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76565 GOOD BEHAVIOUR by Molly Keane


The novel begins with a murder. Aroon St Charles is struggling for supremacy over her mother’s lunch try with the servant, Rose. She has prepared a rabbit mousse for Mummie but Rose objects, saying that ‘rabbit sickens her’. She serves her mother the mousse at which point Mummie protests, vomits and dies. But worse is to come. Boys are beaten for reading poetry, dogs are fed chicken while


the servants are forced to eat laundry starch to stave off hunger, terrified children are put on horses at a remarkably young age and a nanny is dismissed for drunkenness. Papa has affairs with the staff right under Mummie’s nose but nothing is said. A beloved governess commits suicide but nothing is said. The son of the house is killed but nothing is said. ‘We exchanged cool, warning looks.’ The unspoken hangs like smoke in the rooms and corridors of Temple Alice. 291pp. £12.99 NOW £4


76574 INVITATION TO THE WALTZ by Rosamond Lehmann


Rosamond Lehmann (1901-90) had her writing reputation firmly established with the publication of A Note In Music in 1930 and this coming-of-age classic. On her 17th birthday, Olivia Curtis receives a diary for her innermost thoughts, a ten shilling note and a role of flame-coloured silk for her first ball dress. She anticipates the dance, the greatest and most terrifying event of her life so far, with uncertainty and excitement. For her pretty sister Kate, it is sure to be a triumph, but what will it be for shy, awkward Olivia? 232pp. £12.99 NOW £4


76590 THE RIVER by Rumer Godden Born in Sussex but raised in India where Rumer Godden ran a dance school from 1925, she went to live on a houseboat in Kashmir in 1942. She was the acclaimed author of over 60 works of fiction and non-fiction. Here is her classic coming-of-age story. Harriet’s older sister is no longer a playmate, her brother is still a little boy, the comforting rhythm of her Indian childhood, the sounds of the Jute factory, the colourful festivals and the eternal ebb and flow of the river on its journey to the Bay of Bengal, is about to be shattered by a tragic event. Intense, vivid and with a dark undertow, the novel is a poignant portrait of three siblings on the cusp of adulthood. A book to make you laugh, cry and change you forever. 204pp. £12.99 NOW £5


76598 TIPPING THE VELVET by Sarah Waters ‘I was raised an oyster-girl, and steeped in all the flavours of the trade. My first few childish steps I took around vats of sleeping natives and barrels of ice.’ ‘Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft or rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl; the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen.’ A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance set in the ‘roaring’ 1890s, the novel follows Nan King on her journey from Whitstable to the star of the music hall, to cross-dressing rent boy to East End ‘tom’. Well known for its lesbian content. 473pp. £12.99 NOW £4


76759 VIRAGO MODERN CLASSICS: Set of 4 Beautifully designed hardbacks, buy together at an extra special discounted price. £51.96 NOW £16.50


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We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets.


- Marilyn Monroe


77139 SUMMER WINE AND OTHER STORIES: My Autobiography


by Peter Sallis and John Miller


Peter Sallis is known to millions as Norman Clegg in the classic BBC series Last of the Summer Wine, and to millions more - whether they realise it or not - as the voice of Wallace in the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit TV series and films. As an amateur actor serving as RAF ground crew during World War Two, he little thought that this would be a springboard to a richly diverse career. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and, from there, went on to become one of Britain’s best-loved actors with a wide range of parts to his credit from Chekhov to Edward Albee to Oscar Wilde. He has shared the stage with many of the all-time greats, including Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles and Judi Dench. Here, he writes with humour and candour about his experiences both on and off camera. 254 pages, archive photos. £7.99 NOW £4


77133 OVER THE LIMIT: My Secret Diaries 1993-9 by Bob Monkhouse


Written in the five years since the publication of his autobiography, Crying with Laughter, Bob has been selective with these journal entries which interweave memories of life in comedy with remarkable meetings with comedians like Paul Merton, Dick Emery and Benny Hill in sad decline. Above all, here is a wealth of wonderful true adventures, star scandals and gossip about the famous and infamous personalities he has known intimately including Peter Sellers, Rex Harrison, Les Dawson, Elton John, Larry Grayson, Bing Crosby, Beryl Reid, k.d. lang and Luciano Pavarotti. Born in 1928 and raised in the 1950s in Golders Green, Bob now lives in Bedfordshire and Barbados with his wife Jackie. With eight pages of photos, with one of his “ beach bum’s paradise” where he wrote this book - just to make us jealous! Paperback, 452pp. £6.99 NOW £3.50


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76776 DORIS DAY: All- American Girl: Book and Six


Prints by Helen Akitt “A Hollywood producer’s dream” was Tony Bennett’s admiring verdict on Doris Day. That smooth blonde coiffure and cheeky smile revealing perfect teeth is Doris Day’s perennial image, but there has always been much more to this legendary screen star than meets


the eye. More than half Day’s films achieved a Top 10 box office ranking, but Day’s career suffered when she rejected the Mrs Robinson role in The Graduate. The new world of sexually assertive women was remote from Day’s established screen persona and, instead, she suddenly found herself at the centre of a different kind of media attention when her husband died and she discovered that he and his business partner had left her with huge debts. To recoup the losses she reluctantly took on the hugely popular Doris Day Show, meanwhile embarking on a series of lawsuits that finally resulted in her being awarded record sums. In later life Day has continued to a receive awards and has released old recordings of never-issued tracks from her early days as a big band singer, devoting herself in private life to animal welfare. This attractive picture book covers Day’s whole career, her four marriages and gives a full filmography. The books comes in a colourful cardboard folder together with six 8" x 10" prints, four of them in colour. 64pp, softback, numerous stills and photos. ONLY £6


77126 HARRY H. CORBETT: Front Legs of the Cow by Susannah Corbett


“You dirty old man” Steptoe senior would say to his horrified and lovably pretentious son with yet another nail in the coffin of his social climbing. Harry H. Corbett was born in 1925 in Rangoon to an army family, but tragically his mother died of dysentery the following year and Harry was sent back to Manchester, where he was looked after by his Aunt Annie in her slum terrace in Ardwick. As a 17 year old Royal Marine he fought in the North Atlantic and the jungles of the Pacific, and witnessed first hand the devastation caused by the Hiroshima bomb. On his return, he happened to wander into a local theatre company and landed a starring role at the Chorlton Rep 1947 pantomime as the front legs of the cow - at the heady wage of £2 a week! He went on to become a leading light in Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop, touring the country and soon gained wide respect as a classical actor. Then in 1962 along came the life-changing chance of Steptoe and Son, which was to run until 1974, spawned two movies, had fans from the working classes to royalty and drew an unparalleled TV audience of over 28 million. By nature a shy man and a committed socialist, becoming a household name did not sit easily on Harry’s shoulders and for the next 20 years, before his terribly untimely death aged just 57, he sometimes struggled with the fame and instant recognition that came with being “‘Arold”. As well as a wealth of heartachingly funny Steptoe reminiscences there are many more from a stellar list of co-stars, family and friends, particularly Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, who provide the foreword. 20 b/w photos, 460pp paperback. £9.99 NOW £5


75983 IN GLORIOUS TECHNICOLOR: A


Century of Film and How It has Shaped Us by Francine Stock


Film is a communal dream in which our fears and fantasies are revealed, often to startling effect, and it has influenced our behaviour in small but significant ways. Consider how, after Clark Gable’s example in It Happened One Night, men abandoned their vests! Before that, every man wore a vest. Film has helped to forge national identity, galvanise against a wartime enemy or warn of social upheaval via horror or science fiction. The results of one study showed that soldiers’ recall may sometimes owe more to war films than to their actual experiences. 344 pages. £18.99 NOW £5


76720 JUST KIDS by Patti Smith Famous for her hit single ‘Because the Night’ written by Bruce Springsteen, the book begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It is a portrait of two young artists’ ascent, a prelude to fame. Young Patti’s partner and soul mate was the artist and gay photographer Robert Michael Mapplethorpe, born 1946 who, ‘Having broken from his father, leaving his Catholic, commercial and military opinions behind in the wake of LSD and a commitment to live for art alone.’ The book is laced with references to Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan, poets and singers, art, photography and pornography. In 1979, Patti left New York City to begin a new life with Fred Sonic Smith but Robert was ever in her consciousness ‘The blue star in the constellation of my personal cosmology.’ Drawings and many photos, 306 page paperback. £8.99 NOW £4.50


74987 RIN TIN TIN: The Life and Legend of


the World’s Most Famous Dog by Susan Orlean September 1918 and Corporal Lee Duncan was sent into the ruins of a German camp to see what could be used. There was a bunker used for housing military dogs - German Shepherds - which had taken a hit from a shell and contained over 20 dead animals and one nursing female with five puppies, amazingly still alive. Duncan kept one of the puppies, brought it back to California and the legend of Rin Tin Tin was born. Between then and his death in 1932 he starred in 27 films and would certainly have won an Oscar if it was not a humans- only award. After Duncan died in 1960 the RTT bloodline was kept going. A poignant exploration of the human-animal bond, a rich history of the 20th century movie business, an analysis of the role of dogs. 324pp paperback, photos. £14.99 NOW £4


76584 MUMMY’S BOY: My


Autobiography by Larry Lamb A hugely entertaining memoir which tells captivating tales of making it as an actor, breaking out from small- town life in Essex, finding himself a new life starring on Broadway, in Hollywood, in leading roles in Eastenders and Gavin & Stacey. 16 pages of colour and sepia photos and short little anecdotal chapters of two to four pages with headings like


Escape from College, Coming Home for Christmas, After Germany and Bluebell to Broadway. 350pp in paperback.


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76516 ON THEATRE by Charles Dickens A poor playwright and frustrated actor, Charles Dickens staged performances and personally adapted many of his own fictional works. A consummate self-publicist, he also undertook numerous stage tours. This collection is a compelling and representative snapshot of Victorian theatre from one of the age’s greatest storytellers drawing on sources both fictional and journalistic. Chapter headings include Astley’s, Private Theatres, Mr Wopsle Plays Hamlet, Mrs Joseph Porter and Two Views of A Cheap Theatre. What is clear is that Dickens loved people. 90pp, paperback. £7.99 NOW £2.75


74452 BARBRA STREISAND by Nick Yapp


America’s most successful female singer-songwriter is as popular as ever as she enters her eighth decade. The Brooklyn-born singer made a feature of her unusual looks, her Jewish background, her love of glamorous clothes and her commitment to radical political causes. She learnt her trade singing in local clubs and on the radio. Once she had played the role of Miss Marmelstein in I Can Get It For You Wholesale, her Broadway career was assured. This huge book full of wonderful photos follows the high spots of Streisand’s career, including Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. 176pp, colour and b/w illus. ONLY £3.50


74707 HOME: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews


‘When Walt [Disney] appeared in my dressing room, he exuded natural charm and friendliness. After the formalities, he told me and Tony about a combination live action/animated film that he was planning to make, based on the Mary Poppins books by P. L. Travers. I was familiar with the title, but had never read the books.’ Shame on you, Julie! Fast paced, full of fun and vitality like the lady herself, this is showbiz biography at its very best. First edition. 340pp with 32 pages of b/w photos. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $26.95 NOW £5


75743 LIFE OF GRAHAM by Bob McCabe The authorised biography of the Monty Python Graham Chapman who was the quiet, pipe-smoking, tweed- jacketed one who had actually qualified as a doctor. He lived the complete lunacy of the show. Graham Chapman was John Cleese’s writing partner from the early days at Cambridge Footlights, on to The Frost Report and right through the Monty Python years. As pressures of work increased, alcohol took a disproportionate hold on his life. At the height of his drinking Chapman would consume up to three bottles of gin a day. He eventually overcame his addiction and went on to produce his finest and most memorable work as Brian in ‘Life of Brian’. An honest and hilarious tribute. 264pp, photos. £7.99 NOW £4


75250 LIFE AND TIMES OF CALL


THE MIDWIFE by Heidi Thomas The official BBC companion to series one and two takes you behind-the-scenes of the TV sensation that has brought to life Jennifer Worth’s bestselling autobiography of her experiences as a midwife among the slums and buzzing dockyards of London’s East End in the 1950s. Discover where the real Monnatus House is, all about the babies and the child extras, how Miranda Hart came to play Chummy, all about Fred, the convent handyman who in the book had bowed legs, a spectacular squint and only one tooth, how the nurses loved a good bike ride and the hidden secrets of the nuns and nurses and what flavour cake ruled in the kitchen. With details of the midwife’s medical bag contents, profiles of each nurse, fashion, beauty, homes, food, Christmas and more. 286 big pages, colour photos. £20 NOW £7


75259 MARILYN & ME by Lawrence Schiller Sub-titled ‘A Photographer’s Memoirs’ there are 18 never previously published photographs by the Life and Newsweek photo journalist Lawrence Schiller here. The 23 year old Schiller when he arrived at 20th Century- Fox studios in 1960 and his subject was Marilyn Monroe, America’s sweetheart and sex symbol. Schiller recalls the friendship that developed between the two while he photographed her over a two year period. Monroe knew how to use her looks and sexuality to generate publicity, and in 1962 she allowed Schiller to publish the first nude photographs of her in more than 10 years, which she then used as a weapon against a studio that wanted to have her fired, and ultimately succeeded. The Marilyn Schiller knew and writes about was adept at hiding deep psychological scars, but was also warm and open, candid and disarming. 118 roughcut pages. £14.99 NOW £6


75255 DRAMATIC IMPRESSIONS: Japanese Theatre Prints From the Gilbert Luber


Collection by the Arthur Ross Gallery Osaka prints made a vibrant engagement between actors and their audience, the ‘floating world’ and its imagery in the Edo period of Japan (1603-1868). By the first quarter of the 19th century, the arts of kabuki had long been intertwined in Japan and established as a theatrical form as early as the 17th century. Kabuki’s celebrated actors were being represented in woodblock


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prints that were made available as souvenirs and advertisements. Pleasure quarters, sumo wrestling, famous places and the like were produced by commercial publishers. Heavily painted faces, outlined eyes, grimacing, beautiful Geisha women, warriors, with their stylised hair, cloaks, gowns and kimonos, these bold posters are here reproduced in a catalogue of prints. Outsize softback, 56pp, colour. £14 NOW £5


75997 JUDY: A Legendary


Film Career by John Fricke


Hundreds of never-before-published photos, newly assembled contemporary reviews, insights from her co-stars and production histories are produced for each film in which Judy Garland appeared. She starred in two dozen all-time classic movie musicals, among them A Star Is Born, Meet Me In St


Louis, Babes in Arms, Easter Parade, For Me and my Gal and The Harvey Girls. Her dramatic turns in Judgement"at Nuremberg, The Clock and A Child in Waiting won added acclaim. And most unforgettably she starred as Dorothy Gale in the best-loved motion picture of all time, The Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland produced incomparable work on screen, stage, record, radio and television on her road to Oz. Includes a biography, list of concerts, fabulous poster art, costume tests, behind-the- scenes candids. Colour. 352pp, 9" x 12". £20 NOW £8


75153 FILM NOIR: 100 All-Time Favourites edited by Paul Duncan and Jürgen Müller The first film-by-film photography book on film noir and neo-noir, this essential collection begins with the early genre influencers of German and French silent film, journeys through such seminal works such as Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Vertigo, and arrives at the present day via Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, Heat, and the recent cult favourite Drive. Entries include posters, tons of rare stills, cast-crew details, quotes from the films and from critics and analyses of the films. Film director, film noir scholar and Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader provides the introduction to this feast of noir worship. Populated by the genre’s most revered directors like Hitchcock, Wilder, Welles, Polanski, Mann and Scorsese, the book also pays homage to its iconic faces, including Mitchum, Bogart, Hayworth, Bergman, Grant, Bacall, Crawford, Nicholson, Pacino, and so many more. 8.5" x 10.8", 688 pages with bookmark. From Taschen, quality, value heavyweight. ONLY £35


75737 ELIZABETH TAYLOR by Kathryn Dixon


Elizabeth Taylor defined movie star. Breathtakingly beautiful from a very young age, she most successfully made the rare transition for child star to adult star, pocketing two Best Actress Oscars and numerous other honours for her


acting. She battled an over-bearing stage mother, a strong-handed studio, unhappy marriages, media attention, alcohol and prescription drug addiction and lifelong health problems. Well known for her seven husbands and eight marriages and for her magnificent jewellery collection, Taylor also fought to fund and support AIDS/HIV research after her acting career was over. Photos both black and white and colour of E.T. as Cleopatra, a cowgirl, at an award ceremony with Bette Davis, meeting the Queen, with newborn daughter Liza, in Ivanhoe in 1952 and hundreds more. 96pp. ONLY £5


75742 LIBERACE by Isabella Alston When Liberace was just seven years old he memorised the full 17 page score of Mendelssohn’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in one day. He learned the entertainment business as a teenager playing honkytonks and bars, moving to New York City where he found immediate success. Soon he moved to California and to stand out in an extremely competitive market, Liberace practiced 12 hours a day and originated his unique style combining classic works, shortened to appeal to a mass audience, with the popular tunes of the day. It was at the time, in the early 1940s, that he plopped the infamous candelabra on top of his grand piano. The lavish, over-the-top costumes would come later. Packed with photos of his piano swimming pool, with Hollywood friends like Rosemary Clooney, President Truman, Ray Charles and all his album covers. 96pp, colour. ONLY £5.75


75776 CHARLIE CHAPLIN by Nick Yapp


When his singer-songwriter father abandoned the family, Charlie was sent to a Central London Poor Law School, where the norm was brutality. His first professional appearance of any importance was with the Eight Lancashire Lads at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. Charlie was often homeless,


hungry and ill, but he would not be beaten. From 1915 to 1950, Charles Spencer Chaplin was the most famous figure in the world, a man who rose from abject poverty to become the owner of a major Hollywood studio. His Tramp needed no words. Until his fourth marriage, Charlie’s personal life teetered on disaster. More than once he came within a whisker of falling foul of the law and for 20 years he was in virtual exile from the country. These revealing pictures, together with informative text, tell his life story in a touching 176 pages. 29.5cm x 27.5cm in sharp b/w with a couple of colour photos. ONLY £9


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