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Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America

Laurence Maslon · Oxford University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District...
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Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.

Evelyn McDonnell · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A stellar and unprecedented celebration of 104 musical artists, WOMEN WHO ROCK is the most complete, up-to-date history of the evolution, influence, and importance of women in music. A gorgeous gift book, it includes a stunning, specially commissioned, full-color illustrated portrait of every...
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Hollywood Heyday: 75 Candid Interviews with Golden Age Legends

David Fantle · McFarland
Pages: 297
Format: Paperback

"What audacity!" exclaimed actor Robert Wagner when he heard about the authors' adolescent exploits in nabbing interviews with Hollywood celebrities. In 1978, Fantle and Johnson, St. Paul teenagers, boarded a plane to meet with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. They had written...
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A Book about the Film Monty Python's Life of Brian: All the References from Assyrians to Zeffirelli

Darl Larsen · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

As a follow-up to their first true feature film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the comic troupe next decided to tackle a "shadow" version of the Christ story. Shot in the Middle East and produced during Margaret Thatcher's ascendant years, the film satirized - among other matters...
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Mad Scenes and Exit Arias: The Death of the New York City Opera and the Future of Opera in America

Heidi Waleson · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the Wall Street Journal's opera critic, a wide-ranging narrative history of how and why the New York City Opera went bankrupt -- and what it means for the future of the artsIn October 2013, the arts world was rocked by the news that the New York City Opera -- "the people's...
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Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life

Charles Jardine · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

With over 100 movies and two Academy Awards to his credit over six decades, Hollywood legend Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight, and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career--and now his 85th year. One of our best-loved actors Michael Caine has starred in a huge...
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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Eric Idle · Crown
Format: Book

We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python--from the Flying Circus to The Meaning of Life. Now, Eric Idle reflects on the meaning of his own life in this entertaining memoir that takes us on a remarkable journey from his childhood in an austere boarding school through...
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This Will Only Hurt a Little

Busy Philipps · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A memoir by the beloved comedic actress known for her roles on Freaks and Geeks, Dawson's Creek, and Cougar Town who has become "the breakout star on Instagram stories...imagine I Love Lucy mixed with a modern lifestyle guru" (The New Yorker) .Busy Philipps's autobiographical...
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know

Retta · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches to riches (well, rich enough that...
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Live Long And . . .: What I Learned Along the Way

William Shatner · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Star Trek legend and veteran author William Shatner discusses the meaning of life, finding value in work, and living well whatever your age."I have always felt," William Shatner says early in his newest memoir, that "like the great comedian George Burns, who lived to 100,...
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