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The Life and Times of Los Angeles

Author : Marshall Berges
Publisher : Atheneum Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Los Angeles written by Marshall Berges and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the centenary of the Los Angeles Times, the second-largest U.S. newspaper, Berges presents a candid story of its growth and development, along with portraits of its owners, publishers, editors and other personnel. Beginning with the pioneering days of founder Harrison Gray Otis who began the Times in a tiny printing shop, he describes how under the Chandlers it evolved from a provincial newspaper into an award-winning publication. Member of the current staff of the Times, the author describes the diverse workings of a modern newspaper and how stories and journalists are made, and conveys how staff members like Robert Scheer, book review editor Art Seidenbaum, cartoonist Paul Conrad, and columnist Jack Smith work. ISBN 0-689-11427-3 : $17.95.

The Long Embrace

Author : Judith Freeman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400095174
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Embrace written by Judith Freeman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Chandler was among the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this compelling, wholly original book, Judith Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who Chandler was and how he became the writer who would create in Philip Marlowe an icon of American culture. Visiting Chandler's many homes and apartments, Freeman uncovers vestiges of the Los Angeles that was Chandler's terrain and inspiration for his imagination. She also uncovers the life of Cissy Pascal, the older, twice-divorced woman Chandler married in 1924. A revelation of a marriage that was a wellspring of need, illusion, and creativity, The Long Embrace provides us with a more complete picture of Raymond Chandler's life and art than any we have had before.

To Live and Dine in L.A

Author : Josh Kun
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626400283
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book To Live and Dine in L.A written by Josh Kun and published by . This book was released on 2015-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To Live and Dine in L.A. is a project of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles, based On The Menu Collection of The Los Angeles Public Library. This lavish pictorial work celebrates the rich - and untold - history of restaurants and food in the City of Angels"--

The Marathon Don't Stop

Author : Rob Kenner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982140305
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book The Marathon Don't Stop written by Rob Kenner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy-before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up"--

The Life and Times of Willie Velàsquez

Author : Juan A. SepÏlveda, Jr.
Publisher : Arte Publico Press
ISBN 13 : 9781611922066
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Willie Velàsquez written by Juan A. SepÏlveda, Jr. and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2005-08-31 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William C. "Willie" Velásquez Jr. founded the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) and was an influential participant in other leading Latino rights and justice groups, including the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) and the Mexican American Unity Council (MAUC). From the late 1960s until his untimely death in 1988, Velásquez helped Mexican Americans and other Hispanics become active participants in American political life. Though still insufficiently appreciated, Velásquez holds a unique status in the pantheon of modern American civil rights figures. This critical biography features an introduction by Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Former Rhodes Scholar and Velásquez protégé Juan A. Sepúlveda Jr.'s biography of the man provides a first, definitive glimpse into his life and times. Based on Sepúlveda's close personal relationship and exchanges with Velásquez during the SVREP founder's final years, and over a dozen years of research and writing, the book chronicles Velásquez's influences, his landmark contributions to American civic culture, and his enduring legacy. This is the story of both parts of the man: the public and the private. Velásquez's biography sheds light on the nature and price of public leadership in American politics.

An Historical Sketch Illustrative of the Life and Times of Dante Alighieri

Author : Marguerite Albana Mignaty
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book An Historical Sketch Illustrative of the Life and Times of Dante Alighieri written by Marguerite Albana Mignaty and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beeswing

Author : Richard Thompson
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1643752537
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Beeswing written by Richard Thompson and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music legend Richard Thompson, who established the genre of British folk rock, re-creates the spirit of the 1960s as he reflects on his early years performing with the greats in an era of change and creativity.

Manzanar to Mount Whitney

Author : Hank Umemoto
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1597142220
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Manzanar to Mount Whitney written by Hank Umemoto and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intimate memoir offers a poignant, at times humorous account of Japanese American life in California before and after WWII. In 1942, fourteen-year-old Hank Umemoto gazed out a barrack window at Manzanar Internment Camp, saw the silhouette of Mount Whitney against an indigo sky, and vowed that one day he would climb to the top. Fifty-seven years and a lifetime of stories later, at the age of seventy-one, he reached the summit. As Umemoto wanders through the mountains of California’s Inland Empire, he recalls pieces of his childhood on a grape vineyard in the Sacramento Valley, his time at Manzanar, where beauty and hope were maintained despite the odds, and his later career as proprietor of a printing firm—sharing it all with grace, honesty, and unfailing humor.

The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson

Author : Samuel Mosheim Smucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson written by Samuel Mosheim Smucker and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Einstein:

Author : Ronald W. Clark
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 038001159X
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Einstein: written by Ronald W. Clark and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1984 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of the scientist's personal life and career.

William Shakespeare

Author : Ari Berk
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763647942
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book William Shakespeare written by Ari Berk and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes Shakespeare's experiences in London and his retirement to the country in a fictional account that includes excerpts from his works.

The Life and Times of Fray Junípero Serra, O.F.M.

Author : Maynard J. Geiger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Fray Junípero Serra, O.F.M. written by Maynard J. Geiger and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Serra, from his birth in Mallorca, his early work in Mexico, and the establishing of the missions in California.

Waterman

Author : David Davis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803254776
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Waterman written by David Davis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waterman is the first comprehensive biography of Duke Kahanamoku (1890–1968): swimmer, surfer, Olympic gold medalist, Hawaiian icon, waterman. Long before Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz made their splashes in the pool, Kahanamoku emerged from the backwaters of Waikiki to become America’s first superstar Olympic swimmer. The original “human fish” set dozens of world records and topped the world rankings for more than a decade; his rivalry with Johnny Weissmuller transformed competitive swimming from an insignificant sideshow into a headliner event. Kahanamoku used his Olympic renown to introduce the sport of “surf-riding,” an activity unknown beyond the Hawaiian Islands, to the world. Standing proudly on his traditional wooden longboard, he spread surfing from Australia to the Hollywood crowd in California to New Jersey. No American athlete has influenced two sports as profoundly as Kahanamoku did, and yet he remains an enigmatic and underappreciated figure: a dark-skinned Pacific Islander who encountered and overcame racism and ignorance long before the likes of Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and Jackie Robinson. Kahanamoku’s connection to his homeland was equally important. He was born when Hawaii was an independent kingdom; he served as the sheriff of Honolulu during Pearl Harbor and World War II and as a globetrotting “Ambassador of Aloha” afterward; he died not long after Hawaii attained statehood. As one sportswriter put it, Duke was “Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey combined down here.” In Waterman, award-winning journalist David Davis examines the remarkable life of Duke Kahanamoku, in and out of the water. Purchase the audio edition.

The Life and Times of Louis Lomax

Author : Thomas Aiello
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 147801315X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Louis Lomax written by Thomas Aiello and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syndicated television and radio host. Serial liar. Pioneering journalist. Convicted criminal. Close ally of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Publicity-seeking provocateur. Louis Lomax's life was a study in contradiction. In this biography, Thomas Aiello traces the complicated and fascinating arc of Lomax's life and career, showing how the contradictions, tumult, and inconsistencies that marked his life reflected those of 1960s America. Aiello takes readers from Lomax's childhood in the Deep South to his early confidence schemes to his emergence as one of the loudest and most influential voices of the civil rights movement. Regardless of what political position he happened to take at any given moment, Lomax preached “the art of deliberate disunity,” in which the path to democracy could only be achieved through a diversity of opinions. Engaging and broad in scope, The Life and Times of Louis Lomax is the definitive study of one of the civil rights era's most complicated, important, and overlooked figures.

The Library Book

Author : Susan Orlean
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476740194
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Library Book written by Susan Orlean and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Orlean’s bestseller and New York Times Notable Book is “a sheer delight…as rich in insight and as varied as the treasures contained on the shelves in any local library” (USA TODAY)—a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries. “Everybody who loves books should check out The Library Book” (The Washington Post). On the morning of April 28, 1986, a fire alarm sounded in the Los Angeles Public Library. The fire was disastrous: it reached two thousand degrees and burned for more than seven hours. By the time it was extinguished, it had consumed four hundred thousand books and damaged seven hundred thousand more. Investigators descended on the scene, but more than thirty years later, the mystery remains: Did someone purposefully set fire to the library—and if so, who? Weaving her lifelong love of books and reading into an investigation of the fire, award-winning New Yorker reporter and New York Times bestselling author Susan Orlean delivers a “delightful…reflection on the past, present, and future of libraries in America” (New York magazine) that manages to tell the broader story of libraries and librarians in a way that has never been done before. In the “exquisitely written, consistently entertaining” (The New York Times) The Library Book, Orlean chronicles the LAPL fire and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries; brings each department of the library to vivid life; studies arson and attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. “A book lover’s dream…an ambitiously researched, elegantly written book that serves as a portal into a place of history, drama, culture, and stories” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis), Susan Orlean’s thrilling journey through the stacks reveals how these beloved institutions provide much more than just books—and why they remain an essential part of the heart, mind, and soul of our country.

Reading for My Life

Author : John Leonard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101561009
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Reading for My Life written by John Leonard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right up until his death in 2008, John Leonard was a lion in American letters. A passionate, erudite, and wide-ranging critic, he helped shape the landscape of modern literature. He reviewed the most celebrated writers of his age—from Kurt Vonnegut and Joan Didion to Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon. He championed Morrison’s work so ardently that she invited him to travel with her to Stockholm when she accepted her Nobel Prize. He also contributed many pieces on television, film, politics, and the media, which continue to surprise and impress with their fervor and prescience. Reading for My Life is a monumental collection of Leonard’s most significant writings—spanning five decades—from his earliest columns for the Harvard Crimson to his final essays for The New York Review of Books. Here are Leonard’s best writings—many never before published in book form—on the cultural touchstones of a generation, each piece a testament to his sharp wit, fierce intelligence, and lasting love of the arts. Definitive reviews of Doris Lessing, Vladimir Nabokov, Maxine Hong Kingston, Tom Wolfe, Don DeLillo, Milan Kundera, and Philip Roth, among others, display his passion and nearly encyclopedic knowledge of literature in the second half of the twentieth century. His essay on Ed Sullivan and the evolution of television remains a classic. Throughout Leonard’s reviews and essays is a dedicated political spirit, pleading for social justice, advocating for the women’s movement, and forever calling attention to writers whose work challenged and excited him. With an introduction by E. L. Doctorow and remembrances by Leonard’s friends, family, and colleagues, including Gloria Steinem and Victor Navasky, Reading for My Life stands as a landmark collection from one of America’s most beloved and influential critics.

The Life and Times of Mexico

Author : Earl Shorris
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039334374X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of Mexico written by Earl Shorris and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. "A work of scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico." —History Today The Life and Times of Mexico is a grand narrative driven by 3,000 years of history: the Indian world, the Spanish invasion, Independence, the 1910 Revolution, the tragic lives of workers in assembly plants along the border, and the experiences of millions of Mexicans who live in the United States. Mexico is seen here as if it were a person, but in the Aztec way; the mind, the heart, the winds of life; and on every page there are portraits and stories: artists, shamans, teachers, a young Maya political leader; the rich few and the many poor. Earl Shorris is ingenious at finding ways to tell this story: prostitutes in the Plaza Loreto launch the discussion of economics; we are taken inside two crucial elections as Mexico struggles toward democracy; we watch the creation of a popular "telenovela" and meet the country's greatest living intellectual. The result is a work of magnificent scope and profound insight into the divided soul of Mexico.