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Blue-Eyed Boy

Author : Robert Timberg
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143127594
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Blue-Eyed Boy written by Robert Timberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From journalist Robert Timberg, a memoir of the struggle to reclaim his life after being severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam. In January 1967, Robert Timberg was a short-timer, counting down the days until his combat tour ended. He had thirteen days to go when his vehicle struck a Viet Cong land mine, resulting in third-degree burns of his face and much of his body. He survived, barely, then began the arduous battle back, determined to build a new life and make it matter. Remarkable as was his return to health--he endured no less than thirty-five operations--perhaps more remarkable was his decision to reinvent himself as a journalist, one of the most public of professions. Blue-Eyed Boy is a gripping, occasionally comic account of what it took for an ambitious man, aware of his frightful appearance but hungry for meaning and accomplishment, to master a new craft amid the pitying stares and shocked reactions of many he encountered on a daily basis. Timberg was at the top of his game as White House correspondent for The Baltimore Sun when suddenly his work brought his life full circle: the Iran-Contra scandal broke. At its heart were three fellow Naval Academy graduates and Vietnam-era veterans. Timberg's coverage of that story resulted in his first book, The Nightingale's Song, a powerful work of narrative nonfiction that follows the three academy graduates most deeply involved in Iran-Contra--Oliver North among them--as well as two other well-known Navy men, John McCain and James Webb, from the academy through Vietnam and into the Reagan years. In Blue-Eyed Boy, Timberg relates how he came to know these five men and how their stories helped him understand the ways the Vietnam War and the furor that swirled around it continue to haunt the nation, even now, nearly four decades after its dismal conclusion. Timberg is no saint, and he has traveled a hard and often bitter road.

The American Short-horn Herd Book

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The American Short-horn Herd Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rebel Rebel

Author : Chris O'Leary
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780997132
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Rebel Rebel written by Chris O'Leary and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Bowie: every single song. Everything you want to know, everything you didn't know. David Bowie remains mysterious and unknowable, despite 45 years of recording and performing. His legacy is roughly 600 songs, which range from psychedelia to glam rock to Philadelphia soul, from avant-garde instrumentals to global pop anthems. Rebel Rebel catalogs Bowie's songs from 1964 to 1976, examines them in the order of their composition and recording, and digs into what makes them work. Rebel Rebel is an in-depth look at Bowie's early singles and album tracks, unreleased demos, session outtakes and cover songs. The book traces Bowie's literary, film and musical influences and the evolution of his songwriting. It also shows how Bowie exploited studio innovations, and the roles of his producers and supporting musicians, especially major collaborators like Brian Eno, Iggy Pop and Mick Ronson. This book places Bowie's music in the context of its era. Readers will discover the links between Kubrick's 2001 and "Space Oddity"; how A Clockwork Orange inspired "Suffragette City". The pages are a trip through Bowie's various lives as a young man in Swinging London, a Tibetan Buddhist, a disillusioned hippie, a rock god, and a Hollywood recluse. With a cast of thousands, including John Lennon, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol and Cher.

The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated 2016 Edition)

Author : Nicholas Pegg
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1785655337
Total Pages : 1305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated 2016 Edition) written by Nicholas Pegg and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 1305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest edition yet – expanded and updated with 35,000 words of new material Critically acclaimed in its previous editions, The Complete David Bowie is widely recognized as the foremost source of analysis and information on every facet of Bowie’s career. The A-Z of songs and the day-by-day dateline are the most complete ever published. From the 11-year-old’s skiffle performance at the 18th Bromley Scouts’ Summer Camp in 1958, to the emergence of the legendary lost album Toy in 2011, to his passing in January 2016, The Complete David Bowiediscusses and dissects every last development in rock’s most fascinating career. * The Albums – detailed production history and analysis of every album from 1967 to the present day. * The Songs – hundreds of individual entries reveal the facts and anecdotes behind not just the famous recordings, but also the most obscure of unreleased rarities – from ‘Absolute Beginners’ to ‘Ziggy Stardust’, from ‘Abdulmajid’ to ‘Zion’. * The Tours – set-lists and histories of every live show. * The Actor – a complete guide to Bowie’s career on stage and screen. * Plus – the videos, the BBC radio sessions, the paintings, the Internet and much more.

Popular Music and the Myths of Madness

Author : Nicola Spelman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317078128
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Popular Music and the Myths of Madness written by Nicola Spelman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies of opera, film, television, and literature have demonstrated how constructions of madness may be referenced in order to stigmatise but also liberate protagonists in ways that reinforce or challenge contemporaneous notions of normality. But to date very little research has been conducted on how madness is represented in popular music. In an effort to redress this imbalance, Nicola Spelman identifies links between the anti-psychiatry movement and representations of madness in popular music of the 1960s and 1970s, analysing the various ways in which ideas critical of institutional psychiatry are embodied both verbally and musically in specific songs by David Bowie, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, The Beatles, and Elton John. She concentrates on meanings that may be made at the point of reception as a consequence of ideas about madness that were circulating at the time. These ideas are then linked to contemporary conventions of musical expression in order to illustrate certain interpretative possibilities. Supporting evidence comes from popular musicological analysis - incorporating discourse analysis and social semiotics - and investigation of socio-historical context. The uniqueness of the period in question is demonstrated by means of a more generalised overview of songs drawn from a variety of styles and eras that engage with the topic of madness in diverse and often conflicting ways. The conclusions drawn reveal the extent to which anti-psychiatric ideas filtered through into popular culture, offering insights into popular music's ability to question general suppositions about madness alongside its potential to bring issues of men's madness into the public arena as an often neglected topic for discussion.

The Burning

Author : Tim Madigan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466848847
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Burning written by Tim Madigan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A powerful book, a harrowing case study made all the more so by Madigan's skillful, clear-eyed telling of it.” —Adam Nossiter, The New York Times Book Review On the morning of June 1, 1921, a white mob numbering in the thousands marched across the railroad tracks dividing black from white in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and obliterated a black community then celebrated as one of America's most prosperous. 34 square blocks of Tulsa's Greenwood community, known then as the Negro Wall Street of America, were reduced to smoldering rubble. And now, 80 years later, the death toll of what is known as the Tulsa Race Riot is more difficult to pinpoint. Conservative estimates put the number of dead at about 100 (75% of the victims are believed to have been black), but the actual number of casualties could be triple that. The Tulsa Race Riot Commission, formed two years ago to determine exactly what happened, has recommended that restitution to the historic Greenwood Community would be good public policy and do much to repair the emotional as well as physical scars of this most terrible incident in our shared past. With chilling details, humanity, and the narrative thrust of compelling fiction, The Burning will recreate the town of Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explore the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its black residents and neighboring Tulsa's white population, narrate events leading up to and including Greenwood's annihilation, and document the subsequent silence that surrounded the tragedy.

David Bowie

Author : Martin Popoff
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760389357
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book David Bowie written by Martin Popoff and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2024-09-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This re-release of Bowie at 75 (2022) celebrates the rocker’s life in a beautifully produced retrospective detailing 75 key releases and life events.

The David Bowie Chronology, Volume 1 1947 - 1974

Author : Patrick Lemieux
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138759432X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The David Bowie Chronology, Volume 1 1947 - 1974 written by Patrick Lemieux and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The David Bowie Chronology, Volume 1, is a comprehensive look at his recording and release history. From the time he left school to pursue a career in music, David Bowie was always working. After years of struggling with bands, releasing singles and a debut album, all of which failed to chart, success first came with ñSpace Oddityî in 1969. The 1972 album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made David Bowie a household name. This Chronology covers every aspect of David BowieÍs recording career. It looks at his singles, albums and rarities. Demos, alternate versions, remixes and edits, side projects and his work with other artists such as Mott The Hoople and Lou Reed are all explored. The information is presented date by date in chronological order, accompanied by detailed descriptions of each song version, guest appearance, edit, non-album track and alternate version. The book also covers his tours and live appearances.

Death at Red Creek

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Publisher : Eternal Press
ISBN 13 : 0980426308
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Death at Red Creek written by and published by Eternal Press. This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Shorthorn Herd Book

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Shorthorn Herd Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rune Witch: The Complete Series

Author : Jennifer Willis
Publisher : Jennifer Willis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1781 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rune Witch: The Complete Series written by Jennifer Willis and published by Jennifer Willis. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 1781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The old Viking gods are alive — and living paycheck to paycheck in Portland, Oregon, while trying to avert one cosmic disaster after another. Just around the corner is Sally, a teenager trying to harness real magick in one of the world’s weirdest cities, where odd occurrences are hastily dismissed. But when she unwittingly claims her mantle as the Rune Witch, Sally finds herself contending with disgruntled gods, shifty heroes, and magickal messes she can’t easily explain to her parents. Suddenly a central figure in Odin’s Lodge, Sally must learn to master her power and find her place in the mortal world, all while battling ancient forces, traveling to other realms, and navigating the uneasy allegiances among the likes of Thor, Heimdall, Freya, and Loki. Because Ragnarok can’t be delayed forever. This is the complete, six-volume collection of the Rune Witch urban fantasy series — full of modern-day magick, action-packed mayhem, and ancient legends come to life. This boxed set includes: 1. Moon Dog Magic 2. Elements of Magic 3. Black Pool Magic 4. Raven Magic 5. Chaos Magic 6. Twilight Magic

THE CHIEF AMERICAN POETS

Author : CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE CHIEF AMERICAN POETS written by CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The A-Men

Author : John Trevillian
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848763433
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book The A-Men written by John Trevillian and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack is a man with no memory, awakening in a dark and dangerous metropolis on the eve of its destruction. The only clue to his former life: a handwritten note in the pages of a book of faerie tales entitled Forevermore. Marked for death in a peacekeeping force sent to quell the riots, he finds sanctuary and survival with other renegades on the streets of Dead City. Battling to survive, they form the infamous A-Men, misfits who have a unifying dream: to be special. Yet that is until their paths cross with Dr Nathaniel Glass and his mysterious experiment locked deep beneath the Phoenix Tower.

Bowie Style

Author : Steve Pafford
Publisher : Omnibus Press
ISBN 13 : 0857123645
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Bowie Style written by Steve Pafford and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2010-06-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ’Style, for Bowie, is inextricable from art. It is less a flight from reality than an entire way of life.’ A richly-illustrated 160-page chronicle of pop's greatest exponent of style. This visual examination of a celebrated multi-faceted career documents the impact of David Bowie on twentieth-century fashion and culture, brilliantly capturing his spatial odyssey from dedicated follower to supreme arbiter of rock chic. The range of photographs is staggering. From his humble Brixton beginnings to the classy pop icon in the last quarter of the old millennium, the book shows a changing glamour gallery of Bowies down the years, all different and yet somehow all unified by an unerring grasp of Style with a capital S. Featuring previously unseen images, an exclusive two-page interview with photographer Mick Rock; contributions from ex-manager Ken Pitt, as well as previously unpublished extracts of Crankin' Out's interviews with collaborator Tony Visconti, clothes designer Natasha Kornilof and Manish Boy Bob Solly.

Crescent

Author : Homer Hickam
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1401688837
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Crescent written by Homer Hickam and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was born to kill, born to die. Crescent is a crowhopper—a genetically modified mercenary programmed for ruthless warfare. When she’s taken prisoner by Crater Trueblood instead of being killed in battle, she thinks it’s a disaster. Crater is weary of war. He’s a miner, not a soldier. He’d rather be mining Helium-3 than battling the infernal crowhoppers. But after he captures Crescent and brings her to Moontown, he’s surprised how much he enjoys her company. When she’s falsely accused of murder, he becomes an outlaw to help her escape. The unlikely pair escapes into the “big suck” and wind up trekking with a caravan of mining pioneers toward a lunar ghost town called Endless Dust. To survive, they must do more than navigate the beautiful, desolate moonscape and battle a persistent band of crowhoppers sent to capture or kill them. They must decide what—and who—is truly worth fighting for. “Expertly blending space opera and hard sci-fi, romance, and even mystery . . . this is fast-paced, packed with intriguing ideas . . .” —Peter Gutierrez, Booklist Review “Classic Golden Age science fiction high-adventure. It brought back memories of reading Asimov . . . that same sense of wonder. I absolutely loved it.” —Michael Scott, New York Times Best-selling Author, The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series

The Orphan of Awkward Falls

Author : Keith Graves
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 0811878147
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book The Orphan of Awkward Falls written by Keith Graves and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine Cravitz, the new girl in Awkward Falls, and her neighbor Thaddeus Hibble, a reclusive and orphaned boy inventor, become the targets of a mad cannibal from the local asylum for the criminally insane.

A Gallop of Ghost Ponies and Horses

Author : P.J Cormack
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244093814
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book A Gallop of Ghost Ponies and Horses written by P.J Cormack and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you believe in ghosts - or more to the point do you believe in pony and horse ghosts? Here you can read about the ghosts of ponies and horses that haunt, bring comfort, rescue, protect, defend and even terrorise. From the spectral white stallion, Stormrider, who guards the moors, the Flying Horse called Pegasus, the little mare that carries the Demon Child on his mission of vengeance, the Wish Pony who visits sick children, the Pit Pony who returns to the miner who saved his life, the horse that carried the king into his last battle, the pony who saved her rider's life even after her own death, the little pony that came back for the dying Dancing Girl and many more haunting tales. They are all here with stories that will thrill, amuse and even scare you. Twenty-one new and original stories of Ghost Ponies and Ghost Horses.