Download or read book Drunk in a Midnight Choir written by Todd Gleason and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book that you are holding in your hand is an invitation. Welcome. This book contains essays and poems and elegies and prayers and complaints from 40 of the best up and coming writers working today. Welcome to our best effort at a New Hallelujah. Welcome to the New American Mouth. Welcome to an anthology where all the working class poets actually have jobs. Welcome to an anthology where the writers don't have all the answers, but the few they have are really really good answers. We made this book for you. We hope you like it as much as we liked making it. Every single decision you have ever made has led you to holding this book. We think you have made some really good decisions. Welcome. Welcome to The Choir.
Download or read book The Midnight Choir written by Gene Kerrigan and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Rage: “A ripping crime tale, impressive in scope and crackling with energy . . . a fascinating portrait of contemporary Ireland” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). The Midnight Choir teems with moral dilemmas, and Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly-scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety. Small-time criminals have become millionaire businessmen, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the police face a world where the old rules no longer apply. “Believe me, you want The Midnight Choir with you on holiday,” says the Sunday Business Post. “This is the kind of book you pass on to someone you like, and say ‘read this.’” “The author does everything well. He conveys beautifully the ritual of cops and their quarry, while evoking the feel of a city where new yuppie influence rubs up against the remnants of a seedy, savage past.” —New York Magazine “The lethal precision of his closing punches leaves quite a lasting mark.” —Entertainment Weekly “It’s Kerrigan’s firm control of the procedural genre and the breathtaking twist he gives his plot that show him to be a master of the form.” —Publishers Weekly “An absorbing, beautifully written tale.” —The Times (London) “Kerrigan’s moody, unsettling tale explores the criminal underside of Dublin and, by extension, the dark, hidden face of twenty-first-century Ireland . . . Gripping crime fiction in which the setting is unequivocally the protagonist.” —Booklist “Good news for readers who can appreciate the moral complexities of this flawed hero.” —The New York Times “An intricately plotted novel that can safely be mentioned in the same breath as those by Rankin.” —Library Journal (starred review)
Download or read book Poems and Songs Cohen written by Leonard Cohen and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent selection of song lyrics and poems from across the storied career of one of the most daring and affecting poet-songwriters in the world. In the more than half century since his first book of poems was published, Leonard Cohen has evolved into an international cult figure who transcends genres and generations. This anthology contains a cross section of his five decades of influential work, including such legendary songs as “Suzanne,” “Sisters of Mercy,” “Bird on the Wire,” “Famous Blue Raincoat,” and “I’m Your Man” and searingly memorable poems from his many acclaimed poetry collections, including Flowers for Hitler, Beautiful Losers, and Death of a Lady’s Man. Encompassing the erotic and the melancholy, the mystical and the sardonic, this volume showcases a writer of dazzling intelligence and live-wire emotional immediacy.
Download or read book Semiotics of Popular Music written by Martina Elicker and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1997 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cat in a Midnight Choir written by Carole Nelson Douglas and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2002-05-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cat in a Midnight Choir, the fourteenth Midnight Louie Mystery, both feline and human evil-doers and crime-solvers work overtime to make Las Vegas the Capital of Noir Suspense. This time our feisty black cat detective is hunting a mysterious and possibly murderous organization of renegade magicians called the Synth, which has been making Las Vegas too hot to hold for some of Louie's human friends, particularly ex-magician Max Kinsella. Louie's on the case . . . but the trick may be on him this time. And just to make things interesting, while Louie and his furred cohorts battle black magic, both human and not-so-human, Louie's cherished roommate, plucky PR freelancer Temple Barr, is investigating the murderous side of the Synth despite the intense discouragement of female homicide lieutenant C. R. Molina. Molina herself is secretly moonlighting as an undercover operative to nail the killer of a sad, young stripper, and the search has boiled down to two suspects: Temple's current significant other, Max Kinsella, and Molina's long-gone ex-lover, Raf Nadir. Unfortunately, proving either man guilty will seriously impact the lives of Molina and her daughter, Mariah. As Louie and his human friends sink deeper into a lose-lose situation of crime and punishment, there doesn't seem to be any way out of this escalating crisis, except another murder. Can Louie solve some nagging past mysteries, find out just what some mad magicians have in store and stop the stripper killer before he claims another victim? And what will Louie do if he finds that the killer is someone Louie knows . . . and likes? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Midnight Choir written by Richard Clement and published by . This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploding The Creativity Myth written by Tony Veale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Karl Lagerfeld's description of his sunglasses as a 'Burqa for my eyes' drew a huge amount of commentary. But what was going on within that phrase? Why was it deemed original and contentious and what can it tell us about creativity? Taking us through cliché, metaphor, analogy, neologism and surrealism, amongst other creative tropes, Tony Veale offers a comprehensive guide to the actual processes behind linguistic creativity. By grounding his approachable examples in easy to replicate methods, the book is perfect as a resource for individual creative exploration. Anyone with an open mind and a computer and a desire to learn about how we creatively say things with words will love this book.Written by an expert in natural language generation, this deceptively simple book offers powerful tools for reconceptualising creativity.
Download or read book Girls That Never Die written by Safia Elhillo and published by One World. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate poems that explore feminine shame and violence and imagine what liberation from these threats might look like, from the award-winning author of The January Children “Endlessly compelling . . . a book that gives us courage, despite all the despairing records of history.”—Ilya Kaminsky, author of Dancing in Odessa and Deaf Republic In Girls That Never Die, award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies. Drawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power. Elhillo writes a new world: women escape their stonings by birds that carry the rocks away; slain girls grow into two, like the hydra of lore, sprouting too numerous to ever be eradicated; circles of women are deemed holy, protected. Ultimately, Girls That Never Die is about wrestling ourselves from the threats of violence that constrain our lives, and instead looking to freedom and questioning: [what if i will not die] [what will govern me then]
Download or read book The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen Enhanced Edition written by Leonard Cohen and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enhanced The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen is a four decade-spanning collection, containing the lyrics of Suzanne, Hallelujah, So Long, Marianne, Everybody Knows, Famous Blue Raincoat and many more, including songs written but never recorded by Cohen himself. Blackly comic, tender, and polished until they shone like diamonds, Cohen’s lyrics were unmistakable. This Omnibus Enhanced edition includes curated Spotify playlists for each song in this collection, showcasing both the recorded works of Leonard Cohen and a selection of the many interpretations and reimaginings of his songs. Additionally, alongside an exclusive tribute to the man, there is also an interactive timeline of his life, complete with rare videos and images of life performances, book extracts and more. Cohen was an accomplished novelist and poet before releasing his first album, Songs of Leonard Cohen. His music documented the tender yearnings and salved the heartbreaks of romantics around the world for six decades. The Lyrics of Leonard Cohen is an examination of the literary influence of the master wordsmith and a dazzling display of the work of one of our most passionate musical artists. Rediscover his genius in with this celebratory volume.
Download or read book Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen written by Leonard Cohen and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Cohen, one of the most admired performers of the last half century, has had a stranger-than-fiction, roller-coaster ride of a life. Now, for the first time, he tells his story in his own words, via more than 50 interviews conducted world-wide between 1966 and 2012. In this book -- which includes a foreword by singer Suzanne Vega and eight pages of rarely seen photos -- the artist talks about "Bird on the Wire", "Hallelujah", and his other classic songs. He candidly discusses his famous romances, his years in a Zen monastery, his ill-fated collaboration with producer Phil Spector, his long battle with depression, and much more. You will find interviews that first appeared in the New York Times and Rolling Stone, but also conversations that have not previously been printed in English. Some of the material here has not been available until now in any format, including the many illuminating reminiscences that contributors supplied specifically for this definitive anthology.
Download or read book Great Songs for the 5 String Banjo written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive sound of the 5-string banjo is most usually associated with folk, country and bluegrass music… but this instrument can sound at home in lots of popular genres. The beach Boys are one example who used the Banjo extensively throughout their landmark album Pet Sounds. In Great Songs for the 5-String Banjo you’ll find a superb collection of favourite songs all specially arranged to show off its adaptability. ‘Ho Hey’ and ‘Wagon Wheel’ are naturals but you’ll also enjoy just how well hits by Ed Sheeran, Adele and The Who sound in 5-string banjo arrangements. Whatever your favourites you’ll find plenty here to help you play, sing and extend your repertoire. Songlist: Across The Universe [The Beatles] - Bird On The Wire [Leonard Cohen] - The Circle Game [Joni Mitchell] - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion [The Kinks] - Drunken Maria [The Monks] - Get Lucky [Daft Punk] - Romeo and Juliet [Dire Straits] - Ho Hey [The Lumineers] - I Will Wait [Mumford & Sons] - Mr. Tambourine Man [The Byrds] - Redemption Song [Bob Marley] - Royals [Lorde] - Sing [Travis] - Skinny Love [Bon Iver] - Sloop John B [The Beach Boys] - Someone Like You [Adele] - The Weight [The Band] - Squeeze Box [The Who] - Wagon Wheel [Old Crow Medicine Show] - Willin' [Little Feat]
Download or read book The Little Black Songbook Acoustic Classics written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to over 90 acoustic classics! This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore the music history of pop and rock music with the acoustic guitar. This little book includes: - A Hazy Shade Of Winter [Simon & Garfunkel] - Across The Universe [Beatles, The] - Between The Bars [Elliott Smith] - Bird On The Wire [Leonard Cohen] - Candle In The Wind [Elton John] - Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol] - Crazy On You [Heart] - Do You Believe In Magic [The Lovin’ Spoonful] - Everyday [Buddy Holly] - Girlfriend In A Coma [The Smiths] - God Put A Smile Upon Your Face [Coldplay] - Gold Dust Woman [Fleetwood Mac] - Guitar Man [Elvis Presley] - Have A Nice Day [Stereophonics] - Here She Comes Now [The Velvet Underground] - I Have A Dream [ABBA] - Last Goodbye [Jeff Buckley] - Love In Vain [The Rolling Stones] - Maggie’s Farm [Bob Dylan] - Magic Bus [The Who] - Mellow Yellow [Donovan] - Motherless Child [Eric Clapton] - Mykonos [Fleet Foxes] - Private Investigations [Dire Straits] - Raspberry Beret [Prince] - Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide [David Bowie] -Save The Last Dance For Me [The Drifters] - Skinny Love [Bon Iver] - Sweet Caroline [Neil Diamond] - Teach Your Children [Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young] - Teardop [Newton Faulkner] - The Masterplan [Oasis] - Three Little Birds [Bob Marley] - Use Somebody [Kings of Leon] - Well Respected Man [The Kinks] - When The Night Feels My Song [Bedouin Soundclash] And many more!
Download or read book Leonard Cohen Chord Songbook written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Leonard Cohen: Chord Songbook is here, and now with just a handful of easy-to-learn chords you can begin playing 19 songs from the master poet and guitarist. Each song has been specially arranged by Rikky Rooksby in the original keys from the actual hit recordings, with guitar chord diagrams and full lyrics Songlist: - Anthem - Bird On The Wire - Came So Far For Beauty - Chelsea Hotel #2 - Dance Me To The End Of Love - Everybody Knows - Famous Blue Raincoat - First We Take Manhattan - Hallelujah - Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - It Will Be Your Will - Lady Midnight - Last Year's Man - Sisters Of Mercy - So Long, Marianne - Suzanne - Take This Longing - The Future - Who By Fire
Download or read book The Accidental Anthropologist written by Michael Jackson and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys through the Congo, Sierra Leone and Outback Australia in an inventive memoir by a Commonwealth Poetry Prize-winning ethnographer. The Accidental Anthropologist is a fascinating, impeccably written memoir, or more accurately, a series of fragments. Compelling and absorbing as well as intense and insightful, Jackson writes a far from classically autobiographical text. There is nothing predictable about the mode or incidents he has chosen to write about: this is literary memoir at its best and most inventive. Jackson has a fascination with the concept of personal metamorphosis, the idea that a life can be dismantled and reassembled in a different country and set of relationships. And throughout the story the author makes a pretty good fist of living the theory. Jackson’s experiences begin with his earnest portrayal of young adulthood in Wellington where he associates on the fringes with many of the literary figures of the early 1960s: Bob Lowry, Fleur Adcock, James K. Baxter, R.A.K. Mason and the artist McCahon. Jackson finds himself homeless in London where he’s drawn to help the poor and eventually finds his way to Cambridge, where he stumbles upon anthropology. His subsequent ethnographic fieldwork takes him to the Congo, Sierra Leone, and outback Australia. Jackson makes it clear that our lives are barely our own, they belong as much to the people, the landscapes, the influences of thought and ideology that absorb us. He excells at the intensely personal and captivates with this masterful work. The Accidental Anthropologist is a challenging and magnificent memoir; much of it is spellbinding, astute and disquieting.
Download or read book The Best Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2004-10-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook serves over 100 acoustic classics from the Sixties to the present day, arranged with Guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to bolster your repertoire with some fantastic new material. This book includes: - All My Loving [The Beatles] - Always On My Mind [Willie Nelson] - Bohemian Like You [The Dandy Warhols] - Brown Eyed Girl [Van Morrison] - Days [Kirsty MacColl] - Every Breath You Take [The Police] - Hallelujah [Leonard Cohen] - Mr Writer [Stereophonics] - Mrs Robinson [Simon & Garfunkel] - Run [Snow Patrol] - Sing [Travis] - So Young [The Corrs] - Somewhere Only We Know [Keane] - Starman [David Bowie] - Stop Crying Your Heart Out [Oasis] - Streets Of Your Town [The Go-betweens] - Thank You For Loving Me [Bon Jovi] - The Closest Thing To Crazy [Katie Melua] - The First Cut Is The Deepest [Cat Stevens] - Things Have Changed [Bob Dylan] - Try A Little Tenderness [Otis Redding] - Waltzing Back [The Cranberries] - Wouldn't It Be Nice [The Beach Boys] And many more!
Download or read book What Does a Jew Want written by Udi Aloni and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the hopes of promoting justice, peace, and solidarity for and with the Palestinian people, Udi Aloni joins with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler to confront the core issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their bold question: Will a new generation of Israelis and Palestinians dare to walk together toward a joint Israel-Palestine? Through a collage of meditation, interview, diary, and essay, Aloni and his interlocutors present a personal, intellectual, and altogether provocative account rich with the insights of philosophy and critical theory. They ultimately foresee the emergence of a binational Israeli-Palestinian state, incorporating the work of Walter Benjamin, Edward Said, and Jewish theology to recast the conflict in secular theological terms.
Download or read book Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences written by Andrew S. Reynolds and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the diverse roles metaphors play in the life sciences and highlights their significance for theory, communication, and education.
