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  Paris Flea Market Style

  Claudia Strasser

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  Shop and dream Paris style. 
  If you love French interior design and bargain hunting, Paris is the  place where your shopping daydreams come true.  Claudia Strasser takes  us on a winding tour through the Parisian flea markets finding  decorative pieces all along the way. 
  Strasser discusses ways to bring the look to your home by building  collections and looking for furniture and accessories to reflect your  individual style whether it's Napoleon III, Louis XV, Art Deco, Art  Nouveau, Moderne or Belle Epoque. Whatever it is, you're sure to find  rare pieces that will be treasured in your home. Shop and dream your way  around the Paris flea markets with this deliciously colorful stroll  through the city's best markets and take home special pieces that are  destined to become heirlooms. 
  A stylized map gives readers the lay of the land and Claudia shares  her tips on where to find what, trade secrets, her favorite dealers and  advice on shipping items home.  So, now take a seat and take a trip to  Paris! 
  Claudia Strasser began her career in 1993 when she opened a boutique  in New York City’s East Village and filled it with French boudoir furniture and accessories. She  painted and repaired flea market finds, reincarnating them into the  sparkling treasures. Now she travels to Paris throughout the year,  taking small groups shopping and sharing resources. She works on books  and articles while designing a furniture line and doing some decorating  projects. Claudia’s style and business have been featured in scores of  magazines. She is the author of The Paris Apartment: Romantic Décor on a  Flea Market Budget (1997). 
  Claudia splits her time between New York, Paris, and Miami.

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  Vibrate Higher - A Rap Story

  Talib Kweli

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  This program is read by the author.From one of the most lyrically gifted, socially conscious rappers of the past twenty years, Vibrate Higher is a firsthand account of hip-hop as a political forceBefore Talib Kweli became a world-renowned hip hop artist, he was a Brooklyn kid who liked to cut class, spit rhymes, and wander the streets of Greenwich Village with a motley crew of artists, rappers, and DJs who found hip hop more inspiring than their textbooks (much to the chagrin of the educator parents who had given their son an Afrocentric name in hope of securing for him a more traditional sense of pride and purpose). Kweli’s was the first generation to grow up with hip hop as established culture—a genre of music that has expanded to include its own pantheon of heroes, rich history and politics, and distinct worldview.Eventually, childhood friendships turned into collaborations and Kweli gained notoriety as a rapper in his own right. From collaborating with some of hip hop’s greatest—including Mos Def, Common, Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Kendrick Lamar—to selling books out of the oldest African-American bookstore in Brooklyn, and ultimately leaving his record label and taking control of his own recording career, Kweli tells the winding, always compelling story of the people and events that shaped his own life as well as the culture of hip hop which informs American culture at large.Vibrate Higher illuminates Talib Kweli’s upbringing and artistic success, but so too does it give life to hip hop as a political force—one that galvanized the Movement for Black Lives, and serves a continual channel for resistance against the rising tide of white nationalism.  A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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  MONTGOMERY - God’s Lonely Man...

  Paul MacNally

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  Adored by the ordinary soldiers who served under him and the hero Britain needed in the “Darkest Hour” of its long history, Montgomery was also often hated by his peers, his superiors and his allies. 
  Our brilliant documentary will explain why this was so by providing the most revealing insights ever into this complex, brilliant and infuriating man. Newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest military historians and thinkers, the frequently witty words of the Field Marshal himself and those of his admirers and enemies will accompany awesome images of Montgomery at work and at war to deliver History’s Verdict on Monty. 
  Rarely explored aspects of his life will be uncovered: his childhood as the son of a Bishop and a mother who didn’t love him. His near death experiences in the battlefields of the Great War. His campaign against the IRA in the 1920s, which gained him the respect of the Republicans he fought. His textbook fighting retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 in the midst of the chaos of the Fall of France. His victories in the deserts of Africa, Sicily, France, and the humiliation of Arnhem. We witness how Montgomery’s talent for planning, training and strategy was matched by his talent for self-publicity and alienating his colleagues. 
  We look at his family life, his career after the war and his retirement. His religious beliefs and his enigmatic sexuality. 
  All of these shaped the “Master of the Battlefield” – the man who accepted the surrender of the Third Reich’s greatest generals on Luneburg Heath in 1945.

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  Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard...

  Eddie Trunk

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  In the much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling Eddie Trunk’s Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal, Trunk picks up where he left off by featuring 35 new bands, both legendary and forgotten, and sharing his passion for all things metal. Complete with his favorite playlists, band discographies, memorabilia, trivia, and more than 200 color photographs, this new book combines brief band histories with Trunk’s unique personal experiences and anecdotes in a must-read for all fans of rock and roll. Featuring a diverse lineup, from Marilyn Manson and Ace Frehley to Lita Ford and Whitesnake, Volume 2 salutes all those who are ready to rock!

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  America the Band - An Authorized...

  June Warne, Billy Bob Thornton

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  As if recovering from a raucous dream of the 1960s, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek arrived on 1970s American radio with a sound that echoed disenchanted hearts of young people everywhere. The three American boys had named their band after a country they'd watched and dreamt of from their London childhood Air Force base homes. What was this country? This new band? Classic and timeless, America embodied the dreams of a nation desperate to emerge from the desert and finally give their horse a name.Celebrating the band's fiftieth anniversary, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell share stories of growing up, growing together, and growing older. Journalist Jude Warne weaves original interviews with Beckley, Bunnell, and many others into a dynamic cultural history of America, the band, and America, the nation.Reliving hits like "Ventura Highway," "Tin Man," and of course, "A Horse with No Name" from their nineteen studio albums and incomparable live recordings, this book offers listeners a new appreciation of what makes some music unforgettable and timeless. As America's music stays in rhythm with the heartbeats of its millions of fans, new fans feel the draw of a familiar emotion. They've felt it before in their hearts and thanks to America, they can now hear it, share it, and sing along.

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  Mating Season

  Shane Mauss

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  Shane Mauss, an honorary evolutionary psychologist, brings countless years of watching Animal Planet to aid in discussions of Snoop Dog, crouton factories, and other important things.

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