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9781845118242 - Nina Simone

Nina Simone (2010)

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The greatest female artist of the 20th century&; &; Elton John This first-ever biography of Nina Simone caused quite a stir among reviewers. &;A chastening read&;, said the Sunday Times; &;Simone&;s story is as harrowing as it is remarkable&;, said the Yorkshire Post. No-one was quite prepared for the life story of the singer of such enduringly uplifting classics as &;My Baby Just Cares for Me&; turning out to be such a chilling litany of mental disorder, vile temper, terrible abuse at the hands of bad men, and a self-destructively hostile attitude all too often to the acolytes who came to see her perform. Brun-Lambert shows how Simone saw herself as a lifelong victim of racism, right from being turned down by the prestigious music school that would have enabled her to become a classical musician. Undiagnosed bipolar disorder, he argues, added to her torment. But it was her unforgettable voice, and, at best, her utterly magnetic performances, that kept people coming to a sold-out Ronnie Scott&;s every time she was in residency, and the way she sang her hardest songs like &;Mississippi Goddam&;with such fire and fury that they became anthems of political change, and means so many people can only be curious about the real life of the mecurial woman behind the piano. David Brun-Lambert is a highly regarded French writer and broadcaster.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/e42811ee/nina-simone-david-brun-lambert-9781845135102.jpg|9781845135102|Nina Simone : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135102 : 25 Feb 2010 : The epic story behind the composer of some of the best-known popular songs.|new|1|1|25|12.99|0|GBP|David Brun-Lambert|Aurum Press|25 Feb 2010|Music: styles & genres 9781845116958|The Secret of Laughter|9.28|https://wordery.com/the-secret-of-laughter-shusha-guppy-9781845116958|Shusha Guppy, editor of The London Paris Review and prize winning author, narrates this unique collection of Persian stories that have been handed down through the generations. Although their sources have been lost over the ages, their memory runs through the collective psyche of the Iranian people and each tale reflects a deep cultural and psychological insight into the attitudes, values and structures which constitute Iranian society.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/f6006cab/the-secret-of-laughter-shusha-guppy-9781845116958.jpg|9781845116958|The Secret of Laughter : Paperback : Tauris Parke Paperbacks : 9781845116958 : 30 Jul 2009 : A collection of stories, gathered from the Persian folk and fairytales. It narrates fables of princes and princesses; dervishes and miracle-working saints; ji ...|new|1|1|10|9.99|0|GBP|Shusha Guppy|I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.|30 Jul 2009|Myth & legend told as fiction books 9781845135348|The North Will Rise Again|12.54|https://wordery.com/the-north-will-rise-again-john-robb-9781845135348|' An extraordinary history... The range of voices breathing new life into past events is vast' **** Mojo ' The Morrissey and Marr recollections are particularly revealing' The Word The Buzzcocks. Joy Division. The Fall. The Smiths. The Stone Roses. The Happy Mondays. Oasis. Manchester has proved to be an endlessly rich seam of pop-music talent over the last 30 years. Highly opinionated and usually controversial, stars such as Mark E. Smith, Morrissey, Ian Brown and the Gallagher brothers have always had plenty to say for themselves. Here, in John Robb' s new compilation, Manchester' s gobbiest musicians tell the story of the city' s thriving music scene in their own words. When the Buzzcocks put on the Sex Pistols at Lester Free Hall in 1976, they kickstarted a musical revolution and a fervent punk scene exploded. In 1979 the legendary Tony Wilson founded Factory Records, the home of Joy Division/New Order and later the Happy Mondays. The Hacienda, the Factory nightclub, became notorious in the late 1980s as a centre of the influential Madchester scene, led by the Mondays and the Stone Roses, with a unique style and sound of its own. Then, from the ashes of Madchester rose u ber-lads Oasis, the kings of Britpop and the biggest UK band of the 1990s. John Robb is a leading music journalist and the author of the bestselling biography of the Stone Roses. His other books include Punk: An Oral History, The Charlatans ... We Are Rock and The Nineties: What the F**k Was That All About? He lives in Manchester.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/09a37155/the-north-will-rise-again-john-robb-9781845135348.jpg|9781845135348|The North Will Rise Again : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135348 : 05 May 2010 : The real story of the Manchester scene in the words of the musicians, promoters, club owners, managers and pundits.|new|1|1|250|12.99|0|GBP|John Robb|Aurum Press|05 May 2010|Rock & Pop music 9781845119638|Battle in Iraq|30.00|https://wordery.com/battle-in-iraq-jm-hammond-9781845119638|This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life--and death--on the Mesopotamian Front. At the outbreak of War, William Reed had recently arrived in the region to work as a marine engineer. By the time fighting ceased in 1918, not only his own life but the whole course of the history of the Middle East had been transformed. In this gripping history of Iraq during the First World War, Josephine Hammond skilfully weaves together her grandfather's diaries, placing his personal adventures against the backdrop of the unfolding drama of war.Battle in Iraq offers an invaluable record of events in Iraq during the First World War as well as sensitively drawing out the unavoidable parallels with the contemporary conflict and the long-term consequences of international interference in the region.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/8f57cfb4/battle-in-iraq-jm-hammond-9781845119638.jpg|9781845119638|Battle in Iraq : Hardback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845119638 : 30 Aug 2009 : This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life - and death - on the Mesopotamia ...|new|1|1|10|30|0|GBP|J.M. Hammond|I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.|30 Aug 2009|First World War books 9781845118242|Cradle of Islam|20.00|https://wordery.com/cradle-of-islam-mai-yamani-9781845118242|Is Saudi Arabia really a homogeneous Wahhabi dominated state? In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The urban, cosmopolitan Hijazis were absorbed in to a new state whose codes of behavior and rules were determined by the Najdis, an ascetic desert people, from whom the Al Saud family came. But the Saudi rulers failed to fully integrate the Hijaz, which retains a distinctive identity to this day. In Cradle of Islam", the product of years spent in Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and Taif, Mai Yamani traces the fortunes of the distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its current resurgence. The Hijazis today emphasise their regional heritage in religious ritual, food, dress and language as a response to the 'Najdification' of everyday life. The Hijazi experience shows the vitality of cultural diversity in the face of political repression in the Arab world.
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9781845118242 - Nina Simone

Nina Simone (2012)

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The greatest female artist of the 20th century&; &; Elton John This first-ever biography of Nina Simone caused quite a stir among reviewers. &;A chastening read&;, said the Sunday Times; &;Simone&;s story is as harrowing as it is remarkable&;, said the Yorkshire Post. No-one was quite prepared for the life story of the singer of such enduringly uplifting classics as &;My Baby Just Cares for Me&; turning out to be such a chilling litany of mental disorder, vile temper, terrible abuse at the hands of bad men, and a self-destructively hostile attitude all too often to the acolytes who came to see her perform. Brun-Lambert shows how Simone saw herself as a lifelong victim of racism, right from being turned down by the prestigious music school that would have enabled her to become a classical musician. Undiagnosed bipolar disorder, he argues, added to her torment. But it was her unforgettable voice, and, at best, her utterly magnetic performances, that kept people coming to a sold-out Ronnie Scott&;s every time she was in residency, and the way she sang her hardest songs like &;Mississippi Goddam&;with such fire and fury that they became anthems of political change, and means so many people can only be curious about the real life of the mecurial woman behind the piano. David Brun-Lambert is a highly regarded French writer and broadcaster.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/e42811ee/nina-simone-david-brun-lambert-9781845135102.jpg|9781845135102|Nina Simone : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135102 : 25 Feb 2010 : The epic story behind the composer of some of the best-known popular songs.|new|1|1|10|12.99|0|GBP|David Brun-Lambert|Aurum Press|25 Feb 2010|Music: styles & genres 9781845136161|No Place to Hide|8.99|https://wordery.com/no-place-to-hide-errol-christie-9781845136161|' As my future crumbled before my eyes, I grasped for the rope. My entire life' s struggle was ending here, in plain view of my enemies. How was it possible? How had I let things come to this?' This is not the story of a celebrity sportsman. It' s not the story of a life covered in glory with its attendant cavalcade of famous friends, easy wins and glamorous encounters. Errol Christie may have been one of the most promising British boxers of his generation - a Fight Night poster boy, captain of the England boxing team, English and European champion, and a cocky, Ali-esque dancer with a reputation for devastating early knockouts - but this is not that story. This is a story about fighting. Coventry in the dying days of the Seventies was a tough place to grow up - especially if you were poor and black. At the same time as the young Errol Christie was raising the flag in the ring, his fists were seeing off skinhead tormentors and NF bootboys on the streets. Britain was sickening from a vicious racial divide, and even when the big time turned up Errol soon discovered that a black boxer who refused to play by the rules - white rules - would never be tolerated. In 1985, after a string of professional knockouts, Errol faced Mark Kaylor in a brutal bout that tore open the country' s simmering racial enmities. In the eighth round he went down - and stayed down, the roar of the hard right in his ears. But the years that followed would see Errol square up against a far tougher adversary - as he found himself out in the cold, struggling to get by, and alone with only his own shattered confidence and no place to hide.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/cd16e585/no-place-to-hide-errol-christie-9781845136161.jpg|9781845136161|No Place to Hide : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845136161 : 26 May 2011 : A furious, violent and intensely personal memoir of boxing, race and bigotry in 1980s Britain.|new|1|1|15|8.99|0|GBP|Errol Christie|Aurum Press|26 May 2011|Autobiography: sport 9781845119546|Transnational Television in Europe|19.99|https://wordery.com/transnational-television-in-europe-jean-k-chalaby-9781845119546|Today transnational TV networks count among television's most prestigious brands and rank among Europe's leading TV channels. This is the first, dynamically told story of the extraordinary journey of transnational television in Europe from struggling origins to its present day boom. It is based in extensive research into the international television industry and makes full use of its author's remarkable access to leading industry figures, from Sky and Turner to Discovery and BBC World.The tale begins with a few cross-border TV channels, who fought hostile governments, faced antagonism from the broadcasting establishment and provoked the contempt of advertisers. But, Jean Chalaby argues, the planets came into alignment for pan-European television in the late 1990s, when a transnational shift in European broadcasting was produced. He shows how transnational television and globalization have transformed one another, and how transfrontier TV networks reflect - and help sustain - a global economic order in which the connection between national territory and patterns of production and distribution have broken down.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/91176451/transnational-television-in-europe-jean-k-chalaby-9781845119546.jpg|9781845119546|Transnational Television in Europe : Paperback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845119546 : 28 Feb 2009 : Transnational TV networks count among television's most prestigious brands and rank among Europe's leading TV channels. This book presents the story of the ex ...|new|1|1|1|19.99|0|GBP|Jean K. Chalaby|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|28 Feb 2009|Radio & television industry 9781845119638|Battle in Iraq|35.00|https://wordery.com/battle-in-iraq-jm-hammond-9781845119638|This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life - and death - on the Mesopotamian Front. At the outbreak of War, William Reed had recently arrived in the region to work as a marine engineer. By the time fighting ceased in 1918, not only his own life but the whole course of the history of the Middle East had been transformed. In this gripping history of Iraq during the First World War, Josephine Hammond skilfully weaves together her grandfather's diaries, placing his personal adventures against the backdrop of the unfolding drama of war. Battle in Iraq offers an invaluable record of events in Iraq during the First World War as well as sensitively drawing out the unavoidable parallels with the contemporary conflict and the long-term consequences of international interference in the region.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/8f57cfb4/battle-in-iraq-jm-hammond-9781845119638.jpg|9781845119638|Battle in Iraq : Hardback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845119638 : 30 Aug 2009 : This moving and unusual story of a British engineer who becomes caught up in the horrifying events of the First World War vividly illuminates life - and death - on the Mesopotamia ...|new|1|1|10|35|0|GBP|J.M. Hammond|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|30 Aug 2009|First World War books 9781845119317|The Art of the Body|32.37|https://wordery.com/the-art-of-the-body-michael-squire-9781845119317|The art of the human body is arguably the most important and wide-ranging legacy bequeathed to us by Classical antiquity. Not only has it directed the course of western image-making, it has shaped our collective cultural imaginary - as ideal, antitype, and point of departure. This book is the first concerted attempt to grapple with that legacy: it explores the complex relationship between Graeco-Roman images of the body and subsequent western engagements with them, from the Byzantine icon to Venice Beach (and back again). Instead of approaching his material chronologically, Michael Squire faces up to its inherent modernity. Writing in a lively and accessible style, and supplementing his text with a rich array of pictures, he shows how Graeco-Roman images inhabit our world as if they were our own. The Art of the Body offers a series of comparative and thematic accounts, demonstrating the range of cultural ideas and anxieties that were explored through the figure of the body both in antiquity and in the various cultural landscapes that came afterwards. If we only strip down our aesthetic investment in the corpus of Graeco-Roman imagery, Squire argues, this material can shed light on both ancient and modern thinking. The result is a stimulating process of mutual illumination - and an exhilarating new approach to Classical art history.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/dc315157/the-art-of-the-body-michael-squire-9781845119317.jpg|9781845119317|The Art of the Body : Paperback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845119317 : 24 Mar 2011 : The Art of the Body offers a series of comparative and thematic accounts, demonstrating the range of cultural ideas and anxieties that were explored through the figure of th ...|new|1|1|999|21.99|0|GBP|Michael Squire|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|24 Mar 2011|History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to ... 9781845132507|The Man Who Went Into the West|10.94|https://wordery.com/the-man-who-went-into-the-west-byron-rogers-9781845132507|Byron Rogers' biography of Wales' s national poet and vicar, R.S. Thomas has been hailed as a ' masterpiece' , even as a work of ' genius' , by reviewers from Craig Brown to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Within someone considered a wintry, austere and unsociable curmudgeon, Rogers has unearthed an extremely funny story - ' riotously' so, in Rowan Williams' words. Thomas is widely considered as one of the twentieth-century' s greatest English language poets. His bitter yet beautiful collections on Wales, its landscape, people and identity, reflect a life of political and spiritual asceticism. Indeed, Thomas is a man who banned vacuum cleaners from his house on grounds of noise, whose first act on moving into an ancient cottage was to rip out the central heating, and whose attempts to seek out more authentically Welsh parishes only brought him more into contact with loud English holidaymakers. To Thomas' s many admirers this will be a surprising, sometimes shocking, but at last humanising portrait of someone who wrote truly metaphysical poetry.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/2fe62d83/the-man-who-went-into-the-west-byron-rogers-9781845132507.jpg|9781845132507|The Man Who Went Into the West : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845132507 : 01 Jul 2007 : Byron Rogers' biography of Wales' s national poet and vicar, R.S. Thomas has been hailed as a ' masterpiece' , ev ...|new|1|1|15|13.99|0|GBP|Byron Rogers|Aurum Press|01 Jul 2007|Biography: literary 9781845118976|Fashioning the City|22.99|https://wordery.com/fashioning-the-city-agnes-rocamora-9781845118976|While much attention has been paid to the making of Paris in the work of writers and artists, little is known about the city as defined and created by the fashion media. Filling this gap in studies of the French capital, this original and illuminating book focuses on how the French fashion press - with its rich conjunction of words and images - has been able to construct Paris as a leading world fashion city.Based in an original analysis of fashion writing and images in contemporary French fashion magazines and newspapers, the book shows how the fashion media have been central to the consecration of the city of Paris on the fashion map, as well as its celebration in the collective imaginary. Agnes Rocamora explores, for example, the figures of 'la Parisienne' and 'la passante' (the female passer by), and the presence of the Eiffel tower in fashion visuals. She gives attention to the continuum between the French journalistic discourse and that of cultural forms such as films, paintings and literature, thus revealing the persistence across texts and time of visions of Paris and shedding light on the production and reproduction of the Paris myth.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/c15cbcaa/fashioning-the-city-agnes-rocamora-9781845118976.jpg|9781845118976|Fashioning the City : Paperback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845118976 : 30 Apr 2009 : Based on analysis of fashion writing and images in contemporary French fashion magazines and newspapers, this book shows how the fashion media have been central to the conse ...|new|1|1|999|22.99|0|GBP|Agnes Rocamora|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|30 Apr 2009|Fashion & society books 9781845133399|Arsene Wenger|10.38|https://wordery.com/arsene-wenger-xavier-rivoire-9781845133399|Respected across the world, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is credited with revolutionising one of the biggest clubs in Europe - famously bringing free-flowing football to 'boring, boring Arsenal' - and with influencing approaches to the modern game. In an industry of disposable contracts and ruthless sacking, his long tenure is testament to his success and dedication, and to the loyalty of players and fans. Wenger cooperated with leading sports journalist Xavier Rivoire to write this authorised and definitive biography, which includes exclusive interviews with Wenger, ex and current players, family, colleagues and observers, across Japan, France and England. The result is a highly readable portrait of an astute and incisive manager, a shrewd talent scout and man manager, as well as an intensely private and intriguing man.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/cc271de3/arsene-wenger-xavier-rivoire-9781845133399.jpg|9781845133399|Arsene Wenger : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845133399 : 25 Aug 2008 : A highly readable portrait of an astute and incisive manager.|new|1|1|10|11.99|0|GBP|Xavier Rivoire|Aurum Press|25 Aug 2008|Biography: sport 9781845130497|My Wicked, Wicked Ways|9.05|https://wordery.com/my-wicked-wicked-ways-errol-flynn-9781845130497|A hero to millions who adored his portrayals of Robin Hood and Fletcher Christian, Errol Flynn (1909- 59) lived a life that far surpassed any adventure he ever acted out on screen: exotic travels, criminal exploits, passionate love affairs, violent confrontations, scandals, and international fame. In this highly readable, witty and colourful autobiography, Flynn reveals himself and his remarkable life as he did nowhere else.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/0960a267/my-wicked-wicked-ways-errol-flynn-9781845130497.jpg|9781845130497|My Wicked, Wicked Ways : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845130497 : 01 Feb 2005 : In this highly readable, witty and colourful autobiography, Flynn reveals himself and his remarkable life as he did nowhere else.|new|1|1|15|9.99|0|GBP|Errol Flynn|Aurum Press|01 Feb 2005|Autobiography: arts & entertainment 9781845137465|Fred Trueman|10.02|https://wordery.com/fred-trueman-chris-waters-9781845137465|Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. ' The greatest living Yorkshireman' according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, he couldn' t help excelling at everything he did, whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire and England, and the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a career, or as a fearlessly outspoken radio summariser for Test Match Special. He was famous for regularly spluttering that, ' I don' t know what' s going off out there,' as well as for the amount of swearing he managed to incorporate into everyday speech. Beloved of cricket crowds, who filled grounds to witness his belligerent way of playing the game, and nothing but trouble to the cricket authorities, ' Fiery Fred' was the epitome of a full-blooded Englishman. But as Chris Waters reveals in this first full biography, behind the charismatic, exuberant mask lay a far less self-assured man - terrified even that his new dog wouldn' t like him - and whose bucolic version of his upbringing bore no relation to the gritty and impoverished South Yorkshire mining community where he actually grew up. Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues, family and friends, this life of Fred Trueman will surprise and even shock, but also confirm the status of an English folk hero.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/9f329656/fred-trueman-chris-waters-9781845137465.jpg|9781845137465|Fred Trueman : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845137465 : 01 Jun 2012 : Drawing on dozens of new interviews with his Yorkshire colleagues, family and friends, this life of Fred Trueman will surprise and even shock, but also confirm the status of an Eng ...|new|1|1|16|12.99|0|GBP|Chris Waters|Aurum Press|01 Jun 2012|Biography: sport 9781845134075|The $12 Million Stuffed Shark|8.97|https://wordery.com/the-12-million-stuffed-shark-don-thompson-9781845134075|Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock' s drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 million? The first book to look at the economics of the modern art world, and the marketing strategies that power the market to produce such astronomical prices, this surprising and revelatory book explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored. Drawing on interviews with past and present executives of auction houses and art dealerships, artists, and the buyers who move the market, Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art to reveal the source of Charles Saatchi's Midas touch, and how far a gallery like White Cube has contributed to Damien Hirst becoming one of the highest-earning artists in the world.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/d0a73f0e/the-12-million-stuffed-shark-don-thompson-9781845134075.jpg|9781845134075|The $12 Million Stuffed Shark : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845134075 : 18 Mar 2012 : Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark?|new|1|1|15|9.99|0|GBP|Don Thompson|Aurum Press|18 Mar 2012|Art: financial aspects 9781845135522|Make Love!*|11.81|https://wordery.com/make-love-bruce-campbell-9781845135522|What you' re reading right now is known as the ' cover copy' . This is where the 72,444 words of my latest book are boiled down to fit this space. But how does one do that? Do you reveal pivotal plot points like the one at the end of the book where the little girl on crutches points an accusatory finger and shouts: ' The killer is Mr Potter?' . I have too much respect for you as an attention-deficient modern consumer to attempt such an obvious ruse. But let' s not play games here. You picked up the book already, so you either: A. Know who I am B. Liked the cool illustration on the cover C. Have just discovered the bookshop toilet is out of paper So, is it a sequel to my autobiography, If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor? Sadly, no - which made it much harder to write. According to my publisher, I haven't ' done' enough since 2001 to warrant another memoir. Is it an ' autobiographical novel' ? Yes! I' m the lead character in the story, and I' m a real person, and everything in the book actually happened - except for the stuff that didn' t. The action revolves around my preparations for a pivotal role in the A-list relationship film Let' s Make Love!. But my Homeric attempt to break through the glass ceiling of B-grade genre fare is hampered by a vengeful studio executive and a production that becomes infected by something called the ' B movie virus' , symptoms of which include excessive use of cheesy special effects, slapstick, and projectile vomiting. From a violent fistfight with a Buddhist to a life-altering stint in federal prison, this ' novel' has it all. And if the 72,444 words are too time-consuming, there are lots and lots of cool graphics. Regards, Bruce ' Don' ...|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/5e201ad5/make-love-bruce-campbell-9781845135522.jpg|9781845135522|Make Love!* : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135522 : 20 May 2010 : Bruce Campbell is the ultimate ' B' movie actor. Star of the cult Evil Dead series.|new|1|1|15|12.99|0|GBP|Bruce Campbell|Aurum Press|20 May 2010|Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) books 9781845116156|East Asian Cinemas|29.71|https://wordery.com/east-asian-cinemas-leon-hunt-9781845116156|Cinemas from East Asia are among the most exciting and influential in the world. They are attracting popular and critical attention on a global scale, with films from the region circulating as art house, cult, blockbuster and 'extreme' cinema, or as Hollywood remakes. This book explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, from Chinese martial arts, through Japanese horror, to the burgeoning new Korean cinema, with particular emphasis on crossovers, remakes, hybrids and co-productions. It examines changing cinematic traditions in Asia alongside the 'Asianisation' of western cinema. It explores the dialogue not only between 'East' and 'West', but between different cinemas in the Asia Pacific. What do these trends mean for global cinema? How are co-productions and crossover films changing the nature of Hollywood and East Asian cinemas? The book includes in-depth studies of Park Chan-wook, 'Infernal Affairs', 'Seven Samurai', and 'Princess Mononoke'.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/41c8d310/east-asian-cinemas-leon-hunt-9781845116156.jpg|9781845116156|East Asian Cinemas : Paperback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845116156 : 30 Mar 2008 : Explores developments in the global popularity of East Asian cinema, from Chinese martial arts, through Japanese horror, to the burgeoning Korean cinema, with particular emph ...|new|1|1|999|19.99|0|GBP|Leon Hunt|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|30 Mar 2008|Films, cinema 9781845135348|The North Will Rise Again|10.06|https://wordery.com/the-north-will-rise-again-john-robb-9781845135348|' An extraordinary history... The range of voices breathing new life into past events is vast' **** Mojo ' The Morrissey and Marr recollections are particularly revealing' The Word The Buzzcocks. Joy Division. The Fall. The Smiths. The Stone Roses. The Happy Mondays. Oasis. Manchester has proved to be an endlessly rich seam of pop-music talent over the last 30 years. Highly opinionated and usually controversial, stars such as Mark E. Smith, Morrissey, Ian Brown and the Gallagher brothers have always had plenty to say for themselves. Here, in John Robb' s new compilation, Manchester' s gobbiest musicians tell the story of the city' s thriving music scene in their own words. When the Buzzcocks put on the Sex Pistols at Lester Free Hall in 1976, they kickstarted a musical revolution and a fervent punk scene exploded. In 1979 the legendary Tony Wilson founded Factory Records, the home of Joy Division/New Order and later the Happy Mondays. The Hacienda, the Factory nightclub, became notorious in the late 1980s as a centre of the influential Madchester scene, led by the Mondays and the Stone Roses, with a unique style and sound of its own. Then, from the ashes of Madchester rose u ber-lads Oasis, the kings of Britpop and the biggest UK band of the 1990s. John Robb is a leading music journalist and the author of the bestselling biography of the Stone Roses. His other books include Punk: An Oral History, The Charlatans ... We Are Rock and The Nineties: What the F**k Was That All About? He lives in Manchester.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/09a37155/the-north-will-rise-again-john-robb-9781845135348.jpg|9781845135348|The North Will Rise Again : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135348 : 25 Apr 2010 : The real story of the Manchester scene in the words of the musicians, promoters, club owners, managers and pundits.|new|1|1|15|12.99|0|GBP|John Robb|Aurum Press|25 Apr 2010|Rock & Pop music 9781845117559|Dark Crusade|19.99|https://wordery.com/dark-crusade-clifford-a-kiracofe-9781845117559|Despite its efforts to promote peace and instil democracy in the region, America is viewed by many in the Middle East as a dishonest broker waging a "dark crusade" against its enemies: in covert collaboration with Israel. The crucial hostility to Arab and Palestinian interests of the so-called "Zionist lobby" in the US has long been recognized. But it is another less familiar element in US politics that increasingly calls the shots on Capitol Hill, directing the course of American foreign policy there: Christian Zionism. Christian Zionists now influence not only the Republican Party, but also the White House and Congress. Protestant fundamentalists are anticipating the end of the world and they have long made common cause with the most extreme political elements in the state of Israel. But why? Jews and fundamentalist Christians hardly look like natural allies. Adhering to a feverish apocalyptic ideology, Christian Zionists nevertheless believe that restoration of the entire biblical Holy Land to the Jewish people will result the thousand-year reign of Christ. During his eleven years working in the Senate, the author observed at first hand the deep-seated influence of Christian Zionism on American foreign policy, and is uniquely qualified to assess its significance.Dark Crusade offers the most nuanced analysis yet written of this dangerous and complex phenomenon.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/e92bd5db/dark-crusade-clifford-a-kiracofe-9781845117559.jpg|9781845117559|Dark Crusade : Paperback : I.B. Tauris : 9781845117559 : 17 Jun 2009 : Christian Zionists influence not only the Republican Party, but also the White House and Congress. Protestant fundamentalists anticipating the end of the world, they have long made ...|new|1|1|10|19.99|0|GBP|Clifford A. Kiracofe|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|17 Jun 2009|Nationalism 9781845116958|The Secret of Laughter|9.99|https://wordery.com/the-secret-of-laughter-shusha-guppy-9781845116958|Shusha Guppy, editor of The London Paris Review and prize winning author, narrates this unique collection of Persian stories that have been handed down through the generations. Although their sources have been lost over the ages, their memory runs through the collective psyche of the Iranian people and each tale reflects a deep cultural and psychological insight into the attitudes, values and structures which constitute Iranian society.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/f6006cab/the-secret-of-laughter-shusha-guppy-9781845116958.jpg|9781845116958|The Secret of Laughter : Paperback : Barbara Ward & Associates : 9781845116958 : 30 Jul 2009 : A collection of stories, gathered from the Persian folk and fairytales. It narrates fables of princes and princesses; dervishes and miracle-working saints; ...|new|1|1|10|9.99|0|GBP|Shusha Guppy|Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|30 Jul 2009|Myth & legend told as fiction books 9781845135423|Original Rude Boy|10.44|https://wordery.com/original-rude-boy-neville-staple-9781845135423|The Specials' vocalist offers his inside take on the 2 Tone era, his experiences producing such bands as No Doubt and Rancid, and the current Specials reunion in this raucous and charming autobiography The Specials were the undeniable leaders of new music in the late 1970s and 1980s and this chronicle tells their story and that of a musical era. In 1979, Thatcher's Britain was a country crippled by strikes, joblessness, and economic gloom, divided by race and class?and skanking to a new beat: 2 Tone. The unruly offspring of white boy punk and rude boy ska, the Specials burst on to the scene. On stage they were electric, and at the heart of this energy was the vocal chemistry of the ethereal Terry Hall and Jamaican rude boy Neville Staple. In 1961, five-year-old Neville was sent to England to live with his father, a man for whom discipline bordered on child abuse. As he recounts here, growing up black in the Midlands of the 1960s and 1970s wasn't easy, and his youth was marked by scuffles with skins, compulsive womanizing, and a life of crime that led from shoplifting to burglary and eventually prison. But throughout there was music, and Nev reveals how he became part of the most important band of the 1980s. He remembers sound system battles; the legendary 2 Tone tour with the Selecter, Madness, and Dexy's, and their clashes with white nationalist thugs. He recalls the band's increasing tensions and eventual split; his subsequent foray into bubblegum pop with Fun Boy Three; and a newfound fame in America as godfather to Third Wave ska bands. Finally he reflects on the Specials' reunion and how even now, 30 years later, they can't help tearing themselves apart.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/b695c6ef/original-rude-boy-neville-staple-9781845135423.jpg|9781845135423|Original Rude Boy : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845135423 : 25 May 2010 : The biography of The Specials' Neville Staple.|new|1|1|15|12.99|0|GBP|Neville Staple|Aurum Press|25 May 2010|Rock & Pop music 9781845134419|Bounder!|12.79|https://wordery.com/bounder-graham-mccann-9781845134419|With his sly moustache, broad gap-toothed grin, garish waistcoat, and ostentatious cigarette holder, Terry-Thomas was known as an absolute bounder both onscreen and off. Born in 1911 into an ordinary suburban family, Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens set about transforming himself at a very early age into a dandy and gadabout. He put the finishing touches to his persona with the groundbreaking TV comedy series of the mid-1950s How Do You View?, a forerunner of The Goon Show and Monty Python. Terry-Thomas went on to carve out a long and lucrative career in America, appearing on TV alongside Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and Lucille Ball, and in Hollywood movies with Jack Lemmon, Rock Hudson, and Doris Day, always playing the mischievous gent. This entertaining biography celebrates the life and career of the ultimate English cad.|Books|https://wordery.com/jackets/a9d6024a/bounder-graham-mccann-9781845134419.jpg|9781845134419|Bounder! : Paperback : Aurum Press : 9781845134419 : 25 Sep 2009 : With his sly little moustache, broad gap-toothed grin, garish waistcoats and ostentatious cigarette holder, Terry-Thomas was known as an absolute bounder, both onscreen and off. Graham ...|new|1|1|10|13.99|0|GBP|Graham McCann|Aurum Press|25 Sep 2009|Biography: arts & entertainment 9781845118242|Cradle of Islam|22.99|https://wordery.com/cradle-of-islam-mai-yamani-9781845118242|Is Saudi Arabia really a homogeneous Wahhabi dominated state? In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The urban, cosmopolitan Hijazis were absorbed in to a new state whose codes of behavior and rules were determined by the Najdis, an ascetic desert people, from whom the Al Saud family came. But the Saudi rulers failed to fully integrate the Hijaz, which retains a distinctive identity to this day. In Cradle of Islam", the product of years spent in Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and Taif, Mai Yamani traces the fortunes of the distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its current resurgence. The Hijazis today emphasise their regional heritage in religious ritual, food, dress and language as a response to the 'Najdification' of everyday life. The Hijazi experience shows the vitality of cultural diversity in the face of political repression in the Arab world.
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In 1932, the Al Saud family officially incorporated the Kingdom of the Hijaz into the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Hijazis became a people without a country of their own. Cradle of Islam focuses on contemporary Hijazi life and culture made subservient to the dominant national rules of Saudi Arabia, as dictated by a political and religious elite rooted in the central Najd region of the country. But centralisation was not enough to assimilate or tame Saudi Arabia's distinct regional cultures. The Al Saud family could rule but not fully integrate. This book is an insider's account of the hidden world of the Hijazis including their rituals which have helped to preserve Hijazi identity until now. , Hardcover, Format: Illustrated, Label: I.B.Tauris, I.B.Tauris, Product group: Book, Published: 2004-10-15, Studio: I.B.Tauris, Sales rank: 5391822.
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History, In 1932, the Al Saud family officially incorporated the Kingdom of the Hijaz into the new Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Hijazis became a people without a country of their own. Cradle of Islam focuses on contemporary Hijazi life and culture made subservient to the dominant national rules of Saudi Arabia, as dictated by a political and religious elite rooted in the central Najd region of the country. But centralization was not enough to assimilate or tame Saudi Arabia's distinct regional cultures. The Al Saud family could rule but not fully integrate. This book is an insider's account of the hidden world of the Hijazis including their rituals which have helped to preserve Hijazi identity until now.'Mai Yamani is consistently the sharpest observer of modern Saudi Arabia and paints a vivid picture of the cauldron of political and religious divisions that are tearing it apart. This is a major contribution to the study of Arab diversity - at a time when the West urgently needs to understand it.' - Tim Sebastian, BBC Hard Talk'My father was born in Mecca and much of what I have read here reminds me of my father, grandfather and relations. Mai Yamani has provided us with a unique perspective on the Hijaz. This is an invaluable contribution to the social and political history of a hitherto largely unknown, ignored and unrecognised people. An irrefutably powerful argument for the preservation of cultural identity, respect for human dignity and a celebration of our human diversity.' - HRH Prince Hassan of Jordan, eBook.
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Is Saudi Arabia really a homogeneous Wahhabi dominated state?In 1932 the Al Saud family incorporated the kingdom of Hijaz, once the cultural hub of the Arabian world, in to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The urban, cosmopolitan Hijazis were absorbed in to a new state whose codes of behavior and rules were determined by the Najdis, an ascetic desert people, from whom the Al Saud family came.But the Saudi rulers failed to fully integrate the Hijaz, which retains a distinctive identity to this day.In "Cradle of Islam", the product of years spent in Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and Taif, Mai Yamani traces the fortunes of the distinctive and resilient culture of the Hijazis, from the golden age of Hashemite Mecca to Saudi domination to its current resurgence.The Hijazis today emphasise their regional heritage in religious ritual, food, dress and language as a response to the 'Najdification' of everyday life.The Hijazi experience shows the vitality of cultural diversity in the face of political repression in the Arab world.
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