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In the 1960s, US networks began to commission feature-length dramas expressly for television, and the genres that became known as "Movies Made for Television" and the "mini-series" emerged. This volume covers the important landmarks in the genre, from the earliest TV movies, through "Roots", to "Rome".

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An analysis of the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. This musical form has not previously been examined in such a scrupulous fashion. This book was the winner of the University of Chicago Folklore Prize.

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Book shows the different type of semi trucks cabs across the United States

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Includes stories behind the most significant and influential films in American culture, movies that have had a profound influence on the literary, cinematic, and popular culture of our time.

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The national best-selling autobiography of Bill Graham, the colorful, larger-than-life architect of the modern concert industry

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Based on unrivaled access to archival interviews with those who knew her at every stage of her life, the most revealing biography of the incomparable Lady Day

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"Anyone who has ever heard a Billie Holiday record knows the sound of her voice--sad, sexy, always relaxed but securely aware of the beat. Conveying a poignancy that cut to the heart of a song, she rede"

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Joshua Duchan looks at the career and music of this remarkable singer-songwriter, exploring the unique ways Joel transforms the cultural life of a changing America over four decades. Original interviews with Joel blend with Duchans engaging analysis to provide readers of all backgrounds and ages a new look at Joels most beloved songs.

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Bing Crosby recorded nearly 2,000 songs, appeared in more than 100 films, starred in radio shows for nearly 30 years, and remained a hit on television for 25 years.

Bioart Kitchen builds toward an inclusive, expansive history of biological art organized around three moments in time: the simultaneous emergence of home economics, tissue culture methodologies, and domestic computing in the early twentieth century; feminist art of the 1970s, with a focus on food art; and contemporary artistic engagements with bio

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A biographical dictionary providing information on over 2000 Russian/Soviet composers. Entries vary from brief profiles of lesser-known figures to lengthy articles on major composers.

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In the last diner at the end of a world ravaged by war, a menu of love, death and revenge is served by the 'hired help'. This book presents universal tales from the forgotten war.

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This book explores several critical connections between Black African objects and white Western aesthetics and artwork in the United States from the late 1800s until 1939.

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*First history of Black artists & black art in Britain *Black british artists like Ofili & McQueen are very popular and highly respected. *Students on a variety of courses and general readers will want to read this.

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Black Boy Fly is the inaugural photography book by Joshua Renfroe, designed by Fred Sands IV. The book is a compilation of visuals that showcases the unique makeup of black male culture, featuring concepts such as sneaker culture, fatherhood, brotherhood, police brutality, music and more.

Self published. 240 pages, hardcover. Dimensions 8.5 x 11

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This thought-provoking work examines the dehumanizing depictions of black males in the movies since 1910, analyzing images that were once imposed on black men and are now appropriated and manipulated by them.

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Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance explores black music in the United States and England during the 1920s and its relationship to other arts of the time.

The first collection on the subject, Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance seeks to revise previous assumptions about music during this era.