David Thomson Books


Dandiprat's DaysDandiprat's DaysThe People of the Sea: A journey in search of the seal legendThe People of the Sea: A journey in search of the seal legendTry to Tell the Story: A MemoirTry to Tell the Story: A Memoir
Best Price: $5.50
David Thomson's book should be read by anyone who cares for film because he has encyclopedic...
Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman
Best Price: $2.66
This book is not so much a biography (let alone an authorized biography) as it is a trite...
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and UpdatedThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Expanded and Updated
Best Price: $17.00
I have picked this 2004 version of this book up and put it down [mostly infuriated} more times...


Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, LuxuryRenaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury
In this illustrated history of the architecture of Renaissance Europe, David Thomson...
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Fifth Edition, Completely Updated and ExpandedThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Fifth Edition, Completely Updated and Expanded
Best Price: $15.10
Also new on bookstore shelves comes the fifth edition of David Thomson's now heavyweight...
The Alien Quartet: A Bloomsbury Movie Guide (Bloomsbury Movie Guides)The Alien Quartet: A Bloomsbury Movie Guide (Bloomsbury Movie Guides)
Best Price: $8.99
If one needed a reminder that the Bloomsbury series of film monographs is not on par with the...
England in the 20th Century, 1914-1979: Volume 9 (Hist of England, Penguin)England in the 20th Century, 1914-1979: Volume 9 (Hist of England, Penguin)
In this account explains the continuity and significance of many important issues and events of...
The New Biographical Dictionary of FilmThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film


RosebudRosebud
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "Easily the best book on Orson...
Adventures in the shining mountainsAdventures in the shining mountainsMarilyn Monroe a Life in PicturesMarilyn Monroe a Life in PicturesTry to Tell the StoryTry to Tell the Story
David Thomson, one of our most celebrated film writers, gives us a haunting, fascinating memoir...
Danny Fox (Young Puffin Books)Danny Fox (Young Puffin Books)

"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
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This series of thumbnail summaries of many many movies is erudite, funny, well-written and...
"Have You Seen . . . ?""Have You Seen . . . ?"
IMPORTANT: This review only applies to the Kindle edition of this book. I've probably...
Gary Cooper (Great Stars)Gary Cooper (Great Stars)
?Cooper was heroic, of course, in his own mind as much as in his scripts. He was manly, tall,...
England in the 20th Century, 1914-1979: Second Edition (Hist of England, Penguin)England in the 20th Century, 1914-1979: Second Edition (Hist of England, Penguin)
Best Price: $8.80
This is a fantastic book covering 1914 to the end of the 20th century. Not only are the...
The New Biographical Dictionary of FilmThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Best Price: $18.84
'This book is both more and less than history, a work of imagination in its own right, a...

Beneath MulhollandBeneath Mulholland
BENEATH MULHOLLAND is a stunning collection of essays on Hollywood films - their stars and the...
Visual MagicVisual Magic
Best Price: $59.77
Complete with 3-D glasses, this interesting book gives the reader a sampling of the variety of...
The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal LegendThe People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend
This is one of the most marvelous (in all senses of the word) reading experiences I've had...
The People Of The Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk (Canons)The People Of The Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk (Canons)
Introduced by Seamus Heaney.David Thomson?s travels in the Gaelic world of the Hebrides and the...
The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal LegendThe People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend
This is a record of a journey in search of the man-seal legends of the Celts. David...

The Babeuf plot: The making of a Republican legendThe Babeuf plot: The making of a Republican legendWoodbrookWoodbrook
David Thomson was a British man with a great love of Ireland and its people, with a deep...
The People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal LegendThe People of the Sea: A Journey in Search of the Seal Legend
Best Price: $18.18
I first came across this book in Ireland during the late 70's. It has become one of my very...
The Aims of History - Values of the Historical AttitudeThe Aims of History - Values of the Historical Attitude
Values of the Historical AttitudeHardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good...
Warren Beatty: A Life and a Story (ISBN:043652015X)Warren Beatty: A Life and a Story (ISBN:043652015X)

The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love MurderThe Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder
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This "little book" tells absolutely nothing new. It consists mostly of the...
Danny Fox at the PaMace (Young Puffin Books)Danny Fox at the PaMace (Young Puffin Books)
Clever Danny Fox tries to think of a way of rescuing his favorite princess from the dungeon...
"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films"Have You Seen . . . ?": A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films
Best Price: $14.94
More than one thousand pages in the voice of our most provocative contemporary film critic and...
Ingrid Bergman (Great Stars)Ingrid Bergman (Great Stars)
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(3.5 stars) In the first biography of his new Great Stars series, which also includes Humphrey...
WoodbrookWoodbrook
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Nicole KidmanNicole Kidman
It's always difficult to write a current bio of a famous personality as there seems to be...
The common cold,: With special reference to the part played by streptococci, pneumococci and other organisms (Annals of the Pickett-Thomson research laboratory)The common cold,: With special reference to the part played by streptococci, pneumococci and other organisms (Annals of the Pickett-Thomson research laboratory)The Alien Quartet: Pocket Movie Guide 4The Alien Quartet: Pocket Movie Guide 4Overexposures: The Crisis in American FilmmakingOverexposures: The Crisis in American FilmmakingHollywood a CelebrationHollywood a Celebration

Nicole Kidman (Vintage)Nicole Kidman (Vintage)
From the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star...
SuspectsSuspectsHumphrey Bogart (Great Stars)Humphrey Bogart (Great Stars)
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?Look, I?m hardly pretty, he seems to say. I sound like gravel; I look rough and tough; and,...
Try to Tell the Story (Vintage)Try to Tell the Story (Vintage)
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Lordy, I think I grow more ignorant by the day or is it by the book. I had no idea who Mr....
The Whole Equation: A History of HollywoodThe Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood
Best Price: $5.95
As someone who has casually perused his monumentally encyclopedic "The New Biographical...

WORLD HISTORY FROM 1914 TO 1950WORLD HISTORY FROM 1914 TO 1950Fan-TanFan-Tan
Fan-Tan is a hugely entertaining, swashbuckling romp, from one of the greatest actors of our...
Democracy in FranceDemocracy in FranceThe Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love MurderThe Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder
It was made like a television movie, and completed in less than three months. It killed off its...
England in the twentieth century, 1914-79. -England in the twentieth century, 1914-79. -

Aims of HistoryAims of HistoryThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and ExpandedThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film: Completely Updated and Expanded
For almost thirty years, David Thomson?s Biographical Dictionary of Film has been not merely...
Danny Fox Meets a Stranger (Young Puffin Books)Danny Fox Meets a Stranger (Young Puffin Books)
Danny Fox has enough trouble with his three children, Lick, Chew and Swallow, who wanted more to...
Democracy in France Since 1870 (Cassell history)Democracy in France Since 1870 (Cassell history)A Biographical Dictionary of FilmA Biographical Dictionary of Film
RE: Previous review stating "Thomson is also not bashful about leaving out important...

Gary Cooper (Great Stars)Gary Cooper (Great Stars)
Best Price: $6.36
?Cooper was heroic, of course, in his own mind as much as in his scripts. He was manly, tall,...
SuspectsSuspects
Best Price: $1.83
This has got to be one of the hardest books to describe I've come across. You could fairly...
The pathogenic streptococci: An historical survey of their role in human and animal disease (Annals of the Pickett-Thomson Research Laboratory)The pathogenic streptococci: An historical survey of their role in human and animal disease (Annals of the Pickett-Thomson Research Laboratory)Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth, 1475-1600 (Studies in Architecture)Renaissance Paris: Architecture and Growth, 1475-1600 (Studies in Architecture)In Nevada - The Land, the People, God, and ChanceIn Nevada - The Land, the People, God, and Chance

Bette Davis (Great Stars)Bette Davis (Great Stars)
?She could look demure while behaving like an empress. Blonde, with eyes like pearls too big for...
People of the SeaPeople of the SeaThe Whole Equation:  a History of HollywoodThe Whole Equation: a History of HollywoodVisual MagicVisual Magic
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A collection of over thirty visual tricks and illusions involving colors, shapes, patterns, and...
Europe since NapoleonEurope since Napoleon

Showman the Life of David O SelznickShowman the Life of David O Selznick
Best Price: $30.55
As a long-time fan of Gone with the Wind, I've naturally grown interested in the man in whom...
A Descriptive Catalogue of Middle English Grammatical TextsA Descriptive Catalogue of Middle English Grammatical TextsWarren Beaty And Desert Eyes - A Life And A StoryWarren Beaty And Desert Eyes - A Life And A StoryScott's MenScott's Men
Between the middle of January and the end of March 1912 five men died in the attempt to return...
WoodbrookWoodbrook

Overexposures: The crisis in American filmmakingOverexposures: The crisis in American filmmaking
Best Price: $216.12
Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, LuxuryRenaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury
Best Price: $35.00
This book seems extremely useful for a person interested in the formation & developement...
The New Biographical Dictionary of FilmThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Best Price: $31.95
In the eight years since the third edition of this reference was published, careers have waxed...
Ready Study Go!Ready Study Go!
Best Price: $35.16
David Thompson has produced a very worthwhile and practical resource on a neglected area of...
England in the twentieth century, 1914-63 (The Pelican history of England)England in the twentieth century, 1914-63 (The Pelican history of England)
This is a political military and social history of England in the twentieth century. It however...

New Cambridge Modern History Volume 12New Cambridge Modern History Volume 12SUSPECTSSUSPECTSDecision Makers - on PlayawayDecision Makers - on Playaway
Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all-in-one format, the player and...
A Biographical Dictionary of FilmA Biographical Dictionary of FilmA Biographical Dictionary of FilmA Biographical Dictionary of Film
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First published in 1994 and now available in paperback, a dictionary of film biographies, which...

In Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and ChanceIn Nevada: The Land, the People, God, and Chance
Best Price: $2.75
While Thomson does give reasonable coverage to the history of Las Vegas, most of his book is...
Biographical Dictionary of FilmBiographical Dictionary of FilmDanny Fox Meets A StrangerDanny Fox Meets A StrangerWARREN BEATTY AND DESERT EYES: A LIFE AND A STORYWARREN BEATTY AND DESERT EYES: A LIFE AND A STORYEngland in the 19th Century, 1815-1914: Volume 8 (Hist of England, Penguin)England in the 19th Century, 1815-1914: Volume 8 (Hist of England, Penguin)
Number 8 in the PELICAN HISTORY OF ENGLAND series looks at the major social changes which the...

Beneath MulhollandBeneath Mulholland
Best Price: $213.11
This collection of essays on Hollywood films explores a sort of twilight zone in which film...
Scott's MenScott's Men
Between the middle of January and the end of March 1912 five men died in the attempt to return...
WoodbrookWoodbrookOverexposures: The crisis in American filmmakingOverexposures: The crisis in American filmmaking
Best Price: $216.12
Renaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, LuxuryRenaissance Architecture: Critics, Patrons, Luxury
Best Price: $35.00
This book seems extremely useful for a person interested in the formation & developement...

The New Biographical Dictionary of FilmThe New Biographical Dictionary of Film
Best Price: $31.95
In the eight years since the third edition of this reference was published, careers have waxed...
Ready Study Go!Ready Study Go!
Best Price: $35.16
David Thompson has produced a very worthwhile and practical resource on a neglected area of...
England in the twentieth century, 1914-63 (The Pelican history of England)England in the twentieth century, 1914-63 (The Pelican history of England)
This is a political military and social history of England in the twentieth century. It however...
New Cambridge Modern History Volume 12New Cambridge Modern History Volume 12SUSPECTSSUSPECTS
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