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Book Quietus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tristan Palmgren
  • Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
  • Release : 2018-03-06
  • ISBN : 0857667440
  • Pages : 552 pages

Download or read book Quietus written by Tristan Palmgren and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transdimensional anthropologist can’t keep herself from interfering with Earth’s darkest period of history in this brilliant science fiction debut Niccolucio, a young Florentine Carthusian monk, leads a devout life until the Black Death kills all of his brothers, leaving him alone and filled with doubt. Habidah, an anthropologist from another universe racked by plague, is overwhelmed by the suffering. Unable to maintain her observer neutrality, she saves Niccolucio from the brink of death. Habidah discovers that neither her home's plague nor her assignment on Niccolucio's world are as she's been led to believe. Suddenly the pair are drawn into a worlds-spanning conspiracy to topple an empire larger than the human imagination can contain. File Under: Science Fiction

Book Quietus

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  • Author : Vivian Schilling
  • Publisher : Berkley
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780451411952
  • Pages : 660 pages

Download or read book Quietus written by Vivian Schilling and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2005 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After her small chartered plane crashes, Kylie O'Rourke awakens in a Boston hospital to find her life irrevocably altered, and struggles to overcome the haunting memories of the crash and its bizarre aftermath.

Book Quietus

Download or read book Quietus written by Vivian Schilling and published by Hannover House. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychological thriller. Short stories.

Book Electric Wizards

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  • Author : JR Moores
  • Publisher : Reaktion Books
  • Release : 2022-11-28
  • ISBN : 1789144493
  • Pages : 481 pages

Download or read book Electric Wizards written by JR Moores and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-defying heavy music. It began with the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It was distilled to its dark essence by Black Sabbath. And it has flourished into a vibrant modern underground, epitomized by Newcastle’s Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs. This is the evolution of heavy music. The voyage is as varied as it is illuminating: from the lysergic blunt trauma of Blue Cheer to the locked grooves of Funkadelic, the aural frightmares of Faust to the tectonic crush of Sleep, alighting on post-punk, industrial, grunge, stoner rock, and numerous other genres along the way. Ranging from household names to obscure cult heroes and heroines, Electric Wizards demonstrates how each successive phase of heavy music was forged by what came before, outlining a rich and eclectic lineage that extends far beyond the usual boundaries of heavy rock or heavy metal. It extols those who did things differently, who introduced something fresh and exciting into this elemental tradition, whether by design, accident, or sheer chance. In doing so, Electric Wizards weaves an entirely new tapestry of heavy music.

Book The Happiness Fantasy

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  • Author : Carl Cederström
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2018-10-22
  • ISBN : 1509523847
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book The Happiness Fantasy written by Carl Cederström and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this devastatingly witty new book, Carl Cederström traces our present-day conception of happiness from its roots in early-twentieth-century European psychiatry, to the Beat generation, to Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. He argues that happiness is now defined by a desire to be "authentic", to experience physical pleasure, and to cultivate a quirky individuality. But over the last fifty years, these once-revolutionary ideas have been co-opted by corporations and advertisers, pushing us to live lives that are increasingly unfulfilling, insecure and narcissistic. In an age of increasing austerity and social division, Cederström argues that a radical new dream of happiness is gathering pace. There is a vision of the good life which promotes deeper engagement with the world and our place within it, over the individualism and hedonism of previous generations. Guided by this more egalitarian worldview, we can reinvent ourselves and our societies.

Book Infinite Resignation

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  • Author : Eugene Thacker
  • Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
  • Release : 2018-07-17
  • ISBN : 1912248204
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book Infinite Resignation written by Eugene Thacker and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Scholarly advice for dark times.” —The New Yorker “Provides a metric ton of misery and a lot of company.” —New York Times “Probably philosophy’s only beach read.” —Vice A ‘nihilist’s devotional,’ this collection aphorisms, fragments, and observations on philosophy and pessimism offer a raw look at the human condition Dark times lie around us and ahead of us, and what better way to survive the coming Apocolypse than by immersing yourself in some of the greatest thinkers on pessimism, brought together with his own thoughts on the subject by Eugene Thacker, author of the contemporary classic, In the Dust of This Planet. Comprised of aphorisms, fragments, and observations both philosophical and personal, Infinite Resignation traces the contours of pessimism, caught as it often is between a philosophical position and a bad attitude. Reflecting on the universe’s “looming abyss of indifference,” Thacker explores the pessimism of a range of philosophers, from the well-known (Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Camus), to the lesser-known (E.M. Cioran, Lev Shestov, Miguel de Unamuno). Readers will find food for thought in Thacker’s handling of a range of themes in Christianity and Buddhism, as well as his engagement with literary figures (from Dostoevsky to Thomas Bernhard, Osamu Dazai, and Fernando Pessoa), whose pessimism about the world both inspires and depresses Thacker. By turns melancholic, misanthropic, and darkly funny, Infinite Resignation is a welcome antidote to the exuberant imbecility of our times.

Book Mars by 1980

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  • Author : David Stubbs
  • Publisher : Faber & Faber
  • Release : 2018-07-31
  • ISBN : 0571323987
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Mars by 1980 written by David Stubbs and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic music is now ubiquitous, from mainstream pop hits to the furthest reaches of the avant garde. But how did we get here? In Mars by 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of synthesised tones, from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century, through the musique concrete of the Futurists and radical composers such as Pierre Schaeffer and Karl Stockhausen, to the gradual absorption of electronic instrumentation into the mainstream, be it through the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, grandiose prog rock or the DIY approach of electronica, house and techno.Stubbs tells a tale of mavericks and future dreamers, malfunctioning devices and sonic mayhem. But above all, he describes an essential story of authenticity: is this music? Mars by 1980 is the definitive account that answers this question.

Book Grant   I  Inside and Outside the Go Betweens

Download or read book Grant I Inside and Outside the Go Betweens written by Robert Forster and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In early ’77 I asked Grant if he’d form a band with me. ‘No,’ was his blunt reply.” Grant McLennan didn’t want to be in a band. He couldn’t play an instrument; Charlie Chaplin was his hero du jour. However, when Robert Forster began weaving shades Hemingway, Genet, Chandler and Joyce into his lyrics, Grant was swayed and the 80s indie sensation, The Go-Betweens, was born. These friends would collaborate for three decades, until Grant’s tragic, premature death in 2006. Beautifully written – like lyrics, like prose – Grant & I is a rock memoir akin to no other. Part ‘making of’, part music industry exposé, part buddy-book, this is a delicate and perceptive celebration of creative endeavour. With wit and candour Robert Forster pays tribute to a band who found huge success in the margins, who boldly pursued a creative vision, and whose beating heart was the band’s friendship.

Book Jolly Lad

Download or read book Jolly Lad written by John Doran and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness, from broadcaster, and co-founder and editor of The Quietus website, John Doran. Jolly Lad is a memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use and mental illness. It is also about the healing power of music, how memory defines us, the redemption offered by fatherhood and what it means to be working class. “This is not a 'my drink and drug hell' kind of book for several reasons—the main one being that I had, for the most part, had a really good time drinking. True, a handful of pretty appalling things have happened to me and some people that I know or used to know over the years. But I have, for the most part, left them out of this book as they are not illuminating, not edifying and in some cases concern other people who aren't here to consent to their appearance. Instead this book concentrates on what you face after the drink and the drugs have gone.” Jolly Lad is about gentrification; being diagnosed bipolar; attending Alcoholics Anonymous; living in a block of flats on a housing estate in London; the psychological damage done by psychedelic drugs; depression; DJing; factory work; friendship; growing old; hallucinations; street violence and obsessive behaviour—especially regarding music and art.

Book The Children of Men

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  • Author : P. D. James
  • Publisher : Vintage Canada
  • Release : 2012-01-11
  • ISBN : 0307367711
  • Pages : 323 pages

Download or read book The Children of Men written by P. D. James and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2021. No child has been born for twenty-five years. The human race faces extinction. Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiat, the Warden of England, the old are despairing and the young cruel. Theo Faren, a cousin of the Warden, lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere. That is, until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters. Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

Book The Long Player Goodbye

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  • Author : Travis Elborough
  • Publisher : Sceptre
  • Release : 2009-06-11
  • ISBN : 1444714600
  • Pages : 559 pages

Download or read book The Long Player Goodbye written by Travis Elborough and published by Sceptre. This book was released on 2009-06-11 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly 60 years, since the arrival of the long-playing record in 1948, the album has provided the soundtrack to our lives. Our record collections, even if they're on CD, or these days, an iPod, are personal treasure, revealing our loves, errors of jugdement and lapses in taste. Self-confessed music obsessive, Travis Elborough, explores the way in which particular albums are deeply embedded in cultural history, revered as works of art or so ubiqitous as to be almost invisible. But in the age of the iPod, when we can download an infinite number of single tracks and need never listen to a whole album ever again, does the concept of an album still mean anything? THE LONG-PLAYER GOODBYE is a brilliant piece of popular history and a celebration of the joy of records. If you've ever had a favourite album, you'll love Travis Elborough's warm and witty take on how vinyl changed our world.

Book Denim and Leather

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  • Author : Michael Hann
  • Publisher : Constable
  • Release : 2023-02-09
  • ISBN : 9781472134103
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Denim and Leather written by Michael Hann and published by Constable. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are springing up to release their music. But this isn't the story of punk. Forget punk. Punk was a flash in the pan compared to this. This is the story of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, a musical movement that changed the world. From this movement - given the unwieldy acronym NWOBHM - sprang streams that would flow through metal's subsequent development. Without NWOBHM there is no thrash metal, no death metal, no black metal. Without the rise of Iron Maiden, NWOBHM's standard bearers, leading the charge to South America and to South Asia, metal's global spread is slower. Without the NWOBHM bands - who included Def Leppard, Motorhead, Judas Priest, Diamond Head and many others - the international uniform of heavy metal - the 'battle jacket' of a denim jacket with sleeves ripped off, and covered with patches (usually sewn on by the wearer's mum), worn over a leather biker jacket - does not exist: 'Denim and leather brought us all together,' as Saxon put it. No book has ever gathered together all the principals of British heavy rock's most fertile period: Jimmy Page, Rick Allen, Michael Schenker, Robert John 'Mutt' Lange, Ritchie Blackmore, Rick Savage, Phil Collen, David Coverdale, Cronos, Biff Byford, Joe Elliott, Rob Halford, Ian Gillan, Phil Mogg, Robert Plant, Tony Wilson, Lars Ulrich, Pete Waterman to name a few. In Denim and Leather, these stars tell their own stories - their brilliant, funny tales of hubris and disaster, of ambition and success - and chart how, over a handful of years from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, a group of unlikely looking blokes from the provinces wearing spandex trousers changed heavy music forever. This is the definitive story about the greatest days of British heavy rock.

Book Quietus

    Book Details:
  • Author : Van Poyck William
  • Publisher : Lisa Van Poyck
  • Release : 2004-05
  • ISBN : 1418464716
  • Pages : 409 pages

Download or read book Quietus written by Van Poyck William and published by Lisa Van Poyck. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dark secret sleeps, deep in a Florida swamp." Falcon asks, "What would you do if you found a fortune in Mafia money, lost deep in a swamp, unmarked and unclaimed?" If you are young David Alistair, raised in poverty, you take it and you bury it . . . and you wait for maturity, and grow a plan. As the power of money develops a life of its own, young Alistair tightens his seatbelt, presses the accelerator and hangs on. With new understanding he un-harnesses a fortune redirected, to find his lost sister, then prepares to unleash his wrath on the men who kidnapped her. Denver Rose, a highly financed small town attorney launches the LEA Foundation. The "Baron", a secretive old man, an enigma with a bad larynx and a vibrating voice, bent on protecting his identity, channels huge sums of money into L E A F. Harley Proffit, arguably the best private detective in all of Florida, brought back from the brink, becomes point man, leading the search for Lindsay Elizabeth Alistair. Emily Rodenberry, teacher with a gift joins the team, an all-seeing silent contributor. Ned Baker, the crusty old recluse with a questionable past, runs interference. Toby Lambert, David's best friend, snake bitten and ill, develops amnesia just in the nick-of-time, as he wants no part of this dangerous game. Join the search, as this adventurous young man, leads his highly financed and colorful team. Ride with them, let the adrenaline flow, taste the danger, and feel the lure of easy money. Travel their journey through the backwater tributaries of Florida, then out deep into the Caribbean, on a quest for justice and help solve the mystery of Lindsay Elizabeth Alistair's disappearance - while wondering if this team has been chosen, protected from darkness, seduced into guerrilla warfare, disarming those so evil.

Book Quietus

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  • Author : Robert M. Joost
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 1387963163
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Quietus written by Robert M. Joost and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is this "fictional" story about a troubled mathematics professor who suddenly resigns his tenure and lives on the streets as a vagrant, and the "dead" girl who comes into his life, actually true? Does time, the past and future, exist? Is life as we think of it real?

Book Strangers to the Quietus

Download or read book Strangers to the Quietus written by Akshat Pathak and published by NAMAN PUBLICATIONS. This book was released on 2023-11-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death was an illusion they visualized every now and then until it was time for them to experience it in reality! ~Somewhere in the midfield of the Kingston town rose a tale of death amongst those who wanted to know about it and amongst those who were completely aware of it.

Book Hero 9 to 5  6  Quietus

Download or read book Hero 9 to 5 6 Quietus written by Ian Sharman and published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to a world where the rich can afford the best in super hero protection, but the poor have to get by with government-sponsored heroes provided by the lowest bidder. How will Thunder Woman get her groceries when she runs into Lash Lady at the store? Just what is in Mental Lady's coffee? Who is Elliot Travers and what is his link to the mysterious force known only as Quietus? Absolutely none of these questions will be answered in this issue, but the ending will shock you! Honest! In a world where being a super hero is just another job, what happens when there's nobody left alive to pay the bill? Quietus-- some men just want to watch the world die.

Book Hero 9 to 5  5  Quietus

Download or read book Hero 9 to 5 5 Quietus written by Ian Sharman and published by Markosia Enterprises Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to a world where the rich can afford the best in super hero protection, but the poor have to get by with government-sponsored heroes provided by the lowest bidder. The "Lone Knight" returns from the pages of Hero: 9 to 5, but how will The Loner, and the finest men and women that publicly funded super hero protection can supply, cope when a mysterious figure leaves a trail of unconnected corpses in his wake? Who is the Nightress and what keys does she hold to this mystery? How silent and deadly is a ninja's fart? All these questions and many more probably won't be answered in this issue! In a world where being a super hero is just another job, what happens when there's nobody left alive to pay the bill? Quietus-- some men just want to watch the world die.