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No Ruined Stone is a verse sequence rooted in the life of 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns. In 1786, Burns arranged to migrate to Jamaica to work on a slave plantation, a plan he ultimately abandoned. Voiced by a fictive Burns and his fictional granddaughter, a "mulatta" passing for white, the book asks: what would have happened had he gone?
Our Stone Age ancestors sang and played instruments, and ascribed magical qualities to many sounds. Exciting research—known as acoustic archaeology—has reconstructed this vanished aspect, and this new knowledge exposes both the origins of music and a lost world where echoes were considered spirit voices. Travel from chambered mounds in Ireland to French paleolithic caves, and listen to the past once more.
'Ian Stone has one of the sharpest comic minds in the country. I would read anything he’s written about anything. This book made me start listening to The Jam' Romesh Ranganathan 'Full of wit, cheek and energy – not just for fans of The Jam, this is for fans of London, of youth, of life itself' Rory Bremner 'This is a funny, fascinating, absorbing, surprising and readable book with the added bonus of Phill Jupitus’s delicious cartoons . . . A book for anyone who is now middle-aged and looking back joyfully at their youth' Jo Brand 'I really liked this book. I'd forgotten how shit it was in the seventies' Paul Weller Ian Stone grew up in a Jewish, working-class house in north London in ...
Want to know what was happening in the world before the arrival of the first civilizations? Then read all about it in The Stone Age Sentinel - a fresh and lively look at prehistoric times, cunningly disguised as a tabloid newspaper. Covering a mere four million years, it's packed full of facts and humour. Perfect for libraries and schools, this hardback non-fiction book includes a contents page and an index. Also available in paperback, ISBN 9780746069004.
This original tribute to the male nude combines photographs by Bruce Weber with drawings by the late Savannah, Georgia, artist Paul Stone. In their own distinctive ways Weber and Stone each convey the strength and emotional power at the heart of masculinity. Among the factors that unite both distinguished artists are an unparalleled appreciation for male athleticism and sensuality. Line, shading, color, and light mesh in fluid synchronicity. While carefully composed and precisely executed, these works all possess a compelling spark of creative spontaneity. Above all, the images reflect a sincere admiration for youth and beauty, an appreciation that is common to all periods of history. Layer upon layer of impressions guide us as we explore the heroic qualities of myth and legend, archetypes known in cultures since the dawn of humanity. Whether conveying virile manliness or boisterous boyishness, these majestic images will linger in the memory for quite some time.
Eve Layne had married Paul Stone ten days after they met. She had fallen in love with him, but she had not known him. Paul Stone, a man who made decisions based upon his instincts and desires, had desired Eve Layne so he married her. But he had not known her. Paul and Eve had married too soon. They were opposites who repelled. Eve, a spiritual person, had been taught to live by God's standards. Paul lived by his own standards, his own code of ethics. Their hasty wedding had brought disaster their wedding night pain. The pattern of their lives-manipulated and intruded upon by so-called friends and family-had followed a rocky course which ended in separation. Their separation dulled the pain, allowing Eve to regain the faith she had nearly lost. And Paul had learned his life would never be complete until he knew the whole truth about Eve and the things that had made her who she was. They began again-fighting the same diabolical forces that had separated them. But this time they were fighting their battles together and Eve's God became a major factor.
"A moving and unforgettable memoir of a transgender pastor's journey from despair to joy as she transitioned from male to female and learned about gender inequity, at home and in the workplace"--
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When a young boy finds a rock that had floated through space and landed on Earth millions of years earlier, he writes a letter to NASA asking them to return it to the heavens.
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