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In this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Martin's gifts were confined to the screen will discover what readers of the New Yorker already know: that Martin is also a master of the written word. Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic at hand, these pieces feature Martin at his finest.

A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism offers a spirited introduction to the life and work of this legendary but underappreciated musician, composer, and poet. Paul Youngquist explores and assesses Sun Ra’s wide-ranging creative output - music, public preaching, graphic design, film and stage performance, and poetry - and connects his diverse undertakings to the culture and politics of his times, including the space race, the rise of technocracy, the civil rights movement, and even space-age bachelor-pad music.

Probably the most naturally gifted musician the world has ever known, Mozart began his career early as a child prodigy. By the age five, he was already proficient on the violin, the harpsichord, and piano keyboard, and had begun composing music that had integrity. He was a showman as well, according to contemporary documents, and charmed many of the crowned heads of Europe with his performance and his manner.

Pure Land is the story of the most brutal murder in the history of the Grand Canyon and how McGivney's quest to investigate the victim's life and death wound up guiding the author through her own life-threatening crisis. On this journey stretching from the southern tip of Japan to the bottom of Grand Canyon, and into the ugliest aspects of human behavior, Pure Land offers proof of the healing power of nature and of the resiliency of the human spirit.

Die Lebensgeschichte des sympathischen Vollblutmusikers Dieter Falk - mit wunderbaren Geschichten über das Leben, die Liebe und sinnstiftende Momente. Er entführte uns mit PUR ins "Abenteuerland", sorgte mit Pe Werner für "Kribbeln im Bauch" und trat in der Pro7-Sendung "Popstars" als Juror vor ein Millionenpublikum: Dieter Falk, einer der erfolgreichsten Musikproduzenten und Komponisten Deutschlands. Erste Erfahrungen sammelte der Keyboarder, Pianist und Arrangeur in der christlichen Musik-Szene.