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In the mid-1930s, Marian Anderson was a famed vocalist who had been applauded by European royalty and welcomed at the White House. But, because of her race, she was denied the right to sing at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. This is the story of her resulting involvement in the civil rights movement of the time.
63) Perdón
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Pub. Date
2015.
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Español
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"A singer and the daughter of the late music superstar Jenni Rivera, ... Chiquis ... reveals the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father during her childhood and the difficulties she's faced in her personal life as a result"--Amazon.com.
"Chiquis Rivera es la cantante y celebridad de televisión que saltó a la fama de la mano de su madre, la popular Diva de la Banda, Jenni Rivera. En Perdón, su primer libro autobiográfico, narra con detalle...
64) Girl crushed
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English
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"Before Quinn Ryan was in love with Jamie Rudawski, she loved Jamie Rudawski, who was her best friend. But when Jamie dumps Quinn a month before their senior year, Quinn is suddenly girlfriend-less and best friend-less. Enter a new crush: Ruby Ocampo, the gorgeous and rich lead singer of the popular band Sweets, who's just broken up with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. Quinn's always only wanted to be with Jamie, but if Jamie no longer wants to...
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Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Although her family and friends know her as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, the world refers to her simply as Celia Cruz. Starting her career in 1950, Celia grew increasingly popular as the new lead singer of the Cuban band Sonora Matancera. Her exceptional vocal range and flashy costumes made fans fall in love with her. Celia's talent took her all around the world, including the United States. After Fidel Castro came to power in...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Nina Simone was an icon. Her music was the backdrop for a freedom movement. But before she was Nina Simone, she was Eunice Kathleen Wayman, a prodigy who sang before she could walk, and learned to play the piano on her father's knee. But when doors were closed to her because of the color of her skin, she quickly discovered that her talent might not be enough to succeed. Nina tucked away the hurt and persevered, finding a way to perform despite...
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Aguilar Libros en Español
Pub. Date
©1995
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Español
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"Querido Alberto narra la vida de una de las figuras más destacadas dentro de la música popular mexicana, Juan Gabriel. Nadie se imaginaba lo lejos que iba a llegar aquel cantante que en 1971 probó fortuna grabando sus primeras composiciones, y que hoy ha sabido ganarse el corazón y el reconocimiento de varias generaciones, dentro y fuera de México. Éste es un libro singular, escrito por Eduardo Magallanes como un tributo a la amistad que lo...
69) Small steps
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Pub. Date
2006
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English
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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Italy, 1905. Fourteen-year-old Lucia and her young mother, Teresa, are servants in a magnificent villa on the Bay of Naples, where Teresa soothes their unhappy mistress with song. But volatile tempers force them to flee, exchanging their warm, gilded cage for the cold winds off Lake Erie and Cleveland's restless immigrant quarters. With a voice as soaring and varied as her moods, Teresa transforms herself into the Naples Nightingale on the vaudeville...
71) Una vida
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Celebra
Pub. Date
2017.
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Español
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Pocos cantantes han sido capaces de generar el interâes internacional y multigeneracional del que ha disfrutado la artista Ednita Nazario. Una de las estrellas del pop latino mâas admiradas y con mâas grabaciones que han resultado en hits, es reconocida por su riqueza vocal y su magnâetica presencia en los escenarios. En estas pâaginas Ednita, la diva mâas amada de Puerto Rico, por primera vez abre su corazâon narrando su vida entera, con detalles...
72) California Girls
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2019.
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English
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Mria's Synopsis: The California sunshine's not quite so bright for three sisters who get dumped in the same week... Finola, a popular LA morning-show host, is famously upbeat until she's blindsided on live TV by the news that her husband is sleeping with a young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. While avoiding the tabloids and pretending she's just fine, she's crumbling inside, desperate for him to come to his senses and for life to...
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Norton
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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Chronicles the life of writer, singer, and political activist Woody Guthrie, discussing his childhood during the Great Depression, the discrimination and exploitation of American migrants that he faced after traveling west in search of work, his friendships with other artists, his musical career, and other related topics.
74) Amy
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Examines the life and career of pop singer Amy Winehouse.
75) XOXO
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English
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"Jenny never had much time for boys, Kpop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a Kpop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk"--
Cello prodigy Jennys goal is to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets Jaewoo in her uncles Los Angeles karaoke bar, its clear he is the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. In a moment of spontaneity...
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Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Rock singer, crowdfunding pioneer, and TED speaker Amanda Palmer knows all about asking. Performing as a living statue in a wedding dress, she wordlessly asked thousands of passersby for their dollars. When she became a singer, songwriter, and musician, she was not afraid to ask her audience to support her as she surfed the crowd (and slept on their couches while touring). And when she left her record label to strike out on her own, she asked her...
78) Leopard's prey
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Series
Leopard people volume 6
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Leopard shifter Remy Boudreaux has his hands full chasing a serial killer who's targeting the French Quarter and romancing a mysterious, seductive jazz singer.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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A radiant talent on the brink of making it big in Nashville must confront her small-town past and an old love she's never forgotten in this engaging novel-a soulful ballad filled with romance, heartbreak, secrets, and scandal from the author of Season of the Dragonflies.
Playing to packed houses while her hit song rushes up the charts, country singer and fiddler Jo Lover is poised to become a one-name Nashville star like her idols, Loretta, Reba,...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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"Girls Like Us" is a groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America's most important musical artists--Carly Simon, Carole King, and Joni Mitchell--and offers an epic treatment of these mid-century women who dared to break tradition.
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