Author: Richard J. Stemple Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1456800833 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 75
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He has had his share of the good, the bad, and the ugly side of life. But it was through this circle of life that he has learned to value and appreciate everything.
Author: Ryan Pinkard Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1501378023 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 201
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“Pinkard's account... brings to light the ambition and artistry, the stress and frustration, and ultimately the joy of making this very special album."-Peter Katis, The National's engineer, and mixer on Boxer “I am spooked by how well [Pinkard] has captured these characters and this madcap project. I am not sure how he did it.” -Carin Besser, co-lyricist on Boxer and wife to Matt Berninger “Accessible, perceptive, sometimes hilarious, but more often harrowing, Pinkard's book gets a running start on its subject, tracing The National's trajectory from their first notes together to the creation of Boxer.” -Stephen M. Deusner, music critic and author We all know the Boxer. The fighter who remembers every glove but still remains. That grisly, bruised American allegory who somehow gets up more times than he's knocked down. This is the fight that nearly broke The National. The one that allowed them to become champions. Released in 2007, The National's fourth full-length album is the one that saved them. For fans, Boxer is a profound personal meditation on the unmagnificent lives of adults, an elegant culmination of their sophisticated songwriting, and the first National album many fell in love with. For the band, Boxer symbolizes an obsession, a years-long struggle, a love story, a final give-it-everything-you've-got effort to keep their fantasy of being a real rock band alive. Based on extensive original interviews with the fighters who were in the ring and the spectators who witnessed it unfold, Ryan Pinkard obsessively reconstructs a transformative chapter in The National's story, revealing how the Ohio-via-Brooklyn five-piece found the sound, success, and spiritual growth to evolve into one of the most critically acclaimed bands of their time.
Author: V. Bennett Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781977589064 Category : Languages : en Pages : 136
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Born in the poverty stricken, and crime filled streets of post war London's East End. Jimmy rose above all odds to claw his way out of the burdens laid on his feet, At 12 he became the UK schoolboy Champion, he never lost a fight for 3 years, turning pro he fought for and won the British Welterweight title, winning the Lonsdale Belt outright. Boxing in America, he was diagnosed with a brain bleed and aneurisms and told not to continue boxing or he would die. He kept this secret hanging over him like the sword of Damaclese whist being hit by, and knocking out, the worlds toughest fighters. When unable to remember where he was in the ring his secret was out. Undeterred when the boxing door slammed in his face he took speech therapy and acting lessons and went into film and TV. When he lost his way home from the film set he was diagnosed with Parkinson's. Profoundly deaf in both ears he took singing lessons and bought the best hearing aids he could and became a singer compere/comedian. Now touring for the benefit of old people who he entertains in their old peoples homes, whilst working for children's charities. His inspirational motto is "You win some you lose some but you never give in"
Author: Ralph Ellison Publisher: Penguin Books Limited ISBN: 9780241970560 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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The invisible man is the unnamed narrator of this impassioned novel of black lives in 1940s America. Embittered by a country which treats him as a non-being he retreats to an underground cell.
Author: Gail Damerow Publisher: Storey Publishing ISBN: 1603425616 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 321
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From addled to wind egg and crossed beak to zygote, the terminology of everything chicken is demystified in The Chicken Encyclopedia. Complete with breed descriptions, common medical concerns, and plenty of chicken trivia, this illustrated A-to-Z reference guide is both informative and entertaining. Covering tail types, breeding, molting, communication, and much more, Gail Damerow provides answers to all of your chicken questions and quandaries. Even seasoned chicken farmers are sure to discover new information about the multifaceted world of these fascinating birds.
Author: Rudy Rucker Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 1466804866 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
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A riveting new science fiction novel from the writer who twice won the Philip K. Dick Award for best SF novel.Bela and Paul, two wild young mathematicians, are friends and roommates, and in love with the same woman, who happens to be Alma, Bela's girlfriend. They fight it out by changing reality using cutting edge math, to change who gets the girl. The contemporary world they live in is not quite this one, but much like Berkeley, California, and the two graduate students are trying to finish their degrees and get jobs. It doesn't help that their unpredictable advisor Roland is a mad mathematical genius who has figured out a way to predict isolated and specific bits of the future that can cause a lot of trouble. . .and he's starting to see monsters in mirrors. Bela and Paul start to mess around with reality, and when that happens, all heaven and hell break loose. Those monsters of Roland's were really there, but who are they? This novel is a romantic comedy with a whole corkscrew of SF twists. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
Author: Joe Foss Publisher: ISBN: 9780891417750 Category : Fighter pilots Languages : en Pages : 0
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Flying over Guadalcanal in the fall and winter of 1942-43, Joe Foss rewrote the aerial combat record books by becoming the first American to match legendary World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker's twenty-six victories, a feat that earned him the Medal of Honor. After the war, Joe Foss entered a new war zone--politics--becoming South Dakota's youngest governor. In the 1960s he was tapped to become the founding commissioner of the American Football League and was instrumental in creating the Super Bowl.
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