Author : Courtney Lix
Publisher :
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780937207826
This biography celebrates the lives of 19 Smoky Mountain Women, from hiking legend Margaret Stevenson to famed singer-songwriter Dolly Parton.
Author : Steve Sullivan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2017-05-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 1442254491
Volumes 3 and 4 of the The Encyclopedia of More Great Popular Song Recordings provides the stories behind approximately 1,700 more of the greatest song recordings in the history of the music industry, from 1890 to today. In this masterful survey, all genres of popular music are covered, from pop, rock, soul, and country to jazz, blues, classic vocals, hip-hop, folk, gospel, and ethnic/world music. Collectors will find detailed discographical data—recording dates, record numbers, Billboard chart data, and personnel—while music lovers will appreciate the detailed commentaries and deep research on the songs, their recording, and the artists. Readers who revel in pop cultural history will savor each chapter as it plunges deeply into key events—in music, society, and the world—from each era of the past 125 years. Following in the wake of the first two volumes of his original Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, this follow-up work covers not only more beloved classic performances in pop music history, but many lesser -known but exceptional recordings that—in the modern digital world of “long tail” listening, re-mastered recordings, and “lost but found” possibilities—Sullivan mines from modern recording history. The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 3 and 4 lets the readers discover, and, through their playlist services, from such as iTunes toand Spotify, build a truly deepcomprehensive catalog of classic performances that deserve to be a part of every passionate music lover’s life. Sullivan organizes songs in chronological order, starting in 1890 and continuing all the way throughto the present to include modern gems from June 2016. In each chapter, Sullivanhe immerses readers, era by era, in the popular music recordings of the time, noting key events that occurred at the time to painting a comprehensive picture in music history of each periodfor each song. Moreover, Sullivan includes for context bulleted lists noting key events that occurred during the song’s recording
Author : Langston Hughes
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 29,7 MB
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0486850560
Immediately celebrated as a tour de force upon its release, Langston Hughes's first published collection of poems still offers a powerful reflection of the Black experience. From "The Weary Blues" to "Dream Variation," Hughes writes clearly and colorfully, and his words remain prophetic.
Author : Thomas Cobb
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062325523
“A masterpiece. . . . An unforgettable character . . . who proceeds to take you on a roller-coaster ride through his tawdrily tumultuous life.” —Chicago Tribune At the age of fifty-seven—living a life riddled with ex-wives, one night stands, and daily diet of Jack Daniels—Bad Blake is on his last legs. His ticker, his liver, even his pick-up truck are all giving him trouble. A renowned songwriter and “picker” who hasn’t recorded in five years, Bad now travels the countryside on gigs that take him mostly to motels and bowling alleys. Enter Jean Craddock, a young journalist sent to interview him after a beautiful concert, and a tentative romance blooms. Can Bad stop living the life of a country-western song and tie a rope around his crazy heart? “A measure of Thomas Cobb’s talent is that he can make Bad Blake’s story amusing even as we watch him fall.” —New York Times Book Review “[Cobb’s] picture of the scraggly underside of Western music is brutally convincing.” —The New Yorker “Crazy Heart just might be the finest country-western novel ever written, bar none.” —Houston Post “[A] moving, respectful evocation of the world of country music.” —Boston Herald “Thomas Cobb’s marvelous first novel doesn’t just play on your heartstrings, it breaks them.” —San Francisco Examiner “A piercing, keenly observed chronicle of modern Americana.” —Los Angeles Times “Heartfelt.” —Houston Chronicle “A beautiful book. . . . Bad Blake is a man you will not soon forget.” —Washington Times
Author : Jason Myers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1442414316
Dru and Gina are young, in love, and can’t wait to get out of Marshall, Nebraska, a town where bloodline means everything and whoever has the money makes the rules. But all their dreams are shattered when Gina has a monstrous run-in with the son of the richest man in Marshall—an incident that leaves her broken, battered, and violated. Driven by rage, Dru and Gina take matters into their own hands, and quickly find themselves in over their heads. Without any other options, Dru and Gina are on the run. But there’s more chasing them than they think, and love might not be enough to save them.
Author : G. Anita Johnson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2004-03-16
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1414061439
G. Anita Johnson, author of Journeys, once again defines herself as a distinct poetic artist in her new book, The Meeting Place and Other Poems (A Collection of Lyric Poems and Haiku). The Meeting Place and Other Poems is a thematic collection of short lyrical poems on Life, Love, Faith, and Nature, concluding with a section on Haiku. Though short, each poem in collection is rich in meaning and imagination. Ms. Johnsons masterful use of language, akin to an artists use of a brush, paints vivid images and evokes powerful emotions. Her lyrical voice resounds in pithy poems of poignant romance, ardent life, and abiding faith expressed in such titles as We Used to Dance, hurting, Time, Buildings of Stone, You Are Not Alone, and Ode to the God of Loyal Love. The skillfully crafted haiku reveal her keen perception of nature and everyday life. These lyrical poems and haiku will inspire, comfort, and nourish the human spirit. The Meeting Place and Other Poems has universal appeal and will touch the heart and soul of each reader. For a unique poetic experience, take a seat, relax and savor the poetry of The Meeting Place and Other Poems.
Author : Jeff Bridges
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,74 MB
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1101600756
The perfect gift for fans of The Big Lebowski, Jeff Bridges's "The Dude", and anyone who could use more Zen in their lives. Zen Master Bernie Glassman compares Jeff Bridges’s iconic role in The Big Lebowski to a Lamed-Vavnik: one of the men in Jewish mysticism who are “simple and unassuming,” and “so good that on account of them God lets the world go on.” Jeff puts it another way. “The wonderful thing about the Dude is that he’d always rather hug it out than slug it out.” For more than a decade, Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges and his Buddhist teacher, renowned Roshi Bernie Glassman, have been close friends. Inspiring and often hilarious, The Dude and the Zen Master captures their freewheeling dialogue and remarkable humanism in a book that reminds us of the importance of doing good in a difficult world.
Author : Hunter S. Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 17,8 MB
Release : 2003-04-07
Category : Experimental fiction
ISBN : 9780007161232
This is a reissue of the novel inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream: We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold... And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.
Author : Dane C. Ortlund
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 2020-03-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433566168
Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot—and rightly so—on what Jesus has done to appease God’s wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel about his people amid all their sins and failures? This book draws us to Matthew 11, where Jesus describes himself as “gentle and lowly in heart,” longing for his people to find rest in him. The gospel flows from God’s deepest heart for his people, a heart of tender love for the sinful and suffering. These chapters take readers into the depths of Christ’s very heart for sinners, diving deep into Bible passages that speak of who Christ is and encouraging readers with the affections of Christ for his people. His longing heart for sinners comforts and sustains readers in their up-and-down lives.
Author : Dustin Vaughn Warncke
Publisher : Warncke Enterprises
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 18,46 MB
Release :
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Learn the secrets outdoor industry won't tell you from TV show co-host, outdoor industry consultant, and TV show marketing director Dustin Vaughn Warncke in The Outdoor TV Show's Guide to the Industry. In this groundbreaking book, Warncke covers a wide variety of subjects such as: Prospecting and building relationships with sponsors and earning their favor. Airing your show on multiple traditional TV and Web TV platforms. Mistakes that most TV show teams make in the industry. How to build and audience and keep them coming back to your content. Producing quality content across multiple platforms. And MORE! The Outdoor TV Show's Guide to the Industry is filled with photos, screen shots, and several real world examples of proven techniques to grow your audience and film and produce quality content. This book was written to provide valuable insight for current and aspiring Outdoor TV Show Hosts. The inspiration for writing this book came through a partnership with the Co-Founders of DK Outdoor Adventures Outdoor TV Network and through a long standing relationship with the hosts of Mac and Prowler TV. This book provides valuable industry knowledge that has been gained through first hand experience. In this book , we will cover how to begin the journey of starting an Outdoor TV program on any budget, what separates home videos from actual TV shows and how networking to create benefit results in opportunity. Readers will learn strategies on how to achieve sponsorships, how to earn revenue through their programs, and how to dominate their industry by creating beneficial partnerships that offer massive exposure for their programs and for their sponsors. I hope this book will provide valuable insight into the world of Outdoor Industry Entertainment. While there are many verticals to begin gaining exposure for an outdoor show, there are very few that deliver the exposure level necessary to actually create income and value for the show host to sustain. This book will highlight different avenues to consider when trying to create income through an Outdoor TV program. After purchasing this book, we invite readers to contact us for assistance in beginning their journey to start their very own Outdoor TV Program.
