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Robert Gordon

Muddy Waters invented electric blues and created the template for the rock and roll band and its wild lifestyle. Gordon excavates Muddy's mysterious past and early career, taking us from Mississippi fields to postwar Chicago street corners.

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Robert J. Gordon, Robert J. Gordon

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The Princeton Economic History of the Western World

How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic anal...

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Robert Gordon

"A virtual soul music origin story" from the Grammy and Emmy Award–winning producer, director, and writer ( Rolling Stone , 20 Best Music Books).The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960s segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both ...

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Robert Gordon

* 25th anniversary edition features all new photos and layout, an updated text featuring more diverse voices, a new foreword, afterword and updated buying recommendations from the author, and a new introduction to come from a prominent young star. First published by Faber and Faber in 1995, it was bought by Simon and Schuster immediately after Faber, and terminated by S&S only at the author’s request. It’s been published twice in the UK by Secker and Warburg. Worldwide sales approach 50,00...

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Robert Gordon Anderson

In "Half-Past Seven Stories," Robert Gordon Anderson deftly weaves a tapestry of nuanced narratives that examine the complexities of human relationships and the poignancy of everyday life. With an intricate prose style that balances lyrical beauty and stark realism, Anderson crafts vignettes that unfold with an understated elegance, inviting readers to reflect on the moments that shape our existence. Set against the backdrop of a shifting societal landscape, these stories resonate with the...

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Robert Gordon Teather

Bob Teather entered RCMP Basic Recruit Training in 1967 with no idea of what he was getting into. Along with 31 other confused young men, he found himself in Regina, Saskatchewan, as a lowly member of Troop 18. Bald, intimidated, and soon to be bruised, Bob began a six-month ordeal that he candidly recalls in this engaging book. Corporal Teather's story brings you close to six recruits from across the country—Prairie Dog, André, Lumchuck, Francois, weird Harold Burl and Teather himself, a ...

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Robert Gordon

The cleaning industry is worth billions each year. There is plenty of money to be made, and you don't require any specific qualifications to get started. What you do need is a range of key skills, and a personal determination to succeed.This book will give you insider knowledge of the world of office and domestic cleaning. It will provide you with all the practical tools you need to succeed in a competitive but rewarding industry.- The basics required to set up your business and the servic...

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Robert Gordon

Discover John Kander and Fred Ebb, the most artistically and commercially successful musical theatre writing team since Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a brand new way.Identifying the theatrical approach that renders their musical dramaturgy unique, this book explores their importance within, and contribution to, musical theatre history. Through their biggest hits, Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975), Kander and Ebb have been performed on the stage more...

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Robert Gordon Anderson

This collection contains short stories meant to be read aloud to children at bedtime or during family storytelling times. Each story is designed to capture the imagination and entertain young readers, providing delightful and imaginative narratives suitable for children.Anderson's "Seven O'Clock Stories" might include a variety of tales featuring diverse characters, whimsical adventures, and valuable life lessons, all crafted to engage young audiences and stimulate their imagination before...

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Robert Gordon

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“A biography that crackles with as much energy as the great bluesman’s songs.” —Ted Drozdowski, Boston PhoenixThe epic, rollicking, up-and-down life of Muddy Waters—who went from Mississippi farmhand to musical legend, invented electric blues, and created the template for the rock-and- roll band and its wild lifestyle—is chronicled with rare vividness in Robert Gordon’s widely praised biography.

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Robert B. Gordon

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Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology

Winner of the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Award for General Engineering from the Association of American PublishersOriginally published in 1996. By applying their abundant natural resources to ironmaking early in the eighteenth century, Americans soon made themselves felt in world markets. After the Revolution, ironmakers supplied the materials necessary to the building of American industry, pushing the fuel efficiency and productivity of their furnaces far ahead of their...

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Robert Gordon

"Blues, being the wellspring of all American music for over a century, is always worth studying. Robert does it right." --Keith Richards"An emotional map of musical Memphis. If you don't know these characters, let Robert Gordon introduce you." --Elvis Costello"Robert Gordon's book is proof that Southern heritage is American heritage, and all sorts of people--black and white, familiar and strange, dead and alive--are what it is." --G...