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“martin torgoff”

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  • Can't Find My Way Home

    America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000

    de Martin Torgoff ...
    Can't Find My Way Home is a history of illicit drug use in America in the second half of the twentieth century and a personal journey through the drug experience. It's the remarkable story of how America got high, the epic tale of how the American Century transformed into the Great Stoned Age.Martin Torgoff begins with the avant-garde worlds of bebop jazz and the emerging Beat writers, who ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • Bop Apocalypse

    Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs

    de Martin Torgoff ...
    The gripping story of the rise of early drug culture in America, from the author of the acclaimed Can't Find My Way HomeWith an intricate storyline that unites engaging characters and themes and reads like a novel, Bop Apocalypse details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new and revolutionary segment of the American social fabric ... Leer más

    $18.79 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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    Bop Apocalypse

    Jazz, Race, the Beats, and Drugs

    de Martin Torgoff ...
    Narrado por Roger Wayne ...

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    13 hora 17 minutos

    Bop Apocalypse, a narrative history from master storyteller Martin Torgoff, details the rise of early drug culture in America by weaving together the disparate elements that formed this new segment of the American fabric.Channeling his decades of writing experience, Torgoff connects the birth of jazz in New Orleans, the first drug laws, Louis Armstrong, the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, swing, ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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    de London Knight ...
    112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, NY, one of the most infamous addresses in America. The shear sight of this iconic house has caused many a sleepless night. Numerous movies provide fodder for the nightmares of many, yet the truth behind the house has long been avoided. Until now. Author London Knight places all the evidence and crime scene photos within the pages of this book. Some may ask why? It ... Leer más

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  • A Long Strange Trip

    The Inside History of the Grateful Dead

    de Dennis McNally ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Grateful Dead’s official historian presents the definitive chronicle of one of the most long-lived and legendary bands in rock history.“A Long Strange Trip manages to capture the entirety of the complex organism that was the Grateful Dead. . . . The most comprehensive and reliable account out there.”—Entertainment Weekly“[Dennis McNally] conjures afresh the pure, ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

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  • Acid Dreams

    The Complete Social History of LSD: The CIA, the Sixties, and Beyond

    de Martin A. Lee, Bruce Shlain ...
    "An engrossing account" of the history of LSD, the psychedelic 1960s, and the clandestine mind games of the CIA (William Burroughs).Beginning with the discovery of LSD in 1943, this "monumental social history of psychedelia" tracks the most potent drug known to science—from its use by the government during the paranoia of the Cold War to its spill-over into a revolutionary antiestablishment ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Genius and Heroin

    Creativity, Obsession and Reckless Abandon Through the Ages

    de Michael Largo ...
    What is the price of brilliance?Why are so many creative geniuses also ruinously self-destructive? From Caravaggio to Jackson Pollack, from Arthur Rimbaud to Jack Kerouac, from Charlie Parker to Janis Joplin, to Kurt Cobain, and on and on, authors and artists throughout history have binged, pill-popped, injected, or poisoned themselves for their art. Fully illustrated and addictively readable, ... Leer más

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  • Storming Heaven

    LSD and the American Dream

    de Jay Stevens ...
    Steeped in research, but reading like a fast-paced novel, Stevens' story begins with pioneering psychologists discovering the effects on the mind of mescaline and psilocybin, the role of the CIA in testing mind-control drugs, the evolution of Timothy Leary from Harvard research psychologist to the most "dangerous man in America", the wrenching changes from the repressed 50's to the upheavals of ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Backing Into Forward

    A Memoir

    de Jules Feiffer ...
    The award-winning cartoonist, playwright, and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts.A gifted storyteller who has delighted readers and theater audiences for decades, Jules Feiffer now turns his talents to the tale of his own life.Plagued by learning problems, a controlling mother, and a ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • New York in the '50s

    de Dan Wakefield ...
    The rhythms of jazz and beat poetry punctuate this sweeping, firsthand account of New York City's 1950s literary scene from the Bowery to Spanish HarlemNational bestselling author Dan Wakefield first came to New York City in 1952 with the intention of receiving a proper literary education on the ivied campus of Columbia University. An equally enlightening experience, he quickly found, was hiding ... Leer más

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  • Chasing the Scream

    The Inspiration for the Feature Film "The United States vs. Billie Holiday"

    de Johann Hari ...
    The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question--and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.One of Johann Hari's ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • Marilyn Monroe

    Legend and Tragedy

    de David Morrell ...
    Few movie stars made as great an impact as Marilyn Monroe. Although she died in 1962, a half century later she remains vivid in popular culture, even to those who have never seen her films. Two of the men she married, Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, themselves made a powerful cultural impact.In this moving essay, David Morrell analyses Monroe's poignant life, which had more significance than any ... Leer más

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