Sock it to 'em Baby
Sock it to 'em Baby

Author: Garry Cooper

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Published: 2006-05

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 1741761352

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Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determination for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. On posting to the US Army 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1968, he approached his assignments in the same devoted and determined manner and soon became named a legend' by his American peers. General Julian J. Ewell, the Commander of the 9th Infantry Division, and himself a legend from the Siege of Bastogne during WWII, recommended Cooper for the Medal of Honour and the Distinguished Service Cross. Both these are the US highest awards and, as such, required Australian concurrence before being awarded. As Australia was not allowing its personnel to receive US Awards during the Vietnam Conflict, that concurrence was not forthcoming. Although Australian policy regarding foreign awards has since changed, the government is still preventing Cooper from receiving these high profile awards. The US however, for other actions and without reference to the Australian Government, has awarded Cooper the Silver Star, DFC, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Air Medal and Army Commendation Medal. In contrast, our Government awarded Cooper an imperial DFC which Cooper refers to as his I was there award'. Today, Cooper lives in retirement in Queensland. He has been made an honourary member of the various US Army units by the men whose lives he saved and attends their reunions in the USA. This book is the life story with the emphasis on his experiences in the Vietnam war.

Do You Speak American?
Do You Speak American?

Author: Robert MacNeil

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780156032889

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The companion volume to a PBS special, this is the tale of the surprising discoveries the authors made while interviewing a host of native speakers and observing everyday verbal interactions across the country. High school & older.

CMJ New Music Monthly
CMJ New Music Monthly

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1999-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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CMJ New Music Monthly, the first consumer magazine to include a bound-in CD sampler, is the leading publication for the emerging music enthusiast. NMM is a monthly magazine with interviews, reviews, and special features. Each magazine comes with a CD of 15-24 songs by well-established bands, unsigned bands and everything in between. It is published by CMJ Network, Inc.

It was All Right
It was All Right

Author: James A. Mitchell

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780814333372

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The story of Detroit rock icon Mitch Ryder's life in the context of the many changes in popular music, politics, and American culture since the 1960s. Songs performed by Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder, such as "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Jenny Take a Ride" are among the most well loved of the twentieth century, but his fascinating life story is unknown to many. It Was All Right is a portrait of Ryder built on firsthand "road stories"--a rock-and-roll travelogue that is also an insider's look at fame and popular culture in America. Born in 1945 in Hamtramck, Michigan, Ryder has been in the music business for 47 years, made more than two dozen albums' worth of recordings, and given upward of 8,000 performances. In It Was All Right, author James A. Mitchell has collected an impressive array of anecdotes from Ryder's extraordinary life in music, including Ryder's stories of his first gigs in Greenwich Village clubs, singing with a black trio in the early days of the civil rights movement, jamming with Jimi Hendrix, and attending private parties thrown by the Beatles. Mitchell also chronicles Ryder's more recent career, as he struggled to regain his popularity among American audiences after the 1970s and returned home to the Detroit music scene in the 1980s. In all, Ryder's abundant commentary and Mitchell's easy narration combine to give readers a fast-paced tour of a turbulent musical journey that is still unfolding. Whether blending musical genres or dabbling in political activism, Ryder's one-of-a-kind experiences will intrigue music fans and anyone interested in musical or cultural history.

The Amazing Jimmi Mayes
The Amazing Jimmi Mayes

Author: Jimmi Mayes

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1617039179

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Association of Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence Best Research in Recorded Blues, Hip-Hop, Rhythm & Blues – Certificate of Merit (2014) For more than fifty years, Chicago drummer Jimmi Mayes served as a sideman behind some of the greatest musicians and musical groups in history. He began his career playing the blues in the juke joints of Mississippi, sharpened his trade under the mentorship of drum legends Sam Lay and Fred Below in the steamy nightclubs of south Chicago, and hit it big in New York City behind such music legends as Tommy Hunt from the Flamingos, Marvin Gaye, and James Brown. Mayes played his drums behind blues giants Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Reed, Robert Junior Lockwood, Earl Hooker, Junior Wells, Pinetop Perkins, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. He lived for a while with Motown sensation Martha Reeves and her family and traveled with the Shirelles and the Motown Review. Jimi Hendrix was one of Mayes's best friends, and they traveled together with Joey Dee and the Starliters in the mid-1960s. Mayes lived through racial segregation, the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the integration of rock bands, and the emergence of Motown. He personally experienced the sexual and moral revolutions of the sixties, was robbed of his musical royalties, and survived a musical drought. He's been a pimp and a drug pusher--and lived to tell the tale when so many musicians have not. This sideman to the stars witnessed music history from the best seat in the house--behind the drum set.

Fox's Socks
Fox's Socks

Author: Julia Donaldson

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9781447273400

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Join the birthday celebrations in Acorn Wood with four new 15th anniversary editions of the ever-popular Postman Bear, Fox's Socks, Hide-And-Seek Pig and Rabbit's Nap.Poor old Fox has lost his socks - can you help him find them? Are they in the kitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden in a chest? Lift the flaps and find out!With sturdy flaps on every spread and rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud, the Tales From Acorn Wood have been delighting both parents and toddlers for fifteen years. This year we celebrate their unending appeal with four beautifully produced board books and a fresh new cover look with shiny foil.

Correspondence Course
Correspondence Course

Author: Carolee Schneemann

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2010-11-24

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 0822345110

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An epistolary history of the international avant-garde of happenings, Fluxus, and performance and conceptual art emerges from decades of correspondence between Carolee Schneemann and other artists and intellectuals.

This Place
This Place

Author: Raphael Jon Hart

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1465302794

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Mickey Mantle’s Last Home Run
Mickey Mantle’s Last Home Run

Author: Steven A. Falco

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-12-21

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 153205209X

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TJ and Jonathan are teen-age friends and teammates on the JV baseball team. Like many young people growing up in America in the late sixties, they have heroes. For TJ, who is white, it is Mickey Mantle, the aging star of the New York Yankees. For Jonathan, who is black, it is Martin Luther King Jr., the leader of the civil rights movement. Unfortunately, 1968 is a bad year for heroes and—America. Their friendship is strained to the breaking point when Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. Jonathan, who is devastated by the murder, blames all white people, TJ included. TJ then has to struggle through the challenges of the JV baseball season in his racially-torn town, without the support of his friend. Is there anything that can repair their broken bond? Would it take still another American tragedy?

Irreversible
Irreversible

Author: Taylor Mason

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2019-01-14

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1984569643

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Taylor Mason’s Irreversible traces the life of a ventriloquist from the moment he discovered that a talking sock on his hand made someone laugh to winning television variety show competitions to performing on the biggest stages with some of today’s biggest stars. It’s a story of perseverance, hard work, and the sheer joy of doing what one loves.