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Thomas Mann and RJ Cyler star in this coming-of-age drama directed
by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Greg and Earl (Mann and Cyler) are high
school students who spend their time making their own versions of
classic movies. Greg makes it his high school purpose to not belong
to any one group, but to have a small role to play in each and
every clique. When Greg's mother (Connie Britton) tells him that a
girl from his class, Rachel (Olivia Cook), has been diagnosed with
leukemia, she convinces her son to pay her a friendly visit. As
Greg tries to get to know Rachel and provide her with a comforting
shoulder to cry on, the two end up forming a unique bond of
friendship and provide each other with much-needed love and
affection.
The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on
with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback
edition. 'One of the seminal books about music . . . an invaluable
insight into the mind and working practices of one of the
industry's undeniable geniuses.' GUARDIAN At the end of 1994,
musician, producer and artist Brian Eno resolved to keep a diary.
His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell through
quickly. What he did do - and write - however, was astonishing:
ruminations on his collaborative work with artists including David
Bowie, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence
and essays dating back to 1978. These 'appendices' covered topics
from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he
believed the role of an artist and their art to truly be, alongside
razor-sharp commentary on his day-to-day tribulations and
happenings around the world. A fascinating, candid and intimate
insight into one of the most influential creative artists of our
time, A Year with Swollen Appendices is an essential classic,
reissued for a new generation of readers. This beautiful 25th
anniversary paperback edition has been re-designed in A5, the same
size as the diary that eventually became this book. It features two
ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the
original hardback edition) and a two-tone cover that pays homage to
the original design.
MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' - Best
Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas
that's easily applied' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A wonderful
guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' - Ece Temelkuran, How
to Lose a Country: the Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Description Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves
and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals,
organisations, and nations. Over the past decade, Jon Alexander's
consultancy, the New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise
some of Britain's biggest organisations including the Co-op, the
Guardian and the National Trust. Here, with the New York Times
bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how history is about to
enter age of the Citizen. Because when our institutions treat
people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers,
everything changes. Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to
face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public
health threats, and polarisation. Citizens is an upbeat handbook,
full of insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case
studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of Birmingham -
and a foreword by Brian Eno. It is the perfect pick-me-up for
leaders, founders, elected officials - and citizens everywhere.
Organise and seize the future! Reviews 'Society is like an out of
control house party - eating, drinking and consuming everything.
Jon is the organiser of the campfire gathering behind the party.
It's calm and welcoming and you won't want to leave. In Citizens,
Jon and Ariane show how to leave the burning house of the Consumer
Story and join the campfire that is the Citizen Story.' - Stephen
Greene, CEO of RockCorps and founding Chair of National Citizen
Service UK 'The belief that every single one of us has both the
potential and the desire to make the world better drives me every
day, in everything I do. In Citizens, Jon shows how taking that
belief as a starting point really could transform our world. This
is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.' - Josh
Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur 'Every great
transformation requires a new story. A story that reveals new
possibilities and points toward an optimistic alternative to the
current situation. Citizens presents just such a story.' - Tim
Brown, Chair of IDEO and author of Change By Design 'The shift from
consumer to citizen is a truly big idea. If you're in a position of
strategic influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and
consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.' -
Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Former Director General, National Trust,
and Trustee, BBC 'There is such a thing as an idea whose time has
come. This is that idea.' - James Perry, Board Member, B Lab
Global, and Founding Partner, Snowball Investment Management About
the Authors JON ALEXANDER began his career with success in
advertising, winning the prestigious Big Creative Idea of the Year
before making a dramatic change. Driven by a deep need to
understand the impact on society of 3,000 commercial messages a
day, he gathered three Masters degrees, exploring consumerism and
its alternatives from every angle. In 2014, he co-founded the New
Citizenship Project to bring the resulting ideas into contact with
reality. In Citizens, he is ready to share them with the world.
ARIANE CONRAD has built a career turning big ideas into books that
change the world. Known as the Book Doula, she has co-written
several New York Times bestsellers. BRIAN ENO is an artist,
philosopher and Citizen who has played a critical part in British
culture since the early 1970s. He is a deep believer in the power
of ideas and the possibility of a better world, beliefs which
manifest both in his audio and visual art, and in his deep
engagement with social, political and environmental issues. Buy the
book to carry on reading
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Citizens (Paperback)
Jon Alexander, Ariane Conrad; Foreword by Brian Eno
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MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' – Best
Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas
that's easily applied' – Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A
wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century'
–  Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: the Seven
Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship Citizens opens up a new
way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do
to survive and thrive as individuals, organisations, and
nations. Over the past decade, Jon Alexander’s consultancy, the
New Citizenship Project, has helped revitalise some of
Britain’s biggest organisations including the Co-op, the Guardian
and the National Trust. Here, with the New York Times
bestselling writer Ariane Conrad, he shows how history is
about to enter age of the Citizen. Because when our institutions
treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than
consumers, everything changes. Unleashing the power of
everyone equips us to face the challenges of
economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats,
and polarisation. Citizens is an upbeat handbook, full of
insights, clear examples to follow, and inspiring case
studies, from the slums of Kenya to the backstreets of
Birmingham – and a foreword by Brian Eno. It is the perfect
pick-me-up for leaders, founders, elected officials –and
citizens everywhere. Organise and seize the future! Reviews
'Society is like an out of control house party – eating, drinking
and consuming everything. Jon is the organiser of the
campfire gathering behind the party. It’s calm and
welcoming and you won’t want to leave. In Citizens, Jon and
Ariane show how to leave the burning house of the Consumer
Story and join the campfire that is the Citizen
Story.' – Stephen Greene, CEO of RockCorps and
founding Chair of National Citizen Service UK 'The belief
that every single one of us has both the potential and
the desire to make the world better drives me every day, in
everything I do. In Citizens, Jon shows how taking that
belief as a starting point really could transform our world.
This is a truly powerful book, in every sense of the word.' -
Josh Babarinde, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur 'Every great
transformation requires a new story. A story
that reveals new possibilities and points toward an
optimistic alternative to the current situation. Citizens
presents just such a story.' – Tim Brown, Chair of IDEO and
author of Change By Design 'The shift from consumer to citizen is a
truly big idea. If you’re in a position of strategic
influence, I strongly recommend you engage with this and
consciously explore what it might mean for your organisation.'
– Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, Former Director General,
National Trust, and Trustee, BBC 'There is such a thing as an
idea whose time has come. This is that idea.' – James
Perry, Board Member, B Lab Global, and Founding
Partner, Snowball Investment Management
Two more short films from Peter Greenaway. In 'Vertical Falls
Remake' academics argue about the work of Tulse Luper while 'The
Falls' is divided into 92 biographies of people who have all been
affected by the 'VUE', the Violent Unknown Event and a phenomenom
in some way connected with birds and flying.
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Not One More Death (Paperback)
Brian Eno, Haifa Zangana, Harold Pinter, John Le Carre, Michel Faber, …
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At a time when the US and UK are contemplating further imperial
adventures in Iran, Not One More Death lays bare the act of blatant
state terrorism that is the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and
reveals the extraordinary tapestry of lies, distortions and gross
media manipulation that underpin it. Here, prominent artists,
musicians, playwrights, scientists and writers look at the reality
behind the rhetoric: how public opinion is wilfully ignored and
democracy used as a figleaf for the furthering of colonial
ambitions in the Middle East. Not One More Death calls on the US
and UK to withdraw troops from Iraq now, and for Bush and Blair to
be brought to account for this illegal war.
Michael Nyman's book is a first-hand account of experimental music from 1950 to 1970. First published in 1974, it has remained the classic text on a significant form of music making and composing that developed alongside, and partly in opposition to, the postwar modernist tradition of composers such as Boulez, Berio, or Stockhausen. The experimentalist par excellence was John Cage whose legendary 4' 33'' consists of four minutes and thirty three seconds of silence to be performed on any instrument. Such pieces have a conceptual rather than purely musical starting point and radically challenge conventional notions of the musical work. Nyman's book traces the revolutionary attitudes that were developed toward concepts of time, space, sound, and composer/performer responsibility. It was within the experimental tradition that the seeds of musical minimalism were sown and the book contains reference to the early works of Reich, Riley, Young, and Glass. This second edition contains a new Foreword, an updated discography, and a historical overview by the author.
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