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Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre
They ate garlic and didn't always bathe; they listened to Wagner
and worshiped Diaghilev; they sent their children to coeducational
schools, explored homosexuality and free love, vegetarianism and
Post-impressionism. They were often drunk and broke, sometimes
hungry, but they were of a rebellious spirit. Inhabiting the same
England with Philistines and Puritans, this parallel minority of
moral pioneers lived in a world of faulty fireplaces, bounced
checks, blocked drains, whooping cough, and incontinent cats.
They were the bohemians.
Virginia Nicholson -- the granddaughter of painter Vanessa Bell
and the great-niece of Virginia Woolf -- explores the subversive,
eccentric, and flamboyant artistic community of the early twentieth
century in this "wonderfully researched and colorful composite
portrait of an enigmatic world whose members, because they lived by
no rules, are difficult to characterize" (San Francisco
Chronicle).
From the Largest Theatre Group in the World to The Oldest Stage in
England and the Future of the Theatre Michael Wheatley-Ward has had
invaluable experience of the theatre management business as the
pages of this book will reveal. Here is a colourful entertainment
all of its own of the risks involved in production management from
the wings as well as front of house. A wealth of knowledge which
has been gained through knowing and working with some leading
actors, directors and producers in the theatre business over fifty
years. From some of London's West End play houses, cinemas and
provincial picture houses to the second oldest theatre in England,
the Theatre Royal Margate. This centre was one of local controversy
in 2007, which led to the creation of the Sarah Thorne Theatre in
Broadstairs. For the reader the second purpose of this book, will
be to gain an objective account of the events which actually took
place, through the reports of some of those involved in the
experience.
A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and
the transformative power of love, from one of Australia's most
captivating personalities 'Powerful, heartbreaking and beautiful
... a story of incredible triumph fuelled by love and compassion'
Osher Gunsberg 'Brooke Blurton is an icon for people of all
generations and backgrounds. I love seeing her star shine.'
Clementine Ford My story is about the one thing that I never went
without. Love. Big love, that filled me up and made me feel like
there was a future for me. The kind of love that's unconditional,
and that lasts across time and space ... From the moment Brooke
Blurton appeared on Australian television, she dazzled audiences
with her authenticity, self-knowledge, generosity and honesty. As a
proud young Noongar-Yamatji woman, Brooke's connection to her
culture and country is deep, and as an openly queer woman, she
knows that love is simply love. Most of all Brooke knows the
importance of family, and the uplifting power of unconditional
connection. But behind the public persona Brooke presents to the
world is a story of epic proportions and awe-inspiring resilience -
she had to grow up fast from a very young age, surviving an
extremely challenging childhood and youth, and overcoming the
shocking legacy of intergenerational trauma, abuse and
homelessness. She's also had to defy labels and perceptions about
who she is, and her worth, all her life. But through it all, Brooke
didn't just survive, she found her voice and thrived, and in this
raw, heartbreaking, often funny and ultimately life-affirming
memoir, Brooke lays her journey bare about how she refused to allow
the past to define her and reclaimed her own identity - and
realised the power of love, for herself, for her family, and her
community.
'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Benjamin Franklin
took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in
brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed
at the piano in pyjamas. Freud worked sixteen hours a day, but
Gertrude Stein could never write for more than thirty minutes, and
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in gin-fuelled bursts - he believed
alcohol was essential to his creative process. From Marx to
Murakami and Beethoven to Bacon, Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
presents the working routines of more than a hundred and sixty of
the greatest philosophers, writers, composers and artists ever to
have lived. Whether by amphetamines or alcohol, headstand or
boxing, these people made time and got to work. Featuring
photographs of writers and artists at work, and filled with
fascinating insights on the mechanics of genius and entertaining
stories of the personalities behind it, Daily Rituals is
irresistibly addictive, and utterly inspiring.
Written by a New York Times bestselling author and reporter who “knows the world of professional golf…like few others” (The Wall Street Journal) comes “the most insightful and evenhanded book written yet about one of the signature athletes of the last twenty-five years” (Booklist, starred review) detailing Tiger Woods’s remarkable comeback and his journey back into winner’s circle.
Tiger Woods’s long descent into a personal and professional hell reached bottom in the early hours of Memorial Day in 2017. Woods’s DUI arrest that night came on the heels of a desperate spinal surgery, just weeks after he told close friends he might never play tournament golf again. His mug shot and alarming arrest video were painful to look at and, for Woods, a deep humiliation. The former paragon of discipline now found himself hopelessly lost and out of control, exposed for all the world to see. That episode could have marked the beginning of Tiger’s end. It proved to be the opposite.
Instead of sinking beneath the public disgrace of drug abuse and the private despair of a battered and ailing body, Woods embarked on the long road to redeeming himself. In The Second Life of Tiger Woods, Michael Bamberger, who has covered Woods since the golfer was an amateur, draws upon his deep network of sources inside locker rooms, caddie yards, clubhouses, fitness trailers, and back offices to tell the true and inspiring story of the legend’s return. Packed with new information and graced by insight, Bamberger’s story reveals how this iconic athlete clawed his way back to the top.
This is a “gripping” (Kirkus Reviews) and intimate portrait of a man who has spent his life in front of the camera but has done his best to make sure he was never really known. Here is Tiger, barefoot, in handcuffs, showing a police officer a witty and self-deprecating side of himself that the public never sees. Here is Tiger on the verge of tears with his children at the British Open. Here is Tiger trying to express his gratitude to his mother at a ceremony at the Rose Garden. In these pages, Tiger is funny, cold, generous, self-absorbed, inspiring—and real.
The Second Life of Tiger Woods is not only the saga of an exceptional man but also a celebration of second chances. Bamberger’s bracingly honest book is about what Tiger Woods did, and about what any of us can do, when we face our demons head-on.
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