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New. At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go s?and the band needed a bassist. The Go-Go s became t… Mehr…

New. At twenty-one, Kathy Valentine was at the Whisky in Los Angeles when she met a guitarist from a fledgling band called the Go-Go s?and the band needed a bassist. The Go-Go s became the first multi-platinum-selling, all-female band to play instruments themselves, write their own songs, and have a number one album. Their debut, Beauty &amp; The Beat, spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 and featured the hit songs We Got the Beat and Our Lips Are Sealed . The record s success brought the pressures of a relentless workload and schedule culminating in a wild, hazy, substance-fuelled tour that took the band from the club circuit to arenas, where fans, promoters, and crew were more than ready to keep the party going. For Valentine, the band s success was the fulfilment of a lifelong dream?but that s only part of her story. All I Ever Wanted traces the path that took her from her childhood in Texas?where she all but raised herself?to the height of rock n roll stardom, devastation after the collapse of the band that had come to define her, and the quest to regain her sense of self after its end. Valentine also speaks candidly about the lasting effects of parental betrayal, abortion, rape, and her struggles with drugs and alcohol?and the music that saved her every step of the way. Populated with vivid portraits of Valentine s interactions during the 1980s with musicians and actors from The Police and Rod Stewart to John Belushi and Rob Lowe, All I Ever Wanted is a deeply personal reflection on a life spent in music., 6, Boves: Araba Fenice, 2012. Boves, 2012; br., pp. 218, cm 15,5x21. Un tuffo nei mitici anni '60, raccontati dal di "dentro", così come apparivano agli occhi di un ragazzino albese che apparteneva a Gli scoiattoli, una delle infinite "boy band" che verso la metà di quegli anni spuntarono un po' dappertutto sulla scia del fenomeno musicale e di costume innescato dai Beatles e dai Rolling Stones. Un racconto vivace sull'era del Beat: l'epoca del "casco d'oro" di Caterina Caselli, della minigonna di Mary Quant, del nuovo modello femminile proposto dall'anoressica modella Twiggy, dei ragazzi zazzeruti fasciati in vestiti attillati, giacche corte e pantaloni "a sigaretta", con ai piedi gli stivaletti alla Beatles e con in testa il berretto alla John Lennon. Alba è il fulcro della narrazione, ma il microcosmo che ne fa da sfondo è quello di infinite altre città più o meno con le stesse situazioni: chiunque abbia ballato e cantato le canzoni di quel periodo si riconoscerà e potrà riviverle in queste pagine., Araba Fenice, 2012, 0, Paperback. New. Rick shares his story of overcoming a childhood disease and finishing the 95th Boston Marathon. Rick also ran in a 465 mile run and beat cancer. He later celebrated 10 years as a survivor by completing a 250 mile/12 day walk., 6, Originalbroschur, 54 Seiten, diverse Abbildungen ( darunter 22 Fotos der Mitwirkenden ). Zustand: gut Regie: Volker Hesse. Ausstattung: Susanne Thaler. Regieassistenz: Marcus Everding, Nikolaus Graf. Mitwirkende: Wolfgang Hinze, Horst Sachtleben, Klaus Herm, Hans Quest, Hans Stetter, Alois Strempel, Franz Kollasch, Wolfgang Reinbacher, Herbert Rhom, Ulrich Matthes, Beat Knoll, Gerd Anthoff, Karl Lieffen, u.a. - Programm - Programmbuch - Theaterprogramm - Opernprogramm -, 0, Originalbroschur, 54 Seiten, diverse Abbildungen ( darunter 22 Fotos der Mitwirkenden ). Zustand: sehr gut, leichte Abbfärbung auf hinterem Deckel Regie: Volker Hesse. Ausstattung: Susanne Thaler. Regieassistenz: Marcus Everding, Nikolaus Graf. Mitwirkende: Wolfgang Hinze, Horst Sachtleben, Klaus Herm, Hans Quest, Hans Stetter, Alois Strempel, Franz Kollasch, Wolfgang Reinbacher, Herbert Rhom, Ulrich Matthes, Beat Knoll, Gerd Anthoff, Karl Lieffen, u.a. - Programm - Programmbuch - Theaterprogramm - Opernprogramm -, 0, original Heft, nicht paginiert, 16 Seiten, diverse Fotos. Zustand: gut, ganz leichte Knitterspuren ( Qu'est-ce qu'on a encore fait au Bon Dieu? ). Komödie nach dem gleichnamigen Film von Philippe de Chauveron und Guy Laurent für die Bühne adaptiert von Stefan Zimmermann. Regie: Philipp Tiedemann. Bühne: Paul Lerchbaumer. Kostüme: Claudia Tyborski. Musik: Henrik Kairies. Mitwirkende: Peter Bause, Brigitte Grothum, Roberto Blanco, Robin Lyn Gooch, Ruth Macke, Ina Piontek, Lisa Julie Rauen, Melanie Isakowitz, u.a. - Programm - Programmbuch - Theaterprogramm - Opernprogramm -, 0, Nielsen UK, 2022. Paperback. New. 375 pages. 7.81x5.06x0.94 inches., Nielsen UK, 2022, 6, Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy. The story of New Zealand's most successful exporter and its head, Bill Gallagher, who built on the invention of an electric fence to make the company a world leader in its field. New Zealanders are always being exhorted to take a clever idea and go global. Easier said than done. But one iconic company has been doing just that for over 75 years. Gallagher Industries began in a Hamilton shed in the late 1930s, when a self-taught engineer, Bill Gallagher, came up with a design for an electric fence that transformed New Zealand farming. His sons Bill junior and John took over the business in the 1970s and applied their engineering genius and driving ambition to turn it into one of this country's most successful companies. Today it employs 600 staff in New Zealand and has distributes its animal containment and security products worldwide. Even Buckingham Palace is protected by a Gallagher security system! Based on a ceaseless quest for efficiency and world-beating new technology, Gallagher products are peerless, and the company's achievements the stuff of envy. And along the way Bill Gallagher, now Sir William, has managed to have plenty of adventure -- including diving for sunken treasure with Wade Doak and the late Kelly Tarlton. This fascinating book tells how Kiwi can-do can be transformed into global success - and for the long haul. It hasn't been easy: more than once Gallagher has had to pull his business back from the brink, but his inspired leadership got it through. Other companies may fall to overseas owners or lose their way but under Sir William Gallagher, Gallagher Industries - resourceful, nimble and generous in its philanthropy - is a proud New Zealand business that's here to stay. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 1.1 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post rate-finder We do not make a profit from postage, Random House New Zealand, 2013, 3, Auckland: Random House New Zealand, 2013. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy. The story of New Zealand's most successful exporter and its head, Bill Gallagher, who built on the invention of an electric fence to make the company a world leader in its field. New Zealanders are always being exhorted to take a clever idea and go global. Easier said than done. But one iconic company has been doing just that for over 75 years. Gallagher Industries began in a Hamilton shed in the late 1930s, when a self-taught engineer, Bill Gallagher, came up with a design for an electric fence that transformed New Zealand farming. His sons Bill junior and John took over the business in the 1970s and applied their engineering genius and driving ambition to turn it into one of this country's most successful companies. Today it employs 600 staff in New Zealand and has distributes its animal containment and security products worldwide. Even Buckingham Palace is protected by a Gallagher security system! Based on a ceaseless quest for efficiency and world-beating new technology, Gallagher products are peerless, and the company's achievements the stuff of envy. And along the way Bill Gallagher, now Sir William, has managed to have plenty of adventure -- including diving for sunken treasure with Wade Doak and the late Kelly Tarlton. This fascinating book tells how Kiwi can-do can be transformed into global success - and for the long haul. It hasn't been easy: more than once Gallagher has had to pull his business back from the brink, but his inspired leadership got it through. Other companies may fall to overseas owners or lose their way but under Sir William Gallagher, Gallagher Industries - resourceful, nimble and generous in its philanthropy - is a proud New Zealand business that's here to stay. For postage outside NZ this volume weighs 1.1 kg and can be checked for its postage cost to your location at NZ Post rate-finder We do not make a profit from postage, Random House New Zealand, 2013, 3, Penguin Books, 2014. Soft cover. As New. Like New - With Minor Shelf Wear To The Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. - Please See All Photos. - The #1 New York Times-Bestselling Story About American Olympic Triumph In Nazi Germany And Now The Inspiration For The Pbs Documentary "The Boys Of '36'." Out Of The Depths Of The Depression Comes An Irresistible Story About Beating The Odds And Finding Hope In The Most Desperate Of Times-The Improbable, Intimate Account Of How Nine Working-Class Boys From The American West Showed The World At The 1936 Olympics In Berlin What True Grit Really Meant. It Was An Unlikely Quest From The Start. With A Team Composed Of The Sons Of Loggers, Shipyard Workers, And Farmers, The University Of Washington'S Eight-Oar Crew Team Was Never Expected To Defeat The Elite Teams Of The East Coast And Great Britain, Yet They Did, Going On To Shock The World By Defeating The German Team Rowing For Adolf Hitler. The Emotional Heart Of The Tale Lies With Joe Rantz, A Teenager Without Family Or Prospects, Who Rows Not Only To Regain His Shattered Self-Regard But Also To Find A Real Place For Himself In The World. Drawing On The Boys' Own Journals And Vivid Memories Of A Once-In-A-Lifetime Shared Dream, Brown Has Created An Unforgettable Portrait Of An Era, A Celebration Of A Remarkable Achievement, And A Chronicle Of One Extraordinary Young Man'S Personal Quest., Penguin Books, 2014, 5, Random House. New.. Random House, 2017. New.. The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.A child of the Great Depression, legendary mathematician Edward O. Thorp invented card counting, proving the seemingly impossible: that you could beat the dealer at the blackjack table. As a result he launched a gambling renaissance. His remarkable success--and mathematically unassailable method--caused such an uproar that casinos altered the rules of the game to thwart him and the legions he inspired. They barred him from their premises, even put his life in jeopardy. Nonetheless, gambling was forever changed.Thereafter, Thorp shifted his sights to "the biggest casino in the world" Wall Street. Devising and then deploying mathematical formulas to beat the market, Thorp ushered in the era of quantitative finance we live in today. Along the way, the so-called godfather of the quants played bridge with Warren Buffett, crossed swords with a young Rudy Giuliani, detected the Bernie Madoff scheme, and, to beat the game of roulette, invented, with Claude Shannon, the world's first wearable computer.Here, for the first time, Thorp tells the story of what he did, how he did it, his passions and motivations, and the curiosity that has always driven him to disregard conventional wisdom and devise game-changing solutions to seemingly insoluble problems. An intellectual thrill ride, replete with practical wisdom that can guide us all in uncertain financial waters, A Man for All Markets is an instant classic--a book that challenges its readers to think logically about a seemingly irrational world.Praise for A Man for All Markets"In A Man for All Markets, Thorp] delightfully recounts his progress (if that is the word) from college teacher to gambler to hedge-fund manager. Along the way we learn important lessons about the functioning of markets and the logic of investment."--The Wall Street Journal" Thorp] gives a biological summation (think Richard Feynman's Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman ) of his quest to prove the aphorism 'the house always wins' is flawed. . . . Illuminating for the mathematically inclined, and cautionary for would-be gamblers and day traders"--, Random House, 6, Paperback / softback. New. Stop Buying Mutual Funds is the book that Bay Street still doesn't want you to read! For years, millions of Canadians have injected billions of dollars into mutual funds in the quest for better returns on their investments., 6, Vista, California: Shadowridge Press, 2014. First Trade Edition . Trade Paperback. Fine. 6" x 9. Miller, Wayne - Cover. 168 Pages. January 2014 Edition. As new gift quality book with flawless interior text pages. Sarah Pinborough is a critically acclaimed award-winning author of horror, crime and YA fiction. Now it's death's turn. It spreads like a plague but it's not a disease. Medical science is helpless against the deadly autoimmune reaction caused by the bite of the swarming African flies. Billions are dead, more are dying. Across the world, governments are falling, civilization is crumbling, and everywhere those still alive fear the death carried in the skies. Some say the flies are a freak mutation, others say they're man made, but as hope of beating them fades, most turn to the only comfort left and see the plague as God's will. He sent a deadly deluge the last time He was upset with mankind. This time He has darkened the sky with deadly flies. And perhaps that is true, for so many of the afflicted speak with their dying breaths of seeing God coming for them. But not everyone dies. A very few seem immune. They call themselves mungus and preach acceptance of the plague, encouraging people to allow themselves to be bitten by the flies of the Lord so that they may join Him in the afterlife. Nigel, an investigative reporter, searches the apocalyptic landscape of plague-ravaged England in search of Bandora, a kidnapped African boy. On a quest for personal redemption as well as the truth, his search takes him away from the troubles he can no longer face at home, and into the world of the head mungu, a man who speaks truth in riddles and has no fear of the African flies. This book is about apocalypse, about love, about the fragile bonds that hold marriages and civilizations together. But mostly it's about truth, how we find it, how we embrace it or reject it, and how we must face the truths within ourselves., Shadowridge Press, 2014, 5, Vicenza: BEAT, 2018. Traduzione di A. Petrelli. Vicenza, 2018; br., pp. 253. (Superbeat. 55). Mentre svolgeva le ricerche per i suoi romanzi più amati e conosciuti, "L'arte di ascoltare i battiti del cuore" e "Gli accordi del cuore", Jan-Philipp Sendker si è recato dozzine di volte in Birmania, apprendendo molto della sua bellezza, della simpatia dei suoi abitanti, della loro religione e superstizione. Durante queste visite, spesso è capitato che gli fossero riportate storie che appartenevano al mondo delle fiabe e delle leggende. Storie che hanno risvegliato la sua curiosità, perché spesso si trattava di racconti commoventi, che parlavano della ricchezza mitologica dei diversi popoli birmani, della spiritualità degli esseri umani e della profonda influenza del pensiero buddhista sulla società nel corso dei secoli. Molte di queste favole gli hanno ricordato il mondo della sua infanzia, con la differenza che al posto di oche, istrici o asini, il mondo fantastico di questi racconti è abitato da scimmie, tigri, elefanti e coccodrilli. La loro morale, tuttavia, è paragonabile a quella dei fratelli Grimm o di Hans Christian Andersen, e questo dimostra che a modo loro tutte le civiltà del mondo attingono per i loro miti al bagaglio universale della saggezza umana. Alcune di queste storie, raccolte da Jan-Philipp Sendker con Lorie Karnath e Jonathan Sendker, vi faranno sorridere, altre vi toccheranno il cuore, vi lasceranno perplessi o vi faranno riflettere. Un viaggio attraverso una magica Birmania., BEAT, 2018, 0, Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc., 2008. First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 5/31/08 by author on title page with 'Continue to Soar!' inscription above signature. Every family has secrets, but Chip St. Clair survived the darkest of family betrayals. As a boy, he never knew what would set his father off--maybe the ice cubes in his glass of Tab, maybe dinner was overcooked or undercooked, or the gravy was too runny. Regardless, the beatings always came. As did the twisted games of cat-and-mouse--being thrown from a rowboat into frigid Lake Michigan, the middle-of-the-night moves to different states, or being left to dangle over a twenty-seven-story balcony while his father watched from inside. But one fateful night when the police answered the call, the truth came to light from the shadows, sparking national headlines. Chip's entire life--his name, even his date of birth--had been a lie, and the man he called "Dad" was an impostor, an escaped child killer who had been on the run for over two dedades. The stunning revelation that Chip had spent his life as the son of one of America's Most Wanted would send one man to justice and another on a quest for his true identity. With chilling detail and a riveting, lyrical narrative, THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN reveals St. Clair's struggle to piece together his haunted past before it consumes him and shares his inspiring metamorphosis from victim to victim's advocate. New trade PBO in pictorial wraps. L111, Health Communications, Inc., 2008, 6, Paperback / softback. New. <b>The classic novel of freedom and the search for authenticity that defined a generation</b><br /><br /> <i>On the Road</i> chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make <i>On the Road</i> an inspirational work of lasting importance. Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be “Beat” and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than fifty years ago. This Penguin Classics edition contains an introduction by Ann Charters.<br /><br />For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., 6, Paperback / softback. New. Nominated for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Amazon Top 5 Business Books of 2017 'A prodigious feat of reporting' - Malcolm Gladwell 'Black Edge has the grip of a thriller ... Everyone should read this book' - David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of THE LOST CITY OF Z How do super-rich bankers get away with it? There is a powerful new class of billionaire financiers in the world, who use their phenomenal wealth to write their own rules and laws. Chief among them is Steven Cohen, a Wall Street legend, and the basis for Damian Lewis's character in BILLIONS, who built his hedge fund into a $15 billion empire on the basis of wizard-like stock trading, and who flies to work by helicopter and owns one of the largest private art collections in the world. But his iconic status was shattered when his fund became the target of a sprawling FBI investigation into insider trading, charged with using illegal inside information - or 'black edge' - to beat the market. His firm, SAC Capital, was ultimately indicted and pled guilty to charges of securities and wire fraud, and paid record criminal and civil fines of nearly $2 billion. But even as the company bearing his name pled guilty, Cohen himself was never charged, and is free to start trading publicly again from January 2018. Black Edge offers a revelatory look at the grey zone in which so much of Wall Street functions, and a window into the transformation of the worldwide economy. With meticulous reporting and powerful storytelling, this is a riveting, true-life legal thriller that takes readers inside the US government's pursuit of Cohen and his employees, and raises urgent questions about the power and wealth of those who sit at the pinnacle of the financial world., 6, The Library of America, 2006. Hardcover. 685 pages. No more profound and intimate expression of America's spiritual life can be found than the work of its poets. From Anne Bradstreet to the Beats, from Native American chant and Shaker hymnody to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, religion and spirituality have always been central to American poetry. In this unique anthology, world-renowned scholar Harold Bloom weaves a tapestry from the many strands of American religious experience and practice: the searching meditations of Puritan pioneers, the evangelical fervor of the Great Awakenings, the mystical currents of Transcendentalism, the diverse influences of the world religions that have taken root in modern America. Spanning four centuries and more than 200 poets, American Religious Poems is a bountiful and moving gathering of voices that offers countless moments of inspiration, solace, meditation, and transcendence. The poems in this unprecedented volume are a lasting testimony to the American spirit and its unremitting quest for ultimate truth and meaning. This deluxe collector's edition features: - an introduction by Harold Bloom; - a reader's guide to significant topics and themes in the poems; - Smyth-sewn binding and flexible, leatherette covers; and - a ribbon page-marker., The Library of America, 2006, 0<

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No more profound and intimate expression of America’s spiritual life can be found than the work of its poets. From Anne Bradstreet to the Beats, from Native American chant and Shake… Mehr…

No more profound and intimate expression of America’s spiritual life can be found than the work of its poets. From Anne Bradstreet to the Beats, from Native American chant and Shaker hymnody to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, religion and spirituality have always been central to American poetry. In this unique anthology, world-renowned scholar Harold Bloom weaves a tapestry from the many strands of American religious experience and practice: the searching meditations of Puritan pioneers, the evangelical fervor of the Great Awakenings, the mystical currents of Transcendentalism, the diverse influences of the world religions that have taken root in modern America.Spanning four centuries and more than 200 poets, American Religious Poems is a bountiful and moving gathering of voices that offers countless moments of inspiration, solace, meditation, and transcendence. The poems in this unprecedented volume are a lasting testimony to the American spirit and its unremitting quest for ultimate truth and meaning.This deluxe collector’s edition features: • an introduction by Harold Bloom;  • a reader’s guide to significant topics and themes in the poems;  • Smyth-sewn binding and flexible, leatherette covers; and  • a ribbon page-marker. Trade Books>Hardcover>Poetry>Poetry Anthology>Poetry Antholo, Library of America Core >2<

ISBN: 9781931082747

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