Music: styles and genres

During the 1920s, a visit to the movie theater almost always included a sing-along.

During the American Civil War, Maryland did not join the Confederacy but nonetheless possessed divided loyalties and sentiments.

Nine killed in Charleston church shooting.

Red States uses a regional focus in order to examine the tenets of white southern nativism and Indigenous resistance to colonialism in the U.

Redrawing the Historical Past examines how multiethnic graphic novels portray and revise U.

Through extended readings of the works of P.

Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons for its perseverance of-ten seem unclear.

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.

Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory is the first edited volume devoted to the Peabody Awards Collection, a unique repository of radio and TV programs submitted yearly since 1941 for consideration for the prestigious Peabody Awards.

In an age when geek chic has come to define mainstream pop culture, few writers and producers inspire more admiration and response than Joss Whedon.

Tony Soprano, Don Draper, and Walter White ushered in the era of the television antihero, with compelling narratives and complex characters.

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers.

One of the most popular shows to come out of Shondaland, Shonda Rhimes's production company, is ABC's political drama Scandal (2012-18)-a series whose tremendous success and marketing savvy led LA Times critic Mary McNamara to hail it as "e;the show that Twitter built"e; and Time magazine to name its protagonist as one of the most influential fictional characters of 2013.

Selected for Arab America's Best Arab American Books of 2020 list.

From an analysis of the Guinness brand's reflection of Irish identity to an exploration of murals and film portrayals of political prisoners, this pioneering collection of essays seeks to present Ireland's relationship to visual culture as a whole.

Bringing together seventeen original essays by scholars from around the world, Screwball Television offers a variety of international perspectives on Gilmore Girls.

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers.

An amusing, informative, controversial and utterly irreverent history of the world's favourite word.

One of the most popular shows to come out of Shondaland, Shonda Rhimes's production company, is ABC's political drama Scandal (2012-18)-a series whose tremendous success and marketing savvy led LA Times critic Mary McNamara to hail it as "e;the show that Twitter built"e; and Time magazine to name its protagonist as one of the most influential fictional characters of 2013.

A familiar story holds that modernization radiates outward from metropolitan origins.

A hilarious field guide to the world's most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English.

The Ultimate Guide to Proving You Know Everything About Music.

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A collection of favourite Christmas carols, poetry and readings - a perfect Christmas gift.

This is the story of Alex James's transition from a leading light of the Britpop movement in the 1990s, to gentleman farmer, artisan cheese-maker and father of five.

Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall.

'A wonderfully warm tale of weddings, funerals, marathon sauna contests - and the incomparable thrill of your first kiss, from "e;the Nick Hornby of the Arctic"e;.

The story of a remarkable time and place: Los Angeles from the dawn of the singer-songwriter era in the mid-Sixties to the peak of The Eagles' success in the late Seventies.

With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain.

The long awaited story of one of Britain's greatest comic legends.

A lavishly illustrated tribute to the greatest entertainer of a generation.

Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating - Who are we?

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived - just about - to tell the tale.

A remarkable memoir from the legendary drummer with The Police.

Join the UK's hottest new boyband on their rollercoaster ride to superstardom, with the follow-up to the Number 1 bestselling book One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor StoryIn 2010 they were just five normal boys, who didn't even know each other, dreaming of being up on stage, with fans screaming their names.

An invaluable guide for lovers of classical music designed to enhance their enjoyment of the core orchestral repertoire from 1700 to 1950 Robert Philip, scholar, broadcaster, and musician, has compiled an essential handbook for lovers of classical music, designed to enhance their listening experience to the full.

The first comprehensive collection of the letters of one of the most successful American songwriters of the twentieth century From Anything Goes to Kiss Me, Kate, Cole Porter left a lasting legacy of iconic songs including "You're the Top," "Love For Sale," and "Night and Day.

The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric.

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic.

On the way to a show in Skipton, in North Yorkshire, I noticed a road sign to a town called Keighley.

W**kers!

In the studio and more than 2,300 concerts between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead performed more than 400 different songs.

Sanjeev Bhaskar, comedian and writer behind 'The Kumars at No.

Providing an appealing chronology of "e;all things dinosaur,"e; this book covers these ancient creatures' roles and surprising importance in science, religion, and society at large.

Stars do have real power, but not all of them wield it wisely.

From television, film, and music to sports, comics, and everyday life, this book provides a comprehensive view of working-class culture in America.

This book offers a complete overview of the contributions of U.

Drawing on new research in the Stanley Kubrick Archive at the University of the Arts London, Kr mer's study explores the production, marketing and reception as well as the themes and style of A Clockwork Orange against the backdrop of Kubrick's previous work and of wider developments in cinema, culture and society from the 1950s to the early 1970s.