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Over the top and back : the autobiography / by Jones, Tom,1940-author.;
A memoir by the legendary singer draws on six decades of music to discuss his coal miner origins, longtime marriage, and creative process.
Subjects: Jones, Tom, 1940-; Singers;
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Illustrated book of great composers : an illustrated guide to the lives, key works and influences of over 100 renowned composers / by Thompson, Wendy,1952-;
Subjects: Composers; Music;
© c2004., Lorenz Books,
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Approaching fire / by Porter, Michelle,author.;
"In Approaching Fire, Michelle Porter embarks on a quest to find her great-grandfather, the Métis fiddler and performer Léon Robert Goulet. Through musicology, jigs and reels, poetry, photographs, and the ecology of fire, Porter invests biography with the power of reflective ingenuity, creating a portrait which expands beyond documentation into a private realm where truth meets metaphor."
Subjects: Biographies.; Poetry.; Goulet, Léon-Robert.; Fiddlers; Metis; Canadian poetry.;
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If walls could speak : my life in architecture / by Safdie, Moshe,1938-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures-from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as "Habitat" and the Yad Vashem memorial in Israel, to the Crystal Bridges Museum in Arkansas and the Marina Bay Sands development and extraordinary Jewel Changi airport interior garden and waterfall in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit. Safdie always refers to the "silent client" an architect mustultimately serve: the people who live, work in, or experience a building. If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works-"from thespark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials." Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him-from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination-Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documentsfrom his firm's voluminous archives that illuminate his stories, If Walls Could Speak ends with a chapter outlining seven projects Safdie would pursue around the world if resources and will were no issue and the choices were his to make. A book like no other, If Walls Could Speak will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Safdie, Moshe, 1938-; Architects;
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Everything in its place : first loves and last tales / by Sacks, Oliver,1933-2015,author.;
"From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories, his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything In Its Place is a celebration of Sacks's myriad interests, all told with his characteristic compassion, erudition, and luminous prose"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015.; Neurologists;
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Peter O'Toole : the definitive biography / by Sellers, Robert,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes filmography.
Subjects: Biographies.; O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013.; Actors;
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Remembering Whitney : my story of love, loss, and the night the music stopped / by Houston, Cissy.; Dickey, Lisa.;
The soul and gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston reflects on her daughter's life, the events that led up to her death, and the aftermath of a senseless tragedy.
Subjects: Houston, Whitney.; Singers;
© c2013., Harper,
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The Beatles : the BBC archives, 1962-1970 / by Howlett, Kevin.; British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.BBC radio and television played crucial roles during The Beatles' initial breakthrough and subsequent global domination. This book reveals how the relationship between the UK's foremost broadcasting organization and the world's most celebrated pop group developed between 1962 and 1970.
Subjects: Beatles; Rock musicians;
© 2013., Harper Design,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Find a way / by Nyad, Diana.;
"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Nyad, Diana.; Swimmers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A is for awesome : 23 iconic women who changed the world / by Chen, Eva,1980-; Desierto, Derek.;
Why stick with plain old A, B, C when you can have Amelia (Earhart), Malala, Tina (Turner), Ruth (Bader Ginsburg), all the way to eXtraordinary You--and the Zillion of adventures you will go on? Instagram superstar Eva Chen, author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes, is back with an alphabet board book depicting feminist icons in A Is for Awesome: 23 Iconic Women Who Changed the World, featuring spirited illustrations by Derek Desierto.LSC
Subjects: Women; Alphabet books.;
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