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Spectacular Bid
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Author : Peter Lee
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2019-09-02
Spectacular Bid written by Peter Lee and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
“Lee does a masterful job of telling the entire and real story of a racing star who overcame numerous obstacles . . . a book that you cannot put down!” —Brian Zipse, managing partner of Derby Day Racing On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on a safety pin in his stall, injuring his foot. He had impressively won the first two races—the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness—but finished third in the Belmont, most likely due to his injury, making him one win shy of becoming the sport’s third straight Triple Crown champion. But that loss did not prevent him from becoming one of horse racing’s greatest competitors. After taking two months to recover, the battleship gray colt would go on to win twenty-six of thirty races during his career, with two second-place finishes and one third. He was voted the tenth greatest Thoroughbred of the twentieth century according to Blood-Horse magazine, and A Century of Champions places him ninth in the world and third among North American horses—even ahead of the renowned Man o’ War. This horse biography tells the story of the honest and not-so-glamorous colorful characters surrounding the champion—including Bud Delp, the brash and cocky trainer who was distrustful of the Kentucky establishment, and Ron Franklin, the nineteen-year-old jockey who buckled under the stress and pressure associated with fame—and how they witnessed firsthand the splendor and triumphs of Spectacular Bid. Including contemporary newspaper accounts of Bid’s exploits and interviews with key players in his story, this is an encompassing look into the legacy of one of horse racing’s true champions.
Spectacular Disappearances
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Author : Julia H. Fawcett
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2016-03-04
Spectacular Disappearances written by Julia H. Fawcett and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A look at England's larger-than-life figures in the 18th century shines a spotlight on contemporary celebrity
Spectacular Six
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Author : Dakshina Suresh
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Release Date : 2017-01-28
Spectacular Six written by Dakshina Suresh and has been published by Partridge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-28 with Fiction categories.
1. Book 1 is a mystery titled Suspicious Murders. The mystery takes place in a fictional town called Barlene town and it is solved by a group of six best friends. Three doctors get killed within a span of a few weeks. The murderer is a person who had met with a tragic incident because of an irresponsible doctor. He is a relative of one of the main characters enemy. The graffiti and other clues left by the insane murderer and the guidance provided by a senior inspector help the six friends solve the mystery. 2. Book 2 in the series is titled Two birds for one stone because two mysteries get solved in the novel- one is related to the enmity between two protagonists of the novel and the other is a mystery that takes place in the school of the six friends which reopens after the summer vacations. The solving of the mystery eventually reveals the true personality of the principal and administrator of the school and the troubled relation between them and their estranged cousin. The correlation of various incidents taking place in the school and the arrival of a mysterious new girl in school help the six friends solve both the mysteries.
Spectacular Listening
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Author : Byrd McDaniel
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2024
Spectacular Listening written by Byrd McDaniel and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Education categories.
In ways both mundane and sensational, listening can be an expressive act, enabling people to stage consumption as a public practice -- what author Byrd McDaniel calls "spectacular listening." With a range of compelling ethnographic case studies, McDaniel investigates a broad shift in contemporary listening norms and the stakes for listeners with disabilities. He reveals how listening-as-performance can be an opportunity for play, as well as a critical practice that exposes ableism in music institutions, technologies, and discourse.
Spectacular Modernity
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Author : Lisa Blackmore
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2017-07-22
Spectacular Modernity written by Lisa Blackmore and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-22 with History categories.
In cultural history, the 1950s in Venezuela are commonly celebrated as a golden age of modernity, realized by a booming oil economy, dazzling modernist architecture, and nationwide modernization projects. But this is only half the story. In this path-breaking study, Lisa Blackmore reframes the concept of modernity as a complex cultural formation in which modern aesthetics became deeply entangled with authoritarian politics. Drawing on extensive archival research and presenting a wealth of previously unpublished visual materials, Blackmore revisits the decade-long dictatorship to unearth the spectacles of progress that offset repression and censorship. Analyses of a wide range of case studies—from housing projects to agricultural colonies, urban monuments to official exhibitions, and carnival processions to consumerculture—reveal the manifold apparatuses that mythologized visionary leadership, advocated technocratic development, and presented military rule as the only route to progress. Offering a sharp corrective to depoliticized accounts of the period, Spectacular Modernity instead exposes how Venezuelans were promised a radically transformed landscape in exchange for their democratic freedoms.
Spectacular Passions
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Author : Brett Farmer
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2000-10-30
Spectacular Passions written by Brett Farmer and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-10-30 with Performing Arts categories.
The image of the movie-obsessed gay man is a widely circulating and readily recognizable element of the contemporary cultural landscape. Using psychoanalytic theory as his guide while inflecting it with insights from both film theory and queer theory, Brett Farmer moves beyond this cliché to develop an innovative exploration of gay spectatorship. The result, Spectacular Passions, reveals how cinema has been engaged by gay men as a vital forum for “fantasmatic performance”—in this case, the production of specifically queer identities, practices, and pleasures. Building on the psychoanalytic concept of the fantasmatic, Farmer works to depathologize gay male subjectivity. While discussing such films as Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Pirate, Suddenly Last Summer, and Sunset Boulevard, and stars ranging from Mae West to Montgomery Clift, Farmer argues that the particularities of gay men’s social and psychic positionings motivate unique receptions of and investments in film. The Hollywood musical, gay camp readings of the extravagant female star, and the explicit homoeroticism of the cinematic male body in gay fanzines are further proof, says Farmer, of how the shifting libidinal profiles of homosexual desire interact with the fantasy scenarios of Hollywood film to produce a range of variable queer meanings. This fascinating and provocative study makes a significant new contribution to discussions of cinema, spectatorship, and sexuality. As such, it will be welcomed by those in the fields of film theory, queer theory, and cultural studies.
Spectacular Squid
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Author : Casey Rand
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2011
Spectacular Squid written by Casey Rand and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
How many hearts does a glass squid have? How do squid move through the water? This title looks at the amazing glass squid and other spectacular squid.
The Age Of Spectacular Death
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Author : Michael Hviid Jacobsen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-08
The Age Of Spectacular Death written by Michael Hviid Jacobsen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Social Science categories.
This book explores death in contemporary society – or more precisely, in the ‘spectacular age’ – by moving beyond classic studies of death that emphasised the importance of the death taboo and death denial to examine how we now ‘do’ death. Unfolding the notion of ‘spectacular death’ as characteristic of our modern approach to death and dying, it considers the new mediation or mediatisation of death and dying; the commercialisation of death as a ‘marketable commodity’ used to sell products, advance artistic expression or provoke curiosity; the re-ritualisation of death and the growth of new ways of finding meaning through commemorating the dead; the revolution of palliative care; and the specialisation surrounding death, particularly in relation to scholarship. Presenting a range of case studies that shed light on this new understanding of death in contemporary culture, The Age of Spectacular Death will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology and anthropology with interests in death and dying.
Everyday Life In The Spectacular City
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Author : Rana AlMutawa
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-01-09
Everyday Life In The Spectacular City written by Rana AlMutawa and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-09 with Social Science categories.
Everyday Life in the Spectacular City is a groundbreaking urban ethnography that reveals how middle-class citizens and longtime residents of Dubai interact with the city's so-called superficial spaces to create meaningful social lives. Rana AlMutawa shows that inhabitants adapt themselves to top-down development projects, from big malls to megaprojects. These structures serve residents' evolving social needs, transforming Dubai's spectacular spaces into personally important cultural sites. These practices are significant because they expand our understanding of agency as not only subversive but also adaptive. Through extensive fieldwork, AlMutawa, herself an Emirati native to Dubai, finds a more nuanced story of belonging. This story does not seek to uncover the "real" city that lies beneath the veneer of the spectacle, but rather to demonstrate that social meanings and forms of belonging take place within the spectacle itself. By offering an alternative to the discourse of authenticity and elucidating the dynamics of ambivalent belonging, AlMutawa belies stereotypes that portray Dubai's developments as alienating and inherently disempowering. Everyday Life in the Spectacular City speaks beyond the Middle East to a globalized phenomenon, for Dubai's spectacles are unexceptional in today's changing world.
Spectacular Spreads
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Author : Maegan Brown
language : en
Publisher: Rock Point
Release Date : 2021-08-03
Spectacular Spreads written by Maegan Brown and has been published by Rock Point this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Cooking categories.
Take your snack boards to the next level—filling a table or kitchen counter—with these 50 delicious, inspiring, family-friendly, and easy-to-put-together food spreads and DIY bars for all occasions. The BakerMama is back! In this follow-up to her best-selling Beautiful Boards, Maegan Brown has created not just a cookbook, but an entertaining resource. Spectacular Spreads features over 250 recipes, gorgeous photography, and endless ideas that you can follow to a tee or mix and match. Discover even more of the BakerMama’s tips and tricks for effortless, stress-free, and foolproof entertaining that will impress your guests and feed a hungry crowd, all while allowing you to relax and enjoy the occasion. Visually exciting and deliciously enticing, the spreads and bars are comprised of a combination of yummy recipes and easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods. In this stunning book, you will find spreads for special occasions, holidays, breakfast and brunch, lunch and dinner, dessert, and drinks, including: Top Your Own Waffles Top Your Own Pizza Fill Your Own Chili Bowl Valentine’s Day Kids’ Party Valentine’s Day Family Dinner Easter Brunch Cinco de Mayo Baby Shower Lunch Cookies, Cocktails & Milk The Big Game And much more! Once again, the BakerMama has innovated the world of entertaining, guaranteeing fun and memorable gatherings with your family and friends.