Cultural Literature

(Artist Transcriptions). Explore the genius of Monk through 15 note-for-note transcriptions of his takes on these standards: Bemsha Swing * Blue Monk * Boo Boo's Birthday * Criss Cross * Epistrophy * I Mean You * In Walked Bud * Let's Cool One * Monk's...

A radical corrective to Western misconceptions that reduce Algeria's tragedy to a clash of stereotypes The violence that has ravaged Algeria in recent years has often defied explanation. Regularly invoked in debates about political Islam, transitions to...

A wild insider's ride with one of music's most notorious journalists. Here are 15 music profiles, guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat: - Leiber & Stoller, the white fathers of R&B and rock and roll, who possess what is perhaps the last great...

'Soulful Colour'. Each page has an affirmation statement or mantra that is accompanied by an image that speaks to that affirmation. The look and feel is urban and you, the colouring artist, can bring these images to life in your own way. The thought...

The politically charged art of Robbie Conal is gnarled, gut retching, and emotionally laden. Featuring every image in Robbie Conal's storied poster campaigns, this is the definitive history of "America's foremost street artist" (Washington Post). A...

Here is the brief but intense life of Bessie Coleman, America's first African American woman aviator. Born in 1892 in Atlanta, Texas, she became known as "Queen Bess," a barnstormer and flying-circus performer who defied the strictures of race, sex, and...

The author of Foreign Gods, Inc. and Arrows of Rain tells his own immigrant's tale, where what is lost in translation is often as hilarious as it is harrowing. Okey Ndibe's funny, charming, and penetrating memoir tells of his move from Nigeria to...

A narrative history of council housing--from slums to the Grenfell TowerUrgent, timely and compelling, Municipal Dreams brilliantly brings the national story of housing to life. In this landmark reappraisal of council housing, historian John Boughton...

(Jazz Play Along). For use with all Bb, Eb, C and bass clef instruments, the Jazz Play-Along Series is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues and other split-track choices on the included CD,...

Universally acclaimed as a musical genius, Miles Davis was one of the most important and influential musicians in the world. Here, Miles speaks out about his extraordinary life.Miles: The Autobiography, like Miles himself, holds nothing back. For the...

Sober news reports of a U.S. Army convoy rumbling across the bridge into Little Rock cannot overpower this intimate, powerful, personal account of the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Showing what it felt like to be one of those nine...