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  • Preachin' the Blues

    The Life and Times of Son House

    by Daniel Beaumont ...
    In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James "Son" House, Jr. (1902 - 1988). House pioneered an innovative style, incorporating strong repetitive rhythms with elements of southern gospel and ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Arabian Nights, Volume I

    The Marvels and Wonders of The Thousand and One Nights

    by Jack Zipes ...
    Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton ...
    Series Book 1 - The Arabian Nights
    Enjoy the timeless tales of Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and many more in this first volume of The Arabian Nights.Upon learning of his queen’s infidelity, proud King Shahryar has her killed. As revenge on womankind, he decides to wed a different virgin every night, only to have her beheaded at dawn. Such is Shahryar’s practice for three terrible years—until he weds Scheherazade ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Volume 3

    by Shaun McKenna, Richard Monks, Katie Hims, Lucy Catherine, Sarah Daniels, Sebastian Baczkiewicz ...
    Narrated by Kathryn Beaumont, Geoffrey Palmer, Mark Heap, Helen Schlesinger, Full Cast, Roy Hudd, Billy Kennedy ...

    Unabridged

    39 hours 21 min

    Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War – plus special extended episode Home Front: A Fragile PeaceFirst heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly one hundred years before the broadcast date, and each follows one character’s day. Together they create a mosaic of experience from ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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    The Extraordinary Journey Of A Desert Nomad

    by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller ...
    "Waris's story is one of remarkable courage. From the deserts of Somalia to the world of high fashion, she battles against oppression and emerges a real champion. She is the most beautiful inspiration to anyone." —Elton JohnWaris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • How Starbucks Saved My Life

    A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

    by Michael Gates Gill ...
    Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks.In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a mansion in the suburbs, a wife and loving children, a six-figure salary, and an Ivy League education. But in a few short years, he ... Read more

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  • 27

    A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse

    by Howard Sounes ...
    When singer Amy Winehouse was found dead at her London home in 2011, the press inducted her into what Kurt Cobain's mother named the 27 Club. Now he's gone and joined that stupid club,” she said in 1994, after being told that her son, the front man of Nirvana, had committed suicide. I told him not to….” Kurt's mom was referring to the extraordinary roll call of iconic stars who died at the same ... Read more

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  • Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

    The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

    by Ted Gioia ...
    “The essential history of this distinctly American genre.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIn this “expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history” (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us “the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Do Not Sell At Any Price

    The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records

    by Amanda Petrusich ...
    “A thoughtful, entertaining history of obsessed music collectors and their quest for rare early 78 rpm records” (Los Angeles Times), Do Not Sell at Any Price is a fascinating, complex story of preservation, loss, obsession, and art.Before MP3s, CDs, and cassette tapes, even before LPs or 45s, the world listened to music on fragile, 10-inch shellac discs that spun at 78 revolutions per minute. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Steel Drivin' Man : John Henry: The Untold Story Of An American Legend

    by Scott Reynolds Nelson ...
    The ballad "John Henry" is the most recorded folk song in American history and John Henry--the mighty railroad man who could blast through rock faster than a steam drill--is a towering figure in our culture. But for over a century, no one knew who the original John Henry was--or even if there was a real John Henry. In Steel Drivin' Man, Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts the true story of the man ... Read more

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  • My Life with Earth, Wind & Fire

    by Maurice White, Herb Powell ...
    With an introduction by Steve Harvey and a foreword by David FosterThe Grammy-winning founder of the legendary pop/R&B/soul/funk/disco group tells his story and charts the rise of his legendary band in this sincere memoir that captures the heart and soul of an artist whose groundbreaking sound continues to influence music today.With its dynamic horns, contrasting vocals, and vivid stage shows, ... Read more

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  • Jane Crow

    The Life of Pauli Murray

    by Rosalind Rosenberg ...
    Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country. In this definitive biography, Rosalind Rosenberg offers a poignant portrait of a figure who played pivotal roles in both the modern civil rights and women's movements. ... Read more

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  • Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks

    The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene

    by Travis D. Stimeling, Ph.D. ...
    Country music of late 1960s and early 1970s was a powerful symbol of staunch conservative resistance to the flowering hippie counterculture. But in 1972, the city of Austin, Texas became host to a growing community of musicians, entrepreneurs, journalists, and fans who saw country music as a part of their collective heritage and sought to reclaim it for their own progressive scene. These children ... Read more

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