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Dreams to Remember: Otis Redding, Stax Records, and the Transformation of Southern Soul
Mark Ribowsky · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A soul icon and the southern music he helped popularize come to life in this moving requiem.When he died in one of rock's string of tragic plane crashes, Otis Redding was only twenty-six, yet already the avatar of a new kind of soul music. The beating heart of Memphis-based Stax Records,... |
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Spaceships: An Illustrated History of the Real and the Imagined
Ron Miller · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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How have actual spaceships influenced the design of fictional ones like the Millenium Falcon and the Starship Enterprise? Did a fiction series in Collier's magazine really inspire us to create real-life space stations like Mir and the ISS? How have our depictions of space travel developed... |
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The Lyrics: Since 1962
Bob Dylan · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 961
Format: Print book
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A beautiful, comprehensive volume of Dylan's lyrics, from the beginning of his career through the present day - with the songwriter's edits to dozens of songs, appearing here for the first time.Bob Dylan is one of the most important songwriters of our time, responsible for modern classics... |
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Buffalo's East Side Industry
Shane E Stephenson · Arcadia Publishing
Pages: 127
Format: Print book
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By 1832, when Buffalo was incorporated as a city, the East Side represented a vast forested area and farmland cut with the beginnings of the major arterials of Genesee, Sycamore, Broadway, William, Clinton, and Seneca. These streets were laid out in 1826 and represented the seeds of the East... |
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The Tudor Home
Kevin Murphy · Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover
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A beautifully illustrated volume on the Tudor-style house, a keystone in American interiors and architecture. Since its birth in sixteenth-century England, the Tudor-style house has been a favorite for homeowners from all walks of life. Hallmarks of the style include steeply pitched gables... |
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The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History
Thomas Harding · Picador USA
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A Finalist for the Costa Book AwardLonglisted for the Orwell PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year byThe Times (London) * New Statesman (London) * Daily Express (London) * Commonweal magazine In the summer of 1993, Thomas Harding traveled to Germany with his grandmother to visit a small... |
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Love for Sale: Pop Music in America
David Hajdu · Farrar
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A personal, idiosyncratic history of popular music that also may well be definitive, from the revered music criticDavid Hajdu begins Love for Sale, his personal history of recorded pop music, in an unexpected place--not with nostalgic reminiscences of the 45s of his youth but with the sheet-music... |
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The Fashion Book
DK Publishing · DK Children
Format: Hardcover
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From corsets and camis to tailoring and textiles, The Fashion Book is a sassy style guide for teenage girls who want to discover the stories behind their favorite looks, find their own style, and learn what makes the fashion world tick. Packed with gorgeous images, this illustrated book... |
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Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
Christopher Trumbo · University Press of Kentucky
Format: Hardcover
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James Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist... |
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Classical Music For Dummies
David Pogue · For Dummies
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Haydn, Tchaikovsky, and Brahms, oh, my! The beginner's guide to classical music Classical Music For Dummies is a friendly, funny, easy-to-understand guide to composers, instruments, orchestras, concerts, recordings, and more. Classical music is widely considered one of the pinnacles... |
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Dietrich: Style and Substance
Patrick O'Connor · Dutton Adult; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A look at the life and career of the actress presents more than 150 informal, off-screen photographs, many never before published, that chart her evolution from cabaret singer in the 1920s to screen legend. 10,000 first printing. |
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