Bill: 4844 books
Arts, Inc.
How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2008
In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading...
by Bill Melville
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
One time road athlete and long time orienteer, Bill Melville gives himself a year to notch up a perfect run.. Part autobiography, part history, part travelogue, Year of the Perfect Run also deals with running and runners, the famous and the not so famous. It picks through the science, in particular the...
Big Dreams
Into the Heart of California
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The land of opportunity, a golden Eden, the last frontier. What is this place that has given rise to countless metaphors but can still quicken the imagination? For Bill Barich, the question became a quest when he realized that home was no longer New York, where he had grown up, but California, to...
The Sporting Life
Horses, Boxers, Rivers, and a Russian Ballclub
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Bill Barich’s widely praised work is at its peak in these intimate glimpses into the stories behind the stories, the real people behind the public façade of the athletic realm. In this collection, Barich takes readers behind the scenes of both participatory and spectator sports, whose wide variety...
Drop the Pink Elephant
15 Ways to Say What You Mean...and Mean What You Say
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
"As GMTV anchor, I interview hundreds of people every year. However well they interview, every single person would find it easier to explain their case by following these simple principles." EAMONN HOLMES, GMTV Presenter
"[Drop the Pink Elephant]...tackle[s] every aspect of personal...
by Bill James
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 1995
Arguing about the merits of players is the baseball fan's second favorite pastime and every year the Hall of Fame elections spark heated controversy. In a book that's sure to thrill--and infuriate--countless fans, Bill James takes a hard look at the Hall, probing its history, its politics and, most of all, its decisions.
by Bill Janovitz
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2005
Tracing the creation of Exile on Main Street from the original songwriting done while touring America through the final editing in Los Angeles, Bill Janovitz explains how an album recorded by a British band in a villa on the French Riviera is pure American rock & roll. Looking at each song individually,...
by Bill Rosoman
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2012
Jochen Rindt, was a Super F1 driver.IMHO Jochen Rindt is the best F1 Driver of all timesHe Died and was awarded the F1 Trophy posthumously.Motor Racing in the 1960s and 1970s was an exciting time and the sport was much different than it is today.Jochen Rindt for me was...
by Bill Nichols
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The third edition of Bill Nichols’s best-selling text provides an up-to-date introduction to the most important issues in documentary history and criticism. A new chapter, "I Want to Make a Documentary: Where Do I Start?" guides readers through the steps of planning and preproduction and includes...
Speaking Truths with Film
Evidence, Ethics, Politics in Documentary
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
How do issues of form and content shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary’s arguments about the world we live in? In what ways do documentaries abide by or subvert ethical expectations? Are mockumentaries a form of subversion? Can the documentary...
Life Lessons from the Little Green Suitcase
The Journey Begins with Memorable Quotes for Success!
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
There once was a green suitcase whose job was to collect powerful and inspirational thoughts and profound quotes. Read the story of how The Little Green Suitcase came to be. And reflect how it can add positive thoughts to your life every day. Travel along with The Little Green Suitcase and discover inspiration...
Jazz Anecdotes:Second Time Around
Second Time Around
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2005
When jazz musicians get together, they often delight one another with stories about the great, or merely remarkable, players and singers they've worked with. One good story leads to another until someone says, "Somebody ought to wrie these down!" With Jazz Anecdotes, somebody finally has....
Bad News for McEnroe
Blood, Sweat, and Backhands with John, Jimmy, Ilie, Ivan, Bjorn, and Vitas
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
In the golden age of tennis, when players were just learning how to become media personalities, men like John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg and Ivan Lendl ruled the court. Now in a tell-all memoir, former top 10 seeded tennis star and chief McEnroe rival, Bill Scanlon, presents an unfettered...
by Nick Galifianakis, Bill Watterson, David Apatoff
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Richard Thompson is renowned among cartoonists as an "artist's" cartoonist. Little known to all but those close to him is the extent of his art talent. This is the book that will enlighten the rest of us and delight us with the sheer beauty of his work. Divided into six sections, each beginning with...