In Search of Geraldine Moodie

In Search of Geraldine Moodie

Author: Geraldine Moodie

Publisher: University of Regina Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9780889771109

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A biography of nineteenth-century Canadian photographer Geraldine Moodie.


Fire and Fog

Fire and Fog

Author: Dianne Day

Publisher: Crimeline

Published: 1997-03-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0553569228

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"With her independent spirit and youthful determination, Miss Jones is virtually invincible," raved The New York Times Book Review upon meeting Dianne Day's spunky and appealing new heroine in her debut, The Strange Files of Fremont Jones. Now Fremont Jones returns, awakened by a terrible rumbling, and nearly crushed by a falling armoire, to find herself in the midst of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. In the confusion and devastation that ensues, Fremont volunteers for the Red Cross, and learns to drive an automobile to transport supplies and handsome doctors, sparking romances along the way. Her sleuthing cohort, the elusive Michael Archer, vanishes, leaving Fremont alone to sleuth the mysteries uncovered by the earthquake and to wrestle with her romantic feelings for Michael. A smuggler's cache unearthed by the disaster leads Fremont straight into danger: kidnapped by murderous Ninjas, Fremont must find her way to safety--thwarted at every turn, as even friends become suspect. Alone Fremont picks her way through the menacing ruins of San Francisco and narrowly escapes with her life.


Yonder Come the Blues

Yonder Come the Blues

Author: Paul Oliver

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-02-22

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780521787772

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Yonder Come the Blues combines three influential and much-quoted books: Savannah Syncopators; Blacks, Whites and Blues and Recording the Blues. Updated with additional essays, this 2001 volume discusses the crucial early development of the blues as a music of Blacks in the United States, explaining some of the most significant factors that shaped this music. Together, these three texts emphasise the significance of the African heritage, the mutuality of much white and black music and the role of recording in consolidating the blues, thus demonstrating the importance of these formative elements in its complex but combined socio-musical history. Redressing some of the misconceptions that persist in writing on African-American music, this book will be essential reading for all enthusiasts of blues, jazz and country music and will be important for students of African-American studies and music, popular music and popular culture.


The New Age Music Guide

The New Age Music Guide

Author: Patti Jean Birosik

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Profiles of 500 artists, with their recordings who are creating the genre of New Age music.


The Death of Rhythm and Blues

The Death of Rhythm and Blues

Author: Nelson George

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2003-08-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1101160675

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down," this passionate and provocative book tells the complete story of black music in the last fifty years, and in doing so outlines the perilous position of black culture within white American society. In a fast-paced narrative, Nelson George’s book chronicles the rise and fall of “race music” and its transformation into the R&B that eventually dominated the airwaves only to find itself diluted and submerged as crossover music.


Black Pearls

Black Pearls

Author: Daphne Duval Harrison

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780813512808

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Some singers included in this book are Sippie Wallace, Victoria Spivey, Edith Wilson, and Alberta Hunter.


Before Motown

Before Motown

Author: Lars Bjorn

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780472067657

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The history of Detroit jazz comes alive with remarkable photographs, advertisements, and interviews