Aesthetics is no longer the preserve of art historians and philosophers of art. Changes in society, culture, economy, urban dynamics and everyday life, push us towards considering the aesthetic components of traditionally non-aesthetic domains. Today it is not only legitimate but necessary to query the relationship between the social as a cohesive and encompassing form of community and human institutions and the aesthetic, that is the sensual, sensory, or, perhaps better, the sensible. Increasingly the social seems to emerge from the sensible and sentient meaning of objects. The volume SocioAesthetics: Ambience – Imaginary collects scholars from social science, aesthetics, arts, and cultural studies in case-driven debate, ranging from biometrics to luxury commodities, on how a new alignment of aesthetics and the social is possible and what the possible prospects of this may be.
Total Tractor! is all about tractors--from exciting vintage tractors and farming machines to the latest state-of-the-art John Deere. Galleries of colorful tractors of every kind and all their amazing attachments are interspersed with stunning images of tractors in action. There's a complete history of tractors from steam tractor to diesel, and many makes, such as Massey Ferguson, are shown in fascinating detail. Crazy contests such as tractor pulling are also featured. Total Tractor! is the must-read book for any child who is passionate about tractors.
An anthology about musicals... with a twist.Who can resist a musical?We at Wayward Ink certainly can't!Boys and Girls, go don your tux. Slink into your gown. Strap on your heels. Dust off that tiara and wrap yourselves in a feather boa!Come celebrate the extravaganza with us!Waltz through ten short stories inspired by some of the world's most popular musicals.STORIES INCLUDEDWhat's Up Pussycat?Louise LyonsHeartbroken Finley fears he'll never recover from the loss of his lover, Andrew, who was a star of the Cats musical.But then Finley has an idea... What if her were to take Andrew's part in the musical and hopefully make his man proud?#Over The RainbowLily G. BluntDorian has been cast as Dorothy in his school's production of The Wizard of Oz.Like his character, Dorian is about to discover whether dreams really do come true.#Broadway DevilsEric GoberA geek and his flashy rival . . .A leading man they both love . . .A starring role they both want . . .All's fair in love and Broadway.May the best diva take it all!#Angel in the WingsAsta IdoneaWhen handsome Phantom, Christopher Keane requests Marcus as his dresser, the action in the wings could be just as exciting as anything taking place on stage...#My South PacificTaylin ClavelliBritish born Callum has given up on love.Will he find it again among the Hawaiian reefs?Or will there be more sharks...#EnjoyThe ShowLisa A. AdamsDylan Rucker's online dating adventures landed him the perfect match.When "e;Mister Right"e; stands him up at the dinner theater, Dylan wants to crawl home defeated.But, the night is young...With an unexpected flirtation with the lead actor, Dylan must decide.Hold out for his "e;Mister Right"e;?Or, sit back and enjoy the show?#The One That I WantR.J. Jones"e;What, you don't think Danny's hot?"e;"e;I prefer Kenickie. He can pin me against a wall anytime."e;#A Touch GlamourAlina PopescuTudor has big plans for New York City.Ditch his homophobic colleague. See a musical. Definitely check out the go-go boys. Meeting one Phantom on Grindr wasn't in the script.Tudor gets caught up in a whirlwind when his favorite musical character steps off the stage and into his life.#A Man Who Measures UpCecil WildeWhen you're in musical theater, love is just a jump to the left and a step to the right...#A Night at the OperaVanessa ClarkRick never cared for opera.He thought opera singers were old, outdated, and fat.That was until he met Giovanni, an opera singer who's far from that!No. Giovanni is statuesque, young, refreshing, and beautiful.Giovanni opened Rick's mind to a new world, and Rick's first ever opera experience definitely wasn't going to be his last.But little does Giovanni realize that Rick will open his mind to a new experience too...
How can you be a football genius if you don't know the rules of the game? Fifteen year-old Drew Hennings’ dream of playing quarterback for his local high school team and playing college football in the Ivy League ended when he got a serious concussion. Drew can’t play football anymore, but he loves the game too much to walk away. With a close family friend and football official, Jack, as his mentor, Drew decides to transform himself into the first teenage football referee that Boston’s South Shore has ever seen. Can he transfer his leadership skills to refereeing and make the right call even when it’s unpopular? Will he be good enough to earn a place on the crew of a youth football playoff game?
Second Trilogy contains three short novels including: "The Fence", a tightly-woven existentialist fable; "Oblivion", a caustic look at the fate of certain houses, families, and literary efforts; and "Just Cursing", the revised second edition of an earlier Hurley novel.
Clinton Walker's biography of Bon Scott is the definitive account of the life of the iconic rocker, tracing his musical apprenticeship in bubblegum pop band the Valentines and blues-rockers Fraternity through to joining up with Angus and Malcolm Young in AC/DC, where his racy lyrics, unique vocal style, and sheer charisma helped define a new, highly influential brand of rock and roll. Drawing on many first-person interviews and featuring a gallery of rare images, Clinton Walker traces AC/DC's career through the life of their original front man, from the Scottish roots he shared with the Youngs to small-time gigs to recording studios and international success, right up to Scott's shocking death in 1980, just as the band were getting the worldwide recognition they'd worked for so tirelessly. Wild speculation about how Scott died has surfaced periodically in the intervening years and flared up again recently. For this edition, Clinton Walker re-examines the evidence surrounding Scott’s death, investigates these recurring claims, and concludes that such conspiracy theories have no basis in fact. The result underlines Highway to Hell’s status as the authoritative version of the life—and untimely death—of one of rock’s greatest characters.
This volume critically examines ’subculture’ in a variety of Australian contexts, exploring the ways in which the terrain of youth cultures and subcultures has changed over the past two decades and considering whether ’subculture’ still works as a viable conceptual framework for studying youth culture. Richly illustrated with concrete case studies, the book is thematically organised into four sections addressing i) theoretical concerns and global debates over the continued usefulness of subculture as a concept; ii) the important place of ’belonging’ in subcultural experience and the ways in which belonging is played out across an array of youth cultures; iii) the gendered experiences of young men and women and their ways of navigating subcultural participation; and iv) the ethical and methodological considerations that arise in relation to researching and teaching youth culture and subculture. Bringing together the latest interdisciplinary research to combine theoretical considerations with recent empirical studies of subcultural experience, Youth Cultures and Subcultures will appeal to scholars and students across the social sciences.
