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My first forty years
By Plácido Domingo. 1983
My young years
By Artur Rubinstein. 1973
The pianist travels to South America in 1917 and then to New York and the glittering Paris of the 1920s…
and 1930s. He relates behind-the-scenes stories of concert life, tours, and his flight from the Nazis to Hollywood. 1973.Mozart's letters, Mozart's life: selected letters
By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Spaethling. 2001
These letters of Mozart span almost 22 years, from his first journey to Italy as a shy teenager to his…
final months in Vienna. These translations capture the "vibrant, earthy flavour" of his writing, even retaining the misspellings and inaccuracies of the original German. 2001.Mozart: An Illustrated Biography
By Richard Baker. 1997
This biography tells the story of Mozart's triumphant tours across Europe as a child prodigy, his unwilling servitude under the…
Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, enlivened by his rebellious behaviour and remarkable earthy sense of humour, and the tragedy of his early death. 1997.Mozart (Master musicians)
By Julian Rushton. 2006
An amazing prodigy who toured the capitals of Europe as a child, in his adulthood Mozart wrote some of the…
finest music in the European tradition. Offers a concise and up-to-date biography of this musical genius, combining a well-researched life of the composer with an introduction to the works - symphonic, chamber, sacred, and theatrical - of one of the few who have composed undisputed masterpieces in every genre of his time. 2006.Mozart: a life
By Maynard Solomon. 1995
The author of "Beethoven" (DC15797) examines the life and music of another of history's great composers. Solomon shows how Mozart…
developed from child prodigy to mature artist by the time of his death at thirty-five. Combining musical analysis with an in-depth study of documentary sources, Solomon contests the "eternal child" myth, which he attributes to Mozart's father. Some strong language. 1996, c1995.Moonwalk
By Michael Jackson. 1988
As children, Michael and his brothers played the amateur music shows and seamy Chicago strip joints until Motown's corporate image-makers…
turned the Jackson Five into superstars. In this autobiography Michael Jackson shares his personal feelings about family relationships, performance tours, celebrity friends and, breaking a fiercely guarded silence, describes his rise to mega-stardom. 1988.Mountain city girls: the McGarrigle family album
By Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle. 2015
Anna and Jane recount their childhood in Montreal and the Laurentian Mountains, and go further back to their ancestors' early…
days in Canada, and their parents' courtship and marriage. A vivid snapshot of coming-of-age in the 1950s, the book recounts the sisters' school days and rebellious teenage antics, and their beginnings as musicians. It takes us through the vibrant folk music circuit of the 1960s in Montreal and New York City, and the burgeoning social movements of San Francisco, and ultimately leads to the formation of the folk music duo Kate and Anna McGarrigle, revealing the genesis behind some of their beloved songs and following their early days recording and performing. 2015.Modern drugs can be miraculously life-saving, and many illnesses demand their use. But what happens when our reliance on powerful…
pharmaceuticals blinds us to their risks? Bestselling author Dr. Andrew Weil alerts listeners to the problem of overmedication, and outlines when medicine is necessary, and when it is not. 2017.Michael Jackson: unauthorized
By Christopher P Andersen. 1994
Andersen interviewed friends, family, colleagues, and business partners in his biography of entertainer Michael Jackson. He discusses Jackson's friendships, the…
reasons for his plastic surgery, a look at his business empire, and his eccentric lifestyle. 1994.Miles and me: A Memoir (A george Gund Foundation Book In African American Studies)
By Quincy Troupe. 2000
Troupe documents his close relationship with jazz great Miles Davis, who, even before they met, was a role model for…
the author and his friends. Portrays the trumpeter as "irascible, contemptuous, brutally honest, and extremely bad-tempered...also insecure...and proud of being black." Companion to "Miles: the autobiography" (DC10314). Strong language. c2000.Mind-body deceptions: the psychosomatics of everyday life
By Steven L Dubovsky. 1997
Dr. Dubovsky explains how the mind and body help and also interfere with each other. Includes a discussion of depression,…
the immune system, cancer, and heart disease. Suggests how to use the mind to heal the body. 1997.The author discusses how natural remedies are used in various countries to lower cholesterol, sharpen memory, fight infections, and otherwise…
improve health. She presents evidence supporting the value of these cures, describes how they work, and offers advice on proper usage. 1997.Me and a guy named Elvis: my lifelong friendship with Elvis Presley
By Chuck Crisafulli, Jerry Schilling. 2006
In Memphis in 1954, 12 year old Jerry Schilling wandered into a pickup football game in a local park, little…
realizing that his life was about to change forever. The quarterback that day was a charismatic 17 year old whose first recording, 'That's All Right', had debuted earlier that week and was burning up the local airwaves - Elvis Presley. They would strike up a friendship that would grow even as Elvis became the world's biggest star. This book looks at Elvis from the unique perspective of a close friend, presenting the man rather than the icon. 2006.Mercies in disguise: a story of hope, a family's genetic destiny, and the science that rescued them
By Gina Bari Kolata. 2017
Kolata tells the story of the Baxleys, an almost archetypal family in a small town in South Carolina. A proud…
and determined clan, many of them doctors, they are struck one by one with an inscrutable illness. They finally discover the cause of the disease after a remarkable sequence of events that many saw as providential. Meanwhile, science, progressing for a half a century along a parallel track, had handed the Baxleys a resolution--not a cure, but a blood test that would reveal who had the gene for the disease and who did not. And science would offer another dilemma--fertility specialists had created a way to spare the children through an expensive process. 2017.Me, the mob, and the music: one helluva ride with Tommy James and the Shondells
By Tommy James, Martin Fitzpatrick. 2010
Part rock 'n' roll fairytale, part valentine to a bygone era, and part mob epic, "Me, the Mob, and the…
Music" is Tommy James's wild and entertaining true story of his career and his complex relationship with Morris Levy, the legendary "godfather of the music business". 2010.Matters gray and white: a neurologist, his patients, and the mysteries of the brain
By Russell Martin. 1987
The author accompanied Dr. John Ferrier for one year, observing the man and his medical practice. The neurologist confronts multiple…
sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses. Some strong language. 1987.Little girl blue: the life of Karen Carpenter
By Randy Schmidt. 2010
Biography of the female half of a sibling duo that rose to fame in the early seventies. Describes the Carpenters'…
family dynamics - Richard and Karen lived with their controlling mother until they were twenty-seven and twenty-four - and Karen's descent into eating disorders, which led to her death at age thirty-two. 2010.Little Miss Dynamite: the life and times of Brenda Lee
By Brenda Lee, Robert K Oermann, Julie Clay. 2002
Autobiography of rockabilly singer who was born in poverty in Georgia in 1944. Lee began performing professionally when she was…
seven and was soon supporting her family. She reminisces about the entertainers she has known, from her early days in rock 'n' roll through country music superstardom. Some strong language. 2002.Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs And The Remaking Of The Self
By Peter D Kramer. 1993
The author, a professor of clinical psychiatry and a practicing psychiatrist, may prescribe the drug Prozac, but he also supports…
the need for further study of its long-term effects. Is it right to give someone a personality-altering drug that makes him or her feel "better than well?" Through clinical studies with his own patients, Kramer addresses questions about how Prozac and other mood-changing drugs can affect society. 1993.