Dameronia is the first authoritative biography of Tadd Dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history as one of the most significant composers and arrangers of jazz, swing, bebop, and big band. He arranged for names like Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, and Dizzy Gillespie and played with Bull Moose Jackson and Benny Golson. This book sets out to clarify Dameron's place in the development of jazz in the post-World War II era. It also attempts to shed light on the tragedy of his retreat from the center of jazz activity in the 1950s. By tracing Dameron's...
Dameronia is the first authoritative biography of Tadd Dameron, an important and widely influential figure in jazz history as one of the mos...
Sal Terranova and Camden Templeton are cousins separated by upbringing, the Atlantic Ocean, and a common language. But fate, a run of bad luck, and a dead uncle have thrown them together, and together they must save the family bookstore from financial ruin, from its own insane employees, and probably from themselves. This is the story of what happens when The Sopranos meets Fawlty Towers...in a bookstore.
Sal Terranova and Camden Templeton are cousins separated by upbringing, the Atlantic Ocean, and a common language. But fate, a run of bad luck, and a ...
Sal Terranova and Camden Templeton have survived their first year as co-owners of The Last Word Bookstore...barely. Just when things are starting to look almost normal, a stranger arrives and gives normal a whole new meaning. As Sal, Camden, and the rest of the staff are about to learn, books are one thing, but writers are something else entirely. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the bookstore...
Sal Terranova and Camden Templeton have survived their first year as co-owners of The Last Word Bookstore...barely. Just when things are starting to l...