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  • Drugs, Ageing and Society

    Social and Pharmacological Perspectives

    by Bruce Burns, Chris Phillipson ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Aging
    During the 1970s and 1980s prescription and over-the-counter drugs had come to play a major role in the health care of older people. Originally published in 1986, this book reviews the historical background to this development and explores its social and pharmacological implications. The main aim of the study was to provide a critical perspective on drug use together with a framework for ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

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    From the corridors of a poetic mind

    Random thoughts

    by Vadim Chervin ...
    Narrated by Bruce Burns ...

    Unabridged

    44 min

    I am a talented and versatile writer who possesses the ability to find alternative words and phrases that are not offensive. However, you may need to consider the importance of being polite and considerate in your communication.Fall is approaching.A cry for help in search of support and understanding.I have a talent for writing and have a way with words, but you may not always consider the impact ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Walking with Legends

    Barry Martyn's New Orleans Jazz Odyssey

    Edited by Mick Burns ...
    Drummer, record producer, bandleader, jazz researcher, and cigar-chomping raconteur Barry Martyn is a New Orleans original who happens to have been born in England. Implausible though this may seem, it makes perfect sense to members of the New Orleans traditional jazz community, who view themselves as an extended family based on merit as much as nativity. For more than forty years, Martyn has been ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Politics in the European Union, Fifth Edition

    by Simon Bulmer, Owen Parker, Ian Bache, Stephen George, Charlotte Burns ...
    Narrated by Bruce Mann ...

    Unabridged

    33 hours 43 min

    Politics in the European Union is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the EU. Unique in its in-depth coverage of the history of the EU, the book explores a wide range of topics, including institutions and policies, making it a complete guide to understanding the complex nature of the EU.Now in its fifth edition, the book has been fully updated to include coverage of Brexit, the refugee ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    The History of the Music in the 1000 Best Albums

    by Brian Morton, Richard Cook ...
    The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to recorded jazz, a mine of fascinating information and a source of insightful - often wittily trenchant - criticism. This is something rather different: Brian Morton (who taught American history at UEA) has picked out the 1000 best recordings that all jazz fans should have and shows how they tell the history ... Read more

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  • Miles Davis

    The Definitive Biography

    by Ian Carr ...
    The acclaimed classic biography, now available as an ebook.Please note that this edition does not include illustrations.The revised edition of Ian Carr’s classic biography of Miles Davis throws new light on his life and career from the early days in New York, with Charlie Parker, to his Birth of the Cool band, through his drug addiction in the early 1950s, and the years of extraordinary ... Read more

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  • The Sound of the City

    The Rise of Rock and Roll

    by Charlie Gillett ...
    Charlie Gillett, a British journalist, loves the music, and his passion is evident throughout The Sound of the City. Yet the greatest strength of the book is the way Gillett tracks the resistance of the music industry to early rock-and-roll, which was followed (needless to say) by a frantic rush to engulf and devour it.When first published The Sound of the City was hailed as having 'never been ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Here Comes the Night

    The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues

    by Joel Selvin ...
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  • Let's Do It

    The Birth of Pop

    by Bob Stanley ...
    The prequel to Bob Stanley's universally acclaimed Yeah Yeah Yeah, Let's Do It is the only book that brings together all genres to tell the definitive story of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties.'An absolute landmark/joy/gossip-fest/door to Narnia: the history of pop music before rock'n'roll. Fascinating. I can't recommend it enough.'CAITLIN MORAN'An encyclopaedic introduction to the ... Read more

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  • As Serious As Your Life

    Black Music and the Free Jazz Revolution, 1957–1977

    by Val Wilmer ...
    In this classic account of the new black music of the 1960s and 70s, celebrated photographer and jazz historian Val Wilmer tells the story of how a generation of revolutionary musicians established black music as the true vanguard of American culture.Placing the achievements of African-American artists such as Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sun Ra in their broader political and ... Read more

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  • Jazz Anecdotes

    Second Time Around

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  • The History of Rock & Roll, Volume One: 1920–1963

    by Ed Ward ...
    Series series The History of Rock & Roll
    Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an ... Read more

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