Born in poverty in Tennessee, Dolly Rebecca Parton had ambition and determination in spades. Her first single, the ironic Dumb Blonde, launched the now legendary career of a singer-songwriter with a pure country voice and a gift for story-telling.Smart as a whip, Dolly Parton shrugged aside the male-dominated world of Nashville to command her own destiny, creating huge business enterprise in the process: She owns Dollywood theme park and other hospitality venues; she has h...

凱倫・卡本特，木匠兄妹合唱團的傳奇女主唱，她的一生充滿了音樂的榮耀和生命的辛酸。卡本特家最初被看好的音樂奇才，其實是她的哥哥，擁有出色的音樂才華和深厚的音樂底蘊。然而，命運的不經意轉折卻在某次的契機下降臨在凱倫的身上。在一場不經意的演出中，她優美獨特的聲線掩蓋了哥哥的光芒，她也從此成為了木匠兄妹合唱團最引人注目的巨星。然而，這看似美好的開始或許也是悲劇的開端。本書首次揭露了凱倫與家人之間複雜的磨擦與糾葛。書中細緻地探討了她與母親的關係，以及她和哥哥之間的競爭與合作，呈現出一個家庭內部錯綜複雜的情感。此外本書也深入挖掘了凱倫對最親密的朋友透露的私密心事，揭示了她內心深處的孤獨和掙扎。凱倫在事業上的成功並非一帆風順，她試圖走上單飛的坎坷之路也是本書的一大焦點。這段音樂之路充滿了挑戰和考驗，她努力尋找自己的音樂風格，並在不斷的嘗試中磨練出屬於她自己的獨特音樂語言。本書也記錄了她那段如同《Tinder詐騙王》情節般的婚姻，揭示了她在感情之路上的波折。而凱倫・卡本特在生命的舞台上也經歷了治療厭食症的起起伏伏。她成為厭食症的代表人物，但這...

An intimate profile of one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century, this first full-length biography of Karen Carpenter details every aspect of her life, from her modest Connecticut upbringing and her rise to stardom in southern California to the real story of her tragic, untimely death. This illuminating depiction of a 1970s icon covers her time as lead singer of the Carpenters—the top-selling American musical act of the decade—and provides insight into their string of 16...

With a string of number-one hits showcasing Karen Carpenter's warm and distinctive vocals and Richard Carpenter's sophisticated compositions and arrangements, the Carpenters were responsible for some of the most popular music of the 1970s, and this compendium collects more than 50 articles, interviews, essays, reviews, and reassessments that chronicle the lives and career of this brother-sister musical team. Writings from pop journalists and historians such as Daniel J. Levitin, John Toble...

Build a handsome heirloom to be cherished for years to come with 21 projects hand-picked from the editors of Woodworker's Journal. Perfect for adding your carved and scrolled signature touches, the projects include a baker's shelf, Shaker vanity mirror, cherry gun cabinet, Colonial pewter cupboard, and much more.

Judy Garland on Judy Garland is the closest we will come to experiencing and exploring the legend's planned autobiography. Collecting and presenting the most important Garland interviews and encounters that took place between 1935 and 1969, this work opens with her first radio appearance under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and concludes with her last known interview, one taped for Radio Denmark just months before her death. What makes this collection unique is that it places ...

"Nobody knows Dolly like Dolly," declares Dolly Parton.Dolly's is a rags-to-riches tale like no other. A dirt-poor Smoky Mountain childhood paved the way for the buxom blonde butterfly's metamorphosis from singer-songwriter to international music superstar. The undisputed "Queen of Country Music," Dolly has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and has conquered just about every facet of the entertainment industry: music, film, television, publishing, theater, and even theme ...

The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career.Previously unpublished, Sid Luft's intimate autobiography tells his and Judy's story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose. It begins on a fateful night in...

The third of Judy Garland’s five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy’s meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career.Previously unpublished, Sid Luft’s intimate autobiography tells his and Judy’s story in hard-boiled yet elegant prose. It begins on a fateful night in...

Artistic Citizenship asks the question: how do people in the creative arts prepare for, and participate in, civic life? This volume, developed at NYU’s Tisch School, identifies the question of artistic citizenship to explore civic identity – the role of the artist in social and cultural terms.With contributions from many connected to the Tisch School including: novelist E.L. Doctorow, performance artist Karen Finley, theatre guru Richard Schechner, and cultural theorist El...