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Wild Years
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 598

Wild Years

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-11-16
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  • Publisher: ECW Press

Legend. Bum. Genius. Con Man. Devoted husband and father. Myth. Storyteller. Inspiration. Drunk. Visionary. Tom Waits is all of these things. Waits is the lifeline between the great Beat poets and today's rock & roll heroes. He's old enough to be your dad and cool enough to be your hero. One of the few truly original musicians recording today, he's also the rare singer who can actually act, and he has put together a respectable body of work in movies. Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits retraces the long road that Waits has traveled and explores the music that made him a legend. Jay S. Jacobs looks at the towering myth that Waits has created for himself. Jay S. Jacobs follows the fate of one of America's pre-eminent artists, a very private man whose career embodies a quirky array of fulfillment and loss, beauty and strangeness. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter, with insight on Waits' career in the 21st century thus far, as well as the most complete discography available in print. Tom's Wild Years ' a poignant, revealing celebration of the man and all his myths.

Pretty Good Years
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 248

Pretty Good Years

A portrait of the talented singer/songwriter traces the evolution of a musical prodigy, from her early years to become one of the most important female musical voices of contemporary music, revealing how she has combined her talent on the piano with inspiration from some of the most tragic incidents of her life to create musical art. Original.

Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 259

Lost Souls of Horror and the Gothic

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-10-24
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  • Publisher: McFarland

In recent years horror and gothic themes have penetrated mainstream popular culture in a manner unseen since the horror boom of the 1970s. Primetime television viewers who before might not have shown interest in such late-night fare now happily settle down after dinner to watch zombie or serial killer shows. This collection of 54 biographical essays examines many overlooked and underrated figures who have played a role in the ever expanding world of horror and gothic entertainment. The contributors push the boundaries of how we define these terms, bringing into the discussion such diverse figures as singer-songwriter Tom Waits, occultist Dion Fortune, author Charles Beaumont, historian and bishop Gregory of Tours and video game designer Shinji Mikami.

The Latin Music Scene
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 54

The Latin Music Scene

"Read about the music, stars, clothes, contracts, and world of Latin music"--Provided by publisher.

The Horizon Book of Great Cathedrals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

The Horizon Book of Great Cathedrals

The story of men and their monuments - of the soaring structures that embodied the spirit of the Middle Ages

The Eaten Word
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 280

The Eaten Word

The book looks at both the terminology of food and figures of speech involving food.

Phoenix Rising from Contemporary Global Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 140

Phoenix Rising from Contemporary Global Society

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-02-01
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  • Publisher: BRILL

Hope is not only a rich and complex topic, but one which deserves a central place within our collective disciplinary and social dialogue. With this awareness in mind, the Sixth Global Conference on Hope: Probing the Boundaries was held in Prague, Czech Republic from 14-16 March 2014. This volume presents a collection of the papers presented, and is divided into four parts: papers that focus on philosophical themes, papers which explore healing and motivation, contributions withing spirituality and pedagogy; and literary and cinematic evocations of hope.

Mother Teresa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 54

Mother Teresa

A biography of Mother Teresa, a nun working in Calcutta, India, who has dedicated her life to doing what she could to help those who suffered from loneliness or poverty. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979.

Data-Driven Security
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 354

Data-Driven Security

Uncover hidden patterns of data and respond with countermeasures Security professionals need all the tools at their disposal to increase their visibility in order to prevent security breaches and attacks. This careful guide explores two of the most powerful data analysis and visualization. You'll soon understand how to harness and wield data, from collection and storage to management and analysis as well as visualization and presentation. Using a hands-on approach with real-world examples, this book shows you how to gather feedback, measure the effectiveness of your security methods, and make better decisions. Everything in this book will have practical application for information security p...

Images of Whiteness
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 246

Images of Whiteness

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-01-04
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. This collection of works emerges from Interdisciplinary.Net’s second global conference on whiteness entitled Images of Whiteness. True to Interdisciplinary’s ethos, the conference draws scholars and activists from disciplines such as anthropology, education, art, counselling, cultural studies, gender studies, history, and literature, to engage in a dialogue on whiteness: how to see it, resist it, and challenge it. The chapters examine the images and effects of whiteness in literature, film, and television, as well as in ethnographic studies, and provide preliminary guidance to engage in anti-racist praxis and education.