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Author: Candy Dawson Boyd
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 198
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKJessie develops self-esteem as she proves to herself and to her father that she can succeed both academically and personally at a performing arts middle school.
Author: Richard Peabody
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 260
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn anthology of works by 27 women writers of the beat generation.
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2014-07-01
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1594632731
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote “Dancing in the Street.” The song was recorded at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, with lead singer Martha Reeves arranging her own vocals. Released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording—a precursor to disco, and a song about the joyousness of dance. But events overtook it, and the song became one of the icons of American pop culture. The Beatles had landed in the U.S. in early 1964. By the summer, the sixties were in full swing. The summer of 1964 was the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election. As the country grew more radicalized in those few months, “Dancing in the Street” gained currency as an activist anthem. The song took on new meanings, multiple meanings, for many different groups that were all changing as the country changed. Told by the writer who is legendary for finding the big story in unlikely places, Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history.
Author: Dax-Devlon Ross
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 404
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author presents an inspiring portrait of 30 African Americans--including a guitar designer, a cartoonist, a circus ringmaster, a scientist, and a zoo curator, among others--who have refused to accept the cultural and social barriers around them.
Author: Dominick Cuccia
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 51
ISBN-13: 1574630326
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Meredith Music Percussion). This fantastic new addition to the rudimental literature for snare drum offers traditional-style rudimental solos presented in not-so traditional ways. These solos are fun to play, and are sure to challenge even the finest drummers! Features jazz-influenced rudimental solos each with flexible tempos inspired by legendary drummers, plus a three-page Rudimental Interpretation Chart. Perfect for contests or competitions! Composer Dom Cuccia is a former member of the West Point Band's revered field group The Hellcats.
Author: Debbie Silver
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780865305847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers teachers strategies to cater for all students in a class, including ideas on classroom management; parental involvement; differentiating instruction; multiple intelligences and learning styles; co-operative learning; and, building a classroom community.
Author: Laban Carrick Hill
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Published: 2013-08-27
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 1466844795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBefore there was hip hop, there was DJ Kool Herc. On a hot day at the end of summer in 1973 Cindy Campbell threw a back-to-school party at a park in the South Bronx. Her brother, Clive Campbell, spun the records. He had a new way of playing the music to make the breaks—the musical interludes between verses—longer for dancing. He called himself DJ Kool Herc and this is When the Beat Was Born. From his childhood in Jamaica to his youth in the Bronx, Laban Carrick Hill's book tells how Kool Herc came to be a DJ, how kids in gangs stopped fighting in order to breakdance, and how the music he invented went on to define a culture and transform the world.
Author: Lisa Phillips
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 288
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the history, development and major personalities involved in the Beat movement looking at their contributions to literature, poetry, music, film, and art.
Author: Elizabeth Bowen
Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
Published: 2024-04-02
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1782278486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElegant, timeless, and riveting: an exciting anthology of short stories by mid-century women writers from Britain and Ireland—many being published in America for the first time These remarkable short stories from the 1940s and 50s depict women and men caught between the pull of personal desires and profound social change. From a remote peninsula in Cornwall to the drawing rooms of the British Raj, domestic arrangements are rewritten, social customs are revoked and new freedoms are embraced. Selected and introduced by writer and critic Lucy Scholes, Senior Editor at McNally Editions, this collection places works from renowned women writers alongside recently rediscovered voices. Contains: “The Cut Finger” by Frances Bellerby “Summer Night” by Elizabeth Bowen “The Birds” by Daphne du Maurier “The Land Girl” by Diana Gardner “Listen to the Magnolias” by Stella Gibbons “Shocking Weather, Isn”t It?” by Inez Holden “The First Party” by Attia Hosain “Three Miles Up” by Elizabeth Jane Howard “The Skylight” by Penelope Mortimer “The Thames Spread Out” by Elizabeth Taylor “Scorched Earth Policy” by Sylvia Townsend Warner Suffused with tension and longing, the captivating stories collected here from acclaimed as well as lesser-known women writers form a window onto a remarkable era of writing.
Author: Anne Waldman
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn anthology of the best of the beats edited by Anne Waldman (who should know) and containing a chronology of the movement from Kerouac to Snyder. The emphasis is on the the poetry and prose excerpts; However, the volume includes brief biographical sketches, an introduction by Ginsberg, a recommended beat vacation guide of the places where the gang passed out or recovered, and more scholarly references. The writers selected for inclusion represent the core of beat: Corso, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Orlovsky, di Prima, Burroughs, Baraka, Ferlinghetti, Kyger, Kandel, Kaufman, Whalen, McClure, and Snyder. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
