Tim: 4567 books
Guitar
An American Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From humble folk instrument to American icon, the story of the guitar is told in this “exceptionally well-written” memoir by the NPR commentator (Guitar Player).
In this blend of personal memoir and cultural history, National Public Radio commentator Tim Brookes narrates the long and winding...
Blood Sport
A-Rod and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The definitive and dramatic story of the Alex Rodriguez and Biogenesis scandal, written by the reporters who broke and covered the story.
“Blood Sport is riveting...a tragicomedy filled with characters straight out of a Carl Hiaasen novel.”—The Washington Post
The effects of the...
A London Country Diary
Mundane Happenings from the Secret Streets of the Capital
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
For fifteen years, Tim Bradford has meandered round the quiet streets of his North London home, seeking out the ordinary and the extraordinary, the sublime and the ridiculous. A London Country Diary documents his wanderings – he attempts to rescue a deer in Clissold Park, talks to a magical old...
by Tim Crouch
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
“You’d like that, would you, your most private, pinkest, tenderest
– small bird, small bird, small fragile – stolen from you, slammed
down onto the slab, the block, poked at and paraded.”
The children swing their legs on the chairs. The student delivers the presentation....
Pioneers of Professional Wrestling
1860–1899
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
This historic collection explores the origins of mixed martial arts and professional wrestling in the United States and features profiles of more than 30 mat stars of the era, wrestling in art, over 100 antique photos and more.
There is perhaps no sport more primitive or more widely dispersed...
Music after the Fall
Modern Composition and Culture since 1989
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
"...the best extant map of our sonic shadowlands, and it has changed how I listen."—Alex Ross, The New Yorker
"...an essential survey of contemporary music."—New York Times
"…sharp, provacative and always on the money. The listening list alone promises...
by Tim Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
In October 2012 Hurricane Sandy struck the state of New Jersey. Through a series of diary entries, one man recounts his ordeal dealing with the storm. Mother Nature is back, this time she’s looking for blood.
Julie Chistie
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This insightful biography by experienced show-business biographers Tim Ewbank and Stafford Hildred charts the remarkable life of the tea-planter's daughter, born in India, who blossomed from troubled Sussex schoolgirl into the striking young woman who sashayed to stardom down a Bradford street in the...
Down to the Last Pitch
How the 1991 Minnesota Twins and Atlanta Braves Gave Us the Best World Series of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Never in baseball history had a last place team rebounded to take the pennant the following season. Yet in 1991, lightning struck twice as the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves, a pair of cellar dwellers the year before, faced each other in an unforgettable World Series.
For both clubs,...
by Tim Luka
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2018
Are you good at doing quiz? Could you take part in TV programs? Are you ready to take the challenge to test you intelligence?
How much do you know about Justin Bieber? Here are 200 questions to test you knowledge in the Justin Bieber! How many of them can you answer? Maybe you would learn something...
Raven
The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2008
The basis for the upcoming HBO miniseries and the "definitive account of the Jonestown massacre" (Rolling Stone) -- now available for the first time in paperback.
Tim Reiterman’s Raven provides the seminal history of the Rev. Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple, and the murderous ordeal...
FILM PAST FILM FUTURE
An Enquiry into Cinema and the Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2011
How does film engage the imagination? By the brilliance of the film-makers' imagination, yes, but also by making the viewer strive to connect images, and to respond to all the film's elements: acting, framing, lighting, music and so on, to what's shown and to what's implied. All this is illustrated with...
by Tim Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
Syndicated cartoonist and illustrator Tim Jackson offers an unprecedented look at the rich yet largely untold story of African American cartoon artists. This book provides a historical record of the men and women who created seventy-plus comic strips, many editorial cartoons, and illustrations for...
Certain Fragments
Texts and Writings on Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
What is the relationship between performance and play? Between performance and technology? Between performance and death?
Certain Fragments is an extraordinary exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, acknowledged...