Velkommen til det amerikanske grunnfjellet, omtrent akkurat nå. Fagorganisert arbeid og familiegårder som styrte folks liv, er erstattet med metaamfetaminlaboratorier, væpnede narkobander i skogen og kamp på tørre nevene. Mennene og kvinnene som befolker disse historiene, beveger seg på knivse[...]
Within is a masterful assembly of the most personal details and gorgeous minutiae of Frank Sinatra's way of living--matters of the heart and heartbreak, friendship and leadership, drinking and cavorting, brawling and wooing, tuxedos and snap-brims--all crafted from rare interviews with Sinatra himse[...]
The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers - drunk and high on whatever's on offer - bet on the outcome.[...]
Welcome to Heartland America circa right about now, when the union jobs and family farms that kept the white on the picket fences have given way to meth labs, backwoods gunrunners, and bare-knuckle brawling. Frank Bill's "Southern Indiana" is haunted by a deep, abiding sense of place, and his people[...]
The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers - drunk and high on whatever's on offer - bet on the fighters.[...]
The Donnybrook is a three-day bare-knuckle tournament held on a thousand-acre plot out in the sticks of southern Indiana. Twenty fighters. One wire-fence ring. Fight until only one man is left standing while a rowdy festival of onlookers - drunk and high on whatever's on offer - bet on the outcome. [...]
A ferocious debut that puts Frank Bill's southern Indiana on the literary map next to Cormac McCarthy's eastern Tennessee and Daniel Woodrell's Missouri Ozarks
C"rimes in Southern Indiana "is the most blistering, vivid, flat-out fearless debut to plow into American literature in recent years. Fr[...]
"Denne boka ga anmelderen en real trøkk. Frank Bills novellesamling 'Forbrytelser i Souther Indiana' er en debut jeg knapt nok har lest maken til når vi snakker moderne amerikanske noveller av den hardkokte sorten." - Terje Thorsen, Dagbladet[...]
From the first time a record was played over the airwaves in 1906, to a modern club economy that totals $3 billion annually in New York City alone, the DJ has been at the center of popular music. Starting as little more than a talking jukebox, the DJ is now a premier entertainer, producer, businessm[...]
Recounts events surrounding the mysterious sinking of the Confederate submarine, the H.L. Hunley, and its recent recovery from deep in the waters off the coast of South Carolina. Simultaneous.[...]
For fans of "The Perfect Mile" and "Born to Run," a riveting, three-pronged narrative about the golden era of running in America--the 1970s--as seen through running greats, Frank Shorter, Bill Rodgers, and Alberto Salazar
It was 1978. Jimmy Carter was President; gas prices were soaring; and Amer[...]
DJing is like modelling: most people could have a stab at it, some can earn money doing it, but only a very few can become supermodels. This book both forms the introduction for the novice and contains advice and advanced instruction for more experienced DJs. It includes tutorials on mixing techniqu[...]
This book is a tribute to the obsessives, the playboys, the musical eccentrics who founded the craft of DJing. They developed wild new techniques for performing with recorded music, and revolutionised the way we create and enjoy it. They gave us new ways to have the times of our lives and built a wo[...]
To celebrate 100 years of DJing, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have expanded and updated their classic account of the history of the disc jockey. The DJ was born on Christmas Eve, 1906 when Reginald Fessenden became the first person to play a record over the radio. A century later and the DJ is [...]
A guide to becoming a disc jockey covers such topics as choosing and setting up equipment, harmonic mixing, choosing records, building a record collection, and how to find ajob.[...]
A roadmap to understanding and achieving excellence in business analytics initiatives With business analytics is becoming increasingly strategic to all types of organizations and with many companies struggling to create a meaningful impact with this emerging technology, this book based on the combin[...]
Geared toward IT management and business executives seeking to excel in business intelligence initiatives, this practical guide explores creating business alignment strategies that help prioritize business requirements, build organizational and cultural strategies, increase IT efficiency, and promot[...]