Remembering Ray
Author: William L. Stull
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
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It's All Good
Author: Andrew Daddo
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2012-06-01
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 0733629466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1991 Andrew Daddo was sacked as an MTV VJ. Rather than slink back to Australia immediately, Andrew and a bloke he’d met at a party named Ray O’Neal set off on a month-long motorcycle journey across America. That summer spent riding cross country with Ray forged a friendship that Andrew thought would last a lifetime. But in February 2004 Ray died in an accident, leaving behind a wife and a young daughter, Rose. In IT'S ALL GOOD Andrew Daddo writes about that motorcycle journey, and the things he and Ray did, as a way of sharing with Rose some memories of her father. This is a lovely, funny, poignant story that flows from one yarn to the next with delightful ease. In trying to convey to Rose the love her father would have shown her, Andrew Daddo captures a universal sadness experienced when we lose someone we love. His message is heartfelt: love well and never take people and the good times for granted.
Remembering Oz
Author: Christianna Rickard
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Published: 2010-12
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 1616630205
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'My life is loving people. It's a difficult kind of world to live in, but it's a great world, because I get satisfaction and I don't have any hang-ups about it! I belong to the people. As long as I can send them home saying, 'Gee, he made me feel happy, ' well, that's my life! That's what I work for, to give people joy.' Ray Bolger The Wizard of Oz is one of the most beloved movies of all time, and the Scarecrow is one of its most revered characters. Behind the character was a man of great spirit who guided his niece, Christianna Rickard, down the Yellow Brick Road of life. The unforgettable Ray Bolger taught her lessons that gave her courage and direction when a twister nearly blew her life off course. Great challenges swirl around all of us today on the unpredictable journey through life. In Remembering Oz: My Journey with the Scarecrow, the author shares vivid memories of her uncle and creates a vision of wholeness to remind us of our most essential bond that of being human. Her uncle, the Scarecrow, dances again in this uplifting memoir about the classic American story that mysteriously unites us all.
Remembering . . .
Author: Joyce McK-Hammers
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2017-05-31
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 1512786004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemembering . . . is a story about a teenage girl who lost her memory due to a brain injury sustained in a hit-and-run car accident. Her parents were instantly killed in the crash. The culprits who caused the accident cannot be found. There is evidence the accident was intentional. The accident scene may be better described as a murder scene. Grieving her parents death is overwhelming. She wants to die. To encourage her, a mystery person leaves a rose in unique places for her to find. She is totally surprise when the person is revealed. Some of her memory is gradually restored. She recalls fun-filled childhood days. She cannot remember her teenage years. Regardless of challenges and advice by doctors, she begins her first year of college. As her journey unfolds, she experiences the joys of romance, new friends, and recalling the wonders of her past.
A Bright Ray of Darkness
Author: Ethan Hawke
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2021-02-02
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0385352395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in Henry IV just as his marriage implodes—a "witty, wise, and heartfelt novel" (Washington Post) about art and love, fame and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/writer/director. A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theater, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before. Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying—and narcissistic—Falstaff's of all time. Searing, raw, and utterly transfixing, A Bright Ray of Darkness is a novel about shame and beauty and faith, and the moral power of art.
Remembering Jim Crow
Author: William H. Chafe
Publisher: New Press, The
Published: 2014-09-16
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 1620970430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis “viscerally powerful . . . compilation of firsthand accounts of the Jim Crow era” won the Lillian Smith Book Award and the Carey McWilliams Award (Publisher’s Weekly, starred review). Based on interviews collected by the Behind the Veil Oral History Project at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, this remarkable book presents for the first time the most extensive oral history ever compiled of African American life under segregation. Men and women from all walks of life tell how their most ordinary activities were subjected to profound and unrelenting racial oppression. Yet Remembering Jim Crow is also a testament to how black southerners fought back against systemic racism—building churches and schools, raising children, running businesses, and struggling for respect in a society that denied them the most basic rights. The result is a powerful story of individual and community survival.
Bob and Ray, Keener Than Most Persons
Author: David Pollock
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 1480354988
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Applause Books). By the established comedy conventions of their era, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding were true game changers. Never playing to the balcony, Bob and Ray instead entertained each other. Because they believed in their nuanced characters and absurd premises, their audience did, too. Their parodies broadcasting about broadcasting existed in their own special universe. A complete absence of show-biz slickness set them apart from the very institution they were mocking, yet were still a part of. They resisted being called comedians and never considered themselves "an act." Bob and Ray, Keener Than Most Persons traces the origins and development of the pair's unique sensibility that defined their dozens of local and network radio and TV series, later motion picture roles, Carnegie Hall performances, and hit Broadway show Bob and Ray The Two and Only . Together for 43 years (longer than Laurel and Hardy, Burns and Allen, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis), the twosome deflected all intrusions into the personalities behind their many masks and the dynamics of their relationship, and rarely elaborated on their career trajectory or methodology. Now, with the full cooperation of Bob Elliott and of Ray Goulding's widow, Liz, together with insights from numerous colleagues, their craft and the culture that made them so relevant is explored in depth.
The Photographs of Ray K. Metzker
Author: Keith F. Davis
Publisher: Nelson Atkins
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300171051
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKeith Davis explores the roots of Metzker's innovative vision, from his early interest in photojournalism through his studies at Chicago's Institute of Design in the 1950s, and his bold innovations of the 1960s and 1970s.
The Magicians and The Magician King
Author: Lev Grossman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-10-02
Total Pages: 677
ISBN-13: 1101619961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo novels from New York Times bestselling author Lev Grossman: The Magicians and its riveting sequel, The Magician King. THE MAGICIANS: Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined… The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination. THE MAGICIAN KING: Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real-world and not in Fillory, as they’d hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia’s illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.
Still Remembering...
Author: Shari Edwards
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2005-03
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0595347207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of columns originally written for the Sacramento Valley Mirror newspaper. Many concern the writer's memories of growing up in central California.
