ABRAMS

Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy (Aug., $50) by Mark Vieira is a combination bio- and filmography.

AMADEUS PRESS

People and Pianos (Mar., $35) by Theodore Steinway unveils the special relationship that Steinway had with those artists who played their pianos over the past 150 years. Advertising

Paganini: The Man, the Music and the Legend (May, $29.95) by Andrew McGee examines the life of the master violinist and composer who defined the art of solo performance.

ANDREWS MCMEEL

Life Is Like a Box of Chocolates... And Other Motherly Wisdom from the Movies: A Tribute to Mom (Apr., $19.95) by Joe Garner celebrates motherhood through a DVD and book that highlights memorable film moments of unconditional love, forgiveness and sacrifice. 100,000 first printing.

APPLAUSE Click here!

John Simon on Theatre: Criticism, 1973—2003Click here! ($32.95);

...on Film: Criticism, 1982—2001 ($29.95);

...on Music: Criticism, 1979—2004 ($27.95) bring together critical highlights by the New York cultural critic. Advertising.

Singing a New Tune: The Rebirth of the Modern Film Musical from Evita to De-Lovely and BeyondClick here! (July, $24.95) by John Kenneth Muir traces this rebirth, starting in the early 1990s, to the recent Moulin Rouge, Chicago and new Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera.

BACKBEAT BOOKS

Piano Girl: Lessons in Life, Music and the Perfect Blue Hawaiian (Apr., $22.95) by Robin Goldsby tells the story of a young woman's accidental career as a cocktail lounge piano player and the adventures that followed.

BACK STAGE BOOKS

Memories of a Munchkin: An Illustrated Walk Down the Yellow Brick Road (Apr., $39.95) by Meinhardt Raabe with Daniel Kinske is the only memoir by an original cast member of The Wizard of Oz.

BALLANTINE/ONE WORLD

Def Jam, Inc.: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip Hop Label (May, $23.95) by Stacy Gueraseva takes an intimate look into Def Jam records.

BOYDELL & BREWER

A Companion to Luis Buñuel (Apr., $50) by Gwynne Edwards is a detailed guide to the filmmaker's work.

COLLECTORS PRESS

Bad Girls: Film Fatales, Sirens, and Molls (Mar., $39.95) by Tony Turtu celebrates the luscious, lascivious ladies of the cinema and includes movie posters, classic photos and lobby cards.

CONTINUUM

A New History of Japanese Cinema: 100 Years of Narrative Film (Mar., $35) by Isolde Standish is a major new study that draws on Japanese film scholarship never before published outside of Japan.

CUMBERLAND HOUSE

I Still Miss Someone (Mar., $16.95) by Hugh Waddell offers a tribute to the late Johnny Cash by those whose relationship with the man was both deep and lasting.

DA CAPO PRESS

Whores (Apr., $26) by Brendan Mullen is an oral biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction.

IVAN R. DEE

Guru: My Days with Del Close (Apr., $24.95) by Jeff Griggs recalls the time Griggs spent with Close, a legend in improvisational theater.

DEL REY/LUCAS

Star Wars: The Art of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Apr., $35) by J.W. Rinzler collects the visuals created for the film, opening on May 19, 2005, and includes the official screenplay by George Lucas.

DUFOUR EDITIONS

Stage by Stage: Oriental Theatre (Apr., $89.95) by Philip Freund introduces the theatrical traditions and stagecraft of India, China, Japan, Korea and the independent lands surrounding them.

FSG/FABER & FABER

Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco (June, $23) by Peter Shapiro offers a tribute to the predominant music of the 1970s and the culture that spawned it.

No Applause—Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous (July, $25) by Trav S.D. takes a seriously funny look at the roots of American entertainment.

HAL LEONARD Click here!

Top R&B/Hip Hop Singles 1945— 2004Click here! (Mar., $69.95), edited by Joel Whitburn, is an authorized Billboard Chart book that provides historical information on more than 4,400 artists and nearly 20,000 songs.

In Other Words: Artists Talk About Life and WorkClick here! (May, $24.95) by Anthony DeCurtis features interviews with musicians including Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Rufus Wainwright and Billy Joel.

MERCER UNIV. PRESS

"No Saints, No Saviors": My Years with the Allman Brothers Band (Mar., $25) by William Perkins. The former road manager of the band tells all.

NEWMARKET Click here!

Buster Keaton: Tempest in a Flat HatClick here! (Apr., $26.95) by Edward McPherson is a new biography of one of cinema's great clowns. Author publicity.

OMNIBUS PRESS

The Pixies and Frank Black (May, $29.95) by John Mendelssohn offers a biography of the eclectic band.

Bob Dylan: Performing Artist Volume 3: Mind Out of Time, 1996 and Beyond (Mar., $29.95) by Paul Williams is the third book in the series on Bob Dylan.

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s (Mar., $26.95) by Ethan Mordden completes Mordden's historical series on the Broadway musical with a look at this forgotten era.

Chaplin and Agee: The Untold Story of the Tramp, the Writer and the Lost Screenplay (Apr., $24.95) by John Wranovics charts the friendship between author James Agee and Charlie Chaplin during the 1940s and 1950s; includes Agee's previously lost first screenplay, The Scientist and the Tramp.

PRINCETON BOOK COMPANY

On Pointe: Basic Pointe Work Beginner—Low Intermediate and a Look at the USA International Ballet Competition (May, $19.95) by Thalia Mara is an updated and expanded version of Mara's Fourth Steps in Ballet: On Your Toes! Basic Pointe Work and a ballerina's Bible throughout her dancing years.

PUBLICAFFAIRS

Once Upon a Time: Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone (Apr., $22) by Greil Marcus is an appreciation of the author's and Dylan's favorite Dylan song.

I'm Dying Up Here!: The Great Comedians' Strike of 1979 (May, $25) by William Knoedelseder recalls a golden age in entertainment history before Leno, Letterman and Robin Williams, and the labor dispute that brought that era to an end.

REYNOLDS & HEARN (dist. by Trafalgar Square)

Johnny Depp: A Kind of Illusion (Apr., $25) by Denis Meikle tracks the actor's film career.

RIVERHEAD

Bono: In Conversation (June, $24.95) by Michael Assayas. The rock star tells his story for the first time. Ad/promo. Radio satellite tour.

RIZZOLI

Garbo (Aug., $50) by Scott Reisfield is published in association with the Garbo estate and includes new photographs from the star's own collection.

SCHIRMER

Mojo Triangle: Birthplace of Country, Blues, Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll (Mar., $20.95) by James L. Dickerson draws a line from New Orleans to Nashville, over to Memphis and back to New Orleans via the famed highway 61. Author tour.

Go, Girl, Go!: The Women's Revolution in Music (Mar., $20.95) by James L. Dickerson is the 100-year history of women in music.

SCRIBNER

Killing Yourself to Live (July, $23) by Chuck Klosterman follows the author's cross-country tour of sites where rock stars have died.

SOUTHBANK PUBLISHERS (dist. by Trafalgar Square)

Shepperton Studios (Apr., $65) by Morris Bright traces the history of the British movie studio.

THIRD MILLENNIUM (dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Company of Pianos (Apr., $45) by Richard Burnett traces the development of the piano from its origins to the present and its impact on musical composition.

UNIV. OF ARKANSAS PRESS

Looking Back to See: A Country Music Memoir (Mar., $24.95) by Maxine Brown takes a look at the music business of the 1950s and '60s as told by one of its stars.

UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

James Ivory in Conversation: How Merchant Ivory Makes Its Movies (Apr., $24.95) by Robert Emmet Long spans Ivory's entire career.

UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS

Honky Tonk Hero (Mar., $19.95) by Billy Joe Shaver is the autobiography of the man Willie Nelson claims "may be the best songwriter alive today."

Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader (Apr., $24.95), edited by Jan Reid and W.K. Stratton, gathers articles by the Rolling Stone and Village Voice writer whose specialties are movies and music.

UNIV. PRESS OF FLORIDA

Vaganova: A Dance Journey from Petersburg to Leningrad (June, $34.95) by Vera Krasovskaya, trans. by Vera M. Siegel, features the life of Vaganova, the woman who developed the Russian ballet curriculum and one of the 20th century's most important dance instructors.

VANDERBILT UNIV. PRESS

Lost Delta Found: Rediscovering the Fisk University—Library of Congress Coahoma County Study, 1941—1942 (Aug., $34.95) by John W. Work, Lewis Wade Jones and Samuel C. Adams Jr. offers perspectives by African-American scholars on the culture and music of the Mississippi Delta. Advertising. Author tour.

VILLARD

Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong (Aug., $24.95) by Mark Cotta Vaz follows the war hero, film pioneer and studio chief as he lived life on the edge. Author tour.

YALE UNIV. PRESS

An American Theatre: The Story of Westport Country Playhouse, 1931— 2005 (June; $39.95, deluxe boxed edition, $250) by Richard Somerset-Ward, foreword by Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, traces the history of this celebrated theater.

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