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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal ... From the do-or-die early days of self-financed recordings and D.I.Y. concert productions that were as flashy as they were foolhardy, to the multi-Platinum, MTV-powered glory years of stadium-shaking anthems and chart-topping power ballads, to the ultimate crash when grunge bands like Nirvana forever altered the entire climate of the business, Tom Beaujour and Richard...
Pub. Date
[2006], c1998
Language
English
Description
In this program, Frank Gehry discusses the popular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in detail, a building that is hailed as a cathedral for art and is a masterpiece in its own right. He also discusses his desire to incorporate a sense of motion into his buildings, the Sydney Opera House's abominable new neighbor, and the
Pub. Date
[2005], c1998
Language
English
Description
In this compelling program, world-renowned author Toni Morrison candidly answers questions regarding how she became a writer, the pain of empathizing with her characters, the sensual nature of her novels, and how it felt to win the Nobel Prize. In addition, she pulls no punches discussing how she first became aware of her racial otherness, how writing for a black audience has kept her work from becoming derivative, the societal uses of racism, and...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the authors of The Fifty-Year Mission and So Say We All, comes the first and only comprehensive oral history of the Star Wars movie franchise. For the past four decades, no film saga has touched the world in the way that Star Wars has, capturing the imaginations of filmgoers and filmmakers alike. Now, for the first time ever, Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman, the bestselling authors of The Fifty-Year Mission, are telling the entire story of this...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A candid, colorful, and comprehensive oral history that reveals the secrets of Silicon Valley -- from the origins of Apple and Atari to the present day clashes of Google and Facebook, and all the start-ups and disruptions that happened along the way. Rarely has one economy asserted itself as swiftly--and as aggressively--as the entity we now know as Silicon Valley. Built with a seemingly permanent culture of reinvention, Silicon Valley does not...
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