The Joy of Addiction: Confessions of a Teenage Wastrel
Author: Sebastian Wocker
Publisher:
Published: 2022-02-02
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781739991302
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Author: John Maybury
Publisher: Damiani Limited
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788862083591
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Taken in the streets, clubs, basements and bars of London between 1978 and 1987, this new book brings together an incredible series of images from the British photographer Derek Ridgers. People dressing up and going out have always been central to Derek's work from the first days of punk through to the fetish and fringe scenes of present day."--Publisher's website.
Aspiration
Author: Agnes Callard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0190639504
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBecoming someone is a learning process; and what we learn is the new values around which, if we succeed, our lives will come to turn. Agents transform themselves in the process of, for example, becoming parents, embarking on careers, or acquiring a passion for music or politics. How can such activity be rational, if the reason for engaging in the relevant pursuit is only available to the person one will become? How is it psychologically possible to feel the attraction of a form of concern that is not yet one's own? How can the work done to arrive at the finish line be ascribed to one who doesn't (really) know what one is doing, or why one is doing it? In Aspiration, Agnes Callard asserts that these questions belong to the theory of aspiration. Aspirants are motivated by proleptic reasons, acknowledged defective versions of the reasons they expect to eventually grasp. The psychology of such a transformation is marked by intrinsic conflict between their old point of view on value and the one they are trying to acquire. They cannot adjudicate this conflict by deliberating or choosing or deciding-rather, they resolve it by working to see the world in a new way. This work has a teleological structure: by modeling oneself on the person he or she is trying to be, the aspirant brings that person into being. Because it is open to us to engage in an activity of self-creation, we are responsible for having become the kinds of people we are.
John
Author: Cynthia Lennon
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2012-02-16
Total Pages: 362
ISBN-13: 1444717278
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCynthia and John Lennon's relationship spanned ten crucial years of the Beatles phenomenon. But as well as new insight into the Beatles years, Cynthia has a compelling personal story of marriage, motherhood and the man who was to become the most idolised and admired of all the Beatles. Cynthia is candid about the cruel and the loving sides of John. She tells of the end of their marriage and the beginning of his relationship with Yoko Ono in more detail than ever before, and reveals the many difficulties estrangement from John - and then his death - brought for herself and Julian. Cynthia is a remarkable survivor and this is her extraordinary story and unique insight into a man loved and idolised all over the world.
On Brassard's Farm
Author: Daniel Hecht
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1504759400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn Brassard's Farm is a tale of personal struggle, sweeping transformation, and romantic love. Author Daniel Hecht tells of Ann Turner's quest for a better life with unsparing honesty and gentle humor. Through its portrayal of the unrelenting labor and harsh pragmatism of farming, On Brassard's Farm reveals the deep durability of rural life and offers a much-needed affirmation in a changing and uncertain world. "Former musician Daniel Hecht has brought a welcome artistry to his new field...He is a writer for those who demand texture, intriguing information, and a provocative thesis along with their thrills."-Publishers Weekly (starred review), praise for the author "Daniel Hecht's story made me fall in love...In his hands, love is gritty and exhausting and the only thing powerful enough to keep us on our feet. In times of darkness, a story like this gives light, and strength, and hope."-Laurie R. King, New York Times bestselling author
The Improv Handbook
Author: Tom Salinsky
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-10-19
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 1350026174
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance. First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan. The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.
The Refusal of Work
Author: David Frayne
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Published: 2015-11-15
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1783601205
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today’s work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment, is progressively more difficult to tolerate. In this thought-provoking book, David Frayne questions the central place of work in mainstream political visions of the future, laying bare the ways in which economic demands colonise our lives and priorities. Drawing on his original research into the lives of people who are actively resisting nine-to-five employment, Frayne asks what motivates these people to disconnect from work, whether or not their resistance is futile, and whether they might have the capacity to inspire an alternative form of development, based on a reduction and social redistribution of work. A crucial dissection of the work-centred nature of modern society and emerging resistance to it, The Refusal of Work is a bold call for a more humane and sustainable vision of social progress.
Intelligence, Genes, and Success
Author: Bernie Devlin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 1997-08-07
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780387949864
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA scientific response to the best-selling The Bell Curve which set off a hailstorm of controversy upon its publication in 1994. Much of the public reaction to the book was polemic and failed to analyse the details of the science and validity of the statistical arguments underlying the books conclusion. Here, at last, social scientists and statisticians reply to The Bell Curve and its conclusions about IQ, genetics and social outcomes.
Jack (Oprah's Book Club)
Author: Marilynne Robinson
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1250832918
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarilynne Robinson's mythical world of Gilead, Iowa -- the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack -- and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson's fourth novel in this now-classic series. In it, Robinson tells the story of John Ames Boughton, the prodigal son of Gilead's Presbyterian minister, and his romance with Della Miles, a high school teacher who is also the child of a preacher. Their deeply felt, tormented, star-crossed interracial romance resonates with all the paradoxes of American life, then and now.
Bourbon for Breakfast
Author: Jeffrey Albert Tucker
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1610164911
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A compilation of many ... shorter writings ... of his twin loves, libertarian political philosophy and Austrian economics."--Page 4 of cover.
