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|  | Waterfowl Carving with J. D. Sprankle by James D. Sprankle, Kenneth Basile, Roger Schroeder
Sprankle takes carvers through each step of carving the gadwall drake. Field and painting notes, including working patterns of 25 species of ducks, hens, and drakes. AUTHOR: James D. Sprankle, Kenneth Basile, Roger Schroeder
PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | A Race of Singers
When Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he dreamed of inspiring a race of singers who would celebrate the working class and realize the promise of American democracy. By examining how singers such as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen both embraced and reconfigured Whitman's vision, Bryan Garman shows that Whitman succeeded. In doing so, Garman celebrates the triumphs yet also exposes the limitations of Whitman's legacy. While Whitman's verse propounded notions of sexual freedom and renounced the competitiveness of capitalism, it also safeguarded the interests of the white workingman, often at the expense of women and people of color. Garman describes how each of Whitman's successors adopted the mantle of the working-class hero while adapting the role to his own generation's concerns: Guthrie condemned racism in the 1930s, Dylan addressed race and war in the 1960s, and Springsteen explored sexism, racism, and homophobia in the 1980s and 1990s. But as Garman points out, even the Boss, like his forebears, tends to represent solidarity in terms of white male bonding and homosocial allegiance. We can hear America singing in the voices of these artists, Garman says, but it is still the song of a white, male America.
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Other
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Bela Bartok by Kenneth Chalmers
Born into the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Bela Bartok (1881-1945) became a fervent nationalist, setting off with his friend Zoltan Kodaly to record their native folk music; these sounds and experiences were a formative influence on his compositions. Bartok`s distaste for authoritarian rule brought him into conflict with both the Hungarian government and Adolf Hitler`s Germany, and in 1940 he emigrated to the USA. Despite his disillusionment and poor health he continued to compose outstanding works there, never compromising his ideals nor losing his innocence. AUTHOR: Kenneth Chalmers
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Complete Guide to the Music of The Beatles by John Robertson
Description not available.Tells the story of the Beatles, describing how the group began, their phenomenal success and influence, the breakup of the group, and their separate musical careers. AUTHOR: John Robertson
PUBLISHER: Lerner Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | The Jumbo Book of Music by Deborah Dunleavy, Louise Phillips
Beat out a trash-can rhythm, bang on a water-cooler bass drum or blast a tune from a rubber-hose bugle! This book has instructions on how to crate and play lots of homemade instruments--no technical musical knowledge required! AUTHOR: Deborah Dunleavy, Louise Phillips
PUBLISHER: Kids Can Press, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Rock by Dan Ross
Description not available.Compiles career biographies of over 1,200 artists and rock music reviews written by fans covering every phase of rock from R&B through punk and rap AUTHOR: Dan Ross
PUBLISHER: Rough Guides, Limited
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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