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  Streets Aren't Watching

  Tom McCaffrey

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  Streets Aren't Watching is Tom McCaffrey's rap album under the moniker TMC. It coincides with the releases of Adventures in Comedy, his feature film and comedy album releases of the same title. Join Tom while he raps about why mo' money means less problems and why Scarface is overrated.

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  Abbott and Costello: Uncle...

  Bud Abbott, Lou Costello

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  Lou acts like he has a cold. He got it running around with girls. Lou tries to show Susan how to play pool. Lou gets a telegram from his Uncle Mike that he has struck gold. AC arrive in Alaska. They buy a dog sled and go to the saloon to look for Uncle Mike but he's in jail. He's in jail for striking Sam Gold.

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  A Fine Natural Inbalance: The...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  "The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them...The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion and until the end of my life people may see that shirt and mistake it for me." —George HarrisonForget all the hype, myth, legend and lore — here is the Beatles as they are, and ever will be in their own words. Written and narrated by author actor Geoffrey Giuliano here is the perfect compendium for fans, philosophers, pop historians, culture vultures, curious commuters and all enlightened school and university systems. It is the ultimate source for everyone interested in the incredible, unequalled social and cultural phenomena that was Beatlemania and their continued unmatched musical influence to this day some 50+ years later.

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  Spirit Rising - My Life My Music

  Angélique Kidjo, Rachel Wenrick

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  Grammy Award-winning singer Angélique Kidjo is known for her electrifying voice and fearless advocacy work. In this intimate memoir, she reveals how she escaped Communist Africa to make her dreams a reality, and how she's prompting others all around the world to reach for theirs as well.Born in the West African nation of Benin, Angélique Kidjo grew up surrounded by the rich sounds, rhythms, and storytelling of traditional Beninese culture. When the Communists took over, they silenced her dynamic culture and demanded that she sing in praise of them. In Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music, Angélique reveals the details of her dangerous escape into France, and how she rose from poverty to become a Grammy Award–winning artist and an international sensation at the top of Billboard's World Albums chart. She also explains why it's important to give back by sharing stories from her work as a UNICEF ambassador and as founder of the Batonga Foundation, which gives African girls access to education.Desmond Tutu has contributed the foreword to this remarkable volume; Alicia Keys has provided an introduction. Her eloquent, inspiring narrative is paired with more than one hundred colorful photographs documenting Angélique's life and experiences, as well as a sampling of recipes that has sustained her on her remarkable odyssey.

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  Big Show The - Episode 5

  Goodman Ace

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  As the 1950s dawned America was a colossus militarily, economically and culturally.  It bestrode a globe it was doing so much to shape in its own image.  But it had concerns; the threat of communism.  And for the Movies and Radio there was another concern: the emerging rise of Television. 
   
  For Radio, still in its golden age of mass audiences and star filled programmes, they had a handy solution with ‘The Big Show’.  Its premise was simple but effective.  Take 90 minutes of air-time and fill it with the stars of stage, screen and radio doing comedy sketches, drama extracts and musical numbers. 
   
  It sounds simple enough and aided by a huge budget from NBC it was a success, staffed by the best writers and technical team in the business. 
   
  Hosted by Tallulah Bankhead, with her sharp and acidic wit and her brilliance at ad-libbing ‘The Big Show’ was big entertainment with big stars for a big audience.

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  Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg -...

  Jeffrey Abugel

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  Visit the Virginia city where the great author brought his thirteen-year-old bride for a honeymoon.   Antebellum Petersburg was a melting pot of French, Haitian, Scotch-Irish, and free black populations. It was in this eclectic city that the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, chose to take his new wife, thirteen-year-old first cousin Virginia Clemm, on their honeymoon in 1836.   This book traces the steps of the controversial couple through imaginative scenes of historic Petersburg. From Poe’s own mother performing in the local venues to the poet’s lasting friendship with Petersburg native and publisher Hiram Haines, it reveals an overlooked moment in the young life of this literary giant.  Includes photos

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