Darryl W. Bullock: The Velvet Mafia

The Gay Men Who Ran The Swinging Sixties. UK 2023, 348 pp., hardbound, € 34.95
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Omnibus Press
Concentrating on the friendship between impresario Larry Parnes, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and showbiz solicitor David Jacobs, the book details how they shaped the Swinging 60s, along with their associates including songwriter Lionel Bart (author of the hit musical Oliver! ), record producer Joe Meek, Sir Joseph Lockwood (the head of EMI), Vicki Wickham (manager of Dusty Springfield and assistant ... Weiterlesen

Kevin Cook: Kitty Genovese

The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime That Changed America. USA 2015,242 pp. with b/w photographs, brochure, € 15.95
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W. W. Norton
New York City, 1964. A young woman is stabbed to death on her front stoop - a murder the New York Times called »a frozen moment of dramatic, disturbing social change«. The victim, Catherine »Kitty« Genovese, became an urban martyr, butchered by a sociopathic killer in plain sight of 38 neighbors who »didn't want to get involved«. Her sensational case ... Weiterlesen

Robert Hofler: Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to »A Clockwork Orange«

How a Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos. USA 2014, 344 pp., brochure, € 27.95
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The years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before, and likely ever since. Film, literature, theater and music simultaneously broke through barriers previously unimagined, giving birth to what we still consider to be the height of sexual expression. In »Sexplosion«, Robert Hofler weaves a lively narrative linking many of the writers, producers, and actors responsible ... Weiterlesen

Bruno Barreto (R): Reaching for the Moon

Brasilien 2013, portug. OF, engl. SF, engl. UT, 118 Min., € 19.99
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Biopic about the American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and her passionate, real-life love affair with Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares. Based on the bestselling novel »Rare and Commonplace Flowers«, the film follows Bishop as a creative block prompts her to accept the invitation of a college friend to stay with her and her partner, Lota, on a sprawling ... Weiterlesen

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte: Taking Woodstock

A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life. USA 2009, 215 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Before there ws a Woodstock Concert, there was Elliot Tiber working to make a go of his parents' upstate New York motel. The Jewish clientele who had frequented the Catskills had discovered Florida, and the upstate tourist business was dying. To save his family's livelihood, Elliot put on plays and local festivals. In the process, he became the area's issuer ... Weiterlesen

Jonathan Coe: The Rain Before It Falls

UK 2007, 278 pp., brochure, € 18.79
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As 73-year-old Rosamond sits alone in her remote Shropshire house, her dying thoughts turn to her cousin's granddaughter, Imogen, who has been blind from an early age. Rosamond realizes that she has one last duty to perform: to describe on tape, for Imogen's benefit, a series of 20 photographs which between them tell a tragic family history. At the centre ... Weiterlesen

Vern L. Bullough (Ed.): Before Stonewall: Activists for Gay and Lesbian Rights in Historical Context

UK 2002, 464 pp., brochure, € 49.95
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Routledge
Explore the early history of the gay rights movement In the words of editor Vern L. Bullough: »Although there was no single leader in the gay and lesbian community who achieved the fame and reputation of Martin Luther King, there were a large number of activists who put their careers and reputations on the line. It was a motley crew ... Weiterlesen

Carmen L. Oliveira: Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares

UK 2002, 2018 pp., brochure, € 39.95
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Elizabeth Bishop, the Pulitzer Prize - winning American poet, sought artistic inspiration in Brazil. There she met and fell in love with Lota de Macedo Soares, a self-trained Brazilian architect. This dual biography ? brilliantly researched, and written in a lively, novelistic style ? follows their relationship from 1951 to 1967, the time when the two lived together in Brazil. ... Weiterlesen