The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi. Laughter, Madness and the Story of Britain's Greatest Comedian, Main, Paperback - Andrew McConnell Stott

A fascinating history of theatre told through the story of Britain's first ever pantomime clownPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew McCo...

This book reappraises Dickens's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi and his imaginative engagement with its principal protagonist.Illustrations: 11 B/W illu...

The official biography of Lord Northcliffe, the founding father of the Daily Mail and the modern British pressPublisher: Simon & Schuster LtdAuthor...

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Known to contemporaries the Lone Wolf, Flt Lt Stevens was the RAF's highest scoring nightfighter pilot with fourteen victories. What makes his stor...

The shocking inside story of the fight to halt climate change over the past twenty-five years by a world-renowned scientist.Publisher: Atlantic Boo...

The shocking inside story of the fight to halt climate change over the past twenty-five years by a world-renowned scientist.Publisher: Atlantic Boo...

The world's most popular medium answers your spiritual questions.

Reducere. In 1942, Pete Reiser was on the road to baseball superstardom. Then, he crashed into a wall - an unpadded, concrete outfield wall as tried to make ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew RobertsNumber of pages: 784Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 165 x 243 x 51Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Malcolm McConnellOn the night of November 9, 1967, Sijan was ejected from his crippled fighter-bomber over the steep mounta...

The story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Louis BarfeIllustration(...

Reducere. England's Tudor monarchs--Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I--are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal f...

The remarkable life of champion cyclist Beryl Burton, one of the greatest cyclists of all time.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Jeremy (Footb...

Publisher: Birlinn GeneralAuthor(s): Andrew DownieIllustration(s): 16 Plates, black and whiteNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Reducere. Producing everything from gentle chuckles to roll-in-the-aisle laughter, these stories, jokes, and quips will entertain and uplift you, no matter w...

Reducere. -Between Heaven and Mirth will make any reader smile. . . . Father Martin reminds us that happiness is the good God's own goal for us.- --Timothy M...

If you're looking to read one of the best books about football, featuring a modern-day sports hero, this unauthorized biography of Russell Wilson w...

The story of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise - British television's most iconic double act.Illustrations: 1x8pp col

The story of Art PepperPublisher: Canongate Books LtdAuthor(s): Laurie PepperNumber of pages: 624Publication date: 2001Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 36Co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eric WightBeing a game warden in Maine is not just a job, it's a way of life. This honest and entertaining book by a twenty...

Truth matters. John Stott expounds this truth in this classic exposition of 1 Timothy and Titus.

The inspiring story of the brave but forgotten Black pilots who helped win the Second World WarPublisher: ScholasticAuthor(s): K. N. ChimbiriNumber...

Transformative for students and scholars of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century theatre history, literature and life writing, this modernised text ...

Publisher: Skyhorse PublishingAuthor(s): Nicholas BoothIllustration(s): 22 color and 10 b-w photographsNumber of pages: 424Publication date: 2022Di...

Reducere. Joseph, son of Jacob, is given a special coat as a sign of his father's love. Filled with jealousy, Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery. After ...

Lively photographic history tells the story of the static caravan holiday home

What is the Bible and how is it relevant to me? This book is the perfect read for anyone asking those questions in the twenty-first century.Publish...

Reducere. Many Christians today may be unaware of the tremendous impact that Charles G. Finney had on the spiritual landscape of the United States. His years...

Reducere. On Dee Branch's first date with Johnnie Oliver, a fourth-generation funeral director, she knew she was in for a unique relationship when he had to ...

La 33 de ani, Iris isi cara viata intr-o valiza. Theo, 18 ani, are visuri putine, ca sa nu se imprastie peste tot cand se fac tandari. La 74 de ani...

Modernism and the Machinery of Madness presents the collapse of categorical distinctions between human and machine in modern fiction and memoirs of...

Reducere. For some creatures, running and hiding is the only way to stay alive. But no one can run forever. Sorrel and her twins are malthropes, creatures ha...

Reducere. A thrilling, moment by moment account of an epic World War II escape and the real-life adventures that followed.On August 30, 1942 - 'Zero Night' -...

Britain's favourite entertainment writer celebrates Britain's best-loved sitcom

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Michael CoveneyIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 216Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 158...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The urgent story of this country's biggest crisis, told through the lives of those it most affects.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Vicky Spr...

The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Chris TerrillNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 49Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

A delightful exploration of a very British obsession.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew MartinIllustration(s): 8pp colour insertNumber o...

Reducere. Bull Run, Gettysburg, Appomattox. For Americans, these battlegrounds, all located in the eastern United States, will forever be associated with the...

The author of }The January Man{ crosses Britain, visiting its storied cathedrals and considering the history of these buildings, encountering belie...

Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwrig...

"Nazi Gold" is the real-life story of the theft of a fabulous treasurethe German national gold and foreign currency reserves, which disappeared in ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Changing Nature of the Maine Woods is both a fascinating introduction to the forests of Maine and a detailed but accessible narrativ...

Reducere. Joseph Arthur Simon's The Greatest of All Leathernecks is the first comprehensive biography of John Archer Lejeune (1867-1942), a Louisiana native ...

Reducere. In late September 1820, hoping to lay claim to territory then under dispute between Great Britain and the United States, Governor William King of t...