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Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
A profile of Buffalo Springfield, a group whose members included
Neil Young and Stephen Stills. Though acknowledged as a talented
and adventurous group of the late-60s, they did not achieve
international success. This book gives insight into the group and
the American music scene of the 60s.
This book is my journey, from listening to the music my older
brother listened to in the mid-1950s to working with bands and
entertainers from the '60s to the '80s. It is filled with stories
regarding bands and entertainers I worked with, managed, and knew.
I learned a lot of lessons over the years, from some very
high-level entertainment businesspeople and artists that helped and
inspired me in today's business world. I hope you enjoy the book.
Steven Spielberg is hailed as one of the most influential and
commercially successful film directors in motion picture history.
Through his role in developing, directing, and driving the special
effects of many of the biggest blockbusters in movie history,
includingJaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Saving Private Ryan,
Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, and Minority Report, Spielberg
changed the way movies are made and left an indelible mark on
popular culture. This biography traces his rise from shooting films
as a shy young boy with the family's 8 mm camera to his first
unpaid job at Universal Studios, to the rise of DreamWorks, the
studio Spielberg founded and quickly turned into a filmmaking
powerhouse. While Spielberg's best work may lie ahead, this
compelling biography puts his legendary career and work to date
into perspective by offering analysis and commentary from fans and
critics alike. Whether about an alien lost in suburbia or the
battles of World War II, Spielberg has directed and produced many
of the most talked about movies of the past 30 years. Students
interested in the history of film and the filmmaking industry will
find this biography endlessly fascinating. A timeline of
significant events, a bibliography of print and electronic
resources, and photographs round out this biography.
For forty years, Jackie Frame stood at the center of business,
entertainment, and publicity in Classic Hollywood. This stunning
collection of never before told vignettes reveals that lost world
in all its splendor and with all its quirks. No scholar of the
period will be able to reconstruct its dynamics, and no fan will be
able to appreciate the film and music of those exciting times,
without a careful consideration of these scintillating and
revelatory memoirs by a true Hollywood insider. Jackie Frame's
journey from suburban England to the entertainment capital of the
world is itself a truly remarkable twentieth-century tale.
This book is written for those who suffer from severe and
persistant mental illness. It is about the trials of a man with the
illness and how he reached from poverty and despair to the heights
of obtaining an MSW and LCSW. It is also written for Literary
students with a specific style of writing. Students of Counseling,
Social Work, Psychology, and Psychiatry will get a realistic view
of what the illness is like and can do. It is an autobiographical,
educational, and inspirational experience that needs told
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Power Play
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Cynthia Lambert
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A memoir by the woman who knew Bob Marley best--his wife, Rita.
Rita Marley grew up in the slums of Trench Town, Jamaica. Abandoned
by her mother at a very young age, she was raised by her aunt.
Music ran in Rita's family, and even as a child her talent for
singing was pronounced. By the age of 18, Rita was an unwed mother,
and it was then that she met Bob Marley at a recording studio in
Trench Town. Bob and Rita became close friends, fell in love, and
soon, she and her girlfriends were singing backup for the Wailers.
At the ages of 21 and 19, Bob and Rita were married.
The rest is history: Bob Marley and the Wailers set Jamaica and the
world on fire. But while Rita displayed blazing courage, joy, and
an indisputable devotion to her husband, life with Bob was not
easy. There were his liaisons with other women--some of which
produced children and were conducted under Rita's roof. The press
repeatedly reported that Bob was unmarried to preserve his "image."
But Rita kept her self-respect, and when Bob succumbed to cancer in
1981, she was at his side. In the years that followed, she became a
force in her own right--as the Bob Marley Foundation's spokesperson
and a performer in her reggae group, the I-Three.
Written with author Hettie Jones, No Woman No Cry is a
no-holds-barred account of life with one of the most famous
musicians of all time. In No Woman No Cry, readers will learn about
the never-before-told details of Bob Marley's life, including:
How Rita practiced subsistence farming when first married to Bob to
have food for her family. How Rita rode her bicycle into town with
copies of Bob's latest songs to sell. How Rita worked as a
housekeeper in Delaware to help support her family when her
children were young. Why Rita chose to befriend some of the women
with whom Bob had affairs and to give them advice on rearing the
children they had with Bob. The story of the attack on Bob which
almost killed the two of them. Bob's last wishes, dreams, and
hopes, as well as the details of his death, such as who came to the
funeral (and who didn't).
Fanny Elssler was one of the most brilliant stars of the Romantic
ballet. The accepted rival of Taglioni, she represented the
passionate expression of the dance. Theophile Gautier distinguished
the two ballerinas by describing Elssler as a pagan dancer and
Taglioni as a Christian dancer. There was no doubt that it was
Elssler he preferred. Her style found its true expression in her
famous Spanish character dance: the Cachucha, but even more, it was
her dramatic genius that conquered the audiences before whom she
appeared. She approached, more closely than any other ballerina of
her time, the ideal of the complete dancer-actress, and her example
lives on today in the tradition which modern ballerinas follow in
the role of Giselle. In Ivor Guest's biography her performances
come vividly to life through eye-witness accounts, and the story of
her life is told with a wealth of detail, much of it hitherto
unpublished. Among the highlights are Elssler's adventurous tour of
the United States (she was the first great ballerina to cross the
Atlantic), her fantastic triumphs in Russia, her sentimental
friendship with the great publicist, Gentz, and the persistent
legend of her liaison with the son of Napoleon. Based on wide
research, this is a definitive study of one of the greatest figures
in the history of ballet.
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