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Author: Robert G. Weiner Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313003424 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. Its popularity has endured for three decades despite mixed critical reception. Jerry Garcia, thought of among many as a musical icon and spokesperson for more than one generation of fans, was often equally scorned by various critics. This collection of scholarly essays attests to the varied fields of interest the band and its followers, known as Deadheads, have affected, including psychology, law, and ethnomusicology. The contributions explore the diversity of the culture of fans, empirically analyze the music, apply literary criticism to the lyrics, and explore Dead-related philosophical and theological concepts — in other words, they are as eclectic as the myriad Grateful Dead fans themselves. Appealing to Grateful Dead scholars, fans, and collectors alike, these twenty-two essays are grouped by subject, and each essay includes a bibliography of resources for further research.
Author: David Hewson Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1447209192 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 413
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Carnival for the Dead is a suspenseful spin-off from the Nic Costa series, David Hewson's detective novels of love and death in Italy. In Venice the past was more reticent. Beyond the tourist sights, San Marco and the Rialto, it lurked in the shadows, seeping out of the cracked stones like blood from ancient wounds, as if death itself was one more sly performance captured beneath the bright all-seeing light of the lagoon. It’s February, and Carnival time in Venice. Forensic pathologist Teresa Lupo visits the city to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her beloved bohemian Aunt Sofia. But from the moment she is greeted off the vaporetto by a masked man dressed in the costume of The Plague Doctor, Teresa starts to suspect that all is not well. The puzzle deepens when a letter reveals a piece of fiction in which both Sofia and Teresa appear. Even more strange, are the links to the past which gradually begin to surface. Are the messages being sent by Sofia herself? Her abductor? Or a third party seeking to help her unravel the mystery? The revelation is as surprising and shocking as Sofia’s fate. And Teresa herself comes to depend upon the unravelling of a mystery wrapped deep inside the art and culture of Venice itself.
Author: L. Ron Hubbard Publisher: Galaxy Press LLC ISBN: 1592122477 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 110
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Decadence and murder found on the dark side of the big city pales in comparison to the freak show found by undercover US narcotics agent Bob Clark in The Carnival of Death. Clark's investigation begins with cocaine and leads to cold-blooded murder--the discovery of one, and then another, headless corpse. Who is behind the slaughter? Are the killings tied to the drug traffic? Or is a deeper, darker, and even more sinister conspiracy unfolding in the carnival? There are plenty of distractions--bright lights and beautiful girls--but Clark better find the murderers of the midway fast. Because the next head that rolls could very well be his own. Also includes the mystery "The Death Flyer," in which a man and woman find themselves trapped on a ghost train and bound for a deadly crash ... unless they can find a way to derail fate and cheat death--on the fly. Experience the spinning wheels, the pleasure-seeking crowds and the screams of horror as the The Carnival of Death takes you on a roller-coaster ride of suspense. "Highly recommended." --Midwest Book Review "Roars to life." --Library Journal
Author: Laurence Staig Publisher: ISBN: 9780439996396 Category : Fairs Languages : en Pages : 202
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A mad fairground Impresario and Illusionist, Maximillian La Fayette, is obsessed with the infamous Carnival of the Dead.He has made it his life's work to recreate this spectacle of horror, using Voodoo to Raise the Dead and encourage them to cavort in a gruesome Masked parade.He has chosen the Island of Los, with its deserted Fairground and convenient ancient Plague Pit, as the perfect venue.It falls to Ben, who's quite handy at stage illusions himself, to prevent this from happening.
Author: Robert G. Weiner Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313003424 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 270
Book Description
The Grateful Dead, one of the most meticulously documented rock bands, significantly influenced American music and popular culture. Its popularity has endured for three decades despite mixed critical reception. Jerry Garcia, thought of among many as a musical icon and spokesperson for more than one generation of fans, was often equally scorned by various critics. This collection of scholarly essays attests to the varied fields of interest the band and its followers, known as Deadheads, have affected, including psychology, law, and ethnomusicology. The contributions explore the diversity of the culture of fans, empirically analyze the music, apply literary criticism to the lyrics, and explore Dead-related philosophical and theological concepts — in other words, they are as eclectic as the myriad Grateful Dead fans themselves. Appealing to Grateful Dead scholars, fans, and collectors alike, these twenty-two essays are grouped by subject, and each essay includes a bibliography of resources for further research.
Author: Alan Campbell Publisher: Spectra ISBN: 0553589318 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 578
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Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychotic murderer hungry for revenge—or redemption. But soon a shocking betrayal will unite all three in a desperate quest. . . . The last of his line, Dill is descended from legendary Battle-archons who once defended the city. Forbidden to fly and untrained even to wield the great sword inherited from his forebears, he has become a figurehead for a dying tradition. Now he lives a sheltered existence in one of Deepgate’s crumbling temple spires under the watchful eye of the Presbyter who rules the city. Spine assassin Rachel Hael has better things to do than oversee the Presbyter’s angel. Each dark moon she must fight for her life among the city chains, hunting an immortal predator with a taste for blood. But when a traitor brings enemies to Deepgate’s doorstep, Dill and Rachel are forced into an uneasy alliance with the city’s oldest and most dangerous foe. They must journey down into the uncharted chasm to save their sprawling metropolis—and themselves—from annihilation. Once they descend however, they learn that what lies below is far more sinister than what they’ve been taught to expect.
Author: Tej Vir Singh Publisher: Channel View Publications ISBN: 1845418573 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 228
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Tourism is often viewed as a phenomenon that brings out the worst in human nature. Self-interest, overuse of resources, injustice and cultural erosion are but a few examples. This book explores the contrasting view that tourism can be a pathway to hope and happiness. The chapters address areas including wellbeing, positive psychology, hopeful tourism, mindfulness, peace, responsible tourism and spirituality. The volume examines the role of tourism in preserving natural wonders and architectural masterpieces, bringing out the best in tourists and locals and adding economic value if planned, developed and managed sustainably. It will be a useful resource for students and researchers in tourism, psychology and philosophy.
Author: F. Marion Crawford Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 465
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"Ave Roma Immortalis" in tells us the story of Rome, presented by regions, sections, streets, villas, archeological remains and monuments one would see by walking thrugh the roads of the eternal city. _x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ The Making of the City_x000D_ The Empire_x000D_ The City of Augustus_x000D_ The Middle Age_x000D_ The Fourteen Regions:_x000D_ Monti_x000D_ Trevi_x000D_ Colonna_x000D_ Campo Marzo_x000D_ Ponte_x000D_ Parione_x000D_ Regola_x000D_ Sant' Eustachio_x000D_ Pigna_x000D_ Campitelli_x000D_ Sant' Angelo_x000D_ Ripa_x000D_ Trastevere_x000D_ Borgo_x000D_ Leo the Thirteenth_x000D_ The Vatican_x000D_ Saint Peter's
Author: F. Marion Crawford Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 455
Book Description
"Ave Roma Immortalis" in tells us the story of Rome, presented by regions, sections, streets, villas, archeological remains and monuments one would see by walking thrugh the roads of the eternal city. _x000D_ Contents:_x000D_ The Making of the City_x000D_ The Empire_x000D_ The City of Augustus_x000D_ The Middle Age_x000D_ The Fourteen Regions:_x000D_ Monti_x000D_ Trevi_x000D_ Colonna_x000D_ Campo Marzo_x000D_ Ponte_x000D_ Parione_x000D_ Regola_x000D_ Sant' Eustachio_x000D_ Pigna_x000D_ Campitelli_x000D_ Sant' Angelo_x000D_ Ripa_x000D_ Trastevere_x000D_ Borgo_x000D_ Leo the Thirteenth_x000D_ The Vatican_x000D_ Saint Peter's
Author: Elizabeth Klaver Publisher: Popular Press ISBN: 9780299197940 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 268
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This compelling book brings together physicians, artists, and scholars of film, literature, philosophy, art, and politics to discuss the representation of the corpse in Western culture. Spanning a timeline from the Renaissance to the present, these essays introduce readers to a modern autopsy, a public execution and dissection in seventeenth-century England, the genre of postmortem photography, the corpse as artist's model, images of dead women in such popular films as Copycat and The Silence of the Lambs, and post-mortem scenes in the works of Flaubert, Balzac, Andres Serrano, and others.
Author: Robert G. Weiner
Author: David Hewson
Author: L. Ron Hubbard
Author: Laurence Staig
Author: Robert G. Weiner
Author: Alan Campbell
Author: Ray Bradbury
Author: Tej Vir Singh
Author: F. Marion Crawford
Author: F. Marion Crawford
Author: Elizabeth Klaver