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American Ramble

Author : Neil King
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063298368
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (632 download)

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Download or read book American Ramble written by Neil King and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “American Ramble is a dazzling mixture of travelogue, memoir, and history. At times profound, funny, and heartbreaking, this is the story of a traveler intoxicated by life. I couldn’t put it down.” — Nathaniel Philbrick A stunning, revelatory memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City—an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr.’s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession. By the spring of 2021, events had intervened that gave his desire greater urgency. His neighborhood still reeled from the January 6th insurrection. Covid lockdowns and a rancorous election had deepened America’s divides. Neil himself bore the imprints of a long battle with cancer. Determined to rediscover what matters in life and to see our national story with new eyes, Neil turned north with a small satchel on his back and one mission in mind: To pay close attention to the land he crossed and the people he met. What followed is an extraordinary 26-day journey through historic battlefields and cemeteries, over the Mason-Dixon line, past Quaker and Amish farms, along Valley Forge stream beds, atop a New Jersey trash mound, across New York Harbor, and finally, to his ultimate destination: the Ramble, where a tangle of pathways converges in Central Park. The journey travels deep into America’s past and present, uncovering forgotten pockets and overlooked people. At a time of mounting disunity, the trip reveals the profound power of our shared ground. By turns amusing, inspiring, and sublime, American Ramble offers an exquisite account of personal and national renewal—an indelible study of our country as we’ve never seen it before.

Ryan Adams

Author : David Menconi
Publisher : Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0292744595
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Ryan Adams written by David Menconi and published by Univ of TX + ORM. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of Adams’s rise from alt-country to rock stardom, featuring stories about the making of the albums Strangers Almanac and Heartbreaker. Before he achieved his dream of being an internationally known rock personality, Ryan Adams had a band in Raleigh, North Carolina. Whiskeytown led the wave of insurgent-country bands that came of age with No Depression magazine in the mid-1990s, and for many people it defined the era. Adams was an irrepressible character, one of the signature personalities of his generation, and as a singer-songwriter he blew people away with a mature talent that belied his youth. David Menconi witnessed most of Whiskeytown’s rocket ride to fame as the music critic for the Raleigh News & Observer, and in Ryan Adams, he tells the inside story of the singer’s remarkable rise from hardscrabble origins to success with Whiskeytown, as well as Adams’s post-Whiskeytown self-reinvention as a solo act. Menconi draws on early interviews with Adams, conversations with people close to him, and Adams’s extensive online postings to capture the creative ferment that produced some of Adams’s best music, including the albums Strangers Almanac and Heartbreaker. He reveals that, from the start, Ryan Adams had a determined sense of purpose and unshakable confidence in his own worth. At the same time, his inability to hold anything back, whether emotions or torrents of songs, often made Adams his own worst enemy, and Menconi recalls the excesses that almost, but never quite, derailed his career. Ryan Adams is a fascinating, multifaceted portrait of the artist as a young man, almost famous and still inventing himself, writing songs in a blaze of passion. “Menconi, a veteran music critic based in Raleigh, North Carolina, had a front row seat for alt-country wunderkind Ryan Adams’ rise to prominence—from an array of local bands, to Whiskeytown, and on to a successful and prolific solo career. Here, Menconi enthusiastically revisits those heady days when the mercurial Adams’ performances were either transcendent or tantrum-filled—the author was there for most of them, and he packs his book with tales of magical performances and utterly desperate train wrecks. . . . This interview- and anecdote-laden exposé of the artist's early career will doubtless find a happy home with Adams fans.” —Publishers Weekly

A Considerable Town

Author : Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Considerable Town written by Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1978 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author writes about her passion for Marseilles--a city she has known for half a century--describing all aspects of past and present life in the ancient seaport

Ramble

Author : Eric Peterson
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781933108087
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Ramble written by Eric Peterson and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramble is a hybrid travel guide/travelogue based in fact, but--like a good road trip--is ultimately a flight of fancy, a departure from the usual. Disinfected of the P. R.-inspired copy that dominates travel writing, this book celebrates the USA as the best destination in the world for a road trip because--not in spite--of its warts. Highlighting the country's 250 most definitively American attractions and six of its most mythic road trips, seasoned travel writer Eric Peterson describes seven regions (from coast to coast) with a sociologist-meets-Gonzo-writing-style, bellying up to the ugly truth and the bizarre at every stop. Each regional chapter offers maps, oddball stats, as well as required reading, viewing, and listening; and about thirty to forty listings per area of not-so-run-of-the-mill tourist destinations (think: graves, vices, sin, grub, sleeps, drinks, American lore, and the like). As a topper, a predestined road trip is presented to the reader, with themes such as: Atomic Vacation, Road Trip of the Third Kind, and Down at the End of Lonely Street. A Denver-based freelance writer, Eric Peterson contributes to numerous periodicals and travel guides. His recent credits include Scooters: Red Eyes, White Walls & Blue Smoke, the fifth edition of Frommer's Montana & Wyoming, Roadside Americana and The Great American Road Trip. One of Peterson's earliest travel memories is a visit to Paul Bunyan in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Galactic Ramble

Author : Richard Morton-Jack
Publisher : Foxcote Books
ISBN 13 : 9781905880072
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Galactic Ramble written by Richard Morton-Jack and published by Foxcote Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Galactic Ramble' is a study of the 60s and 70s UK music scene. It covers thousands of albums, from pop, rock, psych and prog to jazz, folk, blues and beyond.

A Little Ramble

Author : Robert Walser
Publisher : New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780811220996
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book A Little Ramble written by Robert Walser and published by New Directions Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 50 original full-color artworks address newly translated writings of Robert Walser

Waiting for the Morning Train

Author : Bruce Catton
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814318850
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (188 download)

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Download or read book Waiting for the Morning Train written by Bruce Catton and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The celebrated writer reminisces about his boyhood in Michigan at the turn of the century.

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through United States of America

Author : Simon Ansley Ferrall
Publisher : 3Dekade Company
ISBN 13 : 1449966918
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through United States of America written by Simon Ansley Ferrall and published by 3Dekade Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through the United States of America

Author : Simon Ansley Ferrall
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through the United States of America written by Simon Ansley Ferrall and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1832 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ramble On!

Author : Roger Tauchman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781403367105
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Ramble On! written by Roger Tauchman and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ramble on

Author : Jeffrey J. Doran
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781725036260
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Ramble on written by Jeffrey J. Doran and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramble On: A History of Hiking How did hiking evolve from the upper-class European sport of alpinism and the publication of an English travel guide into an activity that now has millions of participants all over the world? Who built the thousands of miles of trails that now crisscross America? What did early hikers wear, and what were some of the key innovations that led to our modern array of hiking gear and apparel? And what were some of the reasons why people hiked, and how have those changed over time? Ramble On attempts to answers these and many other questions. This book chronicles hiking's roots in alpinism and mountaineering, the societal trends that fostered its growth, some of the early hikers from the nineteenth century, the first trails built specifically for hiking, the formation of the first hiking clubs, as well as the evolution of hiking gear and apparel. The book includes anecdotal stories of trail development in some of our oldest and most iconic national parks, such as Glacier, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Great Smoky Mountains, Mt. Rainier and Acadia, as well as the first trails that were blazed in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, America's first hiking destination. It also takes a look at some of the peculiar and quirky traditions of some of the early hiking clubs. One of the most compelling stories was the apparel women were forced to wear during the Victorian Era, and the danger those fashion standards posed to women who dared to venture into the mountains. Ramble On also takes a look at some of the issues that currently impact hikers and trails, such as overcrowding and social media, and takes a peek into the future on how some of these trends could unfold.

Ramble Book: Musings on Childhood, Friendship, Family and 80s Pop Culture

Author : Adam Buxton
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 000829335X
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Ramble Book: Musings on Childhood, Friendship, Family and 80s Pop Culture written by Adam Buxton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ‘An affectionate and revealing account ... Funny, sad, real, rueful.’ The Times ‘Warm, rambling and self-aware’ Guardian The long-awaited, rambling, tender, and very funny memoir from Adam Buxton

Spying on the South

Author : Tony Horwitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1101980281
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Spying on the South written by Tony Horwitz and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author retraces Frederick Law Olmsted's journey across the American South in the 1850s, on the eve of the Civil War. Olmsted roamed eleven states and six thousand miles, and the New York Times published his dispatches about slavery and its defenders. More than 150 years later, Tony Horwitz followed Olmsted's route, and whenever possible his mode of transport--rail, riverboats, in the saddle--through Appalachia, down the Ohio and Mississippi, through Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, and across Texas to the Rio Grande, discovering and reporting on vestiges of what Olmsted called the Cotton Kingdom"--

Golden Gates

Author : Conor Dougherty
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052556022X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Golden Gates written by Conor Dougherty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time 100 Must-Read Book of 2020 • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • California Book Award Silver Medal in Nonfiction • Finalist for The New York Public Library Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism • Named a top 30 must-read Book of 2020 by the New York Post • Named one of the 10 Best Business Books of 2020 by Fortune • Named A Must-Read Book of 2020 by Apartment Therapy • Runner-Up General Nonfiction: San Francisco Book Festival • A Planetizen Top Urban Planning Book of 2020 • Shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice “Tells the story of housing in all its complexity.” —NPR Spacious and affordable homes used to be the hallmark of American prosperity. Today, however, punishing rents and the increasingly prohibitive cost of ownership have turned housing into the foremost symbol of inequality and an economy gone wrong. Nowhere is this more visible than in the San Francisco Bay Area, where fleets of private buses ferry software engineers past the tarp-and-plywood shanties of the homeless. The adage that California is a glimpse of the nation’s future has become a cautionary tale. With propulsive storytelling and ground-level reporting, New York Times journalist Conor Dougherty chronicles America’s housing crisis from its West Coast epicenter, peeling back the decades of history and economic forces that brought us here and taking readers inside the activist movements that have risen in tandem with housing costs.

American Gods

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0380789035
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book American Gods written by Neil Gaiman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident. Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a strange man in the seat next to him introduces himself. The man calls himself Mr. Wednesday, and he knows more about Shadow than is possible. He warns Shadow that a far bigger storm is coming. And from that moment on, nothing will ever he the same...

Estonia

Author : Alexander Theroux
Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
ISBN 13 : 1606994654
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Estonia written by Alexander Theroux and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 2011-11-21 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any journey with Alexander Theroux is an education. Possessed of a razor-sharp and hyperliterate mind, he stands beside Thomas Pynchon as one of the sharpest cultural commentators of our time. So when he decided to accompany his wife ― the artist Sarah Son-Theroux ― on her Fulbright Scholarship to Estonia, it occasioned this penetrating examination of a country that, for many, seems alien and distanced from the modern world. For Theroux, the country and its people become a puzzle. His fascination with their language, manners, and legacy of occupation and subordination lead him to a revelatory examination of Estonia’s peculiar place in European history. All the while, his trademark acrobatic allusions, quotations, and digressions ― which take us fromHamlet through Jean Cocteau to Married… with Children ― render his travels as much internal and psychical as they are external and physical. Through these obsessive references to Western culture, we come to appreciate how insular the country has become, yet also marvel at its fierce individuality and preternatural beauty ― such is the skill of Theroux’s gaze. This travelogue of his nine months abroad also brims with anecdotes of Theroux’s encounters with Estonian people and ― in some of its most bitterly comedic episodes ― his fellow Americans whom he at times feels more alienated from than the frosty, humorless Europeans. Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery is as biting and satirical as it is witty and urbane; as curious and lyrical as it is brash and irreverent. It marks a new highlight in an already stellar career and a book that continues Fantagraphics’ exceptional line of prose works.

Endless Trip

Author : Richard Morton-Jack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905880096
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Endless Trip written by Richard Morton-Jack and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Endless Trip' is the fullest study of the 60s and 70s music scene ever published. It reviews over 3000 albums, from pop, rock, psych and prog to jazz, folk, blues and beyond.