Author : Raymond Beauchemin
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 14,20 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1550713469
Songwriter Michel Laflamme is stuck in traffic on Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge. While waiting for police to try to talk down a potential suicide, Michel turns on the radio and hears his wife, Bijou, founding member of Beaupré, the seminal Quebec folk-rock group. The music takes Michel across a 30-year span of memory, through the emotional and political upheavals of his own life and that of his Belle Province.
Author : Daniel Ward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 20,39 MB
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1350507059
So, when you have the time and the space, the thoughts start to fill it, you know? Unless you fill it yourself. With a little burn mout. Or a little tune. Errol lost his dad last year. Listening to his old man's Spotify playlist, he remembers his dad's passion over the 1981 Brixton uprising and his certainty that change was coming. Errol is tired of the fight and, as his son takes up the fight with the BLM movement, he questions if this is a revolution or a repetition. A thought-provoking journey of loss, history and uprising in Everything I Own, an intimate yet provocative intergenerational conversation between father and son written by Daniel Ward. This edition was published to coincide with the run at London's Brixton House in June 2024.
Author : Kevin O'Brien Chang
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,62 MB
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9781566396295
Jamaican music can be roughly divided into four eras, each with a distinctive beat - ska, rocksteady, reggae and dancehall. Ska dates from about 1960 to mid-1966, rocksteady from 1966 to 1968, while from 1969 to 1983 reggae was the popular beat. The reggae era had two phases, 'early reggae' up to 1974 and 'roots reggae' up to 1983. Since 1983 dancehall has been the prevalent sound. The authors describe each stage in the development of the music, identifying the most popular songs and artists, highlighting the significant social, political and economic issues as they affected the musical scene. While they write from a Jamaican perspective, the intended audience is 'any person, local or foreign, interested in an intelligent discussion of reggae music and Jamaica.'.
Author : Eleanor Henderson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250787955
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 • From New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Henderson comes a turbulent love story meets harrowing medical mystery: the true story of the author’s twenty-year marriage defined by her husband’s chronic illness—and a testament to the endurance of love Eleanor met Aaron when she was just a teenager and he was working at a local record stored—older, experienced, and irresistibly charming. Escaping the clichés of fleeting young love, their summer romance bloomed into a relationship that survived college and culminated in a marriage and two children. From the outside looking in, their life had all the trappings of what most would consider a success story. But, as in any marriage, things weren’t always as they seemed. On top of the typical stresses of parenting, money, and work, there were the untended wounds of depression, addiction, and childhood trauma. And then one day, out of nowhere: a rash appeared on Aaron’s arms. Soon, it had morphed into painful lesions covering his body. Eleanor was as baffled as the doctors. There was no obvious diagnosis, let alone a cure. And as years passed and the lesions gave way to Aaron’s increasingly disturbed concerns about the source of his sickness, the husband she loved seemed to unravel before her eyes. A new fissure ruptured in their marriage, and new questions piled onto old ones: Where does physical illness end and mental illness begin? Where does one person end and another begin? And how do we exist alongside someone else’s suffering? Emotional, intimate, and at times agonizing, Everything I Have Is Yours tells the story of a marriage tested by powerful forces outside both partners’ control. It’s not only a memoir of a wife’s tireless quest to heal her husband, but also one that asks just what it means to accept someone as they are.
Author : Yann Girard
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,31 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781539112709
Over the past seven years I've lived in more places than I can remember. I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks.While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg. I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably. I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them. I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller. I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough, by all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.I'm mostly trying to just be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy. But every day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.This right here is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...
Author : Tyndale
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers
Page : 637 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2024-09-17
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 1496490819
Welcome to God's life-changing message. Countless lives have been changed by it. Numerous authorities have tried to ban it. Some have burned it. And many have died to preserve it. As you read this book, you'll meet people whose lives have been changed by the power of God. You'll see how he gave them hope and a purpose amidst despair and uncertainty, how he brought them comfort and solace through His love and grace, and how he can do the same for you! The stories and special features in this book will: Help you get to know Jesus better and understand how he can guide you in your everyday life. Introduce you to hundreds of people who have overcome incredible obstacles with God's direction. Show you how to enter into your own life-changing relationship with God. Guide you to better understand the Christian faith. Millions of people all over the world turn to the timeless truths contained in this book every day for comfort, encouragement, hope, inspiration, and guidance, and now you can too! Welcome to the Holy Bible. This beautiful softcover economy outreach full-text Bible features the New Living Translation, a clear, faithful rendering of God's Word in contemporary English. Highly affordable and also available for bulk order, this NLT Bible is designed to be used by churches, ministries, and other Christian organizations for outreach efforts. Special features provide helpful guidance to readers who may be encountering the Bible for the first time or who need to reconnect with its words of hope and healing. "Welcome to the Bible" "How to Know Jesus Personally" "Where Can I Find It" "The Apostles' Creed Bible Reading Plan" The New Living Translation is a clear and accurate English translation of the Bible. It's easy to understand, and it conveys the precise meaning of the original languages in a flowing, effortless writing style that promotes accessible and meaningful reading.
Author : William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher :
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 1911
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Publisher :
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 10,25 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Periodicals
ISBN :
Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Author : Frank Leslie
Publisher :
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 30,31 MB
Release : 1899
Category : American periodicals
ISBN :
Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 1901
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