Author: Martin Popoff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908724595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Motor City Madhouse
Author: Martin Popoff
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908724595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908724595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Detroit City Is the Place to Be
Author: Mark Binelli
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250039231
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neo-pastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists--all have been drawn to Detroit's baroquely decaying, nothing-left-to-lose frontier. With an eye for both the darkly absurd and the radically new, Detroit-area native and Rolling Stone writer Mark Binelli has chronicled this convergence. Throughout the city's "museum of neglect"--its swaths of abandoned buildings, its miles of urban prairie--he tracks the signs of blight repurposed, from the school for pregnant teenagers to the killer ex-con turned street patroller, from the organic farming on empty lots to GM's wager on the Volt electric car and the mayor's realignment plan (the most ambitious on record) to move residents of half-empty neighborhoods into a viable, new urban center.Sharp and impassioned, Detroit City Is the Place to Be is alive with the sense of possibility that comes when a city hits rock bottom. Beyond the usual portrait of crime, poverty, and ruin, we glimpse a future Detroit that is smaller, less segregated, greener, economically diverse, and better functioning--what might just be the first post-industrial city of our new century"--
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250039231
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
"The fall and maybe rise of Detroit, America's most epic urban failure, from local native and Rolling Stone reporter Mark BinelliOnce America's capitalist dream town, Detroit is our country's greatest urban failure, having fallen the longest and the farthest. But the city's worst crisis yet (and that's saying something) has managed to do the unthinkable: turn the end of days into a laboratory for the future. Urban planners, land speculators, neo-pastoral agriculturalists, and utopian environmentalists--all have been drawn to Detroit's baroquely decaying, nothing-left-to-lose frontier. With an eye for both the darkly absurd and the radically new, Detroit-area native and Rolling Stone writer Mark Binelli has chronicled this convergence. Throughout the city's "museum of neglect"--its swaths of abandoned buildings, its miles of urban prairie--he tracks the signs of blight repurposed, from the school for pregnant teenagers to the killer ex-con turned street patroller, from the organic farming on empty lots to GM's wager on the Volt electric car and the mayor's realignment plan (the most ambitious on record) to move residents of half-empty neighborhoods into a viable, new urban center.Sharp and impassioned, Detroit City Is the Place to Be is alive with the sense of possibility that comes when a city hits rock bottom. Beyond the usual portrait of crime, poverty, and ruin, we glimpse a future Detroit that is smaller, less segregated, greener, economically diverse, and better functioning--what might just be the first post-industrial city of our new century"--
SPIN
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
From the concert stage to the dressing room, from the recording studio to the digital realm, SPIN surveys the modern musical landscape and the culture around it with authoritative reporting, provocative interviews, and a discerning critical ear. With dynamic photography, bold graphic design, and informed irreverence, the pages of SPIN pulsate with the energy of today's most innovative sounds. Whether covering what's new or what's next, SPIN is your monthly VIP pass to all that rocks.
Motor City Shakedown
Author: D. E. Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312644574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
.".. follow-up to The Detroit Electric Scheme ..."--Author's website.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312644574
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
.".. follow-up to The Detroit Electric Scheme ..."--Author's website.
Crosswords
Author: Nancy Cole Stuart
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402723933
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Do you know the answer to the clue “Luncheon of the Boating Party painter?” (Hint: it’s 6 letters.) Or the 7-letter solution to “Playing marble?” These compact crosswords cover a wide range of subjects from art to business, popular sayings to geography, authors to games. And they’re just the right level of difficulty for general solvers looking for something relatively quick to complete. There’s no obscure vocabulary, no punning clues, no trickery—just good, solid fun to occupy your mind. By the way—the answers to the two questions are Renoir and Cat’s Eye.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402723933
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Do you know the answer to the clue “Luncheon of the Boating Party painter?” (Hint: it’s 6 letters.) Or the 7-letter solution to “Playing marble?” These compact crosswords cover a wide range of subjects from art to business, popular sayings to geography, authors to games. And they’re just the right level of difficulty for general solvers looking for something relatively quick to complete. There’s no obscure vocabulary, no punning clues, no trickery—just good, solid fun to occupy your mind. By the way—the answers to the two questions are Renoir and Cat’s Eye.
Rolling Thunder
Author: Scott Stephens
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532084749
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Scott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 – and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about Roller Derby and the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, whose games were televised. In fact, many of the T-Birds were just as popular as those on traditional sports teams such as the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams. When Stephens started training at the new T-Bird Rollerdrome in Pico Rivera, it was mainly because he loved roller skating on a banked track. He had no idea that the Roller Games league was low on skaters. From 1978 to 1981, from his seat on the infield of the track and on the track itself, Stephens was part of everything the games had to offer, including its underground scene of shadowy characters and venues, adrenalin seekers, and alternative lifestyles. He loved it! Trace the history of Roller Derby and Los Angeles’ flagship team, the T-Birds, with this brilliant account highlighting the sport’s booms and busts.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532084749
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Scott Stephens received his first set of roller skates at age six in 1966 – and soon he was staging Roller Derby games in his backyard. Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, it was impossible not to have heard about Roller Derby and the Los Angeles Thunderbirds, whose games were televised. In fact, many of the T-Birds were just as popular as those on traditional sports teams such as the Dodgers, Lakers, and Rams. When Stephens started training at the new T-Bird Rollerdrome in Pico Rivera, it was mainly because he loved roller skating on a banked track. He had no idea that the Roller Games league was low on skaters. From 1978 to 1981, from his seat on the infield of the track and on the track itself, Stephens was part of everything the games had to offer, including its underground scene of shadowy characters and venues, adrenalin seekers, and alternative lifestyles. He loved it! Trace the history of Roller Derby and Los Angeles’ flagship team, the T-Birds, with this brilliant account highlighting the sport’s booms and busts.
God, Guns & Rock'N'Roll
Author: Ted Nugent
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596986638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Rock and Roll legend Ted Nugent contends that a lot of what is wrong with this country could be remedied by a simple, but controversial concept: gun ownership.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596986638
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Rock and Roll legend Ted Nugent contends that a lot of what is wrong with this country could be remedied by a simple, but controversial concept: gun ownership.
Driven: Rush in the ’90s and “In the End”
Author: Martin Popoff
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1773056697
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North. Includes two full-color photo inserts, with unearthed photos of the band. “A must for Rush fans.” — Library Journal on Anthem, book one of the Rush Across the Decades trilogy In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada’s most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of “life at the top” for Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the brisk-selling Roll the Bones and sees throngs of fans sell out international tours, there is also unimaginable tragedy, with Peart losing his daughter and his wife within the space of ten months and, two decades later, succumbing to cancer himself. In between, however, there is a gorgeous and heartbreaking album of reflection and bereavement, as well as a triumphant trip to Brazil, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and — some say surprisingly — the band’s first full-blown concept album to close an immense career marked by integrity and idealism.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1773056697
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The conclusion to the definitive biography of the rock ’n’ roll kings of the North. Includes two full-color photo inserts, with unearthed photos of the band. “A must for Rush fans.” — Library Journal on Anthem, book one of the Rush Across the Decades trilogy In this conclusion to his trilogy of authoritative books on Canada’s most beloved and successful rock band, Martin Popoff takes us through three decades of “life at the top” for Rush’s Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Though this era begins with the brisk-selling Roll the Bones and sees throngs of fans sell out international tours, there is also unimaginable tragedy, with Peart losing his daughter and his wife within the space of ten months and, two decades later, succumbing to cancer himself. In between, however, there is a gorgeous and heartbreaking album of reflection and bereavement, as well as a triumphant trip to Brazil, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, and — some say surprisingly — the band’s first full-blown concept album to close an immense career marked by integrity and idealism.
Mojo
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Sunday in the Park with Crosswords
Author: Nancy Cole Stuart
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402762314
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Features a collection of 10 X 10 puzzles.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402762314
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Features a collection of 10 X 10 puzzles.