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Bob Dylan: American Troubadour
Donald Brown · Scarecrow Press
Pages: 267
Format: Print book
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Tempo: A Scarecrow Press Music Series of Rock, Pop, and Culture offers titles that explore rock and popular music through the lens of social and cultural history, revealing the dynamic relationship between musicians, music, and their milieu. Like other major art forms, rock and pop music... |
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A Grammy Salute to Music Legends: All-Star Artists Pay Tribute to Their Musical Heroes
David Konjoyan · Hal Leonard Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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(Book) . Each year, The Recording Academy (the organization behind the Grammy Awards) honors a handful of musical giants through its Special Merit Awards, which include the Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award, and Technical Grammy Award. And each year, artists and others in the music-making... |
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Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
Ms. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell · Yale University Press
Format: Hardcover
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This engrossing book chronicles one of the most exciting, controversial, and extravagant periods in the history of fashion: the reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell offers a carefully researched glimpse into the turbulent era's sophisticated... |
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The Soul of It All: My Music, My Life
Michael Bolton · Center Street
Format: Hardcover
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After four decades in the music industry, Michael Bolton has become one the most successful musicians of our time. THE SOUL OF IT ALL is his backstage pass into his life lived thus far-into the venues, busses, limos, and hotel rooms of stardom, and finally into his home and heart. His story... |
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Real Men Don't Sing: Crooning in American Culture
Allison McCracken · Duke University Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The crooner Rudy Vallée's soft, intimate, and sensual vocal delivery simultaneously captivated millions of adoring fans and drew harsh criticism from those threatened by his sensitive masculinity. Although Vallée and other crooners reflected the gender fluidity of late-1920s popular... |
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The Appalachian Trail: Hiking the People's Path
Appalachian Trail Conservancy. · Rizzoli
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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An inspirational photographic tour for anyone who wants to get out on America's most iconic trail - from day hiker to thru-hiker. The Appalachian Trail spans fourteen states from Maine to Georgia and is more than 2,000 miles long. Now, eighty years after its completion, the A.T. remains... |
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The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music
Robert E Price · iUniverse
Pages: 275
Format: Print book
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The aesthetic known as the Bakersfield Sound transformed country music, its hard edge a stark contrast to Nashville's stringed orchestras. It turned displaced Okies like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard into household names, and in the process created a widely felt influence on style, instrumentation,... |
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The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World
Anthony M. Amore · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 284
Format: Print book
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Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons... |
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Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business
Lynda Obst · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The veteran producer and author of the bestseller Hello, He Lied takes a witty and critical look at the new Hollywood. Over the past decade, producer Lynda Obst gradually realized she was working in a Hollywood that was undergoing a drastic transformation. The industry where everything... |
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Monticello: The Official Guide to Thomas Jefferson's World
Charley Miller · National Geographic Books
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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For the first time, Monticello has an official guidebook that reflects the unique statesman and inventor Thomas Jefferson, his home, and his world. Showcasing the recent restoration of the home and plantation, it features information about the slaves of Mulberry Row, as well as the state-of-the-art... |
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Guerilla Furniture Design: How to Build Lean, Modern Furniture with Salvaged Materials
Will Holman · Storey Books
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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This innovative collection features 35 simple, inexpensive projects that you can make from salvaged and upcycled materials -- cardboard, metal, plastic, and wood. The projects include tables, shelving units, chairs, lamps, and more, in a variety of styles. Many are stackable and easily... |
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In the Name of Gucci: A Memoir
Patricia Gucci · Crown Pub
Pages: 304
Format: Book
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The gripping family drama and never-before-told love story surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter. Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could... |
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Smash Hits: The 100 Songs That Defined America
James E Perone · Greenwood Publishing Grou
Pages: 333
Format: Print book
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Well-known music author James Perone looks at 100 songs that helped tell America's story. He examines why each song became a hit, what cultural and social values it embodies, what issues it touches upon, what audiences it attracted, and what made it such a definitive part of American... |
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