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"The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope. In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice--her truth--was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey--and the strength at the core of one of the greatest...
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*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024*
Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself.
"What you are about to read is not a standard account of the life and work of Joni Mitchell. Instead, it's a tale of long journeying through a life that changed popular music: of a homesick wanderer
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2016.
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311 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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The touching, triumphant story of a young black man's journey from violence and despair to one of the world's most elite artistic institutions. In 2011, at the age of twenty-four, Ryan won a nationwide competition hosted by New York's Metropolitan Opera. Today, he is a rising star performing major roles at the Met and Europe's most prestigious opera houses.
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2023.
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40 pages: : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"The godmother of Rock & Roll started as a little girl from Arkansas with music in her air, in her hair, in her bones, wiggling her toes. With a big guitar in hand and a big voice in her soul, she grew into a Rock & Roll trailblazer in a time when women were rarely seen rocking out. Boogie along with this tribute to rock & roll Hall of Famer Sister Rosetta Tharpe by Coretta Scott King Honor Book-winning author Tonya Bolden and Cadecott Honor-winning...
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From the incomparable Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner, a powerful and revealing autobiography about race, sexuality, art, and healing
It's easy to be yourself, when who and what you are is in vogue. But, growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy Porter was slaying red carpets and giving an iconic Emmy-winning performance in the celebrated TV show Pose, before he was the groundbreaking Tony and Grammy Award-winning...
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[2013]
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x, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color). ; 22 cm
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Español
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"Jenni se convirtió en la más aclamada cantante en español en Estados Unidos y vendió más de 15 millones de discos por todo el mundo. Era una madre soltera con cinco hijos y abuela de dos nietas, además de ser también actriz, productora de televisión, estrella de su propio programa de telerrealidad y empresaria. En Inquebrantable, Jenni, con la honestidad que la caracterizaba, relata los momentos cruciales en su pasado y revela sus experiencias...
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[2019]
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xii, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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Since Houston's death in 2012 Crawford has stayed out of the limelight and held the great joys, wild adventures, and hard truths of her life with the artist close to her heart. Crawford breaks her silence to share the moving and often complicated story of her life and relationship with the singer and actress.
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2024.
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63 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 29 cm.
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"This is your go-to guide to all things Taylor Swift, from her hottest hits to her incredible sell-out stadium tours, and of course her famous BFF squad. Check out her coolest collabs, fashion gallery, and awards to date. As well as getting to know everything about your favorite superstar, the book is jampacked with song writing tips, quizzes, and pics from her epic Eras Tour"--Back cover.
10) Ella Fitzgerald
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2018.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm.
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English
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Presents information about Ella Fitzgerald, from her youth mired in tragedy to her rise to stardom as one of the top jazz singers of all time.
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2022.
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English
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"Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender...
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she picked up a guitar for the first time. It wasn't hers (it was her big brother's), and it wasn't strung right for her (she was left-handed). But she flipped that guitar upside down and backwards and taught herself how to play it anyway. By age eleven, she'd written "Freight Train," one of the most famous folk songs of the twentieth century. And by the end of her life, people everywhere from the sunny...
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2024.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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A picture book about the life and career of an unforgettable Arab icon, Umm Kulthum, the most powerful voice in the Arab world. Umm Kulthum was an iconic Arab singer whose powerful voice captivated the region for over five decades. Admired by the likes of Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, Robert Plant, and Bono, she became a symbol of cultural pride. Born to a poor village sheikh in Egypt, she defied social norms of her time, convincing her parents to send...
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2014
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1 videodisc (DVD) (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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They are the voices behind the greatest rock, pop and R&B hits of all time, but no one knows their names. Now, in this award-winning documentary, director Morgan Neville shines the spotlight on the untold stories of such legendary background singers as Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, and more.
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c2012
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206 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Listen to the full, enthralling story of the 20-something London girl who took the music world by storm.
This fully updated edition of the bestselling biography, Someone Like Adele, also now includes the story of how Adele found happiness with boyfriend (and rumoured husband) Simon Konecki; became a mother; and came to record the towering theme song for the James Bond movie, Skyfall.
Find out about her upbringing as the child of a single mother...
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