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Blues Then and Now - The History of the Bluesby Frank Leanza
Blues Then and Now - The History of the BluesTrace the origin of the blues from its African roots into new music forms such as rock and roll, jazz and R&B. Meet the fascinating men and women who lived, built, revived and helped evolve the blues style.
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment, History
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LEGACY: The Life of Nikola Teslaby Norma Brody
LEGACY: The Life of Nikola TeslaThis is the little-known story of Nikola Tesla, the discoverer of alternating current, the father of radar, robotics and wireless transmission. He changed the course of events worldwide but he was never given the accolades he deserved.
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History, Other Non-fiction
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Jazz - Then and Nowby Frank Leanza
Jazz - Then and NowThis is a well-researched, detailed history of the musicians and music of the jazz form. It covers the various trends, venues and geographical influences that contributed to the music form called jazz.
Categories: Entertainment, History, Other Non-fiction
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Ms. Austen
by Randi M. Hull
Ms. AustenIf you love historical romance novels, enjoy this fictional account of the last years of the life of Jane Austen. Had she not died in 1817 at the age of 41, she might have herself experienced the greatest love affair of all time.
Categories: History, Romance, Other Fiction
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Jones of Old LincolnA history buff searches for answers to the mystery surrounding one of the more prominent yet unknown 19th century citizens of his hometown, George Washington Jones. It is at once a ghost story, biographical narrative, mystery tale, love story, spiritual manifesto, and political analysis, and even an autobiography of sorts.
Categories: History, Other Fiction, Historical Romance
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The Mockingbird's Ballad
History and romantic stories weave through this fascinating tale of life in the 1800s for a girl farrier (blacksmith) and her twin after being forced from their family by the Blood Law. She joins Wheelers Army of Tennessee horse mounted soldiers as one of the few women in the Civil War. Travel the Cherokee homeland in Georgia in the 1840s to the fever-ridden jungles of Cuba in 1898.
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