Daphne Marlatt
Daphne Marlatt is known for her formally innovative books of poetry, including So begins Daphne Marlatt's haunting and multi-layered long poem, which reads with all the urgency and depth of a novel. Set in present-day and 1950s Vancouver, A ... [... more]
Random House |
Lost Revolutions: The South in the 1950s
 Excellent appraisal of the Southern paradox: The 1950's South was both a time and a place of contradictions. On the one hand, there was a cultural revolution going on that fused both white and black musical tastes into one revolutionary music genre (rock [... more]
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Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac's (1922-1969) On the Road was published in 1957, six years after its completion. It went on to become a bestseller and is considered the quintessential statement of the 1950's literary movement known as the Beat Generation. Born in ... [... more]
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Jesse Lamovsky
From star running back Bryon "Bam" Morris's interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A's sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde's epic choke on 18 at the 1999 [... more]
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Charlie, DeMarco
From star running back Bryon "Bam" Morris's interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A's sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde's epic choke on 18 at the 1999 [... more]
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Gillian Avery
Gillian Avery (1926- ) was born in Reigate, Surrey, where she started her writing career as a journalist on the Surrey Mirror. Deciding that the pace of book publishing was more congenial than that of newspapers, she went to Oxford in 1950 to ... [... more]
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A.N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is an award winning biographer and a ... [... more]
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Laura Wilson
Nominated for the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award They lie, three elderly recluses shot to death, in a musty 1950s London town house crammed with hoarded belongings. When the death scene yields no clues, the police ... [... more]
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1950s/1960s: Summer Hits Of Th
Artist: Various Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0076732201923 Format: Compilation Original Release Date: 1990-01-01 Release Date: 1994-05-18 UPC: 767322019232 Tracks: Sealed With a Kiss - Brian Hughes Wipe Out - The Surfaris Surfer Joe - The Surfaris Dancing in [... more]
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Beyond the Gray Flannel Suit: Books from the 1950s that ...
Author: David Castronovo Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 810.90054 EAN: 9780826416261 ISBN: 0826416268 Number Of Pages: 207 Publication Date: 2004-09-01 [... more]
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The 1950S' Most Wanteda: The Top 10 Book of Rock and ...
Author: Robert A Rodriguez Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 973.921 EAN: 9781574887150 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1574887157 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 2006-04-17 [... more]
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V1 1950s 16 Requested Songs
Artist: Various Artists Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074644511024 Format: Compilation MPN: 45110 Original Release Date: 1989-01-01 Release Date: 2001-02-01 UPC: 074644511024 Tracks: My Heart Cries for You - Guy Mitchell Because of You - Tony Bennett Jezebel - [... more]
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