Download or read book Stories Done written by Mikal Gilmore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1960s and 1970s represent a rare moment in our cultural history -- music was exploring unprecedented territories, literature was undergoing a radical reinvention, politics polarized the nation, and youth culture was at the zenith of its influence. There has never been, nor is there likely to be, another generation that matches the contributions of the artists of that time period. In this poignant book, journalist Mikal Gilmore weaves a narrative of the '60s and '70s as he examines the lives of the era's most important cultural icons. Keeping the power of rock & roll at the forefront, Gilmore gathers together stories about major artists from every field -- George Harrison, Ken Kesey, Johnny Cash, Allen Ginsberg, to name just a few. Gilmore reveals the truth about this idealized period in history, never shying away from the ugly influences that brought many of rock's most exciting figures to their knees. He examines how Jim Morrison's alcoholism led to the star's death at the age of twenty-seven, how Jerry Garcia's drug problems brought him to the brink of death so many times that his bandmates did not believe the news of his actual demise, how Pink Floyd struggled with the guilt of kicking out founding member Syd Barrett because of his debilitating mental illness. As Gilmore examines the dark side of these complicated figures, he paints a picture of the environment that bred them, taking readers from the rough streets of Liverpool (and its more comfortable suburbs) to the hippie haven of Haight-Ashbury that hosted the infamous Summer of Love. But what resulted from these lives and those times, Gilmore argues, was worth the risk -- in fact, it may be inseparable from those hard costs. The lives of these dynamic and diverse figures are intertwined with Gilmore's exploration of the social, political, and emotional characteristics that defined the era. His insights and examinations combine to create a eulogy for a formative period of American history.

Download or read book Release the Pain Embrace the Joy written by Michelle McKinney Hammond and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2005-05-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone endures heartbreak at some point, whether it is a schoolgirl crush or a mature commitment. But how do you move beyond the emptiness when it feels as though you cannot let go of what you had? Michelle McKinney Hammond offers to hold your hand through the pain leading you to a place of wholeness, a place where love lives and embraces you completely. Discover the wonderful things in store for women who trust God with her most precious possession, her heart.

Download or read book The Unknown Target of Life Experiences written by Coro Holdings LLC and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Thomson had a challenging childhood. His father abandoned his wife and seven children, leaving them to struggle with the bleak future that the desperation of poverty often brings. Determined to succeed, Thompson pursued a career with the Philadelphia Police Department where he worked for over 12 years. During that time he earned three official commendations, including a Heroism Award. Eventually it became clear to him that underneath the surface the department was rife with far more corruption than the public was aware of through the media. His opinion that the police should not be investigating themselves, nor should they be deciding on how to prosecute its own members, did not sit well with his superiors. He was terminated when he refused to take a position that would trap him within that false framework. In The Unknown Target of Life Experiences, Thompson tells how his life spiraled downward into a dismal, hopeless existence following that fateful day when he left the police for good. For seven long years he struggled with health problems, depression, paranoia, and PTSD due to the experiences he encountered there-all due to the actions of his superiors and colleagues, not the crimes and disturbing events he witnessed regularly on the job. Listening to his intuition-the "core stimuli noise" from the brain-enabled him to gradually begin to trust himself and others once again. In this book, Thompson tells how he found his way out of the darkness to rebuild his life....

Download or read book Deadly Intentions written by Candice Poarch and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's Hot On The Trail Of A Thief. . . When Lisa Claxton starts her own cleaning business on Paradise Island, she may finally profit from her talent for whipping a house into shape--in more ways than one. A valuable Claxton heirloom, a golden bowl, is missing, and Lisa has tracked it down to a local home, which she quickly gets herself hired to clean. But when she arrives she finds a dead body--and flees right into the safe arms of an irresistibly handsome man. . . But She's About To Find So Much More. . . Injured Navy SEAL Brian Knight came to his grandfather's house to recuperate. He didn't expect to be greeted by a frightened beauty--or to get mixed up in her scheme. But Brian has to pursue the killer who invaded the house--and he's determined to pursue Lisa as well. Soon, the two are up against ruthless thieves whose intentions are more than deadly. . . "A hard-hitting romance that adds a twist of mysterious flavor. The reader will breeze through this refreshing tale." --RT Book Reviews on Long, Hot Nights

Download or read book Summary of David Cay Johnston s It s Even Worse Than You Think by Milkyway Media written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Cay Johnston’s It’s Even Worse Than You Think (2017) is an indictment of the Trump presidency in its first year. As a candidate and during his first year in office, Donald Trump repeatedly promised to “Make America Great Again.” Purchase this in-depth summary to learn more.

Download or read book A Little Piece of Me written by Stephen A. Geller and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcia Kleinman has a difficult husband, a difficult mother and a little boy, Max, who has a rare chronic liver disease that will eventually require a liver transplantation. A talented pianist, Marcia resisted strong urgings from her teachers and, especially, from her mother to develop a concert career and, instead, has been content to teach music at the college level. Marcia's mother was a well known concert pianist. Marcia's husband, Michael, is a young, aggressive attorney at a major, multicity firm who was transferred to the Los Angeles office from New York. When Max, their son, becomes ill they are presented with difficult choices that include allowing Marcia to donate a portion of her own liver. Michael is initially opposed to this choice and would prefer to wait until an appropriate liver becomes available from another child of Max's approximate age and size who has suddenly died. During the months during which Max's condition slowly worsens Marcia seeks relief from stress by deciding to learn Beethoven's Appassionata piano sonata, a piece that her mother recorded but that Marcia had not been able to master in the past. When she was a teenager Marcia visited southern California and came to love it. When Michael is offered a promotion and partnership in the law firm, if he returns to the New York office, their marriage is further stressed by Michael's resistance to Marcia being a donor, by his controlling nature, and by Marcia's reluctance to leave Los Angeles and her close friends.

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Download or read book The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic written by Monique Roelofs and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aesthetic desire and distaste prime everyday life in surprising ways. The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic casts much-needed light on the complex mix of meanings our aesthetic activities weave into cultural existence. Anchoring aesthetic experience in our relationships with persons, places, and things, Monique Roelofs explores aesthetic life as a multimodal, socially embedded, corporeal endeavor. Highlighting notions of relationality, address, and promising, this compelling study shows these concepts at work in visions of beauty, ugliness, detail, nation, ignorance, and cultural boundary. Unexpected aesthetic pleasures and pains crop up in sites where passion, perception, rationality, and imagination go together but also are in conflict. Bonds between aesthetics and politics are forged and reforged. Cross-disciplinary in outlook, and engaging the work of theorists and artists ranging from David Hume to Theodor W. Adorno, Frantz Fanon, Clarice Lispector, and Barbara Johnson, The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic lays open the interpretive web that gives aesthetic agency its vast reach.

Download or read book A Promise Kept written by Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz PhD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Promise Kept: Memoir of Tibetans in India is a collaborative work between Germaine Krull and her friend Marilyn Ekdahl Ravicz. Although a great photographer, Germaine was European and wrote English poorly. For this reason, she entrusted her memoir manuscript to Marilyn. Germaine requested that Marilyn promise to edit and rewrite it for publication so others could share her experiences. As promised, Marilyn offers Germaine’s A Promise Kept to you. Enjoy reading about his holiness Sakya Trizin, his family, and their lives in India. Share their trials, adaptations, and amazing social and religious rebirth as refugee Tibetans.

Download or read book The Supraconscience of Humanity written by Edward H. Strauch and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book makes [Strauch] one of the true intellectuals in America."---DR. Charles Herberger, professor emeritus in literature --

Download or read book Erased Faces written by Graciela Limón and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2001-09-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adriana Mora, a Latina photojournalist haunted by childhood memories of her parents' death, abuse and displacement, journeys south to Chiapas, Mexico, in search of images to record on film. Mora's path crosses that of Chan K'in, the aged Lacandon shaman and interpreter of his people's mysticism. In this village, Adriana meets Juana Galvan, a woman whose own heroism mirrors that of the women that Chan K'in describes. Adriana follows Juana into the mountains where she is drawn into the tumultuous events of 1994 and the stories of the insurgents who fight for freedom. This compelling novel portrays forbidden love set against the backdrop of a complicated war.

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Download or read book Night Beat written by Mikal Gilmore and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2000-01-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few journalists have staked a territory as definitively and passionately as Mikal Gilmore in his twenty-year career writing about rock and roll. Now, for the first time, this collection gathers his cultural criticism, interviews, reviews, and assorted musings. Beginning with Elvis and the birth of rock and roll, Gilmore traces the seismic changes in America as its youth responded to the postwar economic and political climate. He hears in the lyrics of Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison the voices of unrest and fervor, and charts the rise and fall of punk in brilliant essays on Lou Reed, The Sex Pistols, and The Clash. Mikal Gilmore describes Bruce Springsteen's America and the problem of Michael Jackson. And like no one else, Gilmore listens to the lone voices: Al Green, Marianne Faithfull, Sinead O'Connor, Frank Sinatra. Four decades of American life are observed through the inimitable lens of rock and roll, and through the provocative and intelligent voice of one of the most committed chroniclers of American music, and its powerful expressions of love, soul, politics, and redemption.

Download or read book International Organizations written by Ian Hurd and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International organizations are at the heart of many global issues today. This 2010 textbook looks at the leading international organizations and explains how they both shape and are shaped by international politics. The book examines three themes: the legal obligations that give international organizations their powers; the mechanisms that elicit compliance by their member states; and the practices of enforcement in the organizations. Each chapter shows how international organizations work in practice and the interactions between them and their member states. This text provides a comprehensive understanding of what international organizations do, how and why they do it, and the challenges they face.

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