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"An illuminating selection of writings on a wide variety of topics-everything from technique, music theory, and daily routine to spirituality and systemic racism-from the personal journals of Sonny Rollins, master of the tenor saxophone and "jazz's greatest living improviser" (The New York Times). Sonny Rollins is one of the towering masters of American music, a virtuoso of the saxophone and an unequaled improviser whose live performances are legendary...
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The everyday life of middle schooler, Russell, is depicted in his spiral notebook full of doodles and journal entries detailing what it's like being different and how to be comfortable in his own skin.
"Russell is a middle schooler; he excessively doodles in his spiral notebook; he has two best friends, Charlotte and Preston; he is not-so-great at sports; and he is pond scum. Nicknamed "Swamp Kid" by his classmates, Russell has algae for hair, a...
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In Henderson, Nevada, Devon Miller buys an old notebook from a garage sale and uses it for a school writing project. He is unaware that the notebook has mysterious powers; so when Devon begins to write a scary story for school, the story comes alive and creates a nightmare in Nevada!
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A notebook that is passed from student to student around a classroom becomes a repository for wild rumors, heartfelt confessions, and creative writing and helps the students cope when their teacher has medical emergency and they must cope with a rigid substitute as they worry about their beloved teacher and her family.
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"The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks. We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionize our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity? And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think? In this wide-ranging history, Roland Allen reveals how the notebook became our most dependable and versatile tool for creative...
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"Featuring never-before-published lyrics to some of his greatest songs, personal diary entries, doodles, quips and jokes, and piercing insights on politics and justice, this is Woody Guthrie's essential self-portrait, carefully curated by Woody's daughter Nora Guthrie and award-winning music writer and historian Robert Santelli"-- Provided by publisher.