Tomorrow Never Knows


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Tomorrow Never Knows takes us back to the primal scene of the 1960s and asks: what happened when young people got high and listened to rock as if it really mattered—as if it offered meaning and sustenance, not just escape and entertainment? What did young people hear in the music of Dylan, Hendrix, or the Beatles? Bromell's pursuit of these questions radically revises our understanding of rock, psychedelics, and their relation to the politics of the 60s, exploring the period's controversial legacy, and the reasons why being "experienced" has been an essential part of American youth culture to the present day.




Never Knows Best


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Note that this is the limited, pre-final release or ashcan edition of the game. Never Knows Best is a roleplaying game about middle school kids facing impending adulthood, growing up, and society's--sometimes nonsensical-expectations and obligations. It's designed for three-five players plus a game master (GM) who facilitates the game. This game uses absurdism, metaphors, motifs, and literalization to represent the struggles and growth these kids go through. Society's obligations and expectations manifest as outrageous forms-creatures and monsters not of this world. The kids combat these creatures by transforming into robots. Whenever a kid transforms, their robot takes on their unique strengths and traits representing how they reject society's attempts to make kids conform and obey. In this way, the internal conflict kids face when growing up becomes something real and seen. Battles are metaphors for their inner turmoil about who they are, where they fit in, and who they want to be.




Baring the Middle East Enigma


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This Memoir of Six Years in the Middle East is a Head-Shaker Why should you stand at least 2718 feet away from the tallest building in the world in Dubai? Is Ma Fi Muskala really a problem? Why is "Abandon Hope all ye who enter here" from Dante's Inferno appropos in the Middle East? Learn why Qatar and Bahrain have the highest per capita traffic fatality rates in the world. Other "must know" answers to questions from potential expatriates, tourists, and the curious are presented in a humorous, often incredulous anecdotal style




Jackson Stafford and the Pandora Project, 1 & 2


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Summary: The Jackson StaffordÕs Inner-Room inhabitants, his personalities, will unsuspectingly unravel the secret behind the guise of the Pandora project within the mind of their host. Once again Ben, Carl, Darrell, Denny, Johnny, and Randy will be creating a whole new world and new experiences for their host. La Tulipan will investigate an on-going government program that Jackson has been directly involved with since 1985. Through Astral Projection, he is able to penetrate any firewall within the projectÕs secret vault. A government cover-up is discovered by a civilian who has a direct link to the candidate and exposes the project to the host. An alien worldÕs projected consciousness is imprisoned deep within the Pandora Project.




Belinda's Law


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Although it is a pivotal and step-aside piece, it gives some indication of the tone of a fictive first-person memoir. The title is commentary, and it is a story that is topical but has never been told. It is fiction that reveals the truths behind the "facts."




McNally's Trial


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The Palm Beach PI is on the case of a corpse conspiracy. “Lawrence Sanders has honed a voice for Archy McNally that is wonderfully infectious” (The Washington Times). Business is booming at Whitcomb Funeral Homes in southern Florida. Called in to investigate this inexplicable uptick, Palm Beach private investigator Archy McNally finds himself in the middle of a most unusual case. In the past six months, Whitcomb has shipped out five hundred dead bodies. Why are so many caskets leaving the Sunshine State and being airlifted to New York, Boston, and Chicago? And why did Whitcomb’s comely comptroller come to McNally & Son in the first place? Further complicating McNally’s life are his air-headed buddy, Binky Watrous, who wants to be his private-eye assistant, and his faithful love, Connie Garcia, who’s got her spies when it comes to McNally’s weakness for the ladies. Murder worthy of the headline Death-styles of the Rich and Famous add to McNally’s tribulations. And the next set of human remains could be his.




Oliver Mayer: Collected Plays


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Three plays about history, identity, love, and music by award-winning US hybrid Latino dramatist Oliver Mayer with preface by Luis Alfaro and introduction by Jon D. Rossini.




One Never Knows Do One?


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A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers


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An extensive biographical and critical survey of more than 300 jazz and popular singers is comprised of provocative, opinionated essays that incorporate the views of peers, fans and critics while assessing key movements and genres.