After 50 momentous years, little is remembered of the chaos the Hong Kong Philharmonic faced in its early days as a professional outfit. John Duffu...

No one living in New York can escape from George Gershwin. His music still comes in unrestrained and sometimes paralyzing abundance through the rad...

Ghosts and Ballyhoo: Memoirs of a Failed L.A. Music Journalist chronicles Thomas Wictor's ten years in the Los Angeles music industry and his quest...

When Giacomo Meyerbeer died in 1864 at the age of seventy-two, he was widely regarded as having written the greatest operas since Mozart. And yet, ...

Dunedin-born artist Grace Joel (1865--1924) exhibited to acclaim in London and Paris, yet she and her art are relatively unknown today. Joel excell...

Gwyneth Paltrow was born to acting, the daughter of producer Bruce Paltrow and Tony-award-winning stage actress Blythe Danner. With a delicate beau...

Unique among foreigners in nineteenthcentury Japan, Australianborn professional storyteller (rakugoka) Henry Black (1858-1923) enthralled audiences...

This book is more than just a love story, though a love story it certainly is. It is a tale of two television chefs who helped change the bedrock b...

In her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. R...

This book utilises the lives and friendship of the Danish literary critic George Brandes (1842-1927) and the silent film star Asta Nielsen (1881-19...

Bob Edwards, the Great White North's equivalent to H. L. Mencken, remains a singular figure in Canadian journalism. His newspapers, published in We...

J P E Hartmann (1805-1900) is one of the most renowned figures within Danish musical history. In the course of his lifetime he corresponded with ma...

As a founder member of the world's most successful instrumental group, the Shadows, and a chart-topper in his own right, bassist Jet Harris scaled ...

Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776) must be considered the most important composer and Kapellmeister in Denmark in the eighteenth century. Although h...

John Mayall is an icon in the world of blues music and the Godfather of British blues. A pioneering musician, blues promoter and talent scout for o...

This illustrated and deeply researched biography uncovers the captivating life, groundbreaking work, and enduring legacy of John Willie, the celebr...

Johnny Depp--Hollywood bad boy? Rebel? Or simply misunderstood. His name and photo have been on the covers of the major entertainment 'zines and th...

America's Pretty Woman and Hollywood's highest-paid actress, Julia Roberts is a fascinating study in contradictions. She evokes sexiness and innoce...

Discover the literary legend that is L. Ron Hubbard -- a leading light of popular fiction, a screenwriter in the Golden Age of Hollywood, an influe...

Immerse yourself in the universal language of music. Track Ron's lifelong pursuit as a musical director, arranger, performer and composer; read his...

From shutter click to final print—L. Ron Hubbard mastered every element of the photographic process. Uncover the purpose behind his photos and find...

Lumberman Larry Gorman was no respecter of borders -- nor of anything else, it seems. From the time he was a young man growing up on Prince Edward ...

This book is a history of my life in art. It also includes my gratitude to the many friends and other influences that have shaped and enriched my d...

The writings which comprise my memoirs were-started over twenty years .ago when I was still painting. Verse can express, emotions of love, joy and ...