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Chess Life
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The London Gazette
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Red Head
'Red' Nichols, although celebrated in his own day, has long been a neglected figure in jazz history. Stephen Stroff has written a full analysis of Nichols' work, focusing on the jazz-oriented recordings made between 1925 and 1932. Discussions and listings cover jazz recordings made with other bands and jazz and popular recordings made under Nichols's name. Also included is a bibliography, selected discography, and index.
Chess
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Times of Trouble
From the country that has added to our vocabulary such colorful terms as "purges," "pogroms," and "gulag," this collection investigates the conspicuous marks of violence in Russian history and culture. Russians and non-Russians alike have long debated the reasons for this endemic violence. Some have cited Russia's huge size, unforgiving climate, and exposed geographical position as formative in its national character, making invasion easy and order difficult. Others have fixed the blame on cultural and religious traditions that spurred internecine violence or on despotic rulers or unfortunate episodes in the nation's history, such as the Mongol invasion, the rule of Ivan the Terrible, or the...
