Häftad, Engelska, 2009
275 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Jasper Rees – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren . Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
14 produkter
14 produkter
- E-bokEngelska, 2009
101 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
In the days before his fortieth birthday, London-based journalist Jasper Rees trades his pen for a French horn that has been gathering dust in the attic for more than twenty-two years, and, on a lark, plays it at the annual festival of the British Horn Society.Despite an embarrassingly poor performance, the experience inspires Rees to embark on a daunting, bizarre, and ultimately winning journey: to return to the festival in one year''s time and play a Mozart concerto—solo—to a large paying audience.A Devil to Play is the true story of an unlikely midlife crisis spent conquering sixteen feet of wrapped brass tubing widely regarded as the most difficult instrument to master, as well as the most treacherous to play in public. It is the history of man''s first musical instrument, a compelling journey that moves from the walls of Jericho to Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band, from the hunting fields of France to the heart of Hollywood. And it is the account of one man''s mounting musical obsession, told with pitch-perfect wit and an undeniable charm—an endearing, inspiring tale of perseverance and achievement, relayed masterfully, one side-splittingly off-key note at a time. - Häftad, Engelska, 2016
266 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
- Häftad, Engelska, 2022
118 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
'There was none like her before and there's been none like her since' Dawn FrenchIn the five years since Victoria Wood's death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be surprised by new material from her.But as part of the research for Let's Do It, the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, her official biographer Jasper Rees uncovered a treasure chest of unseen work. From her first piece of comic prose, for the school magazine, through to material written for the great TV shows of her maturity, this joyful hoard of unreleased material spans nearly half a century.Victoria Wood: Unseen on TV is a unique and intimate insight into the working of an irreplaceable genius of comedy.From the first to the last, here are sketches, songs and stand-up monologues that no one else could have written, which will make you laugh in the way that only she could.'He was a lovely man he had a lovely gap between his two front teeth. I specially noticed it cos he had a mushy pea stuck in it. He said can I take you home I said hang on I haven't finished my Tizer. So, we get home he says can I come in for a coffee. I said I haven't got any coffee but you can come in for a Horlicks if you don't mind sucking your own lumps.'Praise for Let's Do It:'Rees pulls off the trick of writing a brilliant tribute while also - somehow, almost - bringing Victoria Wood back to life in all her complicated glory.' Guardian'An immersive, authoritative book' Spectator'Impeccable' Daily Telegraph'A must-read' Daily Mirror'A joy' Daily Mail - E-bokEngelska, 2021
44 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
''There was none like her before and there''s been none like her since'' Dawn FrenchIn the five years since Victoria Wood''s death, one great sadness has been the realisation that we will never again be surprised by new material from her.But as part of the research for Let''s Do It, the critically acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller, her official biographer Jasper Rees uncovered a treasure chest of unseen work. From her first piece of comic prose, for the school magazine, through to material written for the great TV shows of her maturity, this joyful hoard of unreleased material spans nearly half a century.Victoria Wood: Unseen on TV is a unique and intimate insight into the working of an irreplaceable genius of comedy.From the first to the last, here are sketches, songs and stand-up monologues that no one else could have written, which will make you laugh in the way that only she could.''He was a lovely man he had a lovely gap between his two front teeth. I specially noticed it cos he had a mushy pea stuck in it. He said can I take you home I said hang on I haven''t finished my Tizer. So, we get home he says can I come in for a coffee. I said I haven''t got any coffee but you can come in for a Horlicks if you don''t mind sucking your own lumps.''Praise for Let''s Do It:''Rees pulls off the trick of writing a brilliant tribute while also - somehow, almost - bringing Victoria Wood back to life in all her complicated glory.'' Guardian''An immersive, authoritative book'' Spectator''Impeccable'' Daily Telegraph''A must-read'' Daily Mirror''A joy'' Daily Mail
- Häftad, Engelska, 2021
130 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Radio Times, Daily Herald and FT Book of the Year'I was born with a warped sense of humour and when I was carried home from being born it was Coronation Day and so I was called Victoria but you are not supposed to know who wrote this anyway it is about time I unleashed my pent-up emotions in a bitter comment on the state of our society but it's not quite me so I think I shall write a heart-warming story with laughter behind the tears and tears behind the laughter which means hysterics to you Philistines...'From 'Pardon?' by Vicky Wood, Aged 14. Bury Grammar School (Girls) Magazine, 1967In her passport Victoria Wood listed her occupation as 'entertainer' - and in stand-up and sketches, songs and sitcom, musicals and dramas, she became the greatest entertainer of the age. Those things that might have held her back - her lonely childhood, her crippling shyness and above all the disadvantage of being a woman in a male-run industry - she turned to her advantage to make extraordinary comedy about ordinary people living ordinary lives in ordinary bodies. She wasn't fond of the term, but Victoria Wood truly was a national treasure - and her loss is still keenly felt.Victoria had plenty of stories still to tell when she died in 2016, and one of those was her own autobiography. 'I will do it one day,' she told the author and journalist Jasper Rees. 'It would be about my childhood, about my first few years in showbusiness, which were really interesting and would make a really nice story.' That sadly never came to pass, so Victoria's estate has asked Jasper Rees, who interviewed her more than anyone else, to tell her extraordinary story in full. He has been granted complete and exclusive access to Victoria's rich archive of personal and professional material, and has conducted over 200 interviews with her family, friends and colleagues - among them Victoria's children, her sisters, her ex-husband Geoffrey Durham, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Dawn French, Anne Reid, Imelda Staunton and many more. What emerges is a portrait of a true pioneer who spoke to her audience like no one before or since. - E-bokEngelska, 2020
49 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Radio Times, Daily Herald and FT Book of the Year''I was born with a warped sense of humour and when I was carried home from being born it was Coronation Day and so I was called Victoria but you are not supposed to know who wrote this anyway it is about time I unleashed my pent-up emotions in a bitter comment on the state of our society but it''s not quite me so I think I shall write a heart-warming story with laughter behind the tears and tears behind the laughter which means hysterics to you Philistines...''From ''Pardon?'' by Vicky Wood, Aged 14. Bury Grammar School (Girls) Magazine, 1967
In her passport Victoria Wood listed her occupation as ''entertainer'' - and in stand-up and sketches, songs and sitcom, musicals and dramas, she became the greatest entertainer of the age. Those things that might have held her back - her lonely childhood, her crippling shyness and above all the disadvantage of being a woman in a male-run industry - she turned to her advantage to make extraordinary comedy about ordinary people living ordinary lives in ordinary bodies. She wasn''t fond of the term, but Victoria Wood truly was a national treasure - and her loss is still keenly felt. Victoria had plenty of stories still to tell when she died in 2016, and one of those was her own autobiography. ''I will do it one day,'' she told the author and journalist Jasper Rees. ''It would be about my childhood, about my first few years in showbusiness, which were really interesting and would make a really nice story.'' That sadly never came to pass, so Victoria''s estate has asked Jasper Rees, who interviewed her more than anyone else, to tell her extraordinary story in full. He has been granted complete and exclusive access to Victoria''s rich archive of personal and professional material, and has conducted over 200 interviews with her family, friends and colleagues - among them Victoria''s children, her sisters, her ex-husband Geoffrey Durham, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Dawn French, Anne Reid, Imelda Staunton and many more. What emerges is a portrait of a true pioneer who spoke to her audience like no one before or since.
- E-bokEngelska, 2011
165 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
In late 1911, the final year of the Edwardian age, a British naval captain and a Norwegian conqueror of the North-West Passage embarked on the most gruelling race ever run. Their aim was not only to lead the first expedition to the South Pole, but also to live to tell the tale. Six months later, Robert Falcon Scott and four of his party were dead, while Roald Amundsens victory had been wired around the world. A century on, the debate still rages. Was Scott unfortunate or incompetent? Was Amundsen a genius or lucky? In a unique television experiment, two teams led by the Norwegian explorer Rune Gjeldnes and the television anthropologist Bruce Parry, star of the BBC2 series Tribe, set out to recreate the famous race. Wearing the same type of clothing as their predecessors, surviving on the same diet, using the same equipment and travelling over the same distance, they seek to answer some of the burning questions. Blizzard is a dramatic chronicle of both the original epic, and its reconstruction. Jasper Reess narrative skilfully intertwines past and present as he brings to life an extraordinary cast of characters. They may be separated from their predecessors by nearly a hundred years, but the modern race teams soon discover that, in polar travel, nothing changes. Among the hardships they face are uncontrollable dogs, inedible food, invisible crevasses, unimaginable cold, all in an unending prairie of snow. Incorporating the gripping diaries of Parry and Gjeldnes, Blizzard paints an astonishing picture of comradeship in the face of physical danger and psychological torment in the most life-threatening habitat on earth. - Häftad, Engelska, 2016
219 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing.'Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated for her unique recordings and her sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall.Born in 1868 to wealthy Pennsylvanian parents, Florence was a talented young pianist but her life was thrown into turmoil when she eloped with Frank Jenkins, a man twice her age. The marriage proved a disaster and, in order to survive, Florence was forced to abandon her dreams of a musical career and teach the piano. Then her father died in 1909 and, newly installed in New York, she used a considerable inheritance to fund her passion. She set up a prestigious amateur music club and began staging operas. Aided by her English common-law husband, St Clair Bayfield, she worked tirelessly to support the city's musical life. Many young singers owed their start to Florence, but she too yearned to perform and began giving regular recitals that quickly attracted a cult following. And yet nothing could prepare the world for the astonishing climax of her career when, at the age of seventy-six, she performed at the most hallowed concert hall in America.In Florence Foster Jenkins, Jasper Rees tells her extraordinary story, which inspired the film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and directed by Stephen Frears. This remarkable book also includes Nicholas Martin's funny, moving and inspirational screenplay. - E-bokEngelska, 2016
142 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
People may say that I couldn't sing. But no one can say that I didn't sing.'Despite lacking pitch, rhythm or tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, celebrated for her unique recordings and her sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall.Born in 1868 to wealthy Pennsylvanian parents, Florence was a talented young pianist but her life was thrown into turmoil when she eloped with Frank Jenkins, a man twice her age. The marriage proved a disaster and, in order to survive, Florence was forced to abandon her dreams of a musical career and teach the piano. Then her father died in 1909 and, newly installed in New York, she used a considerable inheritance to fund her passion. She set up a prestigious amateur music club and began staging operas. Aided by her English common-law husband, St Clair Bayfield, she worked tirelessly to support the city's musical life. Many young singers owed their start to Florence, but she too yearned to perform and began giving regular recitals that quickly attracted a cult following. And yet nothing could prepare the world for the astonishing climax of her career when, at the age of seventy-six, she performed at the most hallowed concert hall in America.In Florence Foster Jenkins, Jasper Rees tells her extraordinary story, which inspired the film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, and directed by Stephen Frears. This remarkable book also includes Nicholas Martin's funny, moving and inspirational screenplay. - Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
334 kr
Kommande
*Available for Pre-order now * A major and definitive biography of the beloved actor, full of 150 exclusive interviews with stars including Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe, Dame Judi Dench, Dame Helen Mirren, Alan Ayckbourn, Brian Cox, Billy Nighy and Jeremy Clarkson 'This book reveals the wonderful man behind some of the greatest roles on stage and screen’ Daniel Radcliffe Michael Gambon’s rise made little sense. The son of working-class Irish immigrants, he left school with no qualifications and became an apprentice toolmaker in a factory while his future contemporaries studied at drama college or Cambridge. Yet he would emerge as the towering actor of his generation: a performer of unrivalled power and instinctive imagination who could reduce audiences to tears or make them rock with helpless laughter. Jasper Rees, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Let’s Do It: The Authorised Biography of Victoria Wood, interviewed Gambon more than any other journalist alive. Drawing on exclusive access to the Gambon archive, the memories of Michael Gambon’s family and the testimony of more than 150 actors, writers, directors, producers and friends – including Helen Mirren, Daniel Radcliffe, Judi Dench, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, Alan Ayckbourn, Eileen Atkins, Bill Nighy, David Hare, Lia Williams, Christopher Hampton, Simon Russell Beale, Sonia Friedman, Richard Eyre, Imelda Staunton, Matthew Macfadyen and Jeremy Clarkson – Rees tells the extraordinary story of one of the greatest actors of the last fifty years. The vast breadth of Michael Gambon’s career took him from spear-carrying in Laurence Olivier’s fledgling National Theatre to epoch-defining performances in The Life of Galileo, A View from the Bridge and Skylight; from many momentous collaborations with Harold Pinter and Alan Ayckbourn to public adulation in The Singing Detective and the Harry Potter films. In following the story through to the last years when he grappled with severe memory loss, his authorised biography takes readers closer than ever before to understanding the real Michael Gambon: a complicated and intensely private man, touched with genius, who was as surprising and elusive when not acting – with his mischievously tall tales, his passion for restoring antique firearms and flying planes – as he was mesmerising on both stage and screen. Funny, moving and revelatory, Jasper Rees’s masterful and definitive biography peels back the layers of Gambon’s myth to reveal the humanity of an acting colossus. Praise for Sir Michael Gambon: ‘Michael Gambon was perfection . . . he was like the internet, because some things on the internet are true, but most of it isn't true. That's broadly speaking what I thought it was like talking to Michael.' Jeremy Clarkson 'He was a remarkable stage performer. It was a privilege to watch him at work on my stuff. You couldn't really term it acting - more an act of spontaneous combustion.' Sir Alan Ayckbourn 'He was sublime as an actor.' Dame Judi Dench 'He could be very, very present on stage and very committed and yet at the same time have this parallel universe going on. And I think this was his magic in a sense as an actor. He could be utterly committed and believable and truly 'in' the scene and yet there was a part of him standing aside going, 'no you idiot, what do you think you're doing?' He was a great, great man. We all loved him very much.' Dame Helen Mirren - Häftad, Engelska, 2014
107 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
n this newly updated biography, Jasper Rees uncovers the true story behind this deeply private man, having been granted unprecedented access to Wenger's friends and family, players and rivals. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
44 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Granted access to Wengers friends and family, players and rival managers, Jasper Rees has written the untold story behind this private man. He follows Wenger from childhood in Alsace, through his stints as a journeyman player, to his coaching days at Nancy, Monaco, Grampus Eight and Arsenal. - E-bokEngelska, 2011
147 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Jasper Rees has always wanted to be Welsh. But despite Welsh grandparents (and a Welsh surname) he is an Englishman: by birth, upbringing and temperament.In this singular, hilarious love letter to a glorious country so often misunderstood, Rees sets out to achieve his goal of becoming a Welshman by learning to sing, play, work, worship, think - and above all, speak - like one. On the way he meets monks, tenors and politicians, and tries his hand at rugby and lambing - all the while weaving together his personal story with Wales''s rich history. Culminating in a nail-biting test of Rees''s Welsh-speaking skill at the National Eisteddfod, this exuberant journey of self-discovery celebrates the importance of national identity, and the joy of belonging.
