Elvis Costello

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New York

The perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. 

Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master's catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process behind writing and recording legendary albums like My Aim Is True, This Year's Model, Armed Forces, Almost Blue, Imperial Bedroom, and King of America. He tells the detailed stories, experiences, and emotions behind such beloved songs as "Alison," "Accidents Will Happen," "Watching the Detectives," "Oliver's Army," "Welcome to the Working Week," "Radio Radio," "Shipbuilding," and "Veronica," the last of which is one of a number of songs revealed to connect to the lives of the previous generations of his family.

Costello chronicles his musical apprenticeship, a child's view of his father Ross MacManus' career on radio and in the dancehall; his own initial almost comical steps in folk clubs and cellar dive before his first sessions for Stiff Record, the formation of the Attractions, and his frenetic and ultimately notorious third U.S. tour. He takes readers behind the scenes of Top of the Pops and Saturday Night Live, and his own show, Spectacle, on which he hosted artists such as Lou Reed, Elton John, Levon Helm, Jesse Winchester, Bruce Springsteen, and President Bill Clinton. 

The idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic.



Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink

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Dennis N. T. Perkins

Margaret P. Holtman

Paul R. Kessler

Catherine McCarthy

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition

Leadership expert Dennis N.T. Perkins reveals how Shackleton's vision, actions, and philosophy of leadership provide a compass to executives and managers in today's climate of fierce competition, economic uncertainty, and constant change.

Leading at the Edge

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Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Nazi Imagery/Recent Art

Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art features the work by thirteen internationally recognized artists who use imagery from the Nazi era to explore the nature of evil. Their works are a radical departure from previous art about the Holocaust, which centered on tragic images of victims. Instead, these artists dare to invite the viewer into the world of the perpetrators. The viewer, therefore, faces an unsettling moral dilemma: How is one to react to these menacing and indicting images, drawn from a history that can never be forgotten? The artists represented in Mirroring Evil impel us to examine what these images of Nazism might mean in our lives today.

Essays in the catalogue explore themes of moral ambiguity in makers and viewers of art, institutional responsibility in exhibiting controversial artworks, and the complicated issues of representing or even imagining the perpetrators. Entries about the individual artworks discuss in greater depth the artistic, ethical, and historical complexity of the images that the artists dare to engage.

Mirroring Evil

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Levni painting, poetry, colour

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Aguascalientes photographic memory of festival de cavaleras

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Drawing on myriad sources-from the faint traces left by the rocking of a cradle at the site of an early medieval home to an antique illustration of Eve's fall from grace-this second volume in the celebrated series offers new perspectives on women of the past. Twelve distinguished historians from many countries examine the image of women in the masculine mind, their social condition, and their daily experience from the demise of the Roman Empire to the genesis of the Italian Renaissance.

More than in any other era, a medieval woman's place in society was determined by men; her sexuality was perceived as disruptive and dangerous, her proper realm that of the home and cloister. The authors draw upon the writings of bishops and abbots, moralists and merchants, philosophers and legislators, to illuminate how men controlled women's lives. Sumptuary laws regulating feminine dress and ornament, pastoral letters admonishing women to keep silent and remain chaste, and learned treatises with their fantastic theories about women's physiology are fully explored in these pages. As adoration of the Virgin Mary reached full flower by the year 1200, ecclesiastics began to envision motherhood as a holy role; misogyny, however, flourished unrestrained in local proverbs, secular verses, and clerical thought throughout the period.

Were women's fates sealed by the dictates of church and society? The authors investigate legal, economic, and demographic aspects of family and communal life between the sixth and the fifteenth centuries and bring to light the fleeting moments in which women managed to seize some small measure of autonomy over their lives. The notion that courtly love empowered feudal women is discredited in this volume. The pattern of wear on a hearthstone, fingerprints on a terracotta pot, and artifacts from everyday life such as scissors, thimbles, spindles, and combs are used to reconstruct in superb detail the commonplace tasks that shaped women's existence inside and outside the home. As in antiquity, male fantasies and fears are evident in art. Yet a growing number of women rendered visions of their own gender in sumptuous tapestries and illuminations. The authors look at the surviving texts of female poets and mystics and document the stirrings of a quiet revolution throughout the West, as a few daring women began to preserve their thoughts in writing.

History of Women in the West, Volume II: Silences of the Middle Ages

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Or: the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers and Hearing-Mouth Children

Finalist for the Believer Book Award for Fiction
Named a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more

"A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." --The New Yorker

Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing-Mouth Children. Founded in 1890 by Headmistress Sybil Joines, the school--at first glance--is a sanctuary for children seeking to cure their speech impediments. Inspired by her haunted and tragic childhood, the Headmistress has other ideas.

Pioneering the field of necrophysics, the Headmistress harnesses the "gift" she and her students possess. Through their stutters, together they have the ability to channel ghostly voices communicating from the land of the dead, a realm the Headmistress herself visits at will. Things change for the school and the Headmistress when a student disappears, attracting attention from parents and police alike.

Set in the overlapping worlds of the living and the dead, Shelley Jackson's Riddance is an illuminated novel told through theoretical writings in necrophysics, the Headmistress's dispatches from the land of the dead, and Jane's evolving life as Joines's new stenographer and central figure in the Vocational School's mysterious present, as well as its future.

Riddance

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Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More

Find out about the fast and furious growth and evolution of video games (including how they are quickly taking over the world!) by looking at some of the most popular, innovative, and influential games ever, fromPong, the very first arcade game ever, to modern hits likeUncharted.

Learn about the creators and inspiration (Mario was named after Nintendo's landlord after he barged into a staff meeting demanding rent), discover historical trivia and Easter eggs (The developers of Halo 2 drank over 24,000 gallons of soda while making the game), and explore the innovations that make each game special (The ghosts in Pac-Man are the first example of AI in a video game).

Whether you consider yourself a hard-core gamer or are just curious to see what everyone is talking about,Game On!is the book for you!

Game On!

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Even in the 21st century, Macedonia is a story untold. Remote, land-locked and little visited, it's a place practically untouched by tourist trappings, signposts and explanations. Yet this country, once the southernmost part of Yugoslavia, has a simple natural beauty that its European neighbours find hard to match. The Bradt guide is the only English-language guidebook to Macedonia. This third edition includes new material on battlefields and historical figures, as well as updated information on outdoor pursuits, folk festivals, wine, archaeology - and, of course, Macedonia's fast-improving hotels, restaurants and bars.

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The second novel in a bewitching series "brimming with charm and charisma" that will make "fans of Outlander rejoice!" (Woman's World Magazine) New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly). Now, Brackston returns to the Found Things series with its sequel, Secrets of the Chocolate House. After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora’s antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering to Xanthe from long ago about secrets wanting to be shared. While looking for new stock for the shop, Xanthe hears the song of a copper chocolate pot. Soon after, she has an upsetting vision of Samuel in great danger, compelling her to make another journey to the past. This time she'll meet her most dangerous adversary. This time her ability to travel to the past will be tested. This time she will discover her true destiny. Will that destiny allow her to return home? And will she be able to save Samuel when his own fate seems to be sealed?

Secrets of the Chocolate House

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A Novel

The Garden of Promises and Lies

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Tips and Tricks for Planning Routes, Packing up, and Preparing for Any Unexpected Encounter along the Way

Make the most of your next road trip with these essential tips and tricks for planning the ultimate epic adventure.

During COVID-19, we've all had to find different ways to travel. From the disruptions of airlines to the possibility of many travel restrictions at your destination, the car has become a more attractive (and safer) option.

One part Bushcraft 101 and one part vacation planning workbook, The Road Trip Survival Guide provides guidance for new road trippers as well as essential tips and tricks for even the most experienced roadsters including:
-How to organize your car for trips
-Packing lists for different types of vacations, from city breaks to outdoor adventures
-How to develop the perfect road trip itinerary that will suit the whole family
-Recipes and recommendations for the best car snacks (easy access and less mess!)
-Tips and tricks for making your trip more eco-friendly
-How to reroute a road trip gone wrong
-And more!

The Road Trip Survival Guide is a must-have for anyone planning a vacation. Perfectly designed to fit in a glove box or back-seat pocket, you can now stop dreaming, hit the open road, and start experiencing the perfect road trip.

Pavel Vinnitsky

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Elvis Costello

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink

Dennis N. T. Perkins; Margaret P. Holtman; Paul R. Kessler; Catherine McCarthy

Leading at the Edge

Norman Kleeblatt (Editor)

Mirroring Evil

Gul irepoglu

Levni painting, poetry, colour

Emma Daniela Lozano Rivera Rio

Aguascalientes photographic memory of festival de cavaleras

Christiane Klapisch-Zuber (Editor); Arthur Goldhammer (Translator); Georges Duby (Series edited by); Michelle Perrot (Series edited by)

History of Women in the West, Volume II: Silences of the Middle Ages

Shelley Jackson; Zachary Thomas Dodson (Designed by)

Riddance

Dustin Hansen

Game On!

Thammy Evans

Macedonia

Paula Brackston

Secrets of the Chocolate House

Paula Brackston

The Garden of Promises and Lies

Rob Taylor; Samantha Brown (Foreword by)

The Road Trip Survival Guide

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Elvis Costello

Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink

Dennis N. T. Perkins; Margaret P. Holtman; Paul R. Kessler; Catherine McCarthy

Leading at the Edge

Norman Kleeblatt (Editor)

Mirroring Evil

Gul irepoglu

Levni painting, poetry, colour

Emma Daniela Lozano Rivera Rio

Aguascalientes photographic memory of festival de cavaleras

Christiane Klapisch-Zuber (Editor); Arthur Goldhammer (Translator); Georges Duby (Series edited by); Michelle Perrot (Series edited by)

History of Women in the West, Volume II: Silences of the Middle Ages

Shelley Jackson; Zachary Thomas Dodson (Designed by)

Riddance

Dustin Hansen

Game On!

Thammy Evans

Macedonia

Paula Brackston

Secrets of the Chocolate House

Paula Brackston

The Garden of Promises and Lies

Rob Taylor; Samantha Brown (Foreword by)

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