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B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

By: George Plasketes

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B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

By: George Plasketes

There are undercurrents and peripheral taste preferences that are a defining part of our individual and collective cultural experience. Music is no exception. George Plasketes adapts the iconic "A-side/B-side" dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical, and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered "B-sides"”overlooked, underappreciated, and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. The underappreciated yet enduring contributions of a variety of creative individuals in music, television and film are a centerpiece of this volume: actress Doris Day's son, Terry Melcher, a 1960s music producer whose imprint is on the surf, country blues, garage pop and most importantly the folk rock genre; Hans Fenger's kid chorus cover project, a musical variation of "outsider art" that became representative of the tribute wave that began in the 1990s and continues today; versatile guitarist virtuoso Ry Cooder's extensive film soundtrack work; World Music "missionary efforts" of American artists beyond Paul Simon's Graceland, including Neil Diamond's precursor with Tap Root Manuscript in the 1970s and the exotic adventures of Henry Kaiser and David Lindley in Madagascar and Norway”to name just a few examples. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. Collectively, these B-sides are an A-side antidote of outskirt observations, individual snapshots of artists, artifacts and rituals, genres and generations, producers and musical productions in television, film and video. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context”social, legal, historic, economic, technological, generational, aesthetic”for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.

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Routledge

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1317171136

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9781317171133

By: Gordon Pinsent,George Anthony

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By: Gordon Pinsent,George Anthony

One of the great Canadian actors of his generation, Gordon Pinsent has worked in theatre, and on film and television, for more than six decades. In this compelling and candid, engaging and entertaining memoir, Pinsent shares career highlights - including roles in Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, John and the Missus, Due South, and Away from Her - and explains why, at the age of eighty-two, he needs to keep performing. Pinsent also writes openly about his personal life, including growing up in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, his struggle with anxiety, the challenges of being a sometimes-absentee father to his three children, and his forty-year love affair with the acclaimed actress Charmion King.

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McClelland & Stewart

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0771069197

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9780771069192

Taming the Beast

Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars

By: Edward George,Dary Matera

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Taming the Beast

Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars

By: Edward George,Dary Matera

Manson's prison counselor describes his interaction with the cult leader.

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Macmillan

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0312209703

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Out of Our Heads

Rock 'n' Roll Before the Drugs Wore Off

By: George Case

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Out of Our Heads

Rock 'n' Roll Before the Drugs Wore Off

By: George Case

Out of Our Heads is the Rare Book That is Unafraid to celebrate rock'n' roll's druggy good times-before the uptight killjoys and self-righteous reformists came along and spoiled the party.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879309679

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Zero Decibels

The Quest for Absolute Silence

By: George Michelsen Foy

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Zero Decibels

The Quest for Absolute Silence

By: George Michelsen Foy

Have our noise-soaked lives driven us mad? And is absolute silence an impossible goal—or the one thing that can save us? A lively tale of one man’s quest to find the grail of total quiet.--- “ I don’t know at what point noise became intolerable for me,” George Michelsen Foy writes as he recalls standing on a subway platform in Manhattan, hands clamped firmly over his ears, face contorted in pain. But only then does Foy realize how overwhelmed he is by the city’s noise and vow to seek out absolute silence, if such an absence of sound can be discovered. Foy begins his quest by carrying a pocket-sized decibel meter to measure sound levels in the areas he frequents most—the subway, the local café, different rooms of his apartment—as well as the places he visits that inform his search, including the Parisian catacombs, Joseph Pulitzer’s “silent vault,” the snowy expanses of the Berkshires, and a giant nickel mine in Canada, where he travels more than a mile underground to escape all human-made sound. Along the way, Foy experiments with noise-canceling headphones, floatation tanks, and silent meditation before he finally tackles a Minnesota laboratory’s anechoic chamber that the Guinness Book of World Records calls “the quietest place on earth,” and where no one has ever endured even forty-five minutes alone in its pitch-black interior before finding the silence intolerable. Drawing on history, science, journalistic reportage, philosophy, religion, and personal memory, as well as conversations with experts in various fields whom he meets during his odyssey, Foy finds answers to his questions: How does one define silence? Did human beings ever experience silence in their early history? What is the relationship between noise and space? What are the implications of silence and our need for it—physically, mentally, emotionally, politically? Does absolute silence actually exist? If so, do we really want to hear it? And if we do hear it, what does it mean to us? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, 30 million Americans suffer from environment-related deafness in today’s digital age of pervasive sound and sensory overload. Roughly the same number suffer from tinnitus, a condition, also environmentally related, that makes silence impossible in even the quietest places. In this respect, Foy’s quest for silence represents more than a simple psychological inquiry; both his queries and his findings help to answer the question “How can we live saner, healthier lives today?” Innovative, perceptive, and delightfully written, Zero Decibels will surely change how we perceive and appreciate the soundscape of our lives.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439101043

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Charles Manson

Conversations With A Killer

By: Edward George,Dary Matera

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Charles Manson

Conversations With A Killer

By: Edward George,Dary Matera

The gripping story of the real Charles Manson as told by his long-time prison administrator, counselor, unofficial press agent, and confidant, Ed George. “Throughout my life, people have asked me about Manson. . . . “Does he have hypnotic powers?” “Does he have a diabolical charisma?” . . . “Is he crazy?” My response is that for some people, the answer to all of the above is yes—except for the last question.” —Edward George Charles Manson was perhaps the most infamous criminal of the twentieth century. Convicted for orchestrating the shocking Tate-LaBianca murders in 1969, and for two other killings, there has been much written about him. But not many people knew him as well as Edward George, who over years of conversations with Manson as his prison administrator, counselor, unofficial “press agent,” and confidant, gained deep insight into Manson’s mind-set. In this updated edition of George’s riveting account, he illuminates the many sides of Manson: charismatic cult leader, master manipulator, calculated “showman,” sly trickster, and more. George and his coauthor, Dary Matera, begin by detailing the troubling events of Manson’s youth, the historic 1969 murders, and the subsequent trial that ended an era. They then pull back the curtain on the intense reality of Manson’s turbulent life behind bars and the events that have transpired since the initial publication of this book in 1999, including Manson’s death in 2017. Originally published as Taming the Beast: Charles Manson’s Life Behind Bars Praise for Taming the Beast “A valuable book which gives additional insights into the criminal mind of Charles Manson.” —Vincent Bugliosi, author of Helter Skelter “Charles Manson may be the most written about, commercially viable malefactor in American history, yet George and Matera offer a worthwhile new take on him in their jailhouse bio. . . . George came to know Manson’s whole rollicking gang in scary and intimate detail. He strives to understand Manson and his devotees and, spewing psychological and spiritual insights and plenty of witchy Masonoid details, succeeds in horrifying his readers.” —Booklist “What distinguishes George’s book is that it puts a human face on a man whose very name defines evil—revealing the personality hidden during television interviews.” —Alameda Journal “An ugly, ugly look at a man whose entire life has been a study in sickness. . . . Provide[s] a chilling glimpse of Family members like Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, who showed up at the prison regularly in her red cape.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Union Square + ORM

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1454940875

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9781454940876

God's Almost Chosen Peoples

A Religious History of the American Civil War

By: George C. Rable

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A Religious History of the American Civil War

By: George C. Rable

Throughout the Civil War, soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict saw the hand of God in the terrible events of the day, but the standard narratives of the period pay scant attention to religion. Now, in God's Almost Chosen Peoples, Li

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807834262

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9780807834268

The Financial Crisis in Perspective (Collection)

By: Mark Zandi,Satyajit Das,John Authers,George Chacko,Carolyn L. Evans,Hans Gunawan,Anders L. Sjoman

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The Financial Crisis in Perspective (Collection)

By: Mark Zandi,Satyajit Das,John Authers,George Chacko,Carolyn L. Evans,Hans Gunawan,Anders L. Sjoman

How the financial crisis really happened, and what it really meant: 3 books packed with lessons for investors and policymakers! These three books offer unsurpassed insight into the causes and implications of the global financial crisis: information every investor and policy-maker needs to prepare for an extraordinarily uncertain future. In Financial Shock, Updated Edition, renowned economist Mark Zandi provides the most concise, lucid account of the economic, political, and regulatory causes of the collapse, plus new insights into the continuing impact of the Obama administration’s policies. Zandi doesn’t just illuminate the roles of mortgage lenders, investment bankers, speculators, regulators, and the Fed: he offers sensible recommendations for preventing the next collapse. In Extreme Money, best-selling author and global finance expert Satyajit Das reveals the spectacular, dangerous money games that are generating increasingly massive bubbles of fake growth, prosperity, and wealth, while endangering the jobs, possessions, and futures of everyone outside finance. Das explains how everything from home mortgages to climate change have become fully financialized… how “voodoo banking” keeps generating massive phony profits even now… and how a new generation of “Masters of the Universe” has come to own the world. Finally, in The Fearful Rise of Markets, top Financial Times global finance journalist John Authers reveals how the first truly global super bubble was inflated, and may now be inflating again. He illuminates the multiple roots of repeated financial crises, presenting a truly global view that avoids both oversimplification and ideology. Most valuable of all, Authers offers realistic solutions: for decision-makers who want to prevent disaster, and investors who want to survive it. From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Dr. Mark Zandi, Satyajit Das, and John Authers

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FT Press

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0133087522

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9780133087529

The Endless Beginning

By: George Sorbane

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The Endless Beginning

By: George Sorbane

Providing help and comfort to a dying American spy sends a Bulgarian family on a harrowing escape through the Iron Curtain, a journeypunctuated by a desperate battle for life, brilliance of spiritual awakening in the face of sadness and impossible odds for survival, hilarious stories of people and places on the road to discovery of the beacon of hope we call America the beautiful, and the firm conviction that the spirit of the Founders will reign as always. A view of the decline of the American Empire through the eyes of a refugee.

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George Sorbane

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1490976922

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Lumea de mâine

ce urmează după pandemie?

By: Olivia Toderean,Sergiu Celac,George Scutaru

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Lumea de mâine

ce urmează după pandemie?

By: Olivia Toderean,Sergiu Celac,George Scutaru

„Această carte este o înregistrare, minim structurată – cât pentru a fi, totuşi, o carte – a gândurilor, temerilor, speranțelor şi sfaturilor fiecărui autor şi fiecărei autoare, în domeniul profesional care îi este cel mai familiar, brodate ca variațiuni pe tema crizei şi a consecințelor ei. Acele lucruri care – însumate, în interacțiunea complexă şi greu descriptibilă dintre ele – vor modela lumea de mâine, lumea de după pandemie.” ‒ Olivia Toderean „Una dintre primele culegeri sistematizate de lucrări analitice pe tema crizei actuale, această carte vine la un moment cât se poate de oportun şi este de înaltă valoare. Deşi autorii cărţii sunt cu toţii profesionişti cu foarte multă experienţă, fiecare în domeniul său, cred că este o dovadă de curaj să scrii atât de cuprinzător pe o temă care este încă, în mare măsură, o „ţintă mişcătoare“. De aceea, iniţiativa este cu atât mai valoroasă cu cât oferă decidenţilor diferite unghiuri de abordare, avertizări timpurii şi recomandări de acţiune politică. (…) Acest lucru este esenţial pentru a putea face faţă de o manieră mai bine informată, complexă şi coordonată valului de provocări care îi va urma crizei.” ‒ Wolfgang Ischinger „Această pandemie a provocat nu numai îmbolnăviri, izolare, carantină, restricţii de tot felul, îngrijorare, agitaţie, negare şi moarte, ci şi o efervescenţă intelectuală deosebită. (…) Aşa că specialiştii în munca intelectuală au avut timp să întoarcă această criză pe toate părţile, să îi caute antecedente, să compare, să aducă argumente sau contraargumente, să constate şi să prevadă. La fel fac şi autorii acestei admirabile cărţi, care își pun întrebări, elaborează strategii, caută soluţii, formulează ipoteze şi au, rareori, certitudini. (…) Dar, fiind de acord că lumea de după pandemie nu va mai fi – cel puţin pentru o vreme – aceeaşi cu cea dinainte, cred că avem, ca intelectuali, o mare responsabilitate: să nu permitem ca schimbările să altereze lumea, s-o împingă spre criză perpetuă şi suferinţă, ci să lucrăm cu toţii ca să fie o lume mai bună.” ‒ Ioan Aurel Pop

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Curtea Veche Publishing

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6064406828

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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

By: George C. Rable

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Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

By: George C. Rable

During the battle of Gettysburg, as Union troops along Cemetery Ridge rebuffed Pickett's Charge, they were heard to shout, "Give them Fredericksburg!" Their cries reverberated from a clash that, although fought some six months earlier, clearly loomed large in the minds of Civil War soldiers. Fought on December 13, 1862, the battle of Fredericksburg ended in a stunning defeat for the Union. Confederate general Robert E. Lee suffered roughly 5,000 casualties but inflicted more than twice that many losses--nearly 13,000--on his opponent, General Ambrose Burnside. As news of the Union loss traveled north, it spread a wave of public despair that extended all the way to President Lincoln. In the beleaguered Confederacy, the southern victory bolstered flagging hopes, as Lee and his men began to take on an aura of invincibility. George Rable offers a gripping account of the battle of Fredericksburg and places the campaign within its broader political, social, and military context. Blending battlefield and home front history, he not only addresses questions of strategy and tactics but also explores material conditions in camp, the rhythms and disruptions of military life, and the enduring effects of the carnage on survivors--both civilian and military--on both sides.

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807867934

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9780807867938

Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management

By: George C. Thornton Iii

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Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management

By: George C. Thornton Iii

Globalization, innovation, market share, identifying visionary leaders and, particularly, talent management ...are just some of the issues that benefit from using assessment and development centres. Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management focuses on topics that influence the design of the assessment centre in terms of the competencies being assessed, the exercises that are used and the nature of the event, so that they can deliver what is required; often to change organizational culture and values. Practical examples and case studies are sprinkled throughout the book as international contributors explore cross-cultural implications, and consider how the design, development and use of assessment centres should be adapted to different cultures. Some of the world's leading researchers and practitioners outline their research into new applications for assessment centre methods, showing how they have used it to design and implement specific assessment and development centres. This is a book from which practitioners can see how science informs good practice, and scholars will find the 32 chapters a rich source of ideas for conducting research into emerging issues in the field.

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1317177886

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B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

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