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  Energy Follows Thought - The...

  Willie Nelson, David Ritz,...

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  Read by Ethan Hawke, with an introduction read by Willie Nelson, himself! 
  For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs. 
  From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his biggest hits, from his less well-known songs (but incredibly meaningful to him) to his concept albums. Along the way, he also shares the stories of his guitar Trigger, his family and “family,” as well as the artists he collaborated with, including Patsy Cline, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Dolly Parton, and many others. 
  Willie is disarmingly honest—what do you have to lose when you’re about to turn 90? —meditating on the nature of songwriting and finding his voice, and the themes he’s explored his whole life—relationships, infidelity, love, loss, friendship, life on the road, and particularly poignant at this juncture of his life: mortality. 
  Revealing, funny, whimsical, and wise, this book is an enduring tribute to Willie Nelson's legacy.

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  Most Dramatic Ever: The Bachelor

  Suzannah Showler

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  The right reasons to fall in love with The Bachelor When it debuted in 2002, The Bachelor raised the stakes of first-wave reality television, offering the ultimate prize: true love. Since then, thrice yearly, dozens of camera-ready young-and-eligibles have vied for affection (and roses) in front of a devoted audience of millions. In this funny, insightful examination of the world’s favorite romance-factory, Suzannah Showler explores the contradictions that are key to the franchise’s genius, longevity, and power and parses what this means for both modern love and modern America. She argues the show is both gameshow and marriage plot ― an improbable combination of competitive effort and kismet ― and that it’s both relic and prophet, a time-traveler from first-gen reality TV that proved to be a harbinger of Tinder. In the modern media-savvy climate, the show cleverly highlights and resists its own artifice, allowing Bachelor Nation to see through the fakery to feel the romance. Taking on issues of sex, race, contestants-as-villains, the controversial spin-offs, and more, Most Dramatic Ever is both love letter to and deconstruction of the show that brought us real love in the reality TV era.

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  From homeless to hip hop The...

  Justin Haynes

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  I went from homeless in 2014 to being Nominated independent music awards..Nominated indie music awards ive been on b.e.t ..fox tv pay perview and celebrity boxing and own a record label and a booking Mgr for benzino and pbe pluto recently walked out performing my hit song hello for benzino on celebrity boxing and Mar 11 fought frankie pickard and won the fight ..also describes how I overcame addiction and made it out of the struggle today.

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  Making Rumours - The Inside...

  Ken Caillat, Steve Stiefel

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  Inside the making of one of the biggest-selling albums of all time: Fleetwood Mac's Rumours  
  Fleetwood Mac's classic 1977 Rumours album topped the Billboard 200 for thirty-one weeks and won the Grammy for Album of the Year. More recently, Rolling Stone named it the 25th greatest album of all time and the hit TV series Glee devoted an entire episode to songs from Rumours, introducing it to a new generation.  
   
  Now, for the first time, Ken Caillat, the album's co-producer, tells the full story, from endless partying and relationship dramas to the creative struggles to write and record "You Make Loving Fun," "Don't Stop," "Go Your Own Way," "The Chain," and other timeless tracks. 
   
  Tells the fascinating story of the making of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, written by the producer who saw it all happen: 
   
  Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham's screaming match while recording "You Make Loving Fun." 
  The band's struggles with increasing success,  
  How the album almost never happened when the master tape nearly disintegrated 
  The incredible attention paid to even the tiniest elements of songs, from Lindsey playing a chair to Mick breaking glass.  
  Includes eighty black-and-white photographs. 
  In 1977, Fleetwood Mac's members were guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, vocalist Stevie Nicks, drummer Mick Fleetwood, vocalist Christine McVie, and bass guitarist John McVie.  
   
  Making Rumours shows how Fleetwood Mac created one of the greatest albums of all time, amidst heartbreak, divorce, addiction, and betrayal.

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  The Blues - A Very Short...

  Elijah Wald

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  Praised as "suave, soulful, ebullient" (Tom Waits), Elijah Wald is one of the leading popular music critics of his generation. In The Blues, Wald surveys a genre at the heart of American culture. 
   
   
   
  It has been defined by lyrical structure, or as a progression of chords, or as a set of practices reflecting West African "tonal and rhythmic approaches," using a five-note "blues scale." He traces its roots in work and praise songs, and shows how it was transformed by such professional performers as W. C. Handy, who first popularized the blues a century ago. He follows its evolution from Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith through Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix; identifies the impact of rural field recordings of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, and others; explores the role of blues in the development of both country music and jazz; and looks at the popular rhythm and blues trends of the 1940s and 1950s, from the uptown West Coast style of T-Bone Walker to the "down home" Chicago sound of Muddy Waters. Wald brings the story up to the present, touching on the effects of blues on American poetry, and its connection to modern styles such as rap. 
   
   
   
  As with all of Oxford's Very Short Introductions, The Blues tells you—with insight, clarity, and wit—everything you need to know to understand this quintessentially American musical genre.

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  The Nadra Tragedy: The Maria...

  Hajamaideen

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  A gripping, real-life drama about the two women battling for custody of a 13-year-old girl in post-war colonial Singapore is set against religious zealotry, racial tensions, and burgeoning nationalism. As a proxy conflict between East and West, this harrowing tale is steeped in prejudice and mob violence, with the resulting court battle shaking the very foundations of the British Colonial Government.
  
  Many innocent lives were lost in the violence that followed the controversial court decision, but Maria Hertogh, also known as Nadra, was perhaps the most tragic victim. Caught between two worlds she could scarcely comprehend, the impact of the upheaval during her most impressionable years was something few of us can fathom. The author crafts a poignant and deeply researched account of the tragic affair, drawing from exhaustive investigations in both Singapore and Holland.
  
  Over 70 years since the events unfolded, the narrative resonates with a powerful relevance, serving as a stark reminder of how the mishandling of delicate matters can precipitate the unravelling of an entire society.

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