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Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.95.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: HPB-Emerald, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: New Legacy Books, Annandale, NJ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Fast shipping and order satisfaction guaranteed. A portion of your purchase benefits charities, First Aid and Fire Stations!.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Thomas F. Pesce', Anaheim, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The "About the Author" page has about three severe crease at the top right coner. A first edition with the copyright page listing the full number sequence of 1-10. The dust jacket's original price is still present. Pages are clean and tight.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Used - Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Published by Free Press January 2006, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Cheryl's Books, Vinemont, AL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition with full number line. Hardback with dust jacket in good condition!.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Published by Free Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.
Published by Free Pr, New York, 2006
ISBN 10: 0743272463ISBN 13: 9780743272469
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean un-read very near new copy. Book.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand.
Published by Free Press, New York, 2006
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. First printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom
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Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. February 1964: The Beatles step onto the tarmac at JFK International Airport and turn the country on its head. It's the advent of rock and roll's uninterrupted reign, youthful rebellion, and overt teenage sex. It's also the deathblow for the pop music of another generation -- the songs of Pat Boone and Georgia Gibbs -- and all its perky, white-bread conformity. Not two years later, Karen Schoemer is born, and comes of age with rock and roll. While her parents might enjoy the new music, the cultural upheaval passes them by, and they cling to the promises made by the music they loved as teenagers, the sweet, innocent 1950s pop of Patti Page, Frankie Laine, and the like. But having courted and wed against a backdrop of ideals peddled by this music -- finding true love, living happily ever after -- Schoemer's parents, like so many people, are crushed by disappointment when love doesn't deliver what the songs promised. Fifties pop falls quickly off the charts; their marriage eventually falls apart. In Great Pretenders, a lively, provocative blend of memoir and music criticism, former Newsweek pop music critic Karen Schoemer tries to figure out what went so wrong, way back in the hazy past, for her parents' marriage and for the music of their youth. To find the answers, she embarks on a strange, lonely journey in search of some of the brightest stars of the 1950s. Schoemer's search started when, twenty years after her parents' divorce, the new Connie Francis box set appeared on her desk at Newsweek. Now a successful rock critic dispensing post-punk opinions to the hipoisie, she was about to toss aside this relic when she was struck by the cover image of Francis, which bore an uncanny resemblance to her own mother; on a whim, she played one of the CDs. For all their cloying, simplistic sentimentality, songs like "Where the Boys Are" had an undeniable power -- "the sound of every teenage girl in every bedroom on every lonely Saturday going back a thousand years." It was the music of her parents' long-lost adolescence, and much to her surprise, it moved her. Thus Schoemer, arbiter of Gen X cool, found herself falling into the saccharine thrall of 1950s pop music, that pariah of the rock establishment. Even as her colleagues tried to steer her away from the terminally uncool genre, she tracked down seven former pop idols of the late 1950s and early 1960s: Connie Francis, Fabian, Pat Boone, Patti Page, Tommy Sands, Georgia Gibbs, and Frankie Laine. As she became privy to their inner lives and immersed herself in their music, Schoemer revised her own notions about the fifties at the same time that she explored her family's vexed dynamic. The result is a wonderful romp through an unappreciated chapter in music history and, more important, through her own past. Full of humor, insight, and unflinching honesty, Great Pretenders bucks the received wisdom, explores the intersections of our private lives and pop culture, and broadens our understanding of a crucial moment in our history. February 1964: The Beatles step onto the tarmac at JFK International Airport and turn the country on its head. It's the advent of rock and roll's uninterrupted reign, youthful rebellion, and overt teenage sex. It's also the deathblow for the pop music of another generation -- the songs of Pat Boone and Georgia Gibbs -- and all its perky, white-bread conformity. Not two years later, Karen Schoemer is born, and comes of age with rock and roll. While her parents might enjoy the new music, the cultural upheaval passes them by, and they cling to the promises made by the music they loved as teenagers, the sweet, innocent 1950s pop of Patti Page, Frankie Laine, and the like. But having courted and wed against a backdrop of ideals peddled by this music -- finding true love, living happily ever after -- Schoemer's parents, like so many people, are crushed by disapp Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: VeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.
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Condition: LikeNew. Remainder mark.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Ebooksweb, Bensalem, PA, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. .
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. New.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Free Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1416584536ISBN 13: 9781416584537
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.