Daydream Nation is the kind of gorgeous monstrosity that can crush the will of the most resilient, well-intentioned listener if the necessary preparations haven't been made. This book explores the album from a range of angles, with input from the band members themselves. ...

Biographical documentary of the great female figure skater. At 15, she would win the gold medal in skating at the 1928 Olympics, thus becoming the youngest Olympic skating champion, a record that stood for 70 years. She was champion again in 1932 & 1936 & managed to parlay athletic success into a lucrative career. In 1936 she turned professional & began touring with her own ice show, & soon after caught the attention of Hollywood. She signed with 20th Century Fox & played an ice skater in ' One in a Million' (1936). The film was a great success, & Sonja was now a movie star. Her popularity suffered briefly when a photograph was published showing her shaking hands with Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympic Winter Games in Berlin, but she continued to make popular light romantic comedies throughout the late 1930s & early 1940s. Sonja became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1941 &, in the mid-'40s, her movie career tapered off, but she continued skating until her retirement in 1960. An astute businesswoman, Sonja was one of the ten wealthiest women in the world when she died of leukemia in 1969. ...

Provides a study of one of the oldest & most popular forms of poetry
- the sonnet. This book combines a historical overview of
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Set against the chequered background of the city of the six Ps
- Pope, priests, princes, prostitutes, parasites & the poor
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Set against the chequered background of the city of the six Ps
- Pope, priests, princes, prostitutes, parasites & the poor
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Cecco Angiolieri is loved, imitated & translated across the centuries by the most famous poetes maudits & bohemian writers. This book reveals him as the undisputed master of Italian comic verse. It presents Cecco's outbursts of rage against his fate & his earthly view of the world thats are encapsulated in his poetry. ...