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  Live Dead - The Grateful Dead...

  John Brackett

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  The Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead's reputation as a "live band" was—and continues to be—sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every era of the group's long and colorful career. In Live Dead, musicologist John Brackett examines how live recordings—from the group's official releases to fan-produced tapes, bootlegs to "Betty Boards," and Dick's Picks to From the Vault—have shaped the general history and popular mythology of the Grateful Dead for more than fifty years. Drawing on a diverse array of materials and documents contained in the Grateful Dead Archive, Live Dead details how live recordings became meaningful among the band and their fans not only as sonic souvenirs of past musical performances but also as expressions of assorted ideals, including notions of "liveness," authenticity, and the power of recorded sound.

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  No Longer Whispering to Power -...

  Thandeka Gqubule

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  Thuli Madonsela achieved in seven years as Public Protector what few accomplish in a lifetime; her legacy and contribution cannot be overstated. In her final days in office she compiled the explosive State of Capture report and, two years before that, Secure in Comfort, the report on President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla residence. Praised and vilified in equal measure, Madonsela frequently found herself on centre stage in the increasingly fractious South African political scene. Yet, despite the intense media scrutiny, Madonsela remains something of an enigma. Who is this soft-spoken woman who stood up to state corruption? Where did she develop her views and resolve? In No Longer Whispering to Power Thandeka Gqubule, journalist and one of the 'SABC 8' fired and rehired by the broadcaster, attempts to answer these questions, and others, by exploring aspects of Madonsela's life: her childhood years and family, her involvement in student politics, her time in prison, her contribution to the Constitution, and her life in law.

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  But Enough About Me - How a...

  Jancee Dunn

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  The second I stepped through the doors of Rolling Stone as a real employee, I wanted to shake off my old personality like the rigid husk of a cicada. But how could I cultivate a new, hip persona when I lived with my parents in a New Jersey suburb and wore black leggings as pants?New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls, and, especially, her family. Barreling down the Turnpike in her parents’ Buick LeSabre, her perm brushing the ceiling of the car, she felt ragingly alive. But one night she met a girl who worked at Rolling Stone magazine in New York City. To Jancee, who visited the city exactly once a year with her parents and two sisters, New York might as well have been in Canada. But she loved music, so with bleak expectations she passed along her résumé, dashing her father’s hopes that she would carry on the family legacy of service to J. C. Penney (a man so revered that a bust of his head was proudly displayed in the den) .Soon Jancee found herself backstage and behind the scenes, interviewing a countless (and nerve-racking) parade of some of the most famous people in the world, among them Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Beyoncé. She trekked to the Canadian Rockies to hike with Brad Pitt, was chased by paparazzi who mistook her for Ben Affleck’s new girlfriend, snacked on Velveeta with Dolly Parton, and danced drunkenly onstage with the Beastie Boys. She even became a TV star as a pioneering VJ on MTV2. As her life spun faster, she plunged into the booze-soaked rock-and-roll life, trading her good-girl suburban past for late nights and hipster guys. But then a chance meeting turned Jancee’s life in an unexpected direction and helped her to finally learn to appreciate where she came from, who she was, and what she wanted to be.Riotously funny and tremendously touching, But Enough About Me is the story of an outsider who couldn’t quite bring herself to become an insider and introduces readers to a hysterical, lovable real-life heroine.

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  Messi - 2022 Updated Edition

  Luca Caioli

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  FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RONALDO AND NEYMAR.
  Prolific, cool-headed and unerringly consistent, Lionel Messi is one of the most revered footballers in history.
  But did you know that his transfer to Barcelona was first agreed on a paper napkin?
  Or that an x-ray of his hand was to thank for identifying his growth hormone deficiency?
  And do you know why he refused to collect his first ever Champions League winner's medal?
  Find out all this and more in Luca Caioli's classic portrait of a footballing icon, featuring exclusive interviews with those who know him best and even Messi himself.

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  Logged Off - My Journey of...

  Jordan Wells

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  How many likes did you receive on your last post?   
  Are you satisfied with that number of likes?  Jordan Wells once believed that social media was the beginning of great success for his career, his relationships with people, his whole life in general.  Wells was very much so mistaking.  In this memoir, you will take a journey into the mind of Jordan Wells, who will try to guide you out of this world we have fallen in love with so much; the great and powerful social media world.  You will read about the struggle Wells once had with his addiction to social media, and his excessive use of smartphones.  Wells will elaborate his theories on why people should take a sharp break from social media, to avoid being pulled into a never-ending downward spiral.  You will also read about Wells’ profound visions of what he believes could happen in the very far future, beyond the twenty-first century.   
  What do you gain from posting on an app?  Posting about your personal lives, your business, love, family, friends, and all of that personal information that gives you nothing in return except likes.  Likes, comments, views, and followers from random strangers that you will never even know. 
  After reading “Logged Off: My Journey of Escaping the Social Media World,” you will possibly have a change of heart on what you post on your social media accounts, or perhaps avoid social media at all cost. 
  The mission that Wells is hoping to accomplish with you, the reader, is to let you know that you have a choice. To present you with another alternative, to have a different perspective, and to see what life is like on the other side of the fence. 
  Jordan Wells has logged off, never to return. Will you?

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  Modern American Snipers - From...

  Chris Martin

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  An inside look at today's special operations sniper and an in depth look at the career of Chris Kyle from those who knew him and fought alongside him.  Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other honors. These are the most experienced warriors on the battlefield, oftentimes the units' best assaulters with years of door-kicking under their belt. These are the men who run ops in small teams across borders, or dress like locals and pull off high-risk vehicle reconnaissance and singleton missions in non-permissive environments. Chris Martin's Modern American Snipers tells the inside story of some of the most heroic patriots in recent American history by the friends and colleagues who knew them best, including: * The Legend - Chris Kyle, SEAL Team 3 Chief and the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history * The Reaper - Nick Irving, the first African American to serve as a sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion, and its deadliest, with 33 confirmed kills * Robert Horrigan, Delta sniper who played a critical role in Operation Anaconda * Don Hollenbaugh, Delta Operator who earned the Distinguished Service Cross while embedded with a Marine platoon in the First Battle of Fallujah * And many more

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