Lucking Out
Title | Lucking Out PDF eBook |
Author | James Wolcott |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2012-10-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0767930622 |
From one of our most admired (and feared) cultural critics, a memoir that captures all the gritty, grubby glamour of New York in the awful/wonderful Seventies. In the autumn of 1972, a very young and green James Wolcott arrived in New York from Maryland, full of literary dreams, equipped with a letter of introduction from Norman Mailer, and having no idea what was about to hit him. Landing at a time of accelerating municipal squalor and, paradoxically, gathering cultural energy in all spheres as "Downtown" became a category of art and life unto itself, he embarked upon his sentimental education, seventies New York style. This portrait of a critic as a young man is also a rollicking, acutely observant portrait of a legendary time and place. Mixing grit and glitter in just the right proportions, suffused with affection for the talented and sometimes half-crazed denizens of the scene, it will make readers long for a time when you really could get mugged around here.
Critical Mass
Title | Critical Mass PDF eBook |
Author | James Wolcott |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 2015-04-14 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0767930630 |
James Wolcott’s career as a critic has been unmatched, from his early Seventies dispatches for The Village Voice to the literary coverage made him equally feared and famous to his must-read reports on the cultural weather for Vanity Fair. Bringing together his best work from across the decades, this collection shows Wolcott as connoisseur, intrepid reporter, memoirist, and necessary naysayer. We begin with “O.K. Corral Revisited,” Wolcott’s career-launching account of the famed Norman Mailer–Gore Vidal dust-off on the original Dick Cavett Show. He goes on to consider (or reconsider) the towering figures of our culture, among them Lena Dunham Patti Smith, Johnny Carson, Woody Allen, and John Cheever. And we witness his legendary takedowns, which have entered into the literary lore of our time. In an age where a great deal of back scratching and softball pitching pass for criticism, Critical Mass offers a bracing taste of the real thing.
Senator from Michigan
Title | Senator from Michigan PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1120 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Eureka Effect
Title | The Eureka Effect PDF eBook |
Author | David N Perkins |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9780393322552 |
Breakthrough thinking comes as a sudden, seemingly unaccountable moment of inspiration: From Archimedes' discovery in the bathtub of the principle of water displacement to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, from Brunelleschi's development of perspective drawing to the Impressionist revolution, from the taming of fire to the creation of the laser, it has shaped and advanced civilization.
Targeted Jobs Tax Credit
Title | Targeted Jobs Tax Credit PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Containment
Title | Containment PDF eBook |
Author | Sean Schubert |
Publisher | Permuted Press+ORM |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2012-11-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1618680498 |
To escape the zombie apocalypse, a small band of survivors journeys into the deadly Alaskan wilderness in this thrilling horror series. Anchorage, once Alaska’s largest city, has fallen to a merciless and growing zombie horde. The survivors led by Neil Jordan and Dr. Caldwell decide to join forces against the hellish undead maelstrom. And when their refuge is compromised, Dr. Caldwell and the others place their faith and their lives squarely in Neil’s hands. With life and death hanging on every decision, Neil must face each new obstacle without breaking. And the group presses on in the hope that this nightmare has been contained, and there still exists a sane world free of infection. But to reach it, they must survive and escape . . .
Congressional Record
Title | Congressional Record PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress |
Publisher | |
Pages | 602 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)