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In Their Own Words

Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process

By: Bill DeMain

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In Their Own Words

Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process

By: Bill DeMain

The interviews included in this fascinating collection of discussions with popular songwriters focus on the craft itself—and as such, they are of interest to both music fans and to budding songwriters. What inspires songwriters? Where do their songs come from? What is their process? What do they do when they get stuck? In this book, readers will hear from a vast range of well-known, successful songwriters, many of them performers as well, revealing the nuances of their skill: how they write their songs, from conception to finished work. The book discusses both song history and style. The songs discussed have defined eras and culture. Full of trivia, wisdom, and fascinating revelations from such figures as Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach, David Bowie, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Joel, and John Mayer, In Their Own Words shines a light on what is often and inherently lonely craft. It gives readers a glimpse into a mysterious process and offes rising songwriters a wealth of advice from those who have spent decades successfully sharing their work with the public.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313026793

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9780313026799

Skateboarding

To the Extreme!

By: Bill Gutman

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Skateboarding

To the Extreme!

By: Bill Gutman

A guide to skateboarding featuring the history of the sport and information on equipment, clothing, fitness and safety tips.

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126

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Macmillan

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0312861532

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9780312861537

The New Politics of Welfare

Social Justice in a Global Context

By: Bill Jordan

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The New Politics of Welfare

Social Justice in a Global Context

By: Bill Jordan

This critical and highly topical introduction to the current debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the United Kingdom and the United States explains the origins and main tenets of the Blair-Clinton orthodoxy. Central to the book is an examination of this orthodoxy′s appeal to the concept of social justice. Bill Jordan demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the more fundamental principles of liberal democracy and the requirements of transnational economic exchange. He links the new politics of welfare to liberal and communitarian theories of citizenship and social justice, and assesses the broader prospects for European social policy in the struggle over economic and political integration. `For more than a decade, Bill Jordan has been one of our most thoughtful and independent thinkers on the future of welfare. Anyone who wants to know more about what is happening to global welfare and why and how it should be changed should read this book′ - Chris Pierson, Department of Politics, University of Nottingham

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273

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SAGE

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0857026372

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9780857026378

Dirt

Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking

By: Bill Buford

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Dirt

Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking

By: Bill Buford

“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal What does it take to master French cooking? This is the question that drives Bill Buford to abandon his perfectly happy life in New York City and pack up and (with a wife and three-year-old twin sons in tow) move to Lyon, the so-called gastronomic capital of France. But what was meant to be six months in a new and very foreign city turns into a wild five-year digression from normal life, as Buford apprentices at Lyon’s best boulangerie, studies at a legendary culinary school, and cooks at a storied Michelin-starred restaurant, where he discovers the exacting (and incomprehensibly punishing) rigueur of the professional kitchen. With his signature humor, sense of adventure, and masterful ability to bring an exotic and unknown world to life, Buford has written the definitive insider story of a city and its great culinary culture.

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447

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Vintage

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0385353197

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9780385353199

An English - French Military Dictionary

By: Bill St. Amour

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An English - French Military Dictionary

By: Bill St. Amour

This book is the "greatest hits" compilation of more than 100 French books, journals, papers and articles. It contains more than 15000 key French economic, legal, medical, military, political, scientific, sociological terms and colloquial phrases. It also contains important abbreviations. One look will convince you, the student or interpreter, of the value of this work!

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404

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Trafford Publishing

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1426996241

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9781426996245

They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco

The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross

By: Bill Christine

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They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco

The Lives of Songwriters George Cory and Douglass Cross

By: Bill Christine

George Cory and Douglass Cross wrote just one hit song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." They were unknown before they wrote it--and were unknown after it became a standard. Their lives were a tangle. They eked out a meager living in San Francisco and Brooklyn for 15 years before Tony Bennett serendipitously came across the song, which had languished. His recording revived his career and made the songwriters rich. Wealth didn't beget happiness. The duo broke up. Cross drank himself to death. Cory died from drinking as well (widely believed to be a suicide). In 2016, San Francisco dedicated a monument to the city's official song in front of the iconic Fairmont Hotel--a statue of Tony Bennett.

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McFarland

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1476669007

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9781476669007

Sail on Silvergirl

By: Bill Unsworth

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Sail on Silvergirl

By: Bill Unsworth

Jennifer Holly Stephens died on February 25th 1971 at five o'clock in the afternoon. I put her personal things into my student trunk. I finally opened it in 2003 over 30 years later. In the trunk I found her diaries ...

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268

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Lulu.com

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0955856205

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9780955856204

Quebec National Cinema

By: Bill Marshall

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Quebec National Cinema

By: Bill Marshall

Instead, he shows that while the allegory of nation marks Quebec film production, it also leads to a tension between textual and contextual forces, between homogeneity and heterogeneity, and between major and minor modes of being and identity.".

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392

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773521038

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9780773521032

Que faire sans vétérinaire?

By: Bill Forse

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Que faire sans vétérinaire?

By: Bill Forse

With the aim of helping people to keep healthy animals, this book covers a wide range of things that affect the health of livestock, from diarrhoea to rinderpest, and from traditional remedies to the use of modern medicine. The text also includes advice on care, feeding, and handling of animals.

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460

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KARTHALA Editions

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0333588991

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9780333588994

An English – French Digest of Social Terms

By: Bill St. Amour

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An English – French Digest of Social Terms

By: Bill St. Amour

This dictionary is the “greatest hits” compilation of more than 100 books, journals, papers, and articles. It contains more than 15,000 key French economic, legal, medical, military, political, sociological, and colloquial terms. It also contains important abbreviations and a short historical outline. One look will convince you of the value of this work !

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425

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Trafford Publishing

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1426991290

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9781426991295

South Pacific Handbook

By: Bill Dalton,David Stanley

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South Pacific Handbook

By: Bill Dalton,David Stanley

Provides historical and travel information for visitors to Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga Islands, Fiji Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, and Micronesia

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364

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David Stanley

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0804813132

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9780804813136

John Ford

A Bio-Bibliography

By: Bill Levy

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John Ford

A Bio-Bibliography

By: Bill Levy

John Ford (1894-1973) is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. He is the only person to win four Academy Awards for Direction, for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941), and The Quiet Man (1952). This reference book is a comprehensive guide to his career. The volume begins with a biography that looks at Ford as a person, a director, and a cinematic legend and influence. Ford's life is discussed chronologically, but the biography repeatedly considers how his early experiences shaped his creative vision and attempts to explain why he was so self-destructive and unhappy throughout his career. In addition, the biography carefully scrutinizes his methods, styles, techniques, and secrets of direction. A chronology presents his achievements in capsule form. The rest of the book provides detailed information about his many productions and about the response to his works. The heart of the volume is a filmography, which includes individual entries for 184 films with which Ford was involved, as either an actor, a director, a producer, a writer, an advisor, or an assistant. These entries include cast and credit information, a plot synopsis, critical commentary, and excerpts from reviews. The book also includes the most extensive annotated bibliography on Ford ever published, with more than 1000 entries for books, articles, dissertations, documentaries, and even four works of fiction concerning Ford. Additional sections of the book provide information about his unrealized projects; his radio, television, and theater work; his awards and honors; and special collections and archives.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313387826

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9780313387821

In Their Own Words

Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process

By: Bill DeMain

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In Their Own Words

Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process

By: Bill DeMain

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Bill Nye's Western Humor

By: Bill Nye

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Bill Nye's Western Humor

By: Bill Nye

Although Bill Nye (1850-1896) was America's best known humorist in the late 1880's and early 1890's, his work is little known today--his books long out of print and his columns yellowing in newspaper files. Now T. A. Larson, a dyed-in-the-wool Nye fan for more than thirty years, has assembled the best of Bill Nye's work, most of it dating from the seven Wyoming years when Nye made his name. The selections are chosen from Laramie, Cheyenne, and Denver newspapers and from six books published in the 1890's. The resulting collection is both good fun and a valuable picture of a lively period.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803258216

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9780803258211

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The New Politics of Welfare

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An English - French Military Dictionary

An English - French Military Dictionary

They Left Their Hearts in San Francisco

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Sail on Silvergirl

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Quebec National Cinema

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Que faire sans vétérinaire?

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An English – French Digest of Social Terms

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South Pacific Handbook

South Pacific Handbook

John Ford

John Ford

In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words

Bill Nye's Western Humor

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