Author: Tot Taylor
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
'I loved the creativity, the unpredictability, its dazzling coverage of so many ideas' Rob Cowan 'Superb . . . An original character and an original book' David Quantick, Record Collector Can John Nightly be brought back to life again? John Nightly (b. 1948) finds his dimension in pop music, the art form of his time. His solo album becomes one of 1970's bestselling records – but success turns out to have side effects. Supermaxed in LA after a dazzling career, John renounces his gift, denying music and his very being, until he is rediscovered in Cornwall thirty years later by a teenage saviour dude, who persuades him to restore and complete his quasi-proto-multimedia eco-Mass, the Mink Bungalow Requiem. This epic novel mixes real and imagined lives in the tale of a young singer-songwriter, to tell a story about creativity at the highest level – the level of genius.
The Story of John Nightly
Author: Tot Taylor
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
'I loved the creativity, the unpredictability, its dazzling coverage of so many ideas' Rob Cowan 'Superb . . . An original character and an original book' David Quantick, Record Collector Can John Nightly be brought back to life again? John Nightly (b. 1948) finds his dimension in pop music, the art form of his time. His solo album becomes one of 1970's bestselling records – but success turns out to have side effects. Supermaxed in LA after a dazzling career, John renounces his gift, denying music and his very being, until he is rediscovered in Cornwall thirty years later by a teenage saviour dude, who persuades him to restore and complete his quasi-proto-multimedia eco-Mass, the Mink Bungalow Requiem. This epic novel mixes real and imagined lives in the tale of a young singer-songwriter, to tell a story about creativity at the highest level – the level of genius.
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
ISBN: 1783523212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
'I loved the creativity, the unpredictability, its dazzling coverage of so many ideas' Rob Cowan 'Superb . . . An original character and an original book' David Quantick, Record Collector Can John Nightly be brought back to life again? John Nightly (b. 1948) finds his dimension in pop music, the art form of his time. His solo album becomes one of 1970's bestselling records – but success turns out to have side effects. Supermaxed in LA after a dazzling career, John renounces his gift, denying music and his very being, until he is rediscovered in Cornwall thirty years later by a teenage saviour dude, who persuades him to restore and complete his quasi-proto-multimedia eco-Mass, the Mink Bungalow Requiem. This epic novel mixes real and imagined lives in the tale of a young singer-songwriter, to tell a story about creativity at the highest level – the level of genius.
Supernatural: Night Terror
Author: John Passarella
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 0857685449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Alerted to strange happenings in Clayton Falls, Colorado, Bobby sends the boys to check it out. A speeding car with no driver, a homeless man pursued by a massive Gila monster, a little boy chased by uprooted trees — it all sounds like the stuff of nightmares. The boys fight to survive a series of terrifying nighttimes, realizing that sometimes the nightmares don’t go away — even when you’re awake... A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 0857685449
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Alerted to strange happenings in Clayton Falls, Colorado, Bobby sends the boys to check it out. A speeding car with no driver, a homeless man pursued by a massive Gila monster, a little boy chased by uprooted trees — it all sounds like the stuff of nightmares. The boys fight to survive a series of terrifying nighttimes, realizing that sometimes the nightmares don’t go away — even when you’re awake... A Supernatural novel that reveals a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers, from the hit TV series!
City of Night
Author: John Rechy
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
ISBN: 178283785X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
ISBN: 178283785X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 479
Book Description
Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.
When Can I Stop Running?
Author: John Podlaski
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468971808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In 'When Can I Stop Running?' the author juxtaposes his nightmarish hours when he and a buddy shared a Listening Post ('LP') in the Vietnam jungle with some of his most heart-pounding childhood escapades. Readers will relate to the humorous childish antics with amusement; military veterans will find themselves relating to both of the entertaining and compelling recollections.
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468971808
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
In 'When Can I Stop Running?' the author juxtaposes his nightmarish hours when he and a buddy shared a Listening Post ('LP') in the Vietnam jungle with some of his most heart-pounding childhood escapades. Readers will relate to the humorous childish antics with amusement; military veterans will find themselves relating to both of the entertaining and compelling recollections.
˜Theœ Story of John Nightly
Author: Tot Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783453272101
Category :
Languages : de
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783453272101
Category :
Languages : de
Pages :
Book Description
Dad, Tell Me a Story
Author: John T. McCormick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981863634
Category : Storytelling
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
With candor and charm, McCormick shows how one dad created nightly stories with his young boys, weaving bits of their daily lives into a memorable collection of bedtime tales.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981863634
Category : Storytelling
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
With candor and charm, McCormick shows how one dad created nightly stories with his young boys, weaving bits of their daily lives into a memorable collection of bedtime tales.
The Night Land
Author: William Hope Hodgson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"This to be Love, that your spirit to live in a natural holiness with the Beloved, and your bodies to be a sweet and natural delight that shall be never lost of a lovely mystery.... And shame to be unborn, and all things to go wholesome and proper, out of an utter greatness of understanding; and the Man to be an Hero and a Child before the Woman; and the Woman to be an Holy Light of the Spirit and an Utter Companion and in the same time a glad Possession unto the Man.... And this doth be Human Love...." "...for this to be the especial glory of Love, that it doth make unto all Sweetness and Greatness, and doth be a fire burning all Littleness; so that did all in this world to have met The Beloved, then did Wantonness be dead, and there to grow Gladness and Charity, dancing in the years."
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"This to be Love, that your spirit to live in a natural holiness with the Beloved, and your bodies to be a sweet and natural delight that shall be never lost of a lovely mystery.... And shame to be unborn, and all things to go wholesome and proper, out of an utter greatness of understanding; and the Man to be an Hero and a Child before the Woman; and the Woman to be an Holy Light of the Spirit and an Utter Companion and in the same time a glad Possession unto the Man.... And this doth be Human Love...." "...for this to be the especial glory of Love, that it doth make unto all Sweetness and Greatness, and doth be a fire burning all Littleness; so that did all in this world to have met The Beloved, then did Wantonness be dead, and there to grow Gladness and Charity, dancing in the years."
This Is a School
Author: John Schu
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536204587
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Poster included on reverse side of jacket!"--Jacket.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536204587
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
"Poster included on reverse side of jacket!"--Jacket.
Black Butterflies
Author: John Shirley
Publisher: Leisure Books
ISBN: 9780843948448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection of gritty and intense short stories compares the horrors of the real world to those of the supernatural. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Publisher: Leisure Books
ISBN: 9780843948448
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection of gritty and intense short stories compares the horrors of the real world to those of the supernatural. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
My Baby Blue Jays
Author: John Berendt
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101643692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A blue jay building a nest outside his window prompts John Berendt to find his camera and record the familiar, yet always fascinating sequence of events that will unfold, from eggs being laid to chicks emerging and trying to fly. Children and adults alike will be astonished at the adventurous spirit of one particularly curious young blue jay as he ventures into the world. The author of the best-selling Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brings his narrative skill to this up-close and delightfully informal account of an event that recurs each spring.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101643692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A blue jay building a nest outside his window prompts John Berendt to find his camera and record the familiar, yet always fascinating sequence of events that will unfold, from eggs being laid to chicks emerging and trying to fly. Children and adults alike will be astonished at the adventurous spirit of one particularly curious young blue jay as he ventures into the world. The author of the best-selling Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brings his narrative skill to this up-close and delightfully informal account of an event that recurs each spring.