Film scholars and enthusiasts will welcome this new edition of Donald Richie's incomparable study, last updated in 1984. The introduction …
Dolores del Río's enormously successful career in Hollywood, in Mexico, and internationally illuminates issues of race, ethnicity, and gender through …
Los Angeles: J.P. Getty Museum, 1996. — 96 p. — ISBN-0892363924“Clear, solid, palpable”—this is the world of the Dutch painters …
In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, a "brisk and vivid"( Los Angeles Times) account of an obsessive …
The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest …
*Includes pictures*Includes their own quotes about their lives and work*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table …
"A worthy addition to the Feynman shelf and a welcome follow-up to the standard-bearer, James Gleick's Genius." —Kirkus ReviewsPerhaps the …
Erwin Schrodinger was a brilliant and charming Austrian, a great scientist, and a man with a passionate interest in people …
In this absorbing account of life with the great atomic scientist Enrico Fermi, Laura Fermi tells the story of their …
A remarkable account of Kurt Gödel, weaving together creative genius, mental illness, political corruption, and idealism in the face of …
A half-century of Wall Street history as seen through the lives of its most illustrious family This compelling new narrative …
A master of extreme situations, Charles Dickens populated his novels with unforgettable characters and elaborate settings. ''Critical Companion to Charles …
This study of Dickens's career as a professional writer uses a range of material to describe and analyze the ways …
This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he …
Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. In following the twists and …
1. Death and life of Michelangelo -- 2. Buonarroti -- 3. Unruly apprenticeship -- 4. Medici -- 5. Antiquities -- …
In the tradition of The Swerve and How to Live, this vivid biography reveals how a Renaissance scholar reshaped the …
Film study has tended to treat documentary as a marginal form, but as the essaysin Three Documentary Filmmakers demonstrate, the …
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) was a pianist, composer, ethnographer, essayist, and much more. The Australian-American musician aspired to the condition of …
Unaccountably, Percy Grainger has remained on the margins of both American music history and twentieth-century modernism. This volume reveals the …
Through the lens of four seminal concerts, acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein offers an intimate, nuanced look at …
“A historical compilation to savor” (Los Angeles Times) that is “invaluable…irresistible” (The New York Times)—the ultimate collection of interviews and …
This is the book that inspired the film of the same name staring Russell Crow. Whilst elements of the story …
2005 has been designated "World Year of Physics" to celebrate the publication of Einstein's Theory of Relativity one hundred years …
This is a wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies, for children aged 6-9 years, featuring great leaders, heroes, …
Henry Ford changed the face of the modern world. The incredible success of his "motor car for the multitudes" transformed …
Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a …
From the best-selling author of E=mc2, a brisk, accessible biography of Albert Einstein that reveals the genius and hubris of …
2022 Belmont Award for the Best Book on Country Music, International Country Music Conference/Belmont University New and expanded biography of …
Gathers 14 of Gordon S. Haight's essays on the life and work of Victorian authors and artists, among them George …
"Volume 1 covers the band's formation up to their breakthrough eponymous fifth album, aka The Black Album. The intense and …
