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14 produkter
Stephen Sondheim
A Life
Häftad, 1999
252 kr
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Drawing on interviews with friends, family, collaborators and lovers, this biography of Stephen Sondheim looks to bring us not only the artist - as a master of modern compositional style - but also the private man.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Häftad, 1998
251 kr
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This biography focuses on Wright's family history, personal adventures and colourful friends and family. The author had unprecedented access to an archive of over 100,000 of Wright's letters, photographs, drawings and books, and she also interviewed surviving devotees, students and relatives.
Duveen
Häftad, 2005
305 kr
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Anyone who has admired Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" of the Huntington Collection in California, or Rembrandt's Aristotle Contemplating the Bust of Homer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York owes much of his or her pleasure to the art dealer Joseph Duveen (1869-1939). Regarded as the most …
Elsa Schiaparelli
A Biography
E-bok, 2014
108 kr
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A comprehensive, compelling biography following the life and style of the inimitable Elsa Schiaparelli by renowned biographer Meryle Secrest.One of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her …
Elsa Schiaparelli
A Biography
Häftad, 2015
198 kr
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'A wonderful insight into a life that history hasn't remembered as well as it should have.' - VogueOne of the most extraordinary fashion designers of the twentieth century, Elsa Schiaparelli was an integral figure in the artistic movement of the times. Her collaborations with artists such as Man …
Shoot the Widow
Adventures of a Biographer in Search of Her Subject
E-bok, 2011
236 kr
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The first rule of biography, wrote Justin Kaplan: “Shoot the widow.” In her new book, Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer (“Knowing, sympathetic and entertainingly droll”— The New York Times ), writes about her comic triumphs and misadventures as a biographer in search of her nine celebrated …
Modigliani
E-bok, 2011
256 kr
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“People like us . . . have different rights, different values than do ordinary people because we have different needs which put us . . . above their moral standards.” —Modigliani Amedeo (“Beloved of God”) Modigliani was considered to be the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as …
Stephen Sondheim
A Life
E-bok, 2011
205 kr
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In the first full-scale life of the most important composer-lyricist at work in musical theatre today, Meryle Secrest, the biographer of Frank Lloyd Wright and Leonard Bernstein, draws on her extended conversations with Stephen Sondheim as well as on her interviews with his friends, family, …
Mysterious Affair at Olivetti
IBM, the CIA, and the Cold War Conspiracy to Shut Down Production of the World''s First Desktop Computer
E-bok, 2019
173 kr
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The never-before-told true account of the design and development of the first desktop computer by the world''s most famous high-styled typewriter company, more than a decade before the arrival of the Osborne 1, the Apple 1, the first Intel microprocessor, and IBM''s PC5150. The human, business, …
Somewhere for Me
A Biography of Richard Rodgers
Häftad, 2002
252 kr
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The life of composer Richard Rodgers encapsulates the very essence of New York and London high society during the first half of the twentieth century and his brilliant twenty-five year collaboration with Lorenz Hart gave rise to songs that will live forever: "Manhattan", "The Lady is a Tramp", and …
Frank Lloyd Wright
E-bok, 2014
236 kr
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The widely admired biographer of Bernard Berenson (“A triumph”—Washington Post ; “A perfect riot”—Michael Holroyd; “Astonishing”—London Sunday Times ) and of Kenneth Clark (“Splendid, enthralling”— The Wall Street Journal ) gives us now a complete and complex portrait of an American titan, Frank …
Princess Margaret and the Curse
An Inquiry into a Royal Life
Inbunden, 2025
288 kr
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A Groundbreaking New Perspective of Princess Margaret by Renowned Biographer Meryle SecrestMeryle Secrest, distinguished biographer in the arts and humanities, and recipient of a White House Medal, has turned her focus to royalty. In Princess Margaret and the Curse, she has put the conventional …
Princess Margaret and the Curse
An Inquiry into a Royal Life
E-bok, 2025
226 kr
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A Groundbreaking New Perspective of Princess Margaret by Renowned Biographer Meryle Secrest Meryle Secrest, distinguished biographer in the arts and humanities, and recipient of a White House Medal, has turned her focus to royalty. In Princess Margaret and the Curse , she has put the conventional …
