Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by John Corbett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unless you lived through the 1970s, it seems impossible to understand it at all. Drug delirium, groovy fashion, religious cults, mega corporations, glitzy glam, hard rock, global unrest—from our 2018 perspective, the seventies are often remembered as a bizarre blur of bohemianism and disco. With Pick Up the Pieces, John Corbett transports us back in time to this thrillingly tumultuous era through a playful exploration of its music. Song by song, album by album, he draws our imaginations back into one of the wildest decades in history. Rock. Disco. Pop. Soul. Jazz. Folk. Funk. The music scene of the 1970s was as varied as it was exhilarating, but the decade’s diversity of sound has never been captured in one book before now. Pick Up the Pieces gives a panoramic view of the era’s music and culture through seventy-eight essays that allow readers to dip in and out of the decade at random or immerse themselves completely in Corbett’s chronological journey. An inviting mix of skilled music criticism and cultural observation, Pick Up the Pieces is also a coming-of-age story, tracking the author’s absorption in music as he grows from age seven to seventeen. Along with entertaining personal observations and stories, Corbett includes little-known insights into musicians from Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, and Fleetwood Mac to the Residents, Devo, Gal Costa, and Julius Hemphill. A master DJ on the page, Corbett takes us through the curated playlist that is Pick Up the Pieces with captivating melody of language and powerful enthusiasm for the era. This funny, energetic book will have readers longing nostalgically for a decade long past.
Download or read book Pickin Up the Pieces written by Richie Furay and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn’t one of his concerns. But destiny was. Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay’s destiny had finally arrived. Although the band recorded only three albums, it remains a touchstone of sixties rock music–with all five band members now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Furay remained a musical pioneer, forming Poco and recording some of the first–and best–country rock music of the sixties and seventies. His work was a major influence on the Eagles and innumerable other bands. But he still had not found his destiny. It wasn’t until his marriage almost disintegrated that Furay confronted his need for God. After co-founding two legendary bands and recording with a rock super-group, Richie Furay finally found his destiny. The long journey took him from sold-out arena concerts to the pulpit of a Colorado church, from rock royalty to the Rock of Ages. Destiny is often found in the places where we’re not looking. As you follow the twists and turns in Richie Furay’s inspiring journey, you’ll gain fresh insight into your own.
Download or read book Picking Up the Pieces written by Elizabeth Hayley and published by Waterhouse Press. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mistakes, love, and hopefully happiness. After myriad mistakes and a devastating breakup, Lily Hamilton is no longer the impulsive, selfish person she used to be. She longs for the chance to prove she’s changed to the one person she believes holds the key to her happiness. Adam Carter’s days of serial monogamy are long gone, and he’s been burying his hurt by dating women he has no intention of committing to. But when he sees Lily for the first time in months, he’s reminded of the man he used to be, the man he wants to try to be again—for her. Max Samson is on a downward spiral, reverting back to the hard-partying, reckless man he’d been before Lily fell into his life. But when his mother invites Lily back into his world, he suddenly remembers how good it felt to have her there. It’s now up to Lily to pick up the pieces and figure out which two are the perfect fit.
Download or read book Picking Up the Pieces written by Jessica Prince and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-06-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having her heart broken by the only man she's ever loved everything seemed to go downhill for Emerson Grace. It has taken eight years but Emmy is finally starting to pick up the pieces of her damaged life. But the man who destroyed it has returned bringing with him the pain of the past. Can she let go of the pain Luke caused and accept him back into her life or will the memories be too much for her to overcome? Running from Emmy was the only way Lucas Allen knew he could protect her from the demons he carried with him. After spending one perfect night together Luke takes off, certain that he can't possibly give Emmy everything she deserves. Now he's made the decision to return to Cloverleaf and make things right. But is he prepared to truly face all of the damaged he has caused? Will Luke and Emmy finally get their chance at love or will the secrets of the past stop them before they even get to begin?
Download or read book Picking Up the Pieces written by Carey Newman and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Will educate and enlighten Canadians for generations to come. It's a must-read for anyone seeking to understand Canada's residential-school saga. Most importantly, it's a touchstone of community for those survivors and their families still on the path to healing.”—Waubgeshig Rice, journalist and author of Moon of the Crusted Snow Picking Up the Pieces tells the story of the making of the Witness Blanket, a living work of art conceived and created by Indigenous artist Carey Newman. It includes hundreds of items collected from residential schools across Canada, everything from bricks, photos and letters to hockey skates, dolls and braids. Every object tells a story. Carey takes the reader on a journey from the initial idea behind the Witness Blanket to the challenges in making it work to its completion. The story is told through the objects and the Survivors who donated them to the project. At every step in this important journey for children and adults alike, Carey is a guide, sharing his process and motivation behind the art. It’s a personal project. Carey’s father is a residential school Survivor. Like the Blanket itself, Picking Up the Pieces calls on readers of all ages to bear witness to the residential school experience, a tragic piece of Canada’s legacy.
Download or read book Picking Up The Pieces A Powerful Story That Will Make You Get Back Up written by Marie Joiner and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marie Joiner is on fire. Author, Owner of Two Thriving companies, Mentor to women in business and Keynote Speaker. Marie survived homelessness and abuse as a child. She built her life from the ground up without knowing how to read and with only a fifth-grade education to back her. She is the definition of inspirational. Marie's story leaves you with the realization that we can not only break free from anything we've experienced-we can literally create our own destiny.
Download or read book PICKIN UP THE PIECES OF YOUR LIFE written by James W. Johnson Ph.D. and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was involved in a project called Start> Becoming a Good Samaritan. As the author of the book and curriculum, I had the honor and privilege of working with some of today's foremost Christian thinkers, authors, and pastors on the subject of what it takes to live out your faith as a modern day Good Samaritan. Imagine spending time with Philip Yancey, Chuck Colson, Desmond Tutu, John Ortberg, Eugene Peterson, Joni Eareckson Tada, Rich Stearns, and Kay Warren--just to name a few--talking about practical, real ways to live like a Good Samaritan. It was insightful, instructive and inspiring. But most of all it was approachable and real! What does my experience working with these very prominent Christians have to do with writing the forward for Jim's book? I'll use those words again--"approachable and real..." --Michael Seaton; Author--Start> Becoming a Good Samaritan (excerpt from foreword)
Download or read book At the Broken Places written by Mary Collins and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collaborative memoir, a parent and a transgender son recount wrestling with their differences as Donald Collins undertook medical-treatment options to better align his body with his gender identity. As a parent, Mary Collins didn’t agree with her trans son’s decision to physically alter his body, although she supported his right to realize himself as a person. Raw and uncensored, each explains her or his emotional mindset at the time: Mary felt she had lost a daughter; Donald activated his “authentic self.” Both battled to assert their rights. A powerful memoir and resource, At the Broken Places offers a road map for families in transition.
Download or read book The Witness Blanket written by Carey Newman and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 150 years, thousands of Indigenous children were taken from their families and sent to residential schools across Canada. Artist Carey Newman created the Witness Blanket to make sure that history is never forgotten. The Blanket is a living work of art—a collection of hundreds of objects from those schools. It includes everything from photos, bricks, hockey skates, graduation certificates, dolls and piano keys to braids of hair. Behind every piece is a story. And behind every story is a residential school Survivor, including Carey's father. This book is a collection of truths about what happened at those schools, but it's also a beacon of hope and a step on the journey toward reconciliation.
Download or read book Picking Up the Pieces written by Louis Paul Priolo and published by P & R Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ending a romantic relationship can wreck lives, especially for the one who didnt want it to end. A book that leads you from heartache to a healthier relationship with Christ.
Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by Charmaine Richardson and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charmaine Richardson’s highly personal and revealing account describes how she was abused as a child within her comfortable, middle-class London home. It describes the ‘time bomb’ for her and her family, something that led to depression, counselling and a chance meeting with sex-offender expert Ray Wyre, who she married in 1999. A large part of the book is given over to her life with Ray, his work at the Gracewell clinic and an analysis of his book, The Murder of Childhood (2nd Edn., Waterside Press, 2018) and the failure of politicians to heed his warnings about how we need to understand and deal with perpetrators. The book also contains the author’s own views on bringing-up children to feel safe, comfortable and resistant to the devious ways in which paedophiles operate, including by the language we use with ‘little people’. An exclusive insight into the mind, thinking and ground-breaking work of sex-offender expert Ray Wyre (1951-2008). Contains an analysis of and insights concerning his book with Tim Tate, The Murder of Childhood (Waterside Press, 2018, ISBN 978-1-909976-62-7). Explains why we should listen to children and how we can increase the chances of making them safe. Shows how the author was left to unpick the chaos of Wyre’s personal life, his debts incurred in pursuit of his mission, gambling and the free-spending lifestyle that stood at odds with and was an escape from his intense professional commitment. Review ‘One of the many strengths of (this) touching memoir… is that [the author] gives us an insight into what made this extraordinary, vital crusader on behalf of children tick…’— Tim Tate.
Download or read book Gabi a Girl in Pieces written by Isabel Quintero and published by Cinco Puntos Press. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabi’s a girl in pieces. She wants a lot of things. Will she find the thing she needs most?
Download or read book Picking Up the Pieces written by Clyde Colvin Bensson and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1987-06-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clyde Colvin Besson, a minister with extensive experience in marriage and family counseling, offers comfort and guidance to the recently divorced and to anyone else struggling with feelings of despair and isolation.
Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by John Corbett and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unless you lived through the 1970s, it seems impossible to understand it at all. Drug delirium, groovy fashion, religious cults, mega corporations, glitzy glam, hard rock, global unrest—from our 2018 perspective, the seventies are often remembered as a bizarre blur of bohemianism and disco. With Pick Up the Pieces, John Corbett transports us back in time to this thrillingly tumultuous era through a playful exploration of its music. Song by song, album by album, he draws our imaginations back into one of the wildest decades in history. Rock. Disco. Pop. Soul. Jazz. Folk. Funk. The music scene of the 1970s was as varied as it was exhilarating, but the decade’s diversity of sound has never been captured in one book before now. Pick Up the Pieces gives a panoramic view of the era’s music and culture through seventy-eight essays that allow readers to dip in and out of the decade at random or immerse themselves completely in Corbett’s chronological journey. An inviting mix of skilled music criticism and cultural observation, Pick Up the Pieces is also a coming-of-age story, tracking the author’s absorption in music as he grows from age seven to seventeen. Along with entertaining personal observations and stories, Corbett includes little-known insights into musicians from Pink Floyd, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, and Fleetwood Mac to the Residents, Devo, Gal Costa, and Julius Hemphill. A master DJ on the page, Corbett takes us through the curated playlist that is Pick Up the Pieces with captivating melody of language and powerful enthusiasm for the era. This funny, energetic book will have readers longing nostalgically for a decade long past.
Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by Didi Dundee and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a tale as timeless as love itself, a girl and boy from the most modest of origins find their souls intertwined. Their shared passion wasn’t just for each other, but also for music. Rising from the depths of obscurity to the zenith of music stardom, they navigated the wild and unpredictable landscape of the 1970s. Their bond was unshakeable, even when faced with the myriad temptations of their newfound fame. However, fate had a different plan. A devastating twist threatened to shatter their world. This is the true story of Robbie McIntosh, the drummer and founding member of the legendary Average White Band (AWB).
Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by Kelly Utt and published by Standards of Starlight. This book was released on 2020-05-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspense Thriller: Pick Up the Pieces (Ithaca Falls Series Book 5) - A Riveting Conclusion Prepare for a riveting and pulse-pounding reading experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Immerse yourself in the captivating world of the Ithaca Falls series, where George Hartmann's journey takes an unexpected turn and plunges him into even deeper danger. Just when George thought he had hit rock bottom, he discovers that he wasn't even close. Now, his precious family is in peril, and his country calls upon him for a second top-secret mission. His task: to thwart an international terrorist cell planning a chemical weapons attack on U.S. soil. As George delves into the mission, he realizes that his troubles may be connected to a haunting vendetta from his past, but untangling the web of connections proves to be a formidable challenge. Faced with impossible stakes on multiple fronts, George must gather the strength to pick up the pieces and forge a path forward. Will he be able to protect his loved ones and secure a brighter future? Pick Up the Pieces concludes the riveting saga of the Ithaca Falls series, a captivating family story that will leave you yearning for more. Fans of Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan, and Mary Burton will devour this pulse-pounding drama, filled with twists and turns that will keep you hooked. Join the close-knit Hartmann and Davies family as they navigate the treacherous path back to their cozy hometown of Ithaca Falls, New York, unaware of the troubles that lie ahead. Anchored by the profound affection shared between George and Alessandra, this suspense-filled story delves into the depths of human connections and reveals the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Don't miss out on this captivating series. Purchase Pick Up the Pieces, the fifth book in the Ithaca Falls series, and continue the thrilling journey where family bonds are tested, secrets unravel, and the quest for safety becomes an all-consuming fight. Keywords: suspense thriller, riveting, Ithaca Falls series, family peril, top-secret mission, international terrorist cell, chemical weapons attack, impossible stakes, captivating saga, Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan, Mary Burton, pulse-pounding drama, haunting vendetta, twists and turns, close-knit family, human connections, resilience, captivating series, thrilling journey, family bonds, secrets unravel, fight for safety.
Download or read book Pick Up the Pieces written by Tinnean and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Change comes to all of us. For Theo Bascopolis, the first time is when he's fifteen. He finds his life falling apart when his father discovers Theo is gay and orders him to become straight or leave. Having no choice, in spite of what his father might think, Theo leaves. But where can a fifteen-year-old go? Especially when it starts to rain. He thinks things are looking up when he meets a striking man named Franky, who seems very attracted to him. However, once again Theo's life changes when he learns all Franky wants is for him to hustle. And so Theo becomes the rent boy Sweetcheeks. However, Franky underestimates Sweetcheeks, and the results of the ensuing fight sees Sweetcheeks fleeing to Washington DC, where he crosses paths with a group of rent boys who take him in. Finally Sweetcheeks has a family, a home, and an additional source of income in the form of apartments they're able to rent out. His life changes again a few years later when a mysterious tenant by the name of Mark Vincent becomes the reason behind the assault on one of Sweetcheeks's boys. Vincent visits the boy in the hospital, bringing with him his equally enigmatic trainee, William Matheson. The instant attraction blindsides Sweetcheeks. In spite of knowing love isn't for rent boys, he hopes Matheson can see beyond the body he's offered to so many. But Matheson has secrets of his own. Can Sweetcheeks overcome his insecurities enough to believe in the quiet man who's come into his life? Can Matheson keep his actual occupation a secret without it jeopardizing their budding relationship?
