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The Long Fall
Walter Mosley
Penguin Group Hardcover, 320 pp
PubShops Price $25.95
Ex-boxer, hard drinker, in a business that trades mostly in cash and favors Leonid McGill is an old-school P.I. working a city that's gotten fancy all around him. Fancy or not, he has always managed to get by—keep a roof over the head of his wife and kids, and still manage a little fun on the side—mostly because he's never been above taking a shady job for a quick buck. But like the city itself, McGill is turning over a new leaf, "decided to go from crooked to slightly bent."
New York City in the twenty-first century is a city full of secrets—and still a place that reacts when you know where to poke and which string to pull. That's exactly the kind of thing Leonid McGill knows how to do. As soon as The Long Fall begins, with McGill calling in old markers and greasing NYPD palms to unearth some seemingly harmless information for a high-paying client, he learns that even in this cleaned-up city, his commitment to the straight and narrow is going to be constantly tested.
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In Search of Shakespeare
Michael Wood/BBC
2 DVD Set $34.99
Author and presenter Michael Wood hosts the four-part television documentary series In Search of Shakespeare, produced by Maya Vision in the U.K. Using a massive amount of research in the Public Records Office, the film is foremost a biography on the life and career of William Shakespeare. The production team compiled a chronological timeline of Shakespeare's life referred to as the Dossier.
Set in 16th century England, it also incorporates sequences with the Royal Shakespeare Company performing in the places where the original plays were performed.
Contains:
A Time of Revolution
The Lost Years
The Duty of Poets
For All Time
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Filmore: The Last Days
Santana, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna, It's A Beautiful Day...
Rhino
PubShops Price $19.98
When the legendary rock impresario Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in 1971, the San Francisco venue had become an institution, an integral part of the West Coast music scene in the '60s. Always the showman, Graham made sure the Fillmore West was sent off in a blaze of glory, scheduling five nights of concerts featuring bands like the Grateful Dead and Santana - that got their start at this storied concert hall. Both the madness leading up to the shows and the concerts were filmed for a documentary originally released in 1972. Long out-of-print, Rhino and the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation present the reissued documentary.
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Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating
Mark Bittman
Simon & Schuster
Hardcover, 336pp, 25.00
Bittman offers a no-nonsense rundown on how government policy, big business marketing, and global economics influence what we choose to put on the table each evening. He demystifies buzzwords like "organic," "sustainable," and "local" and offers straightforward, budget-conscious advice that will help you make small changes that will shrink your carbon footprint — and your waistline.
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Recommended Music, Books and Movies
La Vie en Rose
Edith Piaf 18.98
The soundtrack to La Vie en Rose, Olivier Dahan's film about the life of the beloved Parisian singer Edith Piaf, includes 11 remastered Piaf recordings, as well as the original film score by Christopher Gunning.
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Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out of Balance)
DVD 14.98
An art-house circuit sensation, this feature-length documentary is visually arresting and possesses a clear, pro-environmental political agenda. The message of director Godfrey Reggio is clear: humans are destroying the planet, and all of human progress is pointlessly foolish. Also notable for its intense, atmospheric score by new age composer Philip Glass.
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The Essential Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger 14.98
Pete Seeger is the sort of person who has become the stuff of legend for all the best reasons. As a musicologist, he's been a passionate archivist of folk songs of all sorts from around the world for most of his life, and thousands of people (perhaps millions) would not have heard songs such as "Goodnight Irene," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Wimoweh" (aka "The Lion Sleeps Tonight") had he not championed them. As a songwriter, any man with "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "I Come and Stand at Every Door" and "Turn, Turn Turn" in his catalog has created a truly impressive repertoire.
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The Chrysalis
Heather Terrell
Simon & Schuster, 560 pp, $26.00
From the author of "The House at Riverton" comes a story of outer and inner journeys. An homage to the power of storytelling, "The Forgotten Garden" is filled with unforgettable characters who weave their way through its intricate plot to astounding effect.
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