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Sellout

Author : Dan Ozzi
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780358244301

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"From celebrated music writer Dan Ozzi comes a comprehensive chronicle of the punk music scene's evolution from the early nineties to the mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they dissolved, "sold out," and rose to surprise stardom. From its inception, punk music has been identified by two factors: its proximity to "authenticity," and its reliance on an antiestablishment ethos. Yet, in the mid- to late '90s, major record labels sought to capitalize on punk's rebellious undertones, leading to a schism in the scene: to accept the cash flow of the majors, or stick to indie cred?Sellout chronicles the evolution of the punk scene during this era, focusing on prominent bands as they experienced the last "gold rush" of the music industry. Within it, music writer Dan Ozzi follows the rise of successful bands like Green Day and Jimmy Eat World, as well as the implosion of groups like Jawbreaker and At the Drive-In, who buckled under the pressure of their striving labels. Featuring original interviews and personal stories from members of eleven of modern punk's most (in)famous bands, Sellout is the history of the evolution of the music industry, and a punk rock lover's guide to the chaotic darlings of the post-grunge era. "--

The Sellout

Author : Paul Beatty
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780374712242

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Winner of the Man Booker Prize Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Fiction Winner of the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature New York Times Bestseller Los Angeles Times Bestseller Named One of the 10 Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review Named a Best Book of the Year by Newsweek, The Denver Post, BuzzFeed, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly Named a "Must-Read" by Flavorwire and New York Magazine's "Vulture" Blog A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court, Paul Beatty's The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game. It challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement, the father-son relationship, and the holy grail of racial equality—the black Chinese restaurant. Born in the "agrarian ghetto" of Dickens—on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles—the narrator of The Sellout resigns himself to the fate of lower-middle-class Californians: "I'd die in the same bedroom I'd grown up in, looking up at the cracks in the stucco ceiling that've been there since '68 quake." Raised by a single father, a controversial sociologist, he spent his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies. He is led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes. But when his father is killed in a police shoot-out, he realizes there never was a memoir. All that's left is the bill for a drive-thru funeral. Fueled by this deceit and the general disrepair of his hometown, the narrator sets out to right another wrong: Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California from further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident—the last surviving Little Rascal, Hominy Jenkins—he initiates the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school, which lands him in the Supreme Court.

The Who's The Who Sell Out

Author : John Dougan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781441129314

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Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire--the album sold well, but not spectacularly [and was] ultimately a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radio broadcast, without a DJ, with cool, anglocentric commercials to boot. In the 36 years since its release, Sell Out, though still not the best selling release in The Who's catalog, has been embraced by a growing number of fans who regard it as the band's best work, one of the few recordings of the late 1960s that best represents the ambitious aesthetic possibilities of the concept album without becoming mired in a bog of smug, self-aggrandizing, high art aspirations. Sell Out, powerfully and ecstatically, articulates the nexus of pop music and pop culture. As much as it is an expression of the band's expanding sonic palette, Sell Out also functions as a critique of the rock and roll lifestyle. Not the clichéd mantra of sex, drugs, and rock and roll but in the ways that commercial advertising fabricates a youth-oriented cultural reality by hawking pimple cream, deodorant, food, musical equipment, etc., and linking it with rock and roll. In this sense Sell Out is a reflective work, one that struggles with rock and roll as a cultural expression that aspires to aesthetic permanence while marketed as ephemera. From this conflict emerges a pop art masterpiece.

Taking the Sell out of Sales

Author : Natalie Klun
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781452521039

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Taking the Sell out of Sales by Natalie Klun Pdf

Taking the Sell out of Sales is the merging of two worlds-sales and personal development. You will explore the new possibilities that can be created by shifting your perspective, adapting new thought processes, and implementing new methods for both your personal development and your selling practice. Don't let fear hold you back from getting your message, product, or service out into the world, or don't let your slump in your business or career keep you from finding fulfillment.

Chinatown County: The Sell-Out of Marina del Rey

Author : Bruce Russell
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781304850942

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Chinatown County: The Sell-Out of Marina del Rey by Bruce Russell Pdf

Marina del Rey was originally conceived as a giant park to provide recreation for the ten million citizens of Los Angeles County. How, then, did it change into what is largely a housing tract for a few thousand residents with an expanse of shopping malls? How did the 6,000 or so small boat slips get chopped to almost half? Read all about it within these pages.

Sellout

Author : Ebony Wilkins
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545283212

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It is a summer that will change everything . . . .NaTasha has a wonderful life in affluent Park Adams. She fits in, she has friends, and she's a member of the all-white ballet troupe. Being nearly the only African American in her school doesn't bother NaTasha. But it bothers Tilly, NaTasha's spitfire grandmother from Harlem, who decides NaTasha needs to get back to her roots or her granddaughter is in danger of losing herself completely. Tilly whisks NaTasha away to a world where all of a sudden nothing in NaTasha's life makes any sense: Harlem and Comfort Zone in the Bronx, a crisis center where (cont'd)

Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out

Author : Bill Plympton
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781000510904

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Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out by Bill Plympton Pdf

"The King of Independent Animation" has returned with this 10th anniversary edition of Make Toons That Sell Without Selling Out. Delve into the secrets behind creating poignant indie animation without compromising or sacrificing your own ideals and visions. World-renowned animator, author, and Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton will help guide you in how to make a career in animation. With time-saving techniques, secrets on crafting a good narrative, and more, Plympton will teach you how to breathe life into your own animated films. By studying and deconstructing his lessons from his own works and styles, you too will be able to carve out a career in animation without betraying yourself.

Making 'Toons That Sell Without Selling Out

Author : Bill Plympton
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781136127090

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Making 'Toons That Sell Without Selling Out by Bill Plympton Pdf

Learn the secrets behind independent animation from the "The King of Independent Animation - Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton. This living legend breaks down how to make a career outside of the world of corporate animation - and without compromise. Learn time-saving techniques, the secrets to good storytelling, and the business-side of short and feature-length animation films.

Sell Without Selling Out

Author : Andy Paul
Publisher : Page Two
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781989603574

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Sell Without Selling Out by Andy Paul Pdf

Forget everything you learned about selling. Persuasion is not a sales skill—it’s a blunt instrument of last resort that sellers use when they don’t know how to influence the choices their buyers make. It’s the weapon of choice for mindless, uninspired sellers: the sales zombies who have stopped learning and stopped improving. Wouldn’t you rather learn how to master the art of selling in, by listening to what your buyers really want? In Sell without Selling Out, global sales guru, top podcaster, and entrepreneur Andy Paul shows you how to take charge of your own career without selling out to outdated, ineffective sales methods. He reveals the four Sell In pillars that are the indispensable instruments of selling: Connection, Curiosity, Understanding, Generosity. Everything else is mostly a combination of product features, technical specifications and pricing, which your buyers can get from the Internet. What they seek (and deserve) can only come from you: the human seller. If you’ve been told you need to be more “salesy” to get ahead in your career, you need this book. #DeathToSalesy

Selling Out a Superpower

Author : Ronald R. Pollina
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781616142636

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Selling Out a Superpower by Ronald R. Pollina Pdf

In 1968, there were sixty-two lobbyists in Washington; today there are thirty-four thousand, outnumbering members of Congress and their staffers two to one. By 2008, these lobbyists were spending approximately $8.2 million for influence per day. Few, if any, of these lobbyists represent the majority of Americans in the middle class. So it’s not surprising, given these statistics, that real median household income in America has stagnated for over a decade. This hard-hitting book documents that a combination of special interest groups and their army of money-peddling lobbyists, along with government mismanagement of business and the economy by both parties, have betrayed the American middle and lower classes for the last twenty years. The result is a host of misguided laws and policies that have driven jobs and whole industries offshore, never to return. The author takes issue with those who emphasize the potential benefits of globalization without taking notice of its many negative effects on American society. He also argues that inept policy threatens to derail the American economy permanently and that our economic malaise is more than a short-term reaction to a financial market collapse or global market forces. He cites critical areas where changes must be made to reverse the negative trend: • Improving our 1950s-era educational system to produce a workforce able to compete for 21st-century jobs. • Reform of tax codes that have been driving companies and jobs offshore. We are currently a nation that manufactures practically nothing! • Weaning all levels of government away from deficit spending, which drains economic power • Pursuing free trade that also means fair trade. • Ending the cycle of credit-card debt and all-too-easy mortgage credit to finance ultimately unaffordable lifestyles. • Making the United States more business friendly, so companies will grow and provide desperately needed jobs here at home. The author warns that unless we implement these and other recommended changes, the American economy will inevitably decline while China, India, and other up-and-coming nations ascend. He maintains that all is not lost. If we follow the course he sets, we can reinvigorate and renew our economy, rebuild America’s greatness, create 21st-century jobs, and more. This book provides a roadmap for reclaiming American preeminence.

Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way

Author : Ron Karr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470470855

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Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way by Ron Karr Pdf

In Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way, Ron Karr outlines a repeatable process based on the powerful idea that great sellers lead relationships in the same way that great leaders sell ideas. This customer-focused mindset is the key to Ron Karr's proven leadership selling process. Using 20 years of research with companies of all sizes, Karr reveals what great sellers do, and shows how anyone can implement the same powerful principles. He reveals the seven critical traits of a sales leader, which include vision, customer focus, creative thinking, and accountability. Developing the seven traits is the key that helps salespeople shift from a task-oriented sales process to a purpose-oriented process. When that happens, sales excellence results.

Brian Michael Bendis' Total Sell Out

Author : Brian Michael Bendis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Comic strip characters
ISBN : 1582402876

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Brian Michael Bendis' Total Sell Out by Brian Michael Bendis Pdf

Dozens of short stories, handpicked by the author, range from autobiographical anecdotes to some of the darkest crime noir stories he has yet to tell. Also included are some of his favorite short work collaborations with Warren Ellis, Mike Avon Oeming, and many others. Plus a bonus portfolio of illustrations and essays that have rarely been seen before.

I Killed Zoe Spanos

Author : Kit Frick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781534449718

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I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick Pdf

Working as a nanny in the Hamptons before starting college, Anna learns of her weird connection to a missing girl, but after she confesses to manslaughter a podcast producer helps reveal life-changing truths.

Sell Out

Author : Rachel Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798585564529

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Sell Out by Rachel Wilkins Pdf

Essential reading for artists looking to sell more art, market to their ideal clients, increase their visibility online and build a sustainable business.The artworld is changing. Changing for the better. With the emergence of an increasing number of online selling platforms and social media networks, artists have a lot more marketplace power than they did a decade ago. This is a very exciting time for our community. These social media opportunities level the playing field and provide a more democratic art world. We have, at our fingertips, the tools, and resources to be able to reach, impact, and influence the lives of people around the world, with the touch of a button. We have the power to reach our clients, directly, to understand them, and to develop meaningful relationships with them. We can now more easily do this, without the need for a gallery, agents, or any other form of middleman.However, these exciting new opportunities can be complex. They may be difficult to navigate without the right tools or guidance. In this book, author, Rachel Wilkins, brings her 15+ years of art-world experience to this 'fluff-free' guide. Dubbed an "Arts Crusader" by the Huffington Post, Rachel's work has been featured in such publications as The Wall St. Journal, Paper Magazine, and ABC News. Rachel is the recipient of the New York Business Journal "Woman of Influence" Award and a dedicated mentor for the New Museums, NEW INC program.Rachel pulls from her own experience as a struggling artist who went on to build a 6- figure art career of her own. Rachel also offers unique insight from the "other side," having worked with over 8,000 artists, as a curator, and exhibit director, while running Conception Arts, an organization that produces art events in 14 cities around the U.S.SELL OUT: The definitive guide to selling your art online without losing your damn mind, outlines a clear strategy to get you from A-Z without getting stuck in the minutia. It is a 'how-to' with personality that provides a rare, holistic look at the digital marketing space. The "why" and the "how" of building an unforgettable artist brand, marketing strategy that attracts your ideal clients, and, an art business that keeps your creative fires burning.

The Sellout

Author : Charles Gasparino
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061892486

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In the spirit of Barbarians at the Gate and Liar’s Poker comes The Sellout, the definitive book on the recent collapse of Wall Street, one of the most dramatic and anxiety-ridden era in national socioeconomic history. In this powerful business narrative, Charles Gasparino, the author of Blood on the Floor and King of the Club, captures how avarice, arrogance, and sheer stupidity eroded Wall Street’s dominance, made many of our country’s most fabled financial institutions vulnerable to significant new foreign control, and profoundly weakened the financial security of millions of poor and middle-class American families.