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1) M train
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, ruminates on the world as it is and the world as it was, and writes in her notebook. Through prose that shifts fluidly between dreams and reality, past and present, and across a landscape of creative aspirations and inspirations, we travel to Frida Kahlos Casa Azul in Mexico; to a meeting of an Arctic explorers society in Berlin; to a ramshackle seaside...
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2023.
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English
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"Over the past twenty years, Melissa Etheridge has been blessed with success, love, joy, contentment, freedom, and release. She became a mother again, recorded eleven albums, toured the world, performed at the Grammy Awards, won an Oscar, discovered her one true love, and underwent a profound spiritual awakening. She also experienced illness, incomparable loss, heartache, guilt, shame, and devastating grief. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, endured...
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Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 tour across the United States, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway--a nightmare of beating, stabbing,...
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“The Invisible Man” tells the remarkable story of how Rod Temperton worked his way up from a Grimsby fish factory to become one of the most successful songwriters of all time.
Born in Cleethorpes in 1949, Temperton embarked on a career in music with the funk band Heatwave, for whom he wrote the international hits 'Boogie Nights' and 'Always and Forever', before his songwriting talent caught the attention of Michael Jackson's legendary producer,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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It's no secret that Beethoven went deaf, that Mozart had constant money problems, and that Gilbert and Sullivan wrote musicals. But what were these people-and other famous musicians-really like? What did they eat? What did they wear? How did they spend their time? What were they like as children? What were their phobias, obsessions, and bad habits? And what did their neighbors think of it all? Here are the fascinating and often humorous stories of...
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Keeping up with Keef. This compilation of interviews encompasses the Rolling Stones' fifty-year career. Featuring articles from such celebrated publications as Melody Maker, Rolling Stone, and GQ, as well as interviews that have never previously appeared in print, it charts Keith Richards's journey from gauche young pretender to swaggering epitome of the zeitgeist to beloved elder statesman of rock.In the Stones' early years Keith stood in the shadows...
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Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist, a child genius who became a worldwide superstar of classical music remembered for, among others, his almost revolutionary interpretations of Bach. This graphic novel biography seeks to understand the eccentric personality behind the persona. Who is the mysterious Glenn Gould? Why did he abruptly end his career as a performing musician? Why did he become one of the very first of his peers to disappear from the public...
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Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (288 pages)
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English
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Thrust into the international spotlight at the 2012 Olympic Games thanks to her moving performance of "Abide with Me" at the opening ceremony and "Read All About It (Part III)" at the closing ceremony, Emeli Sande is now an international superstar. However, her breakthrough came much earlier, in August 2011, with the release of her first single, "Heaven," which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Journalist David Nolan delves deep to paint...
Author
Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (240 pages)
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English
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With four successful albums to their name, You Me At Six have become one of the most revered and popular alternative rock bands of their generation. When Kerrang! magazine nominated them in 2008, 2009, and 2010 for Best British Band , it indicated they were one of the top acts out there. And when they finally won the coveted title in 2011, and then again in 2014, it proved it. This is the first biography of You Me At Six, looking deep into what makes...
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Michael O'Mara
Pub. Date
2013.
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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English
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A biography of the pop star details her rise from misunderstood musician to one of the most influential women in the worldToday one of the most successful music stars in the world, Lady Gaga fast became a household name after the release of her first album, The Fame, in 2008. This biography charts this remarkable young woman's rise to the very summit of musical superstardom, covering her early years at a Roman Catholic school in Manhattan, her first...
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John Blake
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (240 pages)
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English
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Damon Albarn is the frontman of Blur and the face of Britpop. While his peers have gradually fallen by the wayside, Albarn has reinvented himself as the mastermind behind Gorillaz. With his eclectic solo projects-such as the much-revered The Good, the Bad the Queen-and his work with legends like Bobby Womack, he has proven that he is one of British music's most innovative and important personalities. With the 2015 release of Blur's first album for...
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Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (228 pages)
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English
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The story behind the Grammy-nominated singer who has toured as Taylor Swift's opening act, performed with Elton John at the Grammys, and is just getting startedHe's the Suffolk school drop-out who has become Britain's hottest musical property. Ed Sheeran is the award-winning singer-songwriter with a tiny guitar and a huge talent. But how did a young musician who described himself as a "spotty, chubby, ginger teenager" go from selling CDs from his...
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2011.
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1 online resource (272 pages)
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English
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"In September 1968, four English lads gathered together for the first time in a small, stuffy London rehearsal room in a basement filled with wall-to-wall amplifiers. It was their first big tryout as musicians, and each of them was nervous. Would they come together as a band? Or would they crash and burn, becoming nothing but a rock footnote? Then the room exploded, with wailing chords, howling vocals, and a locked-tight rhythm section-a sonic assault...
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Publisher
John Blake
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (304 pages)
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English
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Aled Jones was a choirboy with a remarkable voice, whose prodigious talent propelled him to international stardom. Before he was sixteen, he had already sold more than six million records and had become a fixture on television and radio. He has worked alongside such greats as Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sir Neville Marriner, Howard Blake, and Mike Oldfield. Some of the high points of his early career include performances at the Hollywood...
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University of New South Wales Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (700 pages)
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English
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Peter Sculthorpe, who died in 2014, remains Australia's best-known composer and is widely held to be the most important creative musical spirit the country has produced. Beautifully written and fastidiously researched, this authorized biography provides an insight into Sculthorpe's formation years: his quest for personal voice, and his arrival - through many creative friendships and collaborations - at a place in the collective heart of the nation....
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English
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One Direction is one of the most promising bands in modern music. Screaming fans can't seem to get enough of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson. Hits like "What Makes You Beautiful," "Gotta Be You," and "One Thing" are fan favorites. In this exclusive documentary we explore the "Tour & More" of one of the hottest boy bands in music - One Direction.
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English
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Iggy Azalea has evolved into a pop sensation. She was born and raised in Australia. Her provocative lyrics, raunchy delivery, and sex appeal, caught the attention of T.I., who ultimately gave her a record deal on his Grand Hustle roster. With rare footage from Iggy's early days, this documentary chronicles the rise of the Queen of hip hop- Iggy Azalea.
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English
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Luke Hemmings (lead vocals,guitar) Michael Clifford (guitar,vocals), Calum Hood (bass guitar,vocals), and Ashton Irwin (drums, vocals) collectively are 5SOS. . Many people have heard of the band, but few fans are familiar with the personalities of each individual member. In this exclusive documentary we get "UP CLOSE & PERSONAL," revealing the true dynamic of 5 Seconds of Summer.
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John Blake
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English
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Despite coming from a city of one-hit wonders, singer Jake Bugg has managed to jump from the bottom to the top, and continues gaining in popularityIn a world of boy bands and manufactured pop, Jake Bugg's simply-strummed tales of life on the council estate where he grew up have connected with music fans around the world. Bugg has turned the music industry inside out with the unexpected success of his country folk songs with a rockabilly twist. He's...
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Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (296 pages)
Language
English
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"Over 15 years since the death of lead guitarist and singer Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead stands as a cultural symbol of the unresolved cultural clashes of 1960s. The band's 30-year odyssey is a testament to the American imagination, with thousands of live concert recordings by fans and the band itself, preserved alongside a cultural iconography of images, artwork, and paraphernalia. Most recently, the Grateful Dead has stepped up release of its...
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