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By Cbs Radio. 2019
Volume 2 of Gene Autry's Melody Ranch! Republic Pictures' singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in "Melody Ranch," offering a pleasant…
and tuneful opportunity to hear Gene and his musicians perform a wide range of musical favorites, as well as the banter between Gene, his fellow musicians, and sidekick Pat Buttram. Combining music, comedy, and dramatic sequences featuring Autry as the moral two-fisted hero, the twenty shows in this collection give us a chance to revisit a time when the good guys always wore white hats, a really good on-screen fist fight made for a rousing afternoon of movie entertainment, and when a singing cowboy might have flirted with an attractive young lady, but usually ended up crooning to his horse as the screen faded to blackBy Cbs Radio. 2019
Volume 1 of Gene Autry's Melody Ranch! Republic Pictures' singing cowboy Gene Autry stars in "Melody Ranch," offering a pleasant…
and tuneful opportunity to hear Gene and his musicians perform a wide range of musical favorites, as well as the banter between Gene, his fellow musicians, and sidekick Pat Buttram. Combining music, comedy, and dramatic sequences featuring Autry as the moral two-fisted hero, the twenty shows in this collection give us a chance to revisit a time when the good guys always wore white hats, a really good on-screen fist fight made for a rousing afternoon of movie entertainment, and when a singing cowboy might have flirted with an attractive young lady, but usually ended up crooning to his horse as the screen faded to blackBy Peter Guralnick. 1998
Author of music biographies including Last Train to Memphis (DB 40087) examines the short life and long legacy of bluesman…
Johnson, who died at age twenty-seven in 1938. From scarce information, the author stitches together what is known of his life, and looks at the many blues musicians he influenced. 1989By David Lopez. 2019
Quelque part entre la banlieue et la campagne, Jonas et ses amis tuent le temps. Ils fument, jouent aux cartes,…
font pousser de l'herbe, et, quand ils sortent, c'est pour constater ce qui les éloigne des autres. Dans cet univers où tout semble voué à la répétition du même, leur fief, c'est le langage, qu'ils ne cessent de mettre en scène, que ce soit Lahuiss interprétant le Candide de Voltaire ou Poto offrant un morceau de rap de son cru. Jonas, qui a grandi avec eux, a ses jardins secrets – une fille qu'il visite de temps en temps – et un avenir possible – la boxe professionnelle. Mais aussi élégant et rapide que soit son jab, il manque de niaque et d'ardeur. Au fil de ce roman écrit au cordeau, une gravité se dégage, une beauté qu'on extirpe du tragique ordinaire à travers une voix neuve, celle de son auteur. « J'ai conçu le livre comme une histoire qu'on raconte. Le fait de tout lire m'a procuré une grande émotion. J'ai apprécié ce travail, je lis vraiment comme j'ai écrit. Cette fluidité qu'il y a dans l'écriture, j'ai réussi à la retrouver dans la voix. En fin de compte, elles sont interdépendantes. » David Lopez – Entretien – Paris, 2018By Mark Bego, Martha Reeves. 1994
Autobiography of African American lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, who recorded hit songs for Motown in the 1960s.…
Reeves recalls the inner workings of the Detroit record studio, reminisces about her fellow musicians, and discusses her rivalry with Diana Ross of the Supremes. Some strong language. 1994By William H Gass, William Gass. 1998
Four interrelated stories that explore the nature of the mind, body, and spirit. In "Bed and Breakfast," a shifty accountant…
checks into a second-rate midwestern motel, where he becomes obsessed with the collection of kitsch--artifacts reflecting cleverness and purpose, each with a history of past lives. Some strong language. 1998By Mike Lupica. 1999
Sportswriter and his three sons eagerly follow the amazing 1998 baseball season, which included the McGwire-Sosa home run duel, David…
Wells's perfect game, the end of Cal Ripken's streak, and the New York Yankees' world series victory. 1999By Zane Grey. 1979
Collection of six western short stories. In the title story, a new ranch hand, Wingfield, is accused when the payroll…
is missing. Wingfield follows tracks to a remote cabin to find not only the stolen money but also a missing piece of his lifeBy Gladys Knight. 1997
Knight recalls the ups and downs of her life. She describes her struggle to become well known, first along with…
the Pips and later as a solo performer, and discusses her family, her various addictions, her failed marriages, and her feelings of isolation within the world of show businessBy Charles Rosen, Charley Rosen. 1998
A companion volume to the PBS series. Davis combines legend, documentation, and speculation in an interpretive account. He discusses his…
definition of the blues and presents chronologically arranged profiles of individual musicians. Includes a discography, a bibliography, and a timeline linking blues milestones with contemporary events. Some strong languageBy Daniel Coyle. 1993
Chicago's Cabrini-Green may be the worst low-rent housing development in the United States. The children have become inured to the…
sounds of gunshots and gang wars. In 1991 two men--one white, one black--with the support of several major corporations, set up a Little League. Coyle follows the First Chicago Near North Kikuyus through a year that sees them make it to the championships, in spite of the daily violence surrounding them. Violence and some strong languageBy Ray Coleman, Bill Wyman. 1990
The Rolling Stones's bass player has kept a scrapbook of press clippings and a diary for almost thirty years. Now…
he has trunkloads of these bits and pieces to jog his memory about the band's rise to stardom. Known as "the silent Stone," Wyman focuses on the 1960s, when the band served its tumultuous apprenticeship, but he goes on to document the less than sanguine years that followedBy Ken Schultz, Dan Gapen. 1989
The authors are both avid fishermen and have written several articles on fishing. Here they offer information on the many…
species, techniques, and variables a person must be acquainted with for freshwater fishing, and discuss equipment, strategies, and seasons. Species covered include largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, pike, catfish, rough fish, shad, and othersBy Kathleen Meyer, Meyer. 1989
The author, a long-time outdoorswoman, offers advice on how to relieve oneself when conventional restrooms are unavailable. Meyer explains not…
only how to do it with dignity and comfort, but also with environmental awareness. She includes a chapter especially for womenBy J. Randy Taraborrelli, Kensington Publishing Corporation Staff, Hillel Black. 1989
An explosive and revealing portrait of the singer and superstar whose career began in the early 1960s. Describes Ross's relationships…
with Michael Jackson and with her fellow Supremes, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson, and covers her love affairs and her two marriages. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexBy Peter Bodo, Ahmad Rashad. 1988
Ahmad Rashad, formerly Bobby Moore, was an outstanding high school football player in Tacoma, Washington, and attracted national attention in…
the late 1960s at the University of Oregon. After an unhappy stint with the St. Louis Cardinals, he became an All-Pro wide receiver with the Minnesota Vikings before going into TV sports broadcastingBy Charles Alexander, Charles C Alexander. 1988
The story of John McGraw, born in 1873, is also the story of baseball's evolution from the rough-and-tumble sport of…
the 1890s to the big business it became after World War I. Fiery, tough McGraw, whose umpire- baiting was legendary, won ten National League pennants in his forty-year careerBy Joan Mellen. 1988
Portrait of the successful and sometimes controversial Indiana University basketball coach. Written with Knight's cooperation, the book emphasizes Knight's methods…
which, at times, may appear offensive or inexplicable. The author insists that Knight always has the best interests of his players and friends at heart. Some strong language. Bestseller 1988By Tom Osborne, Sergio Drumond. 2021