Biography: arts & entertainment

When W.G. Sebald died in 2001, he was internationally acknowledged as one of the most important German writers of our era. Now, thanks to Iain Galbraith's vibrant translations, the full breadth of his poetry is available in English. This volume brings together poems published during Sebald's life...

With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century.

With access to personal letters and papers that have rarely been seen, Lucy Worsley's biography is both authoritative and entertaining and makes us realise what an extraordinary pioneer Agatha Christie was - truly a woman who wrote the twentieth century. ** Shortlisted for the @CrimeFest H.R.F. K...

In 1520, Albrecht Durer, the most celebrated artist in Northern Europe, sailed to Zeeland to see a whale. As the cynosure of the Renaissance, no one had painted or drawn the world like him. He had drawn a hare or a rhinoceros in the way he painted saints and madonnas. They were all one and the sa...

From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of Masters of Sex, a True Story ofthe Intrigue and Infighting of Cond Nast, Anna Wintour, S. I. Newhouse Jr., and Tina Brown, and Optioned by Sony Television Productions Inside the Cond Nast magazine world run by billionaire S. I. Newhouse Jr., ...

Apporached from a historical lens, learn about the great and influential families, their rise and sometimes their fall. No one likes to believe that America has its own aristocracy, but the families described in this narrative share how these American families climbed the social ladder and their ...

John Lydon has remained a compelling and dynamic figure - both as a musician and as a cultural commentator. This is a fresh and mature look back on a life full of incident from his beginnings as a sickly child of immigrant Irish parents who grew up in post-war London, to his present status as a v...

Based on extensive interviews with Anna Wintour's closest friends and collaborators, including some of the biggest names in fashion, journalist Amy Odell has crafted the most revealing portrait of Wintour ever published. Weaving Anna's personal story into a larger narrative about the hierarchical...

Everything But The Girl singer-songwriter and }Bedsit Disco Queen{ author Tracey Thorn blends memoir and psychogeography in these recollections of a 1970s adolescence in a Green Belt commuter town. John Niven praises }Another Planet{ by describing Thorn as 'a singer whose phrasing is as good on t...

An illustrated history of drag. Before RuPaul's Drag Race propelled the cultural phenomenon into the global spotlight, drag had been around for thousands of years. Immerse yourself in the rich history of drag in this lusciously illustrated guide. The history of drag has been formed by many inte...