A tribute to Janet Jackson.

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True you : a journey to finding and loving yourself / by Jackson, Janet, 1966-

You're history : the twelve strangest women in music / by Chow, Lesley

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60 pop hits /

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The pop-up book of celebrity meltdowns / by Havrilesky, Heather

Table of Contents: “…Janet Jackson "Booby trap!" -- Tom Cruise "Top gun nose dives!" …”

The velvet rope / by Dozier, Ayanna

New media in Black women's autobiography : intrepid embodiment and narrative innovation / by Curtis, Tracy

Table of Contents: “…Moving on From Control: Janet Jackson's Lot Improves as She Loses the Uniform -- 5. …”

This month in history : a compilation of pop culture-related events that occured in February /

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The velvet rope / by Dozier, Ayanna

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Grown up all wrong : 75 great rock and pop artists from vaudeville to techno / by Christgau, Robert

Table of Contents: “…. -- Bruce Springsteen and Michael Jackson -- Prince -- Furious Five -- Beastie Boys -- Public Enemy -- KRS-One -- Liliput -- Marshall Crenshaw -- The Replacements -- B-52's -- Sonic Youth -- Mekons -- Salif Keita and Youssou N'Dour -- Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens -- Master Musicians of Jajouka -- Cheb Kanled -- Pulnoc -- Mzwakhe Mbuli -- Madonna -- Garth Brooks -- Bette Midler -- Lou Reed -- Prince -- Janet Jackson -- Freedy Johnston -- L7 -- Lucinda Williams -- PJ Harvey -- Iris Dement and Sam Phillips -- Warren G and Coolio -- Dj Shadow -- James Carter -- Arto Lindsay -- Pavement -- Sleater Kinney -- Nirvana -- George Clinton -- Al Green -- Neil Young.…”

Ladies first : women in music videos / by Roberts, Robin, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Other notables: Babes in Toyland, beauty pagent, Pat Benatar, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Suzy Bogguss, Julie Brown, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Cinderella figure, Cleopatra, queen of denial, Angela Davis, Domestic violence, En Vogue, Maggie Estep, Fragmentation, Aretha Franklin, gender roles, Andrew Goodwin, Janet Jackson, Sut Jhally, Annie Lennox, lesbianism, Courtney Love, Monie Love (Simone Johnson), Loretta Lynn, M. …”

The velvet rope / by Dozier, Ayanna

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Soul : 100 essential CDs : the rough guide / by Shapiro, Peter, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Buzzard's Original Savannah Band -- The Drifters -- Dyke and the Blazers -- Earth Wind & Fire -- Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott [Missy Elliott] -- En Vogue -- The 5 Royales [The Five Royales] -- The Four Tops -- Aretha Franklin -- Funkadelic -- The Gap Band -- Marvin Gaye -- Al Green -- Guy -- Isaac Hayes -- Lauryn Hill -- The Impressions -- The Isley Brothers -- The Jackson 5 -- Janet Jackson -- Mahalia Jackson -- Michael Jackson -- Louis Jordan -- Kid Creole & the Coconuts -- Kool & the Gang -- Little Willie John -- Teena Marie -- Martha & the Vandellas -- Curtis Mayfield -- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes -- The Meters -- Mulatu Astaqe -- The O'Jays -- Parliament -- Ann Peebles -- Wilson Pickett -- Prince -- Otis Redding -- Smokey Robinson & the Miracles -- Sam & Dave -- The Shirelles -- Percy Sledge -- Sister Sledge -- Sly & the Family Stone -- Soul II Soul -- The Soul Stirrers -- Dusty Springfield -- Donna Summer -- Diana Ross & the Supremes -- Swamp Dogg -- Swan Silvertones -- Sylvester Star -- Howard Tate -- The Temptations -- Joe Tex -- Irma Thomas -- War -- Billy Ward and His Dominoes -- Dionne Warwick -- Jacke Wilson -- Womack & Womack -- Stevie Wonder -- Badmutha's -- Birth of Soul -- Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap -- Classic Salsoul Mastercuts -- Keb Darge's Legendary Deep Funk -- Freestyle's Greatest Beats -- Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures -- The Great Gospel Women -- Jubilation! …”

80 R&B hits /

Table of Contents: “…Kelly) -- Breathe Again - (Tribute to Toni Braxton) -- I Got You (I Feel Good) - (Tribute to James Brown) -- Take A Bow - (Tribute to Rihanna) -- Nasty - (Tribute to Janet Jackson) -- My Guy - (Tribute to Mary Wells) -- I'm Still Waiting - (Tribute to Diana Ross) -- Like You'll Never See Me Again - (Tribute to Alicia Keys) -- Let's Groove - (Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire) -- Motownphilly - (Tribute to Boyz II Men) -- Scream - (Tribute to Timbaland Ft. …”
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Run to cadence.

Table of Contents: “…Pump It Up and Do It Proud -- He Called on Peter and He Called on Paul -- If Elvis Presley Was Here Today -- I LIke to Slide on a Friday Night -- Shania Twain I Love Her So -- We're Gonna Rock the Airborne Show -- If BB King Were Here Today -- Janet Jackson, She's so Fine -- If You Wanna Go to Jump School -- Clap Your Hands and Clap 'em -- If James Brown Were Here Today -- Michael Jackson Came to Town -- Jesse Jackson Came to Town -- Here We Go, Gotta Rock -- I Don' Know but I Think I Will -- Mama, Mama Don't Be Blue -- When My Girl Was 21 -- One Morning About a Quarter to 2 -- 1234 ... …”
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The Shape of Regret by Martin, Herbert Woodward

Table of Contents: “…Before the Kitchen Stove: A Grandfather Addresses His Family After the Death of His WifeJanet Jackson's Nipple; The Warning; Hands of Imagination; A Dusting of Snow; Outside the Gate; Short Poem; The War Dead; In the Jungles of South America; Out Back; Standing Beneath Grapes; Celebrating the Decades; Coda; A Faulty Sonnet; Unknown; A Sonnet for Judith; Villanelle for an Auspicious Occasion; A Villanelle for the End of 2013…”
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The Savoy king : Chick Webb & the music that changed America /

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She's a rebel : the history of women in rock & roll / by Gaar, Gillian G., 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Suzanne Vega ; Tracy Chapman ; Michelle Shocked ; Phranc ; k.d. lang ; Sinead O'Connor ; Janet Jackson ; Vixen ; Salt-N-Pepa ; Queen Latifah ; Diamanda Galas -- Note for the nineties -- Enjoy being a grrrl. …”

Bold, beautiful and damned : the world of 1980s fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes / by Rhys Morgan, Dean

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The painted bunting's last molt / by Suárez, Virgil, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Lotus Flower Balm, or Self Revelation with Praying Mantis Perched on My Finger -- Claritas -- Fantomas, Master of Disguise -- Exegesis -- Part IV: Hypergraphiapart Hypergraphia -- Bad Sons Anonymous -- My Father, the Arsonist -- The Beautiful Light -- Bloodlines -- El Rio (Mississippi) -- Detroit Low-Down Canto -- Erasure -- Let Us Refresh (Alvarez Guedes's Ascension into Comedy Heaven) -- Poem on the 10th Anniversary of Janet Jackson's Nipple -- Harry Dean Stanton Is Dying -- The Lion Head Belt Buckle -- Alba Written at Bennington College -- Hypergraphia -- Acknowledgments…”
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