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Presents a biography of the seventeenth Karmapa, discussing a history of his life, including his escape from Chinese occupied Tibet to northern India, and offering some of his teachings, wisdom, and accomplishments.
Author : Michele Martin
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Presents a biography of the seventeenth Karmapa, discussing a history of his life, including his escape from Chinese occupied Tibet to northern India, and offering some of his teachings, wisdom, and accomplishments.
Author : Denise Gillard
Publisher : Groundwood Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,52 MB
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780888993113
In rural Nova Scotia, a young girl and her grandfather look for a perfect branch to carve.
Author : Karen Kelly
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814747278
Music industry insiders on the nature of fame Our cultural darlings make music; we make them mythic. Every musical genre begets a community of listeners, performers, and critics, and quite often those categories are blurred. From the principled punk refusal of celebrity to hip-hop's celebration of its power, the music world is self-obsessed. Stars Don't Stand Still in the Sky assembles scholars, music writers, industry workers, and musicians, who offer a range of opinions and experience of the nature of fame. The collection focuses on commerce, the crowd, performance and image, history and memory, and romance. Contributors discuss black women icons, love-songs, the legacy of the blues, the image of the tortured rock star, MTV, the politics of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the joy of line-dancing, and more. The contributors are James Bernard, Anthony DeCurtis, Katherine Dieckmann, Chuck Eddy, Paul Gilroy, Daniel Glass, Lawrence Grossberg, Jessica Hagedorn, Kathleen Hanna, James Hannaham, Dave Hickey, Jon Langford, Greil Marcus, Angela McRobbie, Paul D. Miller (a.k.a. DJ Spooky), Barbara O'Dair, Ann Powers, Toshi Reagon, Simon Reynolds, Robert Santelli, Jon Savage, Danyel Smith, Arlene Stein, Deena Weinstein, and Ellen Willis.
Author : Patrick Laude
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780941532457
The short poems in this book reflect the spiritual insights of some of the greatest poets, saints, and sages know to Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Native American traditions.
Author : John Hollander
Publisher :
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 19,26 MB
Release : 1970
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
Author : Stevie Wonder
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 31,7 MB
Release : 1999-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1495039935
(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line.
Author : Will Romano
Publisher : Backbeat Books
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1617133752
(Book). From its artful beginnings (Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, the Mothers of Invention, and those progressive forebearers, the Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles), through the towering guitar solos, monumental synthesizer banks, and mind-boggling special effects of the Golden Age of Prog (Rush, Pink Floyd, Yes, ELP, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, UK), through the radio-friendly "pop era" (Asia, the Phil Collins-led Genesis, and a reformed Yes), and right up to the present state of the art (Marillion, Spock's Beard, and Mars Volta), this is a wickedly incisive tour of rock music at its most spectacular. This is indeed the book prog rock fans have been waiting for, the only one of its kind, as fantastic as the subjects it covers.
Author : Kuniko Tsurita
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,60 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781770463981
The work of a visionary and iconoclastic feminist cartoonist—available in English for the first time The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita’s remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work. Tsurita’s early stories “Nonsense” and “Anti” provide a unique, intimate perspective on the bohemian culture and political heat of late 1960s and early ‘70s Tokyo. Her work gradually became darker and more surreal under the influence of modern French literature and her own prematurely failing health. As in works like “The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud” and “Max,” the gender of many of Tsurita's strong and sensual protagonists is ambiguous, marking an early exploration of gender fluidity. Late stories like "Arctic Cold" and "Flight" show the artist experimenting with more conventional narrative modes, though with dystopian themes that extend the philosophical interests of her early work. An exciting and essential gekiga collection, The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud is translated by the comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.
Author : Corbin Reiff
Publisher : Lesser Gods
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781944713188
Music lovers know there's something magical about seeing the right band at the right time. Some phenomenal gigs showcase a key artist on the rise or a mega-star at the top of their game. Others capture the cultural zeitgeist or bring together multiple heavy-hitters. Lighters in the Sky features transcendent moments from music legends, from the King of Rock 'n' Roll and the King of Pop to Queen and Queen Bey. These shows made jaws drop and changed music history. Each concert narrative makes readers feel as if they're at the show, experiencing the excitement as it happened. Have you ever wondered what it'd be like to witness the Beatles at Shea Stadium, Madonna in Rome, or Kanye West at Coachella? There are heaping servings of classic rock, rap, and pop, but the scope of artists and genres is vast and there's something for music fans of all stripes. There are dozens of music icons, including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Prince, Nirvana, Green Day, and Jay-Z. Relive festivals that changed music history, including Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and Lollapalooza. Stick up your devil horns and get ready to rock! Corbin Reiff is the managing editor of Real Talk on Uproxx. He has written for some of the biggest music publications, including Rolling Stone, Spin, Pitchfork, The A.V. Club, Ultimate Classic Rock, and Guitar World.
Author : Dusty Baker
Publisher : Music That Changed My Life
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780985419080
Explores the author's love of music, focusing on his June 1967 experience of the Monterey Pop Festival, where he saw Jimi Hendrix burn his guitar.