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Book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Download or read book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music written by Colin Larkin and published by Enfield, Middlesex, England : Guinness Pub.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Download or read book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music written by Colin Larkin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Download or read book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music written by Colin Larkin and published by New England Publishing Associates. This book was released on 1992 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music  AACM to Fargo  Donna

Download or read book The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music AACM to Fargo Donna written by Colin Larkin and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How Canadians Communicate V

Download or read book How Canadians Communicate V written by David Taras and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at the pool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill of competition. However, despite a decline in active participation, Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on sports, as fans and followers of sporting events and sports culture. Never has media coverage of sports been more exhaustive, and never has it been more driven by commercial interests and the need to fuel consumerism, on which corporate profits depend. But the power plays now occurring in the arena of sports are by no means solely a matter of money. At issue as well in the media capture of sports are the values that inform our daily lives, the physical and emotional health of the population, and the symbols so long central to a sense of Canadian identity. Writing from a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection set out to explore the impact of the media on our reception of, and attitudes toward, sports—to unpack the meanings that sports have for us as citizens and consumers. Some contributors probe the function of sports as spectacle—the escalation of violence, controversies over drug use, and the media’s coverage of tragic deaths—while others shed light on the way in which the media serve to transform sports into a vehicle for the expression of identity and nationalism. The goal is not to score points but to prompt critical discussion of why sports matter in Canadian life and culture and how they contribute to the construction of identity.

Book Transhumanism

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Livingstone
  • Publisher : David Livingstone
  • Release : 2015-09-02
  • ISBN : 1515232573
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Transhumanism written by David Livingstone and published by David Livingstone. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transhumanism is a recent movement that extols man’s right to shape his own evolution, by maximizing the use of scientific technologies, to enhance human physical and intellectual potential. While the name is new, the idea has long been a popular theme of science fiction, featured in such films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, the Terminator series, and more recently, The Matrix, Limitless, Her and Transcendence. However, as its adherents hint at in their own publications, transhumanism is an occult project, rooted in Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, and derived from the Kabbalah, which asserts that humanity is evolving intellectually, towards a point in time when man will become God. Modeled on the medieval legend of the Golem and Frankenstein, they believe man will be able to create life itself, in the form of living machines, or artificial intelligence. Spearheaded by the Cybernetics Group, the project resulted in both the development of the modern computer and MK-Ultra, the CIA’s “mind-control” program. MK-Ultra promoted the “mind-expanding” potential of psychedelic drugs, to shape the counterculture of the 1960s, based on the notion that the shamans of ancient times used psychoactive substances, equated with the “apple” of the Tree of Knowledge. And, as revealed in the movie Lucy, through the use of “smart drugs,” and what transhumanists call “mind uploading,” man will be able to merge with the Internet, which is envisioned as the end-point of Kabbalistic evolution, the formation of a collective consciousness, or Global Brain. That awaited moment is what Ray Kurzweil, a director of engineering at Google, refers to as The Singularly. By accumulating the total of human knowledge, and providing access to every aspect of human activity, the Internet will supposedly achieve omniscience, becoming the “God” of occultism, or the Masonic All-Seeing Eye of the reverse side of the American dollar bill.

Book Encyclopedia of Sports Films

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sports Films written by K Edgington and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-12-29 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this reference volume, more than 200 fictional feature-length movies with a primary focus on an athletic endeavor are discussed, including comedies, dramas, and biopics. Brief summaries and credit information are provided for an additional 200 films, and appendixes include made-for-teleivion movies and documentaries.

Book  But He Doesn t Know the Territory

Download or read book But He Doesn t Know the Territory written by Meredith Willson and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the creation of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man—reprinted now as the Broadway Edition Composer Meredith Willson described The Music Man as “an Iowan’s attempt to pay tribute to his home state.” Now featuring a new foreword by noted singer and educator Michael Feinstein, this book presents Willson’s reflections on the ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and finally successes of making one of America’s most popular musicals. Willson’s whimsical, personable writing style brings readers back in time with him to the 1950s to experience firsthand the exciting trials and tribulations of creating a Broadway masterpiece. Fresh admiration of the musical—and the man behind the music—is sure to result.

Book Ethnomusicology

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  • Author : Jennifer Post
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2013-03
  • ISBN : 1136705198
  • Pages : 468 pages

Download or read book Ethnomusicology written by Jennifer Post and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book Little Mary Sunshine

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  • Author : Rick Besoyan
  • Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
  • Release : 1960
  • ISBN : 9780573680847
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Little Mary Sunshine written by Rick Besoyan and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 1960 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hugely successful Off Broadway show played for almost three years at New York's Orpheum Theatre, winning an Obie award as the Best of the Season. Billed as "a musical about an old operetta"-Little Mary Sunshine gently spoofs such old-time favorites like "Rose Marie" and "Naughty Marietta"-but has a personality all its own. The plot is a little bit of everything: Colorado Rangers led by stalwart Captain Jim; the lovely Mary Sunshine, her 'naughty' maid Nancy; a chorus of gigling schoolgirls and the ominous but benevolent Indian chief. Hearts are won and lost and won again, in this delightful, laugh-filled and charming show. -- Publisher's description.

Book There s a Train Out for Dreamland

Download or read book There s a Train Out for Dreamland written by Frederich H. Heider and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All aboard! Next stop: Dreamland Take a ride on a magical train that puffs around a candy mountain, travels on a peppermint rail, and is run by a chocolate brown bear. Along the way see a big white snowman, a house made of licorice, and even a giraffe with jelly bean spots. But did you know there's only one way to get to dreamland? Just close your eyes and climb aboard. The whimsical lyrics of "There's a Train Out for Dreamland," originally sung by Nat King Cole, combined with magical illustrations from mother-daughter duo Jane Dyer and Brooke Dyer, make a Christmas fantasy that captures every child's wildest dreams.

Book The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits

Download or read book The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits written by Jo Rice and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The American Songbag

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  • Author : Carl Sandburg
  • Publisher : Andesite Press
  • Release : 2015-08-08
  • ISBN : 9781297491665
  • Pages : 524 pages

Download or read book The American Songbag written by Carl Sandburg and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Paper s Papers

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  • Author : Richard F. Shepard
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 392 pages

Download or read book The Paper s Papers written by Richard F. Shepard and published by Crown. This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August of 1896, an ambitious publisher from Chattanooga, Adolph Ochs, bought the almost bankrupt New York Times. Shepard, who has been there for half of those hundred years, draws on rarely-seen material from The Times's vast private archive to show how Adolph Ochs and his successors built the country's greatest paper. Illustrations.

Book My Kind of Sound

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  • Author : Steve Krakow
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-01-05
  • ISBN : 9781940430614
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book My Kind of Sound written by Steve Krakow and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Compiles most of [the author's] long-running comic series of the same name, serialized in the largest Chicago alternative weekly, the 'Chicago reader,' every other week, for over a decade"--An author's not