths and lies behind Riefenstahl s lifelong self-vindication as an apolitical artist who claimed to know nothing of the Holocaust and denied her complicity with the criminal regime she both used and sanctified.
A riveting and illuminating biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the twentieth century." Leni Riefenstahl, the woman known as Hitler s filmmaker, made some of the greatest and most innovative documentaries ever made. They are also insidiou...
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87,15 zł |
Why the Hell Didn't You Tell Me?
ISBN: 9780984258208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This fictionalized memoir started out as a list of odd events of my life that piqued my curiosity. At parties and other gatherings people seemed to be very interested as I told these stories from my past and they urged me to commit them to paper. These events were experienced during a time of stress, heavy use of hallucinogens, head injuries, and survival. Along the way the experiences of magic, sentient weather systems, ancient star constellations, and brushes with the law, along with the navigation of the emotional chasms and heavens they evoked, were among the most memorable times of my...
This fictionalized memoir started out as a list of odd events of my life that piqued my curiosity. At parties and other gatherings people seemed to be...
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36,51 zł |
Purl Up and Die
ISBN: 9780425258453 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2016 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In this mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Yarn Over Murder, Kelly Flynn and the Lambspun Knitters must unravel the truth from the lies to clear a friend s son of murder...
Kelly s summer in Fort Connor, Colorado, is off to a great start with knitting classes taught by her friend Barb. But while the advanced stitches are giving Kelly the slip, a more deadly problem soon has her friend coming apart at the seams. A young woman has accused Barb s son, Tommy a young doctor doing his residency of assaulting her. The yarns spun by the... In this mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Yarn Over Murder, Kelly Flynn and the Lambspun Knitters must unravel th...
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34,82 zł |
Managing Uncertainty in the House of Representatives: Adaption and Innovation in Special Rules
ISBN: 9780815707417 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Special rules have altered members' political calculations and strategies, changed the ways committees can protect themselves from attack on the floor, and presented the minority party with new constraints on proposing legislative alternatives. Stanley Bach and Steven Smith examine these dramatic changes in the character of special rules and their use to shape debate and decisions in the House.
Special rules have altered members' political calculations and strategies, changed the ways committees can protect themselves from attack on the floor...
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82,01 zł |