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A New York Times Notable Book No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues. This authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who knew Lady Day in all stages of her short, tragic life—from her childhood in...
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Crosby, Holiday, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, Garland, and Streisand were the major interpreters of the American songbook, and this is the interlocking story of their lives and careers. Here is the epic tale of how these artists dominated American popular music over a fifty-year period, a roller coaster ride that gains momentum through the 1930s and '40s, reaches a crest of magical creativity in the 1950s and early '60s, and then crashes down by the early...
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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AD 580L
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Reveals the famed singer's devotion to her numerous pet dogs, describing her particularly close bond with a boxer who was a faithful companion through the highs and lows of Holiday's life, including her legendary appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall. Includes author's note with brief biographical information.
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[2019]
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"This bilingual picture book recounts the life of Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, the Mexican general born in Goliad, Texas, who lead his army to defeat the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, which is now celebrated in the United States as Cinco de Mayo."--
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The charming, funny, and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread--and didn't speak a word of French--unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of preparing the annual Christmas dinner for a venerable Parisian family. Hemingway called Paris "a moveable feast"--a city ready to embrace you at any time in life. For Los Angeles-based film critic John Baxter, that moment came when he fell in love with a French woman and impulsively moved...
15) Billie Holiday
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[2013]
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English
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Profiles the life and career of jazz vocalist Billie Holiday.
16) Billie Holiday
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[1990]
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A biography of the American jazz singer whose life was changed by drug abuse and alcoholism.
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2015.
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"Drawing on a vast amount of new material that has surfaced in the last decade, ... jazz writer John Szwed considers how [Holiday's] life inflected her art, her influences, her uncanny voice and rhythmic genius, a number of her signature songs, and her legacy"--Amazon.com.
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[2021]
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"Dive into the celebrated life of Lady Day with this fully-illustrated graphic novel that tells the story of Billie Holiday's rapid--and, at times, grueling--rise to become one of the best musicians who ever lived. From her days as a young entertainer performing for small jazz clubs in Harlem, to headlining sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall, every trouble and triumph of Billie Holiday's bold, influential career is featured in this graphic novel from...
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