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  RD Burman - The Man The Music...

  Balaji Vittal, Anirudha...

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  Winner of the National Award for Best Book on Cinema in 2011 
  To a nation fed on classical music, the advent of Rahul Dev Burman with his repertoire of Western beats was a godsend. RD revolutionized Hindi film music in the 1970s, and with his emphasis on rhythm and beats, this Pied Piper of Hindi film music had young India swinging to his tunes. At the same time, this genius proved his many detractors who criticized him for corrupting popular taste wrong by composing some of the most influential raga-based songs in Hindi cinema and showing an immense comfort with all kinds of music, including Indian folk. RD: The Man, The Music looks at the phenomenon called R.D. Burman and how he changed the way Indians perceived Hindi film music. Through anecdotes and trivia that went into the making of Pancham's music - the many innovations he introduced, like mixed rhythm patterns, piquant chords and sound mixing - and through interactions with the musicians who were part of RD's team, the authors create a fascinating portrait of a man who, through his music, continues to thrive, even fifteen years after his death.

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  Chronicling Stankonia - The Rise...

  Regina Bradley

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  This vibrant book pulses with the beats of a new American South, probing the ways music, literature, and film have remixed southern identities for a post–civil rights generation. For scholar and critic Regina N. Bradley, Outkast’s work is the touchstone, a blend of funk, gospel, and hip-hop developed in conjunction with the work of other culture creators—including T.I., Kiese Laymon, and Jesmyn Ward. This work, Bradley argues, helps define new cultural possibilities for black southerners who came of age in the 1980s and 1990s and have used hip-hop culture to buffer themselves from the historical narratives and expectations of the civil rights era. André 3000, Big Boi, and a wider community of creators emerge as founding theoreticians of the hip-hop South, framing a larger question of how the region fits into not only hip-hop culture but also contemporary American society as a whole. 
   
  Chronicling Stankonia reflects the ways that culture, race, and southernness intersect in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Although part of southern hip-hop culture remains attached to the past, Bradley demonstrates how younger southerners use the music to embrace the possibility of multiple Souths, multiple narratives, and multiple points of entry to contemporary southern black identity.

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  Illusions And Escapes The Daring...

  Robert Jakobsen

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  Dive into the extraordinary world of one of history's most iconic figures in Illusions and Escapes: The Daring Life of Harry Houdini. This captivating biography unveils the man behind the myth, tracing Houdini's humble beginnings as Erich Weiss in Budapest to his rise as the "Handcuff King" and legendary escape artist. 
  From his early years as an immigrant in America to the glamorous stages of vaudeville and beyond, Houdini's story is one of relentless determination, unparalleled skill, and a deep fascination with the impossible. Along the way, he defied the laws of physics, broke free from seemingly inescapable restraints, and left audiences across the globe breathless with his daring stunts. 
  But Houdini's life was more than just magic. This book also delves into his close family ties, his immigrant experience, and the profound impact his craft had on the world of entertainment. You'll discover how Houdini's quest for mastery pushed him to continually innovate, and how his legacy continues to inspire magicians today. 
  Packed with historical insights and gripping accounts of his most famous escapes, Illusions and Escapes offers readers an intimate glimpse into the life of a true showman, a man whose name became synonymous with magic and who remains a timeless symbol of resilience and freedom. 
  Whether you are a history enthusiast, a magic lover, or someone who admires stories of perseverance, Illusions and Escapes is a journey into the heart of a man who captivated the world—one escape at a time.

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  Your Worshipfulness Princess...

  Jeff Ryan

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  Your Worshipfulness is the story of how a teenage Carrie Fisher created Star Wars's greatest character, Princess Leia. Leia began as little more than a damsel in distress, albeit one with cinema's most iconic hairstyle. Over three films, Carrie made her a complicated character, beloved the world over. Then Darth Vader died, the Ewoks danced, the credits rolled, and that was that. Carrie now had the rest of her life to live, stuck in Leia's shadow. What do you after the whole world has seen you duct-taped into a metal bikini? Worse, what can you do when the secrets you've tried to hide about your inner life won't stay hidden? When you can't control the thoughts in your head? Your Worshipfulness has everything: money, sex, love, power, and romance. It's a story of addiction and mental illness, of recovery and fame, of friendship and motherhood, trying to be your best when you can only remember the worst.

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  Glass Cultivator - Thomas...

  Thomas Schönauer, Robert Comploj

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  Two men, craftsmen, rough workshops with loud, hot machines and equipment, cranes, furnaces, welding equipment, forges, blowpipes, compressors and much more.
  
  In this environment, fine thoughts on filigree forms, the polishing of fractions of a millimetre, the balancing of light and material take place in an infinitely subtle design cosmos.
  
  The book shows two artists, their materials and their working methods as they could hardly be more diff erent and shows the resulting synergy, the birth of a new joint artistic path.

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  Brilliant Isles - Art That Made Us

  James Hawes

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  EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES THROUGH 80 EXTRAORDINARY CREATIONS, FROM BEOWULF AND THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY TO BANKSY, STORMZY, AND BEYONDA companion book to the landmark BBC series, Brilliant Isles tells the story of these islands through art, music, buildings and literature – the creations of visionaries, mavericks and rule-breakers who responded to their times and shaped the future. Whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into, this is a vibrant, surprising and witty guide to a unique culture, by one of our sharpest writers'Hawes's view of English history is sharp and vivid and extremely persuasive'PHILIP PULLMAN'At last a chance to get to grips with the entire history of England, and all in a few hours!'MAIL ON SUNDAY'An engaging, informative sprint through the story of our little island'INDEPENDENT'thorough and absorbing... [Hawes] brings the story right up to date, able to step back from the current madness with admirable clarity NEW EUROPEAN'A fantastic read. I would recommend it to anyone.'PAT KENNY, Newstalk Ireland'Such a thought-provoking read...<brThe maps and charts are so useful' DAN JACKSON, author of THE NORTHUMBRIANS

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