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Book Hidden Man

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  • Author : John Altman
  • Publisher : Popular Music History
  • Release : 2022
  • ISBN : 9781800501546
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Hidden Man written by John Altman and published by Popular Music History. This book was released on 2022 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody knows John Altman's music, but not so many people know his name. Yet he is one of the most prolific composers, conductors and arrangers in history and his saxophone playing has been heard live and on record with many great names. In this vivid account of over fifty years in the world of popular music, Altman explains why he is the 'Hidden Man', whose scores include such well-known film sequences as 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life' from Life of Brian, which he arranged, conducted and whistled; the tank chase through St. Petersburg in the James Bond movie Goldeneye and the ship sinking in Titanic, with the orchestra playing on deck. In all, he has composed the music for over 50 movies, and won most major film awards in his long and distinguished career. His orchestrations can be heard in film scores by legends like Elmer Bernstein and Jule Styne, and he was musical director for several television series, notably Miss Marple, starring Joan Hickson, as well as Peak Practice. As an arranger/conductor he has worked on hit records for numerous stars, among them Rod Stewart, George Michael, Tina Turner, Barry White, Diana Ross, Bjork, and Alison Moyet. As a saxophonist, flautist and clarinet player he has performed with an equally stellar list of musicians. John Altman has also found time to write, produce and arrange over 4,000 commercials worldwide, including his theme for the 'Sheila's Wheels' advertisement. Such anonymity coupled with universally-known themes is why Monty Python's Terry Gilliam named Altman the 'Hidden Man'. In this entertaining, fast-paced memoir you will discover how Ingrid Bergman smiled at his back; how a Beatle always greeted him by singing one of his musical phrases; how he tried in vain to persuade Nick Drake to continue performing in public; how he reduced Freddy Mercury to helpless laughter; how he got Pierce Brosnan his big movie break; how he sat with Charlie Chaplin watching a movie that hadn't been seen for a quarter of a century (with a running commentary from the great man himself); how he sang over a mobile phone to James Cameron and the cast of Titanic; how he inspired a five-year-old George Michael to become a musician; how he was the Wailers' tour guide around London, and how Tina Turner made him a cup of tea. One of the most poignant parts of the story is how he mentored the young Amy Winehouse.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : David Ellis
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2009-09-03
  • ISBN : 1101140216
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by David Ellis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Kolarich is a Chicago attorney with a lineman's build, a razor- sharp intellect-and the grief of a tragic personal loss. When an estranged childhood friend is charged with murder, Kolarich must create a solid defense-even while doubting his client's innocence. But it soon becomes clear that Kolarich will have to uncover long-forgotten events from their shared childhoods to save his friend-and bring a relentless killer to justice before he strikes again.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Anthony Flacco
  • Publisher : Ballantine Books
  • Release : 2008-06-24
  • ISBN : 0345507215
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Anthony Flacco and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1915. A city emerges from the ashes . . . and so does a killer concealed in its shadows. Nine years after San Francisco’s great earthquake and fires, the city is just beginning to be reborn and is full of possibility. The World’s Fair is opening to herald the completion of the Panama Canal and display exciting wonders and the promise of the new technological age. Yet the primitive past haunts the city’s renaissance. Leaving a trail of brutality, a murderous fanatic secretly stalks one of the fair’s chief attractions: the brilliant mesmerist James “J. D.” Duncan. Homicide detective Randall Blackburn and his adopted son, Shane Nightingale, must combine their intuitive profiling skills deductive techniques to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet . . . one that only its terrified intended victim can see coming. Praise for Anthony Flacco’s The Last Nightingale “Flacco imagines the chaos [of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake] in precise and vivid detail while contributing his own distinctive narrative touch.” –The New York Times “Gripping . . . [Flacco’s] screenwriting talent shines in this story of the earth’s destructive power and humanity’s moral depravity. . . . Dickens meets Hannibal Lecter. Brace yourself.” –Booklist “A frightening and haunting picture of a ruined city staggering back to reality.” –The Washington Times From the Trade Paperback edition.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Charles Cumming
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
  • Release : 2015-11-10
  • ISBN : 1250026032
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Charles Cumming and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestseller Charles Cumming, The Hidden Man is a tale of secrets as brothers seeking justice for their murdered father learn of his past life as a spy. Christopher Keen, once a master spy, is murdered in cold blood. His sons Mark and Benjamin, though they hadn't seen their father for over twenty years, are now drawn into the legacy of his life as a spy as they set out to discover the truth and avenge their father's death. But as their search proceeds, more questions arise—is Christopher's death connected to his past life in MI6? Was his eldest son involved in a conspiracy that links him to Moscow, Afghanistan, and the Russian mafia? Bestselling author Charles Cumming's The Hidden Man delivers a thriller that delves into the complicated double lives of spies, and what happens when their half-told secrets die with them.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Robin Blake
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2015-03-03
  • ISBN : 125005494X
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Robin Blake and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1742, and the people of Preston are looking forward to their ancient once-every-twenty-years festival of merriment and excess, the Preston Guild. But the prospect darkens as the town plunges into a financial crisis caused by the death of pawnbroker and would-be banker Philip Pimbo, shot behind the locked door of his office. Is it suicide? Coroner Titus Cragg suspects so, but Dr Luke Fidelis disagrees. To untangle the truth Cragg must dig out the secrets of Pimbo's personal life, learn the grim facts of the African slave trade, search for a missing Civil War treasure and deal with the machinations of his old enemy Ephraim Grimshaw, now the town's mayor. Cragg relies once again on the help and advice of his analytical friend Fidelis, his astute wife Elizabeth and the contents of a well-stocked library. As in his previous Cragg and Fidelis stories, Robin Blake brings a vivid cast of characters to the page in this third historical mystery about the dramas that breeds below the surface of life in a provincial Georgian town. "For financial buccaneering it's the 18th Century you want....The sleuths in this series are too precious for words, but what's valuable here is the author's portrait of the emergence of investment banking." -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Lisa M. Lilly
  • Publisher : Spiny Woman Press
  • Release : 2021-10-27
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 319 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Lisa M. Lilly and published by Spiny Woman Press. This book was released on 2021-10-27 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murdered lawyer whose secrets may have killed him. A son who fears the truth. And an investigator who needs to solve the case no matter what. Until now, Chicago lawyer Quille C. Davis has investigated crimes, but only to help people she loves. Now she's been hired to solve the murder of a well-known attorney. The victim died with a secret. Quille suspects it relates to his fascination with UFOs, an interest he shared with his long-time girlfriend. But the truth is hard to come by, as secrets abound and no one who knew him is willing to tell her everything — even if it means a killer goes free. Quille is determined to solve the murder and prove she can succeed as a paid private investigator. But how can she find the truth when everyone around her strives to hide it? And will the secrets she finally uncovers cause her – or someone she loves – to become the next victim? The Hidden Man is the fifth book in the Q.C. Davis Mystery series. If you enjoy reading crime novels or legal thrillers featuring female sleuths, following the clues, and life-and-death stakes without graphic violence or sex, then you'll love the Q.C. Davis Mysteries. Download The Hidden Man to unravel a thrilling mystery today! *** KEYWORDS: murder mystery books, murder mystery books for adults, whodunit books, murder mystery fiction books, murder mystery novels, murder novels, the best whodunit books, whodunit mystery books, legal thriller writers, crime murder mystery books, crime mystery books, crime mystery books for adults, crime mystery novels, female mystery writer, female detective story writers, female crime writer, detective story writers in english, legal thriller novels, legal fiction, legal thriller books

Book The Hidden Man of the Heart

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  • Author : Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou)
  • Publisher : Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist Essex, UK
  • Release : 2019-11-26
  • ISBN : 883533747X
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man of the Heart written by Archimandrite Zacharias (Zacharou) and published by Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St. John the Baptist Essex, UK. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the deep of winter 2007 Archimandrite Zacharias of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist outside the quiet village of Tolleshunt Knights-by-Maldon, journeyed from the United Kingdom to the city of Wichita, Kansas in the Heartland of America to nourish the priests and deacons with the rich spiritual fare which is dished out daily at the monastery of his repentance in the countryside of County Essex in England.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Essek William Kenyon
  • Publisher : Kenyon Gospel Publishers
  • Release : 1955-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781577700005
  • Pages : 223 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Essek William Kenyon and published by Kenyon Gospel Publishers. This book was released on 1955-09-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the Recreated Human Spirit.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : Charles Cumming
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2015-11-10
  • ISBN : 0312366388
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by Charles Cumming and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestseller Charles Cumming, a tale of secrets as brothers seeking justice for their murdered father learn of his past life as a spy.

Book The Hidden Brain

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  • Author : Shankar Vedantam
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2010-08-31
  • ISBN : 0385525222
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Brain written by Shankar Vedantam and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hidden brain is the voice in our ear when we make the most important decisions in our lives—but we’re never aware of it. The hidden brain decides whom we fall in love with and whom we hate. It tells us to vote for the white candidate and convict the dark-skinned defendant, to hire the thin woman but pay her less than the man doing the same job. It can direct us to safety when disaster strikes and move us to extraordinary acts of altruism. But it can also be manipulated to turn an ordinary person into a suicide terrorist or a group of bystanders into a mob. In a series of compulsively readable narratives, Shankar Vedantam journeys through the latest discoveries in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral science to uncover the darkest corner of our minds and its decisive impact on the choices we make as individuals and as a society. Filled with fascinating characters, dramatic storytelling, and cutting-edge science, this is an engrossing exploration of the secrets our brains keep from us—and how they are revealed.

Book The Secret Man

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  • Author : Bob Woodward
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-12-11
  • ISBN : 1471104702
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book The Secret Man written by Bob Woodward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America's capital city, where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat - the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972 - remained hidden for thirty-three years. Now, Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the FBI who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon. The Secret Man chronicles the story in intimate detail, from Woodward's first, chance encounter with Felt in the Nixon White House, to their covert, middle-of-the-night meetings in an underground parking garage, to the aftermath of Watergate and decades beyond, until Felt finally stepped forward at age 91 to unmask himself as Deep Throat. It is an intense, 33-year journey and the gripping final chapter to one of the most exciting periods in journalistic and political history.

Book The Hidden Man

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  • Author : E W Kenyon
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-03-16
  • ISBN : 9781641236249
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Man written by E W Kenyon and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hidden Man by E. W. Kenyon is a masterly unveiling of the deeper walk in the Spirit. "The hidden man of the heart" is the human spirit recreated in Christ. The only way to know God and the Lord Jesus Christ is through the spirit because this is how God imparts His messages to us. He unveils spiritual realities to our hidden man, and one of those vital messages is an understanding of our identity in Christ. It is of utmost importance that we understand who we are. Until we do, we can't know the riches that belong to us and the abilities that are ours. Faith, like wisdom, is a product of our spirit. Until our spirit gains mastery over our senses, our faith will never be strong and vigorous. Faith is developed and wisdom is enriched as we meditate and act on the Word of God. The secret of the divine life is to learn how to live in the spirit realm and have one's lamp filled with the oil of heaven. This book will open new spiritual vistas and make the Word a thrilling reality for you!

Book Blindspot

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  • Author : Mahzarin R. Banaji
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 2016-08-16
  • ISBN : 0345528433
  • Pages : 274 pages

Download or read book Blindspot written by Mahzarin R. Banaji and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington Post I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. “Blindspot” is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases. Writing with simplicity and verve, Banaji and Greenwald question the extent to which our perceptions of social groups—without our awareness or conscious control—shape our likes and dislikes and our judgments about people’s character, abilities, and potential. In Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test, a method that has revolutionized the way scientists learn about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the metaphoric blindspot. The title’s “good people” are those of us who strive to align our behavior with our intentions. The aim of Blindspot is to explain the science in plain enough language to help well-intentioned people achieve that alignment. By gaining awareness, we can adapt beliefs and behavior and “outsmart the machine” in our heads so we can be fairer to those around us. Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come. Praise for Blindspot “Conversational . . . easy to read, and best of all, it has the potential, at least, to change the way you think about yourself.”—Leonard Mlodinow, The New York Review of Books “Banaji and Greenwald deserve a major award for writing such a lively and engaging book that conveys an important message: Mental processes that we are not aware of can affect what we think and what we do. Blindspot is one of the most illuminating books ever written on this topic.”—Elizabeth F. Loftus, Ph.D., distinguished professor, University of California, Irvine; past president, Association for Psychological Science; author of Eyewitness Testimony

Book The Strangest Man

Download or read book The Strangest Man written by Graham Farmelo and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in twentieth-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and legendarily unable to communicate or empathize. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather.Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, Graham Farmelo celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and work. Farmelo shows a man who, while hopelessly socially inept, could manage to love and sustain close friendship.The Strangest Man is an extraordinary and moving human story, as well as a study of one of the most exciting times in scientific history. 'A wonderful book . . . Moving, sometimes comic, sometimes infinitely sad, and goes to the roots of what we mean by truth in science.' Lord Waldegrave, Daily Telegraph

Book The Book of Hidden Things

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  • Author : Francesco Dimitri
  • Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
  • Release : 2018-07-03
  • ISBN : 1785657089
  • Pages : 316 pages

Download or read book The Book of Hidden Things written by Francesco Dimitri and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four old friends confront their darkest secrets in this fantasy steeped in nostalgia, folklore, religion, and the seductive landscape of Southern Italy—by the Italian Neil Gaiman. “A tale of adventure, mystery, friendship and heart-wrenching beauty that will make you re-examine what is holy, what is true, and what is beyond the realm of possibility.” —BookPage Four old school friends have a pact: to meet up every year in the small town in Puglia they grew up in. Art, the charismatic leader of the group and creator of the pact, insists that the agreement must remain unshakable and enduring. But this year, he never shows up. A visit to his house increases the friends’ worry: Art is farming marijuana. In Southern Italy doing that kind of thing can be very dangerous. They can’t go to the Carabinieri so must make enquiries of their own. This is how they come across the rumors about Art—bizarre and unbelievable rumors that he miraculously cured the local mafia boss’ daughter of terminal leukemia. And among the chaos of his house, they find a document written by Art, “The Book of Hidden Things”, that promises to reveal dark secrets and wonders beyond anything previously known. Set in the beguiling and seductive world of Southern Italy, Francesco Dimitri’s first novel in English is a story friendship, landscape, love, betrayal, and mystery that will entrance fans of Elena Ferrante, Neil Gaiman, and Donna Tartt.

Book Hidden Water

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  • Author : Frank Stanford
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9780991336135
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Hidden Water written by Frank Stanford and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Frank Stanford archives: unpublished poems, drafts, letters, and audio.