Marcus: 2128 books
by Marcus Pitman
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
Elvis Presley came from very modest beginnings and grew up to become one of the major names in rock 'n' roll. By the mid-1950s, he seemed on the radio, television and the silver screen. Since his demise, Presley has persisted one of the world's most prevalent music icons.
Raised...
Different Every Time
The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with Pink Floyd and toured America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He brought a jazz mindset to the 1960’s rock scene, having honed his drumming skills in a shed at the end of Robert Graves’...
Somebody Scream!
Rap Music's Rise to Prominence in the Aftershock of Black Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
For many African Americans of a certain demographic the sixties and seventies were the golden age of political movements. The Civil Rights movement segued into the Black Power movement which begat the Black Arts movement. Fast forward to 1979 and the release of Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight."...
Christian Metal
History, Ideology, Scene
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Christian metal has always defined itself in contrast to its non-Christian, secular counterpart, yet it stands out from nearly all other forms of contemporary Christian music through its unreserved use of metal's main musical, visual, and aesthetic traits. Christian metal is a rare example of a direct...
Directing Theater 101
10 Steps to Successful Productions for New Directors and Regional Theater Companies
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
What are the practical and creative elements for becoming a director?
How do you get started?
What is the best way for actors, designers, and crew to work with directors?
This guide provides regional theater companies and new directors with the knowledge and tools they need...
by Marcus Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
The narratives which follow have, with one exception, already been
published in the Australasian weekly newspaper.
They were dug out by me at odd times during a period of three years,
from the store of pamphlets, books, and records of old times, which is...
Australian Gothic
An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Australia has a long tradition of weird fiction, stretching back to colonial times. The stories in this anthology showcase the richness and variety of Australia horror and supernatural stories in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Among the authors included are: Mary Fortune, Lionel Sparrow,...
Playing with Purpose: Racing
Inside the Lives and Faith of Auto Racing's Most Intrguing Drivers
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Meet the “starting lineup” of talented performers with fascinating faith stories in Playing with Purpose: Inside the Lives and Faith of Auto Racing’s Favorite Drivers. Just in time for the new racing season, author Mike Yorkey—whose Playing with Purpose biography of NFL rookies Sam Bradford,...
Making Gay History
The Half-Century Fight for Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
From the Boy Scouts and the U.S. military to marriage and adoption, the gay civil rights movement has exploded on the national stage. Eric Marcus takes us back in time to the earliest days of that struggle in a newly revised and thoroughly updated edition of Making History, originally published in...
by Marcus Aurelius
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (a.d. 121—180) embodied in his person that deeply cherished, ideal figure of antiquity, the philosopher-king. His Meditations are not only one of the most important expressions of the Stoic philosophy of his time but also an enduringly inspiring guide...
Stoic Six Pack 2
Consolations From A Stoic, Musonius Rufus and More
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
"To relax the mind is to lose it."
Stoic Six Pack 2 brings together six more essential texts for students of Stoicism:
Consolations From A Stoic by Seneca
On The Shortness of Life by Seneca
Lectures and Fragments of Musonius Rufus
Ethical Fragments by Hierocles
Meditations In...
by Benjamin Franklin, Florence Scovel Shinn, James Allen
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2018
The road to your success is not a highway. You have to create it as you go. This collection of 10 classic self-help books was built for people willing to achieve the incredible journey of life with a certain dose of success. CONTENTS: 1. Benjamin Franklin - The Way to Wealth 2. Florence Scovel Shinn...
by Marcus Tanner
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter controversy and bloodshed: the savage war between...
Jerusalem 1913
The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter examines the true history of the discord between Israel and Palestine with surprising results
Though the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict have traditionally been traced to the British Mandate (1920-1948) that ended with the creation of the Israeli state,...