The History of the Blues

The History of the Blues

Author: Michael V. Uschan

Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC

Published: 2013-05-17

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1420509292

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This volume offers a deep look into the Blues. Author Michael V. Uschan describes this quintessentially American music, charting its evolution out of African American field hollers, slave songs, and spirituals in the late nineteenth century, its emergence from the South and spreading through the U.S. in the early twentieth century, and its influence on later forms of music, including R and B and Rock-and-Roll.


The great history of Russian ballet

The great history of Russian ballet

Author: Evdokia Belova

Publisher: Parkstone International

Published: 2021-06-30

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1646999630

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Although the techniques of classical ballets were invented by French and Italian masters two hundred years ago, the Russian Ballet refined these techniques, thus enhancing its already superb performances. This book uncovers the Great History of Russian Ballet, its art and choreography.


The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia

The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia

Author: Bill Harry

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0753547163

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Ringo Starr was the genuine working-class member of the Beatles. Born into poverty in a tiny house in Liverpool's Dingle area, deserted by his father, he suffered years of illness which seriously affected his schoolwork. Despite having all the odds against him, he became one of the most famous people on the planet. The Ringo Starr Encyclopedia completes the Virgin series on the individual Beatles and in the most comprehensive book about Ringo Starr ever written.


Michael Jackson - Legend

Michael Jackson - Legend

Author: Chas Newkey-Burden

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books

Published: 2009-10-10

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1843174472

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Michael Jackson: Legend honours the memory of a man who gave so much joy to so many millions around the world.


Hard-Boiled Hollywood

Hard-Boiled Hollywood

Author: Jon Lewis

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2017-04-19

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0520959914

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The tragic and mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of Elizabeth Short, or the Black Dahlia, and Marilyn Monroe ripped open Hollywood’s glitzy façade, exposing the city's ugly underbelly of corruption, crime, and murder. These two spectacular dead bodies, one found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, the other found dead in her home in August 1962, bookend this new history of Hollywood. Short and Monroe are just two of the many left for dead after the collapse of the studio system, Hollywood’s awkward adolescence when the company town’s many competing subcultures—celebrities, moguls, mobsters, gossip mongers, industry wannabes, and desperate transients—came into frequent contact and conflict. Hard-Boiled Hollywood focuses on the lives lost at the crossroads between a dreamed-of Los Angeles and the real thing after the Second World War, where reality was anything but glamorous."


Theatre World 1992-1993

Theatre World 1992-1993

Author: John Willis

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2000-02

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781557832047

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Scenes from the plays and portraits of leading actors accompany a statistical record of the current season


Legends of Rock Guitar

Legends of Rock Guitar

Author: Pete Prown

Publisher: Hal Leonard

Published: 1997-02-01

Total Pages: 707

ISBN-13: 1476850933

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(Book). This book is a virtual encyclopedia of great electric guitar players, with 35 chapters examining the major players in each important era of rock. The book begins with rock's birth from the blues, covering masters like Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. It proceeds to cover rockabilly greats like Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Buddy Holly; through the mop tops and matching suits of the British Invasion; to the psychedelia of the Dead and Hendrix; glam rock's dresses and distortion; fusion virtuosos like Metheny, Gambale, and Henderson; metal masters; shred stars; grunge gods; grindcore; and much more. Legends of Rock Guitar is not only a great resource for guitar fans, but an interesting and well-researched chronology of the rock idiom.


Secondary Action Heroes of Golden Age Comics

Secondary Action Heroes of Golden Age Comics

Author: Lou Mougin

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-11-03

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1476649901

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The 1940s saw the birth of many enduring superheroes like Superman, Batman, Captain America and Captain Marvel. Outside of the superhero genre, the golden age of comics also featured a host of lesser-known, evil-fighting action figures, and this book contains a wealth of information about these heroes without capes. Covered here are jungle heroines like Sheena, Rulah and Princess Pantha; science fiction stalwarts including Spacehawk, Hunt Bowman and Futura; adventurers such as Kayo Kirby, Werewolf Hunter and Senorita Rio; and Western heroes ranging from Tom Mix to the Ghost Rider.