Guralnick: 13 books
Careless Love
The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing story of Elvis Presley's last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Peter Guralnick's masterful two-part biography.
Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Presley, was acclaimed by the New York...
Dream Boogie
The Triumph of Sam Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences, who wrote his own songs, who controlled his...
by Peter Guralnick
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The author of the critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biography Last Train to Memphis brings us the life of Sam Phillips, the visionary genius who singlehandedly steered the revolutionary path of Sun Records.
The music that he shaped in his tiny Memphisstudio with artists as diverse as Elvis...
Last Train to Memphis
The Rise of Elvis Presley
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture.
Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley is the first biography to go past that myth and present an Elvis beyond the legend. Based...
Sweet Soul Music
Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
A gripping narrative that captures the tumult and liberating energy of a nation in transition, Sweet Soul Music is an intimate portrait of the legendary performers--Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green among them--who merged gospel and rhythm...
Feel Like Going Home
Portraits in Blues and Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This vivid celebration of blues and early rock 'n' roll includes some of the first and most illuminating profiles of such blues masters as Muddy Waters, Skip James, and Howlin' Wolf; excursions into the blues-based Memphis rock 'n' roll of Jerry Lee Lewis, Charlie Rich, and the Sun record label; and...
Lost Highway
Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This masterful explorationof American roots music--country, rockabilly, and the blues--spotlights the artists who created a distinctly American sound, including Ernest Tubb, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, and Sleepy LaBeef. In incisive portraits based on searching interviews...
Rockabilly
The Twang Heard 'Round the World: The Illustrated History
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
It was the twang heard 'round the world: Rockabilly was born out of country, bluegrass, jazz, and the blues in the 1950s, becoming rock ’n’ roll and ruling the world. Here’s the story of Elvis Presley’s first Sun records that inspired all. And here’s Carl Perkins, Gene Vincent, Eddie Cochran,...
Nighthawk Blues
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2009
- The Year of the Blues reaches fever pitch in fall 2003 with the theatrical release (and airing on PBS) of seven documentary films, each by a noted feature director (Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Charles Burnett, Mike Figgis, and Clint Eastwood among them) and the release on CD of several major new...
by Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger, Elissa S. Guralnick
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
"[The Weighty Word Book] will appeal to kids who want to sound as smart as they are. It offers a clever, funny way to introduce new words into the vocabulary. . . . There's one word for every letter of the alphabet--wait until you see what they do with dogmatic, juxtapose and zealot."--The Gazette...
by Paul Levitt, Elissa Guralnick
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
Burdensome Katzenjammer Mystify Wondrous Zany These are five of the twenty-six words, one for each letter of the alphabet, that appear in Weighty Words, Too. As with the earlier Weighty Word Book, the stories, often fanciful, help young readers build their vocabularies. "Hibernate" tells...
by Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011
A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them.
Included in this stunning collection are
Essays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori...
Remodelista: The Organized Home
Simple, Stylish Storage Ideas for All Over the House
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Buy fewer (and better) things. Store like with like. Get rid of the plastic. Display—don’t stash—your belongings. Let go of your inner perfectionist and remember that rooms are for living. These are a few of the central principles behind Remodelista: The Organized Home, the new book from the...