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A major new biography of this enduringly popular artist by the world’s foremost scholar of his life and work Expertly researched and beautifully written by the world’s leading authority on Auguste Renoir’s life and work, Renoir fully reveals this most intriguing of Impressionist artists....

Have you ever wondered how Morgan Freeman rose to stardom? He was not always rich and admirable. He came from a poor family and he had to go a long way to become an successful actor. Morgan Freeman is one of the early African American actors that made it in Hollywood. When you read the...

An "extraordinary biography" (New York Times Book Review) of a brilliant pair of adventurers. Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family. When she first saw him while walking at a seaside...

He's the man who made millions laugh with a twitch of his perfectly coiffured moustache and rebooted the Internet's funny bone as one of the masterminds behind the comedy trove, FunnyOrDie.If there is comedy to be mined, you can be sure Will Ferrell will find it. From playing the school joker as a...

The hardback of this first and authorised biography received very good reviews and immediately reprinted. It tells the story of one of the heroines of post-war British comedy, on radio, film and TV. Hattie Jacques is known as the billowing, imposing Matron in the Carry On films, as the star...

This is the first complete biography of the last of the great British comedians, published to coincide with his 80th birthday in November 2007.

The Revealing Story of Dan Brown, the Man Who Outsold the Bible The Da Vinci Code made Dan Brown one of the most popular authors in history. Yet he's also one of the most secretive, rarely granting interviews or making public appearances. In this illuminating biography, Lisa Rogak uncovers...

Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to his...

Those who don't believe in miracles should take a look at what brought Dakota Johnson from obscurity to the pinnacle of stardom as Anastasia Steele in the motion picture Fifty Shades of Grey. But who is Dakota Johnson?  A surprisingly accomplished and driven actress.  This is not...

John Jobling takes readers beyond the myth in this unauthorized biography to present the first comprehensive account of the illustrious Irish rockers in 25 years. Drawing on extensive interviews with insiders including record label scouts, studio presidents, politicians, music critics, and childhood...

Aubrey Drake Graham, also known as Drake, is one of the most talked about hip hop artists today. But, in order to truly understand him, you must first understand where he came from. Drake: An Unauthorized Biography explores Drake's upbringing, his television career, and details his breakthrough into...

They are Britain's best-loved comedians. This unauthorised biography gives the low-down on the men behind the laughter.When Little Britain appeared on our screens, a series of characters was born that would make a nation laugh like no other British comedy in recent years. With its hilarious mocking...

The definitive biography of one of pop music's most private stars. Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics has always been an enigma, ill at ease with the trappings of fame, and giving away little about herself, but now the writers have given her the biography she deserves: compelling, sympathetic, unflinching and fair.

Learn the secrets to obtaining Bruce Lee's astounding physique with this insightful martial arts and philosophies. If you have read Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee, you will also like this biography.Bruce Lee was a passionate and vigorous man with such laser-focus concentration of energy...