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Author : Judd Winick
Release : 1996-10
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Book Rating : 024/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Terminal Madness by : Judd Winick
Download or read book Terminal Madness written by Judd Winick. This book was released on 1996-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicola Barker
Release : 2012-11-01
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 165/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Seven Deadly Sins by : Nicola Barker
Download or read book The Seven Deadly Sins written by Nicola Barker. This book was released on 2012-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live with the idea of sin every day – from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept was invented for an age where divine retribution and eternal punishment dominated the collective consciousness? In this lively collection of new writing, Nicola Barker, Dylan Evans, David Flusfeder, Todd McEwen, Martin Rowson, John Sutherland and Ali Smith go head to head with the capital vices to explore what we really mean when we talk about sin. The resulting mixture of erudite and playful essays and startling new fiction might not make you a better person, but it will certainly give you pause for thought when you’ re next laying the law down or – heaven forfend – about to do something beyond the pale yourself.
Author : Thomas Babe
Release : 1980
Genre : American drama
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Book Rating : 101/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Kid Champion by : Thomas Babe
Download or read book Kid Champion written by Thomas Babe. This book was released on 1980. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Charismatic, dazzling and attractive to both sexes, Kid Champion has achieved the pinnacle of success as a rock star. He is surrounded by an entourage of groupies, press agents, would-be biographers and adoring fans--all of whom seek to s
Author : John Sutherland
Release : 2014-05-06
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 46X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Jumbo by : John Sutherland
Download or read book Jumbo written by John Sutherland. This book was released on 2014-05-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1861 in French Sudan, imported to Paris as a two year old calf, then later sold to the London Zoo at Regent's Park, Jumbo the elephant delighted countless children (including Winston Churchill and Theodore Roosevelt) with rides and treats gently taken from outstretched hands. Each night, after the children and their families had gone home, he was mistreated in an attempt to keep him docile. By the time he reached sexual maturity, the abused and isolated animal had become dangerously unstable. He was sold to showman P.T. Barnum in 1881 (despite letters from 100,000 British schoolchildren who wrote to Queen Victoria begging her to prevent the sale) and brought to America. There, in the company of other elephants and amid greater physical freedom, Jumbo stabilized and went on to become one of the most lucrative circus acts of all time - as well as the most beloved. The world mourned when his life ended in 1885, with a storied (and most likely embellished) act of animal heroism. Jumbo reportedly rushed in front of an oncoming train in an effort to save a smaller elephant – his companion "Tom Thumb" – then perished while reaching his trunk out toward his longtime handler Matthew Scott – whose intense connection with the pachyderm spawned legends of its own. Integrating the history of elephants in captivity along with the details of Jumbo's celebrity life, dramatic death, and lasting cultural legacy, John Sutherland has written the first comprehensive "biography" of this incredible animal - one whose name has given us one of our most common and hyperbolic adjectives.
Author : Alan Rich
Release : 2006
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 339/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis So I've Heard by : Alan Rich
Download or read book So I've Heard written by Alan Rich. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Washington Post music critic Tim Page Penned by veteran music writer, critic, and Grammy nominee Alan Rich, currently a music critic for the alternative paper LA Weekly, this book is a collection of music criticism gleaned from four decades of concert-going, opera-going, and record-listening on both coasts. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and Washington Post music critic Tim Page provides the book's introduction. Included are reviews and essays on musicians, both well-known and obscure, who have shaped worldwide musical tastes during those years: conductors including Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, and Esa-Pekka Salonen; performers Glenn Gould and the overexploited David Helfgott; composers both familiar (Baroque masters, Mozart, Schubert) and contemporary (John Adams and John Cage). Probing essays include lively insights on music criticism itself and on where (if anywhere) music may (or may not) be heading in the new millennium. His writing drew from the formidable Virgil Thomson praise as "the most readable music reviewer ... our best muckraker."
