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Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
[bril de 2023]
Physical Desc
588 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Elsa Benavides is a successful writer going through a creative crisis and with an obsession: to kill the main character that catapulted her to success. But the solution to her problems does not come with just electrocuting Valentina with a cell phone in the bathtub. That is just the tip of the iceberg of a deeper wound. Determined to flee so that she can embrace writing once again, she runs into Dario, her musician neighbor who recently arrived from...
Author
Publisher
HarperLargePrint
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
250 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Description
She was the mysterious woman in the long black cloak. He was the sexy guy next door. They shared a common wall between their Capitol Hill townhouses and not much else -- until disaster scored a direct hit on the mystery woman's bedroom and the sexy guy's heart. He baked her a cake, she learned to throw a football, there were some misunderstandings in the living room, some mishaps in the yard, and some romantic moments everywhere....
Author
Publisher
AUWA Books / MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiii, 297 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.
Description
The first memoir from the legendary Sly Stone, the front man of the iconic band Sly and the Family Stone.
Publisher
Shout! Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, Al rebelled and made his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessive lifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him"-
Author
Series
The Lillys volume 2
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Description
"Once upon a time, the pressure to be the perfect daughter nearly broke Kayla Whitman. Desperate to find an outlet away from her controlling mother, she picked up a pair of drumsticks, forever altering the rhythm of her life. Since then, shes been determined to make her own way, finding her home with her bandmates even as she fights to keep her past and her present firmly separate. Things were simple enough when the Lillys were playing local gigs...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in the world, and a billionaire who writes her own songs and plays several instruments. Find out how she became the star she is today from growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xxii, 487 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background and, typically, was allowed to contribute only one or two songs per Beatles album out of the dozens he wrote. Now, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman examines Harrison through the lens of his numerous self-contradictions....
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xiv, 276 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"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"--
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations (colour), portraits ; 29 cm
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 can find out how instruments are made and played, and learn about the fascinating lives and achievements of great composers and musicians,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xv, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
"The first and only Estate-authorized biography of the legendary artist, Tupac Shakur, a moving exploration of his life and powerful legacy, fully illustrated with photos, mementos, handwritten poetry, musings, and more. Tupac Shakur is one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time. More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996 at the age of just twenty-five, he continues to be one of the most misunderstood, complicated...
11) My effin' life
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
511 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, chiefly color ; 23 cm
Description
"The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected bassists. For nearly five decades, his playing and work as co-writer, vocalist and keyboardist has been an essential part of the success story of Canadian progressive rock trio Rush. Here for the...
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"What does the perfect song sound like? Normally, Malcolm Kid wouldn't give this type of question the time of day. As a straight B-student with a heart of copper, he is far more concerned with overcoming mediocrity than he is with achieving perfection. But that all changes when he stumbles across the LK-2000--a strange keyboard cursed with the soul of an old jazz musician. Malcolm soon learns that the only way to free this musician's soul is by performing...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, this definitive oral history celebrates not only the impact of The Velvet Underground but their legacy, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century. Rebellion always starts somewhere, and in the music world of the transgressive teen-whether it be the 1960s or the 2020s-The Velvet Underground...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (83 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
To keep her parents from being evicted and fund her Clash-inspired punk band, Malika takes a job smuggling drugs over the mountains. Her partner in the run is a world-weary veteran drug mule, who unexpectedly wins Malika's sympathy.
Author
Publisher
Dey St. an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 580 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Description
"Malcolm Evans, the Beatles long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluable member of the bands inner circle. A towering figure in horn-rimmed glasses, Evans loomed large in the Beatles story, contributing at times as a performer and sometime lyricist, while struggling mightily to protect his beloved 'boys.' He was there for the whole of the groups remarkable, unparalleled story: from the Shea Stadium triumph through the...
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Description
Donald Fagen will forever be associated with Steely Dan, the band he formed with Walter Becker and four other musicians in 1972.
The smooth, radio-friendly veneer of the duo's songs made Steely Dan internationally popular and famous in the 1970s, but the polish glossed over the underlying layers of anger, disappointment, sleaze, and often downright weirdness lurking just beneath the surface. The elliptical lyrics were-and continue to be-an endless...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A renowned pop music scholar presents a dazzling biography of the Bee Gees--Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb, which is an extraordinary human story of career highs and lows that shows, even in the Gibbs' darkest times, their music was rarely out of the charts.
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Formats
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"In Rise Up and Sing!, Andrea Warner explores how music has contributed to the fight for social justice. Across eight areas of activism--the climate emergency, Indigenous rights, civil rights, disability rights, 2SLGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, the peace/anti-war movement, and human rights--Warner introduces some of the artists, past and present, who have made a difference both on stage and off. Through ground-breaking artists and iconic moments,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
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Description
Showcasing the music legend's most unforgettable looks from the 1960s until now, this stunningly photographed book displays Dolly Parton's iconic sense of style along with entertaining personal anecdotes that, for the first time, reveal the full story behind her lifelong passion for fashion.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xix, 858 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Description
The award-winning master biographer chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era who has never stopped experimenting, pushing boundaries that changed culture globally, and fiercely defending a person’s right to love whomever—and be whoever –they wanted.
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