Author: Jack Myers
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741434962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Combine a neighborhood in turmoil, a strong blue-collar family, and a teenager with middle class instincts - what do you get? Row House Blues, the controversial sequel to Row House Days.
Row House Blues
Author: Jack Myers
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741434962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Combine a neighborhood in turmoil, a strong blue-collar family, and a teenager with middle class instincts - what do you get? Row House Blues, the controversial sequel to Row House Days.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741434962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Combine a neighborhood in turmoil, a strong blue-collar family, and a teenager with middle class instincts - what do you get? Row House Blues, the controversial sequel to Row House Days.
Row House Days
Author: Jack Myers
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741424797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Fictionalized memoir which explores the dynamics of being raised in a declining Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Pint-sized and four-eyed, little Jimmy Morris is near the bottom of the food chain in his working class "streetcar suburb" of Kings Cross. He's a dreamer, schemer, schoolyard scrapper, secret lover of books, and classroom clown ... a kid you can't decide whether to hug or to slap. Meanwhile, the conformity of the 1950s is yielding to those turbulent '60s. Yes, the times they definitely were a changin' with Kings Cross in the eye of the societal storm.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
ISBN: 0741424797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Fictionalized memoir which explores the dynamics of being raised in a declining Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. Pint-sized and four-eyed, little Jimmy Morris is near the bottom of the food chain in his working class "streetcar suburb" of Kings Cross. He's a dreamer, schemer, schoolyard scrapper, secret lover of books, and classroom clown ... a kid you can't decide whether to hug or to slap. Meanwhile, the conformity of the 1950s is yielding to those turbulent '60s. Yes, the times they definitely were a changin' with Kings Cross in the eye of the societal storm.
Monkey House Blues
Author: Dominic Stevenson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1845968859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. His journey took him to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places in the world, from the poppy fields of the Afghan-Pakistan border to the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road, before he was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. After eight months on remand in a Chinese police lock-up, Stevenson was sentenced to two and a half years in one of the biggest prisons in the world, the Shanghai Municipal Prison aka 'The Monkey House'. There, he was imprisoned alongside just five westerners amongst five thousand Chinese criminals in a block for death row inmates and political prisoners, where the guards drank green tea and let the prison run itself. The experience led him to reflect on his previous life in Japan, India and Thailand, during which time he took on a varied array of jobs, including English teacher, karaoke-bar host, factory worker, busker, crystal seller and dope smuggler. From Afghan gun shops to Tibetan monasteries, Thai brothels and the stirrings of the rave culture in Goa, Monkey House Blues is a tale of discovery and rediscovery, of friendship and betrayal.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1845968859
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. His journey took him to some of the most inhospitable and dangerous places in the world, from the poppy fields of the Afghan-Pakistan border to the ancient trade routes of the Silk Road, before he was arrested for drug smuggling while boarding a boat from Shanghai to Japan. After eight months on remand in a Chinese police lock-up, Stevenson was sentenced to two and a half years in one of the biggest prisons in the world, the Shanghai Municipal Prison aka 'The Monkey House'. There, he was imprisoned alongside just five westerners amongst five thousand Chinese criminals in a block for death row inmates and political prisoners, where the guards drank green tea and let the prison run itself. The experience led him to reflect on his previous life in Japan, India and Thailand, during which time he took on a varied array of jobs, including English teacher, karaoke-bar host, factory worker, busker, crystal seller and dope smuggler. From Afghan gun shops to Tibetan monasteries, Thai brothels and the stirrings of the rave culture in Goa, Monkey House Blues is a tale of discovery and rediscovery, of friendship and betrayal.
Black Orchid Blues
Author: Persia Walker
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
"Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just what does the kidnapper want--and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?" -- Publisher.
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1936070901
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
"Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. When hours pass without a word from the kidnapper, puzzlement grows as to his motive. After a gruesome package arrives at Price's doorstep, the questions change. Just what does the kidnapper want--and how many people is he willing to kill to get it?" -- Publisher.
All These Ashes
Author: James Queally
Publisher: Polis Books
ISBN: 1951709667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Russell Avery needs a story to tell. The laid-off reporter turned private investigator is almost out of clients after he stood up against the Newark police officers whose problems he used to fix for a paycheck, exposing a scandal that left him on the wrong side of one of those thin blue lines. Desperate for work, Russell is as elated as he is skeptical when a detective shows up on his doorstep, asking him to look into one of the Brick City's most haunting mysteries: The Twilight Four killings. The detective tells Russell a story almost too good to be true, but maybe good enough to save his otherwise doomed journalism career if it is true. Supposedly, the wrong man was convicted in the brutal arson-murders that claimed four teenagers' lives, and if Russell finds the right one, he'll have the inside track on the kind of story that most reporters stake their careers on. But things worth knowing don't make themselves easy to find. As Russell starts untangling the complications of a decades-old murder that never even had a crime scene to start from, he runs into opposition from City Hall and finds himself drug into the middle of a contentious Mayoral race that could impact Newark for generations to come, all while trying to stay one step ahead of the real Twilight Four killer, who wouldn't mind reducing Russell to ash. In the sequel to the critically acclaimed LINE OF SIGHT, Russell Avery must once again try to figure out the definition of justice in a city where that term rarely applies to those who live below the poverty line.
Publisher: Polis Books
ISBN: 1951709667
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Russell Avery needs a story to tell. The laid-off reporter turned private investigator is almost out of clients after he stood up against the Newark police officers whose problems he used to fix for a paycheck, exposing a scandal that left him on the wrong side of one of those thin blue lines. Desperate for work, Russell is as elated as he is skeptical when a detective shows up on his doorstep, asking him to look into one of the Brick City's most haunting mysteries: The Twilight Four killings. The detective tells Russell a story almost too good to be true, but maybe good enough to save his otherwise doomed journalism career if it is true. Supposedly, the wrong man was convicted in the brutal arson-murders that claimed four teenagers' lives, and if Russell finds the right one, he'll have the inside track on the kind of story that most reporters stake their careers on. But things worth knowing don't make themselves easy to find. As Russell starts untangling the complications of a decades-old murder that never even had a crime scene to start from, he runs into opposition from City Hall and finds himself drug into the middle of a contentious Mayoral race that could impact Newark for generations to come, all while trying to stay one step ahead of the real Twilight Four killer, who wouldn't mind reducing Russell to ash. In the sequel to the critically acclaimed LINE OF SIGHT, Russell Avery must once again try to figure out the definition of justice in a city where that term rarely applies to those who live below the poverty line.
Good Deeds, Good Design
Author: Bryan Bell
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983912
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Explores new thoughts and practices in the movement toward an architecture that serves everyone, including the poor.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983912
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Explores new thoughts and practices in the movement toward an architecture that serves everyone, including the poor.
A New Look at Log Cabin Quilts
Author: Flavin Glover
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781571202048
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
See log cabin blocks in a whole new light! Celebrated quilt artist Flavin Glover builds on the basic Log Cabin block, turning this American classic into a gorgeous art form! These 10 quilt projects use square and rectangular Log Cabin blocks to create cityscapes, natural vistas, and more. Plus, photos and easy-to-follow charts show how to combine fabrics, colors, and shapes for successful designs. Two galleries of Glover's work demonstrate her artful techniques.
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 9781571202048
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
See log cabin blocks in a whole new light! Celebrated quilt artist Flavin Glover builds on the basic Log Cabin block, turning this American classic into a gorgeous art form! These 10 quilt projects use square and rectangular Log Cabin blocks to create cityscapes, natural vistas, and more. Plus, photos and easy-to-follow charts show how to combine fabrics, colors, and shapes for successful designs. Two galleries of Glover's work demonstrate her artful techniques.
The Language of the Blues
Author: Debra Devi
Publisher: True Nature Books
ISBN: 9781624071850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A comprehensive dictionary of blues lyrics invites listeners to interpret what they hear in blues songs and blues culture, including excerpts from original interviews with Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and many others.
Publisher: True Nature Books
ISBN: 9781624071850
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A comprehensive dictionary of blues lyrics invites listeners to interpret what they hear in blues songs and blues culture, including excerpts from original interviews with Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and many others.
Harlem
Author: Jonathan Gill
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802195946
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
“An exquisitely detailed account of the 400-year history of Harlem.” —Booklist, starred review Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem’s twentieth-century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson’s first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem’s years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood’s story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem’s mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth, and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is a “vibrant history” and an impressive achievement (Publishers Weekly). “Comprehensive and compassionate—an essential text of American history and culture.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It’s bound to become a classic or I’ll eat my hat!” —Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802195946
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
“An exquisitely detailed account of the 400-year history of Harlem.” —Booklist, starred review Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem’s twentieth-century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson’s first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem’s years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood’s story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem’s mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth, and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is a “vibrant history” and an impressive achievement (Publishers Weekly). “Comprehensive and compassionate—an essential text of American history and culture.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review “It’s bound to become a classic or I’ll eat my hat!” —Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Transnational Environmental Policy
Author: Reiner Grundmann
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113459223X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Transnational Environmental Policy analyses a surprising success story in the field of international environmental policy making: the threat to the ozone layer posed by industrial chemicals, and how it has been averted. The book also raises the more general question about the problem-solving capacities of industrialised countries and the world society as a whole. Reiner Grundmann investigates the regulations which have been put in place at an international level, and how the process evolved over twenty years in the US and Germany.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113459223X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Transnational Environmental Policy analyses a surprising success story in the field of international environmental policy making: the threat to the ozone layer posed by industrial chemicals, and how it has been averted. The book also raises the more general question about the problem-solving capacities of industrialised countries and the world society as a whole. Reiner Grundmann investigates the regulations which have been put in place at an international level, and how the process evolved over twenty years in the US and Germany.