Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.
Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976.
This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music.
This volume brings together a range of writers from different academic disciplines and different locations to provide an engaging and accessible critical exploration of one of the most revered and reviled bands in the history of popular music.
This is the first book-length account of the women's liberation movement in Scotland, which, using documentary evidence and oral testimony, charts the origins and development of this important social movement of the post-1945 period.
This is the first book-length account of the women's liberation movement in Scotland, which, using documentary evidence and oral testimony, charts the origins and development of this important social movement of the post-1945 period.
Men in reserve focuses on working class civilian men who, as a result of working in reserved occupations, were exempt from enlistment in the armed forces.
Men in reserve focuses on working class civilian men who, as a result of working in reserved occupations, were exempt from enlistment in the armed forces.
She has sold more than 150 million albums, wowed sell-out audiences around the globe and starred in iconic music videos but Britney Spears success has come with an unbearable price tag.
In these pages, you can find the story of a very famous poet who lived in sixth-century Arabia, contemporaneous with Justinian, the Eastern Roman emperor.
This book is his journeya Black Kiss-story thats full of funny, entertaining, and in some cases, heartbreaking stories of his years as a die-hard Kiss fan committed to the hottest band in the land.
The first time Harris met Flora (though they shared friendly looks and teaching techniques, as they were only a room apart), he saw no indication that her past was fraught with tragedies and heartaches.
From a botched WWII parachute jump into enemy territory to a sad dog finding a new master, and from a misdiagnosed shortened life span to a love story sealed on a mountaintopeveryone has a story.
The Eight (Ash Can School), artists who joined ranks in 1908 to challenge the conservative dominance of the National Academy, does not count Jerome Myers among its number.
The true story of an undiagnosed autistic savant who learned to mimic human behaviour while being abused by both teachers and students alike; ultimately and wrongly arrested as a Jewish spy in Arab lands amongst other misadventures, until succumbing to a suicide-induced comaonly to meet the woman who would transform him into the CEO of a multimillion dollar company which would eventually lead him to the ultimate tragedy.
SHEILA FLORANCE ON THE INSIDE an Intimate PortraitSheila Florance said with her characteristic irony, I set out aged nineteen with every intention of becoming the worlds greatest Shakespearean actress and ended up as Lizzie Birdsworth, the shearers poisoner!
This book is (mainly) a conventional life-story, written in a deliberately conversational style that has you believing youre with a friend in your local Pub or enjoying a lengthy stroll on the river bank.
During Liberaces trial in the late fifties, Lee, as he was familiarly called, was critically reviewed by Cassandra (a former colonel in the British army) in his daily column in Londons Daily Mirror.
Whether you want to become a tour guide or are already working in the industry, How to Be an Award-Winning Tour Guide can help transform your guiding skills from basic to brilliant and open new doors to one of the world's most exciting professions.
This story is about Marguerite, an accomplished pianist who lost her ability to play the piano after suffering a paralytic stroke that almost took her life.
The Gospel Coaltion Award of Distinction-Arts and CultureECPA Top Shelf Award WinnerFor practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life.