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Wired for Sound
For the first time ever, discover the story behind the Stebbing recording legacy. From pioneering violins and 78 records, to the singers, songwriters, engineers and producers who have graced Stebbing's famous three recording studios. Come inside the mid-1960s Galaxie nightclub, the evolution of the Zodiac record label and the Stebbing family's fearless response to industry politics, changing technologies and financial risk. This is the untold Stebbing story of resilience, enterprise and an ancestral restless spirit has underpinned the Stebbing family's generational legacy, from the pioneering days of recording in New Zealand to the digital age. Against a backdrop of New Zealand's vibrant social history, this 75-year-long story is about the bands, the artists, the singers, the songwriters, the engineers and the technical know-how that is uniquely Stebbings. Richly-told and lavishly illustrated, this warts-and-all nostalgic read is told through the artists, the musicians, the bands, the songwriters, the engineers and the wider Stebbing family itself.
The Heaven of Hell (second edition, expanded and revised)
All of life is struggle, of course, and Jon's deftly rendered mutants are struggling up one heck of a storm. Struggling with each other, struggling with nature, struggling to get out of their own fucking skin. It leaves a hell of a mess, with all of your favorite bodily fluids competing as signifiers. - David E. Williams, www.davidewilliams.com Black and white drawings as potent, grotesque, and unyielding as the likes of S.Clay Wilson, or Mike Diana. Jon F.Allen dredges up demons, horrors, sex, murder, anxieties, and gallows humor born in the unseemly trenches of Catholicism, addiction, and observations of the decrepit, violent, bleak world around him- Pop Wasteland
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Feminism brings unique literary, critical, and historical perspectives to the relationship between women’s writing and women’s rights in British contexts from the late eighteenth century to the present. Thematically organised around five central concepts—Rights, Networks, Bodies, Production, and Activism—the Companion tracks vital questions and debates, offering fresh perspectives on changing priorities and enduring continuities in relation to women’s ongoing struggle for liberty and equality. This groundbreaking collection brings into focus the historical and cultural conditions which have shaped the formation of British literary feminisms...
Historians on Robin Hood
Offers a comprehensive thematic introduction to a wide range of medieval writings about the outlaw-hero from a series of different historical perspectives. By the fifteenth century, churchmen were complaining that laypeople preferred to hear stories about Robin Hood rather than to listen to the word of God. But what was the attraction of this outlaw for contemporary audiences? The essays collected here seek to examine the outlaw's legend in relation to late medieval society, politics and piety. They set out the different types of evidence which give us access to representations of Robin and his men in the pre-Reformation period, ask whether stories about the outlaw had any basis in reality a...
Dangerous Desires - Book 10 - Of Gold & Blood
She's a reclusive countess considering marriage to a former bad boy. He's a senator with a dark past, ready to enjoy his golden years in peace. When blackmail threatens to expose his secrets, can their love withstand the storm? San Francisco 1870: High society widow Elizabeth Westerhoven is amazed to find herself seriously considering marriage to a life-long acquaintance, Hector de Vile, a former bad boy pirate trader, now a powerful Senator. Reclusive, charitable and wise, she's tempted to re-enter society after years of preferring seclusion. Ruthlessly ambitious Senator Hector de Vile, his darkest secrets buried in the past, is looking forward to introducing Elizabeth, a woman he's long ad...
Ancient Deception - Book 9 in Of Gold & Blood
She's a haunted runaway forced to hide from a brutal past. He's a charismatic businessman who despises deception. Can they overcome the lies that separate them and embrace a passion worth everything? California, 1871: Sarah Wyndham has lived a double life since escaping her abusive family and a forced marriage. Fleeing to San Francisco, the gifted mathematician lives incognito as a mousey secretary, in constant terror of discovery. Hawaiian sugar merchant Kaleo Manolo sees beyond the disguise however, and when Sarah’s secrets put her in grave danger, the handsome super surfer steps in as her protector. Traumatised by her brutal past, Sarah is ashamed to tell her story. And she knows her de...
Sadie's Vow Book 1 - Home At Last
A deathbed promise. An impossible task. Will saving a loved one mean losing everything? New York, 1872. Sadie McGillicuddy’s word is her bond. Swearing to her dying mother to always protect her willful sister, she’s soon tested when her beautiful younger sibling runs off into the night. Jumping on a San Francisco train in hot pursuit, the resourceful young woman evades a gangland enforcer’s unwanted attention with the help of a handsome stranger. Count Dolphie Westerhoven’s future feels uncertain. Grieving a father who just left him penniless, the lone-wolf Austrian is traveling to San Francisco when an intriguing passenger slips into his private carriage. Quick to offer her protecti...
