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I See the Rhythm
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A celebration of African-American music and the far-reaching impact it has had on the world, I See the Rhythm traces the progression of black music from its traditional roots in Africa to contemporary hip hop. 15 color illustrations. Size D. 32 pp. Author tour. 20,000 print. |
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The Important Book
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The important thing about The Important Book is that you let your child tell you what is important about the sun and the moon and the wind and the rain and a bug and a bee and a chair and a table and a pencil and a bear and a rainbow and a cat (if he wants to). |
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Three Men in a Boat & Three Men on the Bummel
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This volume stands as the only available critical edition of two of the most popular classics in English literature. Three Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford, providing along the way brilliant snap-shots of London's playground in thelate 1880s. In Three Men on the Bummel, the three Englishmen escape from the claustrophobia of suburban life... more...
This volume stands as the only available critical edition of two of the most popular classics in English literature. Three Men in a Boat describes a comic expedition by middle-class Victorians up the Thames to Oxford, providing along the way brilliant snap-shots of London's playground in thelate 1880s. In Three Men on the Bummel, the three Englishmen escape from the claustrophobia of suburban life some ten years later to go on a cycling tour in the Black Forest of Germany. less...
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Darkness Moves: An Henri Michaux Anthology, 1927-1984
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Critics have compared the work of French writer Henri Michaux (1899-1984) to such diverse artists as Kafka, Goya, Swift, Klee, and Beckett. This anthology contains substantial selections from almost all of Michaux's major works, most never before published in English, and allows readers to explore the haunting verbal and pictorial landscape of a 20th-century visionary. 30 photos. 270 pp. |
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The Devil's Box: Masters of Southern Fiddling
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A unique and illuminating overview of the traditions of Southern fiddling, covering the key performers and compositions that defined that genre during its golden age -- from the 1920s to the 1950s -- and that continue to influence popular music today. Among the lively portraits that emerge are those of Eck Robertson, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, Clayton McMichen, and Bob Wills. |
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The Old Curiosity Shop
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The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), with its awesomely malignant villain, Quilp, and its harrowing depiction of the fate of his victims, Little Nell and her grandfather, was for its initial Victorian readership--and remains for us today--a richly representative example of his genius. |
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Miss Majoribanks
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The esteemed English critic Q. D. Leavis declared Margaret Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the missing link in nineteenth-century literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and more entertaining, more impressive, and more likeable than either. Miss Marjoribanks is perhaps the most famous novel in The Chronicles of Carlingford -- Oliphant's popular series of short st... more...
The esteemed English critic Q. D. Leavis declared Margaret Oliphant's heroine Lucilla to be the missing link in nineteenth-century literature between Jane Austen's Emma and George Eliot's Dorothea Brooke, and more entertaining, more impressive, and more likeable than either. Miss Marjoribanks is perhaps the most famous novel in The Chronicles of Carlingford -- Oliphant's popular series of short stories and novels chronicling the middle-class mores of a fictional English provincial town. The nove less...
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In the Night Kitchen
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Since its publication in 1970, this Caldecott Honor Book has enjoyed a double distinction as one of Sendak's most popular and admired creations, loved by children and praised by critics. One of those rare books whose readership grows greater each year, In the Night Kitchen is destined to eventually become a classic (New York Times). Full color. 40. |
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Shoeshine Girl
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The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do!With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. The only person who will hire her is Al, the man who runs the shoeshine stand, and soon she is knee-deep in shoe polish.Then something happens a... more...
The last thing Sarah Ida wants to do is spend the summer with her Aunt Claudia. But when her parents send her away because of problems at home, that is exactly what she has to do!With no allowance and no fun to be had, Sarah Ida decides to look for a job. The only person who will hire her is Al, the man who runs the shoeshine stand, and soon she is knee-deep in shoe polish.Then something happens and it looks like the shoeshine stand will have to close forever. If Sarah Ida wants to keep it open, less...
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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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The unexpected delivery of a large crate containing an Antarctic penguin changes the life and fortunes of Mr. Popper, a house painter obsessed by dreams of the Polar regions. |
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