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Book Synopsis Down to the Wire by : Gregory Gordon
Download or read book Down to the Wire written by Gregory Gordon and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1990 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, in the aftermath of UPI's tragic plummet, it is still hard to believe that a journalistic institution with a tradition of excellence so hard earned and well deserved could have been allowed to self-destruct and almost disappear. The authors- who together have a combined forty-three years of experience at UPI- tell a stunning, insiders' tale of intrigue, mismanagement, financial gymnastics, greed, and lust for power. The story, spiced with heroics and betrayals, comedy, and pathos, provides an extraordinary glimpse into how UPI was dragged from the ranks of the world's media giant. -- Book Jacket.
Download or read book Down to the Wire written by David W. Orr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The real fault line in American politics is not between liberals and conservatives.... It is, rather, in how we orient ourselves to the generations to come who will bear the consequences, for better and for worse, of our actions." So writes David Orr in Down to the Wire, a sober and eloquent assessment of climate destabilization and an urgent call to action. Orr describes how political negligence, an economy based on the insatiable consumption of trivial goods, and a disdain for the well-being of future generations have brought us to the tipping point that biologist Edward O. Wilson calls "the bottleneck." Due to our refusal to live within natural limits, we now face a long emergency of rising temperatures, rising sea-levels, and a host of other related problems that will increasingly undermine human civilization. Climate destabilization to which we are already committed will change everything, and to those betting on quick technological fixes or minor adjustments to the way we live now, Down to the Wire is a major wake-up call. But this is not a doomsday book. Orr offers a wide range of pragmatic, far-reaching proposals--some of which have already been adopted by the Obama administration--for how we might reconnect public policy with rigorous science, bring our economy into alignment with ecological realities, and begin to regard ourselves as planetary trustees for future generations. He offers inspiring real-life examples of people already responding to the major threat to our future. An exacting analysis of where we are in terms of climate change, how we got here, and what we must now do, Down to the Wire is essential reading for those wanting to join in the Great Work of our generation.
Download or read book Down to the Wire written by Jeff Miller and published by Taylor Pub. This book was released on 1992 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the American League pennant race of 1967, when four teams had a chance to win up to the last week, and the final winner was not determined until the last day
Book Synopsis Thoroughbred #38 Down to the Wire by : Mary Newhall Andersen
Download or read book Thoroughbred #38 Down to the Wire written by Mary Newhall Andersen and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1999-12-08 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder's Star has returned to Whitebrook Farm, and Christina Reese is thrilled to have him home. Star won't run well for anyone but Christina. Christina is terrified of racing.
Book Synopsis All the Pieces Matter by : Jonathan P. D. Abrams
Download or read book All the Pieces Matter written by Jonathan P. D. Abrams and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An oral history of HBO"s The Wire"--
Download or read book Examining The Wire written by Ryan Twomey and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines The Wire’s authenticity and its establishment of the series realism. Along with tracing creator David Simon’s onscreen critique of numerous failed American institutions, the book focuses on the connection between authenticity and realism in three distinct areas: language, character, and location. While it is shown that The Wire is indeed authentic, the study examines occasions where the language, characters, and even the location are ‘curated’. Yet, while we can witness these moments of curation, it is The Wire’s unflinching focus on authentic dialogue, authentic characterisation, and an authentic location that makes the series the most realistic, and arguably the best, television show of all time.
Book Synopsis The Note Through the Wire by : Doug Gold
Download or read book The Note Through the Wire written by Doug Gold and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised as an “unforgettable love story” by Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, this is the real-life, unlikely romance between a resistance fighter and prisoner of war set in World War II Europe. In this true love story that defies all odds, Josefine Lobnik, a Yugoslav partisan heroine, and Bruce Murray, a New Zealand soldier, discover love in the midst of a brutal war. In the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe, two people meet fleetingly in a chance encounter. One an underground resistance fighter, a bold young woman determined to vanquish the enemy occupiers; the other a prisoner of war, a man longing to escape the confines of the camp so he can battle again. A crumpled note passes between these two strangers, slipped through the wire of the compound, and sets them on a course that will change their lives forever. Woven through their tales of great bravery, daring escapes, betrayal, torture, and retaliation is their remarkable love story that survived against all odds. This is an extraordinary account of two ordinary people who found love during the unimaginable hardships of Hitler’s barbaric regime as told by their son-in-law Doug Gold, who decided to tell their story from the moment he heard about their remarkable tale of bravery, resilience, and resistance.
Download or read book The Wire Re-Up written by Steve Busfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic, multi-layered, morally challenging and action-packed - The Wire is everything a TV programme should be and more. A cult hit in the US and Britain, it has thousands of committed fans willing to engage in endless debates. Once you've watched it, you'll be drawn in, too: Is Omar Little the coolest criminal since Robin Hood? Which series has the best theme tune? Will Bubbles survive Baltimore? Avon or Stringer? This book collects the thoughts of Guardian journalists and the readers of the Guardian's Wire Re-up blog and combines them with interviews with the show's creators and stars and the all important xxx ratings, to bring you a more than fitting eulogy that will follow the airing of the show's final season.
Book Synopsis Making Bead & Wire Jewelry by : Dawn Cusick
Download or read book Making Bead & Wire Jewelry written by Dawn Cusick and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the techniques involved in making bead and wire jewelry, discusses tools and materials, and features illustrated instructions for seventy-five projects, including necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and pins.
Book Synopsis Connecting The Wire by : Stanley Corkin
Download or read book Connecting The Wire written by Stanley Corkin and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed as one of the best television shows ever produced, the HBO series The Wire (2002–2008) is a landmark event in television history, offering a raw and dramatically compelling vision of the teeming drug trade and the vitality of life in the abandoned spaces of the postindustrial United States. With a sprawling narrative that dramatizes the intersections of race, urban history, and the neoliberal moment, The Wire offers an intricate critique of a society riven by racism and inequality. In Connecting The Wire, Stanley Corkin presents the first comprehensive, season-by-season analysis of the entire series. Focusing on the show’s depictions of the built environment of the city of Baltimore and the geographic dimensions of race and class, he analyzes how The Wire’s creator and showrunner, David Simon, uses the show to develop a social vision of its historical moment, as well as a device for critiquing many social “givens.” In The Wire’s gritty portrayals of drug dealers, cops, longshoremen, school officials and students, and members of the judicial system, Corkin maps a web of relationships and forces that define urban social life, and the lives of the urban underclass in particular, in the early twenty-first century. He makes a compelling case that, with its embedded history of race and race relations in the United States, The Wire is perhaps the most sustained and articulate exploration of urban life in contemporary popular culture.
Download or read book Bounce The Wire! written by Paul Andrews and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy Byrne, recently returned injured from Afghanistan, is helping police to uncover a supply route that is sending electronic switches to be used in bombs overseas. What follows will lead Tommy and his fellow bomb disposal operators in Afghanistan into a world where the terrorists seem to know just what he and friends will be doing, and when. From a dusty compound in Southern Afghanistan to a graveyard in the northeast of England, the terrorists assisted by an insider and the “shadowy” figure of the Father are intent on targeting the very people who defuse the bombs they build. Racing against time, Tommy, along with police surveillance operators supported by Special Forces soldiers, slowly uncover a terrorist plan that will send shock waves around the land and will show the world that even in death there is a time to die.
Download or read book Through the Wire written by Kanye West and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legions of young men and women who count themselves as Kanye West fans—as well as those who are making graphic books one of the most successful trends in publishing—are going to go bananas for this fun and innovative package. They get lyrics and fabulous art that reflects the style and sensibility that mark Kanye West and contemporary hip-hop. Through the Wire is a book of compelling lyrics selected from West’s award-winning songs, personal commentary on his inspirational and entertaining themes, and original art from the two-time Oscar Award-nominated animator and graphic artist Bill Plympton who illustrated Kanye’s single “Heard ’Em Say” video.
Download or read book Down in the Hole written by Joy DeLyria and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly anticipated since its initial online appearance and immediate viral proliferation, first-time authors and ersatz Victorian scholars Joy DeLyria and Sean Michael Robinson have painstakingly created a satirical and fictional world based on the characters and narrative of television's most loved drama, The Wire. To be published in time to celebrate The Wire's tenth anniversary, Down in the Hole: the unWired World of H.B. Ogden is a collection of excerpts and illustrations from The Wire, a Victorian serial novel of DeLyria and Robinson's invention, credited to fictional author H.B. Ogden. Excerpts from Ogden's work are knit together by the history of the novel, its author and illustrator, and the adventures of the passionate archivists who uncovered this forgotten text. The Baltimore Sun writes: "...[This] quintessentially Victorian vision of Ogden's The Wire...is a scintillating piece of faux-scholarship. It's set in an alternate universe where the HBO series doesn't exist-and where The Wire in any form, including Horatio Bucklesby Ogden's, has yet to be discovered." Gawker asks: "So, how long before we can actually buy this illustrated version of The Wire? I'd put it on my Amazon wish list now if I could."
Book Synopsis Timeless Wire Weaving by : Lisa Barth
Download or read book Timeless Wire Weaving written by Lisa Barth and published by Kalmbach Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timeless Wire Weaving focuses on developing wirework skills through 13 projects using three classic wire weaving techniques: coiling, wrapping, and weaving. The projects are built around a focal cabochon and incorporate seed beads and crystals in imaginative ways. Designers learn to make the jewelry shown in the book, and they also use the techniques learned to create innovative jewelry pieces of their own.
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases by : Yuri Dolgopolov
Download or read book A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases written by Yuri Dolgopolov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.
Download or read book The Wire written by Rafael Alvarez and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '. . . All in the game.' West Baltimore Traditional THE WIRE has been widely hailed as the greatest television series of all time. It portrays the war of attrition between Baltimore's hardened police force and its drug dealers, and the blurring of good and evil, justice and injustice, right and wrong that happens every day as men and women struggle against the institutions they are bound up in. Over its five series it has built up a detailed, rich and layered portrait of Baltimore: from its corner boys touting dope and its dock workers facing extinction, through the strained education system and tainted halls of power, to the crumbling media establishment. Rafael Alvarez - a reporter, essayist and staff writer for the show - brings the reader inside this world, detailing many of the real-life incidents and personalities that have inspired the show's storylines and characters. Packed with photographs and featuring an introduction by series creator and executive producer David Simon, as well as essays by acclaimed authors George Pelecanos, Ed Burns, Richard Price, Laura Lippman and Denis Lehane, it covers all fives series in glorious detail.
Download or read book The Hours Count written by Jillian Cantor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding historical novel about a woman who befriends Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, and is drawn into their world of intrigue, from the author of Margot and The Lost Letter On June 19, 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed for conspiring to commit espionage. The day Ethel was first arrested in 1950, she left her two young sons with a neighbor, and she never came home to them again. Brilliantly melding fact and fiction, Jillian Cantor reimagines the life of that neighbor, and the life of Ethel and Julius, an ordinary-seeming Jewish couple who became the only Americans put to death for spying during the Cold War. A few years earlier, in 1947, Millie Stein moves with her husband, Ed, and their toddler son, David, into an apartment on the eleventh floor in Knickerbocker Village on New York’s Lower East Side. Her new neighbors are the Rosenbergs. Struggling to care for David, who doesn’t speak, and isolated from other “normal” families, Millie meets Jake, a psychologist who says he can help David, and befriends Ethel, also a young mother. Millie and Ethel’s lives as friends, wives, mothers, and neighbors entwine, even as chaos begins to swirl around the Rosenbergs and the FBI closes in. Millie begins to question her own husband’s political loyalty and her marriage, and whether she can trust Jake and the deep connection they have forged as they secretly work with David. Caught between these two men, both of whom have their own agendas, and desperate to help her friends, Millie will find herself drawn into the dramatic course of history. As Millie—trusting and naive—is thrown into a world of lies, intrigue, spies and counterspies, she realizes she must fight for what she believes, who she loves, and what is right.
