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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

A Memoir of Hampshire College at the Twilight of the '80s

By: Richard Rushfield

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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

A Memoir of Hampshire College at the Twilight of the '80s

By: Richard Rushfield

Richard Rushfield takes us on an unforgettable and hilarious trip through higher alternative education in the eighties. Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost is a strange and salacious memoir about life at the ultimate New England hippie college at the height of Reaganomics. Opening its doors in 1970, Hampshire College was an experiment in progressive education that went hilariously awry. Self- proclaimed nerd Richard Rushfield enrolled with the freshman class of 1986, hoping to shed his wholesome California upbringing in this liberal hideout, where overachievement and preppy clothes were banned. By turns hilarious, ironic, and steeped in history, Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost takes readers to a campus populated by Deadheads, club kids, poets, and insomniac filmmakers, at a time when America saw the rise of punk and grunge alongside neoconservatism, earnest calls for political correctness, and Take Back the Night vigils. Imagine Lord of the Flies set on a college campus and you have Richard Rushfield's alma mater experience.

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Penguin

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1101149027

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American Idol

The Untold Story

By: Richard Rushfield

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American Idol

The Untold Story

By: Richard Rushfield

The currency is fame, and it's bigger than money, more desired than power. Each season American Idol delivers on a promise whose epic scope is unparalleled in the annals of competition: to take an unknown dreamer from the middle of America and turn him or her into a genuine star. It has become not only the biggest show on television, but the biggest force in all of entertainment; its alumni dominate the recording charts and Broadway, win Academy Awards, and sweep up Grammys. In fact, American Idol has reshaped the very idea of celebrity. But it didn't start out that way. When the little singing contest debuted as a summer replacement on the U.S. airwaves, it was packed between reruns and low-cost filler. The promise that it would find America's next pop star produced a hearty round of guffaws from the country's media critics. Now, some ten years and millions of records later, no one is laughing. American Idol: The Untold Story chronicles the triumphs and travails, the harrowing backstage drama and the nail-biting onstage battles that built this revolutionary show. In this revealing book, veteran journalist Richard Rushfield goes deeper inside the circus than any reporter ever has. Candid interviews with Idol alumni, including Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell, shed new light on the show that changed the entertainment industry. And because Rushfield had full access to the people who created the show, starred in it, and kept it atop the pop culture pyramid, this book is the first to take Americans behind the curtain and tell what has really been happening on the world's most watched and speculated-about stage.

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Hachette Books

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1401396526

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On Spec

A Novel of Young Hollywood

By: Richard Rushfield

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On Spec

A Novel of Young Hollywood

By: Richard Rushfield

A brilliant, dead-on debut about what it takes to make it in today's Hollywood. On Spec follows the paths of six Hollywood hopefuls--a screenwriter, an agent, a development girl, an actress, a studio chef, and an aspiring producer--as they experience the pitfalls and payouts of life on the hollwood fast track. More than just a novel about the entertainment industry, On Spec is a parody of modern life, where winner takes all and the losers are tossed to the wayside without a second thought.

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St. Martin's Press

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1429980095

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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

A Memoir of Hampshire College at the Twilight of the '80s

By: Richard Rushfield

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American Idol

The Untold Story

By: Richard Rushfield

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American Idol

The Untold Story

By: Richard Rushfield

The currency is fame, and it’s bigger than money, more desired than power. Each season American Idol delivers on a promise whose epic scope is unparalleled in the annals of competition: to take an unknown dreamer from the middle of America and turn him or her into a genuine star. It has become not only the biggest show on television, but the biggest force in all of entertainment; its alumni dominate the recording charts and Broadway, win Academy Awards, and sweep up Grammys. In fact, American Idol has reshaped the very idea of celebrity. But it didn't start out that way. When the little singing contest debuted as a summer replacement on the U.S. airwaves, it was packed between reruns and low-cost filler. The promise that it would find America's next pop star produced a hearty round of guffaws from the country's media critics. Now, some ten years and millions of records later, no one is laughing. American Idol: The Untold Story chronicles the triumphs and travails, the harrowing backstage drama and the nail-biting onstage battles that built this revolutionary show. In this revealing book, veteran journalist Richard Rushfield goes deeper inside the circus than any reporter ever has. Candid interviews with Idol alumni, including Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell, shed new light on the show that changed the entertainment industry. And because Rushfield had full access to the people who created the show, starred in it, and kept it atop the pop culture pyramid, this book is the first to take Americans behind the curtain and tell what has really been happening on the world's most watched and speculated-about stage.

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Hyperion

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1401324126

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On Spec

A Novel of Young Hollywood

By: Richard Rushfield

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A Novel of Young Hollywood

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St. Martin's Press

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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

A Memoir of Hampshire College in the Twilight of the 80's

By: Richard Rushfield

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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

A Memoir of Hampshire College in the Twilight of the 80's

By: Richard Rushfield

Documents the author's experiences at a progressive Massachusetts college, shedding his conservative California upbringing in favor of a hippie culture shaped by Grateful Dead music, insomniac filmmaking, and political correctness.

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293

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Penguin

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1592404537

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Once Upon A Time

By: Richard Harding Davis

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Once Upon A Time

By: Richard Harding Davis

Reproduction of the original: Once Upon A Time by Richard Harding Davis

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138

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752309911

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9783752309911

Collected Writings of Richard Storry

By: Richard Storry

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Collected Writings of Richard Storry

By: Richard Storry

This volume collects the writings of Richard Storry on contemporary issues and the history of Japan.

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Psychology Press

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1903350115

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The World of Richard Stine

By: Richard Stine

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The World of Richard Stine

By: Richard Stine

At once whimsical and philosophical, conceptualist and cartoonish, Stine's delightfully irresistible art unlocks the heart's unspoken desires and pries open the mind's devious recesses. . . .--Publishers Weekly. Full-color illustrations.

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Stewart, Tabori, & Chang

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1556703759

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9781556703751

The Scarlet Car

By: Richard Harding Davis

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The Scarlet Car

By: Richard Harding Davis

This early work by Richard Harding Davis was originally published in 1906 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Scarlet Car' is a novel by this famous war correspondent. Davis attended Lehigh University and Johns Hopkins University, but was asked to leave both due to neglecting his studies in favour socialising. During the Second Boer War in South Africa, Davis was a leading correspondent of the conflict. He saw the war first-hand from both parties perspectives and documented it in his publication 'With Both Armies' (1900). He wrote widely from locations such as the Caribbean, Central America, and even from the perspective of the Japanese forces during the Russo-Japanese War. Davis died following a heart attack on 11th April, 1916, at the age of 51.

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Read Books Ltd

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1473396530

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9781473396531

Ranson's Folly

By: Richard Harding Davis

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Ranson's Folly

By: Richard Harding Davis

Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916) was a popular writer of fiction and drama, and a journalist famous for his coverage of the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War.

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344

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1434498220

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9781434498229

Diary of Richard Cocks

Volume II

By: Richard Cocks

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Diary of Richard Cocks

Volume II

By: Richard Cocks

Reproduction of the original: Diary of Richard Cocks by Richard Cocks

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3734042054

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Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

American Idol

American Idol

On Spec

On Spec

Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

American Idol

American Idol

On Spec

On Spec

Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost

Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time

Collected Writings of Richard Storry

Collected Writings of Richard Storry

The World of Richard Stine

The World of Richard Stine

The Scarlet Car

The Scarlet Car

Ranson's Folly

Ranson's Folly

Diary of Richard Cocks

Diary of Richard Cocks

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