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No Kin to Elvis

Author : Budd Harbis
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1481719769
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book No Kin to Elvis written by Budd Harbis and published by Author House. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of Southern humor is the art of caricature applied to memorable, delightful characters, and until now, no one has done it as well in the last fifty years as William Price Fox in his Southern Fried stories. Now we have Budd Harbis. Terry Kay, author of To Dance with the White Dog and other memorable novels Had Walker Percy grown up on Faron Youngs tour bus, hed have been... Budd Harbis! Marshall Chapman, legendary singer-songwriter and author of the book, Goodbye, Little Rock and Roller Budd Harbis carries forward the tradition of Lewis Grizzard. Like Lewis, Budd has a love and an appreciation for small town Southern life. Lewis would have loved Budds stories. Dedra Grizzard, wife of the late humorist and author, Lewis Grizzard Note to Budd Harbis: I have spent a good and enjoyable part of the first week of 2012 reading and rereading and laughing at your fictional work of real humor and tragedy with enough redemptive force at the end to change the world or a readers view of it. Dr. James W. Clark, Jr., author and Professor Emeritus, English, North Carolina State University Leave it to Budd Harbis to come up with a book that is both imaginative and historically based. Budd knows the South well, and this book reflects a deep understanding of a fascinating time and place: rural Georgia on the cusp of the Civil Rights era. James Harris, playwright, Civil War Voices

Maybe This Ain't Heaven

Author : Keith George
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450245838
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Maybe This Ain't Heaven written by Keith George and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When millionaire ad executive Rich Larson flees New York for the Catskills, he seeks the kind of happiness derived from a rod, reel, and a bucket of worms. But after he assumes a new identity as Johnny Paycash, a singer-songwriter who regularly performs at the Hooten Holler Taproom, he is inexplicably framed as a drug-dealing terrorist by a crooked, cross-dressing cop. After his fingerprints are found on a bag of cocaine, Johnny is arrested, thrown in the slammer, and forced to rely on Fat Schanz, his gambling-addicted ex-convict lawyer, to bail him out. If not for his girlfriend, Sugarfoot, a vivacious farm girl who sings like an angel and shoots like Annie Oakley, Johnny might go insane the exact defense his lawyer is planning on his behalf. As Johnny stands in court in front of Judge Perkins, he receives raucous support from the unruly regulars of the Hooten Holler Taproom including Big Al, a house painter who looks like Elvis, and Tommy Dick, a womanizing honky-tonk piano man. As mayhem surrounds the trial, a mysterious ghostwriting gossip columnist chronicles the adventures and leads the entire oddball group to a surprise unveiling of the truth about a kidnapping, a murder, and quite possibly a miracle.

Oprah

Author : Kitty Kelley
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307394867
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Oprah written by Kitty Kelley and published by Crown. This book was released on 2010 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive biography of one of the most admired public figures of our time, by the most widely read biographer of our era. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated by this exhaustively researched book.

Elvis Forever

Author : Boze Hadleigh
Publisher : Riverdale Avenue Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1626015953
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Elvis Forever written by Boze Hadleigh and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Elvis the most charismatic star ever? What else accounts for his continuing global appeal and media presence, his allure to music lovers of all ages and to fans whose pilgrimages to Graceland make it the most-visited private residence in the USA? Presley's estate now earns more annually than when Elvis was alive. He died at 42, close on half a century ago, but new generations keep discovering him. He rocks and rolls on and on, not necessarily as a movie star—he was the first to dismiss his 31-film output—but as the top-selling singer in history, a pop-culture icon, an ageless sex symbol and a mythic figure who inspires intense, even fanatical devotion (e.g., the First Presbyterian Church of Elvis the Divine). When Elvis died there were some 170 Elvis imitators. A quarter-century later there were an estimated 85,000 Elvis "tribute artists," including a popular Chinese Elvis in London and a gay Mexican American, El Vez, whose re-tooled song performances include "You Ain't Nothin' But a Chihuahua." There are even Elvis performances in "heaven"—some years ago two groups of skydiving impersonators, the Flying Elvises and the Flying Elvis, sued each other in federal court. Elvis Forever offers possibly the most revealing and rounded close-up look yet at the King. The frank, often bold, sometimes shocking or surprising quotes from insiders and outsiders, peers, costars, friends, employees and famous fans took over two decades to collect and cover every phase of the life and legacy of the magnetic man from Memphis.

Elvis and Ginger

Author : Ginger Alden
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0425266346
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Elvis and Ginger written by Ginger Alden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Elvis Presley’s fiancée and last love tells her story and sets the record straight in this deeply personal memoir that reveals what really happened in the final years of the King of Rock n' Roll. Elvis Presley and Graceland were fixtures in Ginger Alden’s life; after all, she was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee. But she had no idea that she would play a part in that enduring legacy. For more than three decades Ginger has held the truth of their relationship close to her heart. Now she shares her unique story… In her own words, Ginger details their whirlwind romance—from first kiss to his stunning proposal of marriage. And for the very first time, she talks about the devastating end of it all and the fifty thousand mourners and reporters who descended on Graceland in 1977, exposing Ginger to the reality of living in the spotlight of a short yet immortal life. Above it all, Ginger rescues Elvis from the hearsay, rumors, and tabloid speculations of his final year by shedding a frank yet personal light on a very public legend. From a unique and intimate perspective, she reveals the man—complicated, romantic, fallible, and human—behind the myth, a superstar worshipped by millions and loved by Ginger Alden. INCLUDES PHOTOS

The Death and Resurrection of Elvis Presley

Author : Ted Harrison
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236832
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Death and Resurrection of Elvis Presley written by Ted Harrison and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no other way to put it: Elvis is the King. Note the present tense: even though Elvis (supposedly) died nearly forty years ago, he has lived on in our hearts, as a sound, as an image, and as an especially vigorous personality. In fact, it’s safe to say no other celebrity has done so quite as well. The Death and Resurrection of Elvis Presley is the story of that afterlife, of Elvis after he left the building. Walking the eccentrically carpeted rooms of Graceland, bidding into stratospheric sums on his auctioned relics, and mingling among the some 200,000 impersonators of his likeness, Ted Harrison offers nothing less than the ultimate Elvis tribute. Harrison begins, of course, in pilgrimage: to Graceland. He shows how Elvis’s estate was pillaged nearly to ruin by his manager but was saved through the deft business acumen and financial vision of his divorced wife, one Priscilla Presley. If Graceland seems holy, that’s because it is: Harrison unveils in Elvis’s allure a deeply spiritual dimension, showing how Elvis fans, over the decades, have anointed their idol with Christ-like qualities. Through Elvis’s extravagance, Harrison raises fascinating links between money and faith, and through Elvis’s life, he shows how the King actually fulfilled a host of roles ranging from hero to martyr to saint. Underpinning the whole story is Elvis’s extraordinary charisma and—lest we forget—his astonishing musical genius. Fascinating, colorful, and deeply informative, this book is a must-have for any fan, anyone who was ever lucky enough to see Elvis alive or who hopes they might still be able to.

The Roots of Elvis

Author : Julian C. Riley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781450718080
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Elvis written by Julian C. Riley and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Double Trouble

Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312420413
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Double Trouble written by Greil Marcus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-09-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June of 1992, when all the polls showed that Bill Clinton didn't have a chance, he took his saxophone onto the Arsenio Hall show, put on dark glasses, and blew "Heartbreak Hotel." Greil Marcus, one of America's most imaginative and insightful popular culture critics, was the first to name this as the moment that turned Clinton's campaign around—and to make sense of why. Double Trouble draws on articles Marcus published from 1992 to 2000 to explore the remarkable and illuminating kinship between Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley—and, moreover, to explore how culture is made and shared in today's America and how, through culture, people remake themselves. Double Trouble is a unique and essential book about the final years of the twentieth century. This edition also includes a new essay Marcus wrote just before the 2000 presidential election: an eerily prescient piece that looks forward to two very different futures for ex-President Bill Clinton.

The Ape that Understood the Universe

Author : Steve Stewart-Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108425046
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Ape that Understood the Universe written by Steve Stewart-Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory to explain the mysteries of the human mind to an alien scientist.

No Good Stede Goes Unpunished

Author : Eddie Jones
Publisher : Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas
ISBN 13 : 1645269019
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book No Good Stede Goes Unpunished written by Eddie Jones and published by Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1717 and Ricky finds himself aboard a ship owned by Stede Bonnet, a rich sugar plantation owner who thought becoming a pirate might be a fun way to live out the rest of his life. Bonnet, in the midsts of a midlife crisis, decides to abandon his cushy-life, kids, and wife, to become a pirate. It does not go well. As they set sail from Barbados and slant west towards the North American coast, Bonnet’s crew runs afoul of the British Royal Navy and is put to the test when they encounter a heavily-armed warship. Based on the true events of Bonnet's adventures, No Good Stede Goes Unpunished blends adventure, humor, and historical accuracy into a lively pirate yarn. Parents can trust the Caribbean Chronicles Series. There is no sexual dialogue or situations, violence, or strong language, only positive moral values and a wee little bit of humor. :) We hope you enjoy these pirate books for young adults, teens, and older kids.

Rock Music in American Popular Culture II

Author : Frank Hoffmann
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317940407
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Rock Music in American Popular Culture II written by Frank Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)?” to a list of all song titles containing the word “werewolf,” Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ’n’Roll Resources continues where 1995’s Volume I left off. Using references and illustrations drawn from contemporary lyrics and supported by historical and sociological research on popular cultural subjects, this collection of insightful essays and reviews assesses the involvement of musical imagery in personal issues, in social and political matters, and in key socialization activities. From marriage and sex to public schools and youth culture, readers discover how popular culture can be used to explore American values. As Authors B. Lee Cooper and Wayne S. Haney prove that integrated popular culture is the product of commercial interaction with public interest and values rather than a random phenomena, they entertainingly and knowledgeably cover such topics as: answer songs--interchanges involving social events and lyrical commentaries as explored in response recordings horror films--translations and transformations of literary images and motion picture figures into popular song characters and tales public schools--images of formal educational practices and informal learning processes in popular song lyrics sex--suggestive tales and censorship challenges within the popular music realm war--examinations of persistent military and home front themes featured in wartime recordings Rock Music in American Popular Culture II: More Rock ‘n’Roll Resources is nontechnical, written in a clear and concise fashion, and explores each topic thoroughly, with ample discographic and bibliographic resources provided for additional research. Arranged alphabetically for quick and easy reference to specific topics, the book is equally enjoyable to read straight through. Rock music fans, teachers, popular culture professors, music instructors, public librarians, sound recording archivists, sociologists, social critics, and journalists can all learn something, as the book shows them the cross-pollination of music and social life in the United States.

Masculinities in African Literary and Cultural Texts

Author : Helen Nabasuta Mugambi
Publisher : Ayebia Clarke Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Masculinities in African Literary and Cultural Texts written by Helen Nabasuta Mugambi and published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable contribution to the emerging body of African masculinity studies, drawing on the epic, folk tales, proverbs and song genres. The book explores the pervasive influence of orality on patterns of thought, as well as underlying notions of masculinity in African societies through the work of writers such as Chinua Achebe, Ama Ata Aidoo, Ahmadou Kourouma, Nuruddin Farah and Nawal El Saadawi.

Why Elvis Left the Building

Author : Heart Lanier Shapr
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1608608980
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Why Elvis Left the Building written by Heart Lanier Shapr and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the millions of Elvis Fans around the globe, I would place Heart Shapre' among the top ten persons for her love, mystique and dedication to King Presley. I wish her the best of luck in her new book endeavor. Capt. Bob Ferguson, Ret. Memphis Police Dept. Some things are meant to be, this writing is based on ELVIS THROUGH MY EYES; the facts remain. Here is your friend, and you will learn about the man. Would anyone who loves ELVIS toss his life away? Influential people like ELVIS are not forgotten no matter what. Seven lost childhood years of ELVIS' life is related by James Samuel Denson selected by Gladys Presley to help raise him. On stage beneath those costumes was a person who had struggles, FBI involvement and is a phenomenon. What was the price...the blood talks. This work was written with Priscilla and Lisa Marie in mind. To quote Elvis, My image is one thing and the human being is another...it's hard to live up to an image...Elvis gave possibly more than he had and his spirit still connects with all who love and understand him far beyond the emotionalism. The God in Elvis connects with the God in others.Don't miss knowing him plus the blessing this book brings as, if you shut the door here, you may be walking on Elvis' soul. As some desire only the showmanship, there is no need to say 'enjoy it' - you have that but we have the man - ELVIS. We were extremely fortunate to have had Elvis for so long. Yet today, his music is kept alive so beautifully by radio, TV, film and the gifted Tribute Artists world-wide; we are highly blessed with their artistry. Elvis was not finished by August 17, 1977

Flock

Author : Ellen van Neerven
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702264598
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Flock written by Ellen van Neerven and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story. Curated by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven, Flock roams the landscape of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, bringing together voices from across the generations. Featuring established authors such as Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch, and rising stars such as Adam Thompson and Mykaela Saunders, Flock confirms the ongoing resonance and originality of First Nations stories.

We Remember Elvis

Author :
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434954544
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book We Remember Elvis written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memphis Elvis-Style

Author : Cindy Hazen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736935194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Memphis Elvis-Style written by Cindy Hazen and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1948, thirteen-year-old Elvis Presley and his family moved from Tupelo, Mississippi, to Memphis, Tennessee, thus beginning one of the great romances of our time. Elvis loved Memphis, and Memphis loved him back. As the young rock-and-roller's fame rose, he became inextricably linked with the city he called home. Today, if there is a single name that is synonymous with Memphis, it is Elvis Presley. Rich with anecdotes, Memphis Elvis-Style is the definitive guidebook to the King's city. Stories told by Elvis' peers and acquaintances add context as the book traces Elvis' life from the apartments, record shops, and churches where he dreamed of stardom to the recording studios, nightclubs, and radio stations where those dreams became reality. Aside from well-known spots like Graceland and Sun Studios, the book provides an intimate look at many lesser-known places that nevertheless played a vital role in Elvis' life. From the restaurants where he ate to the dealerships where he bought his cars, to the stages where he performed, this book tells the inside story of the King's love affair with his hometown. With updated descriptions, photographs, driving directions to all of the sites, suggested songs to enhance your drive, and an accompanying app, Memphis Elvis-Style truly is the only way to see Memphis through the eyes of Elvis. The companion app is available for Apple and Android devices.

Double Trouble

Author : Greil Marcus
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466827726
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Double Trouble written by Greil Marcus and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2001-09-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critic who knows music and culture like no other, a fascinating look at two outsiders who epitomize America's fractured self-image In June of 1992, when all polls showed Bill Clinton didn't have a chance, he took his saxophone onto the Arsenio Hall Show, put on dark glasses, and blew "Heartbreak Hotel." Greil Marcus, one of America's most imaginative and insightful critics, was the first to name this as the moment that turned Clinton's campaign around--and to make sense of why. In Double Trouble, drawing on pieces he published from 1992 to 2000, Marcus explores the remarkable and illuminating kinship between Bill Clinton and Elvis Presley. In a cultural landscape where ideals and choices are increasingly compromised and commodified, the constantly mutating representations of Clinton and Elvis embody the American struggle over purity and corruption, fear and desire. Focusing as well on Hillary Clinton, Nirvana, Sinéad O'Connor, Andy Warhol, Roger Clinton, and especially Bob Dylan, Marcus pursues the question of how culture is made and how, through culture, people remake themselves. The result is a unique and essential book about the final decade of the twentieth century.