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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the authors of The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All, comes the first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Amid rising gang violence, the crack epidemic, and police brutality, a group of unlikely voices cut through the chaos of late 1980s Los Angeles: N.W.A. Led by a drug dealer, a glammed-up producer, and a high school kid, N.W.A gave voice to disenfranchised African Americans across the country. And they quickly redefined pop culture across the world. Their names remain as popular as ever--Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. Dre soon joined forces with Suge...
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Go on a musical journey around the world in this children’s introduction. Discover the power of music and be inspired by cultures from all over the world with this extensive children’s guide. This book is the perfect introduction for young readers to the world of music and celebrates music from every continent! Children aged 9+ can find out how instruments are made and played, and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For years, theater director Bryan Doerries has led an innovative public health project that produces ancient tragedies for current and returned soldiers, addicts, tornado and hurricane survivors, and a wide range of other at-risk people in society. Drawing on these extraordinary firsthand experiences, Doerries illustrates the redemptive and therapeutic potential of this classical, timeless art.
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive, chronological survey of rap and hip-hop from 1973 to the present is based on the author's long-running show on Rapstation.com and details the most iconic moments and relevant songs from the genre's recorded history.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
From the Stooges and MC to the White Stripes, Eminem, and Kid Rock, this account of rock in Detroit, which has always produced more subversive rock music than any city in the world, presents stories from the participants themselves.
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literatures strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just the beginning: horror stories and other weird fiction wouldnt exist without the women who created it. From Gothic ghost stories to psychological horror to science fiction, women have been primary architects of speculative literature of all sorts. And their own life stories are...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times, The Week, Vulture, Elle, and The Millions A piercing blend of memoir, criticism, and biography examining how women writers across the centuries carved out intellectual freedom for themselves—and how others might do the same I took off my wedding ring for the last time—a gold band with half a line of “Morning Song” by Sylvia Plath etched inside—and for weeks afterwards, my thumb...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews. All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul McCartney, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, their families, friends and business associates that were conducted by Beatles intimate Peter Brown and author Steven Gaines in 1980-1981 during the preparation of...
Author
Publisher
Titan Magazines, a division of Titan Publishing Group Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A compendium of tales from the High Republic era, told from aboard the incredible satellite station, the Starlight Beacon, collected for the first time from the pages of Star Wars Insider. All stories are written by The New York Times' best-selling authors Cavan Scott, Charles Soule, and Justina Ireland. Also includes in-depth interviews with the story architects behind the best-selling publishing and multimedia initiative"--
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The stories we read as children shape us for the rest of our lives-- but it's never too late to discover that transformative spark of hope that children's classics can ignite within us. Perkins invites us to explore the promise of seven timeless children's novels, and shows how they provide mirrors to our innermost selves, and open windows to other world. She shows that reading (or re-reading) these books as adults can help us build virtue, unmask...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture—from the award-winning journalist behind All the Pieces Matter, the New York Times bestselling oral history of The Wire “The Come Up is Abrams at his sharpest, at his most observant, at his most insightful.”٬٢٠١٤؛Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hip-Hop (And Other Things)...
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