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20 Years of Rolling Stone: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Beenby Jann S. WennerISBN 0914919105 (0-914919-10-5)
Hardcover, Friendly Pr
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About a Boyby Nick HornbyISBN 1573227331 (1-57322-733-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'About a Boy'Book summary:Will Lightman is a Peter Pan for the 1990s. At 36, the terminally hip North Londoner is unmarried, hyper-concerned with his coolness quotient and blithely living off his father's novelty song royalties. Will sees himself as entirely lacking in hidden depths--and he's proud of it! The only trouble is, his friends are succumbing to responsibilities and children and he's increasingly left out in the cold. How can someone brilliantly equipped for meaningless relationships ensure that he'll continue to meet beautiful Julie Christie-like women and ensure that they'll throw him over before things get too profound? A brief encounter with a single mother sets Will off on his new career, that of "serial nice guy." As far as he's concerned--and remember, concern isn't his strong suit--he's the perfect catch for the young mother on the go. After an interlude of sexual bliss, she'll realise that her child isn't ready for a man in their life and Will can ride off into the Highgate sunset, where more damsels apparently await. The only catch is that the best way to meet these women is at single-parent get-togethers. In one of Nick Hornby's many hilarious (and embarrassing) scenes, Will falls into some serious misrepresentation at SPAT ("Single Parents-- Alone Together"), passing himself off as a bereft single dad: "There was, he thought, an emotional truth here somewhere, and he could see now that his role-playing had a previously unsuspected artistic element to it. He was acting, yes, but in the noblest, most profound sense of the word."
What interferes with Will's career arc, of course, is reality--in the shape of a 12-year-old boy who is in many ways his polar opposite. For Marcus, cool isn't even a possibility, let alone an issue. For starters, he's a victim at his new school. Things at home are pretty awful, too, since his musical-therapist mother seems increasingly in need of therapy herself. All Marcus can do is cobble together information with a mixture of incomprehension, innocence, self-blame and unfettered clear sight. As fans of Fever Pitch and High Fidelity already know, Hornby's insight into laddishness magically combines the serious and the hilarious. About a Boy continues his singular examination of masculine wish-fulfilment and fear. This time, though, the author lets women and children onto the playing field, forcing his feckless hero to leap over an entirely new--and entirely welcome--set of emotional hurdles. [via]
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- About a Boy: ISBN 1573229571 (1-57322-957-1)
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Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - About a Boy: ISBN 3426616904 (3-426-61690-4)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc - About a Boy: ISBN 1573227331 (1-57322-733-1)
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- About a Boy: ISBN 1573229571 (1-57322-957-1)
Across the Great Divide: The Band and Americaby Barney HoskynsISBN 142341442X (1-4234-1442-X)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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The American Songbagby Carl SandburgISBN 015605650X (0-15-605650-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Songbag'Book summary:Sandburg was not only a poet but also a noted collector and performer of american folk music. This anthology contains words and music to 290 songs that people have sung in the making of americanca. New Introduction by Garrison Keillor; Prefatory Notes by the Author; Index.[via]More editions of The American Songbag:
The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punkby Paul D. GrushkinISBN 0896595846 (0-89659-584-6)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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The Art of the Piano: Its Performers, Literature and Recordingsby David DubalISBN 1574670883 (1-57467-088-3)
Softcover, Amadeus Pr
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Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Storyby Dave MarshISBN 1560251026 (1-56025-102-6)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Building a Classical Music Libraryby Bill ParkerISBN 0964133202 (0-9641332-0-2)
Softcover, Bill Parker
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Building a Classical Music Library'Book summary:In this third edition, Bill Parker updates and expands his previ¬ously recommended selections and offers the consensus choices for the very best classical recordings on compact disc. His helpful comments on both new and old releases provide a valuable short¬cut to those trying to sort out the relative merits of the past cen¬tury of recording art. Whether you are a novice or an established collector, you will find a wealth of useful information in Building a Classical Music Library. [via]
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Carmenby Georges Bizet, David FoilISBN 1884822819 (1-884822-81-9)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
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Claraby Janice GallowayISBN 0224050494 (0-224-05049-4)
Softcover, Jonathan Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Clara'Book summary:Clara's grappling with the rigidities of historical character and its conjuring of a totally alien milieu--the German music scene of the mid-19th century--are all the more impressive given that Galloway's previous prize-winning novels, The Trick is to Keep Breathing and Foreign Parts, were much less ambitious in scope, dealing with contemporary lives, of a young Scottish drama teacher and two women on a driving holiday in France respectively. But Galloway's regular readers will recognise in Clara many of the features of the earlier novels and of her short story collections Blood and Where you Find It-- show a deep concern with psychology, especially psychology pushed to its extremes, and a deliberate eschewing of sentiment even when the narrative screams out for it, underpinned by a sly humour.
Reaching her prime before the dawn of recorded sound, Clara Schumann is now sadly only known by report as the perfect champion of her husband Robert's music, an acclaimed virtuoso pianist who had her own international career in European concert halls in the latter half of the 19th century. The bare bones of her biography however hint at hidden depths: the mother, Marianne Tromlitz, who left her husband and daughter for another man; the father, Friedrich Wieck, who nurtured her career single-mindedly; the marriage, violently opposed by her father, to Robert Schumann, who soon fell into depression, ending his short life in an asylum. Janice Galloway has taken full advantage of the raw materials of the first half of this extraordinary saga, to produce a rich and compelling fictional life.
In this novel there's also a deep understanding of the social politics of Clara's background, most impressively done through her father's social climbing, hidden behind an apparently classless artistry. Galloway renders all this in an indulgent, exquisitely limpid prose: the end result is an outstanding novel, the most ambitious and most impressive of her career to date. --Alan Stewart [via]
Composing Music: A New Approachby David Stevenson, William Russo, Jeffrey AinisISBN 0226732169 (0-226-73216-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Craft of Musical Composition: Book One, Theoretical Partby Paul HindemitISBN 0901938300 (0-901938-30-0)
Softcover, Schott Japan
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Craft of Musical Composition: Book Two, Exercises in Two Part Writingby Paul HindemitISBN 0901938416 (0-901938-41-6)
Softcover, Schott Japan
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The Days Grow Short: The Life and Music of Kurt Weillby Ronald SandersISBN 1879505061 (1-879505-06-1)
Softcover, Silman-James Pr
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Die Walkuereby Richard WagnerISBN 9638303123 (963-8303-12-3)
Softcover, Konemann
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Discovering Great Music: A New Listener's Guide to the Top Classical Composers and Their Masterworksby Roy HemmingISBN 1557042101 (1-55704-210-1)
Softcover, Newmarket Pr
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Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Discovering Great Music: A New Listener's Guide to the Top Classical Composers and Their Best Recordings: ISBN 1557042101 (1-55704-210-1)
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Early Novels and Storiesby Willa Cather, Sharon O BrienISBN 0940450399 (0-940450-39-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Novels and Stories'Book summary:"Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet." Willa Cather's remark describes her own reasons for re-creating in her powerful fiction the Nebraska frontier of her youth. The vast Great Plains, where the earth has only recently come beneath the plow and the sky is huge and open, mirrors the uniquely American ethic of her characters: their heroic aspirations and stoicism, their passion for creativity, their rebelliousness of spirit. This volume, the first in The Library of America's authoritative three-volume collected Cather, includes the story collection "The Troll Garden," her first work of fiction, along with the beloved novels "O Pioneers!," "The Song of the Lark," "My Antonia," and "One of Ours," which earned a Pulitzer Prize. [via]
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Essays in Musical Analysis Symphonies 1by Donald F. ToveyISBN 0193151278 (0-19-315127-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Essays in Musical Analysis: Symphonies and Other Orchestral Worksby Donald Francis ToveyISBN 0193151464 (0-19-315146-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Essential Dictionary of Music: Definitions, Composers, Theory, Instrument & Vocal Ranges The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionalsby Lindsey C. HarnsbergerISBN 0882847287 (0-88284-728-7)
Softcover, Alfred Pub Co
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The Farewell Symphonyby Anna Harwell Celenza, Joann E. KitchelISBN 1570914079 (1-57091-407-9)
Softcover, Charlesbridge Pub Inc
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Giuseppe Verdi, LA Traviata: Melodramma in Three Actsby Francesco Maria PiaveISBN 8875926743 (88-7592-674-3)
Softcover, Ricordi - Bmg Ricordi
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Give My Regards to Eighth Street: Collected Writings of Morton Feldmanby B. H. Friedman, Frank O'HaraISBN 1878972316 (1-878972-31-6)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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Happy Alchemy: On the Pleasures of Music and the Theatreby Robertson Davies, Brenda Davies, Jennifer SurridgeISBN 0140275622 (0-14-027562-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musicianby Ron GorowISBN 0962949671 (0-9629496-7-1)
Softcover, September Pub
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Hymns for the Family of Godby Fred Bock, Bryan Jeffery LeechISBN 0894770004 (0-89477-000-4)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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I'm a Believer: My Life of Monkees, Music, and Madnessby Mark Bego, Mickey DolenzISBN 1562828479 (1-56282-847-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Introduction to Musicby Paul Taylor, Hugh Milton MillerISBN 0064671089 (0-06-467108-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Introduction to Music: A Guide to Good Listeningby Hugh Milton MillerISBN 0064601773 (0-06-460177-3)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Jazz Theory BookISBN 1883217040 (1-883217-04-0)
Softcover, Sher Music Co
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King Inkby Nick CaveISBN 188098508X (1-880985-08-X)
Softcover, 2 13 61
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Ink'Book summary:This book is in great condition and the pages are super clean. We ship Monday-Friday! Be the first to buy this book! [via]
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Kraftwerk: Man, Machine And Musicby Pascal BussyISBN 0946719705 (0-946719-70-5)
Softcover, S A F Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kraftwerk: Man, Machine And Music'Book summary:[via]"Without them there would have been no hip hop, no house, no ambient music, no electro and even Michael Jackson with whom they flatly refused to collaborate would have sounded different. Bussy engagingly explains why theyre one of the few groups whove actually changed how music sounds," was how Q Magazine chose to describe this insightful biography. Now updated and revised, Pascal Bussys book is still the best attempt so far to uncover these German enigmas.
"Bussys excellent study should be part of any techno-pop aficionados library."Pulse!
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The Last Temptationby Neil Gaiman, Michael ZulliISBN 159307414X (1-59307-414-X)
Hardcover, Dark Horse Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Temptation'Book summary:This graphic novel, based on a story by Neil Gaiman and Alice Cooper, introduces Steven, who is afraid of just about everything until he meets the mysterious Showman and his Theatre of the Real. Steven watches the show on a dare, but then he learns what it is to be truly afraid. Illustrations. [via]
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Les Miserables: Piano/Vocal Ward Best Musicalby Todd LowryISBN 0881885770 (0-88188-577-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables: Piano/Vocal Ward Best Musical'Book summary:The international musical sensation Les Misérables is captured in this piano/vocal book that includes 14 of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's songs--about everything you could want, save the full-company number "One Day More." The book has an introduction by Boublil and a full synopsis with color photos. --David Horiuchi [via]
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Let Fury Have The Hour: The Punk Rock Politics Of Joe Strummerby Antonino D'AmbrosioISBN 1560256257 (1-56025-625-7)
Softcover, Nation Books
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Lies: A Diary, 1986-1999by Ned Rorem, Edmund WhiteISBN 1582430578 (1-58243-057-8)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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Marrying Mozartby Stephanie CowellISBN 014303457X (0-14-303457-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marrying Mozart'Book summary:[via]Amadeus meets Little Women in this irresistibly delightful historical novel by award-winning author Stephanie Cowell. The year is 1777 and the four Weber sisters, daughters of a musical family, share a crowded, artistic life in a ramshackle house. While their father scrapes by as a music copyist and their mother secretly draws up a list of prospective suitors in the kitchen, the sisters struggle with their futures, both marital and musicaluntil twenty-one-year-old Wolfgang Mozart walks into their lives. Bringing eighteenth-century Europe to life with unforgiving winters, yawning princes, scheming parents, and the enduring passions of young talent, Stephanie Cowells richly textured tale captures a remarkable historical figureand the four young women who engage his passion, his music, and his heart.
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Morrissey: Scandal & Passionby David BretISBN 1861057873 (1-86105-787-3)
Softcover, Anova Books
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Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Musicby Jane GloverISBN 0060563516 (0-06-056351-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music'Book summary:Mozart was fascinated, amused, aroused, hurt, and betrayed by women. He loved and respected them, composed for them, performed with them. This unique biography looks at his interaction with each, starting with his family (his mother, Maria Anna and beloved and talented sister, Nannerl), and his marriage (which brought his 'other family', the Weber sisters). His relationships with his artists are examined, in particular those of his operas, through whose characters Mozart gave voice to the emotions of women who were, like his entire female acquaintance, restrained by the conventions and structures of eighteenth-century society. This is their story as well as his -- and shows once again that a great part of the composer's genius was in his understanding and musical expression of human nature. Evocative and beautifully written, Mozart's Women illuminates the music, the man, and above all the women who inspired him. 'Jane Glover has pulled off a coup des livres with her fresh take on Mozart's life and work' Sunday Telegraph 'Readable, informative and moving...Her passion for the music shines through this touching, vividly told story' Sunday Times [via]
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Musical Thoughts and Afterthoughtsby Alfred BrendelISBN 0903895439 (0-903895-43-9)
Hardcover, Robson Books
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My First Forty Yearsby Placido DomingoISBN 0140073671 (0-14-007367-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingusby Gene SantoroISBN 0195147111 (0-19-514711-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New Grove Mozartby Stanley Sadie, John TyrrellISBN 0195169050 (0-19-516905-0)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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The New Oxford Book of Carolsby Clifford Bartlett, Hugh Keyte, Andrew ParrottISBN 0193533227 (0-19-353322-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The New Oxford Book of Carolsby Hugh Keyte, Andrew ParrottISBN 0193533235 (0-19-353323-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600by Willis ApelISBN 0910956154 (0-910956-15-4)
Hardcover, Medieval Academy of Amer
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Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Musicby Gerri HirsheyISBN 1904915108 (1-904915-10-8)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavementby Rob JovanovicISBN 1932112073 (1-932112-07-3)
Softcover, Justin Charles & Co
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The Piano Tunerby Daniel MasonISBN 1400030382 (1-4000-3038-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Piano Tuner'Book summary:Daniel Mason's debut novel, The Piano Tuner, is the mesmerizing story of Edgar Drake, commissioned by the British War Office in 1886 to travel to hostile Burma to repair a rare Erard grand piano vital to the Crown's strategic interests. Eccentric Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll has brokered peace with local warlords primarily through music, a free medical clinic, and the "powers" of common scientific instruments, much to the dismay of warmongering officers suspect of such unorthodox methods. Drake is an introspective, well-mannered soul who, once there, falls in love with Burma and stays long past the piano-fixing to aid Carroll's political agenda. Drake's arduous journey to reach the outpost, however, takes far too long (nearly half the book) and the plotting is rather heavy-handed at times (one night, Drake learns of a mysterious "Man with One Story" who rarely speaks, and the very next morning the Man tells all to Drake). The story is ambitious, the language florid and sure to please, but the dialogue and melodrama are sometimes tedious. While out on the town with Carroll's love interest, Khin Myo (who enchants Drake), Mason offers the townspersons' view of Drake:
It is only natural that a guest be treated with hospitality, the quiet man who has come to mend the singing elephant is shy, and walks with the posture of one who is unsure of the world, we too would keep him company to make him feel welcome, but we do not speak English.... They say he is one of the kind of men who has dreams, but tells no one.
Drake's complexity is thin; perhaps the beauty of Burma takes over any real need for introspection. Despite these quibbles, The Piano Tuner is a memorable achievement. --Michael Ferch [via]More editions of The Piano Tuner:
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The Polysyllabic Spreeby Nick HornbyISBN 1932416242 (1-932416-24-2)
Softcover, McSweeneys Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Polysyllabic Spree'Book summary:In his monthly column "Stuff I've Been Reading," Hornby lists the books he's purchased that month, and briefly discusses the books he's actually read.[via]
NIck Hornby's Polysyllabic Spree Includes selected passages from the novels, biographies, collections of poetry, and comics discussed in the column.More editions of The Polysyllabic Spree:
Quasi Una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Musicby Theodore AdornoISBN 1859841597 (1-85984-159-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Rat Pack Confidentialby Shawn Levy, Paul SirettISBN 1840023414 (1-84002-341-4)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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Re-Search: William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristleby V. ValeISBN 0940642050 (0-940642-05-0)
Softcover, Re-Search Pubns
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Re/Search #4/5: W.S. Burroughs, Brion Bysin, Throbbing Gristleby V. ValeISBN 0965046915 (0-9650469-1-5)
Softcover, V/Search
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Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-And-Rollby David SzatmaryISBN 0131887904 (0-13-188790-4)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rockin' in Time: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll'Book summary:The only study of its kind, this well-organized, illustrated volume offers an in-depth examination of the social history of America and Britain through rock-and-roll. Tracing rock from its inception from American blues to the present, the book shows how rock-and-roll has reflected and sometimes changed American and British culture for several generations. It focuses on major music/history connections--e.g., the links between race and the birth of rock and roll; the postwar baby boom and Presleymania; civil rights and Dylan, Motown and soul; the Vietnam War and the shattering blues of Jimi Hendrix; the Me Decade and glam; desperate British economic times and punk; television and the rise of Presley, the Beatles and Michael Jackson; a disillusioned Generation X and grunge, industrial and rap. Features many fascinating photos never previously published. The Blues, Rock-and-Roll, and Racism. Elvis and Rockabilly. Dick Clark, Don Kirshner, and the Teen Market. Surfboards and Hot Rods: California, Here We Come. Bob Dylan and the New Frontier. The British Invasion of America. Motown: The Sound of Integration. Acid Rock. Fire from the Streets. Militant Blues on Campus. Soft Sounds of the Seventies. The Era of Excess. Punk Rock and the New Generation. I Want My MTV. The Promise of Rock-and-Roll. The Generation X Blues. The Rave Revolution. The Many Faces of Hip Hop. For anyone interested in popular American and British music, the interconnection of popular music and recent American history, or the social and historical significance of rock music. [via]
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Rockin' Out: Popular Music in the USAby Reebee GarofaloISBN 0130405981 (0-13-040598-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes Requiem for a Twisterby Sylvie SimmonsISBN 1900924285 (1-900924-28-5)
Softcover, Helter Skelter Ltd
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The Song of the Larkby Willa CatherISBN 1406794090 (1-4067-9409-0)
Softcover, Read Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Song of the Lark'Book summary:[This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.]
In this semiautobiographical portrait of a young artist in the making, Willa Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her deepest self.
Thea Kronborg, a minister's daughter in a provincial Colorado town, has dreams and gifts that her humble hometown will not satisfy. With the support of a few allies who recognize her rare qualities, she follows her ambitions to the big city, determined to be an opera diva. As she moves through a series of music teachers in Chicago, Thea finds that the attitudes and standards of those around her rarely match her own. It is only when she reconnects with pure nature in a brilliant Arizona desert canyon that Thea rediscovers the sensuous, mystical openness that is the source of her art. Realizing she must protect this experience at all costs, she resolves to shed all relationships that don't serve her higher purpose. [via]-
Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metalby Ian ChristeISBN 006052362X (0-06-052362-X)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sound of the Beast: The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal'Book summary:The definitive history heavy metal, with over 100 interviews with members of Black Sabbath, Metallica, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Slipknot, Kiss, Megadeth, Public Enemy, Napalm Death, and more. With hundreds of platinum albums to date, heavy metal CDs and ticket sales continue to dominate Billboard and Pollstar charts. More than 30 years after Black Sabbath released the first complete heavy metal album, its founder, Ozzy Osbourne, is the star of THE OSBOURNES, MTV's hippest new reality show. Contrary to popular belief, headbangers and the music they love are more alive than ever. Yet there has never been a comprehensive book on the history of heavy metal - until now. Featuring interviews with members of the biggest bands in the genre, SOUND OF THE BEAST gives an overview of the past thirty-plus years of heavy metal, delving into the personal details of those who created it. Everything is here, from the bootlegging beginnings of fans like Lars Ulrich (future founder of Metallica) to the sold-out stadiums and personal excess of the biggest groups. From heavy metal's roots in the work of breakthrough groups such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to MTV hair metal, courtroom controversies, black metal murderers, and Ozzfest, SOUND OF THE BEAST offers the final word on this elusive, extreme, and far-reaching form of music. Finally longtime fans of the genre have a true history of their music, and younger fans of groups such as Slipknot and System of a Down can learn where it all began. [via]
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Soundings: Music in the Twentieth Centuryby Glenn WatkinsISBN 0028732901 (0-02-873290-1)
Softcover, Schirmer Books
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Spider Kissby Harlan EllisonISBN 1595820582 (1-59582-058-2)
Softcover, Dh Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spider Kiss'Book summary:He claims he's not a fan of rock-and-roll, but somehow Harlan Ellison's seminal novel based on the career of Jerry Lee Lewis ended up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. One of the first - and still one of the best - dissections of the wildly destructive rock-and-roll lifestyle, Spider Kiss isn't about giant cockroaches that attack Detroit or space invaders that smell like chicken soup. Instead, it's the story of Luther Sellers, a poor kid from Louisville with a voice like an angel who's renamed Stag Preston by a ruthless promoter. Preston's meteoric rise on the music scene is matched only by the rise in his enormous appetites - and not just for home cooking - and soon the invisible monkey named Success is riding him straight to hell. This raucous early novel reinforces Ellison's reputation as one of America's most dynamic writers. [via]
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Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepperby Art Pepper, Laurie PepperISBN 1841950645 (1-84195-064-5)
Hardcover, Mojo Books
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Strange Fruit: The Biography of a Songby David Margolick, Hilton AlsISBN 0060959568 (0-06-095956-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Symphonies and Other Orchestral Worksby Donald Francis ToveyISBN 0193151472 (0-19-315147-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harpby Sylvia WoodsISBN 0960299033 (0-9602990-3-3)
Softcover, Woods Music & Books
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This Is the Ultimate Fake BookISBN 0881883441 (0-88188-344-1)
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This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Centuryby David BowmanISBN 0060507314 (0-06-050731-4)
Softcover, Harper Entertainment
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The Trumpet of the Swanby E. B. WhiteISBN 1561370673 (1-56137-067-3)
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White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960sby Joe BoydISBN 1852429100 (1-85242-910-0)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s'Book summary:[via]This is the best book about music Ive read in years, and a gripping piece of social history. Brian Eno
When Muddy Waters came to London at the start of the 1960s, a kid from Boston called Joe Boyd was his tour manager; when Dylan went electric at the Newport Festival, Joe Boyd was plugging in his guitar; when the summer of love got going, Joe Boyd was running UFO, the coolest club in London; when a bunch of club regulars called Pink Floyd recorded their first single, Joe Boyd was the producer; when a young songwriter named Nick Drake wanted to give his demo tape to someone, he chose Joe Boyd.
More than any previous sixties music autobiography, Joe Boyds White Bicycles offers the real story of what it was like to be there at the time. As well as the sixties heavy-hitters, this book also offers wonderfully vivid portraits of a whole host of other musicians: everyone from the great jazzman Coleman Hawkins to the folk diva Sandy Denny, Lonnie Johnson to Eric Clapton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Fairport Convention.
Record and film producer Joe Boyd was born in Boston in 1942 and graduated from Harvard in 1964. He went on to produce Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, R.E.M., and many others. He produced the documentary Jimi Hendrix and the film Scandal. In 1980 he started Hannibal Records and ran it for twenty years. He lives in London.
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Who Needs Classical Music?: Cultural Choice and Musical Valueby Julian JohnsonISBN 0195146816 (0-19-514681-6)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who Needs Classical Music?: Cultural Choice and Musical Value'Book summary:During the last few decades, most cultural critics have come to agree that the division between "high" and "low" art is an artificial one, that Beethoven's Ninth and "Blue Suede Shoes" are equally valuable as cultural texts. In Who Needs Classical Music?, Julian Johnson challenges these assumptions about the relativism of cultural judgements. The author maintains that music is more than just "a matter of taste": while some music provides entertainment, or serves as background noise, other music claims to function as art. This book considers the value of classical music in contemporary society, arguing that it remains distinctive because it works in quite different ways to most of the other music that surrounds us.This intellectually sophisticated yet accessible book offers a new and balanced defense of the specific values of classical music in contemporary culture. Who Needs Classical Music? will stimulate readers to reflect on their own investment (or lack of it) in music and art of all kinds. [via]
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El Afinador De Pianos / The Piano Tunerby Daniel MasonISBN 8478885749 (84-7888-574-9)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Erase Una Vez UN Padreby Nick Hornby, Miguel Martinez-LageISBN 8466304886 (84-663-0488-6)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Erase Una Vez UN Padre'Book summary:Will, 36, is the eternal bachelor, unmarried, and does not feel any necessity to procreate. His goal is to have meaningless relationships with beautiful women that will leave him before things get too intense. As part of his plan to attract single women, he decides to pass himself off as a single dad. To do this, he befriends a young boy named Marcus. But little does he know that Marcus will change his outlook on life forever.
Description in Spanish: Will Freeman, soltero de treinta y seis años, tiene dinero suficiente para vivir sin trabajar y disfruta de mucho tiempo libre. No siente ninguna necesidad de procrear, pero ha descubierto que los hijos democratizan a las mujeres hermosas y esto ha despertado su interés por las madres solteras o separadas. De modo que se apunta a un grupo de autoayuda al que sólo asisten padres -pocos- o madres separadas. Para ello, naturalmente, debe fingir que tiene un hijo. Pero poco importa, a Will se le da bien contar mentiras. Marcus no tiene padre ni amigos, sus estudios no van bien y tampoco recibe demasiada ayuda de su madre. Cuando conoce a Will, cree haber hallado en él al sustituto del padre ausente. Sin embargo, ¿ cómo puede Will, un completo inmaduro, cumplir las funciones de progenitor? La relación entre ambos personajes nunca será la de un padre con su hijo, pero sí contribuirá a que maduren y se desenvuelvan mejor. [via]
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El Tiempo De Nuestras Canciones/ the Time of Our Singingby Richard Powers, Jordi FiblaISBN 8439711263 (84-397-1126-3)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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LA Trompeta Del Cisne/the Trumpet of the Swanby E. B. White, Edward FrascinoISBN 8427932146 (84-279-3214-6)
Softcover, Lectorum Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Trompeta Del Cisne/the Trumpet of the Swan'Book summary:Knowing how to read and write is not enough for Louis, a voiceless Trumpeter Swan; his determination to learn to play a stolen trumpet takes him far from his wilderness home. In Spanish. [via]
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A Propos D'UN Gaminby Nick HornbyISBN 2264030305 (2-264-03030-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Propos D'UN Gamin'Book summary:Pour Marcus, douze ans, une mère divorcée, dépressive et baba cool, la vie n'est pas toujours facile. Surtout quand de surcroît cette mère végétarienne n'écoute que des tubes des années soixante-dix, vous attife de vêtements ringards et que les durs de l'école ne jurent que par le hip-hop. Quant à Will, la trentaine, branché, riche, oisif et fier collectionneur d'amours épisodiques, il a du mal à trouver sa place dans la société. Malgré leur méfiance réciproque, l'homme et l'enfant que tout oppose vont finir par se trouver et s'épauler pour affronter l'adolescence et des liens sociaux distendus. Cette rencontre paradoxale entre un mâle solitaire prototype de l'homme moderne ! et un gosse tendre et marginal est magistralement orchestrée par Nick Hornby. Une histoire de parents célibataires, d'enfants solitaires, de fringues, de foot et de musique. Après les succès de Haute fidélité et Carton jaune, l'auteur signe là son livre le plus accompli. Le ton est sarcastique et drôle, les situations d'un réalisme désarmant et les émotions sincères. C'est enfin un regard d'une grande lucidité sur les désordres amoureux de cette fin de siècle. --Stellio Paris [via]
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