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|  | Dance of the Infidels by Francis Paudras, Rubye Monet
A memoir of life with the great jazz pianist Bud Powell, who moved to Paris in the 1950s and lived a life marked by illness, alcoholism, and mental deterioration. Paudras both took care of Powell during his darkest years, and encouraged him to keep playing. This title formed the basis for Bertrand Tavernier's 1986 film 'Round Midnight . AUTHOR: Francis Paudras, Rubye Monet
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Rosa Parks by Jim Haskins, Rosa Parks, Wil Clay
The autobiography of the civil rights pioneer written specifically for beginning readers. Illustrated with oil paintings. AUTHOR: Jim Haskins, Rosa Parks, Wil Clay
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lessons I Learned in the Dark
Description not available.An author, speaker, and recording artist presents autobiographical sketches on her experiences as a college student, newlywed, parent, and friend in order to explain the benefits of living a faith-based life. Original.
PUBLISHER: Multnomah Publishers, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Richard Strauss
Was the most incandescent personality of the twentieth century a bourgeoisie or a Nazi sympathizer? For the fifty years since his death on September 8, 1949, Richard Strauss has remained dogmatically elusive in the wider body of musical and historical criticism. Lauded as nothing less than the greatest musical figure of his time by Canadian musician. Glenn Gould, in 1962, Strauss also has attracted his share of posthumous epithets: in summary, an artist who lived off his own fat during his later years. As recently as 1995, the English critic Rodney Milnes wrote, the court of posterity is still reserving judgment . In Richard Strauss: Man, Musician, Enigma, biographer Michael Kennedy demonstrates that the many varying shades of criticism that have painted this figure in the past half century resemble the similar understandings and misunderstandings held by his contemporaries -- perceptions that touched almost every, aspect of Strauss` life and career. Introducing his detailed work more as a broad explication than a firm answer to the Straussian riddle, Kennedy`s scope includes the exuberant, extroverted Strauss of young adulthood as well as the phlegmatic and aloof middle-aged man who resembled a prosperous bank manager; the arch-fiend of modernism and the composer who redefined the term: a man who professed to lack all spiritual curiosity and a musician who penned the touching ballet Der Kometentanz; an almost humble family man and an artist who claimed to be as interesting as Napoleon and Alexander the Great. Kennedy clearly elucidates his enigmatic subject by building his analysis around the few constants in Strauss` life: his profound admiration for German culture, hisdependence on his own family for guidance, and his Nietzschean total absorption in art . This frame offers everyone from Straussian scholars to general readers an insightful and easy-to-follow biographical narrative. Kennedy also deals at length with Strauss` problematic relationship with Naz
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Hungry Heart by Eric Alterman, Terry Adams
Description not available.A portrait of the rock musician's life and career notes his impact on the music industry, the achievements that brought him fame in the mid 1970s, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and his ability to voice the struggles and dreams of the common man. Reprint. 30,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Eric Alterman, Terry Adams
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Bowie by Christopher Sandford
In this biography of David Bowie, acclaimed author Sanford draws on intimate interviews with the artist's colleagues and family members to discuss Bowie's ever-changing public persona--from folksy singer Davey Jones to Trent Reznor's techno mentor. Sanford also addresses several scandalous aspects of Bowie's personal life, like his illegitimate birth, rumored schizophrenia, and alleged affair with Mick Jagger. AUTHOR: Christopher Sandford
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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