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Pueblo
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Charlene Garcia Simms, Maria Sanchez Tucker, Jeffrey Deherrera, District the Pueblo City-County Library
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Music made in Akron symbolized an attitude more so than a singular sound. Crafted by kids hell-bent on not following their parents into the rubber plants, the music was an intentional antithesis of Top 40 radio. Call it punk or call it new wave, but in a short few years, major labels signed Chrissie Hynde, Devo, the Waitresses, Tin Huey, the Bizarros, the Rubber City Rebels and Rachel Sweet. They had their own bars, the Crypt and the Bank. They had their own label, Clone Records. They even had their own recording space, Bushflow Studios. London's Stiff Records released an Akron compilation album, and suddenly there were "Akron Nights" in London clubs and CBGB was waiving covers for people with Akron IDs. Author Calvin Rydbom of the "Akron Sound" Museum remembers that short time when the Rubber City was the place.
World War II is one of the first conflicts to be extensively
recorded in detail by both combatants and journalists, and many
iconic photos of the fighting and battlefields have been passed
down to us today. But how do these battlefields look now, following
the extensive rebuilding of the postwar era? Featuring 75
battlefield sites divided by wartime theatre, World War II
Battlefields allows the reader to explore well-known battle
locations today and compare them to images captured during the
height of the conflict. Examine the huge concrete bunker at Fort
Eben Emael, Belgium, captured by German glider troops in May 1940
and still intact today; see the beaches at Tarawa atoll, a scene of
fierce fighting between the US Marines and the Japanese defenders
in 1943; or the streets of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the
centre of a bloody battle between the II SS Panzer Korps and the
Red Army; explore the Norman village of Villers-Bocage, where a few
German Tiger tanks halted the advance of the British 7th Armoured
Division a week after the D-Day landings; see the twin-medieval
towers of the bridge at Remagen on the Rhine river, made famous in
photos and movies; see the dozens of Japanese ships sunk in Truk
Lagoon following comprehensive American air attacks, and today a
popular dive site; and examine Monte Cassino monastery in Italy,
destroyed by Allied aerial bombing and since completely rebuilt as
a place of pilgrimage.
A pictorial history of the world's most enigmatic city
From the first known photograph taken in Los Angeles to its most
recent sweeping vistas, this photographic tribute to the City of
Angels provides a fascinating journey through the city's cultural,
political, industrial, and sociological history. It traces the
city's development from the 1880s' real estate boom, through the
early days of Hollywood and the urban sprawl of the late 20th
century, right up to the present day. With over 500 images, L.A. is
shown emerging from a desert wasteland to become a vast
palm-studded urban metropolis.
Events that made world news-including two Olympics, Bobby
Kennedy's assassination, and the Rodney King riots-reveal a city of
many dimensions. The entertainment capital of the world, Hollywood,
and its celebrities are showcased along with many other notable
residents, personalities, architects, artists, and musicians. The
city's pop cultural movements, its music, surfing, health food
fads, gangs, and hot rods are included, as are its notorious crimes
and criminals. This book depicts Los Angeles in all its glory and
grit, via hundreds of freshly discovered images including those of
Julius Shulman, Garry Winogrand, William Claxton and many other
superb photographers, culled from major historical archives,
museums, private collectors, and universities. These are given
context and resonance through essays by renowned California
historian Kevin Starr and Los Angeles literature expert David
Ulin.
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