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The Songs The Beatles Gave Away' was inspired by the 2009 BBC Radio
2 documentary of the same name on which Colin worked with/for Bob
Harris and his wife, Trudie Myerscough-Harris. For his book, Bob
and Trudie have kindly given Colin permission to access the
interviews they conducted in 2008/9 with Sir Paul McCartney, Sir
George Martin, Cilla Black, Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax, Billy Hatton
and others. Previously only small extracts from these exclusive
interviews have ever been available but now, for the first time,
these gems are accessed in full. Among the last interviews they
gave, Sir George and Cilla spoke candidly about their work and
experiences. To read their words is a moving reminder not only of
their individual talents but of a period in recent musical history,
the impact of which, still resonates to this day. Since making the
original Radio 2 documentary Colin has been able to speak to
artists who did not contribute directly to the programme such as
Billy J. Kramer, Peter Asher, Megan Davies of The Applejacks and
John Clay who played with the Black Dyke Mills Brass Band in 1968
when Paul McCartney visited Saltaire, in Yorkshire, to record
'Thingumybob', an instrumental tune, he had written especially for
a brass band to play. For extra background detail, and to further
contextualise the songwriting of John, Paul and George, Colin has
unearthed extensive interviews he conducted with Astrid Kirchherr
and Klaus Vormann before he became custodian of the Lennon house in
Liverpool in 2004. He has also spoken with eye-witness, and former
member of the Plastic Ono Band, Alan White who played on many Apple
recording sessions. 'The Songs The Beatles Gave Away' is
illustrated with photographs of records culled from Colin's private
collection of original 45rpm vinyl singles, together with
photographs kindly donated to the project by his friends, some of
his own personal photographs as well as many promotional
photographs from the period. While encompassing the origins of the
Beatles as a group and the emergence of John, Paul, and George as
composers, the central focus of 'The Songs The Beatles Gave Away'
is on tunes John, Paul and George wrote for other artistes rather
than just for The Beatles themselves. As such the stories featured
here are not about 'covers' of songs the Beatles had already
released. It is about songs The Beatles did not release
commercially or even record at all during the active lifetime of
the group. Such 'giveaways' were unique and each song and its
singer are discussed in detail and side stories and background
explored. This is the first time a book focusing on this aspect of
The Beatles' legacy has been attempted.
In this autobiography Billy J. Kramer (born William Ashton) tells
his rags to riches story, from his working class childhood in
Liverpool to the racy world of international pop music. Managed by
Brian Epstein, produced by George Martin, and friend, confidante
and colleague of the Beatles, Kramer gives a definitive insider's
account of the birth of the Liverpool sound and also the "British
Invasion" of the USA. But there are dark secrets in the Kramer
story. Before he reached his twenties, he was in the grip of drugs
and alcohol, and there were constant tensions between him and his
backing band, the Dakotas. When the screaming stopped, he
reinvented himself as a cabaret performer, and some of his best
records were made in the years he was out of the limelight. With a
young family, drink and pills made his domestic life, and
eventually his professional life, a struggle. In this
no-holds-barred account, Kramer brings to life the vibrancy of the
sixties. He then reveals how he exorcised his demons and forged a
new career in the United States. He assembles his current band,
shows a growing mastery of songwriting, and returns to national
tours of Britain and the USA, keeping the flame of the Mersey sound
alive. The lifetime of experience he brings to his new songs
infuses every page of this enthralling read.
First published 1983. Aimed at improving agricultural production by
providing a better under* standing of the interaction between crops
and the environment, this book presents the latest research
findings on the effects of water and temperature stresses on plants
in humid temperate regions. It also covers management practices and
breeding programs that may reduce crop sensitivity to the vagaries
of weather.
Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more
complicated, but it can never replace true human connection-our
fundamental need to share information, stories, and emotions.
Shareology explores the history, science, and art of sharing and
its importance to both individuals and brands in the emerging
"sharing economy." It is meant for entrepreneurs and marketers who
want to make their content more valuable (and shareable), and for
individuals who want to understand the power of sharing to grow
their personal brand.
Technology continues to evolve and make our lives busier and more
complicated, but it can never replace true human connection-our
fundamental need to share information, stories, and emotions.
Shareology explores the history, science, and art of sharing and
its importance to both individuals and brands in the emerging
"sharing economy." It is meant for entrepreneurs and marketers who
want to make their content more valuable (and shareable), and for
individuals who want to understand the power of sharing to grow
their personal brand.
Current Topics in Vector Research is based on the premise that to
un derstand the whole, one must first understand the component
parts and how they interact. Here in Volume 4, as well as in future
volumes, vector, pathogen, and host will be treated both
individually and as integral parts of multifaceted transmission
systems. It is our intention to present up-to date, coherent
syntheses of the latest findings in vector research, suggest
promising frontiers for future research, and call attention to
possible prac tical applications of our present understandings of
pathogen-vector-host interactions. To realize our goals, we invite
world-renowned, veteran sci entists as well as neophytes to report
on their individual areas of expertise. Where appropriate, authors
are encouraged to draw conclusions and pro pose hypotheses that
stimulate additional thinking and research or oth erwise further
our understanding of vector transmission cycles and how such cycles
might be interrupted. It is our hope that readers will agree that
we are serving these objectives and creating a milieu for
specialists and generalists in vector research to maintain rapport
and understanding."
Water Relations of Plants and Soils, successor to the seminal 1983
book by Paul Kramer, covers the entire field of water relations
using current concepts and consistent terminology. Emphasis is on
the interdependence of processes, including rate of water
absorption, rate of transpiration, resistance to water flow into
roots, soil factors affecting water availability. New trends in the
field, such as the consideration of roots (rather than leaves) as
the primary sensors of water stress, are examined in detail.
Key Features
* Addresses the role of water in the whole range of plant
activities
* Describes molecular mechanisms of water action in the context of
whole plants
* Synthesizes recent scientific findings
* Relates current concepts to agriculture and ecology
* Provides a summary of methods
"Living Through Loss" is the first book to identify the many
ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to
discuss the interventions most effective at each stage of life. The
authors' starting point is that loss comes in many forms and can
include not only suffering the death of a person one loves but also
giving birth to a child with disabilities, living with chronic
illness, or being abused, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized. They
approach loss from the perspective of the resilience model, which
acknowledges the capacity of people to integrate loss into their
lives, and write sensitively about the role of age, race, culture,
sexual orientation, gender, and spirituality in a person's response
to loss. More than a comprehensive source on loss, the volume is
distinguished by the authors' beautiful use of clients'
experiences-and their own-thus making their book definitive and
indelible.
The Republic of Rock uncovers the lost story of rock music and
citizenship in the sixties counterculture. Tracing the way people
in two key places-San Francisco and Vietnam-used rock to make sense
of their lives and the world around them, the book helps us to
understand more vividly how rock became a medium for participants
in the counterculture to think about what it meant to be an
American citizen, a world citizen, a citizen-consumer, or a
citizen-soldier. The music became a resource for grappling with the
nature of democracy in larger systems of American power both
domestically and globally. From the Acid Tests of Ken Kesey and the
Merry Pranksters to hippie disc jockeys on strike, from the
airwaves of Vietnam to the forgotten tale of a South Vietnamese
rock band, The Republic of Rock shows how the musical connections
between the City of the Summer of Love to the country in which the
United States waged war were crucial to the making of the sixties
counterculture-and why the legacy of rock music in the sixties
continues to matter to the meaning of citizenship in a global
society today.
"Living Through Loss" is the first book to identify the many
ways in which people experience loss over the course of life and to
discuss the interventions most effective at each stage of life. The
authors' starting point is that loss comes in many forms and can
include not only suffering the death of a person one loves but also
giving birth to a child with disabilities, living with chronic
illness, or being abused, assaulted, or otherwise traumatized. They
approach loss from the perspective of the resilience model, which
acknowledges the capacity of people to integrate loss into their
lives, and write sensitively about the role of age, race, culture,
sexual orientation, gender, and spirituality in a person's response
to loss. More than a comprehensive source on loss, the volume is
distinguished by the authors' beautiful use of clients'
experiences-and their own-thus making their book definitive and
indelible.
When Billy J. Kramer’s record of Lennon and McCartney’s “Do
You Want To Know A Secret?” topped the New Musical Express charts
in 1963, he became the first singer in the world to have a number
one hit with a Beatles song, apart from the Fab Four themselves.
This success propelled the teenage Kramer into the fast lane, and
he followed it with another five top twenty singles within the
space of two years. In this autobiography Billy J. Kramer (born
William Ashton) tells his rags to riches story, from his working
class childhood in Liverpool, via a British Rail engineering
apprenticeship in the dying days of steam, to the racy world of
international pop music. Managed by Brian Epstein, produced by
George Martin, engineered by Hurricane Smith, and friend,
confidante and colleague of the Beatles, Kramer gives a definitive
insider’s account of the birth of the Liverpool sound and also
the “British Invasion” of the US. We follow him to the Star
Club in Hamburg, to Abbey Road, into the BBC studios, and onto
package tours and stage shows with the Beatles, Cilla Black, Gerry
and the Pacemakers, Tommy Quickly and other stars of the age. He
shares a dressing room with James Brown, and appears alongside
other 1960s giants of the American music business. Kramer also
brilliantly evokes the world of variety, as he goes behind the
scenes with comedian Tommy Cooper, and learns about the stagecraft
of artistes from another era. On the surface, Kramer’s career
seems like a dream come true, but there are dark secrets in the
Kramer story. Even before he’d reached his twenties, he was
already in the grip of drugs and alcohol, and there were constant
tensions between him and his Mancunian backing band, The Dakotas.
When the screaming stopped, he reinvented himself as a cabaret
performer, and some of his best records were made during the years
he was out of the limelight. He brought up a young family, but the
drink and pills made his domestic life, and eventually his
professional life, a struggle. In this no-holds-barred account of
his life, Kramer evokes the vibrancy of the sixties and reveals how
he exorcised his demons and forged a new career in the US. He
assembles his current band, shows a growing mastery of songwriting
and recording, and returns to national tours, keeping the flame of
the Mersey sound alive. The lifetime of experience he brings to his
new songs infuses every page of this enthralling read.
Die Wahl des adaquaten bildgebenden Verfahrens zur
Kniegelenkdiagnostik erfordert eine enge interdisziplinare
Zusammenarbeit zwischen Radiologie und den Fachern Orthopadie und
Unfallchirurgie.
Das aus der langjahrigen praktischen Erfahrung der Autoren
entstandene Buch ist Schnittstelle zwischen diesen Disziplinen und
verbindet deren vielfaltige Teilaspekte zu einer umfassenden
Gesamtubersicht auf dem aktuellen Wissensstand.
Das Buch zeichnet sich aus durch eine klare, einheitliche Struktur
und eine knappe, ubersichtliche Wissensvermittlung. Neben dem
methodischen Schwerpunkt 'MR-Tomographie' werden Sonographie,
Computertomographie, Arthrographie, diagnostische Arthroskopie und
Szintigraphie dargestellt.
"Moderne Kniegelenkdiagnostik" bietet als interdisziplinare
Informationsquelle
- dem Kliniker die Moglichkeit, sich rasch und gezielt uber die
verschiedenen Verfahren zu belesen und seine diagnostischen
Anforderungen danach auszurichten.
- dem Radiologen das klinische Hintergrundwissen als
Orientierungshilfe bei der Erstellung der Befunde und als
Entscheidungshilfe bei der Indikationsstellung.
Der Inhalt dieses Lehrbuchkompendiums orientiert sich in der
optisch-didaktisch verbesserten 2. Auflage noch enger als bisher an
der Ausbildungs- und PrA1/4fungsordnung des Unterrichtsfach
"Sportmedizin" an den Physiotherapieschulen. Die
Inhaltsschwerpunkte liegen - bewuAt praxisnah - auf der
Sportvorbereitung und -prophylaxe, der rationell geplanten
therapeutischen Behandlung und der Ersten Hilfe. Das Buch bietet
einen GesamtA1/4berblick A1/4ber die speziellen
Verletzungsmechanismen bei den einzelnen Breitensportarten. Die
sportspezifischen Probleme der groAen Gelenke und der WirbelsAule
werden besonders ausfA1/4hrlich dargestellt. In der Neuauflage
finden die Leser eine Reihe verbesserter Abbildungen, vAllig
A1/4berarbeitete Kapitel zu den Themen "Schulter" und "Knie" und
einen ergAnzten Abschnitt A1/4ber die Sportart Golf.
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