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Do You Think That's Wise?
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 27.69Best known for starring in Dad's Army , where his Sergeant Wilson was the languid, rakish, distracted foil to Arthur Lowe's pompous, chippy Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier is one of our most loved character actors. 'Do you think that's wise, sir?' and 'Would you mind awfully...?" are just two of Sergeant Wilson's expressions that sum up his... more...
Paul Newman
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 14.57Paul Newman achieved superstar status by playing charismatic renegades, broken heroes and winsome anti-heroes. In this book Shawn Levy reveals the many faces of this talented actor, from charity fundraiser to sportscar racing driver. more...
Fifth Avenue, 5AM:
Aurum Press 2010; US$ 13.11Before Breakfast at Tiffany's Audrey Hepburn was still a little-known actress with few film roles to speak of; after it, she was one of the world's most famous fashion, style and screen icons. It was this film that matched her with Hubert de Givenchy's 'little black dress'. Now, this little book tells the story of how it all happened: how Audrey... more...
Ken Dodd
Michael O' Mara Books 2011; US$ 9.99How did the feather-duster salesman from Liverpool become one of the greatest, though least-lauded, comic geniuses of his generation? This is a biography of the last of the great generation of British comedians - Ken Dodd. It contains information gathered from Dodd's friends, colleagues and fellow comedians. more...
Swimming to Cambodia
Theatre Communications Group 2005; US$ 12.95A reissue of Spalding Gray's masterpiece. more...
Amanda Holden
John Blake Publishing 2011; US$ 11.87Amanda Holden always knew her destiny was to become a star. At the age of three she was singing, acting and directing plays for family and friends. 'I want to be a household name, like Fairy Liquid,' she told them. Ever the joker, for once Amanda wasn't kidding.From a bit-part in EastEnders she went on to star in hit TV series Cutting It and Wild... more...
Margaret Rutherford
Aurum Press 2011; US$ 13.11Margaret Rutherford was without a doubt one of Britain's best-loved comic actresses. But behind the kindly, serene front Rutherford presented to the world lay a life of trauma and repeated nervous breakdown -- the legacy of the legacy of family tragedy that saw her father murder her grandfather during a bout of mental illness and her depressive mother... more...
Now This is a Very True Story
John Blake Publishing 2011; US$ 8.47Jimmy Jones is the guv'nor of comedy. He was the first adult comedian to break big in the UK. His uncompromising act made him a hero to hundreds of thousands of blue collar Londoners. He became known for his catchphrase 'kin 'ell!' and established himself as an underground legend -- in the process attracting everyone from rock's royalty to real Royalty.... more...
This Charming Man
Aurum Press 2011; US$ 20.47The first life of the man who was Lord Peter Wimsey, Bertie Wooster and starred in I?m Alright, Jack! With the death of Ian Carmichael in 2010 one of the last links was lost with the golden age of British cinema. Carmichael starred alongside Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers in the Boulting brothers? classic satirical comedies I?m Alright, Jack! Private?s... more...









