Author : Ian Bone
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 2002-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140299904
Hostage. Nine-year-old Freda trapped in a restaurant with a fanatic and his gun. Survivor. No parents to protect her, two men dead. Ten years later. Live by the rules: keep yourself small, don't let them ask you questions. A dead man's words... 'Are you living a good life, Freda?' The answer lies in hunting down the ghosts of the past. Gripping and moving, The Song of an Innocent Bystander is a novel you won't easily forget.
Author : Ian Bone
Publisher : Puffin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780142403938
With the approach of the tenth anniversary of the time she was held hostage in a fast food restaurant, nineteen-year-old Freda Opperman struggles to make sense of her memories of the event and how they have shaped her life.
Author : Fred Bronson
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 22,82 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780823076772
Provides lists of hit songs by date with information on the artist, songwriter, producer, label, and offering interviews with popular artists.
Author : Insight Publications Staff
Publisher : Insight Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 40,88 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1921411953
These innovative course books are based on the Australian Curriculum and develop an integrated approach to English. They also offer a special Learning Resource section to further build a wide range of competencies in English. INSIGHT ENGLISH SKILLS 8 presents a stimulating range of text types as the starting point for developing language, literacy and literary knowledge and skills. Units offer a themed approach - e.g. humour, bystanders and racism. Each unit retains the three sections: INTERACTIVE INTERPRETATION - text extracts introduce engaging and relevant issues and ideas; WORKING WITH TEXTS AND LANGUAGE - creative activities analyse text/s, literary techniques and language use; RESEARCH AND CREATING TEXTS - several ideas per unit offer diverse options over the 20 units. LEARNING RESOURCES - in Year 8 we introduce more advanced approaches for group work, developing interactive skills and building language and literacy skills.
Author : Elizabeth J. Rosenthal
Publisher : Bpi Communications
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 33,37 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780823088935
A comprehensive overview of the musical career of Elton John provides the full story behind all of the musician's recordings, a complete chronicle of his concert tours, an assessment of his musical odyssey, and a study of his sometimes turbulent personal life, along with more than forty photographs and a complete discography.
Author : Barbara Ching
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2001-07-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0190283092
This is the first study of "hard" country music as well as the first comprehensive application of contemporary cultural theory to country music. Barbara Ching begins by defining the features that make certain country songs and artists "hard." She compares hard country music to "high" American culture, arguing that hard country deliberately focuses on its low position in the American cultural hierarchy, comically singing of failures to live up to American standards of affluence, while mainstream country music focuses on nostalgia, romance, and patriotism of regular folk. With chapters on Hank Williams Sr. and Jr., Merle Haggard, George Jones, David Allan Coe, Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, and the Outlaw Movement, this book is written in a jargon-free, engaging style that will interest both academic as well as general readers.
Author : Sandra L. Beckett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2010-11-24
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1135861293
In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the status of authors, the publishing industry, and bookselling practices. This study will have significant relevance across disciplines, as scholars in literary studies, media and cultural studies, visual arts, education, psychology, and sociology examine the increasingly blurred borderlines between adults and young people in contemporary society, notably with regard to their consumption of popular culture.
Author : Dick Weissman
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,20 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Music
ISBN : 1423442830
Talkin' 'Bout A Revolution Is The Most Comprehensive Guide Yet to the fascinating relationship between American music, culture, and politics. Music expert Dick Weissman dares to take on this massive topic and presents it with ease. From the early days of the U. S. to the twenty-first century, Weissman draws upon and explains a vast amount of music, including songs by and about Native Americans, African Americans, women, and Latinos and spanning pop, punk, folk, "music of hate," music of war, and beyond. Unprecedented in its approach, this book offers a multidisciplinary discussion that is broad and diverse, and illuminates how social events impact music as well as how music impacts social events.
Author : Jeff Schroedl
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 14,90 MB
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1480346179
(Guitar Tab Method). This innovative method for acoustic or electric guitar picks up where Book One leaves off. Learn notes up the fretboard with riffs like "Purple Haze" and "Sunshine of Your Love," lead guitar licks from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton, more chords with songs by the Beatles and Bob Dylan, and much more. The method's unique, well-paced, and logical teaching sequence will get students playing more easily than ever before, and music from popular artists like Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, and Pearl Jam will keep them playing and having fun. The accompanying online audio features demos of all 80 riffs and songs in the book.
Author : Kerry Newcomb
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1480478865
Tom Sandcrane must navigate the narrow path between his Cheyenne heritage and the white man’s world For generations, the Sandcrane men have served their tribe as the keepers of the Sacred Arrows. When the time comes for Seth Sandcrane to pass the responsibility on to his son Tom, he waits with pride for his son to assume his place among the elders of the tribe. But Tom wants nothing to do with Sacred Arrows, ancient traditions, and the mystical heritage of the Cheyenne. It is 1896; the nation is growing, and Tom wants a place in the white man’s world. He takes a job in the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a go-between for the government and the Cheyenne. When bureaucratic treachery forces Tom to become an outlaw, he must flee the land of his birth. As America teeters on the brink of the Spanish-American War, Tom Sandcrane will learn to fight—not with sacred arrows, but with a Colt .38.
