Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
4 Live關鍵時事新聞 9 焦點話題 10 大師名作選 Noah's Ark 諾亞方舟 14 焦點人物 Taylor Swift's Era: Shaping Culture on and off the Stage 泰勒絲:引領文化風潮 18 生活科學素養 Why Are Car Tires Black? 汽車輪胎為什麼是黑色的? 20 旅遊好去處 My Tasty Bruges Adventure 我的美味布魯日之旅 24 生活情境對話 Stationery for High School 提升學習效率的文具 27 閱讀素養專欄 The Tasty World of Japanese Food 日本料理的美味世界 30 發現臺灣 The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan: A Warning from the Past 921地震教育園區:以史為鑒 32 食物趣聞 I'm Not Eating That: Four Foods with Very Strange Names 四種名字很奇怪的食物 36 翻譯練習 Translation Practice 翻譯練習 40 環保愛地球 Beyond Style: Amazing Uses for Hair 不只是風格:頭髮的驚人用途 44 英語聽力測驗1 45 主題式會話 Learning About Life on Campus 熟悉校園生活 48 克漏字 The Secrets of Whale Song 鯨魚唱歌的祕密 50 寫作素養專欄 Learning to Write: Adjectives 英文寫作課:形容詞 53 英語聽力測驗2 54 追本溯源 Nailed It: A History of Manicures 美甲的歷史 58 全民英檢中級模擬閱讀試題 60 電影快報 62 看預告片學英文 63 唱歌學英語 64 中文翻譯與解答 70 全民英檢中級模擬試題解答 77 單字卡
Live互動英語 2024 年 9 月號 No.281【有聲版】
Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
4 Live關鍵時事新聞 9 焦點話題 10 大師名作選 Noah's Ark 諾亞方舟 14 焦點人物 Taylor Swift's Era: Shaping Culture on and off the Stage 泰勒絲:引領文化風潮 18 生活科學素養 Why Are Car Tires Black? 汽車輪胎為什麼是黑色的? 20 旅遊好去處 My Tasty Bruges Adventure 我的美味布魯日之旅 24 生活情境對話 Stationery for High School 提升學習效率的文具 27 閱讀素養專欄 The Tasty World of Japanese Food 日本料理的美味世界 30 發現臺灣 The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan: A Warning from the Past 921地震教育園區:以史為鑒 32 食物趣聞 I'm Not Eating That: Four Foods with Very Strange Names 四種名字很奇怪的食物 36 翻譯練習 Translation Practice 翻譯練習 40 環保愛地球 Beyond Style: Amazing Uses for Hair 不只是風格:頭髮的驚人用途 44 英語聽力測驗1 45 主題式會話 Learning About Life on Campus 熟悉校園生活 48 克漏字 The Secrets of Whale Song 鯨魚唱歌的祕密 50 寫作素養專欄 Learning to Write: Adjectives 英文寫作課:形容詞 53 英語聽力測驗2 54 追本溯源 Nailed It: A History of Manicures 美甲的歷史 58 全民英檢中級模擬閱讀試題 60 電影快報 62 看預告片學英文 63 唱歌學英語 64 中文翻譯與解答 70 全民英檢中級模擬試題解答 77 單字卡
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
4 Live關鍵時事新聞 9 焦點話題 10 大師名作選 Noah's Ark 諾亞方舟 14 焦點人物 Taylor Swift's Era: Shaping Culture on and off the Stage 泰勒絲:引領文化風潮 18 生活科學素養 Why Are Car Tires Black? 汽車輪胎為什麼是黑色的? 20 旅遊好去處 My Tasty Bruges Adventure 我的美味布魯日之旅 24 生活情境對話 Stationery for High School 提升學習效率的文具 27 閱讀素養專欄 The Tasty World of Japanese Food 日本料理的美味世界 30 發現臺灣 The 921 Earthquake Museum of Taiwan: A Warning from the Past 921地震教育園區:以史為鑒 32 食物趣聞 I'm Not Eating That: Four Foods with Very Strange Names 四種名字很奇怪的食物 36 翻譯練習 Translation Practice 翻譯練習 40 環保愛地球 Beyond Style: Amazing Uses for Hair 不只是風格:頭髮的驚人用途 44 英語聽力測驗1 45 主題式會話 Learning About Life on Campus 熟悉校園生活 48 克漏字 The Secrets of Whale Song 鯨魚唱歌的祕密 50 寫作素養專欄 Learning to Write: Adjectives 英文寫作課:形容詞 53 英語聽力測驗2 54 追本溯源 Nailed It: A History of Manicures 美甲的歷史 58 全民英檢中級模擬閱讀試題 60 電影快報 62 看預告片學英文 63 唱歌學英語 64 中文翻譯與解答 70 全民英檢中級模擬試題解答 77 單字卡
CNN 互動英語 2024 年 2 月號 No.281 【有聲版】
Author: LiveABC編輯群
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
編輯精選2023十大新聞 商業 From Smartphones to Smart Cars 鴻海與輝達聯手打造AI事業版圖 Foxconn Steps Out of Its Comfort Zone as It Enters the EV Market 鴻海在年度科技大會上與輝達執行長黃仁勳共同宣布將合作打造AI工廠,並積極搶佔電動車市場。 人物 Henry Kissinger 縱橫政壇的傳奇外交家——美國前國務卿季辛吉 Former US Secretary of State Leaves Behind a Legacy of Success and Controversy 美國前國務卿季辛吉辭世,享嵩壽100歲。他被認為是20世紀最為人所知的外交家之一,改變了全球的地緣政治格局。 商業 The Drama at OpenAI OpenAI人事鉅變 AI產業前景引發關注 The Company behind ChatGPT Experiences a Tumultuous Week 催生ChatGPT的OpenAI執行長阿特曼突遭董事會開除,雖數日內迅速回鍋,但其內部對AI發展的理念歧異已浮上檯面。 科技 Flying to Work 交通運輸新紀元 空中通勤不是夢 Futuristic Vehicles Elevate the Next Era of Transportation 一款可在普通道路上行駛,也可在空中飛行的電動車已獲美國合法飛行許可。另一家公司則致力於研發飛行巴士,讓我們離空中通勤的未來愈來愈近! 社會 Threats from the Air 無人機干擾事件頻傳 飛安議題再起 Civilian Drones Are Causing Havoc at Airports and Major Events 許多攝影愛好者會利用無人機空拍精彩活動或球賽,但愈來愈多的干擾事件顯示,不當操作無人機恐威脅飛安,需嚴加管理。 文化 A Lesson on Afternoon Tea 正統英國下午茶禮儀知多少 Tips on a Quintessential English Tradition from an Etiquette Expert CNN記者奎斯特回到家鄉英國上了一堂下午茶禮儀課,卻發現規矩多到讓他懷疑人生。一起學習道地英式下午茶的眉眉角角。 生態 Creatures of the Night 香港大都會深處的叢林「夜生活」 Nocturnal Wildlife Comes Alive Next to the Metropolis of Hong Kong 香港有40%的土地屬於公園綠地,裡面孕育著許多珍貴的野生動植物。跟著一位攝影師的腳步,探索香港豐富的夜間生態。 科技 Meet Ameca 令人嘆為觀止的擬真人形機器人 Lifelike Robots Use AI to Engage with People and Learn about the World 人形機器人艾美卡頭部內建攝影機、麥克風和多個致動器,再加上應用ChatGPT技術,能與人對答如流,並做出自然豐富的表情。 環境 Stormproof Architecture 打造對抗極端氣候的新世代建築 How New Building Designs Will Protect against Extreme Weather Events 去年年初嘉布瑞爾氣旋重創紐西蘭,促使該國的工程師和建築師開始思索如何打造可因應氣候變遷衝擊的永續建築。 旅遊 Soak and Relax 在日本溫泉鄉享受療癒身心的千年古湯 Soothe Your Body and Mind in a Japanese Hot Spring 日本島根縣的玉造溫泉擁有一千年以上的歷史,泉水當中富含多種礦物質,泡在裡面不僅療癒心靈,更讓人皮膚柔嫩有光澤。 焦點話題 CNN 全球瞭望 First Transatlantic Flight Using Only Sustainable Fuel Makes History 永續燃料客機完成跨大西洋首航 All Workers Trapped in a Collapsed Tunnel in India Rescued 印度坍塌隧道內 41 名工人全數獲救 Taylor Swift Tops Global Streaming Charts in 2023 泰勒絲登上年度全球串流排行榜榜首 全方位理解CNN COP28 World Climate Summit Stokes Controversy among Participants COP28 氣候大會在產油大國阿聯酋舉行 新聞片語通 CNN主編教你唸 甜點名稱 單字聯想地圖 喝下午茶
Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
編輯精選2023十大新聞 商業 From Smartphones to Smart Cars 鴻海與輝達聯手打造AI事業版圖 Foxconn Steps Out of Its Comfort Zone as It Enters the EV Market 鴻海在年度科技大會上與輝達執行長黃仁勳共同宣布將合作打造AI工廠,並積極搶佔電動車市場。 人物 Henry Kissinger 縱橫政壇的傳奇外交家——美國前國務卿季辛吉 Former US Secretary of State Leaves Behind a Legacy of Success and Controversy 美國前國務卿季辛吉辭世,享嵩壽100歲。他被認為是20世紀最為人所知的外交家之一,改變了全球的地緣政治格局。 商業 The Drama at OpenAI OpenAI人事鉅變 AI產業前景引發關注 The Company behind ChatGPT Experiences a Tumultuous Week 催生ChatGPT的OpenAI執行長阿特曼突遭董事會開除,雖數日內迅速回鍋,但其內部對AI發展的理念歧異已浮上檯面。 科技 Flying to Work 交通運輸新紀元 空中通勤不是夢 Futuristic Vehicles Elevate the Next Era of Transportation 一款可在普通道路上行駛,也可在空中飛行的電動車已獲美國合法飛行許可。另一家公司則致力於研發飛行巴士,讓我們離空中通勤的未來愈來愈近! 社會 Threats from the Air 無人機干擾事件頻傳 飛安議題再起 Civilian Drones Are Causing Havoc at Airports and Major Events 許多攝影愛好者會利用無人機空拍精彩活動或球賽,但愈來愈多的干擾事件顯示,不當操作無人機恐威脅飛安,需嚴加管理。 文化 A Lesson on Afternoon Tea 正統英國下午茶禮儀知多少 Tips on a Quintessential English Tradition from an Etiquette Expert CNN記者奎斯特回到家鄉英國上了一堂下午茶禮儀課,卻發現規矩多到讓他懷疑人生。一起學習道地英式下午茶的眉眉角角。 生態 Creatures of the Night 香港大都會深處的叢林「夜生活」 Nocturnal Wildlife Comes Alive Next to the Metropolis of Hong Kong 香港有40%的土地屬於公園綠地,裡面孕育著許多珍貴的野生動植物。跟著一位攝影師的腳步,探索香港豐富的夜間生態。 科技 Meet Ameca 令人嘆為觀止的擬真人形機器人 Lifelike Robots Use AI to Engage with People and Learn about the World 人形機器人艾美卡頭部內建攝影機、麥克風和多個致動器,再加上應用ChatGPT技術,能與人對答如流,並做出自然豐富的表情。 環境 Stormproof Architecture 打造對抗極端氣候的新世代建築 How New Building Designs Will Protect against Extreme Weather Events 去年年初嘉布瑞爾氣旋重創紐西蘭,促使該國的工程師和建築師開始思索如何打造可因應氣候變遷衝擊的永續建築。 旅遊 Soak and Relax 在日本溫泉鄉享受療癒身心的千年古湯 Soothe Your Body and Mind in a Japanese Hot Spring 日本島根縣的玉造溫泉擁有一千年以上的歷史,泉水當中富含多種礦物質,泡在裡面不僅療癒心靈,更讓人皮膚柔嫩有光澤。 焦點話題 CNN 全球瞭望 First Transatlantic Flight Using Only Sustainable Fuel Makes History 永續燃料客機完成跨大西洋首航 All Workers Trapped in a Collapsed Tunnel in India Rescued 印度坍塌隧道內 41 名工人全數獲救 Taylor Swift Tops Global Streaming Charts in 2023 泰勒絲登上年度全球串流排行榜榜首 全方位理解CNN COP28 World Climate Summit Stokes Controversy among Participants COP28 氣候大會在產油大國阿聯酋舉行 新聞片語通 CNN主編教你唸 甜點名稱 單字聯想地圖 喝下午茶
Records of the Descendants of Nathaniel Ely
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
The Year That Broke America
Author: Andrew Rice
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062979841
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
“In his beautifully crafted and rigorously reported volume, Andrew Rice takes readers back to Florida in 2000, laying out a cultural and political history of a moment at which America’s political system was turned inside out, its power structures upended. The Year That Broke America is vivid and wide-ranging; it also happens to be a page turner.”—Rebecca Traister, bestselling author of Good and Mad “Engrossing, insightful, tragic and above all, irresistible.”— Ronald Brownstein Combining the compelling insight of Nixonland and the narrative verve of Ladies and Gentleman: The Bronx is Burning, a journalist’s definitive cultural and political history of the fatefully important moment when American politics and culture turned: the year 2000. Before there was Coronavirus, before there was the contentious 2020 election or the entire Trump presidency, there was a turning-point year that proved momentous and transformative for American politics and the fate of the nation. That year was 2000, the last year of America’s unchallenged geopolitical dominance, the year Mark Burnett created Survivor and a new form of celebrity, the year a little Cuban immigrant became the focus of a media circus, the year Donald Trump flirted with running for President (and failed miserably), the year a group of Al Qaeda operatives traveled to America to learn to fly planes. They all converged in Florida, where that fall, the most important presidential election in generations was decided by the slimmest margin imaginable. But the year 2000 was also the moment when the authority of the political system was undermined by technical malfunctions; when the legal system was compromised by the justices of the Supreme Court; when the financial system was devalued by deregulation, speculation, creative securitization, and scam artistry; when the mainstream news media was destabilized by the propaganda power of Fox News and the supercharged speed of the internet; when the power of tastemakers, gatekeepers, and cultural elites was diminished by a dawning recognition of its irrelevance. Expertly synthesizing many hours of interviews, court records, FOIA requests, and original archival research, Andrew Rice marshals an impressive cast of dupes, schmucks, superstars, politicians, and shameless scoundrels in telling the fascinating story of this portentous year that marked a cultural watershed. Back at the start of the new millennium it was easy to laugh and roll our eyes about the crazy events in Florida in the year 2000—but what happened then and there has determined where we are and who we’ve become.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062979841
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
“In his beautifully crafted and rigorously reported volume, Andrew Rice takes readers back to Florida in 2000, laying out a cultural and political history of a moment at which America’s political system was turned inside out, its power structures upended. The Year That Broke America is vivid and wide-ranging; it also happens to be a page turner.”—Rebecca Traister, bestselling author of Good and Mad “Engrossing, insightful, tragic and above all, irresistible.”— Ronald Brownstein Combining the compelling insight of Nixonland and the narrative verve of Ladies and Gentleman: The Bronx is Burning, a journalist’s definitive cultural and political history of the fatefully important moment when American politics and culture turned: the year 2000. Before there was Coronavirus, before there was the contentious 2020 election or the entire Trump presidency, there was a turning-point year that proved momentous and transformative for American politics and the fate of the nation. That year was 2000, the last year of America’s unchallenged geopolitical dominance, the year Mark Burnett created Survivor and a new form of celebrity, the year a little Cuban immigrant became the focus of a media circus, the year Donald Trump flirted with running for President (and failed miserably), the year a group of Al Qaeda operatives traveled to America to learn to fly planes. They all converged in Florida, where that fall, the most important presidential election in generations was decided by the slimmest margin imaginable. But the year 2000 was also the moment when the authority of the political system was undermined by technical malfunctions; when the legal system was compromised by the justices of the Supreme Court; when the financial system was devalued by deregulation, speculation, creative securitization, and scam artistry; when the mainstream news media was destabilized by the propaganda power of Fox News and the supercharged speed of the internet; when the power of tastemakers, gatekeepers, and cultural elites was diminished by a dawning recognition of its irrelevance. Expertly synthesizing many hours of interviews, court records, FOIA requests, and original archival research, Andrew Rice marshals an impressive cast of dupes, schmucks, superstars, politicians, and shameless scoundrels in telling the fascinating story of this portentous year that marked a cultural watershed. Back at the start of the new millennium it was easy to laugh and roll our eyes about the crazy events in Florida in the year 2000—but what happened then and there has determined where we are and who we’ve become.
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial
Author: Deborah Cohen
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0525511210
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE • A prize-winning historian’s “effervescent” (The New Yorker) account of a close-knit band of wildly famous American reporters who, in the run-up to World War II, took on dictators and rewrote the rules of modern journalism “High-speed, four-lane storytelling . . . Cohen’s all-action narrative bursts with colour and incident.”—Financial Times NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE AND THE RALPH WALDO EMERSON AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE PROSE AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, NPR, BookPage, Booklist They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. As cub reporters in the 1920s, they roamed across a war-ravaged world, sometimes perched atop mules on wooden saddles, sometimes gliding through countries in the splendor of a first-class sleeper car. While empires collapsed and fledgling democracies faltered, they chased deposed empresses, international financiers, and Balkan gun-runners, and then knocked back doubles late into the night. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial is the extraordinary story of John Gunther, H. R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean, and Dorothy Thompson. In those tumultuous years, they landed exclusive interviews with Hitler and Mussolini, Nehru and Gandhi, and helped shape what Americans knew about the world. Alongside these backstage glimpses into the halls of power, they left another equally incredible set of records. Living in the heady afterglow of Freud, they subjected themselves to frank, critical scrutiny and argued about love, war, sex, death, and everything in between. Plunged into successive global crises, Gunther, Knickerbocker, Sheean, and Thompson could no longer separate themselves from the turmoil that surrounded them. To tell that story, they broke long-standing taboos. From their circle came not just the first modern account of illness in Gunther’s Death Be Not Proud—a memoir about his son’s death from cancer—but the first no-holds-barred chronicle of a marriage: Sheean’s Dorothy and Red, about Thompson’s fractious relationship with Sinclair Lewis. Told with the immediacy of a conversation overheard, this revelatory book captures how the global upheavals of the twentieth century felt up close.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0525511210
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
WINNER OF THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE • A prize-winning historian’s “effervescent” (The New Yorker) account of a close-knit band of wildly famous American reporters who, in the run-up to World War II, took on dictators and rewrote the rules of modern journalism “High-speed, four-lane storytelling . . . Cohen’s all-action narrative bursts with colour and incident.”—Financial Times NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • WINNER OF THE GOLDSMITH BOOK PRIZE AND THE RALPH WALDO EMERSON AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE PROSE AWARD ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, NPR, BookPage, Booklist They were an astonishing group: glamorous, gutsy, and irreverent to the bone. As cub reporters in the 1920s, they roamed across a war-ravaged world, sometimes perched atop mules on wooden saddles, sometimes gliding through countries in the splendor of a first-class sleeper car. While empires collapsed and fledgling democracies faltered, they chased deposed empresses, international financiers, and Balkan gun-runners, and then knocked back doubles late into the night. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial is the extraordinary story of John Gunther, H. R. Knickerbocker, Vincent Sheean, and Dorothy Thompson. In those tumultuous years, they landed exclusive interviews with Hitler and Mussolini, Nehru and Gandhi, and helped shape what Americans knew about the world. Alongside these backstage glimpses into the halls of power, they left another equally incredible set of records. Living in the heady afterglow of Freud, they subjected themselves to frank, critical scrutiny and argued about love, war, sex, death, and everything in between. Plunged into successive global crises, Gunther, Knickerbocker, Sheean, and Thompson could no longer separate themselves from the turmoil that surrounded them. To tell that story, they broke long-standing taboos. From their circle came not just the first modern account of illness in Gunther’s Death Be Not Proud—a memoir about his son’s death from cancer—but the first no-holds-barred chronicle of a marriage: Sheean’s Dorothy and Red, about Thompson’s fractious relationship with Sinclair Lewis. Told with the immediacy of a conversation overheard, this revelatory book captures how the global upheavals of the twentieth century felt up close.
Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 2120
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 2120
Book Description
Sunday Suns
Author: Tad Carpenter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781916126183
Category : Art therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sunday Suns is the weekly project of American designer Tad Capenter, who has taken on the simple of task of designing, illustrating, scuplting, modelling, making, stitching or creating a sun every Sunday.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781916126183
Category : Art therapy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sunday Suns is the weekly project of American designer Tad Capenter, who has taken on the simple of task of designing, illustrating, scuplting, modelling, making, stitching or creating a sun every Sunday.
The Big Life of Little Richard
Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635767237
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
“This entertaining, fast-paced biography” of the legendary singer-songwriter “will thrill fans of Little Richard and early rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly). Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world as Little Richard, blazed the trail for generations of musicians: The Beatles, James Brown, the Everly Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince . . . the list seems endless. He was “The Originator,” “The Innovator,” and the self-anointed “King and Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In The Big Life of Little Richard, Mark Ribowsky shares the raucous story of his life from early childhood in Macon, Georgia, to his death in 2020. Ribowsky, acclaimed biographer of musical icons―including the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Redding―takes readers through venues, gigs, and studios, conveying the sweaty energy of music sessions limited to a few tracks on an Ampex tape machine and vocals sung along with a live band. He explores Little Richard’s musicianship; his family life; his uphill battle against racism; his interactions with famous contemporaries and the media; and his lifelong inner conflict between his religion and his sexuality. By 2020, eighty-seven-year-old Little Richard’s electrifying smile was still intact, as were his bona fides as rock’s royal architect: the ’50s defined his reign, and he extended elder statesmanship ever since. The Big Life of Little Richard not only explores a legendary stage persona, but also a complex life under the makeup and pomade
Publisher: Diversion Books
ISBN: 1635767237
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
“This entertaining, fast-paced biography” of the legendary singer-songwriter “will thrill fans of Little Richard and early rock and roll” (Publishers Weekly). Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world as Little Richard, blazed the trail for generations of musicians: The Beatles, James Brown, the Everly Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Prince . . . the list seems endless. He was “The Originator,” “The Innovator,” and the self-anointed “King and Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll.” In The Big Life of Little Richard, Mark Ribowsky shares the raucous story of his life from early childhood in Macon, Georgia, to his death in 2020. Ribowsky, acclaimed biographer of musical icons―including the Supremes, the Temptations, Stevie Wonder, and Otis Redding―takes readers through venues, gigs, and studios, conveying the sweaty energy of music sessions limited to a few tracks on an Ampex tape machine and vocals sung along with a live band. He explores Little Richard’s musicianship; his family life; his uphill battle against racism; his interactions with famous contemporaries and the media; and his lifelong inner conflict between his religion and his sexuality. By 2020, eighty-seven-year-old Little Richard’s electrifying smile was still intact, as were his bona fides as rock’s royal architect: the ’50s defined his reign, and he extended elder statesmanship ever since. The Big Life of Little Richard not only explores a legendary stage persona, but also a complex life under the makeup and pomade
No One Asked for this
Author: Cazzie David
Publisher: Dey Street Books
ISBN: 0358197023
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
From writer/director Cazzie David comes a series of comedic essays about anxiety, social media, generational malaise, and growing up in a famous family.
Publisher: Dey Street Books
ISBN: 0358197023
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
From writer/director Cazzie David comes a series of comedic essays about anxiety, social media, generational malaise, and growing up in a famous family.
I Used to Be Charming
Author: Eve Babitz
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373807
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Previously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage. With Eve’s Hollywood Eve Babitz lit up the scene in 1974. The books that followed, among them Slow Days, Fast Company and Sex and Rage, have seduced generations of readers with their unfailing wit and impossible glamour. What is less well known is that Babitz was a working journalist for the better part of three decades, writing for the likes of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Esquire, as well as for off-the-beaten-path periodicals like Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and Francis Ford Coppola’s short-lived City. Whether profiling Hollywood darlings, getting to the bottom of health crazes like yoga and acupuncture, remembering friends and lovers from her days hobnobbing with rock stars at the Troubadour and art stars at the Ferus Gallery, or writing about her beloved, misunderstood hometown, Los Angeles, Babitz approaches every assignment with an energy and verve that is all her own. I Used to Be Charming gathers nearly fifty pieces written between 1975 and 1997, including the full text of Babitz’s wry book-length investigation into the pioneering lifestyle brand Fiorucci. The title essay, published here for the first time, recounts the accident that came close to killing her in 1996; it reveals an uncharacteristically vulnerable yet never less than utterly charming Babitz.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373807
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Previously uncollected nonfiction pieces by Hollywood's ultimate It Girl about everything from fashion to tango to Jim Morrison and Nicholas Cage. With Eve’s Hollywood Eve Babitz lit up the scene in 1974. The books that followed, among them Slow Days, Fast Company and Sex and Rage, have seduced generations of readers with their unfailing wit and impossible glamour. What is less well known is that Babitz was a working journalist for the better part of three decades, writing for the likes of Rolling Stone, Vogue, and Esquire, as well as for off-the-beaten-path periodicals like Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and Francis Ford Coppola’s short-lived City. Whether profiling Hollywood darlings, getting to the bottom of health crazes like yoga and acupuncture, remembering friends and lovers from her days hobnobbing with rock stars at the Troubadour and art stars at the Ferus Gallery, or writing about her beloved, misunderstood hometown, Los Angeles, Babitz approaches every assignment with an energy and verve that is all her own. I Used to Be Charming gathers nearly fifty pieces written between 1975 and 1997, including the full text of Babitz’s wry book-length investigation into the pioneering lifestyle brand Fiorucci. The title essay, published here for the first time, recounts the accident that came close to killing her in 1996; it reveals an uncharacteristically vulnerable yet never less than utterly charming Babitz.