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Can anyone recommend a good Nick Drake biography book?
Nick Drake: The Biography, by Humphries
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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Walk the Proud Land [VHS]
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To Hell & Back [VHS]
$4.70 Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in World War II, enjoyed a Hollywood acting career after the fight. In this 1955 autobiographical film, however, he plays himself re-creating his own actions and movements in key battles. As strange as this project might have seemed to him at the time, the results are pretty impressive. The film, despite a flat script, is really a pretty good war d... |
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The Glenn Miller Story [VHS]
$9.89 James Stewart, at his warmest and most avuncular, plays the bandleader who rocketed to fame during the swing era. The Glenn Miller Story may be a whitewashed version of Miller's life, but it certainly is a pleasant example of the feel-good Hollywood biopic, with the usual conventions: early struggles, loyal wife (June Allyson at her chirpiest), personal sacrifice--Miller joins the Army when war br... |
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Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
$9.65 To us it is just dirt,the ground we walk on...But to Daveit was clay,the plain and basic stuffupon which he formed a lifeas a slave nearly 200 years ago.Dave was an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave. In this inspiring and l... |
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The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
$14.99 "Deliciously dramatic... The Beautiful Fall crackles with excitement."-New York Times Book ReviewIn the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Amid sequins and longing, celebrities and aspirants flocked to the heart of chic, and Paris became a hothouse of revelry, intrigue, and searing ambition. At the center of it all were fashion's most beloved luminaries - Yv... |
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Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
$16.24 The compelling story of a slave, owned by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century.He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because Dave signed and inscribed many with poems, they now fetch six figures at auction. We know of no other slave artist ... |
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To Hell and Back
$7.57 The most decorated soldier of World War II, Audie Murphy, stars as himself in this gritty, unflinching film biography. Follow the exploits of a reluctant, unlikely hero who left his life as a Texas sharecropper to enlist in the army where he would serve in Africa, Italy, France, Austria, and Germany. David Janssen, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake, Denver Pyle co-star. 107 min. Widescreen (Enhance... |
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Words and Music
$9.86 The renowned songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart is spotlighted in this musical biography that features an all-star cast performing their greatest works. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, and Mel Torme star, with Tom Drake and Mickey Rooney as Rodgers and Hart. Songs include "I Wish I Were in Love Again," "Johnny One Note," "The Lady Is a Tramp," "Slaughter on Ten... |
