Download or read book Steel City Readers written by Mary Grover and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library. Steel City Readers* makes available, and interprets in detail, a large body of new evidence about past cultures and communities of reading. Its distinctive method is to listen to readers' own voices, rather than theorising about them as an undifferentiated group. Its cogent and engaging structure traces reading journeys from childhood into education and adulthood, and attends to settings from home to school to library. It has a distinctive focus on reading for pleasure and its framework of argument situates that type of reading in relation to dimensions of gender and class. It is grounded in place, and particularly in the context of a specific industrial city: Sheffield. The men and women featured in the book, coming to adulthood in the 1930s and 1940s, rarely regarded reading as a means of self-improvement. It was more usually a compulsive and intensely pleasurable private activity.

Download or read book The British Horror Film written by Ian Fryer and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 is the 60th anniversary of the release of Hammer’s first Gothic horror film and the birth of the British horror genre: The Curse of FrankensteinA complete guide to a perennially and hugely popular British movie genreAn ideal read for anyone from the interested newcomer to the experienced film buffFeatures popular British stars such as Boris Karloff, Sir Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Simon Pegg When Hammer broke box office records in 1957 with The Curse of Frankenstein, the company not only resurrected the Gothic horror film, but created a particularly British-flavoured form of horror that swept the world. The British Horror Film from the Silent to the Multiplex is your guide to the films, actors and filmmakers who have thrilled and terrified generations of movie fans. In one book, you will find the literary and cinematic roots of the genre to the British films made by film legends such as Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff to Hammer’s triumphs starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, and the post-Hammer horrors such as Peter Walker’s Frightmare and huge British-made successes, including Alien and the zombie craze of the 21st century. The history, films, stars, directors and studios, all in one fascinating, fun and fact-filled volume. Whether you are an absolute beginner or a seasoned gorehound, you will find everything you ever wanted to know about the British horror movie, but were too bone-chillingly afraid to ask.

Download or read book Shellac and Swing written by Bruce Lindsay and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Shellac and Swing!' tells the story of the gramophone's 'golden age,' from 1900-1955, when it helped to shape Britain's culture from the arts to warfare. The story focuses on the gramophone, the invention of Emile Berliner in the 1880s, but begins with a brief outline of the first attempts to record the human voice and of Edison's invention of the cylinder and the phonograph. It uses primary evidence, images and interviews with DJs, fans, musicians and historians to explore this fascinating and often eccentric tale. Each chapter ends with 'On the Record,' a discussion of a record that relates to the chapter's themes. Although the gramophone and its fragile shellac discs were vital to Britain's music scene-opera and music hall, the Jazz Age, the crooners, early rock'n'roll-its impact was far more extensive. Its place in British history encompasses advertising and design, fraud and piracy, phallic symbols, talking books, the threat from radio and TV, the contrasting worlds of the Salvation Army and adult 'party' discs, the creation of a parliamentary insult, new political strategies and the seditious activity of the Mau Mau. From the establishment of the Gramophone Company in London in the late 1890s to the end of shellac record production in the 1950s, the British public bought the machines and the discs in their millions and the record labels made stars of performers like Caruso, Harry Lauder, Al Bowlly and Dame Nellie Melba. 'Shellac and Swing!' explores the ways in which the gramophone helped these singers to achieve stardom but it also explores in detail and for the first time many other stories of not-so-famous performers, of the gramophone in political electioneering and of forgotten technology: the first pirate radio broadcasters, the soldiers who took their 'Trench Decca' portables to the Western Front, the invention of the Flame-O-Phone, the People's Budget recordings and the pioneering label owner and producer of 'blue' discs. The gramophone's heyday ended with the rise of rock 'n 'roll, teenagers, the 45 rpm single, the LP and the record player, but it survives today as part of a vibrant contemporary music, fashion and lifestyle scene.

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Download or read book The Whole Story written by John E. Simkin and published by K. G. Saur. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.

Download or read book The Trials of Hank Janson written by Stephen Holland and published by TELOS. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as a biography of the author Hank Janson, this is an account of the early 1950s Home Office crackdown on so called 'obscene' paperbacks, of which the Janson novels were the prime example. This book also details the full publishing history of the Janson stories from 1946 to the present day.

Download or read book Rotors written by Roger Gallagher and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-03-12 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were college kids and young soldiers who wanted to fly, and they knew little about Vietnam other than what they read in the newspapers before going there. But Ia Drang, Kontum, Bong Son, Pleiku, Dak To, and dozens of other places soon became their trials by fire as they flew the grunts into and out of hot LZs and exposed themselves to some of the most intense combat of the war. Their mission was to fly into isolated jungle hilltops and muddy rice fields often without knowing what they'd face. Consequently, the crewmen who flew the helicopters and manned the door guns suffered some of the highest percentages of dead and wounded in the history of American warfare.

Download or read book Keeper of the Castle written by Juliet Blackwell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latest Haunted Home Renovation mystery from New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell, San Francisco contractor—and reluctant ghostbuster—Mel Turner gets hired for a job that's to die for. Lately, Mel has been worried about finding enough historic renovation work to pay the bills. But while Turner Construction is in need of a project, Mel’s boyfriend, Graham, has his hands full managing the reconstruction of an ancient building shipped over from Scotland. With the job plagued by rumors that the stones are cursed, Graham brings in Mel to look for paranormal activity. And while the ghost of a charming Scottish clansman does seem to be hanging around the site, the real shock comes when they stumble upon a body. When the original construction crew starts running scared, Mel brings in her team to finish the job. Now all she has to do is nail down the killer, and put the spirits to rest, before anyone else winds up heading for the highlands…

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Download or read book Four Cowboys written by Joseph Mullen and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it about the town of Elbow? Strange things happen there. The past seems to come alive but only for brief periods. Four cowboys come across town at different times, and each has an encounter with the supernatural. The past and present come together.

Download or read book The Murmurings written by Carly Anne West and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen starts hearing the same voices that drove her sister to commit suicide in this “atmospheric, paranormal chiller (that) will appeal to fans of Stephen King” (VOYA). The voices in her head are not her own... Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on. As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not… “Heart-thumping.” —Kirkus Reviews “Satisfyingly disturbing.” —BCCB “The perfect mix of horror and psychological thriller. Jaw-dropping.” —Shelf Awareness

Download or read book Armor Wars written by Marvel Comics and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armor Wars 1-5, Armor Wars 1/2

Download or read book Billionaire at Sea Clean Romance written by K.L. Middleton and published by Kristen Middleton. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the clean version of my original billionaire romance story. If you're looking for steamier books, check out the original that is also published. She's been hired to cater a bachelor party on the high seas. There will be booze, famous bad boys, and strippers. What could go wrong? When Mia James is hired to cater a high-profile bachelor party in the Caribbean with her friend Ridley, she is reluctant to do it, but needs the money. Then she meets Damian Stryker, the handsome, rich billionaire whose hired them, and finds herself trying to fight the attraction she has for the self-proclaimed playboy. After being forced into early retirement, professional baseball pitcher, Damian Stryker, takes advantage of his recent inheritance and hosts a bachelor party on his million-dollar yacht. Meanwhile, he finds himself wanting to taste more than just Mia James' cooking, and things heat up quickly between the two. It seems like the perfect weekend until his world comes crashing down on him. Keywords: Clean Romance, clean billionaire romance

Download or read book Short Letter Long Farewell written by Peter Handke and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Nobel Prize Winner Peter Handke Short Letter, Long Farewell is one the most inventive and exhilarating of the great Peter Handke’s novels. Full of seedy noir atmospherics and boasting an air of generalized delirium, the book starts by introducing us to a nameless young German who has just arrived in America, where he hopes to get over the collapse of his marriage. No sooner has he arrived, however, than he discovers that his ex-wife is pursuing him. He flees, she follows, and soon the couple is running circles around each other across the length of America—from Philadelphia to St. Louis to the Arizona desert, and from Portland, Oregon, to L.A. Is it love or vengeance that they want from each other? Everything’s spectacularly unclear in a book that is travelogue, suspense story, domestic comedy, and Western showdown, with a totally unexpected Hollywood twist at the end. Above all, Short Letter, Long Farewell is a love letter to America, its landscapes and popular culture, the invitation and the threat of its newness and wildness and emptiness, with the promise of a new life—or the corpse of an old one—lying just around the corner.

Download or read book Fake Boyfriend Material written by Lili Valente and published by Self Taught Ninja. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four Sizzling Fake Dating Rom Coms! Get the entire Big O Dating Specialists series together for the first time. (300,000 steamy, swoony, LOL, feel-good words!) HOT REVENGE FOR HIRE A Fake-Dating-the-Boss Romance Face it, ladies: love sucks and then you cry, while your ex rides off into the sunset. But why let a break-up end in tears when it can end with sweet revenge? Enter Magnificent B@stard Consulting and me, chief executive B. I've got it all…until the day my virtual assistant shows up on my doorstep needing my help. Fake dating has never felt so real. HOT KNIGHT FOR HIRE A Protective-Friends-to-Lovers Romance I'm the guy you don’t bring home to mama. As the resident bad boy of Magnificent B@stard Consulting, I have what it takes to make sure your dangerous ex thinks twice before he knocks on your door. Or I thought I did, until I meet my latest client… Now the one-who-got-away is looking up at me with her big green eyes, daring me to take on an ex as dangerous as hers. HOT MESS FOR HIRE A Fake-Dating-the-Hockey-Player Romance They say Jake “The Dragon” Falcone earned his nickname by setting fire to the ice his first season in the NHL. But just between us ladies, I’m pretty sure he earned it for the dragon in his pants. From my first hug as his fake girlfriend, it’s clear he’s packing. After a few fake dates I realize he’s packing…everywhere. Heart, brains, a killer sense of humor—Jake is everything I’ve ever wanted in a man. Too bad he’s also my client and OFF LIMITS... HOT GHOST HUNTER FOR HIRE A Fake-Dating-the-Ex Second Chance Romance I was her first love, and I’m going to be her last…On paper, I have it all—good looks, good friends, a killer business, and women throwing themselves at me from every corner of the globe. But I can’t get one woman out of my head. Her. Adeline Klein, the sexy smart ass in wire-rimmed glasses and a polka-dot bikini, who stole my heart when we were teenagers.

Download or read book The Baby Planner written by Josie Brown and published by Signal Press. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nanny Diaries meets The Wedding Planner in this smart, dishy novel from the author of Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives—featuring a woman who runs San Francisco’s premier baby planning company and the mommies-to-be who seek out her services. Katie Johnson may make her living consulting with new moms on the latest greatest baby gadgets no parent should be without, or which mommy meet-ups are the most socially desirable, or whether melon truly is the new black, but the success of her marriage to her husband, Alex, depends on controlling her own urges toward motherhood. He's adamant that they stay childless. Sure, Katie understands that he's upset over the fact that his out-of-town ex-wife rarely lets him see their ten-year-old son, Peter. But living vicariously through her anxious clients and her twin sisters' precocious children only makes Katie resent his stance more deeply. While helping a new client—Seth Harris, a high tech entrepreneur who must raise Sadie, his newborn daughter, as a single parent after the tragic death of his wife in childbirth—maneuver the bittersweet journey from mourning husband and reticent father to loving dad, Katie’s own ideals about love, marriage, and motherhood are put to the test as she learns ones very important lesson about family: How we nurture is the true nature of love. "Josie "Brown takes baby mania to its illogical, hysterical extreme in this bubbly romp. But what begins as a light foray into Bugaboo country turns into something bigger than a satire of status-obsessed Bay Area yummy mummies as Brown takes a dark look at the fears of parenthood and family, with Katie's heartbreaking longing for a child unveiling a disturbing reality about her marriage and family. Still, the message from the somber realities is one full of hope: love makes a family, commitment keeps it together." —Publishers Weekly "We love Josie Brown. Plain and simple. We first fell for her when we read the impossibly delicious Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, and now we’re falling all over again after consuming her latest fun, funny and completely satisfying novel, The Baby Planner." -- Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke

Download or read book The American Pows written by Samuel Kim and published by Branden Books. This book was released on 1979-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: