Author: Tara McAdams
Publisher: Spruce
ISBN: 9781840726732
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a unique graphic and textual exploration of the musician and icon that was Elvis Presley. From his birth in a two room shack in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to his tragic early death at his Graceland home, the meteoric rise and fall of the King of Rock'n'Roll will be traced though a stunning collection of photographs, many rarely seen posters, memorabilia, headlines, and quotations from friends, fans and philosophizes of Elvis. With additional material including exclusive interviews with those who worked with and knew Elvis, "The Elvis Handbook brings a new light to bear on the extraordinary life of a true twentieth-century icon.
Elvis Handbook
Author: Tara McAdams
Publisher: Spruce
ISBN: 9781840726732
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a unique graphic and textual exploration of the musician and icon that was Elvis Presley. From his birth in a two room shack in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to his tragic early death at his Graceland home, the meteoric rise and fall of the King of Rock'n'Roll will be traced though a stunning collection of photographs, many rarely seen posters, memorabilia, headlines, and quotations from friends, fans and philosophizes of Elvis. With additional material including exclusive interviews with those who worked with and knew Elvis, "The Elvis Handbook brings a new light to bear on the extraordinary life of a true twentieth-century icon.
Publisher: Spruce
ISBN: 9781840726732
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a unique graphic and textual exploration of the musician and icon that was Elvis Presley. From his birth in a two room shack in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to his tragic early death at his Graceland home, the meteoric rise and fall of the King of Rock'n'Roll will be traced though a stunning collection of photographs, many rarely seen posters, memorabilia, headlines, and quotations from friends, fans and philosophizes of Elvis. With additional material including exclusive interviews with those who worked with and knew Elvis, "The Elvis Handbook brings a new light to bear on the extraordinary life of a true twentieth-century icon.
The Girls' Guide to Elvis
Author: Kim Adelman
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 076791189X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Can’t get enough of the King? A lively romp through all things Presley, this sassy guide covers what you really want to know about the man who continues to leave generations of females “All Shook Up.” “It’s just like being in junior high again. This book offers the scoop on Elvis’s way with women–the wives, the girlfriends, the screaming fans–and leaves plenty of room for ever important hair and wardrobe discussions...[and] films and concert highlights too.”–Time The first book explicitly fashioned for Elvis Presley’s largest fan base, The Girls’ Guide to Elvis offers a fabulously fun look at the man who begged us to love him tender. This kitschy, dishy, gossip-filled guidebook is packed with never-before-seen photographs and tasty tidbits about the King of Rock and Roll and his insatiable appetite for females, finery, and good old down-home food. Discover Elvis’s bedroom do’s and don’ts. Dig into details about his relationships with Priscilla, Ann-Margret, and Nancy Sinatra. Peek at snapshots of Presley on dates with local girls we never even knew about. Delve into his infamous shopping sprees and analyze his predilection for jewel-encrusted jumpsuits. Get the skinny on how Elvis felt about his weight–and even learn to cook low-fat versions of his favorite foods. Plus much, much more. For Elvis fans of all ages--from those who screamed at Elvis the Pelvis in concert to those who know the immortal icon from CDs and DVDs--The Girls’ Guide to Elvis is a must-have keepsake.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 076791189X
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Can’t get enough of the King? A lively romp through all things Presley, this sassy guide covers what you really want to know about the man who continues to leave generations of females “All Shook Up.” “It’s just like being in junior high again. This book offers the scoop on Elvis’s way with women–the wives, the girlfriends, the screaming fans–and leaves plenty of room for ever important hair and wardrobe discussions...[and] films and concert highlights too.”–Time The first book explicitly fashioned for Elvis Presley’s largest fan base, The Girls’ Guide to Elvis offers a fabulously fun look at the man who begged us to love him tender. This kitschy, dishy, gossip-filled guidebook is packed with never-before-seen photographs and tasty tidbits about the King of Rock and Roll and his insatiable appetite for females, finery, and good old down-home food. Discover Elvis’s bedroom do’s and don’ts. Dig into details about his relationships with Priscilla, Ann-Margret, and Nancy Sinatra. Peek at snapshots of Presley on dates with local girls we never even knew about. Delve into his infamous shopping sprees and analyze his predilection for jewel-encrusted jumpsuits. Get the skinny on how Elvis felt about his weight–and even learn to cook low-fat versions of his favorite foods. Plus much, much more. For Elvis fans of all ages--from those who screamed at Elvis the Pelvis in concert to those who know the immortal icon from CDs and DVDs--The Girls’ Guide to Elvis is a must-have keepsake.
The Popular Music Teaching Handbook
Author: B. Lee Cooper
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume. Increasingly, public school teachers and college-level faculty members are introducing and utilizing music-related educational approaches in their classrooms. This book lists reports dealing with popular music resources as classroom teaching materials, and will stimulate further thought among students and teachers. It focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles). Building on two recent publications: Teaching with Popular Music Resources: A Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Instructional Approaches, Popular Music and Society, XXII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), and American Culture Interpreted through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2000), this volume focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship that is available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume. Increasingly, public school teachers and college-level faculty members are introducing and utilizing music-related educational approaches in their classrooms. This book lists reports dealing with popular music resources as classroom teaching materials, and will stimulate further thought among students and teachers. It focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles). Building on two recent publications: Teaching with Popular Music Resources: A Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Instructional Approaches, Popular Music and Society, XXII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), and American Culture Interpreted through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2000), this volume focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship that is available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles).
Elvis and You
Author: Laura Victoria Levin
Publisher: Perigee Trade
ISBN: 9780399525650
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Whether you're a sheltered novice or a slavishly devoted know-it-all, 'Elvis and You' is more than a book -t's the ultimate guide to Elvisizing your life. The ultimate book for the ultimate fan. Read. Enjoy. Let it all sink in and, above all, remain calm. Includes never before published photographs.
Publisher: Perigee Trade
ISBN: 9780399525650
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Whether you're a sheltered novice or a slavishly devoted know-it-all, 'Elvis and You' is more than a book -t's the ultimate guide to Elvisizing your life. The ultimate book for the ultimate fan. Read. Enjoy. Let it all sink in and, above all, remain calm. Includes never before published photographs.
The Personal Success Handbook--Unabridged
Author: Tony Iozzi
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595128521
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Would you like to achieve personal success in all that you do – to be healthy, wealthy and happy? Would you like your life to be filled with achievement, balance and harmony? In this revised edition of the best-selling Personal Success Handbook, Tony Iozzi shows you how to achieve the success you deserve – to design your own future. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged shows, in a step-by-step way, how you can enrich your life and enjoy the process. In a highly successful career spanning some 30 years, Tony Iozzi has been a successful business person, international business consultant, sales manager, trainer, international speaker, motivator and author. His wide travels and breadth of experience in a number of industries bring to Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged a down-to-earth style and a wisdom that can be applied by nearly everyone. More than imparting knowledge and success skills, Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged is a blueprint for achieving and living a successful life. Personal success is a say of life. This acclaimed book will lead you through the major strategies of highly successful people...people who have achieved holistic success. It shares their thoughts, philosophies and practices, and then shows you how you can do it too. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged will show you how to: develop your success in human relations win co-operation from others overcome attitude barriers increase your motivation deal with your ‘moments of truth’ develop your instinct to win-win manage your time effectively manage your money and make it grow tap into your spiritual dimension design you Life Blueprint for success. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged will help you achieve your success goals because, given skill, time and effort, you can succeed anywhere. Opening the right door is easy when you have the key, and the key to your better future is in your hands right now. Why not make it yours? A must for leaders, managers, supervisors and anyone in charge, and those wanting to get there.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595128521
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Would you like to achieve personal success in all that you do – to be healthy, wealthy and happy? Would you like your life to be filled with achievement, balance and harmony? In this revised edition of the best-selling Personal Success Handbook, Tony Iozzi shows you how to achieve the success you deserve – to design your own future. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged shows, in a step-by-step way, how you can enrich your life and enjoy the process. In a highly successful career spanning some 30 years, Tony Iozzi has been a successful business person, international business consultant, sales manager, trainer, international speaker, motivator and author. His wide travels and breadth of experience in a number of industries bring to Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged a down-to-earth style and a wisdom that can be applied by nearly everyone. More than imparting knowledge and success skills, Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged is a blueprint for achieving and living a successful life. Personal success is a say of life. This acclaimed book will lead you through the major strategies of highly successful people...people who have achieved holistic success. It shares their thoughts, philosophies and practices, and then shows you how you can do it too. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged will show you how to: develop your success in human relations win co-operation from others overcome attitude barriers increase your motivation deal with your ‘moments of truth’ develop your instinct to win-win manage your time effectively manage your money and make it grow tap into your spiritual dimension design you Life Blueprint for success. Personal Success Handbook – Unabridged will help you achieve your success goals because, given skill, time and effort, you can succeed anywhere. Opening the right door is easy when you have the key, and the key to your better future is in your hands right now. Why not make it yours? A must for leaders, managers, supervisors and anyone in charge, and those wanting to get there.
Handbook of the American Short Story
Author: Erik Redling
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110585324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110585324
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The American short story has always been characterized by exciting aesthetic innovations and an immense range of topics. This handbook offers students and researchers a comprehensive introduction to the multifaceted genre with a special focus on recent developments due to the rise of new media. Part I provides systematic overviews of significant contexts ranging from historical-political backgrounds, short story theories developed by writers, print and digital culture, to current theoretical approaches and canon formation. Part II consists of 35 paired readings of representative short stories by eminent authors, charting major steps in the evolution of the American short story from its beginnings as an art form in the early nineteenth century up to the digital age. The handbook examines historically, methodologically, and theoretically the coming together of the enduring narrative practice of compression and concision in American literature. It offers fresh and original readings relevant to studying the American short story and shows how the genre performs American culture.
The Official Price Guide to Elvis Presley Records and Memorabilia
Author: Jerry Osborne
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 9780676601411
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wise men say this incomparable sourcebook offers a total guide, featuring prices on CDs and records, bubble-gum cards, lunch boxes, key chains, movie posters, jewelry, and an entire repertoire of other collectibles and memorabilia. 8-page color photo insert.
Publisher: House of Collectibles
ISBN: 9780676601411
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Wise men say this incomparable sourcebook offers a total guide, featuring prices on CDs and records, bubble-gum cards, lunch boxes, key chains, movie posters, jewelry, and an entire repertoire of other collectibles and memorabilia. 8-page color photo insert.
The King and Dr. Nick
Author: George Nichopoulos
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418583936
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The truth about Elvis’s death from the doctor who spent eleven years as “the King’s” personal physician, father-figure, and confidant - "Dr. Nick." Dr. Nichopoulos spent a decade with Elvis on the road and at Graceland, trying to maintain the precarious health of one of the world’s greatest entertainers. But on August 16, 1977, he found himself in the ambulance with Elvis on that fateful last trip to the ER. He signed the death certificate. From that day forward, Dr. Nick became the focus of a media witch hunt that threatened his life and all but destroyed his professional reputation. Now, for the first time, Dr. Nick reveals the true story behind Elvis’s drug use and final days—not the version formed by years of tabloid journalism and gross speculation. Put aside what you’ve learned about Elvis’s final days and get ready to understand for the first time the inner workings of “the king of rock n’ roll.”
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN: 1418583936
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The truth about Elvis’s death from the doctor who spent eleven years as “the King’s” personal physician, father-figure, and confidant - "Dr. Nick." Dr. Nichopoulos spent a decade with Elvis on the road and at Graceland, trying to maintain the precarious health of one of the world’s greatest entertainers. But on August 16, 1977, he found himself in the ambulance with Elvis on that fateful last trip to the ER. He signed the death certificate. From that day forward, Dr. Nick became the focus of a media witch hunt that threatened his life and all but destroyed his professional reputation. Now, for the first time, Dr. Nick reveals the true story behind Elvis’s drug use and final days—not the version formed by years of tabloid journalism and gross speculation. Put aside what you’ve learned about Elvis’s final days and get ready to understand for the first time the inner workings of “the king of rock n’ roll.”
The Soul Searcher's Handbook
Author: Emma Mildon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582705240
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From aromatherapy and numerology to healing crystals and meditation, this fun and sassy guide to everything body-mind-spirit defines New Age practices for a new generation. What type of crystal should I put in my car for a road trip? Should I Feng Shui my smart phone screen? In this illuminating introduction for the modern-day soul searcher, Emma Mildon shines light on everything your mom didn't teach you about neo-New Age practices. With something for every type of spiritual seeker, The Soul Searcher's Handbook offers easy tips, tricks, and how-tos for incorporating everything from dreamology and astrology to mysticism and alternative healing into your everyday life. This handbook is your #1 go-to guide--handy, accessible, entertaining, and packed with all the wisdom you need in one place. Your destiny, gifted to you at birth, is waiting. So plug into the universe, dig your toes into the soil of Mother Earth, and open your soul to your full potential. Regardless of what you're seeking, The Soul Searcher's Handbook is your awakening to a more fulfilling and soulful life.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582705240
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
From aromatherapy and numerology to healing crystals and meditation, this fun and sassy guide to everything body-mind-spirit defines New Age practices for a new generation. What type of crystal should I put in my car for a road trip? Should I Feng Shui my smart phone screen? In this illuminating introduction for the modern-day soul searcher, Emma Mildon shines light on everything your mom didn't teach you about neo-New Age practices. With something for every type of spiritual seeker, The Soul Searcher's Handbook offers easy tips, tricks, and how-tos for incorporating everything from dreamology and astrology to mysticism and alternative healing into your everyday life. This handbook is your #1 go-to guide--handy, accessible, entertaining, and packed with all the wisdom you need in one place. Your destiny, gifted to you at birth, is waiting. So plug into the universe, dig your toes into the soil of Mother Earth, and open your soul to your full potential. Regardless of what you're seeking, The Soul Searcher's Handbook is your awakening to a more fulfilling and soulful life.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research
Author: Allan Moore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501330462
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research is the first comprehensive academic survey of the field of rock music as it stands today. More than 50 years into its life and we still ask - what is rock music, why is it studied, and how does it work, both as music and as cultural activity? This volume draws together 37 of the leading academics working on rock to provide answers to these questions and many more. The text is divided into four major sections: practice of rock (analysis, performance, and recording); theories; business of rock; and social and culture issues. Each chapter combines two approaches, providing a summary of current knowledge of the area concerned as well as the consequences of that research and suggesting profitable subsequent directions to take. This text investigates and presents the field at a level of depth worthy of something which has had such a pervasive influence on the lives of millions.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501330462
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Rock Music Research is the first comprehensive academic survey of the field of rock music as it stands today. More than 50 years into its life and we still ask - what is rock music, why is it studied, and how does it work, both as music and as cultural activity? This volume draws together 37 of the leading academics working on rock to provide answers to these questions and many more. The text is divided into four major sections: practice of rock (analysis, performance, and recording); theories; business of rock; and social and culture issues. Each chapter combines two approaches, providing a summary of current knowledge of the area concerned as well as the consequences of that research and suggesting profitable subsequent directions to take. This text investigates and presents the field at a level of depth worthy of something which has had such a pervasive influence on the lives of millions.