Download or read book SCARBOROUGH SNIPPETS written by David Fowler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-12-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Living in the past. It's always said pejoratively, as if the past is necessarily inferior to the future, or at any rate less important; nobody's ever condemned for looking forward, only back. But the truth is that we live in the past, whether we like it or not. That's where our life takes shape. Somewhere ahead, however near or far, is the end. But behind, shrouded in clouds of forgetting, lies the beginning'. This book about Scarborough IS unashamedly about looking back from the first mention of Scarborough in 8000 BC to the present day. It is not a formal history; rather a miscellany of interesting facts culled from many sources stretching back over the years.
Download or read book THE CLOCK CAFE STORY written by David Fowler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-05 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Clock Café story relates the history of Clock Café, perched on the cliff side over the South Bay at Scarborough. The café was built in 1913 so 2013 is its centenary and this book has been written to celebrate that, with all proceeds going to a worthwhile charity.
Download or read book I VE STARTED SO I LL FINISH written by David Fowler and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First, a word of warning! This book is not about the BBC TV show Mastermind, or the much revered late Magnus Magnusson. This book starts with the Fowler family tree in 1541 and then moves swiftly on. Rather than a true biography the book branches out into what was happening elsewhere around the time of which I write. World War II; The Long March (sometimes called The Death March); details of the first jet plane flight; National Service; Ouija boards; meeting Elvis Presley; and Freddie Trueman; the Berlin Wall; Germany, Russia, Italy, The Maldives, America; Castle Howard; La Jurade de Saint-Emilion; meeting HRH Prince Charles; a court case; meeting the Lord Chief Justice, and so on... The book is intended to be light hearted and humorous. As well as being a memoir it also comprises part travelogue and part social history. It also provides a miscellany of other happenings, doings and yet more anecdotes, which occurred throughout my lifetime
Download or read book Shadow of Power written by Steve Martini and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling master of suspense Steve Martini returns, ensnaring defense attorney Paul Madriani in a web of terror and death being spun in the shadows of America's most sacred and secretive institution-the Supreme Court.A writer is savagely slain while on a publicity tour-a literary provocateur who craved headlines, but whose last book may have gone too far. His revelations about secret language buried in the U.S. Constitution-and hints about an explosive missing letter of Thomas Jefferson's-may be enough to cause an irreparable tear in the fabric of the nation . . . and perhaps drove a volatile youth to homicide. But Paul Madriani thinks a troubled young man with dark connections has been chosen as a scapegoat to cover up something far deadlier that festers in America's political heart. And in the wake of the strange disappearance of a Supreme Court judge, Madriani must survive long enough to find the devastating answers hidden in the shadow of power.
Download or read book Poor Gal written by Dan Gutstein and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor Gal: The Cultural History of Little Liza Jane chronicles the origins and evolution of a folk tune beloved by millions worldwide. Dan Gutstein delves into the trajectory of the “Liza Jane” family of songs, including the most popular variant “Li’l Liza Jane.” Likely originating among enslaved people on southern plantations, the songs are still performed and recorded centuries later. Evidence for these tunes as part of the repertoire of enslaved people comes from the Works Progress Administration ex-slave narratives that detail a range of lyrics and performance rituals related to “Liza Jane.” Civil War soldiers and minstrel troupes eventually adopted certain variants, including “Goodbye Liza Jane.” This version of the song prospered in the racist environment of burnt cork minstrelsy. Other familiar variants, such as “Little Liza Jane,” likely remained fixed in folk tradition until early twentieth-century sheet music popularized the melody. New genres and a slate of stellar performers broadly adopted these folk songs, bringing the tunes to far-reaching listeners. In 1960, to an audience of more than thirty million viewers, Harry Belafonte performed “Little Liza Jane” on CBS. The song was featured on such popular radio shows as Fibber McGee & Molly; films such as Coquette; and a Mickey Mouse animation. Hundreds of recognizable performers—including Fats Domino, Bing Crosby, Nina Simone, Mississippi John Hurt, and Pete Seeger—embraced the “Liza Jane” family. David Bowie even released “Liza Jane” as his first single. Gutstein documents these famous renditions, as well as lesser-known characters integral to the song’s history. Drawing upon a host of cultural insights from experts—including Eileen Southern, Carl Sandburg, Thomas Talley, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Charles Wolfe, Langston Hughes, and Alan Lomax—Gutstein charts the cross-cultural implications of a voyage unlike any other in the history of American folk music.
Download or read book Snippets An Anthology of Short Verse written by Poets World-Wide and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of snippets and short verse from seventy-three poets that are based all round the world ...thus making this a truly great anthology for all poetry lovers and their families to enjoy...
Download or read book Municipal Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World War I Media Entertainments Popular Culture written by Chris Hart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertainments and popular cultures played a major part in the lives of those experiencing the First World War. This collection of studies spans the role of newspapers, films, posters and music and much more, looking at the different ways, different media entertainments were produced and consumed during the war.
Download or read book The Bioscope written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 2026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Songs of the Vietnam Conflict written by James E. Perone and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-08-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering the widest scope of any study of one of popular music's most important eras, Songs of the Vietnam Conflict treats both anti-war and pro-government songs of the 1960s and early 1970s, from widely known selections such as Give Peace a Chance and Blowin' in the Wind to a variety of more obscure works. These are songs that permeated the culture, through both recordings and performances at political gatherings and concerts alike, and James Perone explores the complex relationship between music and the society in which it is written. This music is not merely an indicator of the development of the American popular song; it both reflected and shaped the attitudes of all who were exposed to it. Whereas in previous wars, musicians rallied behind the government in the way of Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber, the Vietnam conflict provoked anger, frustration, and rage, all of which comes through in the songs of the time. This reference work provides indispensable coverage of this phenomenon, in chapters devoted to Anti-War Songs, Pro-Government Songs, and what might be called Plight-of-the-Soldier (or Veteran) songs. A selected discography guides the reader to the most notable recordings, all of which, together, provide a unique and important perspective on perhaps the 20th century's most contentious time.
Download or read book The Railway Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death of an Avid Reader written by Frances Brody and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Great Britain: Piatkus, 2014.
Download or read book The Scarborough Book of Days written by Robert Woodhouse and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking you through the year day by day, The Scarborough Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of the town. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed. Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Scarborough's archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, industrial, military and sporting history of the region, it will delight residents and visitors alike.
Download or read book Lawson Lies Still in the Thames written by Gill Blanchard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of an ordinary seaman born in Scarborough who would go on to play a key role in some of the major events of seventeenth-century England.
Download or read book Impossible written by Nancy Werlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning author Nancy Werlin Inspired by the classic folk ballad “Scarborough Fair,” this is a wonderfully riveting novel of suspense, romance, and fantasy. Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old family curse that requires her to complete three seemingly impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation. Unlike her ancestors, though, Lucy has family, friends, and other modern resources to help her out. But will it be enough to conquer this age-old evil?
Download or read book Grrl Talk written by Austin Writergrrls and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although titled Grrl Talk, the stories in this book were written by women - real women - whose tales reveal the strong and tender responses to life its very ownself...-Mary Gordon Spence"--Back cover.
Download or read book Scarborough written by Rodney Laughton and published by Arcadia Publishing (SC). This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine arriving at Scarborough in the late 1800s, stepping out of your train car onto the platform, and becoming one of the many visitors enjoying the summer beauty of coastal Maine. This pictorial history transports us back to an exciting era in Scarboroughas long historyaa simpler time, when shore dinner houses and trolley cars were the latest attractions. The images contained in this volumeamany of them rare and previously unpublishedafeature early automobiles, old homesteads, and summer cottages, as well as unique views of violent shipwrecks and bustling stagecoaches. Through this significant and entertaining collection we experience Proutas Neck the way artist Winslow Homer knew it and everyday life the way that Scarborough photographer Charles F. Walker captured it on film for future generations to marvel at.
