Publisher: Good Press
Houdini was best known for his escapology stunts that amazed the world. In this book set in 1910 Eygpt, Houdini is captured by a tour guide and thrown into a deep pit. The story is told in the first person by Houdini himself and recounts the terrifying experience he had on that day.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once said: »Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.« In the 1990s, nobody fell deeper than O.J. Simpson. Once considered a national treasure, the athlete was accused of brutally slaying his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman on June 12, 1994. Within days, the media and public developed an unprecedented obsession with the story, turning a murder investigation and trial into a sensationalized reality show. Tatjana Neubauer examines the mediatization, deliberate manipulation, and the simplification of popular criminal trials for profit on television. She demonstrates that TV conflated legal proceedings into entertainment programming by commodifying events, people, and places.Show book
It is impossible to reflect upon Frederic Remington’s art without thinking of the merely human elements. Remington became interested in the American Indian, probably because he became interested in the active, exciting life of the American Great Plains. The Indian appealed to him not in any histrionic way, not as a figure stepped out from the pages of Hiawatha, but just as a human subject. Remington hit upon this truth when he travelled west. What he found there was majesty that he did not make, solely, an affair of Indians in war paint and feathers. Remington knew how the light of the moon or of the stars is diffused, how softly and magically it envelops the landscape. There is a sort of artistic honesty in his nocturnal studies. He never set out to be romantic or melodramatic, just to develop his affinity and closeness to nature. The beauty of the painter’s motive, too, has communicated itself in his technique. His grey-green tones fading into velvety depths take on transparency, and in his handling of form he uses a touch as firm as need be. The determining influence in his career was that of the creative impulse, urging him to deal in the translation of visible things into pictorial terms.Show book
A revealing history of the Beatles’ experimental record label, as told by the label’s manager. In August 1968, the Beatles launched their greatest business enterprise, Apple Records, to international fanfare. The less well-known story is the introduction of their Zapple label about nine months later. If Apple represented artists with new, commercial opportunities, Zapple offered more cutting-edge freedom; its mission was to distribute experimental music and spoken word recordings from the leading avant-garde figures of the time. The brainchild of Paul McCartney, the label captured the counterculture spirit of the 1960s by collaborating with Yoko Ono alongside John Lennon, Allen Ginsberg, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Charles Olson. The Zapple Diaries is the first full-length look at the enterprise, as well as a true insider account from Barry Miles, the label’s manager who went on to become a leading authority and chronicler of ‘60s culture. He provides insight into the colorful lives and working methods of the artists and discloses the fascinating story of the experimental venture, ultimately offering up a revealing and engaging account of this little-known chapter of Beatles history.Show book
Even by the standards of the 1970s, even compared to Jar-Jar Binks, the legendary 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special is a peerlessly cringeworthy pop-culture artifact. George Lucas, who completely disowned the production, reportedly has said, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it." Just how on earth did this thing ever see the light of day?To answer that question, as Steven Kozak shows in this fascinating and often hilarious inside look into the making of the Special, you have to understand the cultural moment in which it appeared—a long, long time ago when cheesy variety shows were a staple of network television and Star Wars was not yet the billion-dollar multimedia behemoth that it is today. Kozak explains how the Special was one piece of a PR blitz undertaken by Lucas and his colleagues as they sought to protect the emerging franchise from hostile studio executives. He shows how, despite the involvement of some of the most talented people in the business, creative differences between movie and television writers led to a wildly uneven product. Packed with memorable anecdotes, drawing on new interviews with countless people involved in the production, and told with mingled affection and bewilderment, this never-before-told story gives a fascinating look at a strange moment in pop-culture history.Show book
Complete Guide to Facebook Advertising From Beginners to Advanced, Improved Brand Awareness and Builds Engagement With Your Target Audience. This book will give you the essential information you need in order to prepare, plan, and to launch marketing campaigns on Facebook that will help you to generate leads, to find new customers, and ultimately to make more sales. Perhaps you want to launch a Facebook business page, or maybe you already have tried and are just not seeing the results you were hoping for. Every day hundreds of people begin their own social media journeys, excited about the potential this new form of marketing has to offer to help build their businesses. This may be their first attempt at establishing a Facebook business page; for others, it’s a second or even third try. Some people get it right; they increase their revenues quickly, almost effortlessly, harnessing the power of the internet to sell beyond their wildest dreams. However, for most of us, this is not the case. Many of us struggle to make the internet work for us. In many cases, the reason we struggle is because we have little or no understanding of the intricate details and strategies involved that compound over time to make a big difference in the long term. A big mistake many often make is not learning from experts in the field before they start marketing and spending money. This Audiobook includes -Understanding Facebook Marketing -Principles of Successful Facebook Marketing -Creating A Vibrant and Effective Facebook Marketing Strategy -How to Use Facebook for Your Business -How to Be Successful with Facebook Advertising -Building a Powerful Brand with Facebook -Money-Making Strategies -The Benefits of Facebook Marketing for Beginners -Engaging Your Audience with Communication -Drawing Traffic to Your Facebook Page -Major Facebook Marketing Pitfalls to Avoid and moreShow book
Relax and Immerse yourself in your favorite sounds. Drift into a peaceful presence while listening to the natural sounds you would hear in Autumn In The Forest. Running Time: 60 minutesShow book
