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Marathon Dancer: The Billy Steele Story
by William J. Folz Jr. a.k.a Billy Steele
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Paperback (6x9) - £13.50
ISBN: 9781420813906
The story opens with a young couple witnessing the climatic end to an 1176 hour marathon dance contest in St. Louis Missouri in 1935. Jobless, due to the Depression, their only hope to raise enough money to get married and...More
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More Country Music for Laughin', Lovin' and Livin' It Up: (Another 510 Lines from Country Songs that may Someday be Written)
by M. Gene Newport
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Paperback (5x8) - £8.25
ISBN: 9781420818864
Country songs have always included their fair share of crazy lyrics. Some are rib-tickling funny. Others tell about lost love, cheatin’ husbands, wayward wives, or promises of a better tomorrow. Like country songs, books...More
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Ronnie Wood's Smile: and where it led
by Wendy Ellison Mullen
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Paperback (5x8) - £11.75
ISBN: 9781420812794
While countless pages have been written about the Rolling Stones and its members, little attention has been given to the motivations and machinations of the fan base that makes this band the top grossing act in musical history....More
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The Classical Method: Piano Classical Improvisation & Compositional Theory and Harmony
by Robert Kaye
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Paperback (8.25x11) - £15.75
ISBN: 9781420803112
The premise of this book was born from the notes of the composer. It was written for the purpose of use. It's the aftermath & compilation of years of studies, compositions, practice, discoveries & accidental revelations....More
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AMERICAN TOP 40 WITH CASEY KASEM (THE 1970'S)
by PETE BATTISTINI
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Paperback (8.25x11) - £21.25
ISBN: 9781418410704
Long regarded as an expert of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 radio program, Pete Battistini provides highlights and summaries of nearly 500 AT40 programs from the 1970s, along with a highly-detailed list of all subscribing...More
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Notes on this evening's opera
by Richard Kopp
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Paperback (6x9) - £13.00
ISBN: 9781420810134
These essays offer different ways of understanding what the listener may find to be enjoyable in any opera. They were originally prepared to be included in programs distributed at opera performances, thus the title of this...More
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My Angel Leonora: Beethoven's Love for Antonie Brentano
by Carter J. Gregory
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Paperback (6x9) - £10.00
ISBN: 9781420802320
The great composer Ludwig van Beethoven often disgraced himself in public (he threw a bowl of hot stew at a waiter), was once arrested and charged with dereliction, and was widely believed to be mad. His clothes were so rumpled...More
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THESE TRICKS ARE FOR KIDS: TRICKS OF THE TRADE FOR TEACHERS OF ELEMENTARY MUSIC!
by Debbie Gray
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Paperback (6x9) - £16.50
ISBN: 9781418481247
THESE TRICKS ARE FOR KIDS is a challenging, motivating, insightful, and practical approach to classroom management. Though TRICKS was written primarily for elementary music educators; parents, counselors, and classroom...More
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Banjo Lessons
by Jack B. Hood
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Paperback (6x9) - £11.75
ISBN: 9781418497422
Sam Stone, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Birmingham, Alabama, gives banjo lessons to a promising Gates scholar as Sam undergoes a bitter divorce with his second wife and boss, Linda Lott. Meanwhile, Sam’s ex-wife, Regina...More
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The Art of David Lean: A Textual Analysis of Audio-Visual Structure
by Catherine Moraitis
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Paperback (6x9) - £11.75
ISBN: 9781420899504
The book is a breakthrough study of eight David Lean films including the less-known ones. Historically, books on Lean have concentrated almost exclusively on elements of pre-production, recurrent themes and biographical information....More