Writers Wanted
The ads given are also short viz., freelance writers wanted – for the internet – No experience required
Internet company interests just maintain expanding moment by moment. To inform purchasers, to market products, online shopping, to improve the rating of websites, a huge quantity of penned content needs to be posted on the Net. Webmasters who could compose their own materials are despairing to outsource the composing operate so they can manage other things.
All this has commanded to a thing of a surge, a spurt in demand that is hard to fulfill. There is no expertise needed. In fact, traditional writers are at somewhat of a disadvantage because most of what they “know” about composing does not apply on the Web. Individuals just starting have absolutely nothing to unlearn…
You can support yourself on the web composing if you can write obvious and concise English at the degree of at least sixth or ninth grade. Literary excellence is less important than fast readability and clarity. Simple 350 – 500 phrase pieces should be turned out in beneath 30 minutes by those who want to work as online freelance writers.
Qualiy content articles need research which takes longer and more spend. Basic items might proceed for $five to $10 every, counting on dimensions and the amount of products contracted. Each well-penned write-up could earn $twenty to $35 for the author.
Overhead is low; there is no commuting, no workplace to spend for. One should have a pc with web connection, a pay pal account in order turn out to be a freelance customer. The acceptance of work, payment on delivery and work by contract everything is online.
To cater to the respective needs of the purchasers and sellers, there are many websites that offer freelance “Bulletin Board” or a meeting place. Here the talents of freelance writers are sought by those who would like to purchase them for their personal tasks. Freelancers look there to see which writing proposals are tasks they’d want to consider on. They then write contracts and post offers.
Negotiation of counter offers happens and then agreed upon. Tasks are finished, compensated, and affairs loop back to the starting. If the work is nicely carried out and in a timely manner just as agreed, it will be noted. Business relationships are constructed and several contracts are repeat work, privately negotiated, without competitors
A self-employed author will publish the article, report, or e-book on his or her own pc and send it via email. All payments are despatched electronically through the PayPal service. The selling procedure will consider place with out face to encounter discussions and the purchaser and seller can be in different countries and in different time zones. 1 can make use of pure electronic e-commerce at its greatest.
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In the Meantime… $9.39 A best-selling, inspirational writer advises us that some of the most important work in building one’s self-esteem is done in th |
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Re-Cycle (DVD) $14.68 Master horror directors Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang (THE EYE) teamed up once again for this 2006 feature. A writer wants to get a glimpse of some genuine supernatural occurrences while doing research for a novel, but her experiences lead her down a … |
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One Year to a Writing Life $10.74 Whether you are a writer of fiction or essays, or want to explore poetry or memoir, Tiberghien’s twelve fundamental lessons will help you discover and develop your own distinct voice. Tiberghien’s inventive exercises focus on the … |
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Copic Ciao 36-piece Marker Set (Set D) $115.83 Copic Ciao markers are the perfect choice for beginning artistsRound pens are made specifically for those who want to try markers Solid polypropylene body is both smooth and comfortable for a perfect controllable grip |
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Great Divorce (Hardcover) $16.15 What if anyone in Hell could take a bus trip to Heaven and stay there forever if they wanted to? In The Great Divorce C. S. Lewis again employs his formidable talent for fable and allegory. The writer find… |
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The Creative Visualization Workbook $10.26 Shakti Gawain has prepared a companion workbook to her popular Creative Visualization using guided activities such as list making, inventory taking, and personal writing. |
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So .. You Want to Write a Children`s Book: A Handbook for Children`s Authors and Illustrators $10.15 Ever wanted to write or illustrate a children’s book and have no idea where to begin or where to seek publication?   This handbook for new and aspiring children’s authors and illustrators is the ulti… |
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Life As We Would Want It . . . Life As We Are Given It $11.65 The terrain of Colorado forms a metaphor for life as acclaimed writer Ken Gire reflects upon the smooth, even terrain of eastern Colorado in contrast to the wild, uncertain, jagged terrain of western Colorado. The majestic, awe-inspiring mountains o… |
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Jeff Herman`s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents 2012 (Paperback) $19.39 Writers, agents, and editors agree that Jeff Herman`s Guide is the most-trusted reference for anyone wanting to get their book past the slush pile and into the hands of those who have the power to publish it. Filled with details on what to do… |
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How Not to Write a Sitcom (Paperback) $22.41 Script mechanic and sitcom-writing instructor Marc Blake strips down the sitcom into its component parts and provides a one-of-a-kind how-to guide for aspiring writers and media professionals for one of the most difficult and dem… |
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Kaplan SAT Writing Workbook (Paperback) $11.32 The complete test preparation tool that contains strategies, practice, and review for students who want to sharpen their writing skills for the SAT!As colleges across the country grow increasingly selective in their admissions standards, stud… |
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Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam $3.98 An acclaimed author and illustrator`s charming picture book for children, beautifully illustrated and based on the well-known hymn, is designed for parents and children to share again and again. Reprint. |
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Call of the Writers Craft $11.65 Introducing aspiring writers to their Divine Author Within, a lecturer and writing-retreat leader teaches readers how to listen to their inner muse so they can write the book they have always wanted to, and provides helpful hints for successfully navigati |
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Wanted™ $29 Download the Wanted™ font for Mac or Windows in OpenType, TrueType or PostScript format. |
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Wanted… Mud Blossom $3.48 The Blossom family has an especially eventful weekend during which Junior Blossom loses the school hamster and Pap’s dog Mud is put on trial for the hamster’s murder An ALA Notable Children’s Book, A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Edgar Allan Poe Mystery Writers Award, A Child Study Children’s Book Committee: Children’s Book of the Year, A Junior Literary Guild Selection. |
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The Wanted $15.93 The first boy band to score a number one without the aid of reality TV since Blue in 2001, five-piece the Wanted have played a big part in resurrecting the previously dying genre. The fact that first single “All Time Low” didn’t receive huge X-Factor-styl |
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A Brief History of the Future: How Visionary Thinkers Changed the World and Tomorrow’s Trends Are ‘Made’ and Marketed $10.09 Used – Whether for economic, personal, or political reasons, people have always wanted to know what the future will bring, and there have been no lack of people to tell us. “A Brief History of the Future” chronicles the most influential futurists over the years, from Delphi’s virgin visionaries, to pop futurists, science fiction writers, trend gurus, and evolutionary experts. |
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A Brief History of the Future: How Visionary Thinkers Changed the World and Tomorrow’s Trends Are ‘Made’ and Marketed $10 New – Whether for economic, personal, or political reasons, people have always wanted to know what the future will bring, and there have been no lack of people to tell us. “A Brief History of the Future” chronicles the most influential futurists over the years, from Delphi’s virgin visionaries, to pop futurists, science fiction writers, trend gurus, and evolutionary experts. |
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A Glasgow Trilogy: The Boy Who Wanted Peace, Grace and Miss Partridge, MR Alfred M.A. $26.33 New – One of the finest writers of post-war Scotland, Friel attempted to do for Glasgow what Joyce did for Dublin. These are his three greatest novels and shorter fiction. |
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A Glasgow Trilogy: The Boy Who Wanted Peace, Grace and Miss Partridge, MR Alfred M.A. $35.11 New – One of the finest writers of post-war Scotland, Friel attempted to do for Glasgow what Joyce did for Dublin. These are his three greatest novels and shorter fiction. |
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All I Ever Wanted Was a Piece of Cornbread and a Cadillac $19 New – Long-time fans of Bo Whaley will find this yet another masterpiece by one of America’s funniest writers. |
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Along Came a Spider $95.82 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $4.02 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $3.99 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $11.98 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $210.18 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $229.58 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $23.17 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $19.99 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $13.02 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $9.11 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $8.4 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $4.33 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $120.05 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $2.24 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $11.98 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Along Came a Spider $3.99 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $225.18 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $6.66 Used – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross |
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Along Came a Spider $57.91 New – The spectacular international bestseller that introduced Washington-based homicide detective Alex Cross and launched James Patterson’s career as one of the fastest-selling thriller writers in the world — now reissued in striking new cover style. He had always wanted to be famous. When he kidnapped two well-known rich kids, it was headline news. Then one of them was found — dead — and the whole nation was in uproar. For such a high-profile case, they needed the top people — Alex Cross, |
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Ambition $10.98 New – This collection of essays features the theme of what people wanted as children. The contributing writers include: Doris Lessing, Paul Auster, Brian MacKinnon and Nell Stroud. There are also pieces by George Steiner, J.M. Coetzee, Joyce Carol Oates, John Biguenet and Peter Walker. |
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An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing $11.28 New – Editor W.C. Jameson has long been interested in why writers do what they do. Why do they write? What obstacles do they encounter, and how do they overcome inevitable bumps in the road? He also wondered how living in Colorado specifically influences the writing experience. So he asked authors, with no rules or boundaries, to share whatever they wanted about their art and lives. This eclectic collection is a peek inside the minds of Colorado authors as they reflect on topics like the writing |
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An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing $12.66 Used – Editor W.C. Jameson has long been interested in why writers do what they do. Why do they write? What obstacles do they encounter, and how do they overcome inevitable bumps in the road? He also wondered how living in Colorado specifically influences the writing experience. So he asked authors, with no rules or boundaries, to share whatever they wanted about their art and lives. This eclectic collection is a peek inside the minds of Colorado authors as they reflect on topics like the writin |
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An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing $27.73 New – Editor W.C. Jameson has long been interested in why writers do what they do. Why do they write? What obstacles do they encounter, and how do they overcome inevitable bumps in the road? He also wondered how living in Colorado specifically influences the writing experience. So he asked authors, with no rules or boundaries, to share whatever they wanted about their art and lives. This eclectic collection is a peek inside the minds of Colorado authors as they reflect on topics like the writing |
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An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing $14.61 New – Editor W.C. Jameson has long been interested in why writers do what they do. Why do they write? What obstacles do they encounter, and how do they overcome inevitable bumps in the road? He also wondered how living in Colorado specifically influences the writing experience. So he asked authors, with no rules or boundaries, to share whatever they wanted about their art and lives. This eclectic collection is a peek inside the minds of Colorado authors as they reflect on topics like the writing |
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An Elevated View: Colorado Writers on Writing $10.78 Used – Editor W.C. Jameson has long been interested in why writers do what they do. Why do they write? What obstacles do they encounter, and how do they overcome inevitable bumps in the road? He also wondered how living in Colorado specifically influences the writing experience. So he asked authors, with no rules or boundaries, to share whatever they wanted about their art and lives. This eclectic collection is a peek inside the minds of Colorado authors as they reflect on topics like the writin |
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Author 101: Bestselling Book Publ. $6.88 New – This new series of instructional books helps beginning writers navigate the crowded publishing marketplace. It’s an all-in-one publishing curriculum for anyone who has ever wanted to turn a good idea into a bestseller. |
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Author 101: Bestselling Book Publicity $4.94 Used – This new series of instructional books helps beginning writers navigate the crowded publishing marketplace. It’s an all-in-one publishing curriculum for anyone who has ever wanted to turn a good idea into a bestseller. |
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Author 101: Bestselling Secrets from Top Agents $1.99 New – This new series of instructional books helps beginning writers navigate the crowded publishing marketplace. It’s an all-in-one publishing curriculum for anyone who has ever wanted to turn a good idea into a bestseller. |
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Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers $2.99 New – A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment–from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one’s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose fa |
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Autograf: New York City’s Graffiti Writers $2.99 Used – A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment–from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one’s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose f |
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Awakening & Other Stories $1.62 New – ‘She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.’ Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted wit |
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Awakening & Other Stories $2 Used – ‘She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.’ Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted wi |
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Berry and Co. $10.42 Used – This collection of short stories featuring ‘Berry’ Pleydell and his chaotic entourage established Dornford Yates’ reputation as one of the best comic writers in a generation, and made him hugely popular. The German caricatures in the book carried such a sting that when France was invaded in 1939 Yates, who was living near the Pyren??es, was put on the wanted list and had to flee. |
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Boss Man from Ogallala $0.99 Used – A mix of popular genres from top-selling American authors. Readers will relish themes of love, glamour, politics, perseverance, resilience, innovation and the pioneer spirit from some of the best-loved writers of modern fiction, nonfiction and biography.Surely heartbreak doesn’t last forever, Casey thought. It was ironic, actually, because Casey hadn’t wanted Flint McCallister to manage the ranch at all. Her hostility had been open. Now, here she was, contemplating a world without him as |
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Boss Man from Ogallala $10.99 Used – A mix of popular genres from top-selling American authors. Readers will relish themes of love, glamour, politics, perseverance, resilience, innovation and the pioneer spirit from some of the best-loved writers of modern fiction, nonfiction and biography.Surely heartbreak doesn’t last forever, Casey thought. It was ironic, actually, because Casey hadn’t wanted Flint McCallister to manage the ranch at all. Her hostility had been open. Now, here she was, contemplating a world without him as |
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Britain Revisited $77.95 New – “Britain Revisited” was first published in 1961. To a degree, the title is self-explanatory, Tom Harrisson wanted to reassess Worktown (Bolton) and other locations twenty years after the original Mass Observation research had been carried out. Harrisson took into the field with him some of those who had first participated, famous mass observers such as Woodrow Wyatt, Humphrey Spender, the painter Julian Trevelyan, and the writers Bill Naughton, John Summerfield and Celia Fremlin. Their fin |
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Carpentry for Dummies(r) $51.38 Used – “Carpentry For Dummies is a terrific guide to stay on the right track.” Richard Karn, Al Borland on TVs Home Improvement “Probably the most useful tool to have in the home workshop solid information about everything is right at your fingertips.” Don Geary, President of the National Association of Home Workshop Writers Step-By-Step Illustrations Show You How to Do It! Have you ever wanted to trim out a room but didnt know where to start? In Carpentry For Dummies(R), Gene and K |
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Courage and Craft: Writing Your Life Into Story $6.2 Used – This book is for anyone who has always wanted to write about their life, but wondered how to get started, how to keep going, and whether it’s even worth it. Veteran author and teacher Barbara Abercrombie explains how to put the messy details of the typical life into orderly, clear, and meaningful form. In reader-friendly language, she describes how to keep a journal, craft a personal essay, or write a memoir, autobiography, or work of fiction. The book includes lessons to embolden writers |
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Deadly Sins $1.99 Used – Who among us has not enjoyed a sin or two? Here are eight of the best present-day writers, discoursing on their favorite transgressions. (Even though Saint Thomas Aquinas only spoke of seven deadly sins, Joyce Carol Oates wanted to explore Despair.) Without guilt, readers can partake as the authors energetically defend Anger, Lust, Pride, and more. Line drawings. 2-color throughout. |
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Deer Tick concert at Daytrotter Studio on 22 Jun 09 $0 John Joseph McCauley III has a mustache that is almost always just a little bit too long, to the point where the blondish whiskers begin a coarse curl inward, poking into that upper lip of his and getting in the way of anything brought to the mouth on a fork or spoon or by cup. Bottles are unaffected so that’s a point of no concern as the beer goes down smooth without any napkins needed for clean up. The whiskey swigs can be consumed with the same amount of ease and very little residue. It only leads to more of that sort of thing – this lack of complication. It’s an enabling of the kind of imbibing that goes on to fill the nights and sometimes the days so that the most painful tribulations can be suitably numbed into vagary or non-memory, whichever it chooses to get reset to when the chips and drinks are slammed down on the wood. It’s a choice to always go down the disintegrating and disheartening road of ruin, where broken hearts attract other wounded characters and start buying each other drinks, impressed with the other’s capacity for hurt and for the old souls that they’ve all come to tell of or get their bleeding insides across in other ways. McCauley, who’s riding some long-time-coming bit of popularity since his appearance at the SXSW music festival in March (an appearance on the inaugural episode of NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ indie rock showcase of all things), is most definitely one of the finest writers of these battered and beaten ballads working today. He writes songs that are brutally specific and filled with such moving soliloquies and jagged lines of true sadness or immovable sorrow that’s come from the mismatch of two innocent hearts. The hearts are never innocent in the sense that they’ve never done wrong, never made another heart take a cold and rocky plunge off a pier, but always in the sense that THIS time – this particular time – they weren’t going to do that. They were being good. They wanted better and they had no intention of letting the |
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Digging Up Darwin $14.28 Used – During the year 2002 the Ohio State School board revised its recommendations for teaching science in all twelve grades. Many scientists wanted evolution taught. For six months newspapers carried news stories about books and debates, letters to editors from all directions, interviews sith teachers and writers, and long editorials. The author records most of these and reflects upon all sides critically. He comments within and upon them. Ohio dug up Darwin. Rolwing holds his nose, not at the |
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Digging Up Darwin $14.28 New – During the year 2002 the Ohio State School board revised its recommendations for teaching science in all twelve grades. Many scientists wanted evolution taught. For six months newspapers carried news stories about books and debates, letters to editors from all directions, interviews sith teachers and writers, and long editorials. The author records most of these and reflects upon all sides critically. He comments within and upon them. Ohio dug up Darwin. Rolwing holds his nose, not at the |
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Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders $5.29 Used – “”But what I also know is that writing allows students to explore and reveal how they view life based on their frames of references. There is no common theme in the “Diverse Stories: From the Imaginations of Sixth Graders” because the students were allowed to write about whatever they wanted. How refreshing! The stories are equally as unique as the individual writers: some melancholy, some funny, some breathtaking, all fantastic.”" -Mary B. Morrison, bestselling author of “Nothing Has Eve |
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English Epicures and Stoics: Ancient Legacies in Early Stuart Culture $10.89 Used – For seventeenth-century English intellectuals, the ancient Epicureans and Stoics spoke clearly and forcefully to the kinds of problems they most wanted to solve. Whether seeking to define divinity, kingship, nobility, or liberty; to determine how people should live, govern, worship, form societies, and interpret nature: or to mediate between pleasure and virtue — early Stuart writers time and again adapted and transformed the rival yet crossbred legacies of Epicureanism and Stoicism. In |
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Exile $23.48 New – For Carlos Romero Estevez, freedom from danger means a life in exile. Rescued from his home in a Latin American military dictatorship — where his writings have been banned and he is wanted by the state — the poet and journalist is brought to a new home in Vancouver. His rescuers, a group devoted to helping oppressed writers, think they’ve found a hero, a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he’s found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends.But soon everyone’s illusions are dispelled, an |
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Exile $2.71 Used – For Carlos Romero Estevez, freedom from danger means a life in exile. Rescued from his home in a Latin American military dictatorship — where his writings have been banned and he is wanted by the state — the poet and journalist is brought to a new home in Vancouver. His rescuers, a group devoted to helping oppressed writers, think they’ve found a hero, a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he’s found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends.But soon everyone’s illusions are dispelled, a |
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Exile $2.76 Used – For Carlos Romero Estevez, freedom from danger means a life in exile. Rescued from his home in a Latin American military dictatorship — where his writings have been banned and he is wanted by the state — the poet and journalist is brought to a new home in Vancouver. His rescuers, a group devoted to helping oppressed writers, think they’ve found a hero, a posterboy. Carlos thinks he’s found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone’s illusions are dispelled, a |
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Family Wanted: Adoption Stories $10.99 New – A powerful collection of pieces by writers on adoption, from all three sides of the issue: writers who are adopted, those who have given up children for adoption, and those who have adopted. AM Homes writes about finding her birth father, Bernard Cornwell about being adopted by members of a strange religious sect; Tama Janowitz describes meeting her Chinese daughter for the first time, and Martin Rowson reflects on meeting his long-lost siblings; Daniel Menaker explores what adopting his c |
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First Children’s Encyclopedia $17.35 Used – Discover everything you ever wanted to know about anything with this first reference for young readers and writers. This is an inspiring and comprehensive collection of the best in the “DK First Reference” series, all gathered together in one superb volume. From prehistoric life to space travel, bacteria to the human brain help, your child discover all about the world we live in. They’ll discover how life on Earth began, how the human body works, how people lived in Ancient Egypt, why som |
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First Children’s Encyclopedia $17.35 New – Discover everything you ever wanted to know about anything with this first reference for young readers and writers. This is an inspiring and comprehensive collection of the best in the “DK First Reference” series, all gathered together in one superb volume. From prehistoric life to space travel, bacteria to the human brain help, your child discover all about the world we live in. They’ll discover how life on Earth began, how the human body works, how people lived in Ancient Egypt, why some |
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Footballeur: An Autobiography (Rev.) $84.95 New – When Arsene Wenger brought Robert Pires to Arsenal in the summer of 2000 he was a good footballer on the cusp of greatness. After a slow first season, his second was astonishing. He was a key player in Arsenal’s double-winning year until a terrible injury curtailed the series of glorious performances that won him the prestigious Football Writers’ Player of the Year award and put an end to his World Cup dreams. Robert Pires has always wanted to be a professional footballer and this triumpha |
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From Jo’burg to Jozi: Stories about Africa’s Infamous City $12.48 New – The authors approached about eighty journalists and writers based in Johannesburg and asked them to write short pieces about the city in which they work and live. They did not specify form or style-the contributors were free to express themselves however they wanted to. Out of this has emerged fifty-odd pieces of writing that reflect aspects of the city, idiosyncratic reactions to living and working here, appreciations of small and big things, some poems, some criticisms-all will find res |
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George Moore (Novelist) $68.01 Used – George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s. There, he befriended many of the leading French artists and writers of the day. As a naturalistic writer, he was amongst the first English-language authors to absorb the lessons of the French realists, and was particularly influenced by the works of Emile |
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Goodbye, Billie Jean: The Meaning of Michael Jackson $27.95 Used – When Michael Jackson died, Lorette C. Luzajic wanted to do something special. Like just about everyone else in the world, she wanted to mark the loss of this legendary life. So she decided to make the most amazing, most interesting, best-looking MJ book of all. Goodbye, Billie Jean: the Meaning of Michael Jackson showcases fifty-one diverse writers sharing their perspectives and experiences. The collection features Pulitzer-prize winning author Chris Hedges; Daybreak Alberta host Russell |
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Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC $115.77 New – “Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC” is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges t |
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Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC $39.68 Used – “Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC” is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges |
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Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC $39.68 New – “Greece in the Making 1200-479 BC” is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges t |
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Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC $42.95 Used – Greece in the Making 1200a “479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges |
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Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC $495 New – Greece in the Making 1200a “479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges t |
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Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC $181.8 New – Greece in the Making 1200a “479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges t |
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Greece in the Making, 1200-479 BC $115.77 Used – Greece in the Making 1200a “479 BC is an accessible and comprehensive account of Greek history from the end of the Bronze Age to the Classical Period. The first edition of this book broke new ground by acknowledging that, barring a small number of archaic poems and inscriptions, the majority of our literary evidence for archaic Greece reported only what later writers wanted to tell, and so was subject to systematic selection and distortion. This book offers a narrative which acknowledges |
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Grub Street Abroad: Aspects of the French Cosmopolitan Press from the Age of Louis XIV to the French Revolution $145 New – Eighteenth-century French readers who wanted to keep up with political and literary trends, had to rely on books and journals imported from abroad. French writers, such as Voltaire and Rousseau, also depended on foreign firms to get their works in print. Grub Street Abroad demonstrates the importance of extraterritorial publishing for the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. By placing the periphery at the center of the stage, it highlights neglected cosmopolitan aspects of an emergent |
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How Not to Buy a House in Arizona and Other Atrocities $3.98 Used – This how-to book with a how-not-to title, will save you money when you buy a house. The writers are self-described “houseaholics.” In Seattle they bought five, in Arizona, three. Other deals fell through when the builder wanted to put their money into his bank account instead of escrow, when a house flunked the termite inspection and when the builder simply refunded their money without explanation. They learned a lot. The hard way! Now they want you to learn a lot the easy way. Don’t make |
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How Not to Buy a House in Arizona and Other Atrocities $3.28 Used – This how-to book with a how-not-to title, will save you money when you buy a house. The writers are self-described “houseaholics.” In Seattle they bought five, in Arizona, three. Other deals fell through when the builder wanted to put their money into his bank account instead of escrow, when a house flunked the termite inspection and when the builder simply refunded their money without explanation. They learned a lot. The hard way! Now they want you to learn a lot the easy way. Don’t make |
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How Not to Buy a House in Arizona and Other Atrocities $15.01 New – This how-to book with a how-not-to title, will save you money when you buy a house. The writers are self-described “houseaholics.” In Seattle they bought five, in Arizona, three. Other deals fell through when the builder wanted to put their money into his bank account instead of escrow, when a house flunked the termite inspection and when the builder simply refunded their money without explanation. They learned a lot. The hard way! Now they want you to learn a lot the easy way. Don’t make |
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How Not to Buy a House in Arizona and Other Atrocities $15.01 New – This how-to book with a how-not-to title, will save you money when you buy a house. The writers are self-described “houseaholics.” In Seattle they bought five, in Arizona, three. Other deals fell through when the builder wanted to put their money into his bank account instead of escrow, when a house flunked the termite inspection and when the builder simply refunded their money without explanation. They learned a lot. The hard way! Now they want you to learn a lot the easy way. Don’t make |
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I Want to Be an Author: Now What? $5.7 New – I Want to Be an Author: Now What? is a publishing primer for beginning writers, hobbyists and subject-matter experts who want to get into print but don’t know where to start. The book includes an overview of the industry and crucial steps to make your book stand out, as well as shortcuts, hints and tips to point you in the right direction toward getting published. With its handy size and conversational style, this book is geared toward the individual who “always wanted to write a book” or |
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I Want to Be an Author: Now What? $5.7 Used – I Want to Be an Author: Now What? is a publishing primer for beginning writers, hobbyists and subject-matter experts who want to get into print but don’t know where to start. The book includes an overview of the industry and crucial steps to make your book stand out, as well as shortcuts, hints and tips to point you in the right direction toward getting published. With its handy size and conversational style, this book is geared toward the individual who “always wanted to write a book” or |
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Janet’s Repentance $13.68 Used – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Janet’s Repentance $28.17 Used – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Janet’s Repentance $28.87 New – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Janet’s Repentance $16.31 New – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Janet’s Repentance $28.87 Used – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Janet’s Repentance $16.31 Used – Mary Anne Evans (1819-1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny |
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Living with Loss, Healing with Hope $0.99 Used – Earl Grollman’s Living When a Loved One Has Died has brought comfort to more than 250,000 readers. In Living with Loss, Healing with Hope, Grollman speaks directly to mourners of the Jewish faith. By weaving quotations from Jewish writers and philosophers into his comforting and expert prose, Grollman guides readers through the journey of mourning, healing, and hope. A colleague of Grollman’s once told him, “Earl, I am not a member of your faith, but if I wanted the soundest emotional and |
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Looking Together: Writers on Art $3.05 Used – The relationship between writers and artists has long been a collaborative one. Plato used the word ekphrasis to describe what happens when a writer writes creatively, as opposed to critically, about art. Gertrude Stein claimed that her innovative writing style was inspired by the paintings of Cezanne – and then went on to tell Hemingway to study Cezanne if he wanted to learn to write. In “Looking Together”, a dozen writers working in a range of styles and forms respond to works of art he |
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Lou Reed concert at Capitol Theatre on 25 Sep 84 $9.98 This show was captured for the King Biscuit Flower Hour shortly after Reed moved to Warner Brothers Records after long stints with both RCA and Arista Records. Warner was banking on rumors that Reed was getting ready to re-form the Velvet Underground, and wanted to be his label when he did. (The Velvet reunion would not happen until several years later). Reed was fronting one of his best backup bands, which included Eddie Martinez on guitar (Robert Palmer) and Fernando Saunders (ex-Jan Hammer Group), on bass. Reed offers sterling performances of both his classic hits (“Sweet Jane,” “Coney Island Baby,” and “Walk On The Wild Side”) and newer material from that time period, including “My Red Joystick” and “New Sensations.” He closes with a pumping version of the Velvet Underground staple, “Rock and Roll.” Lou Reed first came to prominence as part of the 1960s avant garde art and music movement that grew out of Greenwich Village in Manhattan. With his experimental rock band the Velvet Underground closely aligned with cutting edge artist and film maker Andy Warhol, they became the first act to take alternative music based on a Bohemian lifestyle and reach a large commercial audience with it. In the beginning, Reed & the Velvets were spinning off the association with modern art and didn’t have tremendous musical ability. The longer they performed together, the better they became as vocalists, musicians, and writers. By the time the Velvet Underground broke up in 1970, Reed had written some of the most influential rock songs of all time, including “Waiting For The Man,” “Sweet Jane,” “White Heat, White Light,” and “Rock & Roll.” Most of the music of the Velvet Underground was based around life as an artist in New York City, where hard drug use was almost a prerequisite. In 1971, he went solo, and the following year hooked up with Tony DeFries, mastermind behind the marketing of David Bowie. Bowie and guitarist Mick Ronson were brought in to produce Reed’s next album, |
