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  Elvis is King: Costello's My Aim...

  Richard Crouse

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  An explosive, groundbreaking album that crowned a new king of rock in just 33 minutes Before Elvis Costello was one of Rolling Stone’s greatest artists of all time, before he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he was Declan P. McManus, an office drone with a dull suburban life and a side gig in a pub rock band. In 1976, under the guidance of legendary label Stiff Records, he transformed himself into the snarling, spectacled artist who defied the musical status quo to blaze the trail for a new kind of rock star with his debut album, My Aim Is True. In Elvis Is King, Richard Crouse examines how the man, the myth, and the music of this arrestingly original album smashed the trends of the era to bridge the gap between punk and rock ’n’ roll.

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  Shadow and Substance

  Paul Vincent Carroll

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  An overbearing archbishop and a saintly servant are faced with allegations of collusion in the church. Through comedy, drama, and tragedy do they learn the ultimate lesson of humility. Co-starring Helena Carroll, daughter of playwright.Starring: Edward Mulhare as Thomas Canon Skerritt, Finola Hughes as Bridget, Colm Meaney as Dermot Francis O'Flingsley, Bairbre Dowling as Thomasina Concannon, Helena Carroll as Jemima Cooney, Ian Abercrombie as Father Corr, James Lancaster as Father Kirwan, Marty Maguire as Francis O'Connor, Sean McClory as Archibald Holt, Jeanette Nolan as Rosie Violet and CART's Announcer John Harlan.Adapted, produced, and directed by Peggy Webber.

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  The Men Who Would Be King - An...

  Nicole LaPorte

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  “The definitive history of the studio” created by the larger-than-life team of Spielberg, Geffen, and Katzenberg (Los Angeles Times).   For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged. Then came Hollywood’s Circus Maximus—created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King—an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte, who covered the company for Variety, goes behind the hype to reveal for the first time the delicious truth of what happened.   Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte’s fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood’s bizarre rules of business. We see the clashes between the often-otherworldly Spielberg’s troops and Katzenberg’s warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan. We watch as the studio burns through billions of dollars, its rich owners get richer, and everybody else suffers. LaPorte displays Geffen, seducing investors like Microsoft’s Paul Allen, showing his steel against CAA’s Michael Ovitz, and staging fireworks during negotiations with Paramount and Disney. Here is a blockbuster behind-the-scenes Hollywood story—up close, glamorous, and gritty.    

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  Tis the Season with the Cinnamon...

  Carl Amari

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  We continue our replay of the holiday classic The Cinnamon Bear from 1937, with chapters 15 thru 17. Sarah Adamson reviews two of the biggest films from the early holiday season, "Big Hero 6" and "Dumb and Dumber Two". Plus classic radio featuring 
  The Life of Riley, The Green Hornet and The Sealed Book.
  A Falcon Picture Group audio production.

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  House Rules - How to Decorate...

  Myquillyn Smith

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  Finally, a decorating book that transcends trends and applies to every style! You want to create a beautiful, livable home, but you feel stuck. House Rules is your guide to understanding why some rooms look great and other rooms don't look quite right.From the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Cozy Minimalist Home comes this charming collection of one hundred memorable, universal decorating truths that apply to every house, style, and budget. By guiding you to do what you know, use what you have, and finish what you started, Myquillyn Smith will help you find● understanding of why you love (or don't love) your spaces● confidence to make rewarding decisions that feel risky● satisfaction with small wins that combine to create big changes● inspiration and motivation resulting in finished, personalized roomsLearn how to make better decorating decisions with ease. House Rules is packed full of simple, encouraging truths and quick takeaways for you to implement into your home immediately.

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  Tapies

  Jeremy Roe

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  Antoni Tàpies was born in Barcelona in 1923 and started painting in 1946. Co-founder of the Dau al Set movement, he met Miro in 1948. After being involved in the Surrealist period, Tàpies became interested in philosophy and oriental art, in particular calligraphy. From the time of 1953 onwards, he detached himself from Surrealism and began to work in abstract with raw materials, stains, and symbols. In 1970, his torn and scratched compositions expressed an attitude of protest. His works have been described as “battlefields where wounds are multiplied to infinite numbers”, evoking a true reflection of a broken and anguished world. Tàpies was not a subject painter and his works are not just graffiti, tracings, prints, and glyphs. As if they were metaphysical walls, he liked to say that they were all built from dust, ash, soil, the destruction of catastrophe, cosmic contemplation, and inner meditation. Tàpies desired to express two primary concerns through his art, the first being his homeland, Catalonia, from which he was long distanced, taking refuge in Paris. The second was the human being. This was evoked in his art through the body, and through the everyday objects which surround it. Antoni Tàpies was part of the very exclusive circle of contemporary artists whose lives Spain has honoured by creating museums and institutions in their names (Dali, Miro, Tàpies).

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