Escape From Bellevue

Author : Christopher John Campion
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101024539

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Escape from Bellevue by Christopher John Campion Pdf

Read Christopher John Campion's posts on the Penguin Blog. Indie rock raconteur Chris Campion-one of the few patients ever to escape from Bellevue's locked ward-recalls his band's tumultuous ride, his plummet into addiction, and the strange road back to sobriety Chronicling more than twenty years in the life of a Long Island kid who became a hardcore fixture of Manhattan's indie rock scene, Escape from Bellevue is a coming-of-age tale like no other. As the lead singer of New York-based indie rock band Knockout Drops, Campion got a taste of fame (but, alas, no fortune) on a wild ride that lasted from the early 1980s through the 1990s. Escape from Bellevue puts the spotlight on the collective psychosis of twenty years spent in a rolling bacchanal. Just as the Knockout Drops reached the height of their success, Campion began his downward spiral. After finally coming to grips with his addictions, Campion molded his songs and stories into a sold-out off-Broadway musical. Now, presenting these tales in a memoir of madness and redemption, Campion once again proves to possess the creative genius of a die-hard front man.

Author : Christopher John Campion
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 159240426X

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Escape from Bellevue by Christopher John Campion Pdf

A coming-of-age account by a lead singer of indie rock group Knockout Drops traces the band's tumultuous journey in and out of the spotlight, describes the author's downward spiral into addiction, and recalls his unlikely escape from the locked ward of a mental institution.

Author : Christopher John Campion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1322684332

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Escape from Bellevue by Christopher John Campion Pdf

Author : Heather Augustyn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476603339

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Don Drummond by Heather Augustyn Pdf

This is a comprehensive biography of a brilliant musician who forever shaped the course of ska, reggae, and popular music worldwide, only to take the life of his lover and in so doing, destroy his career at the age of 30. In his short life Don Drummond created an enduring legacy despite poverty, class separation, mental illness, racial politics, and the exploitation of his work. The words of Drummond’s childhood friends, classmates, musicians, medical staff, legal counsel, and teachers enliven this story of his “unusual mind.” They recall the early days in the recording studio, playing the instrumental backup for Bob Marley and others, and the nights in the Rasta camps where musicians burned the midnight oil and more. They remember the gyrations of his lover, Margarita, the Rumba Queen, as she tantalized audiences at Club Havana; tell what happened that tragic night when Drummond stabbed Margarita four times; reveal details of the trial (delayed more than a year as Drummond was ruled mentally unfit) and offer insights into Drummond’s death in a mental asylum at age 35.

Author : Charles Brackett
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780231538220

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"It's the Pictures That Got Small" by Charles Brackett Pdf

“Brackett’s diaries read like a funnier, better-paced version of Barton Fink.” —Newsweek Screenwriter Charles Brackett is best remembered as the writing partner of director Billy Wilder, who once referred to the pair as “the happiest couple in Hollywood,” collaborating on such classics as The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard. He was also a perceptive chronicler of the entertainment industry, and in this annotated collection of writings from dozens of Brackett’s unpublished diaries, film historian Anthony Slide clarifies Brackett's critical contribution to Wilder’s films and enriches our knowledge of Wilder’s achievements in writing, direction, and style. Brackett’s diaries re-create the initial meetings of the talent responsible for Ninotchka, Hold Back the Dawn, Ball of Fire, The Major and the Minor, Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, and Sunset Boulevard, recounting the breakthroughs and the breakdowns that ultimately forced these collaborators to part ways. In addition to a portrait of Wilder, this is rare view of a producer who was a president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Screen Writers Guild, a New Yorker drama critic, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table. With insight into the dealings of Paramount, Universal, MGM, and RKO, and legendary figures such as Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Edna Ferber, and Dorothy Parker, this book reveals the political and creative intrigue at the heart of Hollywood’s most significant films. “A fascinating look at Hollywood in its classic period, and a unique and indispensable must-have for any movie buff.” —Chicago Tribune “This feels as close as we can get to being in the presence of Wilder’s genius, and he emerges as the cruelest as well as the wittiest of men.” —The Guardian “Not only rare insight into their often-stormy partnership but also an insider’s view of Hollywood during that era.” —Los Angeles Times “Very entertaining.” —Library Journal

Author : New York (State). Legislature. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1833
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UOM:39015036688045

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Documents of the Senate of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Senate Pdf

Author : Sandra Opdycke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195349818

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No One Was Turned Away by Sandra Opdycke Pdf

No One Was Turned Away is a book about the importance of public hospitals to New York City. At a time when less and less value seems to be placed on public institutions, argues author Sandra Opdycke, it is both useful and prudent to consider what this particular set of public institutions has meant to this particular city over the last hundred years, and to ponder what its loss might mean as well. Opdycke suggests that if these public hospitals close or convert to private management--as is currently being discussed--then a vital element of the civic life of New York City will be irretrievably lost. The story is told primarily through the history of Bellevue Hospital, the largest public hospital in the city and the oldest in the nation. Following Bellevue through the twentieth century, Opdycke meticulously charts the fluctuating fortunes of the city's public hospital system. Readers will learn how medical technology, urban politics, changing immigration patterns, economic booms and busts, labor unions, health insurance, Medicaid, and managed care have interacted to shape both the social and professional environments of New York's public hospitals. Having entered the twentieth century with high hopes for a grand expansion, Bellevue now faces financial and political pressures so acute that its very future is in doubt. In order to give context to the Bellevue experience, Opdycke also tracks the history of a private facility over the same century: New York Hospital. By noting the points at which the paths of these two mighty institutions have overlapped--as well as the ways in which they have diverged--this book clearly and persuasively highlights the significance of public hospitals to the city. No One Was Turned Away shows that private facilities like New York Hospital have generally provided superb care for their patients, but that in every era they have also excluded certain groups. This exclusion has occurred for various reasons, such as patients' diagnoses, their social characteristics, behavior, or financial status--or simply because of a lack of unoccupied beds. Fortunately, however, year in and year out, Bellevue and its fellow public facilities have acted as the city's medical safety net. Opdycke's book maintains that public hospitals will be as essential in the future as they have been in the past. This is a thoughtful and well-written study that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of medicine, public policy, urban affairs, or the City of New York.

Author : Janis Cooke Newman
Publisher : HMH
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544148956

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Mary, Mrs. A. Lincoln by Janis Cooke Newman Pdf

A novel about the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, narrated by the First Lady herself, a USA Today choice for Best Historical Fiction of the Year. The wife of Abraham Lincoln is one of history’s most misunderstood and enigmatic women. She was a political strategist, a supporter of emancipation, and a mother who survived the loss of three children and the assassination of her beloved husband. She also ran her family into debt, held seances in the White House, and was committed to an insane asylum—which is where Janis Cooke Newman’s debut novel begins. From her room in Bellevue Place, Mary chronicles her tempestuous childhood in a slaveholding Southern family and takes readers through the years after her husband’s death, revealing the ebbs and flows of her passion and depression, her poverty and ridicule, and her ultimate redemption, in a novel that is both a fascinating look at a nineteenth-century woman’s experience and “an old-fashioned pleasure to read” (The Plain Dealer). A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Patents
ISBN : PSU:000066177630

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Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dana Ferguson
Publisher : Book Review Index Cumulation
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1414419120

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Book Review Index - 2009 Cumulation by Dana Ferguson Pdf

Book Review Index provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. The up-to-date coverage, wide scope and inclusion of citations for both newly published and older materials make Book Review Index an exceptionally useful reference tool. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. Book Review Index is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1006 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z222499303

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Reports of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michigan. Dept. of Labor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Factory inspection
ISBN : OSU:32435063985907

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Annual Report of the Department of Labor of the State of Michigan by Michigan. Dept. of Labor Pdf

Author : Brent L. Smith
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 079141759X

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Terrorism in America by Brent L. Smith Pdf

Using extensive records from federal district courts, national archives, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts, Brent Smith examines the activities of persons investigated for acts of terrorism during the 1980s. He traces the lives of the men and women who turned to terrorism in America, the goals that motivated their behavior, and the crimes they committed. In addition, the book provides detailed information regarding how shifts in federal priorities led to the capture and subsequent conviction of most of these offenders, as well as the severity with which these men and women were punished.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Jackson County (Iowa)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924081311841

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The History of Jackson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., Biographical Sketches of Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion ... History of the Northwest, History of Iowa ... Miscellaneous Matters, &c ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Jackson County (Iowa)
ISBN : MINN:31951001958942S

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The History of Jackson County, Iowa, Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c., Biographical Sketches of Citizens by Anonim Pdf