In The Big Country

Author : Allan Glen
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857900269
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stuart Adamson written by Allan Glen and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that fans of the Skids, Big Country and the Raphaels have been waiting for - a critical perspective not only of Adamson's music and its wider cultural influence, but also the excesses of fame and how the music business really works. Stuart Adamson: In A Big Country tells the story of how a teenager who was raised in a small Fife village released his first single at 19, wrote three Top 40 albums in the next three years and was written off as a has-been at 23, but then went on to form a new band and sell more than 10 million records worldwide, touring with the Rolling Stones and David Bowie. Although Adamson was one of the most respected and popular figures in the music industry, his personal life was complex and ultimately tragic, ending with his alcohol-fuelled suicide in a Hawaiian hotel in December 2001.

Author : Donald Hamilton
Publisher : Dell Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780440108481
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Country written by Donald Hamilton and published by Dell Publishing Company. This book was released on 1958 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jim McKay buys the Crazy M ranch, he finds himself caught between two rival ranchers who want the land for themselves

Author : Hannah Hinchman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393020168
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Little Things in a Big Country written by Hannah Hinchman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether chasing gophers (Sisu) or flirting with cowboys at the Buckhorn Bar (Hannah), artist Hannah Hinchman and her dog Sisu are excellent guides to some of the wildest country left in America. Treading carefully near a sandhill crane's nest, testing the ice on the river, and marveling at the seasonal influx of ducks, this pair of curious naturalists takes us into the intimate corners of western Montana, inquiring into all natural phenomena—which Hannah then captures on the page in detailed sketches, notes, and watercolors. If Annie Dillard were an artist, she might have composed a book like this. But few writers, or artists, can bring words and images together like Hannah Hinchman. Insightful, funny, and personal, she not only enables us to enter her own particular patch of the natural world, she also teaches us to see our own, bringing to her work an exceptional unity of hand, eye, and heart.

Author : Mariana Whitmer
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810885018
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jerome Moross's The Big Country written by Mariana Whitmer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unique focus on pacifism, The Big Country was an unusual Western for audiences of the 1950s. Produced in 1958, this epic film featured an all-star cast that included Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, and Oscar-winner Burl Ives. One of the most enduring elements of the film has been Jerome Moross’s score. Inspired to re-think the traditional Western score and approach it in a way that enhances the emotional content, rather than simply accompanying the action, Moross created a work that stands as one of the great achievements of cinematic music. In Jerome Moross’s The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, Mariana Whitmer examines Moross’s landmark work, a score that continues to attract listeners and influence composers of film, Westerns and otherwise. This book begins with a biographical survey of Moross’s formative years, his early dramatic compositions in ballet and musical theater, and his early film work, providing an historical context for understanding his approach to scoring The Big Country. Drawing upon Moross’s original manuscripts and correspondence, Whitmer looks carefully at the score itself. She relates the history of this magnificent score and how the film’s music differs significantly from contemporary trends in the Western. Whitmer also examines the music’s individual cues and describes how Moross approached the film as a dramatic entity, delineating sections of the narrative into mega-scenes through the music. Finally, the aftermath of this score is considered, including how it has influenced not only subsequent Westerns but also music videos. The first book devoted to a Western film score and the only biographical book on the composer, Jerome Moross’s The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, will be a valuable read for musicologists, film scholars, and anyone interested in Moross and his music.

Author : Quinton Peeples
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1643377426
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Country written by Quinton Peeples and published by Humanoids, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gritty Western standoff between a cop and a murderer.

Author : G. Harrison Olesen
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780394825199
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Across the Big Country written by G. Harrison Olesen and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1972 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alphabet adventure with Donald Duck.

Author : Robert Lehane
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 : 0643102434
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beating the Odds in a Big Country written by Robert Lehane and published by CSIRO PUBLISHING. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The implementation of the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign has been one of the most significant animal health achievements in the history of Australia and worldwide. The unprecedented technical and operational complexity of the campaign presented an enormous challenge to cattle producers, veterinarians, research scientists, field staff and administrators over the 25 years of the project. Beating the Odds in a Big Country captures the dynamism of the campaign and records the very real contribution in cash and kind made by the many producers whose herds were subject to eradication programs.

Author : Ernest Thompson Seton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493086103
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Country Living written by Ernest Thompson Seton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a single volume Ernest Thompson Seton, renowned naturalist, writer, artist, and founding leader of the Boy Scouts of America, presents one of the most comprehensive guides to the outdoors ever written. Originally published in 1922 as The Book of Woodcraft, this work represents the culmination of years of observation and experience in the wilderness. Within these pages lie instructions and anecdotes—some expected, some delightfully unanticipated—regarding literally hundreds of arts, crafts, skills, and games. Here one can learn to distinguish edible plants from poisonous ones; start a fire using only a jackknife; build a four-store birdhouse out of a wooden box; communicate in sign language; tie a variety of essential knots; identify trees, wildflowers, animals, birds, and constellations; and much, much more.

Author : Jennifer Bass
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781856697521
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saul Bass written by Jennifer Bass and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to be published on one of the greatest American designers of the 20th Century, who was as famous for his work in film as for his corporate identity and graphic work. With more than 1,400 illustrations, many of them never published before and written by the leading design historian Pat Kirkham, this is the definitive study that design and film enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating. Saul Bass (1920-1996) created some of the most compelling images of American post-war visual culture. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, he went on to transform the genre. His best known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Otto Preminger's The Man With The Golden Arm and Anatomy of a Murder. He also created some of the most famous logos and corporate identity campaigns of the century, including those for major companies such as AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Airlines and Minolta. His wife and collaborator, Elaine, joined the Bass office in the late 1950s. Together they created an impressive series of award-winning short films, including the Oscar-winning Why Man Creates, as well as an equally impressive series of film titles, ranging from Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus in the early 1960s to Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear and Casino in the 1990s. Designed by Jennifer Bass, Saul Bass's daughter and written by distinguished design historian Pat Kirkham who knew Saul Bass personally, this book is full of images from the Bass archive, providing an in depth account of one of the leading graphic artists of the 20th century.

Author : Paul Robert Walker
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 9780152026257
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Men, Big Country written by Paul Robert Walker and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2000-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of American tall tales featuring such legendary characters as Davy Crockett, Paul Bunyan, and Pecos Bill.