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Daisy Jones & the Six : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.;
"A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer -- and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It's the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all. Billy Dunne and his brother have a band called The Six that won't be playing weddings for long. They are ambitious, hard-rocking, hard-partying. When they land a record deal, Billy's girlfriend follows them to the West Coast and life begins. But she finds out she's pregnant on the eve of their first tour, and the pressure of fatherhood and incipient fame make Billy go a little crazy on the road. Daisy and Billy's paths cross when a manager realizes that the key to skyrocketing success is to put them together. But oil and water don't even begin to describe how they mix. And what happens next will become the stuff of legend. Written in the style of an "as-told-to" rock autobiography, Daisy Jones & The Six is an unforgettable ride"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Rock groups; Nineteen seventies;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Daisy Jones & the Six [sound recording] : a novel / by Reid, Taylor Jenkins,author.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by a full cast."A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of a world-famous 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer -- and the secret reasons behind their dramatic break up. Daisy Jones is a beautiful, broken girl growing up in L.A. with rich parents who barely know she exists. But when she sings in a crowded, smoky club, you can hear a pin drop. All she wants is to write her own songs, but the record studio has its own ideas. It's the early 1970s and free love and drugs are everywhere, and Daisy wants to experience it all. Billy Dunne and his brother have a band called The Six that won't be playing weddings for long. They are ambitious, hard-rocking, hard-partying. When they land a record deal, Billy's girlfriend follows them to the West Coast and life begins. But she finds out she's pregnant on the eve of their first tour, and the pressure of fatherhood and incipient fame make Billy go a little crazy on the road. Daisy and Billy's paths cross when a manager realizes that the key to skyrocketing success is to put them together. But oil and water don't even begin to describe how they mix. And what happens next will become the stuff of legend. Written in the style of an "as-told-to" rock autobiography, Daisy Jones & The Six is an unforgettable ride"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Biographical fiction.; Rock groups; Nineteen seventies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Brooklyn crime novel / by Lethem, Jonathan,author.;
In 1970s Brooklyn, with the promise of violence everywhere, a currency itself, this story of community, crime and gentrification chronicles more than 50 years of life in one neighborhood where the players write the headlines, the histories and the laws of the streets.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Novels.; Criminals; Neighbors; Nineteen seventies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nightwatching / by Cook, Méira,1964-;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Apartheid; Families; Girls; Nineteen seventies;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Groupies : a novel / by Priscus, Sarah,author.;
Hopping a Greyhound to Los Angeles in 1977, Faun, a naïve college dropout and aspiring photographer, reconnects with her childhood best friend who is a rising model and a muse to a rock band front man.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Female friendship; Groupies; Nineteen seventies; Photographers; Rock groups;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Firefly Lane / by Hannah, Kristin.;
20080303 neb / 20080526 neb 65X
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Change (Psychology); Nineteen eighties; Best friends; Friendship in adolescence; Female friendship; Nineteen seventies;
© 2008., St. Martin's Press,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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How to talk to girls at parties [videorecording] / by Goslett, Philippa,1974-screenwriter.; Mitchell, John Cameron,film director,screenwriter.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor.; Kidman, Nicole,1967-actor.; Wilson, Ruth,1982-actor.; Lucas, Matt,1974-actor.; Sharp, Alex,actor.; motion picture adaptation of (work):Gaiman, Neil.How to talk to girls at parties.; See-Saw Films,production company.; Little Punk (Firm),production company.; Mongrel Media,publisher.;
Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Wilson, Matt Lucas, Alex Sharp.An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe, the London suburb of Croydon.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Gaiman, Neil.; Human-alien encounters; Extraterrestrial beings; Teenagers; Love; Nineteen seventies;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The art of vanishing : a novel / by Kutsukake, Lynne,author.;
Akemi's desire for independence and aversion to marriage are unusual in her small village. A gift for drawing allows her to move to a rooming house in Tokyo where she studies medical illustration, finding satisfaction in the precision and purpose of her work. Sayako is the first roommate to pay Akemi attention, and they quickly become inseparable--Sayako drawn to Akemi's humble origins, so distinct from her own insufferable, wealthy family; Akemi attracted to Sayako's rebelliousness and her aspiration to be a painter. As Akemi begins to model for Sayako, their connection deepens. Together, they attend 'happenings,' encounters arranged by two enigmatic artists, Nezu and Kaori, in random locations, intended to free them from their worldly attachments. Following a devastating betrayal, Sayako disappears, and Akemi becomes determined to find her--and in the process, must newly face herself. Tender, enthralling, and evocative of the energy of Japan in the 1970s, The Art of Vanishing is the story of a young woman struggling to see and be seen; of authenticity and art; of the thin line between loyalty and obsession.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Betrayal; Female friendship; Nineteen seventies; Social classes; Women artists; Young women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The blackmailer's guide to love : a novel / by Thurm, Marian,author.;
One of the many well-educated Ivy League graduates with literary ambitions who flock to New York City every year, 25-year-old Melissa Fleischer has the great fortune to work as the assistant to Austin Bloch, an editor responsible for refining and publishing the work of some of America's most esteemed writers. But after she begins working at this prestigious magazine in the late 1970's, Mel soon learns that the extravagantly long lunches her boss indulges in actually belie his affairs with a stream of young women. Mel is left in the distressing position of lying about these never-ending betrayals to Austin's wife, Hillarie, who often calls while he is out of the office. But then, unexpectedly, the New Yorker begins publishing Mel's short stories, offering a spectacular start to what she hopes will be a long and fruitful writing career. Unfortunately, the exhilaration of being published by the magazine she reveres most is soon diminished both by Mel's deeply painful discovery that her own marriage--like Austin's--is far from idyllic, and her continuing complicity in Austin's betrayals. And nothing seems more difficult than the effort it will take to keep her marriage from falling apart.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Adultery; Authors; Betrayal; Married people; Nineteen seventies; Periodical editors; Truthfulness and falsehood;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Walk softly on this heart of mine : a novel / by Collins, Callie,author.;
"Against the vibrant, bluesy backdrop of 1970s Austin, Texas, this shimmering debut follows the collision between hicks and hipsters that ultimately results in tragedy"--
Subjects: Queer fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Bars (Drinking establishments); Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Musical groups; Musicians; Nineteen seventies;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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