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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
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xiv, 276 pages ; 25 cm
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"The greatest popular songs, whether it's Aretha Franklin singing "Respect" or Bob Dylan performing "Blind Willie McTell," have a way of embedding themselves in our memories. You remember a time and a place and a feeling when you hear that song again. In Holding the Note, David Remnick writes about the lives and work of some of the greatest musicians, songwriters, and performers of the past fifty years"--
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The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair the instruments themselves. Musicians young and old volunteered, and their captivating performance showed that even something broken can sing-and that great music is always possible with a bit of...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
415 p. ;
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"The definitive biography of Chuck Berry, legendary performer and inventor of rock and roll and author of classics like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," "You Never Can Tell," and "Roll Over Beethoven." Chuck Berry long ago earned a reputation as a personwho gave nothing away. Best known as the groundbreaking innovator of rock and roll and the artist behind classics ranging from "Johnny B. Goode" and "Maybellene" to "You Never Can Tell" and "Roll Over...
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 244 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
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"An oral history of the Mickey Mouse Club show, featuring interviews with Mouseketeers and people involved with the show, along with commentary about how it became a pop culture phenomenon."--Provided by the publisher.
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Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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"A picture book biography about the remarkable and often overshadowed career of Lotte Reiniger, a moviemaking pioneer, who first used her talent for hand-cutting paper silhouettes in the 1920s to create stop-motion animated movies. She invented the multiplane camera to give her animations depth of field and, with a small team, designed and directed the oldest full-length animated film in existence. Lotte eventually created approximately sixty films...
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A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
1968: in that single year, MLK and RFK were assassinated, Chicago rioted, Nixon triumphed, and Tet exploded. The top music acts were the Beatles, the Doors, Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye. Man circled the Moon. From Civil Rights to Vietnam, from rock & roll to rocket science, 1968 stands out as a concentrated dose of everything we think of as the Sixties.
Pub. Date
2008
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1 DVD (106 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
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As popular as the classic gangster movies were in their heyday, they still hold power over their audiences today. Explore the invention and development of the crime genre from the turn of the century to the silent era to the rise of the great Warner Bros. stars and directors. The films themselves and the influence they had on filmmakers all over the world and the artistic merit these defining classic films still warrant. Learn about the effect of...
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Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
405 pages ; 21 cm
Description
Why has President López Obrador become obsessed with some media outlets (especially with "conservatives"), that he considers his fiercest opponents? Why does he lie and misinform so confidently even when is presented with evidence against his claims? What are the political consequences of his defiant attitude towards facts?--
17) Frankenstein
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Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
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Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 DVD (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Join The Beach Boy's Brian Wilson on an intimate journey through his legendary career as he reminisces with Rolling Stone editor and longtime friend, Jason Fine. Featuring a new song written and performed by Wilson and interviews with Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Jonas, Linda Perry, Jim James, Gustavo Dudamel, and Al Jardine.
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
48 pages cm.
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"Now beginning readers can learn all about Charles M. Schulz's iconic comic strips, beloved characters, and the cartoons and movies in this nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read about the history of the Peanuts Gang! Did you know that many of the characters in A Charlie Brown Christmas were voiced by regular kids from the producer's neighborhood? Or that Charles M. Schulz had his first sketch published at age fourteen in the local newspaper's "Ripley's...
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Join award-winning author Mitali Perkins as she explores the promise of seven timeless children's novels for adults living in uncertain times. Through works by Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, L. M. Montgomery, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and other literary uncles and aunts, Perkins unpacks wisdom to help us thrive.
"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...
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