A Kaleidoscopic Look at the Many Faces of Bob Dylan For almost half a century, Bob Dylan has been a primary catalyst in rock’s shifting sensibilities. Few American artists are as important, beloved, and endlessly examined, yet he remains something of an enigma. Who, we ask, is the “real” Bob Dylan? Is he Bobby Zimmerman, yearning to escape Hibbing, Minnesota, or the Woody Guthrie wannabe playing Greenwich Village haunts? Folk Messiah, Born-Again Bob, Late-Elvis Dylan, Jack Fate, or Living National Treasure? In Who Is That Man?, David Dalton—cultural historian, journalist, screenwriter, and novelist—paints a revealing portrait of the rock icon, ingeniously exposing the three-card monte games he plays with his persona. Guided by Dalton’s cutting-edge insights and myth-debunking point of view, Who Is That Man? follows Dylan’s imaginative life, integrating actual events with Dylan’s words and those of the people who know him most intimately. Drawing upon Dylan’s friends and fellow eyewitnesses—including Marianne Faithfull, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Stampfel , Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Eric Andersen, Nat Hentoff, Andrew Oldham, Nat Finkelstein, and others—this book will provide a new perspective on the man, the myth, and the musical era that forged them both. Praise for Who Is That Man? “All of David Dalton’s books are wonderful, but Who Is That Man? is especially insightful, funny, and beautifully written.” —Marianne Faithfull “Dalton’s crazy poetic prose first caught my eye in Rolling Stone back in the day. Have loved his writing ever since. Oh yeaah!”—Steven Tyler The first truly hip analysis of the ultimate hipster. —Lenny Kaye Praise for David Dalton “James Joyce meets the Blues, Voodoo, and Jimi Hendrix. Proust couldn’t and didn’t write like this.” —The Herald (Glasgow) “Dalton writes like a mad, inflamed poet. Searing images.” —Oliver Stone

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The television actress recounts her life, including her stint on Mod Squad, her bi-racial marriage to Quincy Jones, and her friendships with such figures as Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, and Tupac Shakur.

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This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes.

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Inderjeet Singh, a young Sikh who lives in the Punjab in India, explains his religion, discussing its main beliefs, its symbols, the role of Gurus, dress, places of worship, and festivals.

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Product Description: This book is a comprehensive guide to using over forty medicinal herbs as flower essences. David Dalton has been researching the characteristics of flowers and the healing powers of their essences for many years. In this book, each flower is delicately illustrated and its features described, before exploring the types of health conditions and human personalities for which its essence might be a suitable remedy...read more

Discusses Sudan's civil war and its need for refugee camps, particularly focusing on the life of a man who describes what his life was like in his village and then in a refugee camp.

Commissioned by Andy Warhol, presents a series of photographs taken in 1964 and 1965.

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A three-hundred-pound rock star, whose album Bat Out of Hell sold thirty million copies, chronicles his escape from an alcoholic father, his rise to stardom, his downfall from fast living, and his subsequent second rise to success. Reprint.

Documents more than two years spent by the author at Andy Warhol's Factory, where he participated as a pop art 'court photographer' of such icons as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Allen Ginsberg, Edie Sedgwick, and Nico. (view table of contents)

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Coley Williams, a 102-year-old bluesman, depicts the cultural side of twentieth-century America as he experienced it, recalling his encounters with such figures as Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, B. B. King, and the young Elvis Presley. (view table of contents)

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The Grateful Dead's longtime manager provides an entertaining eyewitness account of the band's behind-the-scenes history, from the writing of their greatest songs and their legendary encounters with other celebrities to their emergence as cultural icons. Simultaneous.