Evolution's destiny : co-evolving chemistry of the environment and life / R.J.P. Williams, R.E.M. Rickaby.

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Christian Democracy in France. by Irving, R. E. M.

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Companion to Media Studies. by Valdivia, Angharad

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Feminist Media Perspectives; 2 New Horizons for Communication Theory in the New Media Age; 3 From Modernization to Participation: The Past and Future of Development Communication in Media Studies; 4 Tensions between Popular and Alternative Music: R.E.M. as an Artist-Intellectual; 5 Approaches to Media History; 6 Ethical Issues in Media Production; 7 Digital Capitalism: A Status Report on the Corporate Commonwealth of Information; 8 Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, Institutions.…”
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Songwriters on songwriting / Paul Zollo. by Zollo, Paul, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Sloan -- Donovan -- Burt Bacharach/Hal David -- Laura Nyro -- Felix Cavaliere -- Harry Nilsson -- Yoko Ono -- Randy Newman -- Van Dyke Parks -- Janis Ian -- Frank Zappa -- Leonard Cohen -- Neil Young -- Graham Nash -- David Crosby -- Robbie Robertson -- Carlos Santana -- Jackson Browne -- Todd Rundgren -- Walter Becker -- Loudon Wainwright III -- Townes Van Zandt -- Dan Fogelberg -- Lindsey Buckingham -- Rickie Lee Jones -- David Byrne -- Tom Petty -- Richard Thompson -- Bruce Cockburn -- Los Lobos -- Suzanne Vega -- Jules Shear -- Bruce Hornsby -- k.d. lang -- Madonna -- Stan Ridgway -- R.E.M. -- John Hiatt -- Alanis Morissette -- Steely Dan : Donald Fagen & Walter Becker -- Mark Knopfler -- Lou Reed -- Merle Haggard -- Roger McGuinn -- John Fogerty -- Lenny Kravitz -- MeShell NdegeOcello.…”

Man on the moon / Universal Pictures and Mutual Film Company present a Jersey Films/Cinehaus production in association with Shapiro/West Productions ; produced by Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher ; directed by Milos Forman ; written by Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski.

Everybody hurts : transitions, endings, and resurrections in fan cultures.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: starting at the end / Rebecca Williams -- Remembering R.E.M.: social media, memories and endings within music fandom / Lucy Bennett -- "I'll never break your heart": the perpetual fandom of the Backstreet Boys / Simone Driessen -- "My music was on shuffle, one of their songs came on and had to hit next ... ": navigating grief and disgust in Lostprophets fandom / Bethan Jones -- Breaking up with Breaking Bad: relational dissolution and the critically acclaimed AMC series -- Melissa A. …”
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The poetics of American song lyrics / edited by Charlotte Pence.

Table of Contents: “…/ Gordon Ball -- Lyric impression, muscle memory, Emily, and the Jack of Hearts / Claudia Emerson -- Don Khan and truck-driving wives: Dylan's fluctuating lyrics / Ben Yagoda -- Thoughts on "Me and Bobby McGee" and the oral and literary traditions / David Daniel -- The soup that could change the world / Beth Ann Fennelly -- Laughing in tune: R.E.M. and the post-confessional lyric / Jeffrey Roessner -- Sweetness follows: Michael Stipe, John Keats and the consolations of time / Eric Reimer -- Sweeping up the jokers: Leonard Cohen's "The stranger song" / Brian Howe -- Facing the music: the poetics of Bruce Springsteen / Robert P. …”
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Rock Am Ring Music Festival Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary / Reuters News & Media Inc..

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A companion to media studies / Angharad N. Valdivia. by Valdivia, Angharad N.

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Foundations -- Feminist Media Perspectives -- Now Horizons for Communication Theory in the New media Age -- From Modernization to Participation: The Past and Future of Development Communication in Media Studies -- Tensions between Popular and Alternative Music: R.E.M. as an Artist-Intellectual -- Part II: Production -- Approaches to Media History -- Ethical Issues in Media Production -- Digital Capitalism: A Status Report on the Corporate Commonwealth of Information -- Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, Institutions -- From the Playboy to the Hustler: Class, Race, and the Marketing of Masculinity -- Part III: Media Content -- Selling Survivor: the Use of TV News to Promote Commercial Entertainment -- Constructing Youth: Media, Youth, and the Politics of Representation -- The Less Space We Take, the More Powerful We'll Be: How Advertising Uses Gender to Invert Signs of Empowerment and Social Equality -- Constructing a New Model of Ethnic Media: Image-Saturated Latina Magazines as Touchstones -- Out of India: Fashion Culture and the Marketing of Ethnic Style -- Part IV: Media Audiences -- Resuscitating Feminist Audience Studies: Revisiting the Politics of Representation and Resistance -- The Changing Nature of Audiences: From the Mass Audience to the Interactive Media User -- The Cultural Revolution in Audience Research -- Practicing Embodiment: Reality, Respect, and Issues of Gender in Media Reception -- Salsa as Popular Culture: Ethnic Audiences Constructing an Identity -- Part V: Effects -- Race and Crime in the Media: Research from a Media Effects Perspective -- The Appeal and Impact of Media Sex and Violence -- The Role of Interactive Media in Children's Cognitive Development -- The Impact of Stereotypical and Counter-Stereotypical News on Viewer Perceptions of Blacks and Latinos: An Exploratory Study -- Part VI: Futures -- Where We Should Go Next and Why We Probably Won't: An Entirely Idiosyncratic, Utopian, and Unashamedly Peppery Map for the Future -- All Consuming Identities: Race, Mass Media, and the Pedagogy of Resentment in the Age of Difference -- Expanding the Defnition of Media Activism -- Realpolitik and Utopias of Universal Bonds: For a Critique of Technoglobalism -- Intellectual Property, Cultural Production, and the Location of Africa.…”

Pretty monsters / Kelly Link. by Link, Kelly

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More favorite songs of the Nineties : complete original sheet music for 62 songs / edited by Paul Charosh and Robert A. Fremont ; introduction by Paul Charosh.

Table of Contents: “…-- Pal of mine -- The picture that is turned toward the wall -- Please let me sleep -- R-e-m-o-r-s-e, from The sultan of Sulu -- Rhoda and her pagoda, from San toy -- She's getting mo' like the white folks every day -- She was happy till she met you -- Silver heels -- A son of the desert am I -- Strike up the band (Here comes a sailor) -- Sweet Marie -- The tale of a bumble-bee, from King Dodo -- Two little girls in blue -- Under the Anheuser bush -- White wings.…”

More Time to Teach : Responding to Student Behavior, Elementary / by Jeff Fink and Jon Halpern.

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Rock band name origins : the stories of 240 groups and performers / Greg Metzer. by Metzer, Greg, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…& the Mysterians; Radiohead; Rage Against the Machine; Ramones; Red Hot Chili Peppers; R.E.M.; REO Speedwagon; Paul Revere & the Raiders; The Righteous Brothers; Smokey Robinson & the Miracles; The Rolling Stones; Roxette; Roxy Music; Rush; Savage Garden; Scorpions; Scritti Politti; Sex Pistols; Simple Minds; Siouxsie & the Banshees; Sixpence None the Richer; Skid Row; Smash Mouth; Smashing Pumpkins; Soundgarden; Spice Girls; Spin Doctors; Spinners; Steely Dan; Steppenwolf; Cat Stevens; Sting / The Police; Stone Temple Pilots; Styx.…”
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Live from the underground : a history of college radio / Katherine Rye Jewell. by Jewell, Katherine Rye

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100 classiques rock et leur sens caché : Anthologie musicale. by Du Bus, Axel

Table of Contents: “…Once in a Lifetime, Talking HeadsThat's Entertainment, The Jam; Back in Black, AC/DC; Pretty In Pink, The Psychedelic Furs; Golden Brown, The Stranglers; Shipbuilding, Elvis Costello; Buffalo Soldiers, Bob Marley; Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen; Sign O' The Times, Prince; Beds Are Burning, Midnight Oil; Luka, Suzanne Vega; Cars & Girls, Prefab Sprout; Losing My Religion, R.E.M.; One, U2; Under the Bridge, Red Hot Chili Peppers; Killing In The Name, Rage Against The Machine; Mr. …”
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Rolling Stone sheet music classics. 60 selections from the 500 greatest songs of all time.

Le 1% le plus riche : L'exception québécoise. by Zorn, Nicolas

Table of Contents: “…-- Deux grandes tendances -- Présentation de l'ouvrage -- P R E M I È R E P A R T I E -- Pourquoi le 1% le plus riche des pays développés a-t-il emprunté deux chemins différents? …”
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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. Bill C. Malone, volume editor ; Charles Reagan Wilson, general editor ; James G. Thomas Jr., managing editor ; Ann J. Abadie, associate editor.

Table of Contents: “…Lomax -- Louisiana Hayride -- Bascom Lamar Lunsford -- Loretta Lynn -- Lynyrd Skynyrd -- Uncle Dave Macon -- Malaco Records -- Mandolin -- Wynton Marsalis -- Johnny Mercer -- Meters -- Mexican border stations -- Memphis Minnie -- Thelonious Monk -- Bill Monroe -- McKinley (Muddy Waters) Morganfield -- Jelly Roll Morton (Ferdinand Le Menthe) -- Muscle Shoals Sound -- Nashville Sound -- Willie Nelson -- Neville Brothers -- New Orleans Sound -- King Oliver -- OutKast -- Gram Parsons -- Dolly Parton -- Charley Patton -- Minnie Pearl -- Ralph Peer -- Richard (Little Richard) Penniman -- Wilson Pickett -- John Powell -- Preservation Hall -- Elvis Presley -- Leontyne Price -- Ray Price -- Charley Pride -- Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey (Ma Rainey) -- Otis Redding -- Florence Reece -- Jimmy Reed -- R.E.M. -- Revival songs -- Ring shouters -- Jean Ritchie -- Jimmie Rodgers -- Earl Scruggs -- Mike Seeger -- Shape-note singing schools -- Dinah Shore -- Silas Green Show -- Bessie Smith -- Southern Culture on the Skids -- Britney Spears -- Stax Records -- William Grant Still -- String band tradition -- Marty Stuart -- Sun Records -- Swamp pop -- Joel Walker Sweeney -- Koko Taylor -- Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton -- Ernest Tubb -- Ike and Tina Turner -- James D. …”
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A spy in the house of loud : New York songs and stories / Chris Stamey. by Stamey, Chris

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Améliorer la performance des systèmes de santé : concepts, méthodes, pratiques / sous la direction de J.C. Suarez-Herrera, A.-P. Contandriopoulos, F.P. Cupertino de Barros et Z.M.A. Hartz. by Suárez-Herrera, José Carlos

Table of Contents: “…-- Remerciements -- Introduction -- Les défis à relever dans le systÃm̈e de santé -- La crise du systÃm̈e de soins et la nécessité dâ#x80;#x99;une réforme -- P R E M I Ã#x88; R E P A R T I E -- Le concept de performance -- Chapitre 1…”
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