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Jerry Portnoy
Dancing with Muddy

Jerry Portnoy grew up in Chicago hearing the blues being played outside his father's rug store on famed Maxwell Street during the late 1940s and early '50s.After dropping out of college, he became immerse…

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Gregory Royal Pratt
The City Is Up for Grabs

"Gregory Pratt hada rare front-row seat to the passions, problems, peculiarities, hopes, disappointments, shenanigans, and pettiness in the drama and farce that was Lori Lightfoot's uneasy tenure on …

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Ellery Queen
Calamity Town

Looking for trouble, Ellery Queen descends on a small town At the tail end of the long summer of 1940, there is nowhere in the country more charming than Wrightsville. The Depression has abated, and for t…

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Catherine Ramstetter
Why Recess Matters

Recess is more than "just" playtime.It is a crucial part of schooling, necessary for nurturing holistic well-being and supporting schools' mission to provide a well-rounded education. This unstr…

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Mark Ribowsky
Chet

Chet Atkins was one of the most legendary country guitarists of the 1950s, but his influence spans both instruments and time.The Country Gentleman developed a distinctive picking style that helped pioneer…

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Daryl Sanders
That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound

That Thin, Wild Mercury Sound is the definitive treatment of Bob Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde.Author Daryl Sanders not only provides the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the t…

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Rachel Sarah
Climate Champions

"This book promises an introduction to 15 women climate champions, but it delivers far more...the women's stories offer hope and inspiration." --BooklistStarred ReviewThese 15 contemporary clima…

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Nistha Sinha, Gabriela Lnchauste, Ambar Narayan
Leveling the Playing Field

This new report provides an up-to-date ?big picture? on poverty and equity in the region. This is ecessary as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, interacting with subsequent global shocks, hav…

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Nistha Sinha, Gabriela Lnchauste, Ambar Narayan
Partir sur un pied d'égalité

Les sources structurelles des inégalités en Afrique sont enracinées dans les lois, les institutions et les pratiques qui créent des avantages pour quelques-uns, mais des désavantages pour beaucoup d?autre…

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Tracy Slater
Together in Manzanar

"A World War II homefront action that many Americans would like to forget." -- Kirkus Reviews"This cinematic and propulsive family saga casts a riveting spotlight on an ignominious episode …

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Ned Sublette
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square

Originally published in hardcover in 2008.

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William Sutton, Alexander Lotsch, Ashesh Prasann
Recipe for a Livable Planet

Changing how we produce our food can be a huge win in overcoming climate change, argues 'Recipe for a Livable Plane'. This may sound hard to achieve. But the authors show that the solutions are affordable…

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Mark Sy
The Manila Poker Club

During the late 1930s, a small group of American and Filipino diplomats played cards regularly. While their poker matches started as an excuse to smoke cigars and discuss political events of the day, it r…

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Bruce Vilanch
It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time

"Emmy Award winner Bruce Vilanch is known as a go-to comedy writer for award shows, sitcoms, and top-heavy variety specials, but he has also been responsible for quite a few of the worst shows ever m…

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Fred Waitzkin
Anything Is Good

Two Bronx boys take radically different paths in a novel about the limits of genius and the loss of home, by a "terrifically gifted" author (Anita Shreve, New York Times -bestselling author of T…

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Jude Warne
Lowdown

Boz Scaggs has always been a musical artist of complexity.Scaggs founded his connection to music through the blues, but his lasting legacy is one of glamorous and romantic pop songwriting. He possessed a …

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Kenneth Womack, Jason Kruppa
All Things Must Pass Away

"Womack and Kruppa present a thorough history of Harrison and Clapton's songmaking and recording sessions." -- BooklistNewly revised and expanded, this paperback edition features exclusive mater…

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Anjanette L Young
Past the Pain

Forty minutes on February 21, 2019, changed Anjanette Young's life forever. Her story made national news for months after it broke: A forty-eight-year-old social worker was winding down at home after a lo…

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Lennon on Lennon

John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible.Whether he was experimen…

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Miles on Miles: Interviews and Encounters with Miles Davis

Gathering the 30 most vital Miles Davis interviews--on his music, his life, and his philosophy--this collection reveals the jazz icon as a complex and contradictory man, secretive at times but extraordina…

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