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And The Band Played On
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Author : Randy Shilts
language : en
Publisher: Souvenir Press
Release Date : 2011-11-03
And The Band Played On written by Randy Shilts and has been published by Souvenir Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-03 with Social Science categories.
In 1981, the year when AIDS came to international attention, Randy Shilts was employed by the San Francisco Chronicle as the first openly gay journalist dealing with gay issues. He quickly devoted himself to reporting on the developing epidemic, trying to understand the cultural, medical and political impact of the disease on the gay community and United States society as a whole. Extensively researched, weaving together personal stories with political and social reporting, And the Band Played On is a masterpiece of investigative reporting that led to Randy Shilts being described as "the pre-eminent chronicler of gay life" by The New York Times. Shilts exposed why AIDS was allowed to spread - while the medical and political authorities ignored (and even denied) the threat. It was awarded the Stonewall Book Award, became an international bestseller translated into 7 languages, and was made into a major movie in 1993 starring Richard Gere and Sir Ian McKellen. And the Band Played On is one of the great works of contemporary journalism, and provides the foundation for the continuing debate about the greatest medical epidemic faced in our time.
And The Band Played On
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Author : Randy Shilts
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date : 1988
And The Band Played On written by Randy Shilts and has been published by Penguin Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Health & Fitness categories.
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.
The Band That Played On
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Author : Steve Turner
language : en
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Release Date : 2012-09-26
The Band That Played On written by Steve Turner and has been published by HarperChristian + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-26 with History categories.
The movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits. They often tell the same story about the "unsinkable" Titanic, her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart, and the unthinkable end. But never before has "that glorious band," the group of eight musicians who played on as the Titanic slipped deeper and deeper into the Atlantic Ocean, been explored in such depth--until now. Join renowned biographer Steve Turner as he shares an extraordinary portrait of eight men who were thrown together on a maiden voyage, never having played together as a band, and whose names will be forever linked because of an extraordinary act of courage in the face of death. In The Band that Played On, Turner asks and answers key questions, including: How did the faith of the band members allow them to react with grace under pressure? Why does the story of the Titanic continue to fascinate? How does the legacy of that glorious band live on today? Praise for The Band that Played On: "The Band that Played On is, surprisingly, the first book since the great ship went down to examine the lives of the eight musicians who were employed by the Titanic. What these men did--standing calmly on deck playing throughout the disaster--achieved global recognition. But their individual stories, until now, have been largely unknown. What Turner has uncovered is a narrow but unique slice of history--one more chapter of compelling Titanic lore." --Marjorie Kehe, Book Editor, Christian Science Monitor
And The Band Played On
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Author : Christopher Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
And The Band Played On written by Christopher Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Dumfries (Scotland) categories.
The author reconstructs the story of his grandfather, Jock Hume, the Titanic's violinist, and his grandmother, Mary Costin, including their last days together onboard and how these events shaped their family's life as well as those of other survivors.
The Mayor Of Castro Street
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Author : Randy Shilts
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2022-01-06
The Mayor Of Castro Street written by Randy Shilts and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door' This is the definitive biography of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and cold-blooded assassination mirrored the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a political power in 1970s America. Milk was the first openly gay politian to hold public office in the United States. He moved to San Francisco in 1972 amid a migration of gay men to the city's Castro district and took advantage of the neighbourhood's growing political and economic power to promote gay rights. Campaigning against the odds, and in the face of hate and death threats, Milk's political flair finally earned him a seat as a City Supervisor in 1977. But only eleven months later he was gunned down by a fellow City Supervisor. The Mayor of Castro Street is the emotionally-charged story of personal tragedy and political intrigue, murder at City Hall and massive riots in the streets, the miscarriage of justice and the affirmation of human rights and gay hope.
Rabid
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Author : Bill Wasik
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-07-19
Rabid written by Bill Wasik and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-19 with Science categories.
A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim—and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It’s a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy chart four thousand years in the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies. The most fatal virus known to science, rabies kills nearly 100 percent of its victims once the infection takes root in the brain. A disease that spreads avidly from animals to humans, rabies has served throughout history as a symbol of savage madness, of inhuman possession. And today, its history can help shed light on the wave of emerging diseases, from AIDS to SARS to avian flu, that we now know to originate in animal populations. From Greek myths to zombie flicks, from the laboratory heroics of Louis Pasteur to the contemporary search for a lifesaving treatment, Rabid is a fresh, fascinating, and often wildly entertaining look at one of mankind’s oldest and most fearsome foes.
And The Band Played On The Enthralling Account Of What Happened After The Titanic Sank
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Author : Christopher Ward
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-05-26
And The Band Played On The Enthralling Account Of What Happened After The Titanic Sank written by Christopher Ward and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down. The violinist, 21 year-old Jock Hume, knew that his fiancée, Mary, was expecting their first child, the author's mother. One hundred years later, Christopher Ward reveals a dramatic story of love, loss and betrayal, and the catastrophic impact of Jock's death on two very different Scottish families. He paints a vivid portrait of an age in which class determined the way you lived - and died. An outstanding piece of historical detective work, AND THE BAND PLAYED ON is also a moving account of how the author's quest to learn more about his grandfather revealed the shocking truth about a family he thought he knew, a truth that had been hidden for nearly a hundred years.
The Band Played On
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Author : Steve Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Band Played On written by Steve Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Musicians categories.
'MANY BRAVE THINGS WERE DONE THAT NIGHT, BUT NONE WERE MORE BRAVE THAN THE MEN PLAYING MINUTE AFTER MINUTE AS THE SHIP SETTLED QUIETLY LOWER AND LOWER IN THE SEA.' When the Titanic collided with an iceberg on April 14th 1912, the eight members of the band had already retired for the evening. Still, they put on overcoats and came out to play in the lounge. When most of the First Class passengers had taken to their lifeboats, the musicians moved to the deck and continued to play as the ship sank. As Charlotte Collyer, a Titanic survivor, recalled: They kept it up to the very end. Only the engulfing ocean had the power to drown them into silence.' But who were these musicians? What journeys brought them to this deck on this icy ocean? Who did they leave behind? Until now, little was known about them and the events that led each of them to that ill-fated ship. In this lively and thoroughly researched account, historian and biographer Steve Turner retraces each man's steps. Revealing eight unique and inspiring portraits of bravery, and offers a fresh perspective on the legendary sinking of the Titanic.
The Garden Where The Brass Band Played
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Author : Simon Vestdijk
language : en
Publisher: Leyden : Sythoff ; London : Heinemann
Release Date : 1965
The Garden Where The Brass Band Played written by Simon Vestdijk and has been published by Leyden : Sythoff ; London : Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Adolescence categories.
First in a translated series of modern Dutch classics, this powerful novel by poet-critic-novelist Vestdijk (the Anton Wachter books) traces a boy's coming-of-age in the provincial city of "W." At age five, Nol Rieske, a judge's son, hears a Sousa march played in the public garden and falls under the spell of the gifted alcoholic conductor Cuperus and his nine-year-old daughter Trix, whom Nol loves unconditionally. Before going off to medical school, Nol studies piano with Cuperus, inflamed by the master's musical fervor. When the Opera Society sponsors a gala performance of Carmen, Cuperus conducts the chorus, and Trix sings a small role, but mishaps spoil the event and the Cuperus fortunes plummet, with Trix becoming a barmaid, trapped into promiscuity. Nol's innocent illusions prevent his recognizing until too late how the town's crass indifference has crushed these artists. Vestdijk counterpoints bourgeois values against the lyricism of love and art, as the grief-stricken Nol seeks solace in his memory of the Garden's resonating magic.
Tales From Jabba S Palace Star Wars Legends
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Author : Kevin Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Random House Worlds
Release Date : 1995-12-01
Tales From Jabba S Palace Star Wars Legends written by Kevin Anderson and has been published by Random House Worlds this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-01 with Fiction categories.
In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke -- if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it. . . . Featuring original stories by: Kevin J. Anderson, M. Shayne Bell, John Gregory Betancourt, Mark Budz and Marina Fitch, A.C. Crispin, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, George Alec Effinger, Kenneth C. Flint, Esther Friesner, Barbara Hambly, Daryl F. Mallett, J.D. Montgomery, Judy and Gar Reeves-Stevens, Jennifer Roberson, Kathy Tyers, Deborah Wheeler, Dave Wolverton, William F. Wu, Timothy Zahn.