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Almost Don't Count
Tales of an American Failure
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Written in first-person narrative based on actual events, these tales track a man who lived life going Mach II chasing the American Dream of going from rags to riches. Although a common story among the world, the trials and tribulations are anything but. Names and locations have been changed, as well as situations being altered, to protect those involved.
by Claude M. Fuess
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This vintage book contains a detailed biography of Calvin Coolidge. John Calvin Coolidge Jr. (1872–1933) served as the President of the United States between 1923 and 1929. Originally a Republican lawyer from Vermont, he worked his way up the political ladder before becoming the governor of Massachusetts....
Madonna as Postmodern Myth
How One Star's Self-Construction Rewrites Sex, Gender, Hollywood and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2015
Madonna has long been accepted as a pop culture icon, but this text postulates a greater cultural importance by analyzing her as a postmodern myth. This work examines how Madonna methodically discovered and constructed herself (often rewriting her past), the nature and extent of her ambition and the...
by G. Claude Wright
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
decisions decisions decisions If you often find yourself unraveling messes your poor choices have created, this book is a must read. Speaking to a wide variety of decision-making situations, its seventy seven principles provide the template for what a good decision-maker looks like. As you become...
Your Complete Panama Expat Retirement Fugitive & Business Guide
The Tell-It-Like-It-Is Guide To Relocate, Escape & Start Over in Panama 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This extended guide will answer you all the questions before relocating to Panama. and will let you discover Panama at your own pace before you even get there. This guide will help you: Get all the essential up-to-date trends, personal stories from expatriates, an insight of the mentality of the "Panamenian...
Your Costa Rica Expat Retirement and Escape Guide
The Tell-It-Like-It-Is Guide To Relocate Escape & Start Over in Costa Rica
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2018
This new and extended guide will answer you all the questions before relocating to Costa Rica and will let you discover the country of "La pura vida" at your own pace before you even get there. This guide will help you: Get all the essential up-to-date trends, personal stories from expatriates,...
Why Stop?
A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
This guide to more than 2,500 Texas roadside markers features historical events; famous and infamous Texans; origins of towns, churches, and organizations; battles, skirmishes, and gunfights; and settlers, pioneers, Indians, and outlaws. This fifth edition includes more than 100 new historical roadside...
L'obligation de renvoi préjudiciel à la Cour de justice
Une obligation sanctionnée ?
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Amorcé par l’arrêt Köbler, un mouvement jurisprudentiel récent a conduit la Cour de justice à concevoir divers mécanismes qui permettent aux justiciables de sanctionner, directement ou indirectement, une juridiction nationale qui a méconnu son obligation de renvoi préjudiciel. C’est ainsi...
by Claude Dauphin
Language: French
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Histoire du style musical d’Haïti représente l’ouvrage le plus considérable qui ait jamais été écrit sur la musique haïtienne et sur la diversité de ses pratiques. L’auteur y aborde les traditions paysannes – le vaudou, les instruments coutumiers, le conte chanté rural –, la musique...
by Claude Cernuschi
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art. But if his reputation and place in history have...
Let Nobody Turn Us Around
An African American Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
This anthology of black writers traces the evolution of African-American perspectives throughout American history, from the early years of slavery to the end of the 20th century. The essays, manifestos, interviews, and documents assembled here, contextualized with critical commentaries from Marable...
Purple Hummingbird
A Biography of Elizabeth Warder Crozer Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2016
Elizabeth Warder Crozer Campbell and her husband, William Campbell, found themselves forced to move to the Mojave Desert in 1924, its dry climate proving to be the best for William’s frail lungs burned by mustard gas in World War I. They camped at Twentynine Palm Oasis in what is now Joshua Tree...
by Claude Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012
Formed from the erosion of Joy Division after the suicide of Ian Curtis, New Order were early pioneers of the synthesizer in dance music, coupled with deep bass lines. This book details the start of Factory Records and New Order's connections with Manchester's Hacienda Club, of which they were part...
String Quartets by Debussy and Ravel
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10/Debussy; Quartet in F Major/Ravel
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
Superb one-volume edition of two influential compositions noted for individuality, unique interpretations of the medium, delicate and subtle beauties. Based on authoritative French editions, this clearly printed volume is sturdily bound for long life on the music stand.