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Music: physician for times to come
By Don G Campbell. 1991
Don't start me talking: lyrics 1984-2004
By Paul Kelly. 2004
There is something unique and powerful about the way Kelly mixes up everyday detail with the big issues of life,…
death, love and struggle not a trace of pretence or fakery in there.Ephrem the Syrian: hymns (Classics Of Western Spirituality Ser.)
By Ephraem, Kathleen E McVey. 1989
Ephrem was born in the Mesopotamian city of Nisibis toward the end of the third century. An outpost of the…
Roman Empire, Nisibis and its Christian citizens were to be formed by the reign of Constantine and by the doctrines of the Council of Nicea.Dancing with De Beauvoir: jazz and the French
By Colin W Nettelbeck. 2004
When live jazz arrived in France towards the end of World War I, it was seen from the start as…
a fertile symbol of other things. It was an embodiment of artistic freedom, it was modernism, it was America, it was African primitivism, sexual liberation, social decadence and moral decay. Its energy and innovation helped produce an unprecedented explosion of activity in modern French art and thought. From the United States flowed a stream of black jazz artists keen to taste the freedom and sophistication of the City of Light. In their audiences were other significant Americans who called Paris home - Ernest Hemingway, Cole Porter, Sylvia Beach, and Man Ray. French artists and intellectuals such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle and Jacques Derrida also responded, transforming their culture into jazz's second home. This authoritative cultural history not only recalls influential performances and recordings. It also teases out the threads of artistic collaborations and rivalries, revisits influential meetings, love affairs and friendships, and explores tensions in US-French relations, to show how jazz has helped shaped modern French culture.The time of their lives!
By Keith Smith. 1993
With a career spanning over 50 years, Glenn Shorrock is one of the elder statesmen of Australian contemporary show business.…
Born in Kent England in 1944 before emigrating with his family to Adelaide as a 'ten pound Pom' in the 1950s, his is a success story that took him around the world to international stardom. From his days with Sixties pop band The Twilights, to his work with Brian Cadd and Axiom in the early 1970s to his fronting of chart-topping Little River Band, Glenn tells his story in an intelligent, witty style that recalls the heady days of the 1960s and international fame in the 1970s and 80s.In praise of ageing
By Patricia Edgar. 2013
Meet Jim Brierley, who was still jumping out of planes aged eighty-eight. And Muriel Crabtree, whose exhibition of pastels was…
opened by the governor-general shortly after Crabtree died aged 102. Australians are staying healthy and living longer than ever before. Yet rather than focusing on the productive, rich, varied lives older people lead we dwell on the burden of ageing. In Praise of Ageing tells the stories of eight people who have lived well into their nineties and beyond. These people will inspire you, entertain you and motivate you to be connected, interested, risk-taking and inventive. They will challenge your preconceptions. And they will convince you that fifty is now the start of the second half of life and not the beginning of the end.Gurrumul: his life and music
By Robert Hillman. 2015
On a November afternoon in 2010, Gurrumul sat in a studio in Sydney to be photographed for the cover of…
Rolling Stone. The studio was 3000 kilometres from where he was born on Echo Island off the coast of East Arnhem Land. A bare three years had passed since the release of Gurrumul, his critically acclaimed debut solo album. Those years of critical acclaim, all the years before them, and the illness that threatened to end it all, combine in one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. From concert halls to recording studios and into the Yolngu heartland, this is the story of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It's the story of an astonishing musical gift that has left audiences all over the world spellbound. Part road trip, part biography, Robert Hillman's account of Gurrumul's life and artistry takes you behind the scenes and offers rare insights into the sources of his inspiration. In interviews with family and friends, Gurrumul emerges as a man of his people, shaped by the beliefs, rites and ceremonies of a richly engaging culture.Tales from near and far (Classical Canberra #6)
By Bernadette Cruise. 2003
The sounding art (Classical Canberra #5)
By Bernadette Cruise. 2003
Kiss and make-up
By Gene Simmons. 2002
KISS gave people great rock 'n' roll music with an awe-inspiring theatrical show. Each member had their own look and…
Simmons's was "The Demon". His life is extraordinary and his personality contradictory; honest, outrageous, uncensored and hilarious, this is the story of the man behind the make-up.Down through the years
By Jean Shepard. 2014
Let evening come: reflections on aging
By Mary C Morrison. 1998
In this daring yet gently written reflection on aging, eighty-seven-year-old Mary C. Morrison considers the sources of strength and dignity…
that truly allow people to grow old gracefully, and to retain a joy for life. Morrison writes about the process of aging with humour and sensitivity. She does not ignore the difficulties that old age brings, but instead emphasizes the benefits of peace, balance, and perspective that come with it. She shows how the gradual movement away from the center of work, family, and community can be a blessing in disguise and how one can feel renewed, instead of made powerless, by old age. The diminishments of age and its real afflictions are treated openly and courageously.Sixtysomething: a positive handbook for the third age of life
By Joan Gomez. 1993
A guide to the "Third age", from 60 onwards. With 20-30 years ahead of you this book proves that, far…
from dreading what lies ahead, you can look forward to a most fascinating, rewarding phase in your life, with the freedom to enjoy it to the full.The fountain of age
By Betty Friedan. 1993
In this powerful and very personal book, Betty Friedan demolishes the traditional myths of aging and offers compelling alternatives for…
living one's own age as a unique period of life, on its own authentic terms - age as adventure!Ageing: the facts
By William Davison, Stephen Webster, Nicholas Coni. 1992
This book offers information on the physical, mental and sociological aspects of ageing and is a practical, helpful manual for…
coping with the problems and the pleasures of growing old, and gives advice to those who care for older people. Political and demographic changes and advances in medical knowledge are also discussed.The art of possibility: transforming professional and personal life
By Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander. 2002
The Art of Possibility offers a set of breakthrough practices for creativity in all human enterprises. Infused with the energy…
of their dynamic partnership, the book joins together Ben's extraordinary talent as a mover and shaker, teacher, and communicator, with Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for creating innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. In lively counterpoint, the authors provide us with a deep sense of the powerful role that the notion of possibility can play in every aspect of our lives.The Zanders' deceptively simple practices are based on two premises: that life is composed as a story and that, with new definitions, much more is possible than people ordinarily think.Real wild child: an insider's tales from the Rage couch
By Narelle Gee. 2010
What happens when the world's biggest musical acts sit down on Australia's most famous couch? The answer: drunkenness, dark introspection,…
mania, hilarity, incoherent rambling, sharp-edged commentary and fiery 'artistic differences'. And the occasional food fight. Real Wild Child is the story of a music obsessive who landed the job of her dreams programming rage. Narelle Gee and the rage couch have shared many secrets. Over more than twenty years of rage, the couch has seen it all: the famous golden bottom of Kylie Minogue and the partly leather-clad, mostly bare buttocks of KISS rocker Gene Simmons; the contortions of Courtney Love; the tattooed muscles of Henry Rollins; the dark and light sides of Nick Cave, Trent Reznor, Gwen Stefani, Billy Corgan, Marilyn Manson, Michael Hutchence, Lily Allen, Green Day, Beastie Boys, Silverchair, Public Enemy, the Prodigy, Foo Fighters, Powderfinger, Sonic Youth and many, many more. Its fabric has been marked by cheap wine, fine Champagne, cocktails, beer, coffee, pizza, hamburger, cigarette ash, and other substances. Once, it was touched by fire. (Some electronic artists have a fondness for arson.) With the biggest names in music and juicy backstage anecdotes, Real Wild Child is packed with real wild moments, rock and roll tales, and plenty of secrets from the couch ...My friend the fanatic: travels with an Indonesian Islamist
By Sadanand Dhume. 2008
My Friend the Fanatic is a portrait of Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, painted through the travels of…
a pair of unlikely protagonists. Dhume is a foreign correspondent, an Ivy League-educated Indian with a fondness for John Updike and an interest in economic development. His companion, Henri Nurdi, is a young Islamist who hero-worships Osama bin Laden.Slim Dusty: another day, another town
By Slim Dusty, Joy McKean. 2003
"I was born David Gordon Kirkpatrick but by the time I was eleven, I was darn sure that I wasn't…
going to be Gordon Kirkpatrick in my glittering future, no way. Gordon couldn't do this, Gordon couldn't do that. But, by hell, someone like a Slim Dusty, for instance, could and would do all the wonderful things I had in mind. That's how Slim Dusty was born..." Slim Dusty was one of Australia's best loved country music performers. He was also a bush legend and his most famous song, "A Pub With No Beer", made him one of the most celebrated country musicians in Australia. Written by Slim and his wife, Joy McKean, Another Day, Another Town provides an account of his life and a career that spanned over fifty years.