Friedman, Matti
Summary: The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs. In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD FRISummary: An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen. Nick Broomfield's most personal and romantic film of his storied career starts on the Greek island of Hydra in 1960, where Leonard Cohen, then a struggling and unknown fiction writer, and Marianne Ihlen, a single mother with a young son, became part of community of expat artists,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARSummary: A definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, "Hallelujah." Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen's notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage, and extremely...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Music DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSIC HALCohen, Leonard
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Publisher / Publication Date: Independent Pub Group 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD COHLeibovitz, Liel.
Summary: A look not only at the inner man but also at the environments that shaped Leonard Cohen, from the rock scene of New York in the 1960s to the remote Zen monastery where Cohen spent years later in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD LEISimmons, Sylvie.
Summary: Exploring the many facets of Cohen's life, an intimate portrait of the influential songwriter draws upon his private archives and interviews with many of his closest associates, colleagues, and other artists whose work he has inspired.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD SIMCohen, Leonard
Summary: Leonard Cohen wrote the poems in Book of Longing—his first book of poetry in more than twenty years after 1984's Book of Mercy—during his five-year stay at a Zen monastery on Southern California's Mount Baldy, and in Los Angeles, Montreal, and Mumbai. This dazzling collection is enhanced by the author's playful and provocative drawings, which interact in exciting, unexpected ways on the page...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2006
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Summary: Presents a history of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" that cites its play in a diverse range of movies and television shows as well as its selection as a tribute song, noting its coverage by hundreds of artists while offering insight into its rise from early obscurity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 782.42 LIGLang, K. D. (Kathy Dawn)
Summary: K.D. Lang performs songs written by fellow Canadians Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, and Ron Sexsmith.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Nonsuch Records 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD P/R LanEisler, Kim Isaac.
Summary: Presents the rags-to-riches tale of how unemployed ship worker Richard "Skip" Hayward revived the influence and wealth of the dying Pequot clan by establishing Connecticut's controversial and profitable casino, Foxwoods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2001