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Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Songby Judy Collins, Steve TurnerISBN 0060002190 (0-06-000219-0)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song'Book summary:Behind our most beloved hymn is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve Turner embarks on a journey to trace the life of the hymn, from Olney, England, where it was written by former slave trader John Newton, to tiny Plantain Island off the coast of Africa, where Newton was held captive for almost a year, to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and other parts of the South, where the hymn first began to spread.
Newton had been rescued from Africa by a merchant ship when, during an eleven-hour storm on the Atlantic, he converted to Christianity. Years later, as a minister, he wrote the hymn for use among his congregation. Through the nineteenth century, "Amazing Grace" appeared in more and more hymn books, and in the twentieth century it rose to a gospel and folk standard before exploding into pop music. It has been recorded by artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tiny Tim, Al Green, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Chet Baker, and Destiny's Child. Amazing Grace closely examines this modern history of the hymn through personal interviews with recording artists.
From John Newton's incredible life story to the hymn's role in American spirituality and culture, Amazing Grace is an illuminating, thorough, and unprecedented musical history.
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Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Songby Steve TurnerISBN 0060002182 (0-06-000218-2)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song'Book summary:Behind our most beloved song is a fascinating story spanning continents, cultures, and centuries. Inspired by the way "Amazing Grace" continues to change and grow in popularity, acclaimed music writer Steve Turner embarks on a journey to trace the life of the hymn, from Olney, England, where it was written by former slave trader John Newton, to tiny Plantain Island off the coast of Africa, where Newton was held captive for almost a year, to the Kentucky-Tennessee border and other parts of the South, where the hymn first began to spread.
As a young man, John Newton was pressed into the Royal Navy, but was such a rebellious sailor that he was moved to a slave ship in Madeira and eventually became a "servant of slaves in Africa." He was rescued from Africa by a merchant ship, but on the voyage back to England his ship endured an eleven-hour storm on the Atlantic -- after which, reflecting on his miraculous survival and on his wretched state in Africa, he converted to Christianity. Back in England, he eventually became a minister and, still later, a vocal abolitionist. During his time as a Church of England parish priest, he and a friend, the poet William Cowper, began experimenting with what was then a relatively new form of religious song, the Protestant hymn, when he wrote "Amazing Grace" for use among his congregation.
The hymn made its way across the Atlantic to South Carolina, where the lyrics were published for the first time with a tune. Through the nineteenth century it appeared in more and more hymnals, and in the twentieth century it rose to become a gospel and folk standard, then exploded into pop music with Judy Collins's masterful 1970 a capella recording, which took over the charts. The majority of the more than 450 recordings held by the Library of Congress were made after 1970 and include versions by artists as varied as Elvis Presley, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tiny Tim, A] Green, Johnny Cash, Rod Stewart, Chet Baker, and Destiny's Child. Amazing Grace closely examines this modern history as Turner traces the hymn through the American gospel tradition in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and interviews contemporary artists to reveal why they were compelled to record the hymn.
From John Newton's incredible life story to the hymn's role in American spirituality and culture, Amazing Grace is an illuminating, thorough, and unprecedented musical history.
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Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouacby Steve TurnerISBN 0670870382 (0-670-87038-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angelheaded Hipster: A Life of Jack Kerouac'Book summary:An illustrated biography draws on interviews with Kerouac's friends, conversations with Allen Ginsburg and William S. Burroughs, and the body of Kerouac scholarship to provide a definitive portrait of of the iconoclastic rebel. 30,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo. [via]
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Cliff : For the Recordby Steve TurnerISBN 055103081X (0-551-03081-X)
Hardcover, Marshall Pickering
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Conflict in Organizationsby Steve Turner , Frank WeedISBN 0131673874 (0-13-167387-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Conflict in Organizations: Practical Solutions Any Manager Can Useby Steve Turner , Frank WeedISBN 0131673955 (0-13-167395-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Conversations with Eric Claptonby Steve TurnerISBN 0349134022 (0-349-13402-2)
Hardcover, Abacus
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The Gospel According to the Beatlesby Steve TurnerISBN 0664229832 (0-664-22983-2)
Hardcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Songby Steve TurnerISBN 0060844094 (0-06-084409-4)
Softcover, Harper Resource
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song'Book summary:A lavishly illustrated, rollicking account of the real people and events that inspired the Beatles' lyrics.
Who was "just seventeen" and made Paul's heart go "boom"? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? Where's Penny Lane? In A Hard Day's Write, music journalist Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy by investigating for the first time the ordinary people and events immortalized in the Beatles' music and now occupying a special niche in popular culture's collective imagination.
Arranged chronologically by album, the book breaks new ground by exploring how private incidents influenced the group's writing and how their music evolved. Turner reveals that Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds was really a drawing by Julian Lennon of his childhood friend; Bungalow Bill was an all-American tiger hunter; Doctor Robert was a New York 'speech doctor'; and much more. A longtime Beatles admirer, Turner tracked down and interviewed the real-life subjects of the songs, probed public records and newspaper archives, and spoke in depth to the people closet to the Beatles to unearth tales that have never before been made public. The result is a book that chronicles an untold story of the Beatles themselves.
Illustrated with over 200 photographs, A Hard Day's Write is a visually alluring and highly entertaining journey to the land stretching just beneath your conscious mind, mapped out with strawberry fields, fool-topped hills, and long and winding roads. [via]
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- A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song: ISBN 006095065X (0-06-095065-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins - A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song: ISBN 0062736981 (0-06-273698-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins - A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles' Song: ISBN 0316878715 (0-316-87871-5)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited - A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatle's Song: ISBN 0207186235 (0-207-18623-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers Australia - A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song: ISBN 0060844094 (0-06-084409-4)
Softcover, Harper Resource
- A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song: ISBN 006095065X (0-06-095065-X)
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Hungry for Heaven : Rock 'n' Roll and the Search for Redemptionby Steve TurnerISBN 0340630442 (0-340-63044-2)
Softcover, Hodder & Stoughton Educational
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Ict Activities for Graphicsby Steve Turner , Charlie TravisISBN 0435422154 (0-435-42215-4)
Softcover, Harcourt Education
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Joseph Technicolour Dreamcoatby Steve TurnerISBN 0551027924 (0-551-02792-4)
Softcover, Marshall Pickering
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Trouble Man : The Life and Death of Marvin Gayeby Steve TurnerISBN 0718141121 (0-7181-4112-1)
Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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Softcover, Penguin Books, Limited
- Trouble Man : The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye: ISBN 0140271023 (0-14-027102-3)
U2: Rattle and Humby Steve TurnerISBN 0517572141 (0-517-57214-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Up to Dateby Steve TurnerISBN 0340588586 (0-340-58858-6)
Softcover, Hodder Religious Division
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Up to Date: Poems, 1968-1982by Steve TurnerISBN 0340287128 (0-340-28712-8)
Softcover, Hodder and Stoughton
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Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Nowby Steve TurnerISBN 0670851477 (0-670-85147-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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William H. Johnson: Truth Be Toldby Steve Turner , Victoria Dailey, Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Steve Turner GalleryISBN 0295977000 (0-295-97700-0)
Softcover, Univ of Washington Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William H. Johnson: Truth Be Told'Book summary:This book brings the story of African American artist William H. Johnson (1901-1970) to light. Born in South Carolina, Johnson moved to New York as a teenager to live with his uncle, working as a hotel porter, cook, and stevedore -- and earning admission to the School of the National Academy of Design, where he won almost every student prize available. A trip to Europe became permanent residence after he married Danish textile artist Holcha Krake. He enjoyed wide success until World War II forced the couple to move to New York. After his wife's death Johnson's physical and mental health collapsed and after 1947 he never painted again.
Steve Turner traces the fate of Johnson's huge body of work, indifferently managed for him by court-appointed guardians and the Harmon Foundation. [via]
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