Author: Ralph Steadman
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780747561873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
'An extraordinary mixture of autobiography, satirical art history and unhinged comedy.'- Independent on Sunday (UK)
Doodaaa
Author: Ralph Steadman
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780747561873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
'An extraordinary mixture of autobiography, satirical art history and unhinged comedy.'- Independent on Sunday (UK)
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780747561873
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
'An extraordinary mixture of autobiography, satirical art history and unhinged comedy.'- Independent on Sunday (UK)
Los Angeles Stories
Author: Ry Cooder
Publisher: City Lights Books
ISBN: 0872865495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A Los Angeles Times's and Southern California Indie Bookseller Association's Bestseller! Los Angeles Stories is a collection of loosely linked, noir-ish tales that evoke a bygone era in one of America's most iconic cities. In post-World War II Los Angeles, as power was concentrating and fortunes were being made, a do-it-yourself culture of cool cats, outsiders, and oddballs populated the old downtown neighborhoods of Bunker Hill and Chavez Ravine. Ordinary working folks rubbed elbows with petty criminals, grifters, and all sorts of women at foggy end-of-the-line outposts in Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Rich with the essence and character of the times, suffused with the patois of the city's underclass, these are stories about the common people of Los Angeles, "a sunny place for shady people," and the strange things that happen to them. Musicians, gun shop owners, streetwalkers, tailors, door-to-door salesmen, drifters, housewives, dentists, pornographers, new arrivals, and hard-bitten denizens all intersect in cleverly plotted stories that center around some kind of shadowy activity. This quirky love letter to a lost way of life will appeal to fans of hard-boiled fiction and anyone interested in the city itself. "Taken as a whole, this collection offers a panoramic view of a rapidly changing Los Angeles and its immigrant communities, rich in period detail and idiomatic dialogue, sometimes based on Cooder's own memories of growing up in the same neighborhoods in which the stories are often set."—Uncut Magazine "Cooder shouldn't stop making records. He should keep writing, too."—Rolling Stones "The stories of Ry Cooder are a lot like his music: stately, precise, well constructed; they grab you by the throat, quietly, and never let go … "—Andrew J. Khaled Madigan, The Iowa Review "The strict Los Angeles setting—the city's highs and lows romanticised ceaselessly—make them like Raymond Chandler or Mickey Spillane."—Chris Johnston, Sydney Morning Herald "In Los Angeles Stories, his first published collection of stories, Cooder pays homage to the jazz, the blues and the Latin beat of a bygone era. He also honors a cast of boisterous musicians, some murdered, others spared to tell their gritty tales of life and death. A few famous musicians—John Lee Hooker and Charlie Parker among them—make cameo appearances in these pages, but most of the guitar players, drummers and lounge singers are as unknown as the repossession men, waitresses and mechanics they entertain in forgotten bars and derelict nightclubs."—San Francisco Chronicle Ry Cooder is a world-famous guitarist, singer, and composer known for his slide guitar work, interest in roots music, and more recently for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries, including The Buena Vista Social Club. He has composed soundtracks for more than twenty films, including Paris, Texas. Two recent albums were accompanied by stories Cooder wrote to accompany the music. This is his first published collection of stories.
Publisher: City Lights Books
ISBN: 0872865495
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
A Los Angeles Times's and Southern California Indie Bookseller Association's Bestseller! Los Angeles Stories is a collection of loosely linked, noir-ish tales that evoke a bygone era in one of America's most iconic cities. In post-World War II Los Angeles, as power was concentrating and fortunes were being made, a do-it-yourself culture of cool cats, outsiders, and oddballs populated the old downtown neighborhoods of Bunker Hill and Chavez Ravine. Ordinary working folks rubbed elbows with petty criminals, grifters, and all sorts of women at foggy end-of-the-line outposts in Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Rich with the essence and character of the times, suffused with the patois of the city's underclass, these are stories about the common people of Los Angeles, "a sunny place for shady people," and the strange things that happen to them. Musicians, gun shop owners, streetwalkers, tailors, door-to-door salesmen, drifters, housewives, dentists, pornographers, new arrivals, and hard-bitten denizens all intersect in cleverly plotted stories that center around some kind of shadowy activity. This quirky love letter to a lost way of life will appeal to fans of hard-boiled fiction and anyone interested in the city itself. "Taken as a whole, this collection offers a panoramic view of a rapidly changing Los Angeles and its immigrant communities, rich in period detail and idiomatic dialogue, sometimes based on Cooder's own memories of growing up in the same neighborhoods in which the stories are often set."—Uncut Magazine "Cooder shouldn't stop making records. He should keep writing, too."—Rolling Stones "The stories of Ry Cooder are a lot like his music: stately, precise, well constructed; they grab you by the throat, quietly, and never let go … "—Andrew J. Khaled Madigan, The Iowa Review "The strict Los Angeles setting—the city's highs and lows romanticised ceaselessly—make them like Raymond Chandler or Mickey Spillane."—Chris Johnston, Sydney Morning Herald "In Los Angeles Stories, his first published collection of stories, Cooder pays homage to the jazz, the blues and the Latin beat of a bygone era. He also honors a cast of boisterous musicians, some murdered, others spared to tell their gritty tales of life and death. A few famous musicians—John Lee Hooker and Charlie Parker among them—make cameo appearances in these pages, but most of the guitar players, drummers and lounge singers are as unknown as the repossession men, waitresses and mechanics they entertain in forgotten bars and derelict nightclubs."—San Francisco Chronicle Ry Cooder is a world-famous guitarist, singer, and composer known for his slide guitar work, interest in roots music, and more recently for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries, including The Buena Vista Social Club. He has composed soundtracks for more than twenty films, including Paris, Texas. Two recent albums were accompanied by stories Cooder wrote to accompany the music. This is his first published collection of stories.
Maggie Blue and the Dark World
Author: Anna Goodall
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1913101347
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A thrilling and gripping tale of friendship, courage and the power of being yourself.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1913101347
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A thrilling and gripping tale of friendship, courage and the power of being yourself.
Descender #14
Author: Jeff Lemire
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"SINGULARITIES" continues as the secret history of everyone's favorite pet-bot, Bandit, is revealed. What did Bandit do on the mining colony all those years while Tim-21 slept? And what does it mean for the future?
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
"SINGULARITIES" continues as the secret history of everyone's favorite pet-bot, Bandit, is revealed. What did Bandit do on the mining colony all those years while Tim-21 slept? And what does it mean for the future?
Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac
Environmental License Plate Numbers as of ...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile license plates
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Automobile license plates
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Spectator
Eclipse #1
Author: Zack Kaplan
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Imagine if sunlight burned you alive. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun's light into deadly immolating rays. The worldÕs few survivors now live in nocturnal cities. But a killer emerges who uses sunlight to burn his victims, and when he targets the daughter of a solar power mogul, it falls to a disillusioned solar engineer to protect her.
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Imagine if sunlight burned you alive. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun's light into deadly immolating rays. The worldÕs few survivors now live in nocturnal cities. But a killer emerges who uses sunlight to burn his victims, and when he targets the daughter of a solar power mogul, it falls to a disillusioned solar engineer to protect her.
Eden's Fall #2
Author: Matt Hawkins
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
FBI Agent James Miller has found his way into Eden, and now he's tracking the serpent himself. While his friends on the outside try to find a way to protect him, Miller targets the criminal hiding out in a town full of them, but the man he seeks may be more than he bargained for and the price of revenge will change FBI Agent James Miller forever.
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
FBI Agent James Miller has found his way into Eden, and now he's tracking the serpent himself. While his friends on the outside try to find a way to protect him, Miller targets the criminal hiding out in a town full of them, but the man he seeks may be more than he bargained for and the price of revenge will change FBI Agent James Miller forever.
Switch #4
Author: Stjepan Sejic
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mary has only had the Witchblade for a few days, and already she's stepped on quite a few toes. Now the owners of said toes would have words with her. Fighting words.
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Mary has only had the Witchblade for a few days, and already she's stepped on quite a few toes. Now the owners of said toes would have words with her. Fighting words.