Author: Alyn Shipton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199330697
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter. With interviews from friends, family, and associates, and material drawn from an unfinished autobiography, Shipton probes beneath the enigma to discover the real Harry Nilsson. A major celebrity at a time when huge concerts and festivals were becoming the norm, Nilsson shunned live performance. His venue was the studio, his stage the dubbing booth, his greatest triumphs masterful examples of studio craft. He was a gifted composer of songs for a wide variety of performers, including the Ronettes, the Yardbirds, and the Monkees, yet Nilsson's own biggest hits were almost all written by other songwriters. He won two Grammy awards, in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'" (the theme song for Midnight Cowboy), and in 1972 for "Without You," had two top ten singles, numerous album successes, and wrote a number of songs--"Coconut" and "Jump into the Fire," to name just two--that still sound remarkably fresh and original today. He was once described by his producer Richard Perry as "the finest white male singer on the planet," but near the end of his life, Nilsson's career was marked by voice-damaging substance abuse and the infamous deaths of both Keith Moon and Mama Cass in his London flat. Drawing on exclusive access to Nilsson's papers, Alyn Shipton's biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous and unknowable--until now.
The View From The Rocking Chair
Author: Matt McGee
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979183598
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
When you get to the end of your life, what will you care about the most? Relationships. Your relationship with God, your spouse, your children, and your close friends. We know these relationships make up what matters most in life. Yet we live in a fast-paced world where developing deep and meaningful relationships is harder that ever. Explore what it looks like to: Live the full life, instead of busy. Raise children who are godly, not just good. Build God's Kingdom together as a family, rather than chasing after the American Dream. This book is designed to help you and your family walk through life making thoughtful and intentional choices while focusing daily on what is most important. It is meant to keep you from experiencing regret at the end of your life and lead you instead to a place of gratitude and contentment. Includes a small group study plan and discussion questions.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781979183598
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
When you get to the end of your life, what will you care about the most? Relationships. Your relationship with God, your spouse, your children, and your close friends. We know these relationships make up what matters most in life. Yet we live in a fast-paced world where developing deep and meaningful relationships is harder that ever. Explore what it looks like to: Live the full life, instead of busy. Raise children who are godly, not just good. Build God's Kingdom together as a family, rather than chasing after the American Dream. This book is designed to help you and your family walk through life making thoughtful and intentional choices while focusing daily on what is most important. It is meant to keep you from experiencing regret at the end of your life and lead you instead to a place of gratitude and contentment. Includes a small group study plan and discussion questions.
Young House Love
Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656765
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Publisher: Artisan
ISBN: 1579656765
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Love and the Rocking Chair
Author: Diane Dillon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338566393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon celebrate the love we feel for our children in this touching, multi-generational story about the lasting power of family. Simple words and colorful paintings tell the warm, engaging story of new parents who buy a rocking chair when they are expecting a baby. Bright, sunny illustrations show the precious intimacy between parents and their children; the new mother glows with affection, and the new father reads aloud to their young son. Time passes, and the boy grows up; the beloved rocker is moved to the attic and gathers dust. But when the boy becomes a man, the cycle begins anew. He and his wife have a baby girl, and the rocking chair is needed again. Legendary artists Leo and Diane Dillon are two of the greatest illustrators of our time. This is their final collaboration, inspired by their own rocking chair. It is a tender tribute to the enduring power of family love-passed from generation to generation. Here is a book for all ages to cherish. It serves as a loving reminder of those who have gone before us-and those who are still to come.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338566393
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Two-time Caldecott Medalists Leo and Diane Dillon celebrate the love we feel for our children in this touching, multi-generational story about the lasting power of family. Simple words and colorful paintings tell the warm, engaging story of new parents who buy a rocking chair when they are expecting a baby. Bright, sunny illustrations show the precious intimacy between parents and their children; the new mother glows with affection, and the new father reads aloud to their young son. Time passes, and the boy grows up; the beloved rocker is moved to the attic and gathers dust. But when the boy becomes a man, the cycle begins anew. He and his wife have a baby girl, and the rocking chair is needed again. Legendary artists Leo and Diane Dillon are two of the greatest illustrators of our time. This is their final collaboration, inspired by their own rocking chair. It is a tender tribute to the enduring power of family love-passed from generation to generation. Here is a book for all ages to cherish. It serves as a loving reminder of those who have gone before us-and those who are still to come.
Angel Behind the Rocking Chair
Author: Pam Vredevelt
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307797015
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
After the loss of her first baby and the birth of a fourth child with Down Syndrome, Pam Vredevelt felt that she had fallen from God's grasp. As she was soon to discover, however, God was just beginning to hold her tight and lead the way out of her endless pit of despair. With humor and touching insight, Pam unveils her struggle to emerge from darkness into the light in this paperback release of her popular work. Many have been touched by the same anguish; Pam shares their stories and how the supernatural touch of God sustained them through the darkest days of life. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 0307797015
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
After the loss of her first baby and the birth of a fourth child with Down Syndrome, Pam Vredevelt felt that she had fallen from God's grasp. As she was soon to discover, however, God was just beginning to hold her tight and lead the way out of her endless pit of despair. With humor and touching insight, Pam unveils her struggle to emerge from darkness into the light in this paperback release of her popular work. Many have been touched by the same anguish; Pam shares their stories and how the supernatural touch of God sustained them through the darkest days of life. From the Trade Paperback edition.
The Rocking-chair
Author: Walter Alden Dyer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chairs
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Contents.- pt. 1. Origin and development. pt. 2. The Boston rocker. pt. 3. Some notes on stencil decorations. Chair-makers in 1831.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chairs
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Contents.- pt. 1. Origin and development. pt. 2. The Boston rocker. pt. 3. Some notes on stencil decorations. Chair-makers in 1831.
The Magic Rocking Chair
Author: Anne Carabis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960580200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR is a fantasy. It was written as a "read-to" story for 4 & 5 year olds, but has great appeal to youngsters who are able to read on a grade 3 level. Mimi receives a surprise gift from her grandfather. The gift, a rocking chair, has a defect. Mimi believes the "defect" actually gives the rocking chair a magic power. In fact, the magic she discovers has to do with her initial concern for the feelings of others. Her concern & love enables her to have some rather remarkable adventures with many familiar characters that take on human characteristics. A doll, her dog, a frog, an insect, a grumpy cat, & even some of the vegetation, all have something to offer in the way of advice. Their own imperfections help them to seem "real" & at times, quite humorous. Things begin to happen, some remarkable, & some frightening. THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR is a story well-suited for the younger child. Mimi & her friends all get help whenever they need it & at just the right moment! THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR ends happily. Mimi is not the only one rewarded.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780960580200
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR is a fantasy. It was written as a "read-to" story for 4 & 5 year olds, but has great appeal to youngsters who are able to read on a grade 3 level. Mimi receives a surprise gift from her grandfather. The gift, a rocking chair, has a defect. Mimi believes the "defect" actually gives the rocking chair a magic power. In fact, the magic she discovers has to do with her initial concern for the feelings of others. Her concern & love enables her to have some rather remarkable adventures with many familiar characters that take on human characteristics. A doll, her dog, a frog, an insect, a grumpy cat, & even some of the vegetation, all have something to offer in the way of advice. Their own imperfections help them to seem "real" & at times, quite humorous. Things begin to happen, some remarkable, & some frightening. THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR is a story well-suited for the younger child. Mimi & her friends all get help whenever they need it & at just the right moment! THE MAGIC ROCKING CHAIR ends happily. Mimi is not the only one rewarded.
Nilsson
Author: Alyn Shipton
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199330697
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter. With interviews from friends, family, and associates, and material drawn from an unfinished autobiography, Shipton probes beneath the enigma to discover the real Harry Nilsson. A major celebrity at a time when huge concerts and festivals were becoming the norm, Nilsson shunned live performance. His venue was the studio, his stage the dubbing booth, his greatest triumphs masterful examples of studio craft. He was a gifted composer of songs for a wide variety of performers, including the Ronettes, the Yardbirds, and the Monkees, yet Nilsson's own biggest hits were almost all written by other songwriters. He won two Grammy awards, in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'" (the theme song for Midnight Cowboy), and in 1972 for "Without You," had two top ten singles, numerous album successes, and wrote a number of songs--"Coconut" and "Jump into the Fire," to name just two--that still sound remarkably fresh and original today. He was once described by his producer Richard Perry as "the finest white male singer on the planet," but near the end of his life, Nilsson's career was marked by voice-damaging substance abuse and the infamous deaths of both Keith Moon and Mama Cass in his London flat. Drawing on exclusive access to Nilsson's papers, Alyn Shipton's biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous and unknowable--until now.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199330697
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Paul McCartney and John Lennon described him as the Beatles' "favorite group," he won Grammy awards, wrote and recorded hit songs, and yet no figure in popular music is as much of a paradox, or as underrated, as Harry Nilsson. In this first ever full-length biography, Alyn Shipton traces Nilsson's life from his Brooklyn childhood to his Los Angeles adolescence and his gradual emergence as a uniquely talented singer-songwriter. With interviews from friends, family, and associates, and material drawn from an unfinished autobiography, Shipton probes beneath the enigma to discover the real Harry Nilsson. A major celebrity at a time when huge concerts and festivals were becoming the norm, Nilsson shunned live performance. His venue was the studio, his stage the dubbing booth, his greatest triumphs masterful examples of studio craft. He was a gifted composer of songs for a wide variety of performers, including the Ronettes, the Yardbirds, and the Monkees, yet Nilsson's own biggest hits were almost all written by other songwriters. He won two Grammy awards, in 1969 for "Everybody's Talkin'" (the theme song for Midnight Cowboy), and in 1972 for "Without You," had two top ten singles, numerous album successes, and wrote a number of songs--"Coconut" and "Jump into the Fire," to name just two--that still sound remarkably fresh and original today. He was once described by his producer Richard Perry as "the finest white male singer on the planet," but near the end of his life, Nilsson's career was marked by voice-damaging substance abuse and the infamous deaths of both Keith Moon and Mama Cass in his London flat. Drawing on exclusive access to Nilsson's papers, Alyn Shipton's biography offers readers an intimate portrait of a man who has seemed both famous and unknowable--until now.
All the Stars in the Sky
Author: Hubert E. Devine
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039199321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
It is 1950 in the seaport town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Celeste Alexander, the daughter of a poor lobster poacher, dreams of something more than the life she leads cleaning the houses of her wealthy neighbours. When opportunity comes knocking, she leaps at the chance to take a waitressing job in the nearby town of Kentville, forever changing the arc of her life. Soon after arriving in Kentville to work at Sadie’s Restaurant, she meets William Lockhart. An aspiring architect and admirer of Shakespeare, William sweeps her off her feet, and their romance blooms with first-love quickness and intensity. Though they have only been seeing each other for a few months, the lovers envision a future together. But Celeste’s bright dreams of a happy life with William are cast under an ominous cloud when he joins the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, a regiment of the Canadian army, hoping that a short stint in the military will help him further his career in the future. Celeste’s worst fears are realized when William is sent off to fight in the Korean War, and she learns that she is pregnant with his child. Set against the backdrop of small-town Canada and the Korean War, this sweeping family saga gives voice with compelling sensitivity and grace to the cascading effects of loss and hardship across generations—and how hope, love, and the enduring power of family bonds can lift people up in the lowest moments of their lives.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039199321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
It is 1950 in the seaport town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Celeste Alexander, the daughter of a poor lobster poacher, dreams of something more than the life she leads cleaning the houses of her wealthy neighbours. When opportunity comes knocking, she leaps at the chance to take a waitressing job in the nearby town of Kentville, forever changing the arc of her life. Soon after arriving in Kentville to work at Sadie’s Restaurant, she meets William Lockhart. An aspiring architect and admirer of Shakespeare, William sweeps her off her feet, and their romance blooms with first-love quickness and intensity. Though they have only been seeing each other for a few months, the lovers envision a future together. But Celeste’s bright dreams of a happy life with William are cast under an ominous cloud when he joins the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, a regiment of the Canadian army, hoping that a short stint in the military will help him further his career in the future. Celeste’s worst fears are realized when William is sent off to fight in the Korean War, and she learns that she is pregnant with his child. Set against the backdrop of small-town Canada and the Korean War, this sweeping family saga gives voice with compelling sensitivity and grace to the cascading effects of loss and hardship across generations—and how hope, love, and the enduring power of family bonds can lift people up in the lowest moments of their lives.
The American Catalogue
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
Author:
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257095145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1257095145
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description