Charles Elton: 7 books

The heartbreakers, lovemakers and dreamers always at the top of the music charts are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the forefathers of modern music Frank Sinatra, the Beatles and Bob Dylan to larger-than-life rock gods Elton...

THE SONGS follows Iz Herzl, famed political activist and protest singer, who has always told his children that it is the future not the past they should concentrate on. Now, at 80, an almost forgotten figure, estranged from everyone who has ever loved him, his refusal to look back on his extraordinary...

When Arthur Hayman, an unsuccessful screenwriter turned children’s book author, is accidentally hit by a cement truck in London, his dying moments are spent with a passing American tourist, Laurie Clow, who is fated to bring posthumous fame to his obscure series,  The Hayseed Chronicles, and the...

Rosa de Ouro, projeto coletivo capitaneado pelo produtor Hermínio Bello de Carvalho, levou ao teatro a informalidade e liberdade artística das rodas de samba do Rio de Janeiro. O elenco do espetáculo reunia expoentes da música brasileira como a cantora do teatro de revistas Aracy Cortes e os bambas...

Beginning with Greek and Roman times, this volume discusses the great book collectors throughout history such as Duke Humphrey and the Library of the Valois, Sir Thomas Bodley, Sir Kenelm Digby, Jean Grolier, and Francois-Auguste De Thou. Primarily focused on Europe and Great Britain, the authors examine...

Em meados dos anos 1970, a indústria fonográfica tupiniquim vibrava, faturando com a parada de sucessos, no que se tornaria um dos principais mercados do mundo. Do outro lado, no entanto, para além do domínio estético das "quatorze mais" do rádio e da TV, havia vida criativa. Foi nessa...

During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, 1968, the city found itself at the epicenter of the...