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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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The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films
An intriguing and detailed discussion best left to historians and devoted film buffs.
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Fighting Without Fighting: Kung Fu Cinema’s Journey to the West
White’s scholarly take on Hollywood’s infatuation with kung fu offers multiple entry points for readers, from film historians to sociologists. Action film fans will come away with a deeper appreciation of these films, and an expanded watch list.
Incomparable Realms: Spain During the Golden Age, 1500–1700
The illustrations alone make Robbins’s book worth purchasing, but it is also a defining study of a seminal period in the history of Western art.
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Who Killed Cock Robin? British Folk Songs of Crime and Punishment
This delightfully annotated and thoroughly researched collection is a must for anyone interested in the political and sociocultural roots of British folk music.
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Henri Matisse
While this is a good overview of Matisse’s work, readers will need to come into it with a solid visual knowledge of the artist’s output, or have nearby another reference with color images of Matisse’s artworks.
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