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A Fading Beauty

Advantages: Detailed definitive biography of the "face" of Mod
Disadvantages: A little clunky in places

Please note I requested this book under the title "All Too Beautiful" by Paolo Hewitt and John Hellier. Ciao informed me the book existed in their database as "Steve Marriott" by Paolo Hewitt but for the purposes of this review I shall refer to it by ...

rosebud2001 04.09.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Steve Marriott - Paolo Hewitt

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Insight on the troubles of filming independent movies

Advantages: insight on movie making, reality
Disadvantages: not a novell for leisure reading but more of a documentary

As my first review on here, I will present to you the novel Shooting to kill by Christine Vachon Why did I buy this book? I discovered this book at a charity shop in Dorchester while I was on holiday two years ago. I had not heard of it before, b ...

morticiaaddams 25.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Shooting to Kill (The Making of 'Velvet Goldmine') - Christine Vachon

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A Shockingly Riveting Read

Advantages: Brilliant information, excellent screenshots.
Disadvantages: The price may be a little off-putting to some.

Having studied German cinema between 1918 and 1939 during the first year of my degree, one of the books that I looked at was Anton Kaes’ Shell Shock Cinema which explores German cinematic output between 1918 and 1939. Kaes specifically explores Weimar c ...

RazzaLazza 27.05.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Shell Shock Cinema - Anton Kaes

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Well-researched Biography

Advantages: Informative and well-written
Disadvantages: May only appeal to Simon and Garfunkel fans

As a couple they wowed the world, separately they still managed to forge successful careers. "Simon and Garfunkel: The Definitive Biography" by Victoria Kingston is an in-depth look at the partnership which began as a childhood friendship in the 40s and d ...

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Review of Simon and Garfunkel: The Definitive Biography - Victoria Kingston

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The Past Has Been Bottled and Labelled with Love

Advantages: Revealing, informative and packed with detail about Squeeze
Disadvantages: Probably for fans only, the photographs inside could be better

Please note the given authors of this book are Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook and Jim Drury. Elvis Costello does feature in this book but had no hand in writing it. I did suggest this to Ciao with the correct authors but for some reason their database ...

rosebud2001 29.12.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Squeeze - Elvis Costello

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