He's a Funny Cat Ms. High

He's a Funny Cat Ms. High

Author: Martha High (Harvin)

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-03-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781511942744

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"For more than three decades -- from the time she was 18 years old -- soul singer extraordinaire Martha High was in the employ, in the ear and in the heart of the Godfather of Soul James Brown. She knew his performance standards, his rules, his wives, his children, the exact way his hair had to be set and often what the heck he was saying when everyone else was clueless. In this funny, honest and touching memoir, she tells of her life and her life in music -- before, during and since her years singing with James Brown. Martha's story takes readers from her beginnings with The Jewels, helped by Bo Diddley in Washington, DC, all the way through to her current career singing all over the world with former James Brown colleague Maceo Parker, and as a solo performing and recording artist. In her own unique style, Martha tells never before-told stories from behind the scenes, about tragic losses, the funny side of show business and the very special relationship she shared with James Brown. The stories are told with compassion, with humor and above all with truth." --Publisher's description.


If He Had Been with Me

If He Had Been with Me

Author: Laura Nowlin

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1402277849

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If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...


Life

Life

Author: Keith Richards

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 0316178721

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The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones. The Rolling Stones's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero. Creating immortal riffs like the ones in "Jumping Jack Flash" and "Honky Tonk Women." His relationship with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones. Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the U.S., isolation and addiction. Falling in love with Patti Hansen. Estrangement from Jagger and subsequent reconciliation. Marriage, family, solo albums and Xpensive Winos, and the road that goes on forever. With his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richard brings us the story of a life we have all longed to know more of, unfettered, fearless, and true.


Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Author: Jesse Andrews

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2012-03-15

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 161312306X

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The New York Times bestseller that inspired the Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film. The funniest book you’ll ever read about death. It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he’s figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times. Keep an insanely low profile. Make mediocre films with the one person who is even sort of his friend, Earl. This plan works for exactly eight hours. Then Greg’s mom forces him to become friends with a girl who has cancer. This brings about the destruction of Greg’s entire life. “Mr. Andrews’ often hilarious teen dialogue is utterly convincing, and his characters are compelling. Greg’s random sense of humor, terrible self-esteem and general lack of self-awareness all ring true. Like many YA authors, Mr. Andrews blends humor and pathos with true skill, but he steers clear of tricky resolutions and overt life lessons, favoring incremental understanding and growth.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “One need only look at the chapter titles (‘Let’s Just Get This Embarrassing Chapter Out of the Way’) to know that this is one funny book.” —Booklist (starred review) “Though this novel begs inevitable thematic comparisons to John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, it stands on its own in inventiveness, humor and heart.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


Washington, DC, Jazz

Washington, DC, Jazz

Author: Dr. Regennia N. Williams

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 1439666164

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Washington, DC, Jazz focuses, primarily, on the history of straight-ahead jazz, using oral histories, materials from the William P. Gottlieb Collection at the Library of Congress, the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at the University of the District of Columbia, and Smithsonian Jazz. Home to "Black Broadway" and the Howard Theatre in the Greater U Street area, Washington, DC, has long been associated with American jazz. Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine launched their careers there in the early 20th century. Decades later, Shirley Horn and Buck Hill would follow their leads, and DC's "jazz millennials" include graduates of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. For years, Bohemian Caverns and One Step Down were among the clubs serving as gathering places for producers and consumers of jazz, even as Rusty Hassan and other programmers used radio to promote the music. This volume also features the work of photographers Nathaniel Rhodes, Michael Wilderman, and Lawrence A. Randall.


One Of A Kind

One Of A Kind

Author: Tony Moore

Publisher:

Published: 2022-03-22

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781956216066

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One Of A Kind Making Things Happen takes us through all the colorful chapters of Tony's life, his incredible journey, and the famous people, including royalty, told in motivating stories.


Repossessed

Repossessed

Author: A. M. Jenkins

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-06-09

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0061947997

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Don't call me a demon. I prefer the term Fallen Angel. Everybody deserves a vacation, right? Especially if you have a pointless job like tormenting the damned. So who could blame me for blowing off my duties and taking a small, unauthorized break? Besides, I've always wanted to see what physical existence is like. That's why I "borrowed" the slightly used body of a slacker teen. Believe me, he wasn't going to be using it anymore anyway. I have never understood why humans do the things they do. Like sin—if it's so terrible, why do they keep doing it? I'm going to have a lot of fun finding out!


It's Like This, Cat

It's Like This, Cat

Author: Emily Neville

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-02-22

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0486820696

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Dave has the usual adolescent problems, mitigated by the consoling company of his cat. Recounted with humor and a realistic teenage voice, this Newbery Award winner unfolds amid the excitement of 1960s New York City. "Superb." — The New York Times.


The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture

Author: Randy Pausch

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780340978504

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The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.


Going Bovine

Going Bovine

Author: Libba Bray

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 0385733976

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Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.