![]() "This is an important study of a seminal country performer and songwriter. ![]() "A solid and readable account of a career that crossed many boundaries and defied expectations."- Journal of Folklore Research highly readable and ultimately unforgettable."- Bluegrass Now "Dickens' lyrics and thoughts on the likes of 'Mama's Hand,' 'It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song,' and the book's title song blend the personal and the political in remarkable ways, and they're the heart of this substantial story."- American Songwriter ![]() A fine profile of a roots musician who has been a pioneering woman in bluegrass as well as the foremost American protest singer of the later twentieth century."- Booklist "Dickens comments generously on each song, revealing her strong personality. " Working Girl Blues puts the spotlight on a magnificent performer whose accomplishments and talents have always been valued by the country, bluegrass, and folk audiences, but now hopefully will get the same acclaim from the mainstream as well."- Nashville City Paper Winner of a Certificate of Merit for the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, 2009. ![]()
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![]() I don’t know how close to finishing the revision the writers came before Stassen’s recent death. He said Gushee had written the section on “homosexuality” in the first edition and Glen was hoping to be more involved in rewriting that part-and moving it, he implied, in a more “inclusive” direction. ![]() Glen told me that they were working on a revision. Several years after the book’s publication, I had a conversation with Glen Stassen and mentioned how much I appreciated the book. I didn’t like the book’s discussion of “homosexuality” (it affirmed the “restrictive” view-somewhat in tension with the generally liberative tone of the book as a whole), but all I said in the review was that it was “rather superficial”). I liked the book a lot and wrote a quite positive review ( Conrad Grebel Review, Spring 2004, 108-10). ![]() Published by InterVarsity Press, this book especially has been widely read in evangelical circles. Back in 2003, David Gushee co-wrote (with Glen Stassen) what became a standard text book on Christian ethics- Kingdom Ethics: Following Jesus in Contemporary Context. ![]() ![]() Previously in the Strzok case, the Justice Department had sought to quash Strzok’s subpoena of Trump under a legal principle that sets the bar high for when current or former high-ranking government officials can be compelled to testify in a case. ![]() The Biden-era Justice Department has also sought to shield Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused Trump of sexual assault. ![]() Jackson’s request that the Biden White House make clear its intentions for asserting privilege in depositions Strzok is seeking in the case is the latest decision confronting the President and his administration about what lengths it should go to protect Trump in court.īiden has declined to assert privilege in some of the testimony and documents that the House January 6 Committee has obtained, but he has asserted privilege for other information sought by the committee. US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson set the October 14 deadline at hearing Wednesday in the lawsuit brought by former top FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok, who was terminated by the FBI in 2018 after the revelation of anti-Trump texts which Strzok exchanged with a top FBI lawyer that he was having an extramarital affair with at the time. ![]() President Joe Biden’s White House has until mid-October to decide if he wants to assert executive privilege and hinder an effort to obtain testimony from former President Donald Trump about Trump’s pressure campaign to get a then-top FBI agent fired. ![]() ![]() Without missing a beat, Azzarello and Risso tack on another satisfying chapter to their acclaimed crime saga, reminding readers that they’re one of the comics’ most seamless and potent creative teams. Risso’s art is as sharp as ever, a stylish mix of stark black shadows and expressive faces. Opportunity arrives when an undercover DEA agent (disguised as a nun) infiltrates the orphanage to sniff out an alleged cartel connection, igniting the fuse that sets off the series’ signature blend of violence and mayhem. ![]() There he struggles to contain the beast within, which teases his unconscious and waits for a chance to take control. 100 Bullets 1 Brian Azzarello, Dave Johnson (Cover Art), Eduardo Risso (Artist) 3.35 46 ratings5 reviews In the first storyline of this groundbreaking series, the mysterious Agent Graves offers Dizzy Cordova, a Latina gangbanger fresh out of prison, vengeance for her family's murders and full immunity for all of her actions. Yet this spin-off finds a staid and relatively benign Lono on the mend and seeking atonement at a small church-run orphanage in Mexico. ![]() Of all the characters to make it alive out of 100 Bullets-the long-running, award-winning comic by the Azzarello/Risso team-the least likely to find religion would probably be Lono, a brutish berserker last seen getting shot out of a window in the series’ final issue. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Dark Banquet, zoologist Bill Schutt takes us on a fascinating voyage into the world of some of nature’s strangest creatures-the sanguivores. coli and the New Science of Lifeįor centuries, blood feeders have inhabited our nightmares and horror stories, as well as the shadowy realms of scientific knowledge. “Bill Schutt turns whatever fear and disgust you may feel towards nature’s vampires into a healthy respect for evolution’s power to fill every conceivable niche.”-Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex and Microcosm: E. “A witty, scientifically accurate, and often intensely creepy exploration of sanguivorous creatures.”- San Francisco Chronicle ![]() ![]() Among astounding adventures, despite harrowing hardships, and in between escaping interfering enchanters, the clockwork man seeks his imagination, his purpose, and his name. He therefore slips through Time's fingers as the Sands of Time slip through the cracks of reality (at least, when the time cats aren't using them as a litter box). ![]() He is a living being and he is art, and he refuses to remain a slave forever. His brain boasts balance wheels and torsion springs he can wind himself up with a key in his side and, most importantly, his gyroscopic tourbillon heart glimmers with pure diamond. ![]() Spectacular style.The clockwork man is crafted, to begin with-his father forced by that terrible tyrant Time to create her a slave for all eternity. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was Jim’s vision and insistence for quality that turned Four Roses from a bottom shelf mixer to one of America’s great premium bourbons. Through Jim’s drive and commitment to Kentucky Bourbon, one of America’s great bourbon brands was brought back to American shelves after decades of absence: Four Roses. ![]() When Seagram sold the business to Japanese alcohol titan, Kirin, in 2001, Jim stepped up and took on the greatest challenge of his professional career. After starting in Research & Development for Seagram Company, Jim quickly rose through the ranks. Jim Rutledge has been intimately involved in the creation of quality bourbon since 1966. Louisville, Kentucky – October 13, 2016: The Bourbon Crusaders and Mint Julep Tours, in conjunction with the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, are hosting a Charity Silent Auction and Celebration to honor Jim Rutledge for his 50 storied years in the whiskey industry. Honoring Master Distiller Jim Rutledge’s 50th Anniversary and Supporting the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America ![]() ![]() ![]() His predecessor was in the hospital as a result of a beating by the very kids Dean was helping. During the 60s Dean also worked for a government-funded program that sought to help violent and troubled youth. After graduation in the 1960s, Dean went to work as a teacher at Mechanicsburg High School. He attended Shippensburg State College in Pennsylvania where he won an Atlantic Monthly competition for his writing, which further encouraged him to continue. His mother’s courage in standing up to her husband also served as an inspiration in Dean’s writing. ![]() Dean’s father, Raymond Koontz, was extremely abusive to him and his mother. His childhood had a strong influence on his writing as he grew older. Dean Koontz was born in July of 1945, a month before World War II ended in the Pacific. Many who have never even read his works, and have simply seen his books on the shelves recognize his name. He is considered one of the most successful authors alive today. His novels have sold over 450 million copies worldwide and have been translated in to 38 different languages. The Servants of Twilight (As: Leigh Nichols)ĭean Koontz is a popular author of novels, short stories, and poetry in the United States, and has had fourteen of his novels reach the number one position on the New York Times Bestseller List, with several others reaching other positions. The Fall of the Dream Machine / The Star Venturesĭark of the Woods / Soft Come the Dragons ![]() ![]() After Brooke loses out on an opportunity to join Wild- a sports magazine she has dreamed about working for- she decides to travel to Europe for a week to spend time with her best friend, and possibly photograph some professional boarders hitting the slopes. The story follows Brooke Larson- an extreme sports photographer with trust issues, and Chase Austin- an emotionally aloof professional snowboarder who is only attached to two things- the mountains he rides, and his close friends known as the False Kings. Ride is the first novel in the Wild series by author Harper Dallas. ![]() Brooke knows the drill, and she's not letting anyone get in the way of her career-or into her heart.īut whether it's on the slopes or between the sheets, riding with the best means risking it all. Too bad the only place Chase wants her is in his bed. Chase Austin is her key to the big time, and she's getting his photo no matter what. So what if she used to have his poster on her bedroom wall? She's not a teenager with a crush anymore. Photographer Brooke Larson knows better than to let him get through her emotional Kevlar. He's as cold as the mountains he rides, loyal only to his crew. ![]() Snowboarder Chase Austin has a reputation-and not just for being the world's best extreme athlete. ![]() Published by Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Print Us on May 16, 2018īad boy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, it apparently stars Michael Praed (of the BBC's Robin Hood fame), which makes me want to see it right there!Ī short but effective story which explores labor relations on an alien planet. This story (novelette?) was made into a movie in 1987, which I've never seen. However, familiarity of the horror plot structure aside, the story succeeds (where many such tales do not) in being genuinely tense and scary. Is their mysterious captain to blame? Or is the truth yet spookier than that? The title story is the most formulaic - it's a bit like 2001: A Space Odyssey meets Alien.Ī diverse team of research investigators on a badly-funded space mission run into trouble, and gradually meet diverse (and unpleasant) ends. All demonstrate Martin's amazing talent for characterization, and are both emotionally effective and thought-provoking. The stories in this collection are truly top-flight sci-fi, with a horror edge. and the cheesy cover art didn't help either, I must admit. Martin's writing, I didn't have the highest of hopes for this collection of short stories by him, written in the 1970's., simply because author's early works are not always as good as later ones. I have to admit that, although I love George R.R. ![]() |