Thompson: 3849 books
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Including Historical Documents & Legislative Progress of Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of thousands memoirs & life stories of former slaves. "The Faces Behind the Chains" strongly conveys the circumstances and brutal reality of a slave's life to a reader. This unique collection consists of the most influential...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Dave Thompson, author of Virgin's acclaimed Red Hot Chili Peppers biography, takes a new and very detailed look at the creation of one of the world's most influential bands. After all the streets of London had been covered in 'Clapton Is God' tributes, the three top rock instrumentalists of their...
by Lavinia Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
This is a story about a small-town girl who, tired of her own town and in the midst of soul-searching, decided to take a chance, fly across the country on her own, and experience Canada Day in Ottawa, Ontario.This short story can also be found in my recent poetry book, "Wildflowers Scattered, Estranged: Memoirs of a Small Town Girl."
Being Boss
Take Control of Your Work and Live Life on Your Own Terms
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
From the creators of the hit podcast comes an interactive self-help guide for creative entrepreneurs, where they share their best tools and tactics on "being boss" in both business and life.
Kathleen Shannon and Emily Thompson are self-proclaimed "business besties" and hosts...
Gangs
A Journey into the Heart of the British Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
From the bestselling author of GANGLAND BRITAIN and REEFER MEN.
Organised crime is one of Britain's biggest industries. The number of gangland murders, shootings and kidnappings, along with the levels of drug trafficking, people smuggling and money laundering, have all experienced phenomenal...
Stubbornly Hold on to Your Dreams
Meaning Built to Last
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2009
This Element is an excerpt from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats. Discover your lifelong obsession: the passion that creates meaning you’ll never want to escape from!...
by Warren Thompson Jr
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
All to often the lessons accrued during a life time of experience from previous generations are not passed on, and shared with future generations. These valuable lessons are often ignored, loss, and forgotten, dooming future generations to start from scratch, having to re-learn what has already been...
No. 1 Songs in Heaven
Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Since the moment they emerged into the mainstream in 1974, armed with the hit "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us," the band Sparks—brothers Ron and Russell Mael—has endeared themselves to successive generations of fans, not only with their wry humor and quirkiness, but also with...
Perry Farrell
The Saga of a Hypester
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Dave Thompson's biography of Perry Farrell traces the performer's life from his childhood in Flushing, Queens to becoming front man for the band Jane's Addiction to his founding of the touring festival, Lollapalooza. Perry Farrell: The Saga of a Hypester sheds light on a man who remains a mystery to all but a few.
Robert Plant
The Voice That Sailed the Zeppelin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Robert Plant: The Voice That Sailed the Zeppelin follows the iconic singer through his heights of fame with classic rock giant Led Zeppelin, his second life as a multimillion-selling solo artist, and his more idiosyncratic pursuits. A wealth of former associates lend their voices and recollections...
The Supermodel and the Brillo Box
Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Acquiring contemporary art is about passion and lust, but it is also about branding, about the back story that comes with the art, about the relationship of money and status, and, sometimes, about celebrity. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box follows Don Thompson's 2008 bestseller The $12 Million Stuffed...
Ban This Filth!
Letters From the Mary Whitehouse Archive
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
In 1964, Mary Whitehouse launched a campaign to fight what she called the 'propaganda of disbelief, doubt and dirt' being poured into homes through the nation's radio and television sets. Whitehouse, senior mistress at a Shropshire secondary school, became the unlikely figurehead of a mass movement...
Deadline Artists—Scandals, Tragedies & Triumphs
More of America's Greatest Newspaper Columns
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
An anthology of newspaper columns from the 19th century to the present—“engaging eyewitness pieces [that] elicit admiration, wonder and gasps of surprise” (Kirkus Reviews).
Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns drew together some of the finest examples of America’s greatest...
by Daniel V. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Medieval painters built up a tremendous range of technical resources for obtaining brilliance and permanence. In this volume, an internationally known authority on medieval paint technology describes these often jealously guarded recipes, lists of materials, and processes. Based upon years of study...