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Walk on Glass
Published in Hardcover by HarperCollins (1982)
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BORING!
Do not waste your money on this one. Nothing here that has been written about already and generally much better. Reading this, you would believe every artist in Nashville, past and present, is a tremendous talent, since old Ralph spends half the book... telling us how great the artists are.... Really bad.

50 Years Down a Country Road
Ralph Emery is a country music radio/TV personality who knows his stuff. When Ralph puts together material for a book, the reader knows they are going to get authentic data. Ralph's contact with and dealings with the people he wrote about in this book are real. I know the music well and I applaude his analysis of who had the hit songs of the year he was focusing on. Once I started the book, I couldn't put it down. Please let Ralph know, it was thoroughly enjoyed by me. I have been a country music fan since the early 40s when I was about 6 years old and able to turn on the battery operated radio and listen in wonderment at the music I heard. It fascinated me then, and the traditional music still fascinates me today. I am having a very difficult time being as broadminded as Ralph is about the sound of today. I rarely listen to the radio today. I buy albums by Dolly, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Asleep at the Wheel. Need I tell you more. When I am driving, my discs are playing the music I love. I'm not listening to the so-called " country music" station which only play sing-alikes with a sound that doesn't touch my soul. Thank you Ralph, for your many years of touching the souls of your listeners. Tho I never listened to you on WSM (hard to get in S Dak. and Calif is too far away), I loved your TNN Nashville Now program. You were my must see program each day. I surely miss the authentic country shows on TNN. I rarely tune in, except for the Grand Ole Opry these days. Thanks for the book, Ralph. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you soon on TV.

Ralph Emery is a great storyteller!
This book had some great stories that you don't get to hear on CMT or in Country Weekly. I thought this was a well-written account of the history of country music by someone who has been an institution in the industry for over 50 years. Very good book!


Memories
Published in Paperback by Pocket Books (1992)
Authors: Ralph Emery, Tom Carter, and Denise Silvestro
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Some Interesting Stories But Overall Disappointing
Back when The Nashville Network cable channel was new and still country, "Nashville Now" was its flagship program. Host Ralph Emery seemed like a friendly, easy going member of the extended family. In this collection of "Memories" (most of which are the memories of what other people did) he comes across as arrogant, self-serving, and somewhat bitter.

He makes insidious allegations against ex-wife Skeeter Davis, and while there are two sides to every story, her tale is not needed for this version to sound dubious on its own merits. Among the anecdotes he includes are juicy vignettes about many country singers. Some such as Merle Haggard's lamentation seems like they were obviously intended to have been kept off the record.

Perhaps the book's biggest drawback is that it lends credence to the long whispered rumor that Ralph Emery was never a true country fan. In it he refers to the late Keith Whitley as having won the CMA Horizon award the year before he died. In reality, he was nominated but lost. The supposed epitome of country radio also states that Nashville's annual thank you party Fan Fair is held every year in early July, but it is actually held in early June. These embarrassing misstatements suggest that the editors were also not well versed in country music info.


Purgatory and Utopia : A Mazahua Indian Village of Mexico
Published in Hardcover by Schenkman Books, Incorporated (01 January, 1971)
Author: Alicja Iwanska
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Casino Gambling : A Winner's Guide to Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Baccarat, and Casino Poker
Published in Paperback by Perigee (07 February, 2000)
Authors: Jerry Patterson, Eric Nielsen, "Sharpshooter", Christopher Pawlicki, and Sharpshooter
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Impressionist Paintings Drawings and Sculpture: From the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection
Published in Paperback by Dallas Museum of Art (1995)
Authors: Richard R. Brettell and Tom Jenkins
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Memories: The Autobiography of Ralph Emery
Published in Hardcover by MacMillan Publishing Company (1991)
Authors: Ralph Emery and Tom Carter
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Daily Life in Medieval Times: A Vivid, Detailed Account of Birth, Marriage and Death; Food, Clothing and Housing; Love and Labor in the Middle Ages
Published in Hardcover by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub (1999)
Authors: Frances Gies and Joseph Gies
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101 Winning Football Drills from the Legends of the Game
Published in Paperback by Coaches Choice (2003)
Authors: Jerry Tolley and Tom Osborne
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Black Beauty (Children's Classics)
Published in Hardcover by Grammercy (1998)
Authors: Anna Sewell and Random House Value Publishing
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The other John Logan : Col. John Logan and the 32nd Illinois
Published in Unknown Binding by History in Print ()
Author: Tom Emery
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