Fire Water Blues
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Firewater Blues
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Author : CAIMH. MCDONNELL
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-03-17
Firewater Blues written by CAIMH. MCDONNELL and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-17 with categories.
Be careful who you love ... It's the year 2000 and while Bunny McGarry is theoretically on sabbatical from the police, he just can't help sticking his nose in where it doesn't belong. Rosie Flint is an old acquaintance of Bunny's whose boyfriend mysteriously disappears off the face of the Earth. What starts out as a simple missing person's case soon gets a whole lot more complicated when it emerges that the boyfriend is not who he claimed to be and there are some rather sinister people showing an unhealthy interest in Rosie. Bunny is only trying to help a friend but it's just a matter of time before he finds himself at loggerheads with his colleagues on the force, having to reassess some events from his past and unwittingly involved in a major political coup. He won't be able to do this alone, so it is a good job he can call upon a certain band of kick-ass nuns to do what they do best. And he might even find a use for a twelve-year-old boy who is desperate to escape from an Irish language summer school. Firewater Blues is the sixth book in McDonnell's critically acclaimed bestselling and increasing inaccurately titled Dublin Trilogy. It mixes high-octane thrills with distinct Irish wit.
Fire Water Blues
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Author : Alexander James Papoulias
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Fire Water Blues written by Alexander James Papoulias and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Addicts categories.
From A Million Little Pieces by James Frey, to Lit by Mary Karr, and Wild by Cheryl Strayed, the harrowing, but ultimately redemptive addiction and recovery memoir has become one of the most popular genres in present-day nonfiction. Entitled Fire Water Blues, my graduate thesis is a poignant and funny coming-of-age story, about my own painful, confused, hilariously delayed transition into adulthood and sobriety. The book is a collection of five autobiographical essays, which are presented in chronological order, giving the reader a candid look into five stages during the course of my life. While not intended to be a complete autobiography or memoir, the collected pieces are written and arranged to be read together, and together they have a distinct narrative arc. The overreaching theme of the book is a rejection of the commonly held belief that great wisdom is the natural and automatic outcome of addiction recovery. Fire Water Blues is a counterpoint to all of the self-congratulatory recovery memoirs by addicts turned self-help gurus and sages, who think that getting clean is a reason, in and of itself, to write a memoir. Fire Water Blues is a document of change and survival, and, hopefully, a statement of affirmation for all of the other survivors who feel as confused in sobriety as they were in addiction.
Deep Water Blues
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Author : Fred Waitzkin
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2019-05-28
Deep Water Blues written by Fred Waitzkin and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-28 with Fiction categories.
Inspired by a true story, artfully told by the author of Searching for Bobby Fischer: A Bahamian island becomes a battleground for a savage private war. Charismatic expat Bobby Little built his own funky version of paradise on the remote island of Rum Cay, a place where ambitious sport fishermen docked their yachts for fine French cuisine and crowded the bar to boast of big blue marlin catches while Bobby refilled their cognac on the house. Larger than life, Bobby was really the main attraction: a visionary entrepreneur, expert archer, reef surfer, bush pilot, master chef, seductive conversationalist. But after tragedy shatters the tranquility of Bobby’s marina, tourists stop visiting and simmering jealousies flare among island residents. And when a cruel, different kind of self-made entrepreneur challenges Bobby for control of the docks, all hell breaks loose. As the cobalt blue Bahamian waters run red with blood, the man who made Rum Cay his home will be lucky if he gets off the island alive . . . When the Ebb Tide cruises four hundred miles southeast from Fort Lauderdale to Rum Cay, its captain finds the Bahamian island paradise he so fondly remembers drastically altered. Shoal covers the marina entrance, the beaches are deserted, and on shore there is a small cemetery with headstones overturned and bones sticking up through the sand. What happened to Bobby’s paradise?
The Blues Encyclopedia
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Author : Edward Komara
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-07-01
The Blues Encyclopedia written by Edward Komara and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-01 with Music categories.
The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
Encyclopedia Of The Blues
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Author : Edward M. Komara
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of The Blues written by Edward M. Komara and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Blues categories.
This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.
Cross The Water Blues
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Author : Neil A. Wynn
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2010-02-09
Cross The Water Blues written by Neil A. Wynn and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-09 with Music categories.
Contributions from Christopher G. Bakriges, Sean Creighton, Jeffrey Green, Leighton Grist, Bob Groom, Rainer E. Lotz, Paul Oliver, Catherine Parsonage, Iris Schmeisser, Roberta Freund Schwartz, Robert Springer, Rupert Till, Guido van Rijn, David Webster, Jen Wilson, and Neil A. Wynn This unique collection of essays examines the flow of African American music and musicians across the Atlantic to Europe from the time of slavery to the twentieth century. In a sweeping examination of different musical forms--spirituals, blues, jazz, skiffle, and orchestral music--the contributors consider the reception and influence of black music on a number of different European audiences, particularly in Britain, but also France, Germany, and the Netherlands. The essayists approach the subject through diverse historical, musicological, and philosophical perspectives. A number of essays document little-known performances and recordings of African American musicians in Europe. Several pieces, including one by Paul Oliver, focus on the appeal of the blues to British listeners. At the same time, these considerations often reveal the ambiguous nature of European responses to black music and in so doing add to our knowledge of transatlantic race relations.
Nobody Knows Where The Blues Come From
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Author : Robert Springer
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2009-09-23
Nobody Knows Where The Blues Come From written by Robert Springer and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-23 with Music categories.
Musicians and music scholars rightly focus on the sounds of the blues and the colorful life stories of blues performers. Equally important and, until now, inadequately studied are the lyrics. The international contributors to Nobody Knows Where the Blues Come From explore this aspect of the blues and establish the significance of African American popular song as a neglected form of oral history. “High Water Everywhere: Blues and Gospel Commentary on the 1927 Mississippi River Flood,” by David Evans, is the definitive study of songs about one of the greatest natural disasters in the history of the United States. In “Death by Fire: African American Popular Music on the Natchez Rhythm Club Fire,” Luigi Monge analyzes a continuum of songs about exclusively African American tragedy. “Lookin’ for the Bully: An Enquiry into a Song and Its Story,” by Paul Oliver traces the origins and the many avatars of the Bully song. In “That Dry Creek Eaton Clan: A North Mississippi Murder Ballad of the 1930s,” Tom Freeland and Chris Smith study a ballad recorded in 1939 by a black convict at Parchman prison farm. “Coolidge’s Blues: African American Blues from the Roaring Twenties” is Guido van Rijn’s survey of blues of that decade. Robert Springer's “On the Electronic Trail of Blues Formulas” presents a number of conclusions about the spread of patterns in blues narratives. In “West Indies Blues: An Historical Overview 1920s-1950s,” John Cowley turns his attention to West Indian songs produced on the American mainland. Finally, in “Ethel Waters: ‘Long, Lean, Lanky Mama,’” Randall Cherry reappraises the early career of this blues and vaudeville singer
Wasn T That A Mighty Day
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Author : Luigi Monge
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2022-08-24
Wasn T That A Mighty Day written by Luigi Monge and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-24 with Music categories.
Wasn’t That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the tragic events that occurred before the mid-1950s. Through detailed textual analysis, Luigi Monge explores songs on natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes); accidental disasters (sinkings, fires, train wrecks, explosions, and air disasters); and infestations, epidemics, and diseases (the boll weevil, the jake leg, and influenza). Analyzed songs cover some of the most well-known disasters of the time period from the sinking of the Titanic and the 1930 drought to the Hindenburg accident, and more. Thirty previously unreleased African American disaster songs appear in this volume for the first time, revealing their pertinence to the relevant disasters. By comparing the song lyrics to critical moments in history, Monge is able to explore how deeply and directly these catastrophes affected Black communities; how African Americans in general, and blues and gospel singers in particular, faced and reacted to disaster; whether these collective tragedies prompted different reactions among white people and, if so, why; and more broadly, how the role of memory in recounting and commenting on historical and cultural facts shaped African American society from 1879 to 1955.
Flat Water Blues
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Author : Zack Lane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Flat Water Blues written by Zack Lane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Beyond The Frontier
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Author : E. Ethelbert Miller
language : en
Publisher: Black Classic Press
Release Date : 2002
Beyond The Frontier written by E. Ethelbert Miller and has been published by Black Classic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Poetry categories.
This anthology begins with the memory of landscapes and landmarks, presenting poems in the For My People tradition of Margaret Walker. It includes a section titled "Blood and Disappointment in the Land," which documents ongoing social struggles. Other poems focus on the love that is essential for survival, rebirth, and dreams. More than 100 prominent African American poets contribute, including the distinguished and award-winning poets Toi Derricotte, Sam Cornish, Jabari Asim, and Pinkie Gordon Lane.