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Big Joe Williams: The Roving King of the Nine-String Guitar

The Roots of the Blues, #3

by Simon Godfrey ...

Series Book 3 - The Roots of the Blues
He built his first guitar with one string and whatever the swamp offered. He never really stopped.Born in 1903 on the edge of Mississippi's Noxubee Swamp, Joseph Lee Williams left home as a teenager and spent the next six decades proving that a blues musician's real instrument was motion itself — riding rails, working levee camps, touring with travelling minstrel shows, and turning up wherever a ... Read more

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He built his first guitar with one string and whatever the swamp offered. He never really stopped.Born in 1903 on the edge of Mississippi's Noxubee Swamp, Joseph Lee Williams left home as a teenager and spent the next six decades proving that a blues musician's real instrument was motion itself — riding rails, working levee camps, touring with travelling minstrel shows, and turning up wherever a
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Slim Harpo: King Bee of the Swamp Blues

The Roots of the Blues, #1

by Simon Godfrey ...

Series Book 1 - The Roots of the Blues
Slim Harpo: King Bee of the Swamp Blues tells the remarkable story of James Isaac Moore, the Louisiana singer, harmonica player and songwriter who helped define swamp blues and left a lasting mark on rock and popular music. Drawing on his Baton Rouge roots, his rise through the local club scene, and his crucial partnership with producer Jay Miller, Simon Godfrey traces how Harpo developed a sound ... Read more

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Slim Harpo: King Bee of the Swamp Blues tells the remarkable story of James Isaac Moore, the Louisiana singer, harmonica player and songwriter who helped define swamp blues and left a lasting mark on rock and popular music. Drawing on his Baton Rouge roots, his rise through the local club scene, and his crucial partnership with producer Jay Miller, Simon Godfrey traces how Harpo developed a sound
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Sunnyland Slim: From the Delta to Chicago

The Roots of the Blues, #5

by Simon Godfrey ...

Series Book 5 - The Roots of the Blues
"The man who brought Muddy Waters to the session that started it all — and then kept showing up for the next seventy years."In August 1947, a working pianist brought a young guitarist he believed in to a Chicago recording session. That guitarist was Muddy Waters. The label became Chess Records. And the man who made the introduction, Sunnyland Slim, spent the next seven decades doing the same thing ... Read more

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"The man who brought Muddy Waters to the session that started it all — and then kept showing up for the next seventy years."In August 1947, a working pianist brought a young guitarist he believed in to a Chicago recording session. That guitarist was Muddy Waters. The label became Chess Records. And the man who made the introduction, Sunnyland Slim, spent the next seven decades doing the same thing
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Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup: The Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll

The Roots of the Blues, #2

by Simon Godfrey ...

Series Book 2 - The Roots of the Blues
He wrote the songs. Elvis got the fame.Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup was a Mississippi bluesman who could stop a room with nothing more than a guitar, a voice, and a perfectly placed pause. In the 1940s he recorded a handful of songs built so soundly that they would go on to shape the course of American popular music — including "That's All Right," the song a young Elvis Presley chose to record first, ... Read more

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He wrote the songs. Elvis got the fame.Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup was a Mississippi bluesman who could stop a room with nothing more than a guitar, a voice, and a perfectly placed pause. In the 1940s he recorded a handful of songs built so soundly that they would go on to shape the course of American popular music — including "That's All Right," the song a young Elvis Presley chose to record first,
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Jimmy Reed: His Life and Unquiet Times

The Roots of the Blues, #4

by Simon Godfrey ...

Series Book 4 - The Roots of the Blues
He never sang louder than a man leaning against a doorway, and never played a riff he couldn't repeat in his sleep. Yet Jimmy Reed—Mississippi sharecropper's son, Chicago steelworker, self-taught bluesman—wrote more songs other people wanted to sing than almost anyone of his generation. "Baby What You Want Me to Do." "Big Boss Man." "Bright Lights, Big City." The Rolling Stones learned from him. ... Read more

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He never sang louder than a man leaning against a doorway, and never played a riff he couldn't repeat in his sleep. Yet Jimmy Reed—Mississippi sharecropper's son, Chicago steelworker, self-taught bluesman—wrote more songs other people wanted to sing than almost anyone of his generation. "Baby What You Want Me to Do." "Big Boss Man." "Bright Lights, Big City." The Rolling Stones learned from him.
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: pocketbook

by Peter Barnes, Simon Godfrey ...

This book provides an up-to-date perspective on the inflammatory cells, mediators, and molecular pathology of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphasizing the urgent need to clearly understand the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in COPD. ... Read more

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This book provides an up-to-date perspective on the inflammatory cells, mediators, and molecular pathology of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphasizing the urgent need to clearly understand the underlying cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in COPD.
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Wheezing Disorders in the Pre-School Child

Pathogenesis and Management

by Fernando D. Martinez, Simon Godfrey ...

The infant with persistent or recurrent wheeze during the first 2 years of life poses a particularly difficult diagnostic dilemma, which can be a source of considerable anxiety to both physicians and parents. Without neglecting basic science, Wheezing Disorders in the Preschool Child presents information in a logical and readable fashion that is pa ... Read more

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The infant with persistent or recurrent wheeze during the first 2 years of life poses a particularly difficult diagnostic dilemma, which can be a source of considerable anxiety to both physicians and parents. Without neglecting basic science, Wheezing Disorders in the Preschool Child presents information in a logical and readable fashion that is pa
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Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

by Ted Gioia ...

“The essential history of this distinctly American genre.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIn this “expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history” (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us “the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century ... Read more

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“The essential history of this distinctly American genre.”—Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionIn this “expertly researched, elegantly written, dispassionate yet thoughtful history” (Gary Giddins), award-winning author Ted Gioia gives us “the rare combination of a tome that is both deeply informative and enjoyable to read” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). From the field hollers of nineteenth-century
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Crossroads

The Life and Afterlife of Blues Legend Robert Johnson

by Tom Graves ...

The result of careful research, this stylish biography of infamous blues musician Robert Johnson reveals the real story behind the mythical talent that made him a musical legend. According to some, Robert Johnson learned guitar by trading his soul away to the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi. When he died at age 27 of a mysterious poisoning, many superstitious fans came to believe that ... Read more

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The result of careful research, this stylish biography of infamous blues musician Robert Johnson reveals the real story behind the mythical talent that made him a musical legend. According to some, Robert Johnson learned guitar by trading his soul away to the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi. When he died at age 27 of a mysterious poisoning, many superstitious fans came to believe that
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Tunesmith

Inside the Art of Songwriting

by Jimmy Webb ...

From the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for music, lyrics & orchestration, "perhaps the finest book about songwriting of our time" ( Musician )."An eminently readable master class in songwriting—one that will thrill aspiring composers and lyricists, yet still interest the general reader." — Albany Times UnionJimmy Webb has given the American songbook more hits, in m... ... Read more

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From the only artist ever to win Grammy Awards for music, lyrics & orchestration, "perhaps the finest book about songwriting of our time" ( Musician )."An eminently readable master class in songwriting—one that will thrill aspiring composers and lyricists, yet still interest the general reader." — Albany Times UnionJimmy Webb has given the American songbook more hits, in m...
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Claire McCardell

The Designer Who Set Women Free

by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson ...

Named one of The New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2025T****he riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of.Claire McCardell forever changed fashion—and most importantly, the lives of women. She shattered cultural norms around women’s clothes, and today much of what we wear traces back to her ingenious, rebellious mind. McCardell ... Read more

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Named one of The New York Times’s 100 Notable Books of 2025T****he riveting hidden history of Claire McCardell, the most influential fashion designer you’ve never heard of.Claire McCardell forever changed fashion—and most importantly, the lives of women. She shattered cultural norms around women’s clothes, and today much of what we wear traces back to her ingenious, rebellious mind. McCardell
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Case Files Neurology, Second Edition

by Eugene C. Toy, Ericka Simpson, Ron Tintner ...

Series series LANGE Case Files
Excel in your neurology clerkship and on the USMLE Step 2 CKSixty high-yield cases!You need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE and shelf exams and that's exactly what this innovative resource offers. Written by experienced educators, Case Files: Neurology, 2e helps you think through diagnosis and managemenet when confronting neurological clinical problems. Sixty high-yield clinical cases focus on ... Read more

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Excel in your neurology clerkship and on the USMLE Step 2 CKSixty high-yield cases!You need exposure to cases to pass the USMLE and shelf exams and that's exactly what this innovative resource offers. Written by experienced educators, Case Files: Neurology, 2e helps you think through diagnosis and managemenet when confronting neurological clinical problems. Sixty high-yield clinical cases focus on
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