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Book Synopsis Behind a Painted Smile by : Rosie Shannon
Download or read book Behind a Painted Smile written by Rosie Shannon and published by . This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I chose to write this particular book, mainly to prove something to myself and other people just how a person such as myself can progress in their lives. After surviving both physical and sexual abuse in my past from a family member. Having to live with the turmoil of placing my children in the care of other families.My worst nightmare of which I had to come to terms with, was when my son Daniel was killed in a road traffic accident in 2001. I chose to write all of my thoughts and emotions down, instead of having any kind of councelling. As each day passes by, I know that with my partner who is so understanding, that I can overcome anything that life chooses to throw at me. Although, I do not allow my emotions to be seen, as each day the first thing I do is put my make up on, which is what I would call my "mask".This to me makes life so much easier as nobody has any idea of what I am thinking or feeling. Each day I write on a calender the events of my daily routine.That is how it became to be written in diary form,and then even I could see the progress I had made in my life.Should I ever be concerned about something, or not be too certain of anything, I think of what my late son Daniel would have told me.He would of said "go for it mum".
Download or read book Shadow Dancer written by John W Henson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Come in from the Cold by : Michael Krutz
Download or read book Come in from the Cold written by Michael Krutz and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey in this life through storms, pits, and valleys . A journey in which a young man learns of trust, closeness, tenderness of love, and never ever being alone. A journey of strength and friendship. A journey in a walk with God and his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. Walking down the road of despair, all alone with weights I cant bear, and my heart doesnt feel song, only tears come along, and they call to their friends. Walking broken on my way to nowhere, wondering why am I still even here. I can see clear with my eyes, but its something inside missing, dying. I can see the madness of a world gone wrong, they play their games and love their shame and tell the young there is no wrong, while along they sing a song of sin. The young are torn by drugs and hate, a media world bombards their day, electric this and electric that, instant this and instant that. We move so fast almost like light, going 90 mph, instead of going forward, they were really going down. A million chains lead them away. The intentions of this book are to honor my Father in heaven and my Lord Jesus Christ. I know what its like to be lost in this world. Come in from the cold.
Download or read book PAINTED SMILE written by JANE ELLIS and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF AN ABUSIVE AND CONTROLLING MAN AND THE EFFECT SHORT AND LONG TERM IT HAS HAD ON A WOMAN WHO THOUGHT SHE HAD MET THE "PERFECT" MAN.
Book Synopsis The Girl Behind the Painted Smile by : Catherine Lockwood
Download or read book The Girl Behind the Painted Smile written by Catherine Lockwood and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-01-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Contains strong language* Cathy's life is spiralling out of control. Deeply scarred by a childhood of maternal neglect, she attempts to find solace in self-harm and delinquent behaviour. Before long, she is addicted to alcohol. Hidden behind a painted smile, Cathy begins a promising career as an actress and model, rubbing shoulders with royalty and the rich and famous. But Cathy is her own worst enemy and her continued dependence on alcohol hurtles her down a path of self-destruction. She endures a string of abusive, often horrific relationships, anorexia, poverty and almost loses her children. In this harrowing true story, Cathy never loses her sense of humour and is determined to win the battle with the bottle, and herself.
Download or read book Geisha written by Peabody Essex Museum and published by George Braziller Publishers. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned thoughout the world as purveyors of beauty, mystery, and allure, geisha have come to represent the epitome of Japanese elegance and chic. The contributors to this book each considers a particular aspect of geisha tradition and aesthetics.
Book Synopsis Symptom of Beauty by : Francette Pacteau
Download or read book Symptom of Beauty written by Francette Pacteau and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a woman in the Western world, there is no escaping beauty. Either she possesses it, or she lacks it. If she lacks it, she may hope to gain it. If she already has it, she will certainly lose it. But what is "it"? Not an objective thing, Francette Pacteau tells us, but a generic term for an unspecifiable number of psychological experiences in the mind of the observer. What these experiences are, what causes them, and how they manifest themselves as a notion of beauty is the subject of this book. Less interested in the contingent object of desire than the fantasy that frames it, Pacteau considers the staging of the aesthetic emotion. Her analysis extends from the Classical ideals of beauty, through Renaissance poetry to the recent formulations of Hollywood. Her book is an ambitious attempt to describe the mise-en-scène of beauty within a particular field of representations – that of the beauty of a woman.
Book Synopsis Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts by : Michael Brody-Waite
Download or read book Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts written by Michael Brody-Waite and published by Forefront Books. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you learned that to lead well, you’d need to live like a drug addict? During treatment for drug addiction, Michael Brody-Waite learned three principles that became the difference between life and death: Practice rigorous authenticity Surrender the outcome Do uncomfortable work Leaving rehab, Michael entered the workplace where he was shocked to see most business leaders doing what he had been taught would kill him. He began to see striking similarities between drug addiction and what he calls “mask addiction.” Leaders everywhere were hiding their authentic selves in order to get what they wanted. They were doing things like: Saying yes when they could say no Hiding their weaknesses Avoiding difficult conversations Holding back their unique perspectives Instead of chasing drugs, leaders were chasing professional, financial, and social success from behind a mask—to the detriment of themselves and the people around them. Thanks to his recovery, Michael’s three principles gave him an unlikely competitive advantage throughout his career, resulting in a level of success unexpected for a “drug addict.” In Great Leaders Live Like Drug Addicts, Michael explains what drug addicts do to recover and provides a step-by-step program you can use to break free from your mask addiction to thrive in both work and life. He equips you with the tools you need to live and lead mask-free—tools to enable you to stop following others, lead yourself, and become one of the dynamic, growing, authentic leaders this world desperately needs.
Book Synopsis The Playing Card Killer by : Russell James
Download or read book The Playing Card Killer written by Russell James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A masterfully crafted, horrifically powerful story. Expect the unexpected in this deliciously twisted tale." - Cemetery Dance Brian Sheridan may be losing his mind. Asleep, he’s plagued by dreams of murder, women strangled with a red velvet rope then left with a playing card tucked in the corpse. While awake, he’s hallucinating that he’s being stalked by a man painted like a skeleton. It’s getting hard to know what’s real. He hopes all this is driven by his cold turkey withdrawal from a lifetime of anti-anxiety medications. But when one of his nightmare’s victims shows up on the news, dead, Brian fears he himself may be the unwitting killer... FLAME TREE PRESS is the new fiction imprint of Flame Tree Publishing. Launching in 2018 the list brings together brilliant new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices.
Download or read book Arranging Songs written by Rikky Rooksby and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice for aspiring songwriters and artists on how to transform a song into a musical arrangement for either a single instrument or a group.
Book Synopsis Beyond Belief in the Land of Rhythm by : Lesley Ann Eden
Download or read book Beyond Belief in the Land of Rhythm written by Lesley Ann Eden and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embroiled in a poisoned fever in Playa del Carmen, Lesley Ann receives a message from a mysterious spirit who leads her to chase answers across Cuba, whilst studying dance and music, living with the locals in far out places, and sampling the life of the people. She's taken back to a distant time in Crete where she travels to the Palace of Knossos to witness the murder of a young girl. Lesley then retraces her attempts to track down all of the information, which is gradually verified piece by piece as the jigsaw of truth is revealed. One woman's journey reveals other amazing paranormal and psychic events which are Beyond Belief.
Book Synopsis The Graphic Novel Classroom by : Maureen Bakis
Download or read book The Graphic Novel Classroom written by Maureen Bakis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every teacher knows that keeping adolescents interested in learning can be challenging—The Graphic Novel Classroom overcomes that challenge. In these pages, you will learn how to create your own graphic novel in order to inspire students and make them love reading. Create your own superhero to teach reading, writing, critical thinking, and problem solving! Secondary language arts teacher Maureen Bakis discovered this powerful pedagogy in her own search to engage her students. Amazingly successful results encouraged Bakis to provide this learning tool to other middle and high school teachers so that they might also use this foolproof method to inspire their students. Readers will learn how to incorporate graphic novels into their classrooms in order to: Teach twenty-first-century skills such as interpretation of content and form Improve students’ writing and visual comprehension Captivate both struggling and proficient students in reading Promote authentic literacy learning Develop students’ ability to create in multiple formats This all-encompassing resource includes teaching and learning models, text-specific detailed lesson units, and examples of student work. An effective, contemporary way to improve learning and inspire students to love reading, The Graphic Novel Classroom is the perfect superpower for every teacher of adolescent students!
Book Synopsis The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library by : Ellen Luchinsky
Download or read book The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library written by Ellen Luchinsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 1384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. The songs cited represent a multitude of musical practices, cultures, and traditions, ranging from ehtnic to regional, from foreign to American, representing every type of song: popular, folk, children's, political, comic, advertising, protest, patriotic, military, and classical, as well as hymns, spirituals, ballads, arias, choral symphonies, and other larger works. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from which the songs originated; and an alphabetical composer index.
Book Synopsis Figuring Out Figurative Art by : Derek Matravers
Download or read book Figuring Out Figurative Art written by Derek Matravers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote that "philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art." This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It brings together an international team of leading philosophers to address diverse philosophical issues raised by recent works of art. Each essay engages with a specific artwork and explores the connection between the image and the philosophical content. Thirteen contemporary philosophers demonstrate how philosophy can aid interpretation of the work of ten contemporary artists, including: Jesse Prinz on John Currin Barry C. Smith and Edward Winters on Dexter Dalwood Lydia Goehr and Sam Rose on Tom de Freston Raymond Geuss on Adrian Ghenie and Chantal Joffe Hallvard Lillehammer on Paul Noble M. M. McCabe and Alexis Papazoglou on Ged Quinn Noël Carroll on Paula Rego Simon Blackburn and Jerrold Levinson on George Shaw Sondra Bacharach on Yue Minjun. The discussion ranges over ethical, political, psychological and religious concepts, such as irony, disgust, apathy, inequality, physiognomy and wonder, to historical experiences of war, Marx-inspired political movements and Thatcherism, and standard problems in the philosophy of art, such as expression, style, depiction and ontology of art, as well as major topics in art history, such as vanitas painting, photography, pornography, and Dadaism. Many of the contributors are distinguished in areas of philosophy other than aesthetics and are writing about art for the first time. All show how productive the engagement can be between philosophy, more generally, and art.
Book Synopsis Temporal Shadows by : Steven Cerritos
Download or read book Temporal Shadows written by Steven Cerritos and published by Steven Cerritos. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human or time-traveler, the rules of existence are unyielding: never interfere, never reveal, and always—always—question your reality. Archaion X, a citizen of the year 4444, navigates a world that appears utopian, governed by advanced AI and a facade of social harmony. Yet beneath this veneer lies a realm grappling with ethical complexities and existential voids. His only path to understanding this duality is through time travel, enabled by an ancient wormhole. To unravel the enigmas of human nature, Archaion embarks on a perilous journey across time under the guidance of the elusive Mr. Serial Killer. He confronts the darkest acts of humanity, personified by infamous serial killers like Bundy, Gacy, and Dahmer. Faced with an ethical dilemma—should he alter history or remain an observer?—his choices send ripples through time, altering the future in unimaginable ways. The plot takes an unexpected turn when Archaion encounters Charles Maher, a modern-day TikTok serial killer. This enigmatic figure forces Archaion to confront his own latent darkness and the moral ramifications of his time-traveling abilities. Maher serves as both a mirror and a catalyst, compelling Archaion to question not just his actions but the very framework of reality. Will Archaion X become the harbinger of chaos he's destined to be, or will he find a path to redemption? As the future shifts unpredictably, are you ready to step into the shadows? "Temporal Shadows" is a mind-bending thriller that intricately melds philosophy, speculative fiction, and the unsettling truths of true crime.
Download or read book Joe Dolan written by Ronan Casey and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in poor circumstances in the midlands town of Mullingar might seem an unlikely start for a musical superstar, but that's exactly the journey Joe Dolan travelled in his amazing life. Not only that, Joe never forgot his roots and loved Mullingar to the day he died. From losing his father at a tragically young age, to his bold decision while still a teenager to throw in a good job and pursue his dream of playing music for a living, to early stardom with The Drifters and conquering the USSR, to his later re-emergence for a new generation of fans as the iconic Man in the White Suit - the amazing, mad, bad and funny stories behind the legendary career will be told for the first time. It is a colourful, life-affirming, revealing and hugely entertaining biography that is a fitting tribute to such a beloved performer.
Book Synopsis Motown Encyclopedia by : Graham Betts
Download or read book Motown Encyclopedia written by Graham Betts and published by AC Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motown means different things to different people. The mere mention of perhaps the most iconic record label in history is often enough to invoke memories and mental images of Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Supremes and numerous others. With each group recalled, there is an accompanying piece of music of the mind, from Baby Love, My Girl, Signed Sealed Delivered, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, ABC and Tears Of A Clown and countless more. Quite often, you can ask people what kind of music they like and they will simply answer ‘Motown’, and both they, and you, know exactly what is meant. Or rather, what is implied. The Motown they are invariably thinking of is the label that dominated the charts in the mid 1960s with a succession of radio friendly, dance orientated hits, most of which were written and produced by the trio of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland. This period is referred to, naturally enough, as the Golden Era, when Motown was not only the dominant force in its home city of Detroit but carried The Sound of Young America all around the world. The kind of music that had them Dancing In the Street from Los Angeles to London, Miami to Munich and San Francisco to Sydney. It was the kind of music that attracted scores of imitators; some good, some not so good. The kind of music that appealed to the public and presidents alike, and still does. It was that Motown that this book was intended to be about. However, when you start digging deeper into the Motown story, you realise that throughout its life (which, for the purposes of this book, is its formation in 1959 through to its sale in 1988) it was constantly trying other musical genres, looking to grab hits out of jazz, country, pop, rock, middle of the road and whatever else might be happening at the time. Of course it wasn’t particularly successful at some of the other genres, although those who claim Motown never did much in the rock market conveniently overlook the healthy sales figures achieved by Rare Earth, the group, and focus instead on the total sales achieved on Rare Earth, the label. This book, therefore, contains biographies of all 684 artists who had releases on Motown and their various imprints, as well as biographies of 16 musicians, 23 producers, 19 writers and 13 executives. There are also details of the 50 or so labels that Motown owned, licensed to or licensed from. All nine films and the 17 soundtracks are also featured. Every Motown single and album and EP that made the Top Ten of the pop charts in either the US or UK also have their own entries, with 222 singles, 84 albums and five EPs being featured. Finally, there are 36 other entries, covering such topics as the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Motortown Revues, Grammy Awards and the most played Motown songs on radio. The 1,178 entries cover every aspect of Motown and more – of the link between Granny in The Beverly Hillbillies and Wonder Woman, of the artists from Abbey Tavern Singers to Zulema, and the hits from ABC to You Really Got A Hold On Me. The Motown Encyclopedia is the story of Motown Records; Yesterday, Today, Forever.
