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How to Listen to Jazz
Ted Gioia - Basic Books
Format: Paperback
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A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listening to jazz (Wall Street Journal) . In How to Listen to Jazz, award-winning music scholar Ted Gioia presents a lively introduction to one of Americas premier art forms. He tells us what... |
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The Chronicles of Downton Abbey: A New Era
Jessica Fellowes - St. Martin's Press; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Great War has ended, but Downton Abbey is far from peaceful... "Americans can't get enough of 'Downton Abbey,'" said The Boston Globe. As Season 3 of the award-winning TV series opens, it is 1920 and Downton Abbey is waking up to a world changed... |
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East Hampton
Richard I Barons - Arcadia Publishing
Format: Print book
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East Hampton began as a fishing and farming community in the 1600s, but by the late 18th century, the area had grown to be a popular summer destination. Within a year of its construction in 1796, the Montauk Lighthouse was already attracting tourists. By the mid-19th century, steamships... |
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Washington: A History of Our National City
Tom Lewis - Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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On January 24, 1791, President George Washington chose the site for the young nation's capital: ten miles square, it stretched from the highest point of navigation on the Potomac River, and encompassed the ports of Georgetown and Alexandria. From the moment the federal government moved... |
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Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World
Wade Graham - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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From the acclaimed landscape designer, historian and author of American Eden, a lively, unique, and accessible cultural history of modern cities - from suburbs, downtown districts, and exurban sprawl, to shopping malls and "sustainable" developments - that allows us to view them... |
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