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Hardly Working is the true story of a suburban white kid who decides to avoid the pre-programmed path available to him, who grows from jock to frat boy to hippie to suburban dad to respected business owner, propelled by music, songwriting, and an appreciation of the absurd. The author recounts scores of jobs, schemes, capers, and life lessons while navigating the conflict between the need to pay bills and the urge to be creative and free. Peek inside...
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"Though twelve-year-old Miguel Rivera dreams of playing guitar for the world, his family of shoemakers, who banned music generations ago, has a different future in mind for the hopeful musician. One night, Miguel's attempt to prove his musical talent finds him in the Land of the Dead--a colorful metropolis where his musical idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, lives in a sparkling hacienda. With help from a kind trickster named Héctor, Miguel aims to meet Ernesto...
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The book "The great forgotten: Poles who changed the world" brings out the national oblivion of people are little know or forgotten. Among the 39 characters are eminent scientists, brilliant composers, outstanding engineers, designers, painters, graphic artists, writers and social activists, including Henryk Arctowski, Ludwik Bronarski, Stefan Bryła, Wojciech Chrzanowski, Jan Czochralski, Kazimierz Funk, Ferdynand Goetel, Oskar Halecki, Josef Hofmann,...
6806) Hiding from the Nazis in plain sight: a graphic novel biography of Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya
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"Zhanna and Frina Arshanskaya were two talented child musicians when Nazis invaded their city of Kharkiv, Ukraine during World War II. Along with their parents, the Jewish sisters were forced into a death march. They each eventually escaped individually and were reunited, but how would they survive the rest of the war? By hiding their true identities and becoming musical entertainment for German soldiers. Learn about their story of survival in this...
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"No single decade revitalized the keyboard as a focal point as much as the 1980s. Now, the editors of Keyboard magazine have culled that era's most insightful articles and combined them with a wealth of insight to create this landmark book. Features 20 interviews with noted players and producers like Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes, Depeche Mode's Vince Clarke, Peter Gabriel, and The Human League, as well as such visionary pioneers...
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"William Parker is the most influential jazz bassist since Charles Mingus. Universal Tonality tells the story of his origins-traced from Africa to the Carolinas to Harlem-and then details his path to music. Universal Tonality chronicles Parker's career from his early days playing with Cecil Taylor to leading his own bands"--
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Fatale volume 4
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Nicholas Lash lost everything when he met Josephine, and now her trail of secrets leads him to mid-'90s Seattle, and the tragic story of a struggling grunge band, and the beautiful woman with amnesia who stumbles into their world. Is she their muse? Will she save them from "One-Hit Wonder" status? Or is she something much worse, especially since there's a psycho killer hunting her?
6817) Wysłuchaj mnie
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Pokusa" to najmodniejsza nowa restauracja w Portland. Addison Wade, która prowadzi ją razem ze swoimi czterema przyjaciółkami, wpada na pomysł, że muzyka na żywo przyciągnie klientów. Jednak kiedy zjawia się gwiazdor rocka, Jake Keller, Addie wie, że to zapowiedź kłopotów. Jake jest dokładnie takim mężczyzną, jacy ją pociągają i od jakich powinna trzymać się z daleka. Zwłaszcza po niedawnym bolesnym zerwaniu, po którym przyrzekła...
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Paris, today. The Museum of Broken Promises is a place of wonder and sadness, hope and loss. Every object in the museum has been donated, a cake tin, a wedding veil, a baby's shoe. And each represent a moment of grief or terrible betrayal. The museum is a place where people come to speak to the ghosts of the past and, sometimes, to lay them to rest. Laure, the owner and curator, has also hidden artifacts from her own painful youth amongst the objects...
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Cofounder and bassist of Megadeth David Ellefson reveals the behind-the-scenes details of life in one of the world's most popular heavy metal bands. If you're looking for revelations, they're here, including the drug habits that brought the band members to their knees. You'll learn of David's unsuccessful attempts at rehab and the period when he was strung out on methadone, cocaine, and heroin--all at the same time. But My Life with Deth is far more...
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