Download or read book Beyond the Crossroads written by Adam Gussow and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesake ("the devil's music"), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the guitar. Yet, as scholar and musician Adam Gussow argues, there is much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these cliched understandings. In this groundbreaking study, Gussow takes the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking, but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a bold reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a provocative investigation of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi, managed to rebrand a commercial hub as "the crossroads" in 1999, claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.
Download or read book The Devil s Piano written by Tom Morrison and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-12-14 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen year old Augustus DuBois is called upon, with his local militia members, to help stop the Rebel secession at the fi rst battle of Bull Run. When this fails, the war begins to stretch out and Augustus decides to extend his enlistment to try to help fi nish the task. At the siege of Petersburg Augustus and two of his companions are captured and sent to the Andersonville prison. Here he sees and experiences mans inhumanity to man regardless of which side he is on. He hears the quandry of the prison commander whose calls for aid fall on deaf ears. After escaping the prison, Augustus and his companions join general Shermans forces on the infamous March to the Sea. The war ends and after some serious soul searching, Augustus makes a decision that sends him back into the South. The book explores the issues of responsibilty and chain of command and whether the victors can set the rules and write the history.
Download or read book The Devil s Piano written by Kiera Gold and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ares wanted to help her country. She was born a true blooded American, and her father taught her that this country was worth risking your life for. Shortly after Ares enlists into the military as a nurse, her father, who was already on the front lines, is killed by a group of Nazi's. The platoon who ruthlessly murdered him are captured, and taken to the POW camp where she and her good friend Donald happen to work. Donald quickly comes up with an insane idea, but it's worth the risk. A fight club. One where Ares can kill each Nazi that was responsible for her father's untimely death. But she doesn't realize her real enemy, is her blood-lust.
Download or read book Collection of the Best Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Possessed The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 1447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: Dive into the tumultuous world of revolutionary fervor with “The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel explores the consequences of radical ideologies as a group of conspirators descends into chaos. With complex characters and a searing critique of extremism, this work delves into the dark recesses of the human soul and the societal upheavals of 19th-century Russia. Book 2: Confront the existential dilemmas of the human psyche with “Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novella introduces the unnamed Underground Man, a bitter and introspective figure who reflects on the nature of consciousness, free will, and societal expectations. This profound work is a pioneering exploration of existentialist thought and the complexities of individual existence. Book 3: Experience the psychological intensity of “Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel follows the tormented Raskolnikov as he grapples with guilt and redemption after committing a heinous crime. This masterpiece of psychological fiction delves into themes of morality, conscience, and the consequences of moral transgressions, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of world literature.
Download or read book The Devil s Piano written by PILGRIM OFF-FIFTH PRESS and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Devil s Music Master written by Sam H. Shirakawa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-07-02 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1922 until his death in 1954, Wilhelm Furtwangler was the foremost cultural figure of the German-speaking world, conductor of both the Berlin and Vienna Philharmonic orchestras. But his decision to remain in Germany when the Nazis came to power earned him condemnation as a Nazi collaborator--"The Devil's Music Master". 30 halftones.
Download or read book The Devil s Dictionary written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-03-16T22:46:04Z with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dictionary, n: A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.” Bierce’s groundbreaking Devil’s Dictionary had a complex publication history. Started in the mid-1800s as an irregular column in Californian newspapers under various titles, he gradually refined the new-at-the-time idea of an irreverent set of glossary-like definitions. The final name, as we see it titled in this work, did not appear until an 1881 column published in the periodical The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp. There were no publications of the complete glossary in the 1800s. Not until 1906 did a portion of Bierce’s collection get published by Doubleday, under the name The Cynic’s Word Book—the publisher not wanting to use the word “Devil” in the title, to the great disappointment of the author. The 1906 word book only went from A to L, however, and the remainder was never released under the compromised title. In 1911 the Devil’s Dictionary as we know it was published in complete form as part of Bierce’s collected works (volume 7 of 12), including the remainder of the definitions from M to Z. It has been republished a number of times, including more recent efforts where older definitions from his columns that never made it into the original book were included. Due to the complex nature of copyright, some of those found definitions have unclear public domain status and were not included. This edition of the book includes, however, a set of definitions attributed to his one-and-only “Demon’s Dictionary” column, including Bierce’s classic definition of A: “the first letter in every properly constructed alphabet.” Bierce enjoyed “quoting” his pseudonyms in his work. Most of the poetry, dramatic scenes and stories in this book attributed to others were self-authored and do not exist outside of this work. This includes the prolific Father Gassalasca Jape, whom he thanks in the preface—“jape” of course having the definition: “a practical joke.” This book is a product of its time and must be approached as such. Many of the definitions hold up well today, but some might be considered less palatable by modern readers. Regardless, the book’s humorous style is a valuable snapshot of American culture from past centuries. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Download or read book The Possessed or The Devils written by Fyodor Dostoevsky and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 589 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Possessed or, The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–2
Download or read book The Demonic Piano written by Debbie Ann Masloski and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of the Devil and to determine in what manner the Devil, or evil, has been treated in keyboard literature, focusing on works for the piano. The author seeks to determine whether there is a relationship between the religious and social climate of an era and its piano music. Selected compositions are analyzed to find out what musical elements are used and to determine if any patterns exist from one period to the next.
Download or read book Devil s Music Holy Rollers and Hillbillies written by James A. Cosby and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock music today is universal and its popular history is well known. Yet few know how and why it really came about. Taking a fresh look at events long overlooked or misunderstood, this book tells how some of the most disenfranchised people in a free and prosperous nation strove to make themselves heard--and changed the world. Describing the genesis of rock and roll, the author covers everything from its deep roots in the Mississippi Delta, key early figures, like deejay "Daddy-O" Dewey Phillips and gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the influence of so-called "holy rollers" of the Pentecostal church who became crucial performers--Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard.
Download or read book The Devils Demons MEGAPACK 25 Modern and Classic Tales written by Mack Reynolds and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories about devils and demons were literary staples long before the modern horror field came into existence. Our earliest story in this volume, by Washington Irving, was published in 1824...and the fact that these tales span almost 200 years shows how enduring the theme remains. Here, then, are 25 great modern and classic tales of devils, demons, and the macabre. Enjoy! THE CONTRACT OF CARSON CARRUTHERS, by William P. McGivern BURNT TOAST, by Mack Reynolds CRIME CLEAN-UP IN CENTER CITY, by Robert Moore Williams THE CRACKS OF TIME, by Dorothy Quick THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER, by Washington Irving HIDEAWAY, by Everil Worrell THE STRANGER FROM KURDISTAN, by E. Hoffmann Price HEREAFTER, INC., by Lester del Rey NIGHTMARE ON THE NOSE, by Evelyn E. Smith THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, by Mark Twain AUT DIABOLUS AUT NIHIL: THE TRUE STORY OF A HALLUCINATION, by X.L. (Julian Osgood Field) CAN SUCH BEAUTY BE? by Jerome Bixby MARKHEIM, by Robert Louis Stevenson MONSIEUR BLUEBEARD, by Emil Petaja YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS, by Manly Banister THE BARGAIN OF RUPERT ORANGE, by Vincent O’Sullivan THE BOTTLE IMP, by Dwight V. Swain THE CASE OF MR. LUCRAFT, Walter Besant and James Rice WHO SUPS WITH THE DEVIL, by S.M. Tenneshaw THE SHOEMAKER AND THE DEVIL, by Anton Chekhov SPAWN OF HELL, by William P. McGivern YOUR SOUL COMES C.O.D., by Mack Reynolds ST. JOHN'S EVE, by Nikolai Gogol WOLFIE, by Theodore R. Cogwell If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 260+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Download or read book The Devil in Music written by Kate Ross and published by Felony & Mayhem Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julian Kestrel, gentleman sleuth and dandy, becomes fascinated with the unsolved case of the murder of a Milanese aristocrat and the disappearance of his protégé, a brilliant young English opera singer. What has become of the singer’s fiancée and the aristocrat’s notoriously surly manservant? Could the murder be tied to Italy’s tumultuous politics? Furthermore, the murdered marquis left a widow whose beauty makes Kestrel’s heart skip faster.
Download or read book Isaac And His Devils written by Fernanda Eberstadt and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Enchanting . . . Bursting with talent and love of life,” said the Washington Post Book World of Fernanda Eberstadt’s extraordinary first novel, Low Tide. Now her exuberant gifts are even more abundantly evident on a larger scale. Isaac and His Devils tells the story of a boy who throws off sparks of what might be genius—and of his father, a man who has walked away from the possibilities of his own brilliance. Isaac Hooker, from birth to his twenty-second year, compensates for his ill health with a radiant tireless curiosity. He is certain of his destiny: he will “transfigure America in some vague, huge way.” He is the smartest. He will be the best, the first. At his side—watching him, loving him, driving him (to his mother’s ceaseless irritation)—is Isaac’s father, Sam, who sees in his son’s promise the triumphs he himself might have had . . . and Isaac’s teacher, Agnes Urquhart, who recognizes in the boy’s wild and clumsy energy the genesis of great achievement, and who begins to turn him towards it . . . Until Isaac, realizing he must confront and escape the devils that defeated his father, finds his life suddenly, frighteningly, out of control. Around their story, the larger story of the family unfolds. Moving backwards and forwards in time, the narrative weaves an intricate portrait of Isaac’s parents’ early lives in their insular New Hampshire town; of their too-young, mismatched marriage; of Sam’s sacrifice of ambition and bookish dreams to satisfy the immediate needs of his sensual, down-to-earth, and pregnant wife; of the difficult yet tender attachment between Isaac and his younger, less promising brother; and especially of the powerful love and hate between Isaac and his father—as the son, who secretly sees his own progress into realms where his father cannot follow as betrayal, pushes himself out of childhood and towards the first moments of becoming an adult. A novel of rich feeling and intelligence. A major leap forwards for a brilliantly gifted novelist.
Download or read book The Home of the Seven Devils written by Horace Wykeham Can Newte and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Devils You Know written by M.C. Atwood and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this riveting debut, equal parts Cabin in the Woods and The Breakfast Club, five teens will discover what lies within a local, infamous house is darker, and more personal, than any urban legend. Plenty of legends surround the infamous Boulder House in Whispering Bluffs, Wisconsin, but nobody takes them seriously. Certainly nobody believes that the original owner, Maxwell Cartwright Jr., cursed its construction—or that a murder of crows died upon its completion, turning the land black with their carcasses. If there were truth to any of the local folklore, River Red High wouldn’t offer a field trip there for the graduating class. Five very different seniors—Violet, Paul, Ashley, Dylan, and Gretchen—volunteer, each for private reasons, none of which have to do with trip itself. When they’re separated from the group, they discover that what lies within Boulder House is far more horrifying than any rumor they’ve heard. To survive, they’ll have to band together and ultimately confront the truths of their darkest selves.
Download or read book Devils written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils (1871-2), also known as The Possessed, is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. This new translation includes the chapter "Stavrogin's confession," initially censored by Dostoevsky's publisher.
Download or read book The Simple Flute written by Michel Debost and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical, concise, and comprehensive guide for flutists.
