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Dust Jacket:Blemishes - None. New Condition (photos)Book:Blemishes - None. New Condition (photos)"America's waterways were once the superhighways of travel and communication. Cutting a central line across the landscape, with tributaries connecting the South to the Great Plains and the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River meant wealth, knowledge, and power for those who could master it. In this ambitious and elegantly written account of the conquest of the West, Jacob Lee offers a new understanding of early America based on the long history of warfare and resistance in the Mississippi River valley.Lee traces the Native kinship ties that determined which nations rose and fell in the period before the Illinois became dominant. With a complex network of allies stretching from Lake Superior to Arkansas, the Illinois were at the height of their power in 1673 when the first French explorersfur trader Louis Jolliet and Jesuit priest Jacques Marquettemade their way down the Mississippi. Over the next century, a succession of European empires claimed parts of the midcontinent, but they all faced the challenge of navigating Native alliances and social structures that had existed for centuries. When American settlers claimed the region in the early nineteenth century, they overturned 150 years of interaction between Indians and Europeans.Masters of the Middle Waters shows that the Mississippi and its tributaries were never simply a backdrop to unfolding events. We cannot understand the trajectory of early America without taking into account the vast heartland and its waterways, which advanced and thwarted the aspirations of Native nations, European imperialists, and American settlers alike."Free shipping to US destinations. Shipped day of purchase when possible and safe arrival of product is guaranteed or full refund is issued. All books are double covered in bubble wrap., Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press, 2019, 6, Ny: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. FIRST PRINTING. Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product, Excerpt. Physical Info: 1.57" H x 9.25" L x 6.12" W (1.92 lbs) 528 pages. Translated from the Chinese by Mabel Lee. Bibliography. Email seller at time of purchase if you would like this DJ in clear mylar free of charge. Soft shelf wear to DJ. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/vanilla tone. Not x-library, unclipped ($27.00), black remainder mark on top edge. Price covers secure ship in box w/track #. Soul Mountain is a literary response to the devastation of the self of the individual by the primitive human urge for the warmth and security of an other, or others, in other words by socialized life. The existence of an other resolves the problem of loneliness but brings with it anxieties for the indiviual, for inherent in any relationship is, inevitabley, some form of power struggle. This is the existential dilemma confronting the individual, in relationships with parents, partners, family, friends and larger collective groups., HarperCollins Publishers, 2000, 4, New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., 1994. Ex-Library. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. Case bound. Has all standard Library markings, pocket, labels, stamps, wear and soil to covers. CLEAN TEXT. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! Chapter Pagination Size: 4to., The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., 1994, 3, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2024. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. New/New. First Printing. Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated , Bibliography, Index, Price on Product. Physical Info: 1.31" H x 9.59" L x 6.58" W (1.39 lbs) 416 pages. Email seller at time of purchase if you would like this DJ in clear mylar free of charge. Secure ship in cardboard w/track #. In America's collective consciousness, Pat Nixon has long been perceived as enigmatic. She was voted "Most Admired Woman in the World" in 1972 and made Gallup Poll's top ten list of most admired women fourteen times. She survived the turmoil of the Watergate scandal with her popularity and dignity intact. The real Pat Nixon, however, bore little resemblance to the woman so often described as elusive, mysterious and "plastic" in the press. Pat married Richard Nixon in June of 1940. As the couple rose to prominence, Pat became Second Lady from 1953-1961 and then First Lady from 1969-1974, forging her own graceful path between the protocols of the strait-laced mid-century and the bra-burning Sixties and Seventies. Pat was a highly travelled First Lady, visiting eighty-three countries during her tenure. After a devastating earthquake in Peru in 1970, she personally flew in medical supplies and food to hard-hit areas, meeting one-on-one with victims of the tragedy. The First Lady's 1972 trips with her husband to China and to Russia were critical to the detente that resulted. Back in the US, Pat greatly expanded upon previous preservation efforts in the White House, obtaining more art and antique objects than any other First Lady. In the domestic arena, she was progressive on women's issues, favoring the Equal Rights Amendment and backing a targeted effort to get more women into high level government jobs. Pat strongly supported nominating a woman for the Supreme Court. She was pro-choice, supporting women's reproductive rights publicly even before the landmark Roe v. Wade case in 1973. When asked to define her "signature" First Lady agenda, she defied being put into a box, often saying: "People are my project." The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon, Heath Hardage Lee presents readers with the essential nature of this First Lady, an empathetic, adventurous, self-made woman who wanted no power or influence, but who connected warmly with both ordinary Americans and people from different cultures she encountered world-wide., St. Martin's Press, 2024, 6, A tight and unmarked copy-" This full-color, the user-friendly book identifies specific meridian exercises to alleviate common ailments, including headache, stress, colds, and flu, as well as more serious conditions, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and thyroid disorders. Meridian exercise is a technique developed and perfected over the course of thousands of years in the Asian holistic healing traditions that consists of stretching, rotation, postures, acupressure, and vibration. Perfect for home use or in acupuncture, chiropractic, or bodywork practice, Meridian Exercise for Self-Healing is a practical reference guide and learning tool.- Over 200 easy-to-follow, fully-illustrated meridian and qigong exercises. Meridian exercise is a self-care technique perfected over thousands of years in the Asian healing traditions. It combines breathing, movement, stretching, and focused attention to help you make progress toward improving balance, flexibility, and resilience. This full-color, user-friendly book is organized by specific ailments and areas of the body for easy reference. Find the meridian exercises you need to step up your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Meridian Exercise for Self-Healing includes Low-impact, time-efficient exercises step-by-step instructions with photos for dozens of exercises specifically designed for common symptoms breathing and relaxation techniques to awaken innate healing power and maximize the benefits of meridian exercise additional explanation of the meridian system of healing with illustrations of each meridian Professional Reviews I am a massage therapist who regularly sees 5-6 clients per day. So, self-care is necessary for me. This book is a great resource for me to help me stay in tip-top shape and always ready to see my clients. I also refer to this book when I need to recommend exercises for my clients to do in between their appointments with me. - Gail Clemente, Massage Therapist, San Jose, CA As a multi-generation acupuncturist, I know the value and benefit of meridian exercise. It's something I teach my clients to do at home so that they make more progress between sessions and have better results. Meridian Exercise for Self-Healing by Ilchi Lee is my go-to resource for meridian exercises because it is authentic, accurate, and comprehensive, with over 200 exercises organized by symptoms. - Banya Lim, Acupuncturist, LAc, Sedona, AZ As an Acupuncture Physician, I encourage patients to exercise, eat well, and manage stress. I recommend patients purchase this text for self-healing. - Donna Kini-Bowen, Acupuncture Physician, Orlando, FL I very much appreciate how this book imparts a straightforward understanding of the valuable mind-body practice. This guidebook is a wonderful resource for teaching us and our patients how to better know and attend to our own wondrous mind-bodies, and provide comfort, hope, and self-healing. - Deborah Coady, MD, OB/GYN, New York, NY."-Minor wear on cover. About the Author: Ilchi Lee is a respected educator and impassioned visionary devoted to teaching energy principles and developing the full potential of the human brain. He has developed many mind-body training methods, including Body & Brain Yoga.", Best Life Media, 2009, 3, Antietam-South Mountain Centennial Assn., Inc. Washington County, Maryland and Frederick County, Maryland. Wraps. Fair. Title from Cover. 80 and xxxii pages. Illustrations. Maps. Small tear at bottom of front cover. Cover has creases, wear and soiling. In 1739, Jonathan Hager, a German immigrant from Pennsylvania and a volunteer Captain of Scouts, purchased 200 acres (81 ha) of land in the Great Appalachian Valley between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains in Maryland and called it Hager's Fancy. In 1762, Hager officially founded the town of Elizabethtown which he named after his wife, Elizabeth Kershner. Fourteen years later, Jonathan Hager became known as the "Father of Washington County" after his efforts helped Hagerstown become the county seat of newly created Washington County which Hager also helped create from neighboring Frederick County, Maryland. Hagerstown's strategic location at the border between the North and the South made the city a primary staging area and supply center for four major campaigns during the Civil War. In the Maryland Campaign of 1862, General James Longstreet's command occupied the town while en route to the Battle of South Mountain and Antietam. In 1863, the city was the site of several military incursions and engagements as Gen. Robert E. Lee's army invaded and retreated in the Gettysburg Campaign. The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign. It was the first Field army-level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.After pursuing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee into Maryland, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan of the Union Army launched attacks against Lee's army, in defensive positions behind Antietam Creek. At dawn on September 17, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank. Attacks and counter-attacks swept across Miller's Cornfield, and fighting swirled around the Dunker Church. Union assaults against the Sunken Road eventually pierced the Confederate center, but the Federal advantage was not followed up. In the afternoon, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside's corps entered the action, capturing a stone bridge over Antietam Creek and advancing against the Confederate right. At a crucial moment, Confederate Maj. Gen. A. P. Hill's division arrived from Harpers Ferry and launched a surprise counter-attack, driving back Burnside and ending the battle. Although outnumbered two-to-one, Lee committed his entire force, while McClellan sent in less than three-quarters of his army, enabling Lee to fight the Federals to a standstill. During the night, both armies consolidated their lines. In spite of crippling casualties, Lee continued to skirmish with McClellan throughout September 18, while removing his battered army south of the Potomac River.Despite having superiority of numbers, McClellan's attacks failed to achieve force concentration, which allowed Lee to counter by shifting forces and moving interior lines to meet each challenge. Therefore, despite ample reserve forces that could have been deployed to exploit localized successes, McClellan failed to destroy Lee's army.McClellan had halted Lee's invasion of Maryland, but Lee was able to withdraw his army back to Virginia without interference from the cautious McClellan. McClellan's refusal to pursue Lee's army led to his removal from command by President Abraham Lincoln in November. Although the battle was tactically inconclusive, the Confederate troops had withdrawn first from the battlefield, making it, in military terms, a Union victory. It was a sufficiently significant victory to give Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation, which discouraged the British and French governments from pursuing any potential plans to recognize the Confederacy., Antietam-South Mountain Centennial Assn., Inc. Washington County, Maryland and Frederick County, Maryland, 2, Palgrave Macmillan. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Palgrave Macmillan, 2.5, World Resources Inst. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., World Resources Inst, 2.5, Washington DC: Columbia Historical Society, 1971. Reprinted from the Records of the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, 1969-1970. Wraps. Very good. Cover is staple bound and has some wear and soiling. Scarce. [1], 266-284 pages. Illustrations. Footnotes. Skramstad, was president emeritus of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI., and worked at the Smithsonian's history museum. Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 - January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer, who served as Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War. Meigs strongly opposed secession and supported the Union; his record as Quartermaster General was regarded as outstanding, both in effectiveness and in ethical probity, and Secretary of State William H. Seward viewed it as a key factor in the Union victory. Meigs was one of the principal architects of Arlington National Cemetery; the choice of its location, on Robert E. Lee's family estate, Arlington House, was partly a gesture to humiliate Lee for siding with the Confederacy. The Meigs family had extensive ties to the military and to West Point, the United States Military Academy. Montgomery Meigs, caught up in the nationalistic fervor of the time, wished to serve in the army. West Point was the only well established engineering school in the United States at the time. Through family connections, Meigs won an appointment to West Point, entering in 1832. He excelled in his studies at West Point, although he himself said he spent too much time at athletics and outdoor activities. He was among the top three students in French and mathematics, and did well in history. He graduated fifth out of a class of 49 in 1836. General orders issued at the time of Meigs' death declared, "the Army has rarely possessed an officer ... who was entrusted by the government with a great variety of weighty responsibilities, or who proved himself more worthy of confidence." Montgomery Cunningham Meigs (May 3, 1816 - January 2, 1892) was a career United States Army officer, civil engineer, construction engineer, and Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army during and after the American Civil War. During his career he had a role in building a number of well-known D.C. landmarks, including Union Arch Bridge across Cabin John Creek (the world's largest single-span masonry arch for more than 40 years), Arlington National Cemetery and the extension and dome of the U.S. Capitol. Meigs was an 1836 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He received a commission as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery, but most of his army service was with the Corps of Engineers, in which he worked on important engineering projects. In one of his early career assignments, Meigs served under the command of then-Lt. Robert E. Lee to make navigational improvements on the Mississippi River. In 1853, the War Department assumed control of the the Capitol extension project. Then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, appointed 36 year-old Meigs to run the project. He took the reins of the project energetically, immersing himself in the study of architecture, acoustics, heating, ventilation, and decorating. The primary goal of the project was to provide well-ventilated chambers where the nation's legislators could hear and speak with ease. While the dome and Capitol extension were designed by architect Thomas U. Walter, the construction, funding and logistical challenges were Meigs responsibility. One significant engineering feat he accomplished was how to raise the cast iron to build the dome. In order to build the dome, Meigs designed a scaffold that rose from within the center of the Capitol Rotunda with a triangular footprint to stand clear of the floor's unsupported center. He added two eighty-foot long "sticks" to the top of the scaffold to function as a mast and boom to lift the ironwork into place. A steam engine housed in a shack on the roof provided power to capable of lifting 20,000 pounds of material. To fuel the steam engine he first used the wood from the old smaller dome that was removed. Meigs also had a significant influence and role in a number of the fine arts and decorative design elements of the Capitol. He was responsible for the hiring of Thomas Crawford who would design the House and Senate Pediments and the Statue of Freedom. In addition he purchased the Minton tiles found on the Senate side of the Capitol and hired Constantino Brumidi, an Italian artist who had immigrated to America, to design the iconic Senate Corridors that bear his name and adorn the Rotunda with the Apotheosis of Washington. After six and half years as supervising engineer of the Capitol, Meigs left indelible marks upon the extension and the new Capitol dome. From mechanical ventilation to painted murals and from tile floors to sculptural enrichments, Meigs's imprint can still be seen today. He believed the Capitol was more legacy than a job, and he worked tirelessly to make it as sturdy and beautiful as possible., Columbia Historical Society, 1971, 3, Seoul Logos Co. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry., Seoul Logos Co, 2.5, Hauppauge, New York: Suffolk County Planning Commission, 1964. (12) + iii + 121 pages. Director of Planning, Lee Edward Koppelman, R.L.A. Illustrated with seven folding maps, printed in colors, of Suffolk county and twenty-two charts of various sectors of the county and their respective school recreation & town and village recreation sites. Contents on the historic and present needs for open-space planning in the Long Island NY suburban environment; general data including population and land use; an inventory of open-space lands; standards, for agriculture, community buffers, conservation and recreation; also with a historical perspective & projections viewed over the years of recreation park needs, including the roles of municipalities, the Long Island State Park Commission and the county. The final section is on the implementation of the plan, including donations of property, transfers, tax delinquency, excess condemnation, taxing power and development rights, zoning, purchase, regulations & restrictions and the commission's final recommendations. An extensive footnotes section with good bibliographic research material and references is at back; this study was part of Suffolk County's Comprehensive Plan Series, being Vol. II. Previous owner-stamp of East Hampton, L.I. architect Clayton P. Morey - AIA (1928 - 2014) on front endpaper. Approx. 7" x 8 1/2" size, bound in printed colored paper covers. Some rubbing & wear to the binding; contents and illustrations clean and in very good condition.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good., Suffolk County Planning Commission, 1964, 3, UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. NMINT/NMINT. [Wrapped protected from day of issue and purchase.] No owner inscrptn, no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright, crisp, clean, glossy laminated colour pictorial artwork by Alan Lee illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - an unread copy in superb condition. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and near pristine and unread. Immaculate plain dark blue cloth boards with crisp, bright, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip, a headband, no bumping to edges or corners and immaculate plain grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, illustrated,1st edn,7-313pp [paginated] includes Christopher Tolkien (J.R.R's third son and literary executor) especially written Foreword and Appendices, Introduction, a Note on pronunciation, 18 chapters, 8 colour paintings/illustrations, 25 pencil sketches; specially commissioned from award-winning artist Alan Lee,3 Genealogies, Appendices (2), list of names in story, brand new b/w+red fold-out map of Beleriand specially drawn by Christopher Tolkien with notes on same and 4pp blanks to rear; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and a Contents list/table.The first stand alone tale of Middle-earth since 1977 and the first complete version of one of J. R. R. Tolkien's 'Great Tales', with many exclusive features.Drawing together J.R.R. Tolkien's original manuscripts, using many sources spaced out over decades, Christopher Tolkien has constructed a narrative without any editorial invention.Middle Earth tale long before 'Lord of the Rings'. The story of Turin and his sister Nienor, children of Hurin, the reason for the hatred bestowed upon them by Morgoth, their fear of Angband and the war waged by Morgoth against them and the lands and cities of the Elves.Sardonic and mocking, Glaurung, the powerful spirit sent by Morgoth in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, manipulated the fates of Turin and Nienor by lies of diabolic cunning and guile and the curse of Morgoth was fulfilled.Want more J.R.R. TOLKIEN titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS2, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die,and/or CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogues.Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!N.B. ALL buyers please note, stock(s') actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded, after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or postage FREE.** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now, in some cases, cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence, then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.**, LONDON.HARPER COLLINS,2007., 5, USA: The American Theatre Organ Society, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cover photo of Radio City Music Hall organists Jack Ward, Dick Leibert and Ray Bohr. Contents: Photo of the interior of Loew's Theatre, Akron, Ohio - An acre of seats in a palace of splendor. The Kilgen Wonder Organ - Part 1 - how the Kilgen Company of St. Louis responded to a shortage of organs in the 1920s - 3-page article with great photos. Snippets from England. Ad for the 1970 Conn 3-Manual Theatre Organ. The Gil White Residence 3/11 Organ. Nuggets from the golden days. Song Slides and Theatre Organists - the theatre organ solo in which glass song-slides were projected upon a motion picture screen developed from a humble beginning. Biography of performer Henry B. Murtagh. Toronto's Odeon Carlton Theatre - article with photo - opened in 1948. Reader contributions. Hollywood Cavalcade. The Esther McDonald Stayner Story - a theatre organ biography, with photos. New York Paramount now nostalgia. A Living Tribute to Farny Wurlitzer and Lou Rosa. Fifteenth convention of A.T.O.S. in New York. Bill Lamb named honourary member. Theatre Organists Hall of Fame - Lee Erwin. Photos and write-ups of twenty artists who performed at the fifteenth convention. Closing the Allyn Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut - Angelo Mastagni and Jack Martin of Clinton's Inc. purchased the organ and donated it to the ATOS Chapter - story with photos. Record reviews. Letters to the Editor. Rodgers delivers 'Style 260 Special' organ to Bob Power - article with photos (and ad on back cover). Chapter news. Classified ads. Nice Wurlitzer organ ad inside front cover. Classified ads. Rodgers Organ ad on back cover features photo of Bob Power and his new custom built Conn organ. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A nice copy.., The American Theatre Organ Society, 1970, 3, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. Claire Alexandra Hatfield (Front of Jacket photogr. [12], 253, [7] pages. Illustrations. DJ has some edge wear. Signed by the author sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Chapters include Cafe 'Ino; Changing Channels; Animal Crackers; The Flea Draws Blood; Hill of Beans; Clock with No Hands; The Well; Wheel of Fortune; How I Lost the Wind-Up Bird; Her Name Was Sandy; Vecchia Zimarrra; Mu; Tempest Air Demons; A Dream of Alfred Wegener; Road to Larache; Covered Ground; How Linden Kills the Thing She Loves; Valley of the Lost; and The Hour of Noon. Contains slight pencil underlining. Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. This book was the winner of the National Book Award. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. Woven through this book are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, this book is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today. The book also contains 53 black and white drawings. There is also some pencil underlining on several pages. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation, as well as singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan, and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Derived from a Kirkus review: Iconic poet, writer, and artist Smith articulates the pensive rhythm of her life through the stations of her travels. Spending much of her time crouched in a corner table of a Greenwich Village cafe sipping coffee, jotting quixotic notes in journals, and "plotting my next move," the author reflects on the places she's visited, the personal intercourse, and the impact each played on her past and present selves. She describes a time in 1978 when she planned to open her own cafe, but her plans changed following a chance meeting with MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, who swiftly stole and sealed her heart with marriage and children. A graceful, ruminative tour guide, Smith writes of traveling together with Fred armed with a vintage 1967 Polaroid to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in northwest French Guiana, then of solitary journeys to Frida Kahlo's Mexican Casa Azul and to the graves of Sylvia Plath, Jean Genet, and a swath of legendary Japanese filmmakers. After being seduced by Rockaway Beach in Queens and indulgently purchasing a ramshackle bungalow there, the property was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy-though she vowed to rebuild. In a hazy, often melancholy narrative, the author synchronizes past memories and contemporary musings on books, art, and Michigan life with Fred. Preferring to write productively from the comfort of her bed, Smith vividly describes herself as "an optimistic zombie propped up by pillows, producing pages of somnambulistic fruit." She spent seasons of lethargy binge-watching crime TV, arguing with her remote control, venturing out to a spontaneous and awkward meeting with chess great Bobby Fischer, and trekking off to interview Paul Bowles in Tangiers. No matter the distance life may take her, Smith always recovers some semblance of normalcy with the simplistic pleasures of a deli coffee on her Gotham stoop, her mind constantly buoyed by humanity, art, and memory. Not as focused as Just Kids, but an atmospheric, moody, and bittersweet memoir to be savored and pondered., Alfred A. Knopf, 2015, 2.5<

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Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

[EAN: 9781101875100], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 25.52], [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, N.Y.], ROCK AND ROLL, SINGER, ALFRED WEGENER, GREENWICH VILLAGE, HURRICANE SANDY, FRED SONIC S… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781101875100], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 25.52], [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, N.Y.], ROCK AND ROLL, SINGER, ALFRED WEGENER, GREENWICH VILLAGE, HURRICANE SANDY, FRED SONIC SMITH, WRITER, PERFORMER, ARTIST, INSPIRATION, CREATIVITY, Jacket, [12], 253, [7] pages. Illustrations. DJ has some edge wear. Signed by the author sticker on front of DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. Chapters include Cafe 'Ino; Changing Channels; Animal Crackers; The Flea Draws Blood; Hill of Beans; Clock with No Hands; The Well; Wheel of Fortune; How I Lost the Wind-Up Bird; Her Name Was Sandy; Vecchia Zimarrra; Mu; Tempest Air Demons; A Dream of Alfred Wegener; Road to Larache; Covered Ground; How Linden Kills the Thing She Loves; Valley of the Lost; and The Hour of Noon. Contains slight pencil underlining. Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and poet who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "punk poet laureate", Smith fused rock and poetry in her work. Her most widely known song is "Because the Night", which was co-written with Bruce Springsteen. It reached number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1978 and number five in the U.K. In 2005, Smith was named a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2007, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On November 17, 2010, Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. The book fulfilled a promise she had made to her former long-time roommate and partner, Robert Mapplethorpe. She placed 47th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Artists published in December 2010 and was also a recipient of the 2011 Polar Music Prize. This book was the winner of the National Book Award. Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist. Woven through this book are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation. Braiding despair with hope and consolation, illustrated with her signature Polaroids, this book is a meditation on travel, detective shows, literature, and coffee. It is a powerful, deeply moving book by one of the most remarkable multiplatform artists at work today. The book also contains 53 black and white drawings. There is also some pencil underlining on several pages. Woven throughout are reflections on the writer's craft and on artistic creation, as well as singular memories of Smith's life in Michigan, and the irremediable loss of her husband, Fred Sonic Smith. Derived from a Kirkus review: Iconic poet, writer, and artist Smith articulates the pensive rhythm of her life through the stations of her travels. Spending much of her time crouched in a corner table of a Greenwich Village cafe sipping coffee, jotting quixotic notes in journals, and "plotting my next move," the author reflects on the places she's visited, the personal intercourse, and the impact each played on her past and present selves. She describes a time in 1978 when she planned to open her own cafe, but her plans changed following a chance meeting with MC5 guitarist Fred Sonic Smith, who swiftly stole and sealed her heart with marriage and children. A graceful, ruminative tour guide, Smith writes of traveling together with Fred armed with a vintage 1967 Polaroid to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in northwest French Guiana, then of solitary journeys to Frida Kahlo's Mexican Casa Azul and to the graves of Sylvia Plath, Jean Genet, and a swath of legendary Japanese filmmakers. After being seduced by Rockaway Beach in Queens and indulgently purchasing a ramshackle bungalow there, the property was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy-though she vowed to rebuild. In a hazy, often melancholy narrative, the author synchronizes past memories and contemporary musings on books, art, and Michigan life with Fred. Preferring to write productively from the comfort of her bed, Smith vividly describes herself as "an optimistic zombie propped up by pillows, producing pages of somnambulistic fruit." She spent seasons of lethargy binge-watching crime TV, arguing with her remote control, venturing out to a spontaneous and awkward meeting with chess great Bobby Fischer, and trekking off to interview Paul Bowles in Tangiers. No matter the distance life may take her, Smith always recovers some semblance of normalcy with the simplistic pleasures of a deli coffee on her Gotham stoop, her mind constantly buoyed by humanity, art, and memory. Not as focused as Just Kids, but an atmospheric, moody, and bittersweet memoir to be savored and pondered. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing., Books<