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Brokedown Palace

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466820500

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Brokedown Palace by Steven Brust Pdf

Back in print after a decade, Brokedown Palace is a stand-alone fantasy in the world of Steven Brust's bestselling Vlad Taltos novels. Once upon a time...far to the East of the Dragaeran Empire, four brothers ruled in Fenario: King Laszlo, a good man—though perhaps a little mad; Prince Andor, a clever man—though perhaps a little shallow; Prince Vilmos, a strong man—though perhaps a little stupid; and Prince Miklos, the youngest brother, perhaps a little—no, a lot-stubborn. Once upon a time there were four brothers—and a goddess, a wizard, an enigmatic talking stallion, a very hungry dragon—and a crumbling, broken-down palace with hungry jhereg circling overhead. And then... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Brokedown Palace

Author : Maggie Dubris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1734130008

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Brokedown Palace by Maggie Dubris Pdf

Poetry. Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Afterword by Antonino D'Ambrosio. BROKEDOWN PALACE is Maggie Dubris's ode to St. Clare's, the Hell's Kitchen hospital where she worked as an EMT for more than 25 years, until it closed. She weaves together prose and verse, memory and reportage, documents and testimonies into an epic ride that takes in the crumbling Times Square of the 80s, the parade of odd characters that passed through, the ad hoc expedients demanded by a hospital without funds, and then the crushing onslaught of AIDS. Her book is absorbing, funny, lyrical, and transcendentally sad, a stunning poetic monument to a New York City that no longer exists

The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics

Author : David G. Dodd,Alan Trist
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781501123320

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The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics by David G. Dodd,Alan Trist Pdf

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To Reign in Hell

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429910736

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To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust Pdf

The time is the Beginning. The place is Heaven. The story is the Revolt of the Angels—a war of magic, corruption and intrigue that could destroy the universe. To Reign in Hell was Stephen Brust's second novel, and it's a thrilling retelling of the revolt of the angels, through the lens of epic fantasy. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Toronto Architecture

Author : Patricia McHugh,Alex Bozikovic
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780771059902

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Toronto Architecture by Patricia McHugh,Alex Bozikovic Pdf

Toronto has been hailed as “a city in the making” and “the city that works.” It’s an ongoing project: in recent years Canada’s largest city has experienced transformative, exciting change. But just what does contemporary Toronto look like? This authoritative architectural guide, newly updated and expanded, leads readers on 26 walking tours—revealing the evolution of the place from a quiet Georgian town to a dynamic global city. More than 1,000 designs are featured: from modest Victorian houses to shimmering downtown towers and cultural landmarks. Over 300 photographs, 29 maps, a description of architectural styles, a glossary of architectural terms, and indexes of architects and buildings pilot readers through Toronto’s diverse cityscape. New sections illustrate the swiftly changing face of Toronto’s waterfront and design highlights across the region. Originally written by architectural journalist Patricia McHugh and enhanced with new material and insights by Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic, this definitive guide offers a revealing exploration of Toronto’s past and future, for the city’s visitors and locals alike.

The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead

Author : Brent Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780429582219

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The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead by Brent Wood Pdf

The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead is a multifaceted study of tragedy in the group’s live performances showing how Garcia brought about catharsis through dance by leading songs of grief, mortality, and ironic fate in a collective theatrical context. This musical, literary, and historical analysis of thirty-five songs with tragic dimensions performed by Garcia in concert with the Grateful Dead illustrates the syncretic approach and acute editorial ear he applied in adapting songs of Robert Hunter, Bob Dylan, and folk tradition. Tragically ironic situations in which Garcia found himself when performing these songs are revealed, including those related to his opiate addiction and final decline. This book examines Garcia’s musical craftsmanship and the Grateful Dead’s collective art in terms of the mystery-rites of ancient Greece, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Dionysus, 20th century American music rooted in New Orleans, Hermann Hesse’s Magic Theater, and the Greek Theatre at Berkeley, offering a clear prospect on an often misunderstood phenomenon. Featuring interdisciplinary analysis, close attention to musical and poetic strategies, and historical and critical contexts, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Popular Music, Musicology, Cultural Studies, and American Studies, as well as to the Grateful Dead’s avid listeners.

Images of Incarceration

Author : David Wilson,Sean O'Sullivan
Publisher : Waterside Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781906534219

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Images of Incarceration by David Wilson,Sean O'Sullivan Pdf

Part of the Prison Film Project sponsored by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation under its Rethinking Crime and Punishment initiative, this title compares fictional representations with 'actual existing reality' to provide insights into how screen images affect understanding of complex social and penal issues: 'Do viewers separate fact from fiction?'

The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs

Author : Barry Barnes,Bob Trudeau
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538110584

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The Grateful Dead's 100 Essential Songs by Barry Barnes,Bob Trudeau Pdf

The Grateful Dead’s 100 Essential Songs examines the band’s remarkable musical legacy, delving into 100 songs (plus a few extras) performed by the Dead throughout their career. It includes a playlist of performance and studio recordings, as well as other song analyses and first-hand narratives of hundreds of Dead concerts.

What Happened That Night

Author : Deanna Cameron
Publisher : Wattpad Books
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780993689987

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What Happened That Night by Deanna Cameron Pdf

Sometimes the lies we’re told are nowhere near as deadly as the lies we tell ourselves . . . Four months after the murder of golden-boy Griffin Tomlin, the entire town of Shiloh is still in shock. For Clara Porterfield, the world has crumbled into a million chaotic pieces. At home, her sister awaits trial for Griffin’s murder, her mother obsessively digs in a dead garden, and her father lives in perpetual denial. At school, Clara is haunted by her classmates’ morbid stares and the unspoken questions they are too afraid to ask. And deep inside, Clara holds a truth she isn’t ready to face—and it could explain what really happened the night of Griffin’s murder.

Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429910747

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Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille by Steven Brust Pdf

Cowboy Feng's Space Bar and Grille serves the best matzoh ball soup in the Galaxy, and hires some of the best musicians you'll ever hear. It's a great place to visit, but it tends to move around—just one step ahead of whatever mysterious conspiracy is reducing whole worlds to radioactive ash. And Cowboy Feng's may be humanity's last hope for survival. Steven Brust's time-traveling, science fiction thriller is a rollicking, fun read. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Grateful Dead Reader

Author : David Dodd,Diana Spaulding
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199728633

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The Grateful Dead Reader by David Dodd,Diana Spaulding Pdf

Arranged in chronological order, these pieces add up to nothing less than a full-scale history of the greatest tour band in the history of rock. From Tom Wolfe's account of the Dead's first performance as the Grateful Dead (at an Acid Test in 1965), to Ralph Gleason's 1967 interview with the 24-year-old Jerry Garcia, to Mary Eisenhart's obituary of the beloved leader of the band, these selections include not only outstanding writing on the band itself, but also superb pieces on music and pop culture generally. Fans will be fascinated by the poetry, fiction, drawings, and rare and revealing photographs featured in the book, as well as the anthology's many interviews and profiles, interpretations of lyrics, and concert and record reviews. Still, The Grateful Dead was more than a band--it was a cultural phenomenon. For three decades it remained on one unending tour, followed everywhere by a small army of nomadic fans. This phenomenon is both analyzed and celebrated here, in such pieces as Ed McClanahan's groundbreaking article in Playboy in 1972, fan-magazine editor Blair Jackson's 1990 essay on the seriousness of the drug situation at Dead concerts, and Steve Silberman's insightful essays on the music and its fans.

Five Hundred Years After

Author : Steven Brust
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 142999732X

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Five Hundred Years After by Steven Brust Pdf

In which our heroes are reunited a mere five centuries later... just in time for an uprising that threatens to destroy the Imperial Orb itself! This is the story of the conspiracy against the Empire that begins in the mean streets of the Underside and flourishes in the courtly politics of the Palace where Khaavren has loyally served in the Guards this past half-millennium. It is the tale of the Dragonlord Adron's overweening schemes, of his brilliant daughter Aliera, and of the eldritch Sethra Lavode. And it is the tale of four boon companions, of love, and of revenge...a tale from the history of Dragaera, of the events that changed the world. This action-packed fantasy epic continues the story of The Phoenix Guards, from bestselling author Steven Brust. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

What Makes This Book So Great

Author : Jo Walton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781466844094

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What Makes This Book So Great by Jo Walton Pdf

As any reader of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading—about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor.com. Now this volumes presents a selection of the best of them, ranging from short essays to long reassessments of some of the field's most ambitious series. Among Walton's many subjects here are the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by "mainstream"; the underappreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; the early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. Over 130 essays in all, What Makes This Book So Great is an immensely readable, engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Red Palace

Author : June Hur
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250800565

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The Red Palace by June Hur Pdf

June Hur, critically acclaimed author of The Silence of Bones and The Forest of Stolen Girls, returns with The Red Palace—a third evocative, atmospheric historical mystery perfect for fans of Courtney Summers and Kerri Maniscalco. To enter the palace means to walk a path stained in blood... Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a position as a palace nurse. All she wants is to keep her head down, do a good job, and perhaps finally win her estranged father's approval. But Hyeon is suddenly thrust into the dark and dangerous world of court politics when someone murders four women in a single night, and the prime suspect is Hyeon's closest friend and mentor. Determined to prove her beloved teacher's innocence, Hyeon launches her own secret investigation. In her hunt for the truth, she encounters Eojin, a young police inspector also searching for the killer. When evidence begins to point to the Crown Prince himself as the murderer, Hyeon and Eojin must work together to search the darkest corners of the palace to uncover the deadly secrets behind the bloodshed. Praise for The Red Palace: An ABA Indie Bestseller A Junior Library Guild Selection Forbes Most Anticipated Book of 2022 Selection "A tense political thriller, a beautiful romance, and a coming of age all in one unique package." —School Library Journal, starred review "This atmospheric historical mystery will transport and captivate readers ... A beautifully written story full of historical and cultural details that will leave readers aching for a follow-up." —Booklist, starred review "An expertly choreographed mystery with a touch of romance and an emotionally satisfying conclusion ... The perfect book to curl up with for a cozy winter afternoon of murder and intrigue." —NPR

Claire Danes

Author : Jennifer Ambrose
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781550224023

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Claire Danes by Jennifer Ambrose Pdf

"Claire Danes" traces the New York native's enviable life and career from her childhood growing up in New York city's trendy Soho district with hippie-artist parents to her successful first year studying at Yale. Ambrose pays special tribute to Danes's big break: "My So-Called Life."