Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
Stewart Spencer and Martin Geck
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Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83)...
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
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Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a...
The Cooked Seed
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In 1994, Anchee Min published Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the...
Bertolt Brecht
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Known for his experimental, modernist Epic Theatre and its 'alienation effect', Bertolt Brecht (1898...
Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape
Jenna Miscavige Hill and Lisa Pulitzer
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Jenna Miscavige Hill was born into the Church of Scientology. The niece of its current director,...
Bluegrass Bluesman: A Memoir
Josh Graves, Fred Bartenstein and Neil V. Rosenberg
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A pivotal member of the hugely successful bluegrass band Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain...
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
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In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley - known to locals as Denali,...
No is a Four-Letter Word: How I Failed Spelling but Succeeded in Life
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Chris Jericho is a six-time pro-wrestling champion, international touring musician, three-time...
Organizations, Individualism and Economic Theory
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Most economic theory is based on the assumption that economies grow in a linear fashion. Recessions,...
Patterns in Circulation: Cloth, Gender, and Materiality in West Africa
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In this book, Nina Sylvanus tells a captivating story of global trade and cross-cultural aesthetics...