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Author
Series
Frank Sinatra (James Kaplan) volume 2
Language
English
Description
Just in time for the Chairman’s centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan’s bestselling Frank: The Voice—which completes the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed the “Entertainer of the Century,” deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick on Elvis, Kaplan goes behind the legend to give us the man in full, in his many guises and aspects: peerless singer, (sometimes) accomplished...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is a memoir by the iconic singer-songwriter chronicling her story from her beginnings in Brooklyn through her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents, to her present day as a leading performer and activist. From her marriage to Gerry Goffin, with whom she wrote dozens of songs that hit the charts, to her own achievements, notably with "Tapestry," which remained on the charts for more than six years, to her...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Language
English
Description
The popular indie rock performer describes her battle against the hereditary mental illness that decimated her mother's health and prompted the author to engage in a self-destructive downward spiral before discovering her musical talent.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death.
Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows and soaring highs, a constant hunt for privacy, and the pressure and fame that made him socially fragile and almost -- ultimately -- unable to live.
With the insight and compassion that he brought to his bestselling story of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s...
11) Katy Perry
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
500L
Language
English
Description
An introductory biography of singer Katy Perry.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Based on her popular commencement speech at the University of Tennessee and drawing on her own life experiences, the country superstar explores the four great hopes she urges everyone to embrace--dream more, learn more, care more, and be more.
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
The entertainer and mother of eight talks about her personal and professional successes and failures, the decisions she made that changed her life for the better and worse, and the steps she took to pursue new opportunities along the way.
Author
Publisher
It Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The singer and star of "Braxton Family Values" reveals the measures she took to make herself and her family whole again after heart ailments and a diagnosis of lupus forced her to let go of her past and take charge of her own healing--physically and spiritually.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the...
19) Beyoncé
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
Description
An introductory biography of musician and actress Beyoncé.
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