Author: Warren R. Hofstra
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252094980
Size: 47.19 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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One of the most influential and acclaimed female vocalists of the twentieth century, Patsy Cline (1932–63) was best known for her rich tone and emotionally expressive voice. Born Virginia Patterson Hensley, she launched her musical career during the early 1950s as a young woman in Winchester, Virginia, and her heartfelt songs reflect her life and times in this community. A country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success, Cline embodied the power and appeal of women in country music, helping open the lucrative industry to future female solo artists. Bringing together noted authorities on Patsy Cline and country music, Sweet Dreams: The World of Patsy Cline examines the regional and national history that shaped Cline's career and the popular culture that she so profoundly influenced with her music. In detailed, deeply researched essays, contributors provide an account of Cline's early performance days in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, analyze the politics of the split between pop and country music, and discuss her strategies for negotiating gender in relation to her public and private persona. Interpreting rich visual images, fan correspondence, publicity tactics, and community mores, this volume explores the rich and complex history of a woman whose music and image changed the shape of country music and American popular culture. Contributors are Beth Bailey, Mike Foreman, Douglas Gomery, George Hamilton IV, Warren R. Hofstra, Joli Jensen, Bill C. Malone, Kristine M. McCusker, and Jocelyn R. Neal.
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Author: Sunny Leone
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
ISBN: 8193237226
Size: 76.33 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Erotic stories
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Sunny Leone is one of IndiaÕs most desired and glamorous women. The seven delicious stories in her collection, SWEET DREAMS, will put the oomph back into your life. A story will be delivered to your phone every night at 10 pm
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Author: Samantha J. Chrismas
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438906722
Size: 43.55 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Land of Sweet Dreams was born out of the author's need to get her little boys to sleep. It is written with the hope that it will help parents the world over to address the age old nightly challenge: how do I get my little ones to sleep?. For most of us, the bedtime routine is the same: bath, supper, prayer, a bedtime story, and a goodnight kiss. "Sweet dreams" is usually the last thing said before they go to sleep. The author decided to take those words literally. After frequent failed attempts to get her boys to sleep, the author took a path that appealed to the boys' colorful imaginations, and their love of mouthwatering treats. With the author's creativity, and the boys love of everything sweet, land of sweet dreams came to life. This is a land that kids are happy to visit in their dreams and parents are happy is only a dream. This adventure is sure to encourage any child to close his eyes and drift off into this whimsical dreamland. Once asleep, this land comes to life with vivid colors, and the most delightful sweets, such as, cotton candy, ice cream, candy canes, candied apples, marshmallows, muffins, and other treats. The boys depicted in this story not only visit this land, but they also fly through the sky enjoying the dazzling colors below. It is the hope of the author that kids and parents will look forward to bedtime: kids will use their imagination to create their own land of sweet dreams, and parents will encourage their little ones to close their eyes and drift off into this magical land. Finally, a note to parents: you are never too old to dream, so join in the fun, it's only a dream.
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Author: Andrew J Turvill
Publisher: Grosvenor House Publishing
ISBN: 1839755334
Size: 17.34 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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An autobiographical account of a nightmarish childhood. A recollection of events that happened behind closed doors. From youth to adulthood; from hurting to healing. Intertwined with a journey into intuition, paranormal occurrences and finding out who you are. A story about mental and physical growth, learning how to be strong on your own and finding the right time to confront those who wronged you. Finding strength from your own weakness is incredibly freeing and powerful. Sometimes you look back and wonder how you made it; how did you survive? All you know is you did, you will, you can.
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Author: Holly Anna
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 153447837X
Size: 15.32 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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In this twelfth Daisy Dreamer chapter book, Daisy can’t find her imaginary friend, Posey! Meet Daisy Dreamer. People call her the girl with her head in the clouds because she daydreams some of the time…or maybe most the time. She loves to write stories, draw, and invent games. Then one day, she drew a doodle in her special journal and that picture came to life! That’s how she met her imaginary friend, Posey! Or maybe she didn’t? You see, Daisy just woke up from the wildest dream ever. It’s the kind she wanted to tell everyone about. But when she looks for Posey, he’s nowhere to be found. Was her imaginary friend really imaginary the whole time? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Daisy Dreamer chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.
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Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262250721
Size: 10.29 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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In the years since Daniel Dennett's influential Consciousness Explained was published in 1991, scientific research on consciousness has been a hotly contested battleground of rival theories—"so rambunctious," Dennett observes, "that several people are writing books just about the tumult." With Sweet Dreams, Dennett returns to the subject for "revision and renewal" of his theory of consciousness, taking into account major empirical advances in the field since 1991 as well as recent theoretical challenges. In Consciousness Explained, Dennett proposed to replace the ubiquitous but bankrupt Cartesian Theater model (which posits a privileged place in the brain where "it all comes together" for the magic show of consciousness) with the Multiple Drafts Model. Drawing on psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and artificial intelligence, he asserted that human consciousness is essentially the mental software that reorganizes the functional architecture of the brain. In Sweet Dreams, he recasts the Multiple Drafts Model as the "fame in the brain" model, as a background against which to examine the philosophical issues that "continue to bedevil the field." With his usual clarity and brio, Dennett enlivens his arguments with a variety of vivid examples. He isolates the "Zombic Hunch" that distorts much of the theorizing of both philosophers and scientists, and defends heterophenomenology, his "third-person" approach to the science of consciousness, against persistent misinterpretations and objections. The old challenge of Frank Jackson's thought experiment about Mary the color scientist is given a new rebuttal in the form of "RoboMary," while his discussion of a famous card trick, "The Tuned Deck," is designed to show that David Chalmers's Hard Problem is probably just a figment of theorists' misexploited imagination. In the final essay, the "intrinsic" nature of "qualia" is compared with the naively imagined "intrinsic value" of a dollar in "Consciousness—How Much is That in Real Money?"
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Author: Sheila Walsh
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 9781400312979
Size: 17.54 MB
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Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Presents Bible stories and devotions for girls, including "The Tower of Babel," "Esther Becomes Queen," and "Peter Raises Tabitha."
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Author: Robin Jones Gunn
Publisher: Bethany House Pub
ISBN: 9781561797325
Size: 75.70 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Christy Miller learns to be a friend by letting go of both her best friend Katie and her boyfriend Todd, when he takes a short-term mission assignment.
