One More For The Road

Author : Rajko Grlić
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781800732421

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One More for the Road by Rajko Grlić Pdf

Recounts the life and career of Croatian filmmaker Rajko Grlić in the form of a lexicon of film terms tied to anecdotes spanning Grlić’s life. “I read a lot this year. Old, new, borrowed, blue. This was the best. The paradox of reading something so avidly that you can’t put it down and then I got to the last 20 pages slowing down to a snail’s pace and reading so slowly so that it wouldn’t be over so quickly.”—Mike Downey, European Film Academy From his post-Nazi-era childhood in Yugoslavia to his college years during the 1968 invasion of Prague, the Yugoslav dissolution wars, and his subsequent exile in the United States, these personal stories combine to provide insight into socialist film industries, contextualizing south Slavic film while also highlighting its contacts with Western filmmakers and film industry. From the introduction by Aida Vidan: The one hundred and seventy-seven film terms provide sometimes a direct and at other times a metaphoric path to Grlić’s stories and concurrently serve as a self-referential mechanism to comment on a series of film attributes. The entries can be read in any order, allowing for the reader’s own “montage” of the book’s universe.... Grlić adroitly captures the absurdities and paradoxes in one’s life resulting from the sort of tectonic shifts with which East European history abounds.

Author : Rusty Welch
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781682899946

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One More For The Road by Rusty Welch Pdf

On both sides of the turn of the twentieth century, there emerged a style of writing that was a distant kin to the modern historical novel. It was known as Les Guerres Imaginaires, which can basically be translated into “The Imaginary War.” It was a literary device used to tell how future wars might occur and be fought. This type of novel was written by military authors who sought to mold and enhance their foresight with intricate historical and political analyses. Examples of this genre include “The Battle of Dorking,” a 1871 short story in Blackwood’s Magazine by Sir George Tomkyns Chesney; The Great Naval War of 1887, written in 1886 by Sir William Laird Clowes and Commander Charles N. Robinson; The Great War of 189-, A Forecast, by Rear Admiral Philip Colomb, written in 1893; The War Inevitable (1908), by Alan H. Burgoyne; The Valor of Ignorance (1909), by Homer Lea; and two great novels of the 1920s, Sea Power in the Pacific (1920) and The Great Pacific War (1925), by Hector Bywater. John Eric Vining resurrects a mirror image of this genre to look back into history and explore what might have happened if Mexico had taken Germany’s 1917 Zimmermann Telegram seriously and attempted to recapture the American Southwest at the height of World War I. While this is fantastically unbelievable at first glance, a further analysis is warranted. What you might find is that not only was a Mexican invasion of the American Southwest quite possible in 1917, the real surprise is that it did not happen in the actual history of World War I! Take the plunge and see for yourself if it might have been possible for the United States and Mexico to have fought the Great Southwestern War of 1917.

Author : S.A. Barton
Publisher : S.A. Barton
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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One More For The Road by S.A. Barton Pdf

Angela's world is automated -- the cars drive themselves. Houses and tablets and phones are always listening to tell you how to do things and warn you against things you're not supposed to do. When she and her boyfriend inherit an old-style manual-drive car, it inspires her to try to master it -- and to realize how little a person actually controls in a technological,automated world. A novelette of about 9000 words. Self-driving car, autonomous car, assisted driving, learning to drive, science fiction, scifi, specfic, speculative fiction, short story, emerging technology, woman, women, driving, driver, student driver, defamiliarization, making the familiar unfamiliar, Dodge Charger, 1969, Mojave Desert, southwest, AI, psuedo-AI, Siri, Cortana, digital assistant, decentralized grid, smart grid, relationship, boyfriend, girlfriend, retreat, finding yourself, automation, smart cart

Author : Ray Bradbury
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062242150

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One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury Pdf

From Ray Bradbury, the recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2000 Medal comes a magical collection of short fiction. Ray Bradbury is one of the most celebrated fiction writers of the 20th century. He is the author of such classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, Dandelion Wine, and Something Wicked This Way Comes. Bradbury has once again pulled together a stellar group of stories sure to delight readers young and old, old and new. In One More For The Road we are treated to the best this talented writer has to offer : the eerie and strange, nostalgic and bittersweet, searching and speculative. Here are a father's regrets, a lover's last embrace, a child's dreams of the future 栬l delivered with the trademark Bradbury wit and style.

Author : J.J. Parker
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781469124384

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CAUGHT One More for the Good Guys by J.J. Parker Pdf

CAUGHT - One More for the Good Guys tells the enduring, true story of a female undercover officer who faced and overcame great odds in the line of duty. It provides an insight into what it was like for a woman to be on the street with real life druggies,thieves and murderers lurking around. Through the author's view, readers will experience every emotion that a soul could experience: the excitement, fun, fear, danger, disappointment and the sense of accomplishment in doing something worthwile. Along the way, this book also reveals the politics of law enforcement, the impact crime has on the local community and much more.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1324 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498389

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Felicity Cloake
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780008304942

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One More Croissant for the Road by Felicity Cloake Pdf

‘Joyful, life-affirming, greedy. I loved it’ – DIANA HENRY ‘Whether you are an avid cyclist, a Francophile, a greedy gut, or simply an appreciator of impeccable writing – this book will get you hooked’ – YOTAM OTTOLENGHI

Author : Mark S. Reinhart
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476617831

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Chet Atkins by Mark S. Reinhart Pdf

Highlighting Chet Atkins’ 50-plus-year career as a virtuoso singer, songwriter and record producer, this book is an analysis and appreciation of the most noteworthy recordings of one of the world’s greatest guitarists. Atkins’ whole body of work—truly unmatched in the history of modern musical entertainment—and nearly 140 of his all-time greatest recordings are discussed. An overview of his life and work is provided.

Author : Archie Roach,Ruby Hunter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781761422225

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Songs from the Kitchen Table by Archie Roach,Ruby Hunter Pdf

The ultimate illustrated commemoration of iconic Australian musicians Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter in songs, stories, photographs and tributes. Since he left us, Archie Roach’s legacy has continued to soar, like his totem animal from his mother’s ancestral lands, the wedge-tailed eagle. Archie’s songs stand as anthems for both the experience of dispossession and our shared humanity. Songs from the Kitchen Table is a tribute to the power of Archie’s voice, and to the love of music he shared with his life partner and musical collaborator, Ruby Hunter. This beautiful, illustrated volume contains the lyrics to over one hundred of their songs, carefully curated by Archie’s manager and friend, Jill Shelton. From Archie’s breathtaking early works, ‘Took the Children Away’ and ‘Charcoal Lane’, to the timeless classics ‘Tell Me Why’, Ruby’s ‘Down City Streets’, and Archie’s final masterpiece, ‘One Song’, the lyrics are accompanied by stories about their composition, rare photographs, original artwork, and heartfelt tributes to Archie and Ruby from those who knew and loved them. With forewords by their long-time friends and musical collaborators, Emma Donovan, Paul Kelly and Jack Latimore, Songs from the Kitchen Table is a celebration of one of Australia’s great creative partnerships, and a testament to the ongoing power of plain-spoken truths.

Author : L. J. Clayton
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781326771102

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Encounters by L. J. Clayton Pdf

Author : William H. Young,Nancy K. Young
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313084270

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Music of the World War II Era by William H. Young,Nancy K. Young Pdf

In the World War II era, big bands and swing music reached the heights of popularity with soldiers as well as friends and loved ones back home. Many entertainers such as Glenn Miller also served in the military, or supported the war effort with bond drives and entertaining the troops at home and abroad. In addition to big band and swing music, musicals, jazz, blues, gospel and country music were also popular. Chapters on each, along with an analysis of the evolution of record companies, records, radios, and television are included here, for students, historians, and fans of the era. Includes a timeline of the music of the era, an appendix of the Broadway and Hollywood Musicals, 1939-1945, and an appendix of Songs, Composers, and lyricists, 1939-1945. An extensive discography and bibliography, along with approximately 35 black and white photos, complete the volume.

Author : Cormac McCarthy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307267450

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The Road by Cormac McCarthy Pdf

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The Passenger A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other. The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation. Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris.

Author : Alex Coles
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789148305

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Crooner by Alex Coles Pdf

An intimate history of the crooner in popular music from the 1950s to the present. In this book, Alex Coles explores the history of the crooner—someone who sings close to the mic in a soft style—in popular music from the 1950s to the present. Each chapter focuses on how one song by one artist contributes to the image of the crooner in the popular imagination. The book describes the rich diversity of crooners throughout music history, including artists in disco, rock, hip-hop, and more such as Frank Sinatra, Scott Walker, Barry White, David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Tom Waits, Grace Jones, Ian McCulloch, Nick Cave, and Nas. Ultimately, Coles shows how the crooner continues to connect listeners with their hidden feelings.

Author : M.M. Rumberg
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781503595255

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Served With A Twist by M.M. Rumberg Pdf

Short stories speak to us in ways that full-length novels cannot. They sometimes touch us sharply, sometimes softly, sometimes with humor, other times with horror, but they always leave their mark. A backwoods wedding ceremony that will tickle your funny bone. A murder scene that will make you smile. Meet a troubled soul who wanders into a motorcycle gang’s private party. Enter into the dark recesses of a murderer’s mind. Meet a lifetime criminal who wants out of a life of crime and can put major crime bosses away. He only wants to disappear...but can he? Meet a man in love with a woman who never smiles with a daughter who doesn’t exist. These stories and more, each with a twist, take you from the ordinary to the unusual, from the common to the special, but most of all, entertain

Author : Julian Alfred
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781291642933

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Dark Tales of The Preternatural - The Complete First Series by Julian Alfred Pdf

Dark Tales of the Preternatural - The Complete First Series A collection of psychological short story thrillers that blend the frailty of Humanity with the dark forces of the Occult. They explore a line of thinking that suggests there is more going on around us than we have been conditioned to believe - that coincidences might actually be rationally explained, that deja vu is more than simply a feeling of little consequence, and with an open mind you might actually be pleasantly and occasionally frighteningly surprised at just how many more external factors influence and shape your life. Fun, Humorous, Scary.