This is the combined life story of Mick Foster and Tony Allen, revealing how these most unlikely of stars toured the world and entered the record books. A charming narrative told with heaps of Celtic charm, it is filled with nostalgic reminiscences about growing up in rural Ireland in the 1950s and 60s, and spans the breadth of their long career, including appearing on Top of the Pops alongside Bob Geldof and being feted by Terry Wogan, and the extraordinary moment when they found themselves at the very top of the charts, beating Take That to the number-one slot.
The internationally bestselling guide on how to restore furniture to its true glory and apply finishes to new products is now revised and revamped with an updated text, improved design, and 100 new color and b&w pictures.
Kantrirockin suuruus Tunnetun musiikkikirjailija Mick Wallin Dark Desert Highway kertoo Yhdysvaltain myydyimmän yhtyeen myrskyisän menestystarinan Glenn Freyn ja Don Henleyn vuonna 1971 perustama Eagles onnistui tekemään kantrirockista trendikästä, ja yhtyeestä tuli Yhdysvalloissa suosittu jo ensimmäisellä levyllään. Eagles on myynyt Yhdysvalloissa enemmän levyjä kuin esimerkiksi The Rolling Stones ja Led Zeppelin yhteensä. Vuonna 1980 yhtye hajosi sisäisiin erimielisyyksiin – tai jäi 14 vuoden tauolle, kuten he itse asian ilmaisivat. Vuonna 1994 Eagles palasi yhteen ja levytti Hell Freezes Over -albumin. Syksyllä 2023 Eagles aloitti kiertueen, joka on yhtyeen mukaan sen viimeinen. Dark Desert Highway on klassinen rock-yhtyeen tarina: musiikillisten lahjakkuuksien ilmiömäistä nousua menestykseen seurasi luksuselämää, seksiä, huumeita ja niiden tuomia ongelmia. Se on tarina yhtyeestä, jonka liekki paloi liian kirkkaasti. Mick Wall on kirjoittanut Kerrangin ja Classic Rockin kaltaisiin lehtiin yli 35 vuotta. Hän on myös kirjoittanut lukuisia kehuttuja musiikkikirjoja mm. Led Zeppelinistä, Metallicasta, Black Sabbathista. Wallin tuoreimmat teokset ovat elämäkerrat Lemmy Kilmisteristä ja Guns N' Rose -yhtyeestä.
Von Mick Wall. Das unentbehrliche Handbuch, vollgepackt mit Informationen zur Musik von Metallica. Album für Album informiert es detailreich über jeden Song, der jemals von Metallica veröffentlicht wurde - von ihrem Debütalbum 'Kill 'Em All' (1983) bis zum heutigen Tag. Zu allen Alben und Songs gibt das Buch Auskunft über die Orte, Daten und Produzenten der Aufnahmen und nennt die Autoren der Songs. Zusätzliche Kapitel informieren über Kompilationen und Neuveröffentlichungen. Mit 16-seitigem Fototeil und einem Song-Register. Mick Wall und Malcolm Dome haben für verschiedene Rockmagazine wie Raw oder Kerrang! über Metal-Themen im Allgemeinen und Metallica im Besonderen geschrieben. Als Autorenteam verfassten sie Bücher über Bon Jovi, Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots und andere Bands.
The Clash – Joe Strummer (sång/gitarr), Mick Jones (gitarr/sång), Paul Simonon (bas/sång) och Topper Headon (trummor) – var världens bästa rockband 1976–1983, fyra killar »från Ladbroke Grove, London W10« som skrev om rockhistorien. The Clash var en svamp som sög åt sig samtiden och spottade ur sig låtar där varje textrad var på liv och död. De hade integritet nog att blanda rock’n’roll och punk med reggae och dub; vit musik med svart. The Clash var solidariska internationalister med bultande hjärtan – och samtidigt det snyggaste bandet världen skådat. De var trendsättare, revolutionärer – och deras legendstatus har aldrig falnat. Mick Jones är en text ur den första officiella The Clash-biografin, med material hämtad ur bandets privata samlingar.
You cannot believe a word Mick Farren tells you!” John Lydon A literary life railing against the machine, in the company of Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry and more. Mick Farren has spent more than 4 decades in the thick of the culture wars as a commentator, activist, essayist, poet, performer, and rebel with multiple causes. A founding figure of the 60s underground press, he careered on through the London birth pangs of punk, the intoxicated madness of Lower Manhattan under Ronald Reagan, earthquakes and urban insurrection in LA. Here you'll meet Frank Zappa, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry and Gore Vidal, and steam open correspondence between the author and Pete Townshend.
Told in the words of the musicians themselves, Keeping the Beat on the Street celebrates the renewed passion and pageantry among black brass bands in New Orleans. Mick Burns introduces the people who play the music and shares their insights, showing why New Orleans is the place where jazz continues to grow. Brass bands waned during the civil rights era but revived around 1970 and then flourished in the 1980s when the music became cool with the younger generation. In the only book to cover this revival, Burns interviews members from a variety of bands, including the Fairview Baptist Church Brass Band, the Dirty Dozen, Tuba Fats' Chosen Few, and the Rebirth Brass Band. He captures their thoughts about the music, their careers, audiences, influences from rap and hip-hop, the resurgence of New Orleans social and pleasure clubs and second lines, traditional versus funk style, recording deals, and touring. For anyone who loves jazz and the city where it was born, Keeping the Beat on the Street is a book to savor. "We should be grateful to Mick Burns for undertaking the task of producing... the only book to cover the subject of what he rightly calls the brass band renaissance." -- New Orleans Music"A welcome look at the history of brass bands. These oral histories provide a valuable contribution to New Orleans musical history.... What shines through the musicians' words is love of craft, love of culture." -- New Orleans Times-Picayune "A seminal work about the Brass Bands of New Orleans." -- Louisiana Libraries
The Somerset town of Frome might top national polls as a great place to live and enjoy a reputation as the epitome of cool, with Hollywood A-listers regularly spotted on its street and global rock-stars playing its venues, but the place hasnt always been so chic and behind this modern-day faade lies a more sinister and foul past; full of murder, kidnapping, rioting, witchcraft and rebellion, among the other nefarious activities that have taken place over the centuries in the town and surrounding areas.Indeed, the very existence of Frome is down to acts of criminality; as it has been said the reason Saint Aldhelm built his Saxon church in the first place, thus bringing the market town into being, was to civilise the outlaws and bandits who roamed the interior of Selwood Forest; the huge tract of woodland which encircled the land that became the original settlement.Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Frome chronicles fourteen foul but fascinating stories that includes the Frome vicar who wrote the most significant book on witchcraft, influencing everyone from The Great Beast himself, Aleister Crowley, to the perpetrators of the Salem witch trials; the key turning point in the Monmouth Rebellion; the last person to be publicly hanged outside Taunton gaol; a war veterans triple tragedy; and the violent and brutal pitched battle that was the culmination of a long-running feud between the local populace and the Salvation Army.You will never look at Frome the same way again.
Companies today are under growing pressure to improve their business processes and become "lean". One of the most beneficial tools is software, particularly systems that tie everything together. These kinds of systems are called Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP software. However, selection is complicated by the fact that there are so many choices and it is almost impossible to find an understandable yardstick to compare them. Advice from experts and consultants is often designed to complicate rather than clarify, increasing billable hours as the project grows larger and more costly. Love Thy Data is written for the business manager, who needs understandable benchmarks to make the important choices. It stresses the point that managers must educate themselves, since these decisions cannot be delegated. Starting with examples demonstrating typical problems, followed by standard measurements for selecting the best solutions, this book cuts through the complexity to provide real answers. The final chapters outline the processes for a successful implementation. Rather than the typical theoretical approach, Love Thy Data actually provides the specifics needed to achieve your goals, on budget and in a reasonable timeframe.
‘Damn bad place Sheffield,’ said King George Ill, reflecting on the town’s reputation as a hotbed of radicalism with revolutionary tendencies, a reputation it maintained for much of the 19th century, augmented by the numerous times that the Riot Act was read to the Sheffield mob. Yet few Sheffield riots were in the name of revolution. They were more to do with social inequalities, injustice and deprivation, only the Chartists’ rising and connections with the Pentrich rising came close to revolution. The price of provisions, the lack of democracy, oppression and perceived assaults on social norms by new religious movements were the dominant causal factors of social disorder in the Sheffield of the 18th and 19th centuries, the protagonists being coal owners, market traders, magistrates, politicians, the police, the militia, resurrectionists, Wesleyans, Mormons and Salvationists. A personal dispute and an attempted robbery also brought out sections of the Sheffield townsfolk in protest and riot. Some of the events in this book will be familiar to the student of Sheffield’s history; some of the events will amaze them; all of the events detailed in Insurrection will fascinate the general reader.
Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose examines how readers interact with literary works, how they understand and are moved by them. Mick Short considers how meanings and effects are generated in the three major literary genres, carying out stylistic analysis of poetry, drama and prose fiction in turn. He analyses a wide range of extracts from English literature, adopting an accessible approach to the analysis of literary texts which can be applied easily to other texts in English and in other languages.
Explore the evolution of organization theory in the health care sector Advances in Health Care Organization Theory, 2nd Edition, introduces students in health administration to the fields of organization theory and organizational behavior and their application to the management of health care organizations. The book explores the major health care developments over the past decade and demonstrates the contribution of organization theory to a deeper understanding of the changes in the delivery system, including the historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Taking both a micro and macro view, editors Stephen S. Mick and Patrick D. Shay, collaborate with a roster of contributing experts to compile a comprehensive volume that covers the latest in organization theory. Topics include: Institutional and neo-institutional theory Patient-centered practices and organizational culture change Design and implementation of patient-centered care management teams Hospital-based clusters as new organizational structures Application of social network theory to health care
A social science which has become so remote from the society which pays for its upkeep is ultimately doomed, threatened less by repression than by intellectual contempt and financial neglect. This is the message of the authors of this book in this reassessment of the evolution and present state of British sociology. Their investigation analyses the discipline as a social institution, whose product is inexorably shaped by the everyday circumstances of its producers; it is the concrete outcome of people’s work, rather than a body of abstract ideas. Drawing upon their varied experience as teachers and researchers, they identify three major trends in contemporary sociology. First, that the discipline’s rapid expansion has led to a retreat from rigorous research into Utopian and introspective theorising. Second, that the concept of sociological research is being taught in a totally false way because of this, and encourages ‘research’ within a wholly academic environment. Third, that the current unpopularity of sociology with academics, prospective students and politicians is no coincidence, but a reflection of the conditions under which sociology is now produced and practised. In Sociology and Social Research the authors suggest substantial changes in sociological research, the way in which it is carried out and the conditions under which it is undertaken. Their book is a timely warning to fellow sociologists when the profession is under attack as a result of public expenditure cuts.
Space frames provide a lightweight solution to the problem of creating large span enclosures free from obstructions. They are employed in many major construction projects across the world, as documented in this authoritatively written volume. This is the first in-depth book to present all instances and applications of space frames in various engineering schemes. It uses case studies and numerous illustrations to examine steel space frames from their design to their structural engineering performance. Analysis, Design and Construction of Steel Space Frames will be of particular use to practitioners through its use of various leading design codes, including the Eurocodes. Boasting an international authorship with wide experience in the research, development and manufacture of space frames, this book also draws contributions from leading practitioners and academics specialising in this area from across the globe.
Fully revised and updated, these new editions in the Explorer Guide series all sport vibrant new cover designs, giving the guides a fresh and modern feel. Written and researched by top travel authors, with clear maps and practical travel advice, they are the perfect companion for travelling the world. Cultural lifestyle features compliment practical travel information to capture the essence of the destination, local life and people. Expert advice is provided on the best places to visit, with information and practical travel facts, such as recommended hotels and restaurants. The guides also feature an extensive A-Z section of places to visit with ratings, so that you can choose which sights to see. There are town plans and maps throughout.
Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics for contemporary businesses. This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting and being affected by business.
Mick O'Shea had a dream. He wanted to be the first man to travel down the mighty Mekong River, mother of all rivers, from source to sea. In a kayak. Alone. But then Mick was never an ordinary bloke. Growing up in hot, dusty and landlocked Kalgoorlie, his childhood was spent catching poisonous snakes and exploring abandoned mine shafts for fun, and later, fishing for shark off the south coast of WA. In his holidays, he'd hang out with SAS soldiers who were running extreme adventure outbound camps for kids, soaking up skills in rock climbing, abseiling, wilderness survival, canoeing, caving and navigation. This childhood lay the template for the rest of Mick's life - adventure, adrenalin, and not a little danger. When Mick first laid eyes on the Mekong as a twenty year old traveller, he was immediately hooked by its beauty, its diversity and its spiritual and cultural importance to the people who lived alongside it - not to mention its awesome white water rafting opportunities. When he realised that the Mekong, known to many of the people who lived along its banks as 'Kong, Mother of Water', had never been fully navigated or explored, a dream was born. In the Naga's Wake is the extraordinary story of how Mick undertook the first ever navigation of the Mekong, a journey undertaken largely in a kayak, and largely alone. From sheer-sided, remote gorges to terrifying rapids, deadly whirlpools to Tibetan bandits, floating headless bodies to ex-Khmer Rouge extortionists, looming Chinese dams and equally terrifying Chinese soldiers, his was a white-knuckled, breathtaking, exhilarating and extremely dangerous ride into the unknown.
Mick shares how to let go of your past and to learn to forgive so that you don't live with regrets or resentments. His story has inspired thousands of people to find the answers they are looking for and to lead positive and healthier lives, free from the past. Learning to live in the present moment allows freedom from depression, anxiety, and fears. Inner peace was Mick's number one focus; once he achieved that inner peace, he made it his life's purpose to help others find peace as well. Loving and accepting yourself is the key to happiness. No matter where you are in the world or who you are, you can be touched by this inspiring story of how he has taken all of the challenges in his life and turned them into something that is positive and inspirational. Mick believes in you, and now it is time for you to believe in yourself!
The Clash – Joe Strummer (sång/gitarr), Mick Jones (gitarr/sång), Paul Simonon (bas/sång) och Topper Headon (trummor) – var världens bästa rockband 1976–1983, fyra killar »från Ladbroke Grove, London W10« som skrev om rockhistorien. The Clash var en svamp som sög åt sig samtiden och spottade ur sig låtar där varje textrad var på liv och död. De hade integritet nog att blanda rock’n’roll och punk med reggae och dub; vit musik med svart. The Clash var solidariska internationalister med bultande hjärtan – och samtidigt det snyggaste bandet världen skådat. De var trendsättare, revolutionärer – och deras legendstatus har aldrig falnat. Paul Simonon är en text ur den första officiella The Clash-biografin, med material hämtad ur bandets privata samlingar.
The two men responsible for Collngwood's recent success dig to the core of what success - in sport and life in general - is all about in an inspirational book that transcends Australian Football.
This much needed textbook examines the multiple dimensions to corporate responsibility. It creates a framework that presents a historical and interdisciplinary overview of the field; a summary of different management approaches; and a review of the key actors and trends worldwide. The authors take a critical perspective and successfully provide a balance between theory and practice. They offer comprehensive coverage of the subject, combining an insightful, interdisciplinary, approach with the pedagogy and support sought after by students. An Online Resource Centre accompanies the text, comprising weblinks, new legislation, further reading, email listservs and links to courses for students, and case studies and essay questions for lecturers.
Voice & Vision is a comprehensive manual for the independent filmmakers and film students who want a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film in order to achieve their artistic vision. This book includes essential and detailed information on relevant film and digital video tools, a thorough overview of the filmmaking stages, and the aesthetic considerations for telling a visual story. The ultimate goal of this book is to help you develop your creative voice while acquiring the solid practical skills and confidence to use it. Unlike many books that privilege raw technical information or the line-producing aspects of production, Voice & Vision places creativity, visual expression, and cinematic ideas front and center. After all, every practical decision a filmmaker makes, like choosing a location, an actor, a film stock, a focal length, a lighting set-up, an edit point, or a sound effect is also an expressive one and should serve the filmmaker's vision. Every decision, from the largest conceptual choices to the smallest practical solutions, has a profound impact on what appears on the screen and how it moves an audience. "In Practice" sidebars throughout connect conceptual, aesthetic and technical issues to their application in the real world. Some provide a brief analysis of a scene or technique from easily rentable films which illustrate how a specific technology or process is used to support a conceptual, narrative, or aesthetic choice. Others recount common production challenges encountered on real student and professional shoots which will inspire you to be innovative and resourceful when you are solving your own filmmaking challenges.
SYMPHONY OF ENLIGHTENMENT"...will not be like any other book you have ever read before. Open these pages...and be prepared to have your thoughts and imagination taken on a wild adventure...an adventure about your self'...and your world around you. In our world presently, people are going through a lot of considerations about self-understanding, their relationships with other people, and about their country, society, and world cooperation. Also, about what they feel about things in the world, what kind of person they are...and want to be. Explore the natural equations responsible for the progress of the Human Being, and civilization over time. Discover fresh new meanings of self-contentment, love, and the good life. Experience long sought understandings into the nature, and possibilities of existence. All of this presented in an exciting, and provocative manner; through artistic ballads. "SYMPHONY OF ENLIGHTENMENT"...is original, and created to reveal progressive ideas and thoughts that may appear new, or that some people have had, but at this point have rarely shared. This is the sister book to "HUMANITARIA...and the Future of the Human Being".
Voice & Vision is a comprehensive manual for the independent filmmakers and film students who want a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film in order to achieve their artistic vision. This book includes essential and detailed information on relevant film and digital video tools, a thorough overview of the filmmaking stages, and the aesthetic considerations for telling a visual story. The ultimate goal of this book is to help you develop your creative voice while acquiring the solid practical skills and confidence to use it. Unlike many books that privilege raw technical information or the line-producing aspects of production, Voice & Vision places creativity, visual expression, and cinematic ideas front and center. After all, every practical decision a filmmaker makes, like choosing a location, an actor, a film stock, a focal length, a lighting set-up, an edit point, or a sound effect is also an expressive one and should serve the filmmaker's vision. Every decision, from the largest conceptual choices to the smallest practical solutions, has a profound impact on what appears on the screen and how it moves an audience. "In Practice sidebars throughout Voice & Vision connect conceptual, aesthetic and technical issues to their application in the real world. Some provide a brief analysis of a scene or technique from easily rentable films which illustrate how a specific technology or process is used to support a conceptual, narrative, or aesthetic choice. Others recount common production challenges encountered on real student and professional shoots which will inspire you to be innovative and resourceful when you are solving your own filmmaking challenges.
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