The Drama of Celebrity, Hardcover - Sharon Marcus

A bold new account of how celebrity worksWhy do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the priv...

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Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Sanford BudickIllustration(s): 2 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 192Collection: Edin...

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Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University PressAuthor(s): Peter J. BaileyNumber of pages: 295Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 168 x 242 x 20Cover ...

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Rachel Douglas traces the genesis, transformation, and afterlives of the different versions of C. L. R. James's landmark The Black Jacobins across ...

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Publisher: Palgrave USAAuthor(s): Jonathan DollimoreIllustration(s): notes, bibliography, indexesNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2003Dimensio...

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Everyone wishes to enjoy success. The desire to succeed runs deep. So why does it take so long for us to figure out how to get there? You would thi...

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An examination of Victorian women and their often close and sexual relations with each other.

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Carey MickalitesNumber of pages: 248Collection: New Horizons in Contemporary WritingPublication date...

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The Boy Who Was Fire is a simple bedtime story that is told in a way that is meaningful and encouraging without being patronizing.It's about a Fire...

Grzegorz Niziolek's The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust is a pioneering analysis of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust on Polish theatre and so...

DescriptionLeft for Dead at Nijmegen recalls the larger-than-life experiences of an American paratrooper, Gene Metcalfe, who served in the 82nd Air...

An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.Lola M...

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Louis Kahn (1901-1974), one of the most important architects of the postwar period, is widely admired for his great monumental works, including the...

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On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment....

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"Not your typical Hollywood autobiography. Brutally honest, restless and questing." --O, The Oprah Magazine "Elegantly written with her wicked sens...

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DescriptionAn incredible memoir from Sharon Robinson about one of the most important years of the civil rights movement. In January 1963, Sharon Ro...