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David Bowie FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Rock's Finest Actor

By: Ian Chapman

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David Bowie FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Rock's Finest Actor

By: Ian Chapman

David Bowie was one of the world’s most famous rock stars. But, as David Bowie FAQ shows, he was also far more than that. After spending the latter part of the 1960s searching for the best medium through which to express his artistic aspirations—and trying out several performing arts in the process—he experienced fleeting but significant success in music with the top-ten UK hit “Space Oddity,” released at the time of the successful Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. Subsequently he achieved true international fame in the early 1970s through playing the role of the androgynous alien rock-star Ziggy Stardust. From here he went on to a career that spanned five decades, exploring numerous artistic disciplines, challenging societal mores and conventions, and building a platform of constant change and reinvention. Whereas most rock stars would find a winning formula and rigidly stick to it to avoid alienating their fans, David Bowie made stylistic variation his cornerstone—an entirely new and model for rock stardom. But David Bowie was more than a rock star. Reflecting an approach to art that knew no boundaries, he also made his mark in movie acting, legitimate stage acting, and more. There was a unifying factor in all of the roles he played, regardless of medium, because even from childhood he’d felt himself to be an outsider, alienated and estranged. Bowie’s fans quickly recognized this quality in him, and it created a bond that went far beyond the usual star-fan relationship. Through David Bowie, fans found themselves able to accept their sense of difference as a positive thing rather than a negative one. David Bowie didn’t simply entertain people—he empowered them.

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311

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493051407

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9781493051403

David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience

An Expository Study of his Drama 1959-1994

By: David Ian Rabey,David I. Rabey

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David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience

An Expository Study of his Drama 1959-1994

By: David Ian Rabey,David I. Rabey

Dr. Rabey's profound critical study of David Rudkin's drama constitutes an in-depth evaluation of this unique dramatist, re-assessed in the light of his bi-sexuality and Anglo-Irish origins. This key study includes insights from noted performers of Rudkin's work, including Ian Hogg, Peter McEnery, Ian McDiarmid, Gerard Murphy, and Charlotte Cornwell. It is a fully authorized study with exclusive reference to archival material which includes some frank and urgent interview contributions from the dramatist himself, who is usually deemed reclusive. It is enhanced by Dr. Rabey's own experience of Wales, Ireland, and the English Black Country for his exposition of Rudkin's mythic sense of Celtic and Mercian history.

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190

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Routledge

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1134403291

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9781134403295

Experiencing David Bowie

A Listener's Companion

By: Ian Chapman

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Experiencing David Bowie

A Listener's Companion

By: Ian Chapman

In Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion, musicologist, writer, and musician Ian Chapman unravels the extraordinary marriage of sound and visual effect that lies at the heart of the work of one of the most complex and enduring performers in popular music. Still active in a career now well into its fifth decade, Bowie’s influence on music and popular culture is vast. At the height of the “glam rock” era, Bowie stood head and shoulders above his peers. His influence, however, would extend far beyond glam through successive changes of musical style and stage work that impacted upon wider popular culture through fashion, film, gender studies, theatre, and performing arts. As Chapman suggests, Bowie recognized early on that in a post-war consumer culture that continued the cross-pollination of media platforms, the line between musician and actor was an ever-thinning one. Opposing romantic notions of authenticity in rock, Bowie wore many faces, challenging listeners who consider his large body of work with a bewildering array of musical styles, covering everything from classic vaudeville to heavy metal, glam rock to soul and funk, electronic music to popular disco. In Experiencing David Bowie, Chapman serves as tour guide through this vast musical landscape, tracing his development as a musical artist through twenty-seven studio albums he generated. Pivotal songs anchor Chapman’s no-nonsense look at Bowie’s work, alerting listeners to his innovations as composer and performer. Moreover, through a close look at Bowie's “visuals”—in particular his album covers, Chapman draws the lines of connection between Bowie the musician and Bowie the visual stage artist, illuminating the broad nature of his art. This work will appeal to not only fans of David Bowie, but anyone interested in the history of modern popular music, fashion, stage and cinema, and modern art.

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255

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Rowman & Littlefield

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144223752X

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9781442237520

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

By: John Donaldson,Ian Jackson

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An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

By: John Donaldson,Ian Jackson

David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical classic that displays a powerful mastery of the critical thinking skills of reasoning and evaluation. Hume’s subject, the question of the existence and possible nature of God, was, and still is, a persistent topic of philosophical and theological debate. What makes Hume’s text a classic of reasoning, though, is less what he says, than how he says it. As he noted in his preface to the book, the question of ‘natural religion’ was unanswerable: so ‘obscure and uncertain’ that ‘human reason can reach no fixed determination with regard to it.’ Hume chose, as a result, to cast his thoughts on the topic in the form of a dialogue – allowing different points of view to be reasoned out, evaluated and answered by different characters. Considering and judging different or opposing points of view, as Hume’s characters do, is an important part of reasoning, and is vital to building strong persuasive arguments. Even if, as Hume suggests, there can be no final answer to what a god might be like, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion shows high-level reasoning and evaluation at their best.

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CRC Press

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1351350412

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9781351350419

David Rudkin

Sacred Disobedience : an Expository Study of His Drama 1959-96

By: David Ian Rabey

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David Rudkin

Sacred Disobedience : an Expository Study of His Drama 1959-96

By: David Ian Rabey

Authoritative in its reference to all Rudkin's work for theatre, cinema, radio and television, this profound critical study aims to prompt a reappraisal of his work in current dramatic, theoretical, and sexual contexts.

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232

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Psychology Press

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9057021269

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9789057021268

Terns (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 123)

By: David Cabot,Ian Nisbet

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Terns (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 123)

By: David Cabot,Ian Nisbet

This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.

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HarperCollins UK

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0007412495

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9780007412495

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

By: A. Leland Albright,Ian F. Pollack,P. David Adelson

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Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

By: A. Leland Albright,Ian F. Pollack,P. David Adelson

This book presents the latest management techniques for pediatric neurosurgical disorders frequently encountered in clinical practice. In this edition, chapters are organized into separate sections including cerebral disorders, spinal disorders, neoplasms, trauma, cerebrovascular disease, functional disorders, and infectious disorders. Each chapter describes the diagnostic studies, pathology and pathobiology, indications for surgery, treatment alternatives, prognostic factors and outcomes.Features of the second edition: Commentaries at the end of each chapter provide insights from the senior editors Pearls identify critical steps in management More than 850 high-quality images demonstrate disease pathology and surgical approaches and techniques Easy-to-read tables synthesize key clinical concepts New chapters cover ethical issues in pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery in developing countries, and in utero neurosurgery This comprehensive book is a must-have reference for all neurosurgeons, and specialists and residents in pediatric neurosurgery and pediatric neurology.

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Thieme

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1604064609

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9781604064605

World Religions

By: Ian Barnes

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World Religions

By: Ian Barnes

World Religions looks at the history of the world's great faiths, from those that emerged thousands of years ago to those that have established themselves in more recent times. It is divided into the following chapters: Hinduism and Sikhism; Zoroastrianism; Judaism; Buddhism; Christianity; Islam; Religions of the Far East; and Other Religions. The book looks at the context in which these religions emerged and as migrations and military expansionism helped them to become established in certain regions of the world. World Religions explains the characteristics of each faith, but also demonstrates the common history that many of them share. The book also contains maps and plans showing many significant religious sites around the world, as well as data on how widespread the various faiths are today. With over 150 maps covering a wide range of religions over thousands of years, World Religions is a fascinating account of the diverse range of faiths that have helped shape the history of mankind. -- from dust jacket.

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164

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1845733258

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9781845733254

Ambushed

A War Reporter's Life on the Line

By: Ian Stewart

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Ambushed

A War Reporter's Life on the Line

By: Ian Stewart

With frankness, Stewart tells the story of his own remarkable recovery as well as the extraordinary risks he and other journalists take to report the news from remote war-ravaged countries.".

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348

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1565123808

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9781565123809

Private Eye Annual 2006

By: Ian (Ed) Hislop

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Private Eye Annual 2006

By: Ian (Ed) Hislop

The 'Private Eye Annual 2006' contains spoofs, parodies, gags, send-ups, cartoons and photo-captions from this well-known fortnightly satirical magazine.

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104

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1901784436

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9781901784435

Scottish History

By: Ian L. Donnachie,George Hewitt

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Scottish History

By: Ian L. Donnachie,George Hewitt

Scottish affairs are beginning to command attention in England, and Scottish history in particular is the focus of media and popular interest. In spite of this, there are few reliable reference works available that allow the curious to access quickly and easily the history of their nation. The Collins Dictionary of Scottish History seeks to rectify this situation, offering an up-to-date, authoritative and accessible survey of Scottish history from the 10th century.

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Collins

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0007147104

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9780007147106

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David Bowie FAQ

David Bowie FAQ

David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience

David Rudkin: Sacred Disobedience

Experiencing David Bowie

Experiencing David Bowie

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

An Analysis of David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

David Rudkin

David Rudkin

Terns (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 123)

Terns (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 123)

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

Principles and Practice of Pediatric Neurosurgery

World Religions

World Religions

Ambushed

Ambushed

Private Eye Annual 2006

Private Eye Annual 2006

Scottish History

Scottish History

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