Vic George's Books

Singing Was the Easy Part

By: Vic Damone,David Chanoff

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...concentrate its best efforts. Three and one half years ago, when I had been a year iu the Indian school service, I wrote from Fort Defiance, N. Mex., to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and to the Secretary of the Interior, as follows: On my arrival tit this place, I entered my thirty-third Indian reservation, in all of which I have studied to the best of my ability the question of Indian education. Not a little time has been spent in each of the larger training schools, but much more time face to face with the great needs of the reservations, which present the primary phases of the Indian educational problem. As the result, some ideas held tentatively at first have been settling into clearer and more decided convictions. Having thus studied this problem in llicfield, in personal contact with the living issues, I respectfully avail myself of the advisory functions of my ofliee, and speak with greater confidence upon some matters than heretofore I have done. When I left Washington the attention of the office was much directed to the enlargement of the great training schools--(, 'arlisle, Haskell, Genoa, and C'hilocco, and to the building of another such at Pierre. S. Dak. I tacitly assented to the policy, though not without grave doubts as to its wisdom, at this time. It is not from lack of faith in those schools, for I have the fullest confidence, but from a growing conviction that the present most important and urgent work is in reservation schools, which greatly need to be enlarged and multiplied, and which, I fear, will be hindered, and possibly prevented, by the absorption of so much of the limited appropriations granted by Congress, for those large schools. The time has come to build more at the base and less at the apex. The.

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Macmillan

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0312570252

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9780312570255

Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Buelavisu

By: Vic Lindblom

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Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Buelavisu

By: Vic Lindblom

“Execution” is the third and final book in the Franchise series of the Ridgelands saga. In the previous books, “Preparation” and “Journey,” Belak Laboot brings a technical team to establish an iron-making franchise to BuelaVisu, a city across the continental divide from their home in Laboot City. Now they must execute the mission to establish production in BuelaVisu. Organizing and moving the team across the ridgelands unified the team in the face of outside attacks and personal friction. BuelaVisu’s advantages shine as residents buy into the project, hydropower is developed, and siting arrangements mature. The unrest, which soured the franchise’s introduction to the city, diminishes as leaders work around the resistance. Foundations, pilings, blasting, and resource development progress rapidly. People throughout BuelaVisu begin to experience opportunities from the project. Belak and his sister, Louise, grow and establish new ties in the team and community. Resistance regroups as progress threatens their control in Visu. Leadership in Laboot City realizes that reports hide issues arising, so they send an investigative team, which digs deeper into city dynamics and sets the stage for subversion. Belak stands against the conspiracy, getting deeper into politics that he intended. Violence and betrayals follow.

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The Writers Tree

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1304595366

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9781304595362

Super Bowl Blueprints

Hall of Famers Reveal the Keys to Football's Greatest Dynasties

By: Bill Polian,Vic Carucci

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Super Bowl Blueprints

Hall of Famers Reveal the Keys to Football's Greatest Dynasties

By: Bill Polian,Vic Carucci

A straight-from-the-source look at how NFL dynasties are built In Super Bowl Blueprints, Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian and veteran football scribe Vic Carucci sit down with the architects of the greatest teams of all time, digging into how these dynastic squads did what they did, with more insight and access than any football book in history. Polian, the architect of the Super Bowl XLI–champion Indianapolis Colts, provides a rare glimpse inside the locker rooms, coaches' room, and front offices for the key moments that defined the modern NFL. Whether Polian is discussing variations of the no-huddle with Jim Kelly and Peyton Manning or the culture of the Steel Curtain with Terry Bradshaw and "Mean" Joe Greene or different versions of Bill Walsh's West Coast offense with Mike Holmgren and Steve Young, his command of the game mixed with the perceptions of these legends creates a book like no other. Tom Flores, Ron Wolf, and Mike Haynes debate how Al Davis built the iconic Raiders franchise, while Jimmy Johnson, Jerry Jones, Troy Aikman, and more share how tension and football IQ were married to create the unstoppable Cowboys teams of the '90s. Super Bowl Blueprints tells the story of championship football—how it's attained and what it takes—through the voices of Bill Parcells, Marv Levy, Art Rooney II, Charles Haley, Doug Williams, John Mara, Charley Casserly, Joe Theismann, Harry Carson, Tom Moore, Brian Billick, Frank Reich, Dwight Freeney, Joe Gibbs, Tony Dungy, and many more!

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Triumph Books

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1641256796

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9781641256797

The Hanging Tree

Execution and the English People, 1770-1868

By: V. A. C. Gatrell,Vic Gatrell

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The Hanging Tree

Execution and the English People, 1770-1868

By: V. A. C. Gatrell,Vic Gatrell

A history of mentalities, emotions, and attitudes rather than of policies and ideas, it analyses responses to the scaffold at all social levels: among the crowds which gathered to watch executions; among 'polite' commentators from Boswell and Byron on to Fry, Thackeray, and Dickens; and among the judges, home secretary, and monarch who decided who should hang and who should be reprieved. Drawing on letters, diaries, ballads, broadsides, and images, as well as on poignant appeals for mercy which historians until now have barely explored, the book surveys changing attitudes to death and suffering, 'sensibility' and 'sympathy', and demonstrates that the long retreat from public hanging owed less to the growth of a humane sensibility than to the development of new methods of punishment and law enforcement, and to polite classes' deepening squeamishness and fear of the scaffold crowd.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0192853325

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9780192853325

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman, and Other Movie Heroes

By: Vic Armstrong

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The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman, and Other Movie Heroes

By: Vic Armstrong

No CGI can match what Vic can accomplish" - Steven Spielberg "Vic is The Man" - Pierce Brosnan "Vic Armstrong is, of course, a legend" - Martin Scorsese "This is the best and most original behind-the-scenes book I have read in years, gripping and revealing. Vic Armstrong is modest, humorous and wry - altogether brilliant company." - Roger Lewis, Daily Mail "[A] page-turner... I couldn't put it down! I had a great time reading this book and give it my highest recommendation." - Leonard Maltin "[Vic has] been this unheralded savior of movie magic for decades, and hearing how he makes the incredible credible is a must for any film fan." - Hollywood.com "Armstrong's a fascinating guy and a straight shooter. His book is fantastic." - Ain't It Cool News "The man is a legend in the industry... [A] mind-blowing, must-read biography." - Movies.com "The movie memoir of the year!" - SciFi Mafia "[Vic] talks to you like he’s your cool uncle, or the uncle you wished you had, really down to earth, but at the same time you can tell he’s got a twinkle in his eye as he’s talking..." - Geek Six “A hell of a read.” – Film School Rejects "The key to an entertaining autobiography is a combination of good stories to tell and a distinctive life; Armstrong has them both." - Library Journal "Armstrong has done it all." - Empire "A spills’n’thrills ride through a fast-forward life in pictures." - The Times "Armstrong takes us on the spectacular journey of his life that left me wondering who would be brave enough to play him in a movie. What a legacy! What a life! What a book!" - Geeks of Doom -- Think you don’t know Vic Armstrong? Wrong! You’ve seen his work in countless films... He’s been a stunt double for James Bond, Indiana Jones and Superman, and he’s directed action scenes for three Bond movies, Mission Impossible 3, Thor, and the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man to name but a few. Counting Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and Arnold Schwarzenegger among his friends, and officially credited in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World's Most Prolific Stuntman, Vic’s got a lot of amazing stories to tell, and they’re all here in this - the movie memoir of the year!

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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085768793X

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9780857687937

City of Laughter

Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London

By: Vic Gatrell

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City of Laughter

Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London

By: Vic Gatrell

Drawing upon the satirical prints of the eighteenth century, the author explores what made Londoners laugh and offers insight into the origins of modern attitudes toward sex, celebrity, and ridicule.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0802716024

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9780802716026

Creating Jazz Counterpoint

New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues

By: Vic Hobson

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Creating Jazz Counterpoint

New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues

By: Vic Hobson

A full study of Buddy Bolden and Bunk Johnson confirming their roles in the real blues roots of New Orleans jazz

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1617039918

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9781617039911

Son of Bum

Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life

By: Wade Phillips,Vic Carucci

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Son of Bum

Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Football and Life

By: Wade Phillips,Vic Carucci

The Denver Broncos coach and Super Bowl champion recalls his life and lessons learned from his father, NFL coach Bum Phillips, in this football memoir. Decorated National Football League coach Wade Phillips demonstrates in loving detail how much of his success, on and off the field, he owes to his father. A beloved character in NFL history, Bum taught Wade how to have perspective on the game during tough times—and that “coaching isn’t bitching.” Wade has since passed these and other lessons down to his son, Wes Phillips, an NFL coach himself. Known for his homespun, plain-talking ways, Wade is a groundbreaking coach who has long believed in using support and camaraderie—instead of punishment and anger—to inspire his players. And though his defensive concepts are revolutionary, he would say they begin with common sense. Son of Bum is more than one man’s memoir—it’s a story of family and football and a father who inspired his son. “Having played for and against Wade Phillips, the first word that comes to my mind is respect. SON OF BUM is a great read about the Xs and Os from one of the greatest coaches in the league, as well as a loving tribute to the influence of family.”—Peyton Manning

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Diversion Books

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1682308073

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9781682308073

Famous

1914-1918

By: Richard Van Emden,Vic Piuk

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Famous

1914-1918

By: Richard Van Emden,Vic Piuk

Famous' tells the Great War stories of twenty of Britain's most respected, best known and even notorious celebrities. They include politicians, actors, writers, an explorer, a sculptor and even a murderer. The generation that grew up in the late 19th Century enlisted enthusiastically in the defense of the country. Many would become household names such as Basil Rathbone, the definitive Sherlock Holmes, AA Milne, creator of Winnie the Pooh, and John Laurie and Arnold Ridley who found fame and public affection as the dour Scotsman Fraser, and the gentle and genial Godfrey, in Dad's Army. From politicians such as Harold Macmillan and Winston Churchill to writers includsing JB Priestley, and JRR Tolkein, from sculptors like Henry Moore, to composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams, their fame and influence continue even into the 21st Century. The authors Richard van Emden and Vic Piuk have discovered the exact locations where these celebrities saw action. They tell the story of how JRR Tolkein led his men over the top on the Somme, where CS Lewis was wounded and invalided home, and how Basil Rathbone won the Military Cross for a trench raid (while dressed as a tree). Each story will be examined in detail with pictures taken of the very spot where the actions took place. There are maps of the area that will guide enterprising readers to walk in the footsteps of their heroes.

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Pen and Sword

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1848841973

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9781848841970

The First Bohemians

Life and Art in London's Golden Age

By: Vic Gatrell

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The First Bohemians

Life and Art in London's Golden Age

By: Vic Gatrell

The colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden - the creative heart of Georgian London - from Wolfson Prize-winning author Vic Gatrell SHORT-LISTED FOR THE HESSELL TILTMAN PRIZE 2014 In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centred on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the 18th century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. From Soho and Leicester Square across Covent Garden's Piazza to Drury Lane, and down from Long Acre to the Strand, they rubbed shoulders with rakes, prostitutes, market people, craftsmen, and shopkeepers. It was an often brutal world full of criminality, poverty and feuds, but also of high spirits, and was as culturally creative as any other in history. Virtually everything that we associate with Georgian culture was produced here. Vic Gatrell's spectacular new book recreates this time and place by drawing on a vast range of sources, showing the deepening fascination with 'real life' that resulted in the work of artists like Hogarth, Blake, and Rowlandson, or in great literary works like The Beggar's Opera and Moll Flanders. The First Bohemians is illustrated by over two hundred extraordinary pictures, many rarely seen, for Gatrell celebrates above all one of the most fertile eras in Britain's artistic history. He writes about Joshua Reynolds and J. M. W. Turner as well as the forgotten figures who contributed to what was a true golden age: the men and women who briefly dazzled their contemporaries before being destroyed - or made - by this magical but also ferocious world. About the author: Vic Gatrell's last book, City of Laughter, won both the Wolfson Prize for History and the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize; his The Hanging Tree won the Whitfield Prize of the Royal Historical Society. He is a Life Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge.

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Penguin UK

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0718195825

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9780718195823

Creating the Jazz Solo

Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony

By: Vic Hobson

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Creating the Jazz Solo

Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony

By: Vic Hobson

Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong tried to explain how singing with a barbershop quartet on the streets of New Orleans was foundational to his musicianship. Until now, there has been no in-depth inquiry into what he meant when he said, “I figure singing and playing is the same,” or, “Singing was more into my blood than the trumpet.” Creating the Jazz Solo: Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony shows that Armstrong understood exactly the relationship between what he sang and what he played, and that he meant these comments to be taken literally: he was singing through his horn. To describe the relationship between what Armstrong sang and played, author Vic Hobson discusses elements of music theory with a style accessible even to readers with little or no musical background. Jazz is a music that is often performed by people with limited formal musical education. Armstrong did not analyze what he played in theoretical terms. Instead, he thought about it in terms of the voices in a barbershop quartet. Understanding how Armstrong, and other pioneer jazz musicians of his generation, learned to play jazz and how he used his background of singing in a quartet to develop the jazz solo has fundamental implications for the teaching of jazz history and performance today. This assertive book provides an approachable foundation for current musicians to unlock the magic and understand jazz the Louis Armstrong way.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496819810

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9781496819819

Conscious

By: Vic Grout

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Conscious

By: Vic Grout

The intensely thought-provoking science fiction novel, Conscious, is set a year or three into the future. The 'Internet of Everything' is making the world a more connected place than ever before. Work, play, and everything else besides, are becoming increasingly automated ... and that's where the problem starts! Because something odd is happening: 'things' are beginning to misbehave and no-one can work out why. What starts as an amusing mystery quickly becomes very dangerous indeed. A ragged bunch of academics, scientists and philosophers are on the case - and may know the answer. But now they have to convince people that their crazy explanation is true. And that's only the start. Against a backdrop of a world suddenly beginning to fall apart, they're in a race against time to get someone to do anything about it. And not everyone is on their side! After a career of scientific publication, this is Vic's first fictional work.

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Lulu.com

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1483459055

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9781483459059

Living In The Real Cyprus

By: Vic Heaney

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Living In The Real Cyprus

By: Vic Heaney

Cyprus ticks all the boxes. Sun. Sea. Cheap food and drink. Friendly, smiling people. How would you like to live there? Is this island heaven too good to be true? Surely there can be no darker side? Is there no lingering resentment from the colonial period and the bitter and vicious guerrilla war which ended it? What happens when Vic and his wife Gay come into contact with the real Cyprus, away from the garish, overdeveloped tourist resorts? They quickly find people even more friendly and generous than in the towns, although less likely to speak English. But they also discover terrible cruelty to animals; winter weather worse than tourists are led to believe; snakes, dangerous driving and earthquakes; hunters, armed to the teeth, excited and trigger happy; institutionalised hatred between Greek and Turkish Cypriots; racism and sexual exploitation of women tricked into coming to Cyprus from abroad. Is paradise lost?

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1291077839

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9781291077834

Goodbye, My Tribe

An Evangelical Exodus

By: Vic Sizemore

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Goodbye, My Tribe

An Evangelical Exodus

By: Vic Sizemore

Goodbye, My Tribe: An Evangelical Exodus is Vic Sizemore’s collection of personal essays chronicling two simultaneous transformations. One is the gathering of unconnected—and nonpolitical—evangelical congregations across the nation into the political juggernaut called the Religious Right; the other is the author’s own coming to terms with the emotional and spiritual trauma of his life deep inside fundamentalist Christianity, and his struggle to free himself from its grasp. Sizemore, whose father was a preacher and professor at a small West Virginia Bible college, attended Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, arguably the crucible of American evangelical Christianity. Sizemore began writing these essays with the aim of exploring and understanding what happened when the mythology of his “tribe” crumbled from beneath his feet. He draws heavily on his upbringing and his family history as a framework for how his “tribe” of white evangelicals have found ways to reconcile Christianity with what the author finds to be troubling stances on many social issues, among them race, gender, sexuality, materialism, anti-intellectualism, and white supremacy. In a clear-eyed and eloquent voice, Sizemore grapples movingly with his own bewilderment and chagrin as he struggles to reconcile the essential philosophical and moral decay that he believes many evangelicals have come to embrace. His insights, arranged topically and thematically and told through graceful and accessible prose, toggle between memoir and literary journalism, along a spectrum that touches on history, philosophy, theology, and personal reflections. .

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University Alabama Press

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0817320571

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9780817320577

Early Poke

A Great Southern Humorist Looks at Life's Pitfalls and Pinnacles

By: Poke McHenry,Vic Smith

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Early Poke

A Great Southern Humorist Looks at Life's Pitfalls and Pinnacles

By: Poke McHenry,Vic Smith

EARLY POKE is a collection of human interest newspaper columns that appeared in the daily Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville, Florida & were written by Vic Smith, veteran of more than 50 years in the business, under the pen name Poke McHenry. The anthology runs the gamut of human activities & emotions & is written with the consummate skills of an exceptional wordsmith. The stories are laced liberally with clean & original humor, wit, amazing insight, provocative thinking, & common sense that go even beyond the uncommon level & often roam the realms of the unique. The author dips generously into his long lifetime of marvelous memories of magic moments for much of his warmly entertaining prose. He covers the field from baseball to bass fishing & from the cotton mill spinning room to the peregrinations of presidents with countless wayside stops between. He's been there & he tells you about it in superb word pictures that entwine the reader in a warm web of pure reading pleasure. Whatever your age or station in life, you'll find this book a comforting companion & you'll adopt Poke as a true friend. To order call 1-800-330-1325.

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Singing Was the Easy Part

Singing Was the Easy Part

Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Ridgelands Franchise Execution

Super Bowl Blueprints

Super Bowl Blueprints

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman

City of Laughter

City of Laughter

Creating Jazz Counterpoint

Creating Jazz Counterpoint

Son of Bum

Son of Bum

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Famous

The First Bohemians

The First Bohemians

Creating the Jazz Solo

Creating the Jazz Solo

Conscious

Conscious

Living In The Real Cyprus

Living In The Real Cyprus

Goodbye, My Tribe

Goodbye, My Tribe

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