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Country Music: An Illustrated History
Dayton Duncan · Knopf
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019
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I Wonder U: How Prince Went beyond Race and Back
Adilifu Nama · Rutgers University Press
Pages: 186
Format: Paperback
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In 1993, Prince infamously changed his name to a unique, unpronounceable symbol. Yet this was only one of a long string of self-reinventions orchestrated by Prince as he refused to be typecast by the music industry's limiting definitions of masculinity and femininity, of straightness... |
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Get a Grip: A Mental and Physical Approach to Playing the Trumpet
Anthony Fazio · BookBaby
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
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Professional trumpeter and educator Anthony Fazio approaches the mental and physical aspects of trumpet playing in Get A Grip. With educational lessons in building strong foundational concepts in embouchure development, range, endurance and technique, it provides a step-by-step guide for the beginner... |
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Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Julie Andrews · Hachette Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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In this follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews shares reflections on her astonishing career, including such classics as Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, and Victor/Victoria.
In Home, the number one New York Times... |
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Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues
David Dann · University of Texas Press
Pages: 776
Format: Hardcover
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Named one of the world's great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone, Mike Bloomfield (1943-1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years after his untimely death. Taking readers backstage, onstage, and into the recording studio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells... |
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I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story
Anthony Daniels · DK
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the incredible untold story of one of Star Wars' most iconic characters, C-3PO, told by the man who knows him best."Did you hear that? They've shut down the main reactor! We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness."These words were the very first to be spoken... |
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Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life
Ali Wong · Random House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Ali Wong's heartfelt and hilarious letters to her daughters (the two she put to work while they were still in utero) cover everything they need to know in life, like the unpleasant details of dating, how to be a working mom in a male-dominated profession, and how she trapped their dad.
"Fierce,... |
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Little Weirds
Jenny Slate · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"Magical" -- Mindy Kaling"Delicious" -- Amy Sedaris"Funny and poignant and beautiful" -- John Mulaney"It made me remember I was alive" -- George SaundersHello! I looked into my brain and found a book. Here it is. Inside you will find:The smell of honeysuckleHeartbreakA... |
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It's Garry Shandling's Book
Judd Apatow · Random House
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover
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From Judd Apatow comes an intimate portrait of his mentor, the legendary stand-up comic and star of The Larry Sanders Show, with never-before-seen journal entries and photos, as well as new contributions by fellow comedians and writers. Garry Shandling was a singular trailblazer in the comedy... |
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The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age
John Woolf · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era.On March 23, 1844, General Tom Thumb, just 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic,... |
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