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Ahmet Ertegun: Atlantic Records

Known as the greatest "record man" who ever lived, Ahmet Ertegun's life comprised the history of 20th Century popular music in America.

May 2nd, 2007 | 8 comments | 9,147 Views
(14 votes)
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Frank Gehry: Sketches of Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry loves to sketch. It is the beginning of his architectural process.

Sep 20th, 2006 | 0 comments | 2,024 Views
(6 votes)
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Albert Einstein: How I See the World

Albert Einstein is considered one of the greatest scientific thinkers of all time.

Aug 16th, 2006 | 1 comment | 3,932 Views
(13 votes)
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Bob Dylan: About the Film

This film focuses on Dylan’s life and music from the 60s, includes never-seen performance footage, interviews with artists whose lives intertwined with his.

Jun 28th, 2006 | 4 comments | 5,297 Views
(9 votes)
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Aretha Franklin: About Aretha Franklin

American Masters tributes “The Queen of Soul” Ms. Aretha Franklin.

May 24th, 2006 | 0 comments | 2,544 Views
(9 votes)
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John Ford and John Wayne: Pappy and the Duke

Ford and Wayne, a friendship and professional collaboration that spanned 50 years, changed each others' lives, the movies, and the way America saw itself.

May 10th, 2006 | 2 comments | 2,573 Views
(5 votes)
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Ernest Hemingway: Reflections on Ernest Hemingway

When Joseph Conrad died, Ernest Hemingway, by way of an obituary notice, wrote a little piece in the TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, in October 1924, and what he said was that if it could be shown that by grinding T. S. Eliot down to a fine powder, and by sprinkling the powder upon Conrad's grave, then Conrad would immediately jump out of his grave and commence to write, then he, Hemingway, would leave for London immediately with a sausage grinder in his luggage.

Sep 14th, 2005 | 0 comments | 3,095 Views
(6 votes)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Essay: The Crack-Up

The following is an excerpt from the essay "The Crack-Up," reprinted from The Crack-Up, a compilation of articles written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in one book by New Directions Publishing.

Aug 31st, 2005 | 2 comments | 4,027 Views
(7 votes)
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Ralph Ellison: An American Journey

In writing INVISIBLE MAN in the late 1940s, Ralph Ellison brought onto the scene a new kind of black protagonist, one at odds with the characters of the leading black novelist at the time, Richard Wright.

Aug 24th, 2005 | 1 comment | 3,024 Views
(8 votes)
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