The Eccentropedia
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The Eccentropedia
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Author : Chris Mikul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
The Eccentropedia written by Chris Mikul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Eccentrics and eccentricities categories.
Info to follow The contrarian is the individual who probably springs most often to mind when people hear the word 'eccentric'. Contrarians are the people who do not give a fig for social conventions and determinedly go their own way, whether it's in their clothing, habits, beliefs, hobbies or living arrangements. Their spiritual father is Diogenes, and they have absolutely no doubt that they are the sensible ones and it is the rest of the world that is out of step. Contrarians, especially in England, are often associated with the aristocracy (who after all, do often have the time and money to be able to live exactly as they please), yet they may come from all walks of life, and indeed, some of the most notable have literally lived on the streets, becoming in the process well-known and often well-loved individuals. It is the contrarians that John Stuart Mill was thinking of when he wrote in On Liberty, 'That so few now dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.' Mill understood that conformity in a society breeds stagnation. By rejecting conventions, eccentrics demonstrate new ways of thinking and living. Of course, what may seem outrageous or crazy to an eccentric's contemporaries may be judged as eminently reasonable and sensible by later generations (Charles Waterton's early conservation efforts and Victoria Woodhull's tilt at the White House being but two of many examples that could be given).
Bizarrism Vol 1
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Author : Chris Mikul
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2016-09-22
Bizarrism Vol 1 written by Chris Mikul and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bizarrism is a collection of strange-but-true tales, featuring a grand parade of eccentrics, visionaries, crackpots, cult leaders, artists, theorists and outsiders of every stripe. First published in 1999, this new, fully revised and expanded edition revisits a host of unique individuals, including: William Chidley, who believed that, when it comes to sex, we’ve all been making a terrible mistake; Arthur Cravan, who combined poetry with boxing; Slim Gaillard, jazz singer and dispenser of ‘vout’; William Lindsay Gresham, author of the classic noir novel Nightmare Alley; Rosaleen Norton, Australia’s most notorious witch; Harry Crosby, poet, sun worshipper and the best looking corpse of 1929; Reginal Levgiac, author of the mysterious pamphlet Drugs Virus Germs. In writing their stories, Mikul does not judge, but instead celebrates these characters for their fabulous weirdness. For him, they are the “beacons of shining if erratic brilliance in a world of sensible conformity”. The world would be a poorer place without them.
Bizarrism Ii
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Author : Chris Mikul
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2018-07-09
Bizarrism Ii written by Chris Mikul and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Bizarrism II collects further tales of high weirdness from around the world, including: • The curious death of Sherlock Holmes scholar Richard Lancelyn Green. • Baroness Eloise de Bosquet and the mystery of Floreana • The strange odyssey of William Seabrook – writer, adventurer, cannibal. • JLB Smith’s obsessive search for the coelacanth. • The cult that promised eternal life. • The unexpectedly appalling story of Madalyn Murray O’Hair and the American Atheists. • Leonard Lawson – comic book artist and killer. • Padre Pio, Italy’s celebrity stigmatic. • The strange fate of Napoleon’s penis and other illustrious male members. • Ferdinand Sauerbruch – the senile surgeon. • Murder and mayhem among the Hare Krishnas. • The enduring enigma of ‘Somerton Man’. Mikul brings these stories to life in meticulously researched accounts that will amuse, appal and intrigue, and leave you marvelling at the infinite strangeness of human beings.
My Favourite Dictators
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Author : Chris Mikul
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-05-21
My Favourite Dictators written by Chris Mikul and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-21 with Dictators categories.
A shocking - and amusing - look at the lives of some of the world's worst tyrants.
Masterpiece
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Author : Nancy West
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2020-11-27
Masterpiece written by Nancy West and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-27 with Performing Arts categories.
"The definitive guide for scholars and fans alike to all things Masterpiece and Mystery!" Library Journal, Starred Review On a wintry night in 1971, Masterpiece Theatre debuted on PBS. Fifty years later, America’s appetite for British drama has never been bigger. The classic television program has brought its fans protagonists such as The Dowager Countess and Ross Poldark and series that include Downton Abbey and Prime Suspect. In Masterpiece: America's 50-Year-Old Love Affair with British Television Drama, Nancy West provides a fascinating history of the acclaimed program. West combines excerpts from original interviews, thoughtful commentary, and lush photography to deliver a deep exploration of the television drama. Vibrant stories and anecdotes about Masterpiece’s most colorful shows are peppered throughout, such as why Benedict Cumberbatch hates Downton Abbey and how screenwriter Daisy Goodwin created a teenage portrait of Queen Victoria after fighting with her daughter about homework. Featuring an array of color photos from Masterpiece’s best-loved dramas, this book offers a penetrating look into the program’s influence on television, publishing, fashion, and its millions of fans.
Never Be Sane
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Author : Hannah Hightman
language : en
Publisher: Blurb Inc.
Release Date : 2019-01-09
Never Be Sane written by Hannah Hightman and has been published by Blurb Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Never Be Sane is a monograph focusing on young people who did something different with their youth, despite adolescence usually being the time when people begin to become what society wants them to be. This book profiles the antics and accomplishments of 18 people during their teens/youth (including Tavi Gevinson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Aaron Swartz, Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, and Akiane Kramarik) in an effort to promote individuality in the face of conformity. It features brief excerpts on each person with accompanying visuals and ink sketches.
Bizarrism
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Author : Chris Mikul
language : en
Publisher: Headpress
Release Date : 1999
Bizarrism written by Chris Mikul and has been published by Headpress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Alternative lifestyles categories.
A funny and entertaining look at outlandish ideas, wacky religious cults and the extremes of human beliefs, both in Australia and overseas. It is a celebration of strange and eccentric lives, with an emphasis on unsung Australian eccentrics, bringing together the best ten years of "Bizarrism" magazine.
Blood Death
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Author : John Lee Brook
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2016-02-08
Blood Death written by John Lee Brook and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-08 with True Crime categories.
The White Sister... The Bony Lady... The Godmother... The Pretty Girl... This is Santa Muerte, personification of death. A veiled skeleton with an unquenchable thirst for destruction, Santa Muerte is Mexico’s grim and vengeful goddess. She is worshipped by outcasts and sinners, those for whom the traditional Christian deities of Jesus and the Virgin Mary have no place. For the notorious drug cartels, Santa Muerte is venerated as the saint who does not judge. She provides divine protection against authority and from rival gangs, demanding human sacrifice in return. The cult of Santa Muerte has become inextricably linked to the Mexican cartels over the past decade, resulting in barbaric rituals that have escalated the tide of violence across the streets. Bodies of cartel members are executed en masse at Santa Muerte shrines, and rumors abound of even worse atrocities in the name of magical protection. This book is the story of unholy alliance, of drug gangs and Santa Muerte, and a galvanic passion for blood and death.
Better To Reign In Hell
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Author : Stephen Milligen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Better To Reign In Hell written by Stephen Milligen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Conservatism categories.
The political construction and manipulation of the serial killer panic, and the workings of the FBI.
Bobby In Naziland
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Author : Robert Rosen
language : en
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Release Date : 2019-09-01
Bobby In Naziland written by Robert Rosen and has been published by SCB Distributors this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Darkly Comic and Deeply Moving Memoir of a New York City Lost to Time, from the Author of the Bestselling John Lennon Bio Nowhere Man From the final days of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-1950s to the arrival of the Beatles in 1964, Bobby in Naziland is an unsentimental journey through one Brooklyn neighborhood. Though a 20 minute and 15-cent subway ride from the skyscrapers of Manhattan, Flatbush remained provincial and working-class?a place where Auschwitz survivors and WWII vets lived side by side and the war lingered like a mass hallucination. Meet Bobby, a local kid who shares a shabby apartment with his status-conscious mother and bigoted father, a soda jerk haunted by memories of the Nazi death camp he helped liberate. Flatbush, to Bobby, is a world of brawls with neighborhood "punks," Hebrew-school tales of Adolf Eichmann's daring capture, and grade-school duck-and-cover drills. Drawn to images of mushroom clouds and books about executions, Bobby ultimately turns the seething hatred he senses everywhere against himself. From a perch in his father's candy store, Bobby provides a child's-eye view of the mid-20th-century American experience?a poignant intertwining of the personal and historical.