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Women built the popular song industry of Tin Pan Alley, yet many of their stories have seldom been told. They blazed the trail for women in music today and set an inspiring example for generations to come.Songs She Wrote celebrates women's contributions to popular music by looking at dozens of well-known figures like Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, and Dorothy Parker as well as unearthing more unknown women who made major contributions. The book explores the style and artistry of female songwriters, lyricists, and composers in the first half of the twentieth century and provides intriguing backstories and analysis of forty hits. Learn about Maria Grever ("What a Difference a Day Made") who was the first female Mexican to achieve international acclaim and the fascinating story of African American lyricist Lucy Fletcher ("Sugar Blues"), among many others in this book.Women in the popular music business went through struggles different from their male colleagues, making their triumphs all the more impressive. These individual and diverse sagas combine to convey an epic about women songwriters in the world of American popular music.

A first edition, Insiders' Guide to Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to what is one of the fastest growing regions in the United States. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of the Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill area.

Day Trips(R) from Los Angeles is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover not far from Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million residents, and more than 60% of all visitors to Santa Barbara--a big part of this book--are from Los Angeles County! Trips are listed geographically, starting closest to downtown Los Angeles and radiating outward. Despite Southern California's car-crazy reputation, this guide includes car-free options where applicable.* Do something star-studded: Explore Hollywood, Burbank, and Universal City & Universal Studios.* Do something sunny: Visit Malibu, twenty-three miles of sun, sand, and surf; Santa Catalina Island, a world away twenty-six miles out to sea; or Marina Del Rey/Venice Beach, quintessential So Cal.* Do something kid-approved: Get a taste of Buena Park/Knott's Berry Farm, or visit the Happiest Place on Planet Southern California, Anaheim/Disneyland.

A thrilling collection of haunting stories from all around the state of Minnesota. Ghost stories are retold with historical information and recounting the activity of the spirits that linger.

Do something soul-restoring, like standing on the shores of northern Lake Tahoe; do something kid-approved, such as a visit to the Charles M. Schultz Museum; do something unexpected by attending the Isleton Crawdad Festival; do something fun by attending a Giants game--all within a two-hour drive of Sacramento.

Insiders' Guide to Atlanta is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to the Georgia's largest city.

With The Insider's Guide to Philadelphia in tow, every visitor has "insider info" on the city's best secrets! From fine antiques to cheesesteak, brewbars, celebrity-spotting and free parking, you can get around Philly like the locals do. You'll even learn the best time of day to visit the Liberty Bell.

For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards, as well as vacationers, Day Trips from Ohio offers hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive.

A beautifully written natural history of the more than seventy tree species that grow in New England. Includes detailed illustrations and range maps.

Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.

Rural School Leadership: Lesson's from Alaska provides practical school improvement strategies for leaders in rural schools.

Teaching and Teacher Education: Developing Teacher Competencies for Interdisciplinary Instruction introduces interdisciplinary education to teachers and teacher educators.

Sports Journalism introduces students to sports reporting careers and to the writing style sports writers and media relations professionals use. The book stresses the importance of basic writing fundamentals and high ethical standards, essential values for sports journalists. Introductory chapters acquaint readers with issues and challenges in an industry in transition: changing technology, multimedia capability, citizen journalists and bloggers, shrinking news holes, and the deadline-dictated lifestyle of sports journalists. Skills chapters elaborate on news values and the conventions of journalism as they apply to sports writing. From leads to nut grafs, inverted pyramid to Model T, simple sentences to headlines, interviewing to using quotations, Sports Journalism focuses on the basics. The book expands the writer's experience into building relationships with sources and media contacts, using numbers and statistics, practicing AP style, and abiding by legal and ethical standards. An easily accessible format uses checklists, illustrations, and anecdotes to show story organization, news release format, news conference protocol, and media guide content. Chapters include suggested exercises and activities.

This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover all within a 2-hour drive.

Teaching and Teacher Education: Developing Teacher Competencies for Interdisciplinary Instruction introduces interdisciplinary education to teachers and teacher educators.

The USA and The World provides students with vital information on these countries through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

The Middle East and South Asia 2020-2022 provides students with vital information on the Middle East and South Asia countries through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.

This is an annually updated presentation of Canada past and present.

From 1874 until 1915, the "Storm Warriors" of the Fletchers Neck Life Saving Service and the citizens of the Village of Biddeford Pool shared a common history. Gleaned from local newspapers, stations logbooks, official records of the Life Saving Service, and the papers and memories of involved families, these are tales of men at odds with the fury of nature.

This first of it's kind volume explores the changes in Maine's coast over the centuries, focusing on how geology, glaciation, and climate change have all affected sea levels. Readers will discover the geologic history of the famously rocky coast and the learn about serious issues to be confronted as climate change and human decisions alter the landscape.