Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography Of Count Basie
By: Count Basie
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Count Basie (1904–1984), pianist, composer, and icon of big-band jazz, known for such classics as "…
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1. How to Listen to Jazz
By: Ted Gioia
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A "radiantly accomplished" music scholar presents an accessible introduction to the art of listenin… read more
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"Art and disease proliferate via contagion, and similar conditions favor both."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"In every sphere of social interaction, that hermeneutic leap—that ability to put yourself in the mind frame of the other—is a virtue and a blessing."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"When stealing from other players, an older musician wisely advised me, choose a different instrument from your own, and people won’t notice the theft."-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
"The work of art always requires us to adapt to it—and in this manner can be distinguished from escapism or shallow entertainment, which instead aims to adapt to the audience, to give the public exact…"-Ted Gioia, How to Listen to Jazz
2. The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
By: Lauren Weisberger
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A delightfully dishy novel about the all-time most impossible boss in the history of impossible bos… read more
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"Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be us."-Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada (The Devil Wears Prada, #1)
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3. Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop
By: Frankie Manning , Cynthia Millman
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
In the early days of swing dancing, Frankie Manning stood out for his moves and innovative routines… read more
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4. Lady Sings the Blues
By: Billie Holiday , William Dufty
3.32
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This work presents the Billie Holiday story - her rise to the top from the slums and the streets, t… read more
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5. Stomping The Blues
By: Albert Murray
3.77
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
This study of the blues by one of America's premier essayists and novelists will change old attitud… read more
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6. My Name Is Lucy Barton
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The profound mother-daughter bond is explored through a mother's hospital visit to her estranged da… read more
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7. The Underground Railroad
By: Colson Whitehead
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hellish for all the slaves but especiall… read more
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8. Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Change Your Life
By: Wynton Marsalis , Geoffrey C. Ward
4.25
Format: 432 pages,
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9. 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
By: James Kaplan
4.35
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the … read more
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10. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
By: Johann Hari
4.24
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing t… read more
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"We are now exposed to ten times the amount of artificial light that people were exposed to just fifty years ago."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
"If you see the world through fragments, your empathy often doesn’t kick in, in the way that it does when you engage with something in a sustained, focused way."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
"In situations of low stress and safety, mind-wandering will be a gift, a pleasure, a creative force. In situations of high stress or danger, mind-wandering will be a torment."-Johann Hari, Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again
11. Boy Parts
By: Eliza Clark
3.77
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Irina obsessively takes explicit photographs of the average-looking men she persuades to model for … read more
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"Was it my idea to have him hurt me, or did he just let me think it was?"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
"My mam always used to tell me that you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And Eddie from Tesco is a fly, but he's got a taste for vinegar. It's like vinegar is all he's ever had from peop…"-Eliza Clark, Boy Parts
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12. Bessie Smith: A Poet's Biography of a Blues Legend
By: Jackie Kay
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland’s Nat… read more
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13. Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance (Folklore and Society)
By: Jacqui Malone
4.24
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
It's impossible to think of the heritage of music and dance in the United States without the invalu… read more
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14. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography Of Count Basie
By: Count Basie
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Count Basie (1904–1984), pianist, composer, and icon of big-band jazz, known for such classics as "… read more
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