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Burning down the house : Talking Heads and the New York scene that transformed rock / by Gould, Jonathan,1951-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.""Psycho Killer." "Take Me to the River." "Road to Nowhere." Few artists have had the lasting impact and relevance of Talking Heads. One of the foundational bands of downtown New York's 1970s music scene, Talking Heads have endured as a musical and cultural force for decades, their unique brand of transcendent, experimental rock a lingering influence on popular music -- despite having disbanded over thirty years ago. Now on the 50th anniversary of the band's formation, acclaimed music biographer and contributor to The New Yorker Jonathan Gould offers the definitive story of Talking Heads -- a band whose sound, fame, and legacy forever connected the avant-garde to rock music. From their art school origins, to the enigma of David Byrne, to the internal tensions that ultimately brought them down, Gould tells the story of a band that emerged back when rock music was still young and unwittingly redefined the era's expectations of what a rock band could sound, look, and act like. At a time when guitar solos, lead singer swagger, and sweaty stadium tours reigned supreme, Talking Heads were pretentious, awkward, infectious, distinctive -- most comfortable on the ragged stages of the East Village where they could make art for themselves, above all else. More than just a biography of a band, Gould masterfully captures the singular time and place that incubated and nurtured this original music -- downtown in the 1970s -- that much romanticized, little understood moment in New York City history when art, music, and commerce uneasily collided to cement the post-Woodstock generation of rock stars, often with messy results. What emerges is an expansive portrait of a band and a scene that permanently shifted the horizons of popular music, iconoclasts that pushed the cultural fringe into the mainstream and then burned down the house"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Talking Heads (Musical group); New wave musicians; Rock musicians; New wave music; Rock music; Rock music;
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Berlin 1961 : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth / by Kempe, Frederick.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.;
© c2011., G.P. Putnam's Sons,
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Lives of the wives : five literary marriages / by Ciuraru, Carmela,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A witty look at the complex and fascinating but tumultuous marriages of five well-known figures in the literary world, including British theater critic Kenneth Tynan, and authors Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis.
Subjects: Biographies.; Amis, Kingsley.; Dahl, Roald.; Dundy, Elaine.; Hall, Radclyffe.; Howard, Elizabeth Jane.; Morante, Elsa, 1912-1985.; Moravia, Alberto, 1907-1990.; Neal, Patricia, 1926-2010.; Troubridge, Una Vincenzo, Lady, 1887-1963.; Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980.; Authors' spouses;
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The eye of the world / by Jordan, Robert,1948-2007,author.;
A special hardcover edition of The Eye of the World, the first novel in Robert Jordan's #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Wheel of Time. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. When The Two Rivers is attacked by Trollocs--a savage tribe of half-men, half-beasts--five villagers flee that night into a world they barely imagined, with new dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fate and fatalism; Good and evil; Magic; Monsters; Prophecies (Occultism); Quests (Expeditions); Rand al'Thor (Fictitious character);
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The Shadowhunter's codex : being a record of the ways and laws of the Nephilim, the chosen of the Angel Raziel / by Clare, Cassandra.; Lewis, Joshua.;
"Ages 14 up"--p. [2] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Clare, Cassandra.; Clare, Cassandra.; Horror tales, American; Young adult fiction, American;
© c2013., Margaret K. McElderry Books,
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Abyss : the Cuban missile crisis 1962 / by Hastings, Max,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In The Abyss, Max Hastings turns his focus to one of the most terrifying events of the mid-twentieth century--the thirteen days in October 1962 when the world stood on the brink of nuclear war. Hastings looks at the conflict with fresh eyes, focusing on the people at the heart of the crisis--America President John F. Kennedy, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, and a host of their advisors"--
Subjects: Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016.; Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.; Cold War.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; International relations; Nuclear crisis control;
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The golden girls. [videorecording] / by Arthur, Beatrice.; White, Betty,1922-; McClanahan, Rue.; Getty, Estelle.; Touchstone Home Video (Firm); Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm);
Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty.The girls return for another side-splitting season of this Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning comedy.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, dual-layer format; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Television comedies.; Roommates; Divorced women; Widows; Older women; Female friendship;
For private home use only.
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A field guide to medicinal plants and herbs of eastern and central North America / by Foster, Steven,1957-; Duke, James A.,1929-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 362-364) and indexes
Subjects: Medicinal plants; Medicinal plants; Medicinal plants;
© 2000., Houghton Mifflin Co.,
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Come in spinner [videorecording] : the loves and lives of women in wartime / by Benyon, Lissa.; Chapman, Jan.; Clarke, Justine,1971-; Cusack, Dymphna.; Enright, Nicholas,1950-; Harrow, Lisa.; James, Florence.; Marchand, Robert.; Marshall, Bryan,1938-; BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Ltd.;
Bryan Marshall, Lisa Harrow, Justine Clarke, Gary Sweet, Kerry Armstrong.This Australian drama set during the Second World War is a story of one week in the lives of three remarkable women who run a beauty salon in the posh South Pacific Hotel.PG.
Subjects: Beauty shops; Made-for-TV movies.; Nineteen forties; Television mini-series.; War television programs.; Women; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2013., BFS Entertainment & Multimedia,
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All creatures great & small. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bellingham, Lynda.; Davison, Peter,1951-; Hardy, Robert,1925-; Herriot, James.; Timothy, Christopher.; Arts and Entertainment Network.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation.; BBC Video (Firm); British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service.; Warner Home video (Firm);
Disc 1. The prodigal returns -- Knowin' how to do it -- If music be the food of love -- Friend for life.Disc 2. Spring fever -- Out with the new -- Food for thought -- Cat in Hull's chance.Disc 3. A grand memory for forgetting -- Old dogs, new tricks -- Hampered -- Promises to keep.Disc 4. Brotherly love -- Stars reunited.Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy, Peter Davison, Lynda Bellingham.Wraps up the final installment of this heart-warming tale from the Yorkshire dales with James Herriot (Christopher Timothy), his wife Helen (Lynda Bellingham) and his volatile but warm-hearted partner, Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy).Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD ; full screen presentation ; Dolby digital.
Subjects: Herriot, James; Biographical television programs.; Television programs; Veterinarians; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., BBC Video : Distributed by Warner Home video,
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