Greg: 2800 books
Father Bauer and the Great Experiment
The Genesis of Canadian Olympic Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
A pioneering and beloved Canadian legend comes to life
Father David Bauer changed lives — at the rink, in the classroom, and at the pulpit. Bauer’s dream created the first truly national Canadian hockey team. In 1963, that unique group represented Canada abroad and were committed to both...
Tom Wills
First wild man of Australian sport
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
This is the story of Tom Wills - flawed genius, sporting libertine, fearless leader and agitator, and the man most often credited with creating the game we now know as Australian Rules football.
Sent to the strict British Rugby School in 1850 at fourteen, Tom returned as a worldly young man...
A Declaration of Independents
How We Can Break the Two-Party Stranglehold and Restore the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In 2014, Greg Orman made headlines with his historic Independent run for the U.S. Senate in Kansas. Voters gravitated to Orman’s campaign in unprecedented numbers, challenging the entrenched dominance of the two major parties over American politics. In A Declaration of Independents Orman describes...
The Rise of the Fifth Estate
social media and blogging in Australian politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2012
The Rise of the Fifth Estate is the first book to examine the emergence of social media as a new force in the coverage of Australian politics.
Using original research, Greg Jericho reveals who makes up the Australian political blogosphere, and tackles head-on some of its key developments —...
It's Just a F***ing Date
Some Sort of Book About Dating
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
A fun and funny guide to dating from the bestselling authors of HOW TO KEEP YOUR MARRIAGE FROM SUCKING.
“The book is jam-packed with straight-talking tips on how to bag your man, and quite frankly, we can’t put it down.” —THE SUN
Why does dating have to be so hard?
It...
Turning Angel
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mississippi Blood, Greg Iles, keeps the secrets of the South alive in this vibrant novel of infatuation, murder, and sexual intrigue set in his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi.
Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer...
by Greg Prato
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Grunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there. Taking the form of an "oral" history, this books contains over 130 interviews, along with essential background information from acclaimed music writer...
Ripped
How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
A decade ago the vast majority of mainstream music was funneled through a handful of media conglomerates. Now, more people are listening to more music from a greater variety of sources than at any time in history. And big corporations such as Viacom, Clear Channel, and Sony are no longer the sole...
Murray Talks Music
Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the birth of Albert Murray (1916–2013), who in thirteen books was by turns a lyrical novelist, a keen and iconoclastic social critic, and a formidable interpreter of jazz and blues. Not only did his prizewinning study Stomping the Blues (1976) influence...
26 Songs in 30 Days
Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
In 1941, Woody Guthrie wrote 26 songs in 30 days--including classics like “Roll On Columbia” and “Pastures of Plenty”--when he was hired by the Bonneville Power Administration to promote the benefits of cheap hydroelectric power, irrigation, and the Grand Coulee Dam. Timed to celebrate the...
A Horse with Holes in It
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
A Horse with Holes in It, Greg Alan Brownderville’s third collection of poetry, employs inventive phrasing and vivid imagery to construct a particular life marked by religion, confused by desire, dulled by alcohol, and darkened by death. But Brownderville also skillfully uses humor to soften the...
by Edward Komara, Greg Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Search the Internet for the 100 best songs or best albums. Dozens of lists will appear from aficionados to major music personalities. But what if you not only love listening to the blues or country music or jazz or rock, you love reading about it, too. How do you separate what matters from what doesn’t...
I'll Take You There
Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
“A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)—from the acclaimed music journalist and author featured prominently in the new HBO documentary Mavis!
This...
Turn It Up
A Guided Tour Through the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Rap and More
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
For nearly 25 years, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune has been reviewing all parts of the popular music world: from indie up-and-comers and underground hip-hop artists to arena-filling rock-and-rollers and celebrity pop superstars. Turn It Up: A Guided Tour Through the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Rap and More...