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Dust & Grooves
A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.
Rap Music and Street Consciousness
In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Rap music, according to Keyes, is a forum that addresses the political and economic disfranchisement of black youths and other groups, fosters ethnic pride, and displays culture values and aesthetics. Blending popular culture with folklore and ethnomusicology, Keyes offers a nuanced portrait of the artists, themes, and varying styles reflective of urban life and street consciousne...
World War II Letters
A collection of letters from the Allied soldiers who fought and won World War II reveals the horror, humor, and boredom of this great conflict.
Enciclopedia Internacional de Pseud·ʼnimos
This Encyclopedia is the first to compile pseudonyms from all over the world, from all ages and occupations in a single work: some 500,000 pseudonyms of roughly 270,000 people are deciphered here. Besides pseudonyms in the narrower sense, initials, nick names, order names, birth and married names etc. are included. The volumes 1 to 9 list persons by their real names in alphabetical order. To make the unequivocal identification of a person easier, year and place of birth and death are provided where available, as are profession, nationality, the pseudonym under which the person was known, and finally, the sources used. The names of professions given in the source material have been translated into English especially for this encyclopaedia. In the second part, covering the volumes 10 to 16, the pseudonyms are listed alphabetically and the real names provided. Approx. 500,000 pseudonyms of about 270,000 persons First encyclopedia including pseudonyms from all over the world, all times and all occupations Essential research tool for anyone wishing to identify persons and names for his research within one single work
Pleasures and Follies
This infamous novel is the story of the good-natured Libertine half-siblings Genovefette and Cupidonnet, whose collective sexual awakening finds our heroes coupling with numerous partners in a bevy of illicit acts. Divested of scruples and constraints, Genovefette and Cupidonnet revel in the brute passions of sex where animal instincts take over and sexual love appears only in a voluptuous guise and always comes wearing a smile.
Outwitting Squirrels
A book illustrating and explaining a series of strategems to keep squirrels from eating and ruining yards and gardens when more traditional tactics fail.
Tougher Than Leather
The only book of its kind, TOUGHER THAN LEATHER,tells the inside story of Run-DMC's astonishing,rise from the obscurity of Hollis, Queens in 1983,to the heights of pop music fame only three years,later. Hailed as the Beatles of rap, Run-DMC,paved the way for the groundbreaking Def Jam label,and toured with such future stars as the Beastie,Boys and Public Enemy. This authorised biography,featuring 12 pages of rare and revealing photos,will be released to coincide with Run-DMC's summer,tour with Aerosmith and Kid Rock, as well as,massive VH-1 and MTV publicity.
Outwitting the Neighbors
A practical and entertaining guide to achieving peaceful coexistence with difficult neighbors in any setting, from urban apartment houses to suburban enclaves.
Def Jam Recordings
UPDATE AND REVISED to reflect 10 more years at Def Jam Recordings: In association with Def Jam, a celebration of thirty-five years of the label that defined hip-hop music and culture, in the words and photographs of its founders and artists. This is the story of Def Jam in the words of its artists and top executives, taken from interviews and seamlessly told as a narrative of no-holds barred recollections and anecdotes, made even more compelling by the fact that Def Jam is one of the last great record labels to enjoy the widespread cultural influence that it does, in light of the increasing digitization of music. Def Jam celebrates a label that defined hip-hop and whose impact extends beyond...
