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Writing Gordon Lightfoot : the man, the music, and the world in 1972 / by Bidini, Dave.;
Subjects: Lightfoot, Gordon.; Mariposa Folk Festival (1972 : Toronto Island, Ont.); Folk festivals; Folk music; Folk musicians;
© c2011., McClelland & Stewart,
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Ducktails, drive-ins, and broken hearts : an unsweetened look at '50s music / by Davis, Hank,1941-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.They all tried, but few singers and musicians from the 1950s became stars. Yet many of them had stories to tell that were far more interesting than the ones you already know. Author Hank Davis was bitten by the music bug as a teenager. By the time he entered college in 1959, he was no stranger to New York's recording studios and had a few 45s of his own on the market. Spanning a 45 year career in music journalism, Davis has spent time backstage, in motel rooms, and on tour buses to uncover stories that rarely made the official annals of pop music history. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews and new research, 'Ducktails, Drive-Ins, and Broken Hearts' offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the winners and losers during rock 'n' roll's formative era. How did a decade as uptight and puritanical as the '50s produce so much cringe-worthy, politically incorrect music? What was it like to see a pale cover version of your latest record climb the charts while yours sat unplayed by mainstream radio stations? How did precious Elvis tapes end up in a Memphis landfill? And who was that thirteen-year-old girl who made a five-dollar vanity record at Sun just two years after Elvis had-and ended up singing backup on "Suspicious Minds" and "In the Ghetto?" This book is a must-read for all fans of '50s music.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Musicians; Singers; Sound recording industry; Popular music;
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2Pac vs Biggie : an illustrated history of rap's greatest battle / by Weiss, Jeff; McGarvey, Evan.;
Includes index.
Subjects: Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996; Notorious B.I.G., 1972-1997; Rap musicians; Rap (Music); Hip hop;
© c2013., Voyageur Press,
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The Victorians : English literature in its historical, cultural and social contexts / by Cruttenden, Aidan;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 94), Internet addresses and index.
Subjects: English literature; Literature and history; Authors, English;
© c2003., Facts on File,
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The Beatles [videorecording] : made on Merseyside / by Byron, Alan(Film producer),film director,screenwriter.; Harrison, George,1943-2001,on-screen participant.; Lennon, John,1940-1980,on-screen participant.; McCartney, Paul,on-screen participant.; Starr, Ringo,on-screen participant.; Film Movement (Firm),film distributor.; Omnibus Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
The Beatles.The Beatles defined music and popular culture like no other band ever will, but how did they make the journey from Merseyside teenagers to international pop stars in the '60s? The film recounts how American rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues dragged post-war Liverpool into one of the most vibrant music cities ever with the Mersey Sound. Featuring unique archive and revealing interviews from those involved in the early years of The Beatles in Liverpool and Hamburg.E.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Harrison, George, 1943-2001.; Lennon, John, 1940-1980.; McCartney, Paul.; Starr, Ringo.; Beatles.; Rock musicians; Rock music;
For private home use only.
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The life and times of Hannah Crafts : the true story of The Bondwoman's Narrative / by Hecimovich, Gregg A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A groundbreaking study of the first Black female novelist and her life as an enslaved woman, from the biographer who solved the mystery of her identity, with a preface by Henry Louis Gates Jr. In 1857, a woman escaped enslavement on a North Carolina plantation and fled to a farm in New York. In hiding, she worked on a manuscript that would make her famous long after her death. The novel, The Bondwoman's Narrative, was first published in 2002 to great acclaim, but the author's identity remained unknown. Over a decade later, Professor Gregg Hecimovich unraveled the mystery of the author's name and, in The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts, he finally tells her story. In this remarkable biography, Hecimovich identifies the novelist as Hannah Bond “Crafts.” She was not only the first known Black woman to compose a novel but also an extraordinarily gifted artist who honed her literary skills in direct opposition to a system designed to deny her every measure of humanity. After escaping to New York, the author forged a new identity--as Hannah Crafts--to make sense of a life fractured by slavery. Hecimovich establishes the case for authorship of The Bondwoman's Narrative by examining the lives of Hannah Crafts's friends and contemporaries, including the five enslaved women whose experiences form part of her narrative. By drawing on the lives of those she knew in slavery, Crafts summoned into her fiction people otherwise stolen from history. At once a detective story, a literary chase, and a cultural history, The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts discovers a tale of love, friendship, betrayal, and violence set against the backdrop of America's slide into Civil War."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Crafts, Hannah.; African American women novelists; Enslaved women; Fugitive slaves; Autobiographical fiction, American;
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Cold fire : Kennedy's northern front / by Boyko, John,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Sheds a new light on the presidency of John F. Kennedy, and his critical battles with the leaders of Canada.LSC
Subjects: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.; Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979.; Pearson, Lester B., 1897-1972.; Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962.;
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Macbeth : Bloom's Shakespeare through the ages / by Bloom, Harold; Marson, Janyce.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-390) and index.
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Macbeth, King of Scotland, 11th cent.; Regicides in literature.;
© c2008., Infobase Pub.,
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25 years of 22 minutes : an unauthorized oral history of This hour has 22 minutes, as told by cast members, staff, and guests / by Mombourquette, Angela,author.;
"The final chaotic season of Codco had just wrapped when Mary Walsh sat down at a Toronto bistro with George Anthony, then creative head of CBC TV's arts programming. She'd been thinking about a news-based comedy show--did he think that would fly? He did. That was the early '90s. Twenty-five seasons later, hundreds of thousands of Canadians continue to tune in weekly to This Hour Has 22 Minutes for its unashamedly Canadian, bitingly satirical take on politics and power. 25 Years of 22 Minutes takes readers backstage to hear first-hand accounts of the show's key moments-in the words of the writers, producers, and cast members who were there. Readers will have a front-row seat to the birth of the show-including a crisis that had producers scrambling in the very first episode-and an insider's take on the highs, the lows and the daily grind behind the scenes at 22 Minutes."--
Subjects: This hour has 22 minutes (Television program); Political satire, Canadian.; Television and politics; Television comedies;
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Mud ride : a messy trip through the grunge explosion / by Turner, Steve,1965-author.; Tepedelen, Adem,author.;
"A down-and-dirty chronicle of the birth of the Seattle grunge scene--from amateur skate parks and underground hardcore clubs to worldwide phenomenon--as told by one of its founding fathers and lead guitarist of legendary alternative rock band, Mudhoney"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Turner, Steve, 1965-; Mudhoney (Musical group); Alternative rock musicians; Guitarists; Grunge music;
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