Author: Frank Turner
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468313282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The British folk/punk singer-songwriter shares an intimate rags-to-riches memoir of constant touring, artistic expression, and self-reinvention. In the fall of 2005, Frank Turner was virtually unheard of. His rock band, Millions Dead, was finishing up a grueling tour and had agreed that their show on September 23rd would be their last. The entry on the band’s schedule for September 24th read simply: “Get a job.” Cut to July 2012—the London Olympics, where Turner and his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, are playing the pre-show, after having headlined sold-out arena shows across the UK. The Road Beneath My Feet is the unvarnished story of how Turner went from drug-fueled house parties and the grimy club scene to international prominence and acclaim. Told through tour reminiscences, it is an intimate account of what it’s like to spend your life constantly on the road, sleeping on floors, invariably jetlagged, all for the love of playing live music.
The Road Beneath My Feet
Author: Frank Turner
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468313282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The British folk/punk singer-songwriter shares an intimate rags-to-riches memoir of constant touring, artistic expression, and self-reinvention. In the fall of 2005, Frank Turner was virtually unheard of. His rock band, Millions Dead, was finishing up a grueling tour and had agreed that their show on September 23rd would be their last. The entry on the band’s schedule for September 24th read simply: “Get a job.” Cut to July 2012—the London Olympics, where Turner and his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, are playing the pre-show, after having headlined sold-out arena shows across the UK. The Road Beneath My Feet is the unvarnished story of how Turner went from drug-fueled house parties and the grimy club scene to international prominence and acclaim. Told through tour reminiscences, it is an intimate account of what it’s like to spend your life constantly on the road, sleeping on floors, invariably jetlagged, all for the love of playing live music.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468313282
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
The British folk/punk singer-songwriter shares an intimate rags-to-riches memoir of constant touring, artistic expression, and self-reinvention. In the fall of 2005, Frank Turner was virtually unheard of. His rock band, Millions Dead, was finishing up a grueling tour and had agreed that their show on September 23rd would be their last. The entry on the band’s schedule for September 24th read simply: “Get a job.” Cut to July 2012—the London Olympics, where Turner and his backing band, The Sleeping Souls, are playing the pre-show, after having headlined sold-out arena shows across the UK. The Road Beneath My Feet is the unvarnished story of how Turner went from drug-fueled house parties and the grimy club scene to international prominence and acclaim. Told through tour reminiscences, it is an intimate account of what it’s like to spend your life constantly on the road, sleeping on floors, invariably jetlagged, all for the love of playing live music.
The Textuality of Soulwork
Author: Timothy Hunt
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472120328
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Tim Hunt’s The Textuality of Soulwork: Jack Kerouac’s Quest for Spontaneous Prose examines Kerouac’s work from a new critical perspective with a focus on the author’s unique methods of creating and working with text. Additionally, The Textuality of Soulwork delineates Kerouac’s development of “Spontaneous Prose” to differentiate the preliminary experiment of On the Road from the more radical experiment of Visions of Cody, and to demonstrate Kerouac’s transition from working within the textual paradigm of modern print to the textual paradigm of secondary orality. From these perspectives, Tim Hunt crafts a new critical approach to Beat poetics and textual theory, marking an important contribution to the current revival of Kerouac and Beat studies underway at universities in the U.S. and abroad, as reflected by a growing number of conferences, courses, and a renewal in scholarship.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472120328
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Tim Hunt’s The Textuality of Soulwork: Jack Kerouac’s Quest for Spontaneous Prose examines Kerouac’s work from a new critical perspective with a focus on the author’s unique methods of creating and working with text. Additionally, The Textuality of Soulwork delineates Kerouac’s development of “Spontaneous Prose” to differentiate the preliminary experiment of On the Road from the more radical experiment of Visions of Cody, and to demonstrate Kerouac’s transition from working within the textual paradigm of modern print to the textual paradigm of secondary orality. From these perspectives, Tim Hunt crafts a new critical approach to Beat poetics and textual theory, marking an important contribution to the current revival of Kerouac and Beat studies underway at universities in the U.S. and abroad, as reflected by a growing number of conferences, courses, and a renewal in scholarship.
The Road
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3986479996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Road Jack London - The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off, begging for food and money, and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police. He also tells of the thirty days that he spent in the Erie County Penitentiary, which he described as a place of "unprintableHorrors," after being "pinched" (arrested) for vagrancy. In addition, he recounts his time with Kelley's Army, which he joined up with in Wyoming and remained with until its dissolution at the Mississippi River.
Publisher: Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN: 3986479996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Road Jack London - The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. He describes his experiences hopping freight trains, "holding down" a train when the crew is trying to throw him off, begging for food and money, and making up extraordinary stories to fool the police. He also tells of the thirty days that he spent in the Erie County Penitentiary, which he described as a place of "unprintableHorrors," after being "pinched" (arrested) for vagrancy. In addition, he recounts his time with Kelley's Army, which he joined up with in Wyoming and remained with until its dissolution at the Mississippi River.
The Road
Author: Jack London
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
There is a woman in the state of Nevada to whom I once lied continuously, consistently, and shamelessly, for the matter of a couple of hours. I don't want to apologize to her. Far be it from me. But I do want to explain. Unfortunately, I do not know her name, much less her present address. If her eyes should chance upon these lines, I hope she will write to me. It was in Reno, Nevada, in the summer of 1892. Also, it was fair-time, and the town was filled with petty crooks and tin-horns, to say nothing of a vast and hungry horde of hoboes. It was the hungry hoboes that made the town a "hungry" town. They "battered" the back doors of the homes of the citizens until the back doors became unresponsive. A hard town for "scoffings," was what the hoboes called it at that time. I know that I missed many a meal, in spite of the fact that I could "throw my feet" with the next one when it came to "slamming a gate" for a "poke-out" or a "set-down," or hitting for a "light piece" on the street. Why, I was so hard put in that town, one day, that I gave the porter the slip and invaded the private car of some itinerant millionnaire.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
There is a woman in the state of Nevada to whom I once lied continuously, consistently, and shamelessly, for the matter of a couple of hours. I don't want to apologize to her. Far be it from me. But I do want to explain. Unfortunately, I do not know her name, much less her present address. If her eyes should chance upon these lines, I hope she will write to me. It was in Reno, Nevada, in the summer of 1892. Also, it was fair-time, and the town was filled with petty crooks and tin-horns, to say nothing of a vast and hungry horde of hoboes. It was the hungry hoboes that made the town a "hungry" town. They "battered" the back doors of the homes of the citizens until the back doors became unresponsive. A hard town for "scoffings," was what the hoboes called it at that time. I know that I missed many a meal, in spite of the fact that I could "throw my feet" with the next one when it came to "slamming a gate" for a "poke-out" or a "set-down," or hitting for a "light piece" on the street. Why, I was so hard put in that town, one day, that I gave the porter the slip and invaded the private car of some itinerant millionnaire.
Revealed
Author: Jessica Hickam
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1940716012
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Lily Atwood lives in what used to be Washington, D.C. Her father is one of the most powerful men in the world, having been a vital part of rebuilding and reuniting humanity after the war that killed over five billion people. Now he's running to be one of its leaders. But in the rediscovered peace in this new world, a force has risen. They call themselves The Revealed, an underground rebel organization that has been kidnapping 18-year-olds across the globe without explanation. No one knows why The Revealed is taking these teens, but it's clear something is different about these people. They can set fires with a snap of their fingers and create wind strong enough to throw over a tree with a flick of their wrist. They are unstoppable, and they have targeted 18-year-old Lily as their next victim. Lily is too close to breaking free from her father's shadow to let The Revealed ruin things, especially her developing relationship with the mysterious Kai Westerfield the son of her father's rival. Lily isn't about to lose her future just when it's starting to look promising. Not without a fight.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1940716012
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Lily Atwood lives in what used to be Washington, D.C. Her father is one of the most powerful men in the world, having been a vital part of rebuilding and reuniting humanity after the war that killed over five billion people. Now he's running to be one of its leaders. But in the rediscovered peace in this new world, a force has risen. They call themselves The Revealed, an underground rebel organization that has been kidnapping 18-year-olds across the globe without explanation. No one knows why The Revealed is taking these teens, but it's clear something is different about these people. They can set fires with a snap of their fingers and create wind strong enough to throw over a tree with a flick of their wrist. They are unstoppable, and they have targeted 18-year-old Lily as their next victim. Lily is too close to breaking free from her father's shadow to let The Revealed ruin things, especially her developing relationship with the mysterious Kai Westerfield the son of her father's rival. Lily isn't about to lose her future just when it's starting to look promising. Not without a fight.
The MoonQuest
Author: Mark David Gerson
Publisher: MDG Media International
ISBN: 1950189325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Six-Time Award-Winner! In a land where fear rules and storytelling spells death, can one bard’s imagination end the tyranny? Turning his back on king and family, and with stories as his only guide, a reluctant Toshar is thrust onto a perilous, uncharted journey to restore hope to a savaged land and light to its darkened moon. Book 1 of Mark David Gerson’s epic, time-twisting fantasy series.
Publisher: MDG Media International
ISBN: 1950189325
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Six-Time Award-Winner! In a land where fear rules and storytelling spells death, can one bard’s imagination end the tyranny? Turning his back on king and family, and with stories as his only guide, a reluctant Toshar is thrust onto a perilous, uncharted journey to restore hope to a savaged land and light to its darkened moon. Book 1 of Mark David Gerson’s epic, time-twisting fantasy series.
JG26
Author: Donald Caldwell
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 147383161X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
“This unique, impressive study presents a history in microcosm of the entire Luftwaffe Fighter Corps . . . [a] spellbinding work.” —Library Journal Jagdgeschwader 26, the German elite fighter unit, was more feared by the Allies than any other Luftwaffe group. Based on extensive archival research in Europe, personal combat diaries and interviews with more than 50 surviving pilots, Caldwell has assembled a superb day-to-day chronicle of JG 26 operations, from its first air victory in 1939 to its final combat patrol in 1945. A microcosm of World War II exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing. For the first two years of the war it was an even match between the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs; but the scales tipped in favor of the Allies in 1943 with the arrival of the Eighth US Air Force and its peerless P-51 Mustang. The book has been endorsed by the top fighter commanders of three air forces: the RAF (Johnnie Johnson), the USAAF (Hub Zemke), and the Luftwaffe (Adolf Galland) and is considered essential reading for anyone interested in the aerial war of 1941–45.
Publisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 147383161X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 637
Book Description
“This unique, impressive study presents a history in microcosm of the entire Luftwaffe Fighter Corps . . . [a] spellbinding work.” —Library Journal Jagdgeschwader 26, the German elite fighter unit, was more feared by the Allies than any other Luftwaffe group. Based on extensive archival research in Europe, personal combat diaries and interviews with more than 50 surviving pilots, Caldwell has assembled a superb day-to-day chronicle of JG 26 operations, from its first air victory in 1939 to its final combat patrol in 1945. A microcosm of World War II exists in the rise and fall of this famous fighter wing. For the first two years of the war it was an even match between the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe’s Messerschmitts and Focke Wulfs; but the scales tipped in favor of the Allies in 1943 with the arrival of the Eighth US Air Force and its peerless P-51 Mustang. The book has been endorsed by the top fighter commanders of three air forces: the RAF (Johnnie Johnson), the USAAF (Hub Zemke), and the Luftwaffe (Adolf Galland) and is considered essential reading for anyone interested in the aerial war of 1941–45.
All the Year Round
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Substance of the Unseen
Author: E. M. Fleischer
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490870431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A compilation of allegorical tales, Substance of the Unseen contains beautiful imagery woven with biblical truth. Its eight stories depict familiar Christian concepts in an unfamiliar way. Lost in a black forest, a mysterious man appears whom the evil creatures fear. A warrior dons extraordinary armor before going out to face the Black Dragon in the arena. A fallen hero of the Old Testament has one final daythe day he cries out for a last chance to defeat his enemies. The journey of a prince and a young woman begins with a masquerade and a storm on the sea. There is a world beyond this one where true reality cannot yet be seen by our mortal gazes, but there is one who reveals by His light. These are the tales of the unseen. As C. S. Lewis said, The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. Substance of the Unseen strips away that veil of familiarity, reignites the excitement of a relationship with Jesus Christ, and takes what is unseen and makes it tangible.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490870431
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A compilation of allegorical tales, Substance of the Unseen contains beautiful imagery woven with biblical truth. Its eight stories depict familiar Christian concepts in an unfamiliar way. Lost in a black forest, a mysterious man appears whom the evil creatures fear. A warrior dons extraordinary armor before going out to face the Black Dragon in the arena. A fallen hero of the Old Testament has one final daythe day he cries out for a last chance to defeat his enemies. The journey of a prince and a young woman begins with a masquerade and a storm on the sea. There is a world beyond this one where true reality cannot yet be seen by our mortal gazes, but there is one who reveals by His light. These are the tales of the unseen. As C. S. Lewis said, The value of myth is that it takes all the things you know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by the veil of familiarity. Substance of the Unseen strips away that veil of familiarity, reignites the excitement of a relationship with Jesus Christ, and takes what is unseen and makes it tangible.
The River Bottoms
Author: Tammy Tucker
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477157557
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
"If you truly want to feel, not just know, what it was like to grow up in the middle of nowhere in the 1930s and '40s, as the son of an alcoholic and abusive father, this fictional story, based on the real-life experiences of the author's father, won't disappoint." --Ric Cox, former Senior Staff Editor, The Reader's Digest Growing up in the time of the depression was hard on all Americans. But doing so under the ruling hand of a violently abusive father was at best, impossible. Will Mueller, his mother, brother and sister were scarred physically and emotionally. His brother and he would wander the river bottoms around where they lived to explore and have great adventures to escape the tyranny of their home life. Will experienced more as a young child than most people do in their whole lives. He met very interesting people, both good and bad. The one thing that kept the family together was his mother’s faith. She instilled that faith into her young son. Will’s mother was a rock for him and his siblings. Alcohol usually fueled his father’s tirades but his father drank all of the time. There was little relief from the violence. As a grown man, Will travels back to where it all began and thanked God that he made it.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477157557
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
"If you truly want to feel, not just know, what it was like to grow up in the middle of nowhere in the 1930s and '40s, as the son of an alcoholic and abusive father, this fictional story, based on the real-life experiences of the author's father, won't disappoint." --Ric Cox, former Senior Staff Editor, The Reader's Digest Growing up in the time of the depression was hard on all Americans. But doing so under the ruling hand of a violently abusive father was at best, impossible. Will Mueller, his mother, brother and sister were scarred physically and emotionally. His brother and he would wander the river bottoms around where they lived to explore and have great adventures to escape the tyranny of their home life. Will experienced more as a young child than most people do in their whole lives. He met very interesting people, both good and bad. The one thing that kept the family together was his mother’s faith. She instilled that faith into her young son. Will’s mother was a rock for him and his siblings. Alcohol usually fueled his father’s tirades but his father drank all of the time. There was little relief from the violence. As a grown man, Will travels back to where it all began and thanked God that he made it.