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The Nicest Kids in Town

Author : Matthew F. Delmont
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520951603
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book The Nicest Kids in Town written by Matthew F. Delmont and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-02-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. Counter to host Dick Clark’s claims that he integrated American Bandstand, this book reveals how the first national television program directed at teens discriminated against black youth during its early years and how black teens and civil rights advocates protested this discrimination. Matthew F. Delmont brings together major themes in American history—civil rights, rock and roll, television, and the emergence of a youth culture—as he tells how white families around American Bandstand’s studio mobilized to maintain all-white neighborhoods and how local school officials reinforced segregation long after Brown vs. Board of Education. The Nicest Kids in Town powerfully illustrates how national issues and history have their roots in local situations, and how nostalgic representations of the past, like the musical film Hairspray, based on the American Bandstand era, can work as impediments to progress in the present.

Hairspray

Author : Mark O'Donnell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780571211432
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Hairspray written by Mark O'Donnell and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hairspray, it's 1962--the fifties are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion: to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, The Corny Collins Show, and overnight is transformed from an awkward overweight outsider into an irrespressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning blond princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? Only in Hairspray! Based on John Waters's 1988 film, the musical comedy Hairspray opened on Broadway in August 2002 to rave reviews. Hairspray: The Roots includes the libretto of the show--along with hilarious anecdotes from the authors, to say nothing of dance step diagrams and full-color bouffant wigs to copy and cut out--along with all the creative energy, brilliant color, and full-out emotion that have made the musical "a great big, gorgeous hit . . . [that] is a triumph on all levels" (Clive Barnes, The New York Post).

Hairspray

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781557835147
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Hairspray written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Hairspray', the hit musical, is based on John Waters' affectionately subversive homage to his Baltimore youth and the biggest hit musical on Broadway. This is a complete book of lyrics from the Broadway musical.

Half American

Author : Matthew F. Delmont
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984880411
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Half American written by Matthew F. Delmont and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of World War II from the African American perspective, by award-winning historian and civil rights expert Winner of the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Notable Book of 2022 A 2022 Book of the Year from TIME, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and more More than one million Black soldiers served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the Bulge, serving in segregated units while waging a dual battle against inequality in the very country for which they were laying down their lives. The stories of these Black veterans have long been ignored, cast aside in favor of the myth of the “Good War” fought by the “Greatest Generation.” And yet without their sacrifices, the United States could not have won the war. Half American is World War II history as you’ve likely never read it before. In these pages are stories of Black military heroes and civil rights icons such as Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the leader of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, who fought to open the Air Force to Black pilots; Thurgood Marshall, the chief lawyer for the NAACP, who investigated and publicized violence against Black troops and veterans; poet Langston Hughes, who worked as a war correspondent for the Black press; Ella Baker, the civil rights leader who advocated on the home front for Black soldiers, veterans, and their families; and James G. Thompson, the twenty-six-year-old whose letter to a newspaper laying bare the hypocrisy of fighting against fascism abroad when racism still reigned at home set in motion the Double Victory campaign. Their bravery and patriotism in the face of unfathomable racism is both inspiring and galvanizing. An essential and meticulously researched retelling of the war, Half American honors the men and women who dared to fight not just for democracy abroad but for their dreams of a freer and more equal America.

The World’s Worst Children

Author : David Walliams
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008198365
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The World’s Worst Children written by David Walliams and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the world’s favourite author, David Walliams – ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters; all in glorious FULL COLOUR!

Hairspray (Songbook)

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Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1458430987
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book Hairspray (Songbook) written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Vocal Selections). Tony-winning musical Hairspray is a feel-good Broadway blockbuster based on the 1988 John Waters movie of the same title. The music is by Marc Shaiman (who wrote the clever score to the musical film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut ), with lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The story is set in Baltimore, 1962, and the songs are a snappy, affectionate homage to the rock and pop of the period. Our deluxe folio features wonderful color photos from the Broadway production, and piano/vocal arrangements of 12 songs: Good Morning Baltimore * The Nicest Kids in Town * Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now * I Can Hear the Bells * It Takes Two * Welcome to the '60s * Run and Tell That! * Big, Blonde and Beautiful * Timeless to Me * Without Love * I Know Where I've Been * You Can't Stop the Beat.

Hey, Kitty Kitty!

Author : Brenda Ponnay
Publisher : Xist Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162395407X
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Hey, Kitty Kitty! written by Brenda Ponnay and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up, down, around and through, this little kitty will do anything to make a friend. Featuring the stylistic art of Brenda Ponnay and simple sentences perfect for beginning readers and toddlers, this book is sure to charm its way into becoming a bedtime favorite. Featuring directional words perfect for beginning readers learning their sight words, Hey, Kitty Kitty! is a fun lesson for beginning readers or toddlers.

The Nicest Newt

Author : Heather Feldman
Publisher : Teaching Resources
ISBN 13 : 9780439165372
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book The Nicest Newt written by Heather Feldman and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nate is the nicest newt in the neighborhood.. But it is hard to be nice all the time. See what happens when a nice newt turns naughty.

One Kid's Trash

Author : Jamie Sumner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534457038
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book One Kid's Trash written by Jamie Sumner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his father moves them halfway across Colorado, eleven-year-old Hugo O'Donnell is surprised that his remarkable talent for garbology makes him popular for the first time in his life.

Crackpot

Author : John Waters
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416591249
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Crackpot written by John Waters and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outrageous collection from the uniquely legendary John Waters, updated with new material—including Waters’s 2002 New York Times article, “Finally, Footlights on the Fat Girls.” Crackpot, originally released in 1986, is John Waters’s brilliantly entertaining litany of odd and fascinating people, places, and things. From Baltimore to Los Angeles, from William Castle to Pia Zadora, from the National Enquirer to Ronald Reagan’s colon, Waters explores the depths of our culture. And he dispenses useful advice along the way: how not to make a movie, how to become famous (read: infamous), and of course, how to most effectively shock and make our nation’s public laugh at the same time. Loaded with bonus features, this special edition is guaranteed to leave you totally mental.

Between the Lines

Author : Jodi Picoult
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451635818
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Between the Lines written by Jodi Picoult and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.

Making Roots

Author : Matthew F. Delmont
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520291328
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Making Roots written by Matthew F. Delmont and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alex HaleyÕs book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nationÕs history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A&E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making ÒRoots,Ó Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Delmont investigates the decisions that led Alex Haley, Doubleday, and ABC to invest in the story of Kunta Kinte, uncovering how HaleyÕs original, modest book proposal developed into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon.

Coop Knows the Scoop

Author : Taryn Souders
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492640190
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Coop Knows the Scoop written by Taryn Souders and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2021 Edgar Award Nominee for Best Juvenile Mystery From award-winning author Taryn Souders comes a charming, southern middle grade mystery perfect for fans of Stranger Things and the Masterminds series. The whole town is talking about what's buried beneath the playground... Windy Bottom, Georgia is usually a peaceful place. Coop helps his mom at her café and bookstore, hangs out with his grandpa, bikes around with his friends Justice and Liberty, and is determined to live up to his dad's legacy. Windy Bottom is full of all kinds of interesting people, but no one has ever caused a problem. Until now. And somehow, Gramps is taking all the blame! It seems like there are a lot of secrets that were buried in their small town after all... Will Coop and his friends get to the bottom of the mystery and clear Gramps's name before it's too late? You will love Coop and his adventures if you are looking for: Mystery books for kids 9-12 Heartfelt and quirky stories for young readers Kids detective books 5th grade mystery books

Come and Be Shocked

Author : Mary Rizzo
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421437929
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Come and Be Shocked written by Mary Rizzo and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baltimore seen through the eyes of John Waters, Anne Tyler, Charles S. Dutton, Barry Levinson, David Simon—and also ordinary citizens. The city of Baltimore features prominently in an extraordinary number of films, television shows, novels, plays, poems, and songs. Whether it's the small-town eccentricity of Charm City (think duckpin bowling and marble-stooped row houses) or the gang violence of "Bodymore, Murdaland," Baltimore has figured prominently in popular culture about cities since the 1950s. In Come and Be Shocked, Mary Rizzo examines the cultural history and racial politics of these contrasting images of the city. From the 1950s, a period of urban crisis and urban renewal, to the early twenty-first century, Rizzo looks at how artists created powerful images of Baltimore. How, Rizzo asks, do the imaginary cities created by artists affect the real cities that we live in? How does public policy (intentionally or not) shape the kinds of cultural representations that artists create? And why has the relationship between artists and Baltimore city officials been so fraught, resulting in public battles over film permits and censorship? To answer these questions, Rizzo explores the rise of tourism, urban branding, and citizen activism. She considers artists working in the margins, from the East Baltimore poets writing in Chicory, a community magazine funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity, to a young John Waters, who shot his early low-budget movies on the streets, guerrilla-style. She also investigates more mainstream art, from the teen dance sensation The Buddy Deane Show to the comedy-drama Roc to the crime show The Wire, from Anne Tyler's award-winning book The Accidental Tourist to Barry Levinson's movie classic Diner.

Two Can Keep a Secret

Author : Karen M. McManus
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 1524714747
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Two Can Keep a Secret written by Karen M. McManus and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "must-read YA thriller" (Bustle) from #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying about a small town with deadly secrets. "When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own..." --Entertainment Weekly Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows. The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing. Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself. Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the One of Us is Lying TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock!

The Llamacorn is Kind

Author : Kate Coombs
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423654226
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (236 download)

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Download or read book The Llamacorn is Kind written by Kate Coombs and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2020-01-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fanciful cross between a llama and a unicorn, Llamacorns are cuddly, magical friends who are spreading kindness across the land. Llamacorn land is filled with special creatures. Meet the well-known and beautiful Unicorn, the clumsy Buffalocorn, a big, blue Walruscorn, the fearsome Tigercorn, and more in this playful introduction to the land of the Llamacorn . . . “But watch for the one who will be your friend, who will share his cookies, and play pretend, the nicest creature you’ll ever find—” . . . who could it be but our new friend the Llamacorn! Coombs’ poetry paired with adorable illustrations, endearing characters, and a gentle message of kindness will make The Llamacorn Is Kind an instant favorite. Kate Coombs is an award-winning author of original fairy tales, poems, middle-grade fantasy novels, and picture books, including the critically acclaimed Water Sings Blue, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012, and seven books in the bestselling BabyLit series. She lives in Bountiful, Utah. Elisa Pallmer studied design at Escuela de Diseno del INBA and English Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is the illustrator of My Brother Otto.

America Dancing

Author : Megan Pugh
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300216653
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book America Dancing written by Megan Pugh and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of American dance reflects the nation’s tangled culture. Dancers from wildly different backgrounds learned, imitated, and stole from one another. Audiences everywhere embraced the result as deeply American. Using the stories of tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, ballet and Broadway choreographer Agnes de Mille, choreographer Paul Taylor, and Michael Jackson, Megan Pugh shows how freedom—that nebulous, contested American ideal—emerges as a genre-defining aesthetic. In Pugh’s account, ballerinas mingle with slumming thrill-seekers, and hoedowns show up on elite opera house stages. Steps invented by slaves on antebellum plantations captivate the British royalty and the Parisian avant-garde. Dances were better boundary crossers than their dancers, however, and the issues of race and class that haunt everyday life shadow American dance as well. Deftly narrated, America Dancing demonstrates the centrality of dance in American art, life, and identity, taking us to watershed moments when the nation worked out a sense of itself through public movement.