Music & Movies
Music & Movies
American Legends: The Life of Dick Van Dyke
*Includes pictures*Includes Van Dyke's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography*Includes a table of contents“I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio...
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American Legends: The Life of Dolly Parton
*Includes pictures*Includes Parton's own quotes about her life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” – Dolly Parton “I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because...
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American Legends: The Life of Duke Ellington
"I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues." "Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: When it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it." (Duke Ellington) A lot of ink has been...
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American Legends: The Life of Etta James
Etta James, the legendary jazz, gospel, rhythm & blues, and soul singer, was perfectly positioned to reign as the supreme artist in the emerging soul genre of the '40s and '50s in America. No one ever doubted her talent, the...
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American Legends: The Life of Farrah Fawcett
"TV had much more impact back in the '70s than it does today. Charlie's Angels got huge numbers every week - nothing really dominates the television landscape like that today. Now there are so many channels and so many more shows it's...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Autry
"Music has been the better part of my career. Movies are wonderful fun, and they give you a famous face. But how the words and melody are joined, how they come together out of air and enter the mind, this...
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American Legends: The Life of Gene Tierney
"I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home or lived on a farm instead of shock treatments and medication?" (Gene Tierney) "I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so...
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American Legends: The Life of George Burns
*Includes pictures*Includes Burns' own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.” – George Burns“I'm very pleased to be here. Let's face...
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American Legends: The Life of George Custer
*Discusses Little Bighorn in detail and explains the controversies and mysteries still surrounding Custer's Last Stand.*Includes pictures of Custer and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of ContentsSince the Battle of...
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American Legends: The Life of Grace Kelly
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and scenes.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."You know, I just love Grace Kelly. Not because she was a princess, not because she was an actress, not because she was my...
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American Legends: The Life of Hank Williams
*Includes pictures. *Includes Williams' own quotes about his life and music.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. “You have to have smelt a lot of mule manure before you can sing like a hillbilly.” – Hank Williams A lot...
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American Legends: The Life of Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman is one of the most famous women in American history, and from an early age every American learns of her contributions to abolition and the Underground Railroad. The woman who became known as the Moses of her people...
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American Legends: The Life of Harry Houdini
*Includes pictures of Houdini and his most famous escape acts.*Includes descriptions of Houdini's most famous stunts.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“I knew, as everyone knows, that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let...
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American Legends: The Life of Harry Truman
"The people can never understand why the President does not use his powers to make them behave. Well all the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them...
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American Legends: The Life of Helen Keller
*Includes pictures of Helen Keller and important people in her life.*Includes Helen's quotes on politics, religion, inspiration, and more.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents"Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession....
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American Legends: The Life of Henry David Thoreau
*Includes dozens of Thoreau's quotes.*Includes Emerson's article about Thoreau's life in the August 1862 edition of Atlantic Monthly.*Includes pictures of Thoreau and important people and places in his life.*Includes a Bibliography of Thoreau's works and works about him.*Includes a Table...
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American Legends: The Life of Humphrey Bogart
*Includes pictures of Bogart and important people and places in his life.*Includes some of his most colorful and memorable quotes.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“All you owe the public is a good performance.” – Humphrey BogartA...
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American Legends: The Life of J. Edgar Hoover
*Discusses the rumors surrounding Hoover's secret files and sexuality.*Includes pictures of Hoover and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes a Table of Contents"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don’t clear anybody. We don’t condemn anybody.” – J....
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Lemmon
*Includes pictures*Includes Lemmon's own quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy....
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Nicholson
*Includes pictures.*Includes Nicholson's quotes about his life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor.” – Jack...
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American Legends: The Life of Jack Palance
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“One of the most important reasons for living is to do something - live outside of yourself and put together an idea, an idea that you want to explore and...
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American Legends: The Life of James Madison
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed on the...
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American Legends: The Life of Janis Joplin
*Includes pictures.*Includes Joplin's own quotes about her life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading. "The more you live, the less you die.” – Janis Joplin The life and career of Janis Joplin marks such a stark departure...
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American Legends: The Life of Jerry Garcia
*Includes pictures.*Includes Garcia's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“I read somewhere that 77 percent of all the mentally ill live in poverty. Actually, I'm more intrigued by the 23...
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American Legends: The Life of Jim Henson
*Includes pictures*Includes Henson's own quotes about his life and career*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope...
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American Legends: The Life of Jim Morrison
*Includes pictures.*Includes Morrison's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents."I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at...
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American Legends: The Life of John Belushi
Years before comedians like Chris Farley made their reputations with a particularly physical form of humor, there was John Belushi, the legendary comedian known for iconic performances in Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and as one of the original cast members...
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American Legends: The Life of John D. Rockefeller
The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and...
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American Legends: The Life of Johnny Cash
*Includes pictures.*Includes Cash's quotes about his life and career.*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.” – Johnny CashA lot...
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American Legends: The Life of J.P. Morgan
*Includes pictures*Includes some of Morgan's quotes*Includes a bibliography for further reading “Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.” – J.P. Morgan A lot of ink has been spilled covering the...
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