Blackstar Theory

Author : Leah Kardos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501365393

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Blackstar Theory by Leah Kardos Pdf

Blackstar Theory takes a close look at David Bowie's ambitious last works: his surprise 'comeback' project The Next Day (2013), the off-Broadway musical Lazarus (2015) and the album that preceded the artist's death in 2016 by two days, Blackstar. The book explores the swirl of themes that orbit and entangle these projects from a starting point in musical analysis and features new interviews with key collaborators from the period: producer Tony Visconti, graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook, musical director Henry Hey, saxophonist Donny McCaslin and assistant sound engineer Erin Tonkon. These works tackle the biggest of ideas: identity, creativity, chaos, transience and immortality. They enact a process of individuation for the Bowie meta-persona and invite us to consider what happens when a star dies. In our universe, dying stars do not disappear - they transform into new stellar objects, remnants and gravitational forces. The radical potential of the Blackstar is demonstrated in the rock star supernova that creates a singularity resulting in cultural iconicity. It is how a man approaching his own death can create art that illuminates the immortal potential of all matter in the known universe.

Author : Nathaniel T Jeanson
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614586340

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Replacing Darwin by Nathaniel T Jeanson Pdf

If Darwin were to examine the evidence today using modern science, would his conclusions be the same? Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, published over 150 years ago, is considered one of history’s most influential books and continues to serve as the foundation of thought for evolutionary biology. Since Darwin’s time, however, new fields of science have immerged that simply give us better answers to the question of origins. With a Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Harvard University, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson is uniquely qualified to investigate what genetics reveal about origins. The Origins Puzzle Comes Together If the science surrounding origins were a puzzle, Darwin would have had fewer than 15% of the pieces to work with when he developed his theory of evolution. We now have a much greater percentage of the pieces because of modern scientific research. As Dr. Jeanson puts the new pieces together, a whole new picture emerges, giving us a testable, predictive model to explain the origin of species. A New Scientific Revolution Begins Darwin’s theory of evolution may be one of science’s “sacred cows,” but genetics research is proving it wrong. Changing an entrenched narrative, even if it’s wrong, is no easy task. Replacing Darwin asks you to consider the possibility that, based on genetics research, our origins are more easily understood in the context of . . . In the beginning . . . God, with the timeline found in the biblical narrative of Genesis. There is a better answer to the origins debate than what we have been led to believe. Let the revolution begin! About the Author Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson is a scientist and a scholar, trained in one of the most prestigious universities in the world. He earned his B.S. in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and his PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University. As an undergraduate, he researched the molecular control of photosynthesis, and his graduate work involved investigating the molecular and physiological control of adult blood stem cells. His findings have been presented at regional and national conferences and have been published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Blood, Nature, and Cell. Since 2009, he has been actively researching the origin of species, both at the Institute for Creation Research and at Answers in Genesis.

Author : Dylan Jones
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780571353453

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Sweet Dreams by Dylan Jones Pdf

David Bowie. Culture Club. Wham!. Soft Cell. Duran Duran. Sade. Adam Ant. Spandau Ballet. The Eurythmics. ' Excellent' Guardian ' Hugely enjoyable' Irish Times ' Dazzling' LRB 'Fascinating' New Statesman 'An absolute must-read' GQ One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era of the New Romantics grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth. The scene had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music - making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles. In Sweet Dreams, Dylan Jones charts the rise of the New Romantics through testimony from the people who lived it. For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.

Author : Will Brooker
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780008313739

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Why Bowie Matters by Will Brooker Pdf

A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life’s work and journey, and why he will always matter.

Author : John W Campbell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947964730

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The Black Star Passes by John W Campbell Pdf

One of the greatest names in science-fiction is that of John W. Campbell. Famed as the editor of Astounding Science Fiction/Analog for many years, John W. Campbell was earlier known for his exciting, imaginative novels of super-science, which placed his name alongside such greats as Edward E. Smith and Edmond Hamilton. THE BLACK STAR PASSES is such a book, narrating the adventures of the Earth scientists Arcot, Wade, and Morey as they fight at first for the freedom of their planet and then for the safety of the entire solar system. For cosmic scope, daring concepts, and sweeping adventure, it has never been surpassed.

Author : Runoko Rashidi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Africans
ISBN : 0956638023

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Black Star by Runoko Rashidi Pdf

Author : Erin Hunter
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780063050129

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Warriors: A Starless Clan #1: River by Erin Hunter Pdf

A thrilling new adventure begins in Erin Hunter’s #1 bestselling Warriors series! They have always lived by the code—but only change can keep the peace. A new age is dawning on the warrior Clans. Now a new generation of warriors rises—one wrestling with the legacy of his great ancestor Firestar, one seeking to protect her troubled Clan, and one yearning to prove herself as a medicine cat—as leaders from all five Clans agree that the Warrior Code must be reformed. But when tragedy strikes RiverClan, old fears will threaten the new peace… unless these three young cats can calm the coming storm. This seventh epic Warriors series is full of action, intrigue, and adventure. This first book is the perfect introduction for new readers, while long-time fans will discover what unfolds after the events of The Broken Code.

Author : Eduardo Navas
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783990435007

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Remix Theory: The Aesthetics of Sampling by Eduardo Navas Pdf

Sampling and remixing are now common in art, music and new media. Assessing their aesthetic qualities by focusing on technical advances in 1970s and 80s music, and later in art and media, the author argues that 'Remix' punches above its deemed cultural weight.

Author : Gabrielle Moser
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780271082875

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Projecting Citizenship by Gabrielle Moser Pdf

In Projecting Citizenship, Gabrielle Moser gives a comprehensive account of an unusual project produced by the British government’s Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee at the beginning of the twentieth century—a series of lantern slide lectures that combined geography education and photography to teach schoolchildren around the world what it meant to look and to feel like an imperial citizen. Through detailed archival research and close readings, Moser elucidates the impact of this vast collection of photographs documenting the land and peoples of the British Empire, circulated between 1902 and 1945 in classrooms from Canada to Hong Kong, from the West Indies to Australia. Moser argues that these photographs played a central role in the invention and representation of imperial citizenship. She shows how citizenship became a photographable and teachable subject by tracing the intended readings of the images that the committee hoped to impart to viewers and analyzing how spectators may have used their encounters with these photographs for protest and resistance. Interweaving political and economic history, history of pedagogy, and theories of citizenship with a consideration of the aesthetic and affective dimensions of viewing the lectures, Projecting Citizenship offers important insights into the social inequalities and visual language of colonial rule.

Author : Thomas J. Matthews,Kostas A. Triantis,Robert J. Whittaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781108477079

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The Species-Area Relationship by Thomas J. Matthews,Kostas A. Triantis,Robert J. Whittaker Pdf

Provides a comprehensive synthesis of a fundamental phenomenon, the species-area relationship, addressing theory, evidence and application.

Author : Carl Freedman,Carl Freedom
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819574541

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Critical Theory and Science Fiction by Carl Freedman,Carl Freedom Pdf

Selected by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year. This innovative cultural critique offers valuable insights into science fiction, thus enlarging our understanding of critical theory. Carl Freedman traces the fundamental and mostly unexamined relationships between the discourses of science fiction and critical theory, arguing that science fiction is (or ought to be) a privileged genre for critical theory. He asserts that it is no accident that the upsurge of academic interest in science fiction since the 1970s coincides with the heyday of literary theory, and that likewise science fiction is one of the most theoretically informed areas of the literary profession. Extended readings of novels by five of the most important modern science fiction authors illustrate the affinity between science fiction and critical theory, in each case concentrating on one major novel that resonates with concerns proper to critical theory. Freedman's five readings are: Solaris: Stanislaw Lem and the Structure of Cognition; The Dispossessed: Ursula LeGuin and the Ambiguities of Utopia; The Two of Them: Joanna Russ and the Violence of Gender; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand: Samuel Delany and the Dialectics of Difference; The Man in the High Castle: Philip K. Dick and the Construction of Realities.

Author : ABRSM
Publisher : Theory workbooks (ABRSM)
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1786013452

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Discovering Music Theory, The ABRSM Grade 1 Workbook by ABRSM Pdf

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032090014

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David Bowie and Transmedia Stardom by Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Addressing the interart, intertextual, and intermedial dimensions of David Bowie's sonic and visual legacy, this book considers more than five decades of a career invested with a star's luminosity that shines well beyond the remit of pop music. The book approaches the idea of the star David Bowie as a medium in transit, undergoing constant movement and change. Within the context of celebrity studies, the concept of stardom provides an appropriate frame for an examination of Bowie's transmedial activity, especially given his ongoing iconic signification within the celestial realm. While Bowie has traversed many mediums, he has also been described as a medium, which is consistent with the way he has described himself. With contributions from a wide range of disciplinary areas and countries, each chapter brings a fresh perspective on the concept of stardom and the conceptual significance of the terms 'mediation' and 'navigation' as they relate to Bowie and his career. Containing a multitude of different approaches to the stardom and mediation of David Bowie, this book will be of interest to those studying celebrity, audio and visual legacy, and the relationships between different forms of media. It was originally published as a special issue of Celebrity Studies.

Author : Lina Ng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : 9679854442

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Theory Made Easy for Little Children. Level 1 by Lina Ng Pdf

Author : Adam Steiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Cleaning personnel
ISBN : 1911331868

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Politics of the Asylum by Adam Steiner Pdf

Nathan Finewax is a cleaner in a hospital steadily falling apart. He's working on a ward where staff cheat, lie and steal to get ahead, where targets, death tolls and finance overrule patient care, and every day the same mistakes are repeated in a seemingly unstoppable wave of failures. Nathan is sucked deeper into the hospital routine as he dreams of escape, trying to avoid one day becoming a patient himself in this house of horrors. Based on the author's experience working in the NHS, Politics of the Asylum is a nightmare vision of the modern healthcare system. Adam Steiner's challenging debut is a novel for our times, and an emotive and highly original story of people trying to do more than simply exist.