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Last chance texaco: Chronicles of an american troubadou
By Rickie Lee Jones. 2021
Grammy Award–winning musician Rickie Lee Jones tells all in this electrifying, intimate memoir about how a little girl grew up…
to be one of the most legendary, groundbreaking artists of her time. Read—and sung—by Rickie Lee Jones! This troubadour life is only for the fiercest hearts, only for those vessels that can be broken to smithereens and still keep beating out the rhythm for a new song. Last Chance Texaco is the first-ever no-holds-barred account of the life of two-time Grammy Award–winner Rickie Lee Jones in her own words. It is a tale of desperate chances and impossible triumphs, an adventure story of a girl who beat the odds and grew up to become one of the most legendary artists of her time, turning adversity and hopelessness into timeless music. With candor and lyricism, the "Duchess of Coolsville" ( Time ) takes us on a singular journey through her nomadic childhood, to her years as a teenage runaway, through her legendary love affair with Tom Waits, and ultimately her longevity as the hardest working woman in rock and roll. Rickie Lee's stories are rich with the infamous characters of her early songs—"Weasel and the White Boys Cool," "Danny's All-Star Joint," and "Easy Money" - but long before her notoriety in show business, there was a vaudevillian cast of hitchhikers, bank robbers, jailbreaks, drug mules, a pimp with a heart of gold, and tales of her fabled ancestors. In this electrifying and intimate memoir by one of the most remarkable, trailblazing, and tenacious women in music are never-before-told stories of the girl in the raspberry beret, a singer-songwriter whose music defied categorization and inspired American pop culture for decades. Featuring exclusive new performances of some of Rickie Lee's most beloved songs, which she recorded especially for this audiobook, culminating in a new recording of the title song, "Last Chance Texaco," plus other memorable and sometimes never-before-heard moments from her long musical life, including the unreleased demo of her early classic "Night Train."Les enfants de la Nouvelle-France
By Gilbert Desmarais, Pierre-Alexandre Bonin. 2020
À travers onze portraits d'enfants, le lecteur est invité à explorer les multiples aspects de la vie en Nouvelle-France, à…
différentes époques, tels que : la traversée de l'Atlantique à bord d'un grand voilier, la prise de possession du territoire, l'économie, les vêtements, la médecine.I am restored: How i lost my religion but found my faith
By Lecrae Moore. 2020
Includes a bonus track featuring Lecrae's song "Still"! The untold story of how Lecrae's past nearly ruined his life—until he…
learned that the wounds we carry point to the healing and freedom we all desperately need. When all you've suffered threatens to destroy your life, how do you get back to the truth you thought you believed? I Am Restored is the shattering yet hope-filled story of how Lecrae faced the buried wounds of his past—sexual abuse, physical trauma, addiction, and depression—and emerged more fully human than ever before. With remarkable transparency and vulnerability, Lecrae reveals how at the height of his professional success, his life was spinning out of control, driven by a past that he had never confronted and a religious perspective incapable of meeting the challenge. In this powerful, deeply personal account, Lecrae provides an unflinching look at the personal and public spaces that are too often places of pain and heartache—culture, politics, family, church—and reminds us that letting go and forgiving is the birthplace for the life of creativity and freedom God has for us. In addition, he shares the transformational yet simple practices he uses daily for mental, emotional, and spiritual health. I Am Restored is a hopeful, inspiring charge to embrace the lasting healing and restoration available now, because no matter what you've experienced, God is near, he hears, and he's not done with you yetThe double life of bob dylan: A restless, hungry feeling, 1941-1966
By Clinton Heylin. 2021
From the world's leading authority on Bob Dylan comes the definitive biography that promises to transform our understanding of the…
man and musician—created with early access to Dylan's never-before-studied archives. When it was announced, nearly two years ago, that the pre-Nobel Bob Dylan had sold his personal archive to the George Kaiser Foundation in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the astonishing sum of $22 million, the shock was palpable. Initially, one almost wondered if this was the pop culture equivalent of the Hitler diaries. How could there be this much material accumulated and archived from one of the world's least fastidious documenters of his own work? It simply couldn't be true.But what Clinton Heylin, considered to be the leading expert on Dylan's life and work, found when he traveled to the archives was enough to make him entirely rethink his understanding of music's greatest living legend. Boxes of small notebooks into which Dylan wrote in his microscopic hand his draft ideas, beginning in 1967 and stretching to the present day, previously undocumented working notebooks for Blood on the Tracks ; multiple drafts of his novel, Tarantula; letters and contracts that show Dylan's hard-won business acumen and artistic integrity time and time again; and, most exciting of all, so many song drafts for the majority of his key songs that a complete rethink of his working methods—and industry—is now required.With the discovery of such vast and previously unseen materials, Heylin had no choice but to return to Dylan. This time, by cutting his career in half, The Double Life of Bob Dylan dives deeper, explores further, and more thoroughly captures the enigmatic artist than has ever been done beforeThe Meaning of Mariah Carey
By Mariah Carey. 2020
It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell…
the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams - that contributed to the person I am today. Though there have been countless stories about me throughout my career and very public personal life, it’s been impossible to communicate the complexities and depths of my experience in any single magazine article or a 10-minute television interview. And even then, my words were filtered through someone else’s lens, largely satisfying someone else’s assignment to define me. This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival, and my songs. Unfiltered. I went deep into my childhood and gave the scared little girl inside of me a big voice. I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say, and the betrayed and triumphant woman I became tell her side. Writing this memoir was incredibly hard, humbling and healing. My sincere hope is that you are moved to a new understanding, not only about me, but also about the resilience of the human spirit. Love, Mariah About the author and narrator: Mariah Carey is an American artist of Black and Irish ancestry. She is an award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She has recorded 15 studio albums and holds numerous industry records, including the most number-one singles of any solo artist in history. She has received many accolades, honors, and distinctions throughout her career, including the Congressional Award for her charitable work with youth through the Fresh Air Fund's Camp Mariah. She is an inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Carey remains forever thankful and fiercely loyal to her global family of fans. Ms. Carey is the mother of two children, Moroccan and Monroe.Narrative of the Great Plains, its native tribes, and America's western expansion. Highlights the story of nine-year-old settler Cynthia Ann…
Parker's 1836 kidnapping by Comanches and, later, her son Quanah's rise to chiefdom. Violence. Bestseller. 2010Pie Town woman: the hard life and good times of a New Mexico homesteader
By Joan Myers. 2001
Pie Town, New Mexico, was immortalized in 1940 in the photographs of Russell Lee, who documented life in the high,…
dry farming community as part of the Farm Security Administration's New Deal survey of American life. This book tells the story of one of the women photographed by Lee, Doris Caudill. Joan Myers tells Doris's story and recounts the experiences of Russell and Jean Lee during their stay in Pie Town. Woven through Myers's narrative are her musings on the relationships among memory, photographs, and actual events. Included are a selection of Lee's iconic photographs, Doris's family snapshots, and photographs taken by Myers herself showing the visual residue of those bygone yearsWay out West: recollections and tales
By H. G. Merriam. 1969
A collection of brief accounts portraying the variety of life in the West. The stories included here were selected by…
H.G. Merriam from "Frontier," a regional magazine published in Montana from 1920 to 1939The Bakersfield sound: how a generation of displaced Okies revolutionized American music
By Robert E. Price. 2018
Journalist Price reveals rich stories of the personalities that populated the dustbowl town of Bakersfield, California, a stop north of…
Los Angeles that developed a twangier, rockier, stylistic counterweight to Nashville's sweet, string-laden pop country music in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Through the lives of hit makers such as Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, the author discusses the history of America from the early 1900s to today, highlighting the crossroads of commerce and culture that sparked the alternative country music scene. 2015The golden thread: a song for Pete Seeger
By Colin Meloy, Nikki McClure. 2018
Blue grass boy: the story of Bill Monroe, father of bluegrass music
By Barb Rosenstock, Edwin Fotheringham. 2018
Presents the story of musician Bill Monroe, the youngest of eight children, who loved playing and singing harmonies with his…
family on the front porch and continued to work on his craft as he grew up. His deep Kentucky roots helped him to create the unique American music called bluegrass. For grades K-3. 2018Miss Dinah Shore: a biography
By Michael B. Druxman. 2015
Biography of the pioneering 1970s TV talk-show host, who began her career as a successful singer in the 1940s and…
50s. Covers her childhood in Tennessee, her early bout with polio, her long career, and her many romantic relationships. 2015Women of Motown: an oral history
By Susan Whitall. 2017
A music writer from Detroit presents an oral history of Motown, focusing on the many women who were part of…
the heyday of the record label. The short profiles start with Mable John and include girl groups such as Martha and the Vandellas and the Supremes. 2017Unmasked: A Memoir
By Andrew Lloyd Webber. 2018
Memoir by the British composer of some of the longest-running shows in the history of musical theater, including The Phantom…
of the Opera, Cats, and School of Rock. Opens up about his musical influences, his life in the theater, and the talented people with whom he has collaborated. Some strong language. 2018I'm a believer: my life of Monkees, music, and madness
By Mark Bego, Micky Dolenz. 2004
The actor and singer chronicles his days as a child actor, the heights of his fame with the 1960s television…
show The Monkees, and the years beyond. Includes behind-the-scenes stories of the group, including their struggles over control of their music and careers. Some strong language. 2004Siren song: my life in music
By Seymour Stein, Gareth Murphy. 2018
Memoir of music executive and co-founder of Sire Records. Discusses his formative time at King Records, the founding of his…
own label, and how he helped dozens of famous acts make their break, including Madonna, Talking Heads, and Ramones. Descriptions of sex. 2018Dylan on Dylan: interviews and encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words)
By Jeff Burger. 2018
A collection of interviews with the influential musician, mostly sourced from newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. Arranged chronologically from early…
in his career as a folk singer in 1962, through the acceptance speech he wrote when he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. 2018Through her years as a touring musician, a singer-songwriter has spent a lot of time in America's small towns. Here…
she shares her observations about why some towns flourish and others fail, and describes factors towns can use to build an identity and thrive. 2017A passionate journey: a memoir
By Robert Mann. 2018
Memoir of violinist and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet. Shares personal stories of his life and musical contemporaries,…
focusing on the chamber music quartet he helped found in 1946 and retired from in 1997. Also includes a selection of letters and lectures. 2018Outlaw: Waylon, Willie, Kris, and the Renegades of Nashville
By Michael Streissguth. 2013
The author of Johnny Cash (DB 63854) examines the careers of three trailblazing rebels of the Nashville music scene: Waylon…
Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. Focuses on a period from the late 1960s through the 1970s, when Nashville was finding its musical identity. Some strong language. 2013