11,15 zł

Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe - Souad

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Pierwsze na świecie świadectwo ofiary zbrodni honorowej. Miała siedemnaście lat i zakochała się: zhańbiła rodzinę. Więc rodzina wydała na nią wyrok śmierci... Pokochała go pierwszą miłością. Myślała, że się z nią ożeni. Ale ukochany zniknął, a ona odkryła, że jest w ciąży. A w jej świecie to najcięższa zbrodnia... W zapomnianej przez Boga wiosce w Cisjordanii kobiety są warte mniej niż zwierzęta domowe. Tu mężczyzna jest panem życia i śmierci żony, córki, siostry. Brat może bezkarnie zabić siostrę, matka - córkę, kolejną bezużyteczną dziewczynkę, jaka się urodzi. Tu kobiecie odbiera się godność, a nawet życie zgodnie z odwiecznym obyczajem i uświęconą tradycją. A śmierć jest karą dla dziewczyny, która zhańbi rodzinę. Tak jak Souad. Wyrok wydaje jej ojciec. Szwagier dokonuje egzekucji. Oblewa Souad benzyną i podpala... SOUAD przeżyła - cudem, ale rodzina usiłowała zabić ją nawet w szpitalu. Na zawsze jednak pozostanie straszliwie okaleczona - na ciele i duszy. I wciąż musi się ukrywać; dopóki żyje, jej rodzinę okrywa hańba. Spalona żywcem, opublikowana pod pseudonimem szokująca opowieść o piekle, jakim było jej dzieciństwo i młodość, stała się międzynarodowym bestsellerem. Wydana w 37 w krajach książka przerywa tabu milczenia wobec istniejącej nadal w krajach muzułmańskich barbarzyńskiej tradycji. Nieludzkiego obyczaju, prawa mężczyzn, na mocy którego co najmniej pięć tysięcy kobiet pada co roku ofiarą zbrodni honorowej. Nazwa - Spalona Żywcem Wyd. Kieszonkowe Autor - Souad Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Amber Kod ISBN - 9788324159406 Kod EAN - 9788324159406 Wydanie - 1 Rok wydania - 2016 Tłumacz - 31182,maria rostworowska; Format - 110 x 175 x 14 Ilość stron - 224 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2016-06-23

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76,38 zł

TALES OF OLD GRAND-DADDY - Markus Hook Roll Band (Płyta winylowa)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Opis - Wspaniały prezent dla fanów AC/DC, ale nie tylko dla nich. Również dla tych, którzy lubią australijski zespół The Easybeats (ten od hitu "Friday On My Mind"), w którym gitarzystą był starszy brat Angusa i Malcolma Youngów, George. Rockowy zespół Marcus Hook Roll Band był projektem pobocznym George'a Younga i jego kumpla z The Easybeats, Harry'ego Vandy. Powstał w 1972 roku i istniał przed dwa lata. Grali w nim również Angus i Malcolm Youg. Było to ich pierwsze tak poważne doświadczenie muzyczne. Będąc w tej kapeli poczynili też pierwsze nagrania. Debiutanckim wydawnictwem grupy Marcus Hook Roll Band był album "Tales Of Old Grand-Daddy", który premierę miał w roku 1973. Materiał ukazuje się teraz bogatszy o dwie wcześniej niepublikowane piosenki ("One Of These Days", "Ride Baby Ride") oraz trzy rzadkie kawałki (m.in. po raz pierwszy wersja stereo "Natural Man"). Album wart jest polecenia nie tylko ze względu na udział w nim czterech braci Youngów (tym czwartym był najstarszy i najmniej znany Alex, który grał na saksofonie), lecz również z powodu muzyki. Podstawą stylu Marcus Hook Roll Band był klasyczny gitarowy rock, ale w piosenkach zespołu słychać wyraźne wpływy soulu i funku. Warto dodać, że wznowienie poparł menedżment AC/DC oraz Angus i Malcolm Youngowie. Album to zaginiony klejnot w historii muzyki rockowej. Nazwa - TALES OF OLD GRAND-DADDY Autor - Markus Hook Roll Band Wydawca - Warner Music Group Kod EAN - 0825646310685 Rok wydania - 2014 Nośnik - Płyta winylowa Ilość elementów - 1 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2014-06-09

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47,22 zł

Dirty Version HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

On the tenth anniversary of his death, The Dirty Version is the first biography of hip hop superstar and founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Ol' Dirty Bastard, to be written by someone from his inner circle: his right-hand man and best friend, Buddha Monk. Ol' Dirty Bastard rocketed to fame with the Wu-Tang Clan, the raucous and renegade group that altered the world of hip hop forever. ODB was one of the Clan's wildest icons and most inventive performers, and when he died of an overdose in 2004 at the age of thirty-five, millions of fans mourned the loss. ODB lives on in epic proportions and his antics are legend: he once picked up his welfare check in a limousine; lifted a burning car off a four-year-old girl in Brooklyn; stole a fifty-dollar pair of sneakers on tour at the peak of his success. Many have questioned whether his stunts were carefully calculated or the result of paranoia and mental instability. Now, Dirty's friend since childhood, Buddha Monk, a Wu-Tang collaborator on stage and in the studio, reveals the truth about the complex and talented performer.From their days together on the streets of Brooklyn to the meteoric rise of Wu-Tang's star, from bouts in prison to court-mandated rehab, from Dirty's favorite kind of pizza to his struggles with fame and success, Buddha tells the real story-The Dirty Version-of the legendary rapper.

Sklep: Libristo.pl

3,63 zł

Módl się i zwyciężaj - Ks. Krystian Wilczyński

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Nazwa - Módl się i zwyciężaj Autor - Ks. Krystian Wilczyński Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Emmanuel Kod ISBN - 9788363757625 Kod EAN - 9788363757625 Rok wydania - 2014 Format - 105x145 Ilość stron - 31 Podatek VAT - 5%

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73,25 zł

Bell Tolls for No One City Lights Books

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

The Bell Tolls for No One is a book of previously uncollected short fiction by everyone's favorite dirty old man, Charles Bukowski. Beginning with the illustrated, unpublished 1947 story, "A Kind, Understanding Face," continuing through his famous underground newspaper column, "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," and concluding with his hardboiled contributions to 1980s glossy adult magazines, The Bells Tolls for No One encompasses the entire range of Bukowski's talent as a short story writer, from straight-up genre stories to postmodern blurring of the line between fact and fiction. Designed not only for Bukowski fans, but also for readers new to his work, the book contains an informative introduction by editor David Stephen Calonne that provides historical context for these seemingly scandalous and chaotic tales, revealing the hidden hand of the master at the top of his form. Also included are several of Bukwoski's own illustrations. Born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, California, Charles Bukowski published his first story when he was twenty-four and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five.His first book of poetry was published in 1959; he would eventually publish more than fourty-five books of poetry and prose. He died of leukemia in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994. David Stephen Calonne has edited three previous books of uncollected prose by Charles Bukowski for City Lights Publishers. He is the author of several books, including the critical study Charles Bukowski, and the editor of Charles Bukowski: Sunlight Here I Am/Interviews and Encounters 1963-1993.

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28,93 zł

Gingerbread Man - Read It Yourself with Ladybird Penguin Random House Children's UK

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

In this classic fairy tale, a little old woman makes a gingerbread man - but then he runs away! Is there anyone who can catch the gingerbread man? Read it yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird's best-selling series. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills. Each Read it yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the four different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading. Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.The Gingerbread Man is a Level 2 Read it yourself title, ideal for children who have received some initial reading instruction and can read short, simple sentences with help.

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21,12 zł

Między niebem a piekłem - Grzegorz Polaczek

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - "Między niebem a piekłem" to porywająca opowieść o dwóch banitach zesłanych na Ziemię: diable Seth'ie i aniele Bartłomieju. Przypadkowe spotkanie powoduje, iż ze względu na obopólne korzyści, postanawiają zamieszkać razem. Książka opowiada o wspólnych wysiłkach, które mają doprowadzić ich z powrotem do domu, gdzie nie będą musieli mierzyć się z codziennymi problemami życia na Ziemi. Nazwa - Między niebem a piekłem Autor - Grzegorz Polaczek Oprawa - Miękka Wydawca - Novae Res Kod ISBN - 9788377222300 Kod EAN - 9788377222300 Rok wydania - 2011 Język - polski Format - 12.0x19.5cm Ilość stron - 236 Podatek VAT - 5%

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18,39 zł

RUM,SODOMY&THE LASH - Pogues (Płyta CD)

Książki & Multimedia > Muzyka

Lista utworów - Płyta CD 1 1. The Sickbed Of Cuchulainn 2. The Old Main Drag 3. Wild Cats Of Kilkenny 4. I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day 5. A Pair Of Brown Eyes 6. Sally MacLennane 7. Dirty Old Town 8. Jesse James 9. Navigator 10. Billy's Bones 11. The Gentleman Soldier 12. The Band Played Waltzing Matilda 13. A Pistol For Paddy Garcia (Bonus Track) 14. London Girl (Bonus Track) 15. Rainy Night In Soho (Bonus Track) 16. Body Of An American (Bonus Track) 17. Planxty Noel Hill (Bonus Track) 18. The Parting Glass (Bonus Track) Nazwa - RUM,SODOMY&THE LASH Autor - Pogues Wydawca - WM UK Kod EAN - 5050467595927 Rok wydania - 2005 Nośnik - Płyta CD Ilość elementów - 1 Podatek VAT - 23% Premiera - 2005-01-24

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77,87 zł

Beerspit Night And Cursing Harper Collins Publishers

Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna

Unmasks the tough, street-smart persona of Charles Bukowski-America's "Ultimate Outsider" * Amazing letters filled with passionate, literary, and personal observation * Insights into the author of Tales of Ordinary Madness, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, and Run with the Hunted * Insights into Sheri Martinelli: the protege of Anais Nin, an accomplished painter, and the mistress of Ezra Pound Charels Bukowski's persona as the Dirty Old Man of American Literature is just that: a persona, a mask beneath which there was a man better read and more cultured than most people realize. Sheri Martinelli was one of the favored few for whom Bukowski dropped the mask and engaged in serious discussion of literature and art, and for that reason the discovery and publication of his letters to her give us a more complete picture of this complicated man.

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14,72 zł

Europa polityczno-fizyczna mapa-podkładka na biurko - Praca Zbiorowa

Książki & Multimedia > Książki

Opis - Znakomicie przygotowana, dwustronna podkładka na biurko, z mapą Europy w skali 1:12 000 000, polityczną (awers) oraz fizyczną (rewers). Prezentuje najważniejsze, aktualne informacje o kontynencie, na którym leży Polska. Ciekawie zaprojektowana, oprócz map, mieści również dodatkowe elementy, pomocne w poznawaniu świata. Może być świetną pomocą w przyswajaniu wiedzy z zakresu geografii na poziomie szkoły podstawowej i gimnazjum. Na mapie politycznej można znaleźć: - podział polityczno-administracyjny Europy, z granicami państw, - stolice i najważniejsze miasta, - sieć drogową, - tabelkę z krótkimi opisami państw (powierzchnia, ludność) oraz flagami. Na mapie fizycznej zaznaczono: - ukształtowanie terenu z górami, szczytami, rzekami, rzekami itp., - wyodrębnione kolorem krainy geograficznie, - najważniejsze miasta, - dodatkowa tabelka z wylistowanymi najwyższymi szczytami, najdłuższymi rzekami, najgłębszymi jeziorami. Podkładka zabezpieczona jest trwałym laminatem, na którym można umieszczać swoje notatki, oznaczenia itp., używając suchościeralnych mazaków. Nazwa - Europa polityczno-fizyczna mapa-podkładka na biurko Autor - Praca Zbiorowa Oprawa - Brak Wydawca - Eko-graf Kod ISBN - 9788361157748 Kod EAN - 9788361157748 Rok wydania - 2017 Język - polski Format - 50.0x5.5 Ilość stron - 2 Podatek VAT - 5% Premiera - 2017-05-29

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109,99 zł

Rock Revolution KONAMI IQ Publishing

Oprogramowanie i Gry > Gry > PlayStation 3

Opis:   Rock Revolution Marzyłeś o założeniu własnej kapeli rockowej i karierze muzycznej? W grze Rock Band Twoje marzenia mogą się spełnić! Najważniejsze cechy: gra działa z każdą perkusją i gitarą do PlayStation3 40 rockowych kawałków tryb Jam - nagraj własne 8-ścieżkowe utwory tryb Rehearsal

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129,21 zł

ULTIMATE GUITAR LEGENDS SANTANA SCORPIONS CD WYDAWCA

Muzyka > Płyty kompaktowe > Składanki

ULTIMATE GUITAR LEGENDS CD Czteropłytowe wydawnictwo zawierajace najwieksze hity mistrzów gitary. Wsród wykonawców m.in.: John Mayer, Jeff Buckley, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani czy Stevie Ray Vaughan. Tracklista: CD 1 1. Boston - More Than a Feeling 2. Ram Jam - Black Betty 3. Survivor - Eye of the Tiger 4. Heart - Barracuda 5. Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On 6. Toto - Hold the Line 7. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 8. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 9. John Mayer - Queen of California 10. Jeff Buckley - Grace 11. Johnny Winter - Johnny B. Goode 12. Electric Light Orchestra - Ma-Ma-Ma Belle 13. Mott The Hoople - Roll Away the Stone 14. Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Little Wing 15. Jeff Beck - Cause We've Ended as Lovers 16. Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien 17. The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' CD 2 1. Sweet - The Ballroom Blitz 2. Alice Cooper - Poison 3. REO Speedwagon - Take It on the Run 4. Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son 5. Aldo Nova - Fantasy 6. Europe - The Final Countdown 7. Motörhead - The One to Sing the Blues 8. Ted Nugent - Stranglehold 9. The Gun - Race with the Devil 10. Judas Priest - Better by You, Better Than Me 11. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' for You 12. Argent - Tragedy 13. Cheap Trick - Surrender 14. Poco - You Better Think Twice 15. Spirit - 1984 16. Lou Reed - Vicious 17. 311 - Down 18. The Jeff Healey Band - While My Guitar Gently Weeps CD 3 1. Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 2. Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Poor Boy Blues 3. Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain 4. The Derek Trucks Band - Down In the Flood 5. Van Morrison - Midnight Special 6. Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny 7. The Allman Brothers Band - Low Down Dirty Mean 8. Flamin' Groovies - High Flyin' Baby 9. Bloomfield & Kooper - Albert's Shuffle 10. Chicken Shack - It's Ok with Me Baby 11. Delaney & Bonnie & Friends - Comin' Home 12. Moby Grape - Fall on You 13. Dave Edmunds - Born to Be With You 14. Al Stewart - Carol 15. JJ Cale - Lean On Me 16. Keb' Mo' - Am I Wrong 17. Taj Mahal - Statesboro Blues 18. Shuggie Otis - Oxford Gray 19. The Fabulous Thunderbirds - Powerful Stuff CD 4 1. Santana - Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile) 2. Steve Vai - For the Love of God 3. John McLaughlin - New York on My Mind 4. Scorpions - In Trance 5. David Bowie - Slow Burn 6. The Guess Who - No Time 7. Jefferson Starship - Runaway 8. The Isley Brothers - That Lady 9. Mother's Finest - Fire 10. RUN-DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way 11. Al DiMeola - Race with the Devil on Spanish Highway 12. The Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides 13. G3 - La Grange

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66,42 zł

ELVIS PRESLEY THE REAL DIGIPACK 3CD ALL SHOOK UP WYDAWCA

Muzyka > Płyty kompaktowe > Rock'n'roll

Elvis Presley: The Real... (digipack) [3CD] CD 1: 1. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 2. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley 3. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 4. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley 5. A Big Hunk O' Love - Elvis Presley 6. That's All Right - Elvis Presley 7. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley 8. Tutti Frutti - Elvis Presley 9. Long Tall Sally - Elvis Presley 10. Shake Rattle & Roll - Elvis Presley 11. Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do! - Elvis Presley 12. Rip It Up - Elvis Presley 13. I Got Stung - Elvis Presley 14. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck - Elvis Presley 15. Mean Woman Blues - Elvis Presley 16. King Creole - Elvis Presley 17. Too Much - Elvis Presley 18. You're So Square Baby I Don't Care - Elvis Presley 19. Hard Headed Woman - Elvis Presley 20. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley 21. I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine - Elvis Presley 22. Little Sister - Elvis Presley 23. Surrender - Elvis Presley 24. Marie's The Name Of His Latest Flame - Elvis Presley 25. Poor Boy - Elvis Presley 26. G. I. Blues - Elvis Presley 27. What's She Really Like - Elvis Presley 28. My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presley 29. Trouble - Elvis Presley 30. Girl Next Door Went A Walking - Elvis Presley CD 2: 1. Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley 2. Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley 3. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 4. Fever - Elvis Presley 5. Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley 6. Blue Moon - Elvis Presley 7. Blueberry Hill - Elvis Presley 8. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? - Elvis Presley 9. Wooden Heart - Elvis Presley 10. Don't - Elvis Presley 11. Anyway You Want Me That's How I Will Be - Elvis Presley 12. I Need You So - Elvis Presley 13. True Love - Elvis Presley 14. Love Me - Elvis Presley 15. Anyplace Is Paradise - Elvis Presley 16. As Long As I Have You - Elvis Presley 17. Baby Let's Play House - Elvis Presley 18. A Mess Of Blues - Elvis Presley 19. Trying To Get To You - Elvis Presley 20. Loving You - Elvis Presley 21. I Want You, I Need You, I Love You - Elvis Presley 22. I Need Your Love Tonight - Elvis Presley 23. Stuck On You - Elvis Presley 24. It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley 25. Tonight Is So Right For Love - Elvis Presley 26. I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley 27. I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone - Elvis Presley 28. Dirty, Dirty Feeling - Elvis Presley 29. Make Me Know It - Elvis Presley 30. Rock-A-Hula Baby - Elvis Presley CD 3: 1. There'll Be Peace In The Valley For Me - Elvis Presley 2. I Believe - Elvis Presley 3. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Elvis Presley 4. Old Shep - Elvis Presley 5. If We Never Meet Again - Elvis Presley 6. A Fool Such As I - Elvis Presley 7. One Night Of Sin - Elvis Presley 8. Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Elvis Presley 9. Milky White Way - Elvis Presley 10. His Hand In Mine - Elvis Presley 11. I Believe In The Man In The Sky - Elvis Presley 12. Joshua Fit The Battle - Elvis Presley 13. Take My Hand, Precious Lord - Elvis Presley 14. Mansion Over The Hilltop - Elvis Presley 15. In My Father's House - Elvis Presley 16. Silent Night - Elvis Presley 17. Known Only To Him - Elvis Presley 18. It Is No Secret What God Can Do - Elvis Presley 19. Working On The Building - Elvis Presley 20. He Knows Just What I Need - Elvis Presley 21. I Will Be Home Again - Elvis Presley 22. Young & Beautiful - Elvis Presley 23. Pocketful Of Rainbows - Elvis Presley 24. The Girl Of My Best Friend - Elvis Presley 25. I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs - Elvis Presley 26. As Long As I Have You - Elvis Presley 27. Young Dreams - Elvis Presley 28. Is It So Strange - Elvis Presley 29. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Elvis Presley 30. You're A Heartbreaker - Elvis Presley

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73,30 zł

Death of Kings Doubleday

Powieści i opowiadania

Brilliant

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40,80 zł

Letter from America Penguin

Powieści i opowiadania

When Alistair Cooke retired in March 2004 and then died a few weeks later, he was acclaimed by many as one of the greatest broadcasters of all time. His Letters from America, which began in 1946 and continued uninterrupted every week until early 2004, kept the world in touch with what was happening in Cooke's wry, liberal and humane style. This selection, made largely by Cooke himself and supplemented by his literary executor, gives us the very best of these legendary broadcasts. Over half have never appeared in print before. It is a remarkable portrait of a continent - and a man. Fred Astaire 26 June 1987 Movie stars don't make it. Nor statesmen. Not Prime Ministers, or dictators unless they die in office. Not even a world-famous rock star, unless he's assassinated. But last Monday, none of the three national television networks hesitated about the story that would lead the evening news. On millions of little screens in this country and I don't doubt in many other countries around the world, the first shots were of an imp, a graceful wraith, a firefly in impeccable white tie and tails. And for much longer than the lead story usually runs, for a full five minutes on NBC, we were given a loving retrospective of the dead man, ending with the firm declaration by Nureyev that 'He was not just the best ballroom dancer, or tap dancer, he was simply the greatest, most imaginative, dancer of our time.' And the newsmen were right to remind us of the immortal comment of the Hollywood mogul, who, with the no-nonsense directness of an expert, reported on Fred Astaire's first film test: 'Has enormous ears, can't act, can't sing, dances a little.' That Hollywood mogul, long gone, spent his life ducking round corners, to avoid being identified as the oaf who looked in the sky and never saw the brightest star. However, that expert opinion was, as the lawyers say, controlling at the time and in Astaire's first movies, there was no thought of allowing him to act or sing. But not for long. And thanks to the invention of television, and the need to fill vast stretches of the afternoon and night with old movies, it has been possible for my daughter, for instance, to claim Fred Astaire as her favourite film star from the evidence of all the movies he made fifteen, ten, five, three years before she was born. When I got the news on Monday evening here, and realized with immediate professional satisfaction that the BBC had smartly on hand a musical obituary tribute to him I put together eight years ago, I couldn't help recalling the casual, comic way this and similar radio obituaries came about. I was in London at the end of 1979, and Richard Rodgers - one of the two or three greatest of American songwriters - had just died, I believe on New Year's Eve or the night before. Britons, by then, were getting accustomed, without pain, to making what used to be a two-day Christmas holiday into a ten-day much-needed rest. For all laborious research purposes, the BBC was shut up. And there was no retrospective programme on the life and music of Richard Rodgers in the BBC's archives. Of course, in a gramophone library that looks like an annex to the Pentagon, there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of recordings of his songs. The SOS went out to a writer, a producer, and - I presume - a man who had the key to the gramophone library. The silent place was unlocked, and the three of them laboured through the day to put together an hour's tribute to Richard Rodgers. It was done. It was competent enough, but rushed to an impossible deadline. This hasty improvisation happened just when my own music producer and I, who had enjoyed working together for six years or so on American popular music, were wondering what we could offer next. We'd done a sketch history of jazz, through individuals. We'd gone through all the popular music of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and were stumped for a new series, at which point I asked if we mightn't go and talk to the head of the channel, network or whatever. We went in, and the genial boss asked me what we had in mind. 'A morgue,' I said. A what? 'Where', I asked, 'is your morgue?' He was not familiar with the word, a newspaper term. 'Well,' I said, 'all newspapers have them.' 'How d'you mean?' 'If, I explained, 'Mrs Thatcher died tonight and you woke up and read a two-sentence obituary, you'd be rightly outraged. But if you saw a two-page obituary, you'd take it for granted. When d'you suppose it was written?' 'That's right,' he said thoughtfully. What I was proposing was a morgue of the Americans eminent in popular music and jazz, so they'd not get caught short again. A splendid idea, the man said; pick your stars. We made a list and were commissioned to return to America and finish all of them. Naturally, we looked at a calendar, and birthdates of Hoagy Carmichael, Earl Hines, Harold Arlen, Ethel Merman, Stephane Grappelli, Ella Fitzgerald. But then, in a spasm of panic, we thought of two giants - if the word can be used about two comparative midgets: Irving Berlin and Fred Astaire. Berlin was then 91. And Fred Astaire was just crowding 80. The boss man, to whom the idea of a morgue had been, only a few minutes before, quaint if not morbid, wondered what we were waiting for. Better get busy, at once, on Berlin and then on Astaire. I remember doing the Astaire obit, then and there, while I was still in London. Meanwhile, we'd simply pray every night that the Lord would keep Irving Berlin breathing till I could get home and get busy. I remember being picked up in a car by a charming young girl to get to the BBC and record my Astaire narration - there wasn't a moment to lose. She asked me, in the car, what the script was that I was clutching. 'It's an obituary', I said, 'of Fred Astaire.' 'Fred Astaire,' she shrieked, 'dead?' and almost swerved into a bus. 'Of course, he's not dead,' I said, 'but he's going to be one day.' She, too, was new to the institution of a morgue. I recalled that when I was a correspondent for a British paper in the United States, and when for example. Dean Acheson was appointed Secretary of State, the first cable I had from my editor said, 'Welcome Acheson obituary soonest.' How ghoulish, she said. I imagine that to two generations at least, it's assumed that Fred Astaire, this slim, pop-eyed newcomer to Hollywood who couldn't act, couldn't sing, danced a little, only made a fool of the mogul through the movies he made, with Ginger Rogers, in the mid- and late 1930s. But long before then, from the mid-1920s on, he was already an incomparable star - as a dancer - to theatre audiences both in New York and in London. Perhaps more in London than anywhere, certainly in the 1920s, with the early Gershwin hits, Funny Face and Lady Be Good, and lastly, in 1933, in Cole Porter's Gay Divorce (which was the title of the theatre show; Hollywood would not then allow so shocking a title and called the movie version, The Gay Divorcee). Of all the thousands of words that have been written this week, and will be written, there is a passage I went back to on Tuesday night which, I think, as well as anything I know, sums up Astaire's overall appeal - the appeal that takes in but transcends one's admiration for his dancing and for his inimitably intimate singing style. This was written in November 1933, by a theatre critic who had so little feel for dancing that he marvelled why London should go on about 'Mr Astaire's doing well enough what the Tiller Girls at Blackpool do superbly'. The critic, the writer, was James Agate, the irascible, dogmatic, opinionated but brilliant journalist, and I believe the best critic of acting we have had this century. He is writing his review of Gay Divorce, after declaring yet again his contempt for musical comedy as an entertainment for idiots, deploring the play's plot and the acting and hoping 'Micawberishly, for something to turn up'. 'Presently,' he wrote, 'Mr Fred Astaire obliged, and there is really no more to be said.' Except

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