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English
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"For the first time ever, legendary singer-songwriter Dolly Parton brings you behind the lyrics of 175 of her songs to reveal the personal stories and vibrant memories that have inspired sixty years of songwriting. Lushly illustrated and told in Dolly's inimitable voice, this rich collection offers an intimate, exclusive look at the colorful life, prolific career, and rags-to-rhinestones journey of one of the most revered entertainers of our time"--...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy her.
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Language
English
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Iris Cooper has been singing ever since she can remember, hitting the high notes like no one else. When she is twelve, her father convinces the owner of a bar in Lake City, Texas, to let her perform, and she stuns the audience. In the ensuing years, never staying anywhere for long, father and daughter move from one dusty town to the next, her passion for music growing every time she takes the mike in another roadhouse. But it is not an easy life for...
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English
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A famous country music star is shamed by her sister into going home to look after her bedridden mother. The town is dull, her mother gets on her nerves and the "dork" who had a crush on her in high school is once again after her. But with time she gets used to it, even falls in love with the dork. By the author of That Camden Summer.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust shares the 'important and inspiring' (Miranda Lambert) never-before-told complete story of the remarkable relationship between country music icons Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends--country icons and sisters of the heart. For the first time ever Loretta tells their story: a celebration of their music and their relationship up until Patsy's tragic and untimely death. Full of...
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English
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"When everything fell apart for Lynn Melnick, she spent the money from her NYPL fellowship on a trip to Dollywood with her family. Melnick's trauma began long before 2018, but events of that year forced her to relive portions of it--abortions, drug abuse, rape--even as she was confronting new pain in the loss of close friends and family. Dolly Parton's music had been a balm and a source of inspiration for decades, and so the trip to Dollywood was...
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1980, and Lillian Waters is hitting the road for the very last time. Jaded from her years in the music business, perpetually hungover, and diagnosed with career-ending vocal problems, Lillian cobbles together a nationwide farewell tour featuring some old hands from her early days playing honky-tonk bars in Washington State and Nashville, plus a few new ones. She yearns to feel the rush of making live music one more time and bask in the glow...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and career of the country singer, from her childhood in Pennsylvania through her meteoric rise to fame in early adolescence, offering insight into her personal relationships and influences.
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Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Emmy Lou King is lead singer for the famous band Three Kings, and when her father lands her the opportunity to sing the American Football League anthem and serve on one of the AFL's anti-drug charities, Emmy Lou agrees. Combining her fan base and those of the AFL could do some good in the fight against drugs. But can she handle working with Brock Watson? She'd barely recovered from their breakup--and she's never loved anyone else. When a hotshot...
11) Taylor Swift
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Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2013
Lexile measure
610L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (21 p.) : col. ill., col. map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a basic biography of singer Taylor Swift, detailing her life, career, and achievements. Also spotlights Swift's charity work, and discusses her future. Includes color photographs, quotes, and a glossary.
12) A winter wedding
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Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2015].
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kyle Houseman believes he'll never find anyone he could love as much as Olivia Arnold, who's now married to his stepbrother. Not only did he lose her, he's been through one divorce and has no desire to go through another. He's determined to be extra careful about the next woman he gets involved with--which is why he fights his attraction to the beautiful stranger who rents his farmhouse for the Christmas holiday. Lourdes Bennett is a country music...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Explores how the music of Dolly Parton and other prominent women country artists has both reflected and validated the harsh realities of rural working-class American women.
Growing up amid Kansas wheat fields and airplane factories, Smarsh witnessed firsthand the vulnerabilities and strengths of women in working poverty. Meanwhile, country songs by female artists played in the background, telling powerful stories about life, men, hard times, and...
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
107 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers in the world, and a billionaire who writes her own songs and plays several instruments. Find out how she became the star she is today from growing up on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A television movie event based on the inspiring true story of living legend Dolly Parton's remarkable upbringing in rural Tennessee. This once-in-a-lifetime special takes place inside the tight-knit Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat, vividly described in the well-known song of the film's title that helped make Parton who she is today. Set in the...
16) Taylor Swift
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Series
Publisher
Golden Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy Award-winning and multiplatinum artist. Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers!"--Amazon.
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Series
Bromance book club volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Country music's golden boy Colton Wheeler felt the most perfect harmony when he was with Gretchen Winthrop. But for her, it was a love him and leave him situation. A year later, Colton is struggling to push his music forward in a new direction. If it weren't about to be the most magical time of year and the support of the Bromance Book Club, he'd be wallowing in self-pity. It's hard for immigration attorney Gretchen not to feel a little Scrooge-ish...
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Pub. Date
2012
Lexile measure
1200L
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Taylor Swift has grown from country's darling to America's sweetheart!
Taylor Swift has been a music superstar since she was a teenager, but now she is doing even more! When she's not selling out arenas, Taylor is making a name for herself in fashion, cosmetics, and even movies. Learn about Taylor's life and work in this awesome book full of pictures and fun facts!