Nothing brings back the magic & romance of an era like the American swing bands of the thirties & forties -- Glen Miller, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey. This book tells the stories of the most famous bands & of the bands that never became so famous. It captures the glamour & excitement of their music, & chronicles the trials & difficulties of the musicians' lives on the road, traveling all over America. It brings alive those years when band leaders & featured soloists were the idols of their day, playing rich & powerful sounds that are as inspiring on record today as when they brought audiences to their feet in live performance. Photos.

Born to Swing: The Story of the Big Bands

Arts & Photography

Ean Wood

Music

Sanctuary Pub. Ltd.

With the coming of sound movies as a commercial proposition in the late 1920s, the importance of music in the cinema grew enormously. The arrival of color, allied to the technical developments in recording itself, gave to the great film makers a fabulous palette with which to realize the transfer to the screen of the Broadway hits, capturing forever the great theatrical shows of the century. Thus two great entertainment disciplines, both essential products of America, were joined: the Broadway musical & the Hollywood film. The history of this genre, with never-before-published material & reminiscences from the film makers, composers & stars themselves. Photos.

Broadway to Hollywood: The Musical and the Cinema

Humor & Entertainment

ROBERT MATTHEW- WALKER

Movies

Eye of the Storm: The Album Graphics of Storm Thorgerson

Following the success of Mind Over Matter , Storm's latest book features a collection of his work over the past fifteen years and includes some of the most stunning, evocative and resonant images he has ever produced.

Eye of the Storm: The Designs & Photographs of Storm Thorgerson

Thorgerson, Storm

A practical approach to understanding the basic investment concepts and achieving financial success. The Wise Investor conveys essential information in a unique story form, including: How to make just $2 per day grow to over $1 million. How to identify your most valuable assets and most important dreams. The difference between gambling and investing - acquiring investment information and making it work for you.

The Wise Investor: Ten Concepts You Need to Know to Achieve Financial Success

Business & Money

Elmouchi, Neil E.

Economics

Book by Newman, Richard, Biederman

John Mayall: Blues Breaker

Newman, Richard

Biographies & Memoirs

Rappers Rappin: The Story of Teh Freshest Sound Around from Rap's 'Maddest' and 'Baddest

Goldstein, Dan

From the early days in the Chicago warehouses of the mid 1980's to today's million strong European festivals, "History of House" tells the story of the dancefloor's dominant style in the words of the people who created it - DJ's, producers, remixers and musicians.

History of House

Kempster, Chris

Shows how the music of The Kinks remain relevant in the nineties.

Kinks -- Well Respected Men

Marten, Neville

Hudson, Jeff

Arts & Literature

From Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel through Telstar, Pet Sounds, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Dark Side of the Moon, Bohemian Rhapsody, Vienna, Two Tribes, Zooropa, Older, to Britpop albums from Oasis, Kula Shaker, Cast and Radiohead, Good Vibrations follows the development of popular music recording from the perspective of the producers, engineers and session players.

Good Vibrations -- A History of Record Production

Cunningham, Mark

The story of arguable America's most famous composer.

George Gershwin: His Life and Music

Wood, Ean

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