In the Country of Country: A Journey to the Roots of American Music, Paperback - Nicholas Dawidoff

Contributor(s): Author: Nicholas DawidoffIn a series of indelible portraits of country music stars, Dawidoff reveals, among others, Jimmie Rodgers,...

Reducere. Award NamePROSEAward categoryMusic/Performing ArtsBorn into poverty in Mississippi at the close of the nineteenth century, Charley Patton and Jimmi...

Reducere. The first-ever book to cover the history of the renegade Outlaw country music movement from its beginnings in the 1970s to its resurgence today, "O...

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Reducere. Selected as one of the best books of the year by: Uprooted Music RevueEngine 145Uncut "Calling Me Home is about just that: a land that always becko...

A photographic celebration of British wildlife and the country way of life.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): The editors of Country Liv...

Reducere. Celebrating the dark origins of our most American music, Country reveals a wild shadowland of history that encompasses blackface minstrels and yode...

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Reducere. 1. Bothering That Thing - Kansas Joe2. She's A Fool Gal - Ed Bell3. Niagra Fall Blues - Kid Cole4. The Cat's Got The Measles - Papa Charlie Jackson...

Reducere. 1. Man On A String - Giant Sand2. Wild Old Dog - Patty Griffin3. Boathouse - Noah Gundersen4. 52 Vincent Black Lightning - Robert Earl Keen5. Tiene...

From one of the country's most respected religion reporters, a paradigm-shifting discussion of how the Religious Left is actually the moral compass...

Reducere. A tradition-rich singer and songwriter, Emmylou Harris nonetheless defies convention at every turn. She builds bridges between country, folk, gospe...

Reducere. One of America's finest poets joins forces with one of baseball's most outrageous pitchers to paint a revealing portrait of our national game. Dona...

'That is how it works in the City. Like the City itself, however, it is a journey that is doomed, and so all that is left is Anna's unwritten accou...

Reducere. 1. Birch Song (LP Edit) 6: 24 2. Derrick 7: 52 3. Stanley Park 10: 43 4. Steelpants 6: 02 5. Sunset Sunrise 10: 55 6. December Song 7: 56

Reducere. It is the winter of 1975 in Northern Ireland and the Troubles are at their darkest hour. Casey Riordan is missing and Jamie Kirkpatrick has just re...

Reducere. Do you love country music?Are you a bit of a trivia lover?Then The Great Book of Country is for you Whatever you're a fan of Johnny Cash, Dolly Par...

Reissue to coincide with the paperback edition of }Anatomy Of A Disappearance{.

A heartbreaking, beautifully told classic set in the heart of Gaddafi's Libya, published as a }Penguin Essential{ for the first time. Shortlisted f...

Reducere. Libya, 1979. Nine-year-old Suleiman's days are circumscribed by the narrow rituals of childhood: outings to the ruins surrounding Tripoli, games wi...

The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing t...

A gifted poet as well as a renowned cardiologist and medical professor, John Stone eloquently bridges the seeming expanse between science and the a...

Japan as a 'Normal Country'? is a thematic and geographically comparative discussion of the unique limitations of Japanese foreign and defence policy.

Can there ever be a United Kingdom? In the days following the Brexit vote, a team from the National Theatre of Great Britain spoke to people nation...

Reducere. Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information ...

Reducere. CD 1: 1. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) - Jimmie Rodgers - 3: 00 2. Somewhere Down Below the Mason Dixie Line - Jimmie Rodgers - 2: 58 3. Frank...

A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system an...

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Reducere. 1. Field Commander Cohen (Live at Denver Soundcheck, 2012) - 4: 24 2. I Can't Forget (Live at Copenhagen Show, 2012) - 4: 17 3. Light as the Breeze...

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1. Oh Lonesome Me2. Cowboy Wedding Song3. The Last Letter4. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels5. Gone6. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)7. Talla...

Reducere. In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of countr...

Reducere. Side A1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 2. I Am a Pilgrim 3. The Christian Life 4. You Don't Miss Your Water 5. You're Still On My Mind 6. Pretty Boy Floy...

In 1794, Joseph Priestley - amateur scientist, ordained minister and radical thinker - set sail for America to escape persecution. In this title, t...

Provides a reader of music scholar Ivan Tribe's more significant published articles, revised and updated, from their original publication, and two ...

Reducere. CD 1: 2. Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind3. Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues4. Bob Dylan - Lay, Lady, Lay5. Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's ...

Reducere. In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Be...

Reducere. General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary milita...

Reducere. When the Choctaw Nation was forcibly resettled in Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma in the 1830s, it was joined by enslaved Black people--th...

Reducere. A vocal group without peer, The Browns were central artists in the changing sound of country and American popular music at mid-century. They were p...

Author and photographer Gareth McCormack shares his passion, knowledge and stunning pictures of the High Mournes and the towns and villages, forest...

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A pocket-sized seasonal guide to country life from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to be Idle, featuring a foreword by Dominic WestPubli...

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Reducere. Howard Frank Mosher embarked on a journey following America's northern border from coast to coast in search of the country's last unspoiled frontie...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946), usually referred to as H. G. Wells, was an English writer. He was prolific in many genre...

Reducere. DescriptionHalf Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to know more about her Filipino heritage....

Reducere. Full-tilt, hardcore, down-home, and groundbreaking, the women of country music speak volumes with every song. From Maybelle Carter to Dolly Parton,...

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