Music & Movies
Music & Movies
Turn Up for Real
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) Slade, Stanley Sharp's middle daughter, feels like the odd one out. All she wants is a group of friends who aren't her sisters—and a record deal. But after losing the Teen Miss Charlotte competition and having...
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Shattered Star
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) What's the price of fame? Cassie is the best singer in Southside High's Glee Club and dreams of being famous. She skips school to try out for a national talent competition. But her hopes sink when...
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Chart Topper
Supplier: Darby Creek (Tm) Beth didn't think that the song she posted on YouTube would be noticed by more than a few classmates at Clinton High. She was wrong. Harmon Holt noticed, and now she's an intern at his Bonified...
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Street Song
Supplier: Black & White Publishing Ryan’s career is over. After winning a TV talent show and becoming a teen sensation, his fame has spiralled into addiction, embarrassing headlines and career suicide. Now his image-obsessed stepdad wants him at home, back...
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Stompin' at the Savoy: How Chick Webb Became the King of Drums
PUBLISHER: Sleeping Bear Press Though a disability stunted his growth and left him with a hunched back, William Henry "Chick" Webb did not let that get in the way of his musical pursuits. Even as a young child, Chick saw...
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Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars
PUBLISHER: Nancy Paulsen Books The poignant story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song "Dark Was the Night" was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden RecordWillie Johnson was born in 1897, and from the beginning he loved to...
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Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
PUBLISHER: Holiday House Back in 1909, not far from Jackson, Mississippi, Dr. Laurence Clifton Jones opened a special place for orphans named Piney Woods Country Life School. Dr. Jones loved music and wanted the children to love it too. In...
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Prince
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln Ltd In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Prince, one of the most iconic performers in music history.From a young age, Prince was obsessed with music....
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Aretha Franklin
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln Ltd In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Aretha Franklin, "The Queen of Soul."The fourth of five children, Aretha was born in Tennessee and took the...
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Donald Glover
PUBLISHER: Enslow Publishing "There's not much in show business that Donald Glover doesn't know how to do. Often recognized by his stage name Childish Gambino, Glover is an accomplished musician, writer, comedian, and actor-among other things. Readers of this biographical...
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King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin
PUBLISHER: Atheneum Books A stunning, rhythmic picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz.There was something special about Scott Joplin…This quiet kid could make a piano laugh out loud.Scott, the son of...
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Song in a Rainstorm: The Story of Musical Prodigy Thomas Blind Tom Wiggins
PUBLISHER: Albert Whitman & Company Born blind into a life of slavery, Thomas Wiggins was dismissed as a “useless burden.” But through the loving protection of his family, he went on to become one of the greatest musicians of his...
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Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory, Bk 1
PUBLISHER: Alfred Music 01/01/1998 Alfred's Essentials of Music Theory is designed for students of any age, whether listeners or performers, who want to have a better understanding of the language of music. In this all-in-one theory course, you will learn...
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The Songbook of Benny Lament
From the bestselling author of What the Wind Knows and From Sand and Ash comes a powerful love story about a musical duo who put everything on the line to be together. New York, 1960: For Benny Lament, music is his entire life. With...
$14.95
Promise That You Will Sing about Me: The Power and Poetry of Kendrick Lamar
A stunning, in-depth look at the power and poetry of one of the most consequential rappers of our time.Kendrick Lamar is one of the most influential rappers, songwriters and record producers of his generation. Widely known for his incredible lyrics...
$29.99
From the Streets of Shaolin: The Wu-Tang Saga
This definitive biography of rap supergroup, Wu-Tang Clan, features decades of unpublished interviews and unparalleled access to members of the group and their associates. This is the definitive biography of rap supergroup and cultural icons, Wu-Tang Clan (WTC). Heralded as one...
$30.00
The Blues: The Authentic Narrative of My Music and Culture
"A fresh new perspective that will be a true revolution to readers and will open new lines of discussion on . . . the importance of the city of New Orleans for generations to come." —Dr. Michael White, jazz clarinetist, composer, and Keller Endowed Chair at...
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I Ain't Studdin' YA: My American Blues Story
Experience music history with this memoir by one of the last of the genuine old school Blues and R&B legends, the Grammy-winning dynamic showman Bobby Rush.This memoir charts the extraordinary rise to fame of living blues legend, Bobby Rush. Born...
$29.00
Changes: An Oral History of Tupac Shakur
A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.In the summer of 2020, Tupac Shakur’s single “Changes” became an anthem for the worldwide protests...
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SPIKE LEE: DO THE RIGHT THING
An unprecedented insider's look at one of cinema's landmark works and the lasting effect it still has on our culture, this oral and visual history of "Do the Right Thing"--celebrating the movie's 20th anniversary--is told entirely by those who starred...
$35.00
TELL THEM WE ARE SINGING FOR JESUS: THE ORIGINAL FISK JUBILEE SINGERS AND CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION, 1871-1878
Between 1871 and 1878, the Jubilee Singers presented concerts featuring the Negro spiritual that won the applause and admiration of the Western world. The rise and renown of the original Fisk Jubilee Singer form one of the most celebrated stories...
$45.00
TO THE BREAK OF DAWN: A FREESTYLE ON THE HIP HOP AESTHETIC
"To the Break of Dawn dissects the evolution of hip hop lyricism from its most primitive beginnings to its current manifestation as a global phenomenon. Author Jelani Cobb examines issues of race, geography, genre and bravado in this overview of...
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LOVE BROUGHT ME BACK
Publisher Comments: IN THIS LUMINOUS MEMOIR, LEGENDARY SINGER AND ACTRESS NATALIE COLE TELLS A REMARKABLE STORY OF LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS AND RECOVERY, AND THE STORY OF A DEATH THAT BROUGHT NEW LIFE. In 2009 Natalie Cole was on dialysis, her kidneys...
$23.00
IN THE STUDIO WITH MICHAEL JACKSON
No one was closer to Michael Jackson at the height of his creative powers than Bruce Swedien, the five-time Grammy winner who, with Jackson and producer Quincy Jones, formed the trio responsible for the sound of Jackson's records - records...
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MICHAEL JACKSON: THE ONE AND ONLY: A TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN ICON
From his youth as a prodigious talent in a gifted musical family driven by a visionary father, it was apparent that Michael Jackson was destined for fame and stardom. But his emergence from the Jackson Five in the 1970s and...
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KANYE WEST: A BIOGRAPHY
Kanye West is an articulate, astoundingly insightful, pop culture prophet who can go from charging a president with racism one minute to criticizing blacks for not capitalizing on opportunities they have had in the next. Yet, West puts his considerable...
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BEYONCE KNOWLES: A BIOGRAPHY
Although Beyonce Knowles is not yet 30, the sensual superstar has already succeeded on many levels: as a dancer, singer, composer, model, music producer, video director and actress. This biography tells the story of a young, talented woman's meteoric rise...
$35.00
THE BEAT: GO-GO MUSIC FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
A history of the distinctive, U.S. Capital sound that fuses hip-hop, funk, and soul
$25.00
KANSAS CITY LIGHTNING: THE RISE AND TIMES OF CHARLIE PARKER
Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker is the first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on...
$27.99