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Último autobús a Woodstock

Último autobús a Woodstock

Autor: Colin Dexter

Número de Páginas: 268

La primera de las míticas novelas protagonizadas por el Inspector Morse, en cuyos personajes se basa la serie Endeavour. «Lo importante es contemplar a estos personajes de carne y hueso, creíbles, nunca pueriles ni demenciados, deambulando por las calles de Oxford, investigando, dialogando con estudiantes y dons y con otros, y asistir a sus comedidas penas. Jamás son histriónicos ni incurren en estupideces (así es muy fácil que "ocurran" desgracias), uno está a gusto en su compañía. Quizá su falta de pretensiones, su honradez y su sobriedad los condenan hoy al ostracismo en nuestro país deslumbrado por la pedantería y los ademanes de genialidad». JAVIER MARÍAS El cuerpo sin vida de Sylvia Kaye aparece a las puertas de un pub de Woodstock, un pequeño y pacífico pueblo británico. El inspector Morse de la policía de Oxford —exalumno de la prestigiosa universidad local, apasionado de la música de Wagner, los crucigramas y las pintas de cerveza— está seguro de saber quién es la muchacha con la que Sylvia fue vista en una parada de autobús aquella fatídica noche y que parece tener la clave para resolver el asesinato. Pero el irreprimible sarcasmo y el exceso...

L'ultima corsa per Woodstock

L'ultima corsa per Woodstock

Autor: Colin Dexter , Luisa Nera

Número de Páginas: 324

La prima indagine del famoso detective burbero e misantropo protagonista dei romanzi di Colin Dexter: l’ispettore capo Morse, humour tipicamente inglese, vasta erudizione letteraria, competenze musicali fuori del comune, passione per l’enigmistica e le parole crociate, segue il caso di una ragazza scomparsa e ritrovata ore dopo uccisa in modo brutale.

Last Bus to Woodstock. Последний автобус на Вудсток. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Last Bus to Woodstock. Последний автобус на Вудсток. Книга для чтения на английском языке

Autor: Колин Декстер

Número de Páginas: 193

В небольшом городке Вудсток, что находится в нескольких милях от Оксфорда, происходит жестокое убийство молодой девушки. Инспектор Морс из главного управления полиции Оксфорда и его помощник сержант Льюис занимаются расследованием этого дела. В ходе следствия им приходится беседовать с людьми самых разных социальных слоёв – от университетской профессуры до водителей грузовиков, медсестёр, машинисток и людей с нездоровой психикой; они сталкиваются с ложью, увёртками, замалчиванием фактов. В конце концов дело раскрыто, убийца найден и арестован, но окончание следствия не приносит радости инспектору Морсу: виновником преступления оказывается...

Dernier bus pour Woodstock

Dernier bus pour Woodstock

Autor: Colin Dexter

Número de Páginas: 265

Qui a tué la jeune Sylvia Kaye, auto-stoppeuse dont on a retrouvé le corps dans la cour d'un pub de Woodstock, non loin d'Oxford ? La première enquête de l'inspecteur Morse de nouveau disponible. Une série qui a valu à Colin Dexter plusieurs récompenses majeures et a connu plusieurs adaptations pour la télévision. " Morse est l'un détectives les plus suffisants, les plus susceptibles et brillants depuis Hercule Poirot. " The New York Times Book Review La dernière fois qu'on a vu vivante la jolie Sylvia Kaye, elle faisait du stop pour se rendre à Woodstock, non loin d'Oxford. Puis on a retrouvé son corps dénudé dans la cour d'un pub. Alors que les pistes se multiplient, l'inspecteur Morse voit la perspective de résoudre rapidement l'enquête s'éloigner peu à peu. Qu'ils soient des universitaires distingués ou de simples employés d'une compagnie d'assurances, tous les suspects lui mentent ! Morse est cependant persuadé que la seconde auto-stoppeuse vue en compagnie de Sylvia est la clé de l'énigme. Mais sa confiance est ébranlée par la nonchalance de celle-ci quand il la trouve enfin. Son charme aussi le déstabilise... Avec ce premier roman, Colin Dexter...

Last Bus to Woodstock

Last Bus to Woodstock

Autor: Colin Dexter

Número de Páginas: 321

The first intriguing case that began Colin Dexter’s phenomenally successful Inspector Morse series. ‘Do you think I'm wasting your time, Lewis?’ Lewis was nobody’s fool and was a man of some honesty and integrity. ‘Yes, sir.’ An engaging smile crept across Morse’s mouth. He thought they could get on well together . . . The death of Sylvia Kaye figured dramatically in Thursday afternoon’s edition of the Oxford Mail. By Friday evening, Inspector Morse had informed the nation that the police were looking for a dangerous man. But as the obvious leads fade into twilight and darkness, Morse becomes more and more convinced that passion holds the key . . . Last Bus to Woodstock is followed by the second Inspector Morse book, Last Seen Wearing.

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Bill Tammeus

Número de Páginas: 122

From the middle of the Twentieth Century and, often, from the middle of the United States came people Bill Tammeus describes as Middle Americans. This book is about why they mattered and how America is different today because of their values, approaches and adaptability as they faced and even helped to shape the enormous changes that have swept across American life in the last seventy or more years. This is both a highly personal story of the author's roots and experiences as a representative Middle American as well as a much broader story of people who have made an enormous difference in their communities and their nation.

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Daniel Bukszpan

Número de Páginas: 199

Giftable 50th anniversary commemorative with never-before-seen images and original interviews. Hear from performers and attendees in their own voices! Featuring Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Grateful Dead, as well as unsung audience members and folks behind the scenes. This compendium remembers all the people who made the three days of peace and music an impossible success. The world today feels far removed from the one in which Woodstock was possible, where half a million strangers congregated peacefully for three days. Longtime music writer Daniel Bukszpan offers insights on how the festival is still making an impact on pop culture, while candid interviews, set lists, and beautiful photographs relive the beautiful chaos and once-in-a-lifetime performances at Yasgur's farm. With images by renowned photographers, including Amalie R. Rothschild and Elliott Landy, including the cover photo of Janis Joplin.

Diccionario apasionado de la novela negra

Diccionario apasionado de la novela negra

Autor: Pierre Lemaitre

Número de Páginas: 617

Una visión completa, absolutamente personal y muy divertida del género negro, por uno de los escritores europeos más prestigiosos y populares. Se la llame negra o policiaca, y se la califique o no «literatura de género» --como si no fuera literatura sin más--, la novela criminal tiene súbditos, reyes, reinas (supuestos o no), capillas, polémicas, egos... pero, sobre todo, novelas que atrapan, impactan, sobrecogen y marcan tanto mentes como épocas. Incondicional de los libros, las películas y las series que describen --o denuncian-- la (mala) marcha del mundo, Pierre Lemaitre, con la libertad, el compromiso y la vivacidad que lo caracterizan, dibuja un panorama internacional personal y divertido, cual biblia erudita, ecléctica y festiva de la novela negra. La crítica ha dicho... «En el Diccionario apasionado de novela negra (Salamandra), el autor francés mezcla la erudición como lector con su juicio como escritor para crear un libro inclasificable, lleno de hallazgos y muy divertido. [...] Una apuesta personal de uno de los mejores autores de género en Europa en las últimas décadas pero, más aún, de un lector exquisito y, como todo lector de verdad, apasionado. ...

Volkswagen Beetles and Buses

Volkswagen Beetles and Buses

Autor: Russell Hayes

Número de Páginas: 183

This illustrated history celebrates the 75th and 70th anniversaries of Volkswagen's two most iconic vehicles, from the first Beetles spearheaded by Ferdinand Porsche in the 1940s to the buses that became synonymous with a generation. Volkswagen is one of the most beloved brands in motoring history, thanks largely to two instantly recognizable vehicles: the Beetle (a.k.a. Bug) and the Bus. More than 23 million VW Beetles have buzzed into the world since 1945, while the VW Bus presaged the minivan by thirty-plus years. Volkswagen: Beetles and Buses examines and celebrates all aspects of the vehicles and the many cultural associations that have swirled around them for more than seven decades. The diminutive rear-engined and easily mass-produced Beetle became the most popular imported car in America during the 1960s. Its success was due to its familiar face, its wildly clever ad campaigns, and the sheer numbers produced. The equally compact yet spacious Bus (a.k.a. Kombi, Microbus, Type 2, Transporter, and simply “van”) has won millions of fans around the world with its practicality, simplicity, and design. In this beautifully illustrated and authoritatively written celebration,...

Woodstock Revisited

Woodstock Revisited

Autor: Susan Reynolds

Número de Páginas: 188

This collection contains fifty stories written by people who attended the original Woodstock Festival in 1969. Since all the books that preceded it have focused on the musicians, promoters, and staff, this book will be the first one that chronicles the audience’s experience in an up close and personal way. This book documents the event itself, but also provides a mesmerizing portrait of America as that tumultuous decade came to a close. It is nostalgic, historical, and a fascinating read that will appeal to all Baby Boomers, their offspring, and anyone who wonders what it was really like—and what became of all those “hippies.”

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Mike Evans , Paul Kingsbury , Museum At Bethel Woods

Número de Páginas: 296

It defined a generation, exemplified an era: Woodstock was unlike anything that has ever happened before or since--and August 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of this seminal event. Relive the moment and "get back to the garden” with this day-by-day, act-by-act account of everything that went down on Yasgur’s Farm. With interviews and quotes from those who were there--the musicians, the fans, the organizers--and a wealth of photographs and graphic memorabilia, Woodstock is the ultimate celebration of a landmark in modern cultural history. Woodstock is organized in three parts: - Origins sets the stage by describing the counterculture of the time, along with the festival’s organization, fundraising, buzz-building tactics, ticket selling and publicity, and site building. - The Event--the heart of the project--includes a log with a run-down of each of the 32 acts, in the order they appeared, one spread to each name. Fans and politics are also featured prominently here. - The Aftermath focuses on media coverage, follow-up festivals, Michael Wadleigh and Thelma Schoonmaker’s documentary, and Woodstock’s enduring legacy.

En route vers Woodstock

En route vers Woodstock

Autor: Jean-marc Bel

Número de Páginas: 214

En route vers Woodstock est le témoignage des espoirs et des combats d'une génération en rupture avec le rêve américain, les babyboomers, retraçant ses mouvements, expliquant ses racines et analysant ses révolutions. Avec la musique comme fil conducteur, c'est une Amérique en mutation qui est ici décryptée, rythmée par un cortège auquel prennent part Bill Haley, Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Jimi Hendrix, et surtout Bob Dylan mais également Jack Kerouac, James Dean, Ken Kesey, Martin Luther King, le clan Kennedy... Jusqu'à l'ultime couronnement, le symbole de ces années mémorables : trois jours de de "paix, musique et amour" le 15, 16 et 17 août 1969, pour un festival mythique qui faillit ne jamais voir le jour, dont les artisants et parcipants restèrent à jamais nostalgiques. Né en 1947, Jean-Marc Bel a exercé de nombreuses fonctions dans les métiers du disque, du spectacle, et de l’édition musicale qui lui ont permis de connaitre les acteurs, auteurs, compositeurs et interpretes de cette époque. Il est décédé accidentellement en 2005.

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

Interstate Commerce Commission Reports

Autor: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

Número de Páginas: 884
Woodstock Rising

Woodstock Rising

Autor: Tom Wayman

Número de Páginas: 474

In this black comedy shot full of the social and political issues of the time, a group of college students, led by a young Canadian graduate, set out to put a satellite into orbit as an homage to the recent Woodstock Festival.

After Woodstock

After Woodstock

Autor: Elliot Tiber

Número de Páginas: 505

During the summer of ’69, Elliot Tiber (April 15, 1935–August 3, 2016) helped start the gay liberation movement and saved the Woodstock Festival from cancellation. But some of the best and most significant events of Tiber’s life did not happen until After Woodstock. In this third volume of his memoirs, following the critically acclaimed Palm Trees on the Hudson and his breakout bestseller Taking Woodstock, Tiber chronicles his hilarious, madcap, and often heartbreaking adventures in the entertainment industry. Guided as much by chutzpah as by his creative drive, Tiber travels around the world, always looking to grab the brass ring. And everywhere he goes, from Hollywood to Brussels, Tiber makes his indelible, irreverent, unique mark. Along the way, Tiber meets the celebrated Belgian playwright and director André Ernotte. Over the course of his decades-long relationship with Ernotte, Tiber realizes his potential as a humorist and writer, and finds a way to cope with his difficult mother, whose second wedding in the hills of Israel gives new meaning to the Wailing Wall. The relationship is tested by the AIDS crisis and a string of professional disappointments, but ultimately...

Piedra Roja: el mito del Woodstock chileno

Piedra Roja: el mito del Woodstock chileno

Autor: Antonio Díaz Oliva

Número de Páginas: 148

Chile, octubre de 1970. Un grupo de estudiantes del barrio alto santiaguino organiza un evento similar al de Woodstock que durará tres días y terminará bautizado como "Piedra Roja". Esta crónioca revela lo que pasaba en la sociedad chilena antes y después de aquel hecho que cambiaría para siempre la idea de "juventud". Registra los preparativos y la sorpresa de los organizadores al ver que llegaba mucha más gente de la prevista. Habla de las bandas que tocaron en el festival: como Los Jaivas y Los Blops. de los que se drogaron. De los que fueron a ver a otros drogarse. De la forma prejuiciosa en que la prensa "informaba" a la opinión pública sobre lo que estaba pasando. ¿Cómo era ser hippie, por aquellos años, en un país alejado de las principales capitales munciales? este es el testimonio de una época en boca de sus protagonistas y retrata el inolvidable Festival de Piedra Roja, más allá de la verdad histórica, en su justa dimensión de mito contemporáneo. Edición profusamente ilustrada con recortes de prensa y fotografías de Paul Lowry.

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Richard Heppner

Número de Páginas: 386

Few towns in America are as famous as Woodstock, New York—although Woodstock may be most famous for an event that happened many miles away! Long before the 1969 Woodstock festival put the town on the map, it had been a center for artists and free thinkers who found refuge in its rural setting. Longtime citizens were often shocked by the arrival of these newcomers who brought new values and attitudes to their once-isolated village. From the transformative arrival of artists in the early twentieth century to the influx of musicians and young people in the 1960s, Woodstockers worked and struggled to balance everyday life in a small, rural community with the attention and notoriety the outside world brought to it. Presented chronologically, this text examines the nature of change within Woodstock's uncommon story as it emerges from the Great Depression, confronts the realty of World War II, moves through the 1950s and into an unimagined and unintended future with the arrival of the Sixties through today. At its core, this is a story of how Woodstock's cultural and political institutions, its citizens, and its physical landscape met the ever-changing challenges of changing times. It...

The Complete Inspector Morse (new revised edition)

The Complete Inspector Morse (new revised edition)

Autor: David Bishop

Número de Páginas: 497

A companion to the hugely successful Inspector Morse TV series, covering all 33 episodes of the show, as well as the original novels that inspired the series and other related media, including the radio plays. With a critique of each episode, along with useful facts, details of the soundtracks and key character beats. It also includes a brief discussion of the hugely successful spin-off series, Lewis.

Rick Steves Best of England

Rick Steves Best of England

Autor: Rick Steves

Número de Páginas: 597

Hit England's can't-miss art, sights, and bites in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of England! Strategic advice from Rick Steves on what's worth your time and money Short itineraries covering the best of London, Bath, the Cotswolds, the Lake District, York, and Edinburgh, including Windsor Castle, Oxford, Stonehenge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Liverpool, and more Rick's tips for beating the crowds, skipping lines, and avoiding tourist traps The best local culture, flavors, and more, including insightful walks through museums, historic sights, and atmospheric neighborhoods Trip planning strategies like how to link destinations and design your itinerary, what to pack, where to stay, and how to get around Over 400 full-color pages with detailed maps and vibrant photos throughout Suggestions for day trips and excursions Experience England's Old World sophistication and modern-day excitement for yourself with Rick Steves Best of England! Planning a longer trip? Pick up Rick Steves England, an in-depth guide perfect for spending more than two weeks exploring England.

Books to Die For

Books to Die For

Autor: John Connolly , Declan Burke

Número de Páginas: 623

Winner of the 2013 Agatha, Anthony and the Macavity Awards for Best Crime Non-Fiction. With so many mystery novels to choose from and so many new titles appearing each year, where should the reader start? What are the classics of the genre? Which are the hidden gems? In the most ambitious anthology of its kind yet attempted, the world's leading mystery writers have come together to champion the greatest mystery novels ever written. In a series of personal essays that often reveal as much about themselves and their work work as they do about the books that they love, more than 120 authors from twenty countries have created a guide that will be indispensable for generations of readers and writers. From Christie to Child and Poe to PD James, from Sherlock Holmes to Hannibal Lecter and Philip Marlowe to Peter Wimsey, BOOKS TO DIE FOR brings together the cream of the mystery world for a feast of reading pleasure, a treasure trove for those new to the genre and those who believe that there is nothing new left to discover. This is the one essential book for every reader who has ever finished a mystery novel and thought . . . I want more! www.bookstodiefor.net

Sir Walter Scott's Woodstock

Sir Walter Scott's Woodstock

Autor: Walter Scott

Número de Páginas: 614

Woodstock opens in farce, yet it is one of Scott's darkest novels. It deals with revolution, to Scott the most disturbing of all subjects: 'it appears that every step we made towards liberty, has but brought us in view of more terrific perils'. Written during the financial crisis which culminated in his insolvency, the novel, Scott feared, 'would not stand the test'. Yet it is a major source of interest for, in the superb portrait of Cromwell, it is tempting to see Scott's own self-torturing as he contemplated his ruin.

Moon New England Road Trip

Moon New England Road Trip

Autor: Jen Rose Smith

Número de Páginas: 576

Hit the Road with Moon Travel Guides! Discover an America brimming with culture and history, both old and new! Moon New England Road Trip can do everything but change the radio station. Inside you'll find: Maps and Driving Tools: 70 easy-to-use maps keep you oriented on and off the highway, along with site-to-site mileage, driving times, and detailed directions for the entire route Eat, Sleep, Stop and Explore: You'll know exactly what you want to do at each stop with lists of the best hikes, views, and more. Sample farm-fresh cuisine in the Berkshires, or hit up the famous Tanglewood music festival in the summer. Dive into Boston's revolutionary history, or cruise down bucolic lanes of Woodstock. Take to the sea off the coast of Maine to spot humpback whales and puffin colonies, or lounge on the beach and snag a buttery lobster roll Itineraries for Every Traveler: Drive the entire two-week route or follow strategic routes like "A Tour of the Fall Foliage," as well as suggestions for spending time in Boston, New York City, Coastal Maine, The Berkshires, Southern Vermont, New Hampshire's White Mountains, Newport, Cape Cod, and Acadia National Park Local Expert: Local New Englander...

Kelly's Oxford directory, with Abingdon, Woodstock and neighbourhood [afterw.] Kelly's directory of Oxford, Abingdon, Woodstock and neighbourhood

Kelly's Oxford directory, with Abingdon, Woodstock and neighbourhood [afterw.] Kelly's directory of Oxford, Abingdon, Woodstock and neighbourhood

Autor: Kelly's Directories, Ltd

Número de Páginas: 656
Pilgrims of Woodstock

Pilgrims of Woodstock

Autor: John Kane

Número de Páginas: 367

Intimate portraits by photojournalist Richard F. Bellak of the musical festival’s counterculture attendees celebrating peace, love, and rock and roll. In the summer of 1969, 400,000 people from across the country came together and redefined the music scene forever. Though the legacy and lore of Woodstock lives on in the memory of its attendees, a new generation can experience the real and unedited festival through Richard Bellak’s never-before-seen photographs and John Kane’s incredible new interviews. Pilgrims of Woodstock offers a vivid and intimate portrait of the overlooked stars of the festival: the everyday people who made Woodstock unforgettable. The photographs and interviews capture attendees’ profound personal moments across hundreds of acres of farmland, as they meditated, played music, cooked food at night, and congregated around campfires. For three days, they helped and relied on each other in peace and harmony. For most, it was a life-changing event. Now, after the 50th anniversary of the famed festival, relive their experiences firsthand in Pilgrims of Woodstock.

Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

Autor: Elliot Tiber

Número de Páginas: 221

Taking Woodstock is the funny, touching, and true story of Elliot Tiber, the man who was instrumental in arranging the site for the original Woodstock Concert. Elliot, whose parents owned an upstate New York motel, was working in Greenwich Village in the summer of 1969. He socialized with the likes of Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and yet somehow managed to keep his gay life a secret from his family. Then on Friday, June 28, Elliot walked into the Stonewall Inn—and witnessed the riot that would galvanize the American gay movement and enable him to take stock of his own lifestyle. And on July 15, when Elliot learned that the Woodstock Concert promoters were unable to stage the show in Wallkill, he offered to find them a new venue. Soon he was swept up in a vortex that would change his life forever.

Negotiating the Transport System

Negotiating the Transport System

Autor: Fiona Rajé

Número de Páginas: 227

By combining focus groups and interviews with innovative research techniques, such as web-based discussions and Q methodology, this book provides insights into the daily experiences of those using the British transport system. Despite an entitlement to a basic level of mobility, travel decision-making can be more complex for members of marginalised groups - this book therefore examines the complexities of travel amongst different social groups. The complex nature of travel for different social groups is the starting point for this book's investigation of the experiences of the extremely socially marginalized, compared to those who are fully included. By comparing the impacts of transport on individuals at different points on a scale of social inclusion/exclusion, the book reveals the nuanced and textured ways in which transport is embedded in people's lives and lifestyles. By analysing people's lived experience of transport, rather than focussing on economic or engineering factors, the book provides useful new insights into future transport needs. It makes a compelling case that transport-related social exclusion has been neglected by local and regional policy makers and puts...

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Janine Fallon-mower

Número de Páginas: 132

Organized as a town in 1787, Woodstock has since been defined by a triangle of three distinct and powerful influences, weaving an uneasy balance: the legacies of the arts and crafts colony established at Byrdcliffe, the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival held in Bethel, and the people who live and work and raise families in the community. Woodstock provides a fascinating look at the community from the 1890s through the 1980s. With more than two hundred stunning images, it revisits the days when the center was simply a sleepy grass-covered village square. Shown are many buildings that no longer exist: the boarding homes, the icehouses, the bowling alley. The story captures the community as it passes through the arts-colony and music-festival years to become the busy tourist town it is today.

The Car

The Car

Autor: Bryan Appleyard

Número de Páginas: 241

A spirited, insightful exploration of our favorite machine and it's cultural impact on society over the past one hundred and fifty years. More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available to our eyes and our imaginations. They have inspired cinema, music and literature; they have, by their need for roads, bridges, filling stations, huge factories and global supply chains, re-engineered the world. Almost everything we now need, want, imagine or aspire to assumes the existence of cars in all their limitless power and their complex systems of meanings. This book celebrates the immense drama and beauty of the car, of the genius embodied in the Ford Model T, of the glory of the brilliant-red Mercedes Benz S-Class made by workers for Nelson Mandela on his release from prison, of Kanye West's 'chopped' Maybach, of the salvation of the Volkswagen Beetle by Major Ivan Hirst, of Elvis Presley's 100 Cadillacs, of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost and the BMC Mini and even of that harbinger of the...

Woodstock

Woodstock

Autor: Joel Makower

Número de Páginas: 376

Excerpts from interviews conducted in 1988 with producers, performers, security people, medics, technicians, etc., are interwoven to present a chronology of the 1969 rock festival from the initial brainstorm to the final drive home. Interviewees include David Crosby, Abbie Hoffman, Richie Havens, Wavy Gravy, Miriam Yasgur, Paul Kantner, Chip Monck, and many others. Includes many bandw photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Final Report of the New York State Governor's Youth Suicide Council

Final Report of the New York State Governor's Youth Suicide Council

Autor: New York State Governor's Youth Suicide Prevention Council

Número de Páginas: 98

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