Download or read book Gilbert and Ronnie Save Christmas written by Trevor Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilbert and Ronnie are frightened at the amount of toys at the recycling centre, but are hopeful that the toys will find a new home. Santa arrives at their door with only a few days till Christmas and needs their help. Will Gilbert and Ronnie be able to help Santa and save Christmas? “Gilbert and Ronnie Save Christmas” is the sequel to Gilbert’s adventures in “Gilbert the Garbage Truck Needs Your Help”. A feel good story with a strong environmental message.
Download or read book Gilbert and Ronnie Save Christmas written by Trevor Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the Movies Saved Christmas written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-03-29 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Santa Claus is in trouble! Who will save Christmas? This A-to-Z guide to holiday films, television movies and series specials provides cast, credits, production information and commentary for 228 cinema Christmases that were almost ruined by villains, monsters, spirits, secularism, greed, misanthropy or elf error--but were saved by helpful animals, magic snowmen, selfless children or compassionate understanding. Reviews and references are included.
Download or read book Ronnie Gilbert written by Ronnie Gilbert and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronnie Gilbert had a long and colorful career as a singer, actor, playwright, therapist, and independent woman. Her lifelong work for political and social change was central to her role as a performer. Raised in Depression-era New York City by leftist, working-class, secular Jewish parents, Gilbert is best known as a member of the Weavers, the quartet of the 1950s and '60s that survived the blacklist and helped popularize folk music in America. Her joyous contralto and vibrant stage presence enriched the celebrated group and propelled Gilbert into a second singing career with Holly Near in the 1980s and '90s. As an actor, Gilbert explored developmental theater with Joseph Chaikin and Peter Brook and wrote and performed in ensemble and solo productions across the United States and Canada. Ronnie Gilbert brings the political, artistic, and social issues of the era alive through song lyrics and personal stories, traversing sixty years of collaborations in life and art that span the folk revival, the Cold War blacklist, primal therapy, the back-to-the-land movement, and a rich, multigenerational family story. Much more than a memoir, Ronnie Gilbert is a unique and engaging historical document for readers interested in music, theater, American politics, the women’s movement, and left-wing activism.
Download or read book Wasn t That a Time written by Jesse Jarnow and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic untold story of the Weavers, the hit-making folk-pop quartet destroyed with the aid of the United States government--and who changed the world, anyway Following a series of top 10 hits that became instant American standards, the Weavers dissolved at the height of their fame. Wasn't That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America details the remarkable rise of Pete Seeger's unlikely band of folk heroes, from basement hootenannies to the top of the charts, before a coordinated harassment campaign at the hands of Congress's House Un-American Activities Committee and the emergent right-wing media saw them unable to find work and dropped by their label while their songs still hovered on Billboard's lists. Turning the black-and-white 1950s into vivid color, Wasn't That a Time uses the Weavers to illuminate a dark and complex period of American history. Emerging while a highly divided populace was bombarded and further divided by fake news--and progressive organizations and individuals found themselves repressed under the pretenses of national security--the Weavers would rise, fall, and rise again. With origins in the radical folk collective the Almanac Singers and the ambitious People's Songs, both pioneering the use of music as a transformative political organizing tool, the singing activists in the Weavers set out to change the world with songs as their weapons. Using previously unseen journals and letters, unreleased recordings, once-secret government documents, and other archival research, veteran music journalist and WFMU DJ Jesse Jarnow uncovers the immense hopes, incredible pressures, and daily struggles of the four distinct and often unharmonious personalities at the heart of the Weavers. With a class and race-conscious global vision of music that now make them seem like time travelers from the 21st century, the Weavers would transform material from American blues singer Lead Belly ("Goodnight Irene"), the Bahamas ("Wreck of the John B"), and South Africa ("Wimoweh") into songs that remain ubiquitous from rock clubs to Broadway shows. Featuring quotes about the Weavers' influence from David Crosby, the Beach Boys' Al Jardine, and the Byrds' Roger McGuinn, Wasn't That a Time explores how the group's innocent-sounding harmonies might be heard as a threat worthy of decades of investigation by the FBI--and how the band's late '50s reformation engendered a new generation of musicians to take up the Weavers' non-violent weaponry: eclectic songs, joyous harmonies, and the power of music.
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Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1997 written by Mick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 1604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rates more than 17,000 movies on video. Cross-indexed by director and star. More than 800 new entries.
Download or read book The Stone Cottage written by Denis S. Lahaie and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story follows the life of Maude and Gilbert Valcour. As a young woman, Maude LaJoie, born and raised on a First Nation Reserve, leaves the isolated community to move to the nearby town of Penetanguishene. Here she meets and marries Gilbert Valcour, a local handyman and canoe builder. The couple are given the opportunity to become caretakers of a large cottage in Cognashene and live in a small stone cottage situated on the property. Though Maude was able to assimilate her native culture with the culture of the town, she is quite happy to move to this remote location with her husband and children and return to a lifestyle she is used to. The story follows their challenges of moving to this location, managing the large cottage, its property and the affluent colourful owners and guests. Rescuing the survivors of a passenger sailboat The Stalker, following a violent storm so common on Georgian Bay and braving an unexpected encounter with a bear are just a few of the many twists and turns the couple must accommodate into their life. A sordid romance between the owner and one of the local residents ends in tragedy and Maude and Gilbert are left to pick up the pieces and move on with their life.
Download or read book Race Music written by Guthrie P. Ramsey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-11-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago. It goes on to explore the global influence and social relevance of African American music.
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1995 written by Mick Martin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1992 written by Mick Martin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Hard hatted Women written by Molly Martin and published by Seal Press (CA). This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively collection, 26 women talk about their experiences inon-traditional, blue-collar work. Employed in occupations such asronworkers, carpenters, truck drivers, and electricians, they describe thearge and small challenges of life on the job. Their candid first-personarratives expre
Download or read book Video Hound s Golden Movie Retriever 1991 written by David J Weiner and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1991 written by Mick Martin and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Singing Out written by David King Dunaway and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades and cuts across a wide swath of generations and perspectives, shedding light on the musical, political, and social aspects of this movement. The narrators highlight many of the major folk revival figures, including Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, Phil Ochs, Mary Travers, Don McLean, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, and Holly Near. Together they tell the stories of such musical groups as the Composers' Collective, the Almanac Singers, People's Songs, the Weavers, the New Lost City Ramblers, and the Freedom Singers. Folklorists, musicians, musicologists, writers, activists, and aficionados reveal not only what happened during the folk revivals, but what it meant to those personally and passionately involved. For everyone who ever picked up a guitar, fiddle, or banjo, this will be a book to give and cherish. Extensive notes, bibliography, and discography, plus a photo section.
Download or read book Video Movie Guide 1998 written by Mick Martin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews thousands of movies and rates each film according to a five-star rating system, and features cross-indexing by title, director, and cast.