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Narz's Chess Book Reviews Part I
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Caxton / Bishops Photo Mugs THE BISHOPS - represented as Judges Date 1474.... |
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Jose Raul Capablanca Photo Mugs JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA Cuban chess master, defeated Lasker in 1921 but was himself defeated by Alekhine in 1927 ; author of books on chess.... |
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Folk Singer $2.54 Muddy Waters started out playing acoustic blues in the Delta, and it shows on this return to his roots, designed to appeal to the mid-1960s surge of interest in folk music. The back of the CD includes a photo of Waters with bassist and songwriter Willie Dixon, as well as a very young Buddy Guy, gathered around a single microphone. This particular CD reissue includes five bonus tracks, among which ... |
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His Best  Little Walter)The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection$4.96 Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs is perhaps the most influential harmonica player on contemporary blues, and his collection is a great place to start. He was trained by Muddy Waters, but brought a more swinging feel to blues. Muddy and his band accompany Little Walter on many hits, as do Robert "Jr." Lockwood, the Aces, and other Chicago greats. In the 1950s, Little Walter's popularity eclipsed even ... |
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Love Songs $2.67 She's no stranger to the towering highs and lows of the heart, and Etta James's soaring, gospel-tinged pipes match up well with the rigors of unabashed bliss. Happily, the good people at Chess Records recognize this, and they have thoughtfully collected some of the best examples into one tidy record. Kicking off with her classic treatment of "At Last," the collection moves through the lilting stri... |
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The Seventh Seal (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] $22.50 Ingmar Bergman's most acclaimed film is a haunting allegory set in the Middle Ages, where a disillusioned knight (Max von Sydow) returning home from the Crusades is challenged by Death to a game of chess, with humans as pawns. Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand co-star in the bleak, stunning drama. 97 min. Standard; Soundtracks: Swedish Dolby Digital mono, English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: En... |
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Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 [Blu-ray] $19.48 Features include: •MPAA Rating: UNRATED•Format: Blu-Ray•Runtime: 54 minutes... |
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Black Cat [VHS] $14.98 Edgar Ulmer's baroque masterpiece is the pinnacle of expressionism of Hollywood, a beautiful melding of gothic antiquity and modernity in the shadow of World War I. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff square off in their finest film together as decades-old nemeses who meet for a fateful showdown on the very battlefield where Karloff's devilish dark priest sacrificed his own army and framed Lugosi's goo... |
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Daphne 4 LED Book Light $9.99 Use this folding LED Book Light when you're at home or on the go!... |
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Two-Disc Special Widescreen Edition) $2.99 Here's an event movie that holds up to being an event. This filmed version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, adapted from the wildly popular book by J.K. Rowling, stunningly brings to life Harry Potter's world of Hogwarts, the school for young witches and wizards. The greatest strength of the film comes from its faithfulness to the novel, and this new cinematic world is filled with all the... |
