Ben Davis: 13 books
Do Life
The Creator of #My 120-Pound Journey# Shows How to Run Better, Go Farther, and Find Happiness
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
At the age of twenty-two, Ben Davis weighed over 360 pounds. Depressed, addicted to food, and morbidly obese, he thought he’d lost all hope. But after a conversation with his grandmother, Ben promised himself that he would finally take control of his life.
Ben decided to “do life,” and so...
by Ben Davis
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
9.5 Theses on Art and Class seeks to show how a clear understanding of class makes sense of what is at stake in a broad number of contemporary art's most persistent debates, from definitions of political art to the troubled status of "outsider" and street art to the question of how we maintain...
by Ben Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Have you ever wanted to play the piano? This book will give you the tools necessary to accomplish any goal you might have. Using a casual, realistic approach, author Ben Davis gives you tips and tricks that are sure to get you started. Follow the illustrations as you play, and use the step-by-step...
From the Ashes to the Crown
The Life and Testimony of Ben Davis
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
This book is a candid look into the world I created for myself growing up. It was a world of hurt, abuse, hatred, drugs, violence, and sex. Writing this book was very therapeutic for me as I confronted myself, and I hope it will be a spine-chilling experience for those who read it. In these pages,...
Repertory Movie Theaters of New York City
Havens for Revivals, Indies and the Avant-Garde, 1960-1994
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2017
New York’s repertory movie houses specialized in presenting films ignored by mainstream and art house audiences. Curating vintage and undistributed movies from various countries, they educated the public about the art of film at a time when the cinema had begun to be respected as an art form. Operating...
by Ben Davis
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Named after one of earths African-American abolitionists and women's rights activist, Sojourner Truth, who was born into chattel slavery but escaped to freedom in AD 1826, the Jaunt-Ship Sojourner whose name was chosen by the family that would pilot her, was created to be one of the first human ships...
Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?
Olympic-winning strategies for everyday success
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Ben Hunt-Davis won Olympic Gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 as part of the Men’s Rowing Eight. He and Executive Coach Harriet Beveridge have teamed up to show you how to use similar strategies to improve your own life. The pair have been road-testing these methods for 10 years, with clients...
Freeman's: Arrival
The Best New Writing on Arrival
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A new literary journal arrives on the scene with unpublished works from such superstars as Dave Eggers, Louise Erdrich, Haruki Murakami, and others.
In this inaugural edition of Freeman’s, a new biannual of unpublished writing, former Granta editor and NBCC president John Freeman brings together...
Bomb
The Author Interviews
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Thirty years of interviews that offer “a window into the minds and the writing processes of some of the world’s best practitioners of poetry and prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Since 1981, the quarterly magazine Bomb has been the gold standard for artist-on-artist interviews,...
by Alison Davis, Jane Shannon, Wayne Cascio
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Civic Media
Technology, Design, Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
Examinations of civic engagement in digital culture—the technologies, designs, and practices that support connection through common purpose in civic, political, and social life.
Countless people around the world harness the affordances of digital media to enable democratic participation,...
by Douglas Self, Ben Duncan, Ian Sinclair
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2009
The Newnes Know It All Series takes the best of what our authors have written to create hard-working desk references that will be an engineer's first port of call for key information, design techniques and rules of thumb. Guaranteed not to gather dust on a shelf!
Audio engineers need to master...
Nanotechnology Commercialization
Manufacturing Processes and Products
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
A fascinating and informative look at state-of-the-art nanotechnology research, worldwide, and its vast commercial potential
Nanotechnology Commercialization: Manufacturing Processes and Products presents a detailed look at the state of the art in nanotechnology and explores key issues that...