![]() ![]() In this enthralling memoir, Parm chronicles her journey from life on the outskirts of Birmingham as the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab to the upper echelons of the Met. She was also the only non-white female to have been promoted through the ranks from constable to chief superintendent in the Met’s entire history. ![]() ‘A page-turner which everyone who cares about policing and justice in Britain should read.’ Meera SyalĪt the point of her retirement from the Metropolitan Police Service in 2019, Parm Sandhu was the most senior BAME woman in the capital’s police force. ![]()
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![]() Perhaps most importantly, The Grey Album matters because it changes how we think about the traditions of musical practice of which it is a part. It is an important and compelling case study about the status of the album as a cultural form in an era when the album appears to be losing its coherence and power. The Grey Album matters because it is more than just a clever, if legally ambiguous, amalgam. The Grey Album highlighted, by its very form, the profound changes wrought by the new technology and represented the struggle over the tectonic shifts in the production, distribution and consumption of music. ![]() The album's suppression inspired widespread digital civil disobedience and brought a series of contests and conflicts over creative autonomy in the online world to mainstream awareness. The online release and circulation of what Danger Mouse called his 'art project' was an unexpected watershed in the turn-of-the-century brawls over digital creative practice. ![]() Book excerpt: This book marks the tenth anniversary of The Grey Album. This book was released on with total page 160 pages. Book Synopsis Danger Mouse's The Grey Album by : Charles Fairchildĭownload or read book Danger Mouse's The Grey Album written by Charles Fairchild and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ![]() ![]() It also identifies outstanding non-profit organizations who can help readers channels their efforts. This book provides a wealth of actionable information for readers to amplify their impact.
![]() ![]() "The Journey That Saved Curious George" by Louise Borden. The charming picture book (with illustrations by Allan Drummond) would go on to inspire the exhibition curated by The Jewish Museum, and currently on view at Norman Rockwell Museum. Borden will explore how the couple’s most popular creation may have ultimately saved their lives.īelow is an interview Louise Borden conducted with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt back in September 2005, to coincide with the release of The Journey That Saved Curious George. Just hours before the Nazis marched into the city in June 1940, the Reys fled on bicycles carrying drawings for their children’s stories, including the original manuscript for Curious George. The author’s 2005 book The Journey That Saved Curious George (Houghton Mifflin Company) documented the Reys’ 1940 wartime escape from Paris, where they lived and worked for four years. ![]() Rey, the subjects of our current exhibition, Curious George Saves The Day. ![]() We look forward to welcoming writer/historian Louise Borden to the Museum on Saturday, January 14, 2012, where she will share the remarkable true story of artists Margret and H. ![]() ![]() Their differences are rendered moot when members of the Alpenwald delegation beg Veronica to pose as the wayward Princess Gisela, who often goes off on little trips on her own, in order to avert the scandal that would surely arise if she did not show up for her engagements. ![]() Veronica, who’d met and admired Alice, is keen to investigate, but Stoker’s not interested in expanding their case files. ![]() All goes smoothly until Stoker finds Alice’s climbing rope among the exhibition items and notices that it wasn’t frayed but cut with a knife, turning her fatal accident into murder. ![]() Princess Gisela of the Alpenwald herself comes to open the exhibit. Revelstoke Templeton-Vane, better known as Stoker, are living on a lovely estate while they work on a vast collection of objects of natural history and help design an exhibit to honor Alice Baker-Greene, an intrepid mountaineer and feminist, who died in a climbing accident in the tiny country of the Alpenwald. ![]() Why is lepidopterist Veronica Speedwell bored with life in London? After all, she and her love, the Hon. A scandalous Victorian couple test the limits of their relationship when they get involved in yet another murder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lovecraft and Stephen King, as well as lesser-known writers like Emma Frances Dawson and Olivia Howard Dunbar. The resulting compilation includes pieces from well-known authors, including Poe, H. ![]() "I wanted to get a good representation of stories from across the decades, from as early as possible to the present," he tells Scott Simon. ![]() As the editor of the new two-volume set American Fantastic: Tales, Terror and the Uncanny, he spent two years researching the best - and scariest - American stories, dating from the age of Edgar Allan Poe to the present. List price: $35 Read A Review Or An Excerpt.Īuthor Peter Straub, whose novels include Ghost Story and The Hellfire, knows a bit about terror. American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps ![]() ![]() ![]() My family is my whole world and the extra time I get with them by working for myself is the best perk of this job. I made TV ads for over ten years before I began writing romance novels full time. I probably should have tried my hand at improv theater but I decided to learn how life looks behind the lens of a camera first. I love doing dumb insta-stories and tik toks and seem to have no problem making a fool of myself often. I’m a classic middle child always seeking attention everywhere I go. When Amy is not writing, she’s likely making charcuterie boards from her home in South Dakota where she lives with her daughter and husband.įor more of Amy’s work, follow her on social media!įacebook | Instagram | Tik Tok | Newsletter She’s most known for her footy-playing Harris Brothers and writing in a tire shop waiting room. Number 1 Amazon Bestselling author Amy Daws writes spicy love stories that take place in America, as well as across the pond. ![]() ![]() ![]() Background information about the authorĭesigned with the idea of imparting practical wisdom in mind, the questions and exercises found in this book will enable you to learn and discover more about yourself, point you in the right direction for fruitful development, and create ample space for you to grow.This book, Summary of The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest is an unofficial summary and analysis of the original which includes: ![]() Manson's program for self-improvement insists that by not being positive all the time, we can accept our limitations, embrace our fears, and live a grounded, truthful, and happy life. This book offers deeply insightful-and occasionally profane-advice by cutting through the crap and offering the honest, raw truth. By understanding how the mind and body react to change, you can strategically take hold of your own happiness. ![]() In This book explores the underlying problems that cause self-sabotage, then shows how to overcome it. We could all find more peace and happiness, if only we were free from the detriments of self-sabotage. Do you often feel unable to trust yourself?ĭo you wonder whether what you're about to do is not in your best interest at all? ![]() ![]() ![]() But with the Wicken League and the Wisteria Society, leaders of London’s pirate community, eager to stop their budding romance, Charlotte must decide between her birthright and the thrilling life she could have with Alex. In close quarters, neither Charlotte nor Alex can deny their chemistry. Charlotte is eager to forget their undeniable connection, but that task grow complicated when Beryl’s stolen amulet resurfaces, and, in an attempt to recover her ancestor’s artifact, Charlotte stows away on Alex’s flying house to give chase to the thief. Though witches and pirates are sworn enemies, roguishly charming Captain Alex O’Riley threatens Charlotte’s composure from their first meeting. As the descendent of Wicken League founder Beryl Black, Charlotte Pettifer is destined to be the next leader of the secret society of powerful witches. A dignified witch is caught in a whirlwind adventure with a knavish pirate in Victorian London in Holton’s cheeky sequel to The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. ![]() ![]() Like, the first couple pages I was getting a poetry vibe, but the rest of it may as well have been prose as far as I was concerned. I know basically nothing about poetry, and I admit that I don’t really understand how this book is considered verse. But the ending was so triumphant, so wonderful, I sobbed my eyes out some more. ![]() ![]() I was sobbing in the first twenty pages, and that’s before the baby orphaned elephant was even introduced. If animal cruelty is a big deal to you, this book is no walk in the park. This might be the most upsetting book I have ever read. When Ruby arrives, change comes with her, and it’s up to Ivan to make it a change for the better. Then he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from her family, and she makes Ivan see their home-and his own art-through new eyes. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or the sound of leaves with color and a well-placed line. ![]() ![]() Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he’s seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. ![]() |