Download or read book Elegant People written by Curt Bianchi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant People is the definitive history of Weather Report, the premier fusion band of the 1970s and beyond. Founded in late 1970 by three stars of the jazz world—keyboardist Joe Zawinul, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, and bassist Miroslav Vitouš—Weather Report went on to become the most unique and enduring jazz band of its era, with a style of music wholly its own. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of Weather Report's first album release, comes Elegant People: A History of the Band Weather Report, the first book to tell the band's story in detail. Based on years of research and dozens of interviews with musicians, engineers, managers, and support personnel, Elegant People is written from an insider's perspective, describing Weather Report's transformation from a freewheeling, avant-garde jazz band whose ethos was "We always solo and we never solo" to a grooving juggernaut that combined elements of jazz, funk, Latin, and rhythm and blues. Fueled by Zawinul's hit tune "Birdland" and the charismatic stage presence of legendary electric bass player Jaco Pastorius, Weather Report took on the aura of rock stars. By the time Zawinul and Shorter mutually agreed to part ways in 1986, Weather Report had produced sixteen albums, a body of work that ranks among the most significant in jazz and continues to resonate with musicians and fans today.
Download or read book An Elegant Puzzle written by Will Larson and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A human-centric guide to solving complex problems in engineering management, from sizing teams to handling technical debt. There’s a saying that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. Management is a key part of any organization, yet the discipline is often self-taught and unstructured. Getting to the good solutions for complex management challenges can make the difference between fulfillment and frustration for teams—and, ultimately, between the success and failure of companies. Will Larson’s An Elegant Puzzle focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management—from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning—and provides a path to the good solutions. Drawing from his experience at Digg, Uber, and Stripe, Larson has developed a thoughtful approach to engineering management for leaders of all levels at companies of all sizes. An Elegant Puzzle balances structured principles and human-centric thinking to help any leader create more effective and rewarding organizations for engineers to thrive in.
Download or read book The One in a Million Baby Name Book written by Jennifer Moss and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the top parenting websites' a comprehensive naming guide featuring the unique Babynames.com popularity ratings. Forget those traditional lists of names and their meanings-in guiding readers step-by-step through the naming process, as well as the seven things to consider, this book will help parents decide upon a name perfectly suited to their child and family. The only baby name book to draw upon the opinions of 1.2 million parents, each listing features a popularity rating derived from website feedback as well as the top personality traits associated with the name. Readers can also browse lists of names organized in unique ways such as names for sports fans or fiction lovers, and names to be avoided.
Download or read book Interlingual and Intercultural Communication written by Juliane House and published by Gunter Narr Verlag. This book was released on 1986 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book LieLieLies written by Thelma Griffin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-05-20 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a social, psychological heart rendering and inspirational journal of Dr. Re ́ ba, a spiritual psychologist, and the eight women whose lives she changes forever. A candid self-help account of their therapy sessions and journey, detailing daily struggles to overcome fear, sexual abuse, broken hearts, mental illness and failed relationships. Pain, sadness, and anger are slowly transformed into positive, remarkable spiritual awakenings as they travel from troubled pasts to lives of ever-changing possibility. A tantalizing tell-all of deepest secrets and confessions. Human nature at its raw and most heartfelt moments. Feel the euphoria of hot sexual topics included in the discussions of the women emotional problems. A touch of The Ten Commandments, a 10,20,30,40,50, Step Program all laid out in wonderful poetic conversations. And Men! Men! Men! The lies they tell. Women who could not handle the lie lie and lie ́s. Like, "We women have given up everything to please men. No damn more ladies. No damn more. We must please ourselves! One day you think you ́re happy, and everything is going fine. When a man had enough of your ass, he leaves you for another women or a man." "Bastards, most women don ́t cheat like men. Men are hogs and dogs. The young and the old women suffer many years. Remember those chastity belt ladies, well we may as well have one on honey." "I remember when an elderly lady told me she had sex with only one man in her life. Even though her husband wasn ́t faithful to her she never cheated on him. But he divorced her after many years of marriage." She said. "It was painful most of the time, I miss having a man around the house to cook, clean and have a conversation with. Also I have sexual desires like any human being." A white woman asked the dreaded question. "What do black women think about white women and black men marrying or dating?" Insights will enhance togetherness for men and women. With a spiritual awakening, inspiration and a spiritual blessing. Therapy revelations give the women peace, happiness, joy and the ability to go on with their lives. It addresses issues faced by women daily in their lives. It is a journey from psychological confusion and suffering to positive change. With an ethnic focus, it deals with problems directly and candidly so that the diverse eight women characters gain the ability to put troubled pasts behind. Every human being struggling with a confused past and seeking direction can benefit from this self-help novel. It ́s A Blessing To Get A Mind Together
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Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States written by United States. President and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President", 1956-1992.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-06-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-07-24 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1971-03-27 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book The Better Half written by Sarah Harte and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anita is a wife on the edge. Thanks to her husband Frank's success in business she has lived a lavish lifestyle at the heart of the city's elite. However, now that the economy is in freefall, it seems the days of boozy lunches with 'the girls', glittering charity balls and competitive designer shopping are over. Still, though the banks are breathing down their necks, and their marriage is far from perfect, Anita had believed she and Frank would pull through. After all, they came from nothing. That was until she heard news that shook both her marriage, and the family she thought happy and secure, to its foundations. As she faces meltdown, Anita is haunted. Why did she walk away from her one chance to prove herself on her own terms? What happened to the love that was once so overwhelming? And how did she let herself get lost in an empty high-rolling lifestyle? Anita has to find herself again ... but how do you do that when you're just someone else's better half?
Download or read book Our House and the People in it written by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The People of the River written by Edgar Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Commissioner Sanders should have known better than to go on vacation. He is just a few days from his offices in British West Africa when he receives word from his second in command that trouble, always at a simmer in this jungle outpost, is about to come to a boil. He rushes home, arriving just in time for a meeting of the chiefs of his territory, who have been misled by an ambitious agitator named Bosambo into thinking that Sanders is dead. Sanders's return staves off rebellion, but Bosambo's power grab is not over yet. To keep the province from erupting into all-out tribal warfare, Sanders must outsmart the most brilliant chieftain in Africa. In these rip-roaring adventures, the heroic commissioner contends with malaria, ju-ju, and the whims of government officials safely ensconced in their London offices."--fantastic fiction.com.
Download or read book To Steal a Book Is an Elegant Offense written by William P. Alford and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sweeping study examines the law of intellectual property in Chinese civilization from imperial days to the present. It uses materials drawn from law, the arts and other fields as well as extensive interviews with Chinese and foreign officials, business people, lawyers, and perpetrators and victims of "piracy."
