In the Country of Country - A Journey to the Roots of American Music (Dawidoff Nicholas)(Paperback / softback)

In the Country of Country - A Journey to the Roots of American Music (Dawidoff Nicholas)(Paperback / softback)

In his critically acclaimed book, In the Country of Country, Nicholas Dawidoff travels to the origins of country music and talks to the musicians who created this original American art

Notes From A Big Country - Journey into the American Dream (Bryson Bill)(Paperback / softback)

The author has the rare knack of being out of his depth wherever he goes - even (perhaps especially) in the land of his birth. Whether discussing the strange appeal of breakfast pizza or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, the author brings his brand of bemused wit to bear on that strangest

The Encyclopedia of Country Music (The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museu)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of Country Music Wisdom (Parton Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

The Little Book of Country Music Wisdom offers the wise, unvarnished words of country stars past and present on a variety of topics like love, family, fun, work, health, heartache and even death to offer the full, big-picture view of country wisdom. Country music wisdom can be uplifting, funny, or

Mat Memories: My Wild Life in Pro Wrestling, Country Music, and with the Mets (Arezzi)(Paperback)

A man with three different names ties together the stars of professional wrestling, country music, and the New York Mets. John Arezzi was a lifelong Mets fan who dreamed of a job in baseball. In 1981, he took a job with the Mets Class A team in North Carolina. But Arezzi had another love:

The Custom of the Country (Wharton Edith)(Paperback)

Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist. The Saturday Review wrote that she had 'assembled as many detestable people as it is

American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country (Jenkins Jack)(Paperback)

From one of the country's most respected religion reporters, a paradigm-shifting discussion of how the Religious Left is actually the moral compass that has long steered America's political debates, including today.Since the ascendancy of the Religious Right in the 1970s, common wisdom holds that

Big Tom: The King of Irish Country (Gilmore Tom)(Pevná vazba)

A tribute to Big Tom McBride, 'the Johnny Cash of Irish country music'.From labourer to music star, the journey of the singer who brought so much joy to fans at home and to emigrants abroad over five decades.Featuring never-before-published interviews with Big Tom and the country stars who loved

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction (Carlin Richard)(Paperback)

Country Music: A Very Short Introduction presents a compelling overview of the music and its impact on American culture. Country music has long been a marker of American identity; from our popular culture to our politics, it has provided a soundtrack to our national life. While traditionally

Love of Country: A Hebridean Journey (Bunting Madeleine)(Paperback)

The Hebrides hold a remarkable place in the imaginations of Scotland and England. On the outer edge of the British Isles and facing the Atlantic Ocean, these iconic islands form part of Europe's boundary. Because of their unique position, they have been at the centre of a network of ancient

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: And Other Stories (Gass William H.)(Paperback)

First published in 1968, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country established William Gass as one of America's finest and boldest writers of fiction, and nearly fifty years later, the book still stands as a landmark of contemporary fiction. The two novellas and three short stories it contains are

The Travel Book: A Journey Through Every Country in the World (Planet Lonely)(Paperback)

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherTake a journey through every country in the world. 850 images. 230 countries. One complete picture. With details of every United Nations-approved country in the world, and a few more principalities and dependencies besides, Lonely Planet's

In the Country of Last Things (Auster Paul)(Paperback / softback)

'That is how it works in the City. Like the City itself, however, it is a journey that is doomed, and so all that is left is Anna's unwritten account of what happened.Paul Auster takes us to an unspecified and devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround

That Old Country Music (Barry Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

Full of love, melancholy and magic - the new story collection from the Booker-longlisted author of Night Boat to

Country Girls Trilogy - The Country Girls; The Lonely Girl; Girls in their Married Bliss (O'Brien Edna)(Paperback / softback)

As dramatised on BBC Radio 4, Edna O'Brien's iconic trilogy of novels - The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl and Girls in their Married Bliss - depicts the lives and loves of two girls in rural 1950s Ireland. Edna O'Brien's debut novels revolutionised Irish literature in the

Cash: The Autobiography (Cash Johnny)(Paperback)

He was the 'Man in Black,' a country music legend, and the quintessential American troubadour. He was an icon of rugged individualism who had been to hell and back, telling the tale as never before. In his unforgettable autobiography, Johnny Cash tells the truth about the highs and lows, the

Notes on a Foreign Country - An American Abroad in a Post-American World (Hansen Suzy)(Paperback / softback)

Notes on a Foreign Country is a moving reflection on America's place in the world. It is a powerful journey of self-discovery and revelation?a profound reckoning with what it means to be American in a moment of grave national and global

In The Heart Of The Country (Coetzee J.M.)(Paperback / softback)

Stifled by the torpor of colonial South Africa and trapped in a web of reciprocal oppression, a lonely sheep farmer seeks comfort in the arms of a black concubine. As she dreams madly of bloody revenge, Magda's consciousness starts to drift and the line between fact and the workings of her excited

Rural Rhythm: The Story of Old-Time Country Music in 78 Records (Russell Tony)(Pevná vazba)

There are many biographies and histories of early country music and its creators, but surprisingly little attention has been given to the actual songs at the heart of these narratives. In this groundbreaking book, music historian Tony Russell turns the spotlight on seventy-eight original 78rpm

Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (de Bernieres Louis)(Paperback / softback)

While the economy of his small South American country collapses, President Veracruz joins his improbable populace of ex-soldiers, former guerrillas, unfrocked priests and reformed - though by no means inactive - whores, in a bizarre search for sexual fulfilment. | But for Cardinal Guzman, a man

Otter Country - In Search of the Wild Otter (Darlington Miriam)(Paperback / softback)

A mesmerising account of the author's search for wild otters in the remote places of Britain; a beautifully written blend of natural history, memoir, literary history and

House Of The Spirits (Allende Isabel)(Pevná vazba)

We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmother of the clan, Clara del

On the Trail of Americana Music (Brookfield Ralph)(Paperback)

In this thorough exploration of the history and spread of Americana Music around the world, Ralph Brookfield goes beyond the headlines to uncover what drives singer songwriters to go to Nashville, play in small clubs and create their music against the increasingly difficult backdrop of Covid-19,

Three Books: Winter in the Country / On The Death of Ivan Ilyich" / An Atomic Cake" (Azarov Vladimir)(Paperback)

In the first book, Winter in the Country, Azarov imagines the enormous presence of the great poet, Pushkin, and his influence on the development of the modern Russian psyche. In On 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich' he imagines himself exchanging personalities with Tolstoy's great character, Ivan Ilyich,