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142) Olio
Author
Series
Wave Books volume 53
Publisher
Wave Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"With ambitious manipulations of poetic forms, Tyehimba Jess presents the sweat and story behind America's blues, worksongs and church hymns. Part fact, part fiction, Jess's much anticipated second book weaves sonnet, song, and narrative to examine the lives of mostly unrecorded African American performers directly before and after the Civil War up to World War I. Olio is an effort to understand how they met, resisted, complicated, co-opted, and sometimes...
145) Skip beat!: 1
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Kyoko followed her true love, Sho, to Tokyo and supported him while he made it big as an idol. Now, he says she means nothing to him, so Kyoko sets out to become even bigger than Sho, but finds that her bitter heart may be her undoing.
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Take an unprecedented look at the intersection of African American women artists, politics and entertainment and hear the story of how six trailblazing performers -- Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Diahann Carroll, Nina Simone, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier -- changed American culture through their films, fashion, music, and politics.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Lucy was not a proper little girl. She was sassy. She was bold. She was funny. She was a rule-breaking, chance-taking, comedy pioneer. Can't act? Can't sing? Can't dance? Lucy proves them all wrong - and then has the last laugh when she finally lets her inner funny girl shine. In 1951, the hit show I Love Lucy took television by storm, and has made millions laugh ever since. Lucy! is the true story of how Lucille Ball overcame the odds to become...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Some girls are perfectly happy never doing anything out of the ordinary. But Addie was anything but ordinary. She longed for thrills and excitement! At a time when a young lady appearing onstage was considered most unusual, Addie defied convention and became a dancer. And when she married the world-famous magician Herrmann the Great, she knew she had to be part of his show. Addie wanted to shock and dazzle! She would do anything to draw the crowds,...
Author
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The legendary Harlem Theater comes alive in this original graphic noveltimed for the Apollos 85th anniversary. Showcasing the best of swing, bebop, rhythm and blues, the Apollo played a key role in the careers of countless performers, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Jimi Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, the Miracles, Gladys Knight and the Pips, the Jackson 5, Patti LaBelle, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross,...
150) A face in the crowd
Series
Criterion collection volume 970
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
151) Skip-beat!: 29
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This volume contains a grudge.
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence -- she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz!
152) Skip-beat!: 27
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Kyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he's casting her out now that he's famous! Kyoko won't suffer in silence -- she's going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! In vol. 27, Kyoko's having trouble getting into the role of Cain's sister. But is it because she can't relate to a spoiled punk princess, or because Ren is playing Cain? And can Ren stand to have the woman he...
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