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1) Ragtime
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"Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time. Published in 1975, Ragtime changed our very concept of what a novel could be. An extraordinary tapestry, Ragtime captures the spirit of America in the era between the turn of the century and the First World War. The story opens in 1906 in New Rochelle, New York, at the home of an affluent American family. One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves...
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The 13th title in the series of instructional programs illustrating styles made recognizable by the greatest guitarists, this release spotlights 'the pontiff of power-riffing', Jimmy Page. Host Max Milliagn, Guitar Institute (London) Instructor and Senior Examiner for Registry of Guitar Tutors (London College of Music), will demonstrate how to incorporate techniques into your own style so you too can play like Page!
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This toe-tapping picture book biography of African American composer Scott Joplin, whose ragtime music paved the way for jazz, is told through kaleidoscopic illustrations.
7) Ragtime
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Durante los años previos a la Primera Guerra Mundial se gestaron algunos de los movimientos que marcarían los grandes cambios sociales del siglo XX: la situación de los inmigrantes, las primeras huelgas obreras, la oposición de los negros contra la discriminación racial o el papel de la mujer en la sociedad. La relación que los miembros de una misma familia de clase media mantienen con personajes históricos como la anarquista Emma Goldman,...
8) Ragtime
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A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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Combining unseen period footage with original scores from that era, SYNCOPATED RAGTIME tells the story of Noble Sissle's incredible life journey that spans "The Harlem Hellfighters" of World War I, Broadway Theater, the Civil Rights movement, and decades of Black cultural production. Official Selection at the **Harlem International Film Festival**.
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From concert pianos to player pianos, explore the inner workings of one of music's most iconic instruments and its many variations. Then, witness the power of the piano in ragtime music (including Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag") and its role in the emergence of jazz, one of America's most thrilling musical forms.
11) Ragtime Cowboys
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"In prohibition-era Southern California, real life detectives Charles D. Siringo and Dashiell Hammett must solve a mystery involving a ruthless politician--Joseph P. Kennedy. With sharp dialogue and rich historical background, Ragtime Cowboys is an exciting, suspenseful tale in which the Old West and Hollywood collide. Los Angeles, 1921: Ex-Pinkerton Charlie Siringo is living in quiet retirement when Wyatt Earp knocks on his door and asks him to track...
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E. L. Doctorow has been hailed as “a writer of dazzling gifts and boundless imaginative energy” (Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker), “a virtuosic storyteller with enormous range” (People), and “a national treasure” (George Saunders). He has achieved a distinguished standing in American letters with his profound fiction, novels of great inventive power. The three bestsellers in this eBook bundle are classic Doctorow. From the defining...
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"Set in the early 1900s, [it] follows the highs and lows of San Francisco aristocrat Roger Grant, who changes his name to Alexander and leads a band with a whole new sound -- swing! As Grant meets with musical successes and failures, he also conducts an on-again, off-again love affair with Stella Kirby, his lead singer"--Container.
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