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Woodstock 50th Anniversary: Back to Yasgur's Farm

Mike Greenblatt · Krause Publications
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"We're all still at Woodstock" --Richie Havens The year was 1969. Richard Nixon was in the White House. Neil Armstrong was on the Moon. And revolution was in the air. In that backdrop, 500,000 young people gathered on a mid-August weekend in upstate New York for the promise...
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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show

Richard Zoglin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal...
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Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music

Michael Lang · Reel Art Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The official 50th-anniversary book on the festival that epitomizes the '60sThis is the official 50th-anniversary celebration of Woodstock, by the festival's creator and founder, Michael Lang. A large illustrated edition, it includes hundreds of photographs and documents accompanied...
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Woodstock: 50th Anniversary Edition: Three Days that Rocked the World

Mike Evans · Sterling
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A special 50th anniversary edition of our lavishly illustrated ultimate guide to Woodstock, with a day-by-day, act-by-act account of everything that went down on Yasgur's farm - along with interviews and quotes from those who were there. Woodstock defined a generation and exemplified...
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Make My Day: Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan

J. Hoberman · The New Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed media critic J. Hoberman's masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the era The third book in a brilliant and ambitious trilogy, celebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman's Make My Day is a major new work...
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Hollywood: Her Story, An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies

Jill Tietjen · Lyons Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The year was 1896, the woman was Alice Guy-Blaché, and the film was The Cabbage Fairy. It was less than a minute long. Guy-Blaché, the first female director, made hundreds of movies during her career. Thousands of women with passion and commitment to storytelling followed in her footsteps....
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Shawn Mendes: Superstar Next Door

Triumph Books. · Triumph Books
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback

With one world tour already under his belt, 18-year old pop star on the rise Shawn Mendes is set to take over the charts for years to come. First discovered on the popular social media app Vine, Mendes developed a following of millions online based on his incredible song-covers alone, which...
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Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family

Daniel Bergner · Lee Boudreaux Books
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestsellerA New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year As seen on CBS This Morning, NPR's Fresh Air, and People MagazineA New York Times Book Review Editor's ChoiceA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Library Journal...
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Pugs on Rugs

Jack Russell · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 96
Format: Hardcover

What is it that makes pugs so lovable? Is it their doleful eyes? Their down-turned mouths? Furrowed brows? While they may look sad, they've certainly found their place in our homes and our hearts. Now the adorable creatures have a new home, sitting on rugs in 43 amusing photographs!...
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Now That's Funny!: The Art and Craft of Writing Comedy

Peter Desberg · Square One
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

There is a feeling of pure delight that comes from laughing out loud while watching a hilarious movie or a TV show. Yet as funny as these lines may be, they are the work of people you will never see. The magic behind any comedy hit begins when an idea is hatched in the mind of a comedy...
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