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Balanchine
A Biography, With a new epilogue
Häftad, 1996
323 kr
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Written with wit, insight, and candor, Balanchine is a book that will delight lovers of biography as well as those with a special interest in dance. For this edition the author has added a thoughtful yet dramatic account of the working out of Balanchine's legacy, from the making of his …
Mark Twain's San Francisco
Uninhibited Dispatches on "The livest heartiest community on our continent" by America's Greatest Writer
Häftad, 2019
358 kr
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From earthquakes, scandals, and tantalizing bonanzas to elegant ladies blowing their noses in “exquisitely modulated tones,” Mark Twain has left us a vision of San Francisco that is at once fascinating and hilariously familiar.Jumping frogs, high society, San Francisco’s Emperor Norton and the …
Cellist in Exile
A Portrait of Pablo Casals
E-bok, 2018
36 kr
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The cellist in exile is, of course, Pablo Casals, one of the noble figures of the century, who is aptly described here by Bernard Taper as that rarity—an artist with a sense of commitment to humanity.” The book is informal, deeply personal, and permeated with Mr. Taper’s own wonder and affection …
Gomillion Versus Lightfoot
The Right to Vote in Apartheid Alabama
Häftad, 2003
224 kr
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First published in 1962, this book details the lawsuit that Charles C. Gomillion, Chairman of Tuskegee Institute's Division of Social Sciences and President of the Tuskegee Civic Association, filed against Alabama city's mayor to protest at the black community's loss of voting rights.
