Too High, Too Far, Too Soon

Too High, Too Far, Too Soon

Author: Simon Mason

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-06-06

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1780577508

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Too High, Too Far, Too Soon is the humorous, tragic and searingly honest memoir of a man who survived childhood tragedy, Catholic boarding school and chronic drug addiction. Simon Mason graphically details his experience of teenage angst in a tatty seaside town before he ran away to London and then onwards to the crack-infested streets of LA. He recounts his numerous decadent adventures at Glastonbury Festival and the notoriety that came during his stint as personal chemist to the biggest bands of the '90s, before he himself descended into a helpless period of heroin addiction. After several incidents of petty crime stemming from his drug problem, Simon launched numerous failed attempts to become a bona fide rock 'n' roll star and even more failed attempts to get clean, finally being ‘rescued’ by Banksy from a stolen camper van, covered in blood in the Spanish countryside. Too High, Too Far, Too Soon is a rock 'n' roll memoir with a difference, written by a man who lived the life and attained the drug habits of the most extreme rock stars, yet whose attempts to break through to the big time always eluded him.


Messy Connections

Messy Connections

Author: Cathy Sloan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-25

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1040013570

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This book examines performance practices that involve people in recovery from addiction, theorising such practices as recovery-engaged. Focusing on examples of practice from a growing movement of UK-based recovery arts practitioners and performers, it highlights a unique approach to performance that infuses an understanding of lived experiences of addiction and recovery with creative practice. It offers a philosophy of being in recovery that understands lived experience, and performance practice, as a dynamic system of interrelations with the human and nonhuman elements that make up the societal settings in which recovery communities struggle to exist. It thereby frames the process of recovery, and recovery-engaged performance, as an affective ecology – a system of messy connections. Building upon ideas from posthumanist research on addiction, cultural theory on identity and new materialist interpretations of performance practice, it considers how such contemporary theory might offer additional ways of thinking and doing arts practice with people affected by addiction. The discussion highlights the distinct aesthetics, ethics and politics of this area of performance practice. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars in Applied Theatre and Critical Arts and Mental Health studies.


The Ken Fisher Classics Collection

The Ken Fisher Classics Collection

Author: Kenneth L. Fisher

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 633

ISBN-13: 1118403592

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Three of Ken Fisher's bestselling books in one handy e-book When it comes to finance and investing, there may be no name as big as Ken Fisher's. A long-time columnist at Forbes magazine and CEO of Fisher Investments, every one of his books has appeared on both the Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller lists. In this new e-book bundle, you'll get the best of Fisher with three of his most acclaimed titles in one convenient package. In The Only Three Questions That Count, Fisher shows investors how to improve their investing success by answering three simple questions In Debunkery, Fisher helps investors how to avoid the costly mistakes that happen when people rely on "common sense" and standard investing cliches In Markets Never Forget (But People Do), Fisher explains why investors' memories so often fail them and how to use the history of markets to avoid repeating the same investing mistakes For investors, fans of Fisher, and anyone who cares about their money, the Ken Fisher Classics Collection offers three volumes of proven advice from an investing legend.


The Book of Love

The Book of Love

Author: Cynthia Markovitch

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2022-04-25

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13:

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The Book of love is the true story of a girl growing up in America searching for the truth in a world of falsehoods only to discover her real identity.


Songs for Judy Pippin

Songs for Judy Pippin

Author: Denis Buckley

Publisher: Paragon Publishing

Published: 2012-11

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1782220593

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Poems about love, life, lust, longing and laughter. Songs for Judy Pippin sprang from my overwhelming, surprising meeting with the eponymous Judy. Its content is a reflection of the remarkably rapid growth of love, fun, affection and respect between us. There are also some poems from previous times, previous lovers, but the overwhelming majority of the poems were written between late July 2012 and November 2012 and reflect the emotional connection between me and my lovely muse.


Everyday Wisdom

Everyday Wisdom

Author: Karen Berger

Publisher: The Mountaineers Books

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780898865233

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Knowing a few seemingly small tricks will enable backpackers to take big strides in increasing their comfort, safety, preparation, and improvisational skills. Author Karen Berger covers everything from packing and planning to field repairs and emergency improvisations. A great gift for any hiker or backpacker. 80 photos. 15 illustrations..


After 50 Years: The Promised Land is Still Too Far! 1961 - 2011

After 50 Years: The Promised Land is Still Too Far! 1961 - 2011

Author: Ibrahim John Werrema

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9987081703

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The late Julius Kambarage Nyerere was nicknamed 'Musa' (Moses) during the later, post-independence years for leading his people from slavery and guiding them toward a free land of prosperity - the Promised Land. The Tanzanian odyssey chronicled in this book, which first appeared ten years ago as Tanzanians to the Promised Land, has been updated with new research. The author- also an engineer and a journalist- offers an enlightened and unbiased discussion of the journey and both sides of the contributions - successes and failures - made by former presidents and their systems of administration: the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, Alhajj Ali H. Mwinyi, and Mr. Benjamin W. Mkapa. Tanzanians' hopes and expectations of the incumbent president, H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, are also discussed. It is not intended as a political campaign of any kind, for any party or any individual. As a brief, yet comprehensive guide to the understanding of our nation's political and economic history, it puts forward suggestions concerning important areas of the country's economic development. Nyerere unfortunately didn't live to see his people arrive at the hoped-for destination, and I. J. Werrema's original inspiration to write, at forty years of independence, is sustained because after fifty years The Promised Land is Still Too Far.


Markets Never Forget (But People Do)

Markets Never Forget (But People Do)

Author: Kenneth L. Fisher

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 111809154X

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Sir John Templeton, legendary investor, was famous for saying, "The four most dangerous words in investing are, 'This time it's different.'" He knew that though history doesn't repeat, not exactly, history is an excellent guide for investors. In Markets Never Forget But People Do: How Your Memory Is Costing You Money and Why This Time Isn't Different, long-time Forbes columnist, CEO of Fisher Investments, and 4-time New York Times bestselling author Ken Fisher shows how and why investors' memories fail them—and how costly that can be. More important, he shows steps investors can take to begin reducing errors they repeatedly make. The past is never indicative of the future, but history can be one powerful guide in shaping forward looking expectations. Readers can learn how to see the world more clearly—and learn to make fewer errors—by understanding just a bit of investing past.