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Zora Neale Hurston
An excellent mix of biography and literary criticism, this book is recommended for both academic and public libraries.
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Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
A challenging meditation on nonconformity in mid-20th-century cinema that includes a filmography list influenced by Italian and French New Wave cinema. Cultural critics might enjoy this book more than general readers.
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Women Artists in Midcentury America: A History in Ten Exhibitions
Scholarly in tone, this would be a good inclusion for a contemporary art history collection, with appeal for students, researchers, or anyone with a strong interest in modern art or women’s studies.
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How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History
An engaging new approach to understanding the spread of the Spanish empire. Highly recommended.
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Sloth
This compact volume nicely covers the past, present, and future of sloths for readers who have fallen in love with them based on popular culture depictions.
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Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser
A solid analysis, but it omits grunge’s impact and some of its icons.
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Crooner: Singing from the Heart from Sinatra to Nas
While some of Coles’s conclusions are arguable, this is an intriguing study of a wide array of vocalists who were inspired by Sinatra. A fresh and educational look at an influential element of popular music.
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The Monkees: Made in Hollywood
This work ably demonstrates how the well-oiled music machine in Los Angeles scored a short-lived megahit with their American answer to Beatlemania.
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The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
Magnificent writing, but for a very niche audience.
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