Sylvester Ahola has played the trumpet on 2,000 records and been part of fifty orchestras and jazz bands. This comprehensive study charts his role as one of the great musicians during a unique period in American musical culture―from the growth of jazz through the Depression to the development of commercial radio.After a classical training, Ahola's prolific recording career among the top bands of the age, in both America and England, was a tribute to the skill and mastery of his chosen instrument. His career as a first-rate studio musician found him equally at ease with classical trumpet solos, light orchestral music, popular dance band tunes, and in groups accompanying such great singers as Paul Robeson and Sophie Tucker. He was also responsible, in no small way, for establishing a style of "hot" jazz-flavored playing among emerging British dance bands.His, however, is a story of anonymity. This bibliography is intended to help restore his name to its proper place in both American and British musical history. The author recalls Ahola's incredible memory of events, anecdotes about musicians, band leaders, and recording studios, and a lifelong passion for amateur radio. With a comprehensive discography of all his known recordings and many photographs.

Sylvester Ahola

Biographies & Memoirs

Hill, Dick

Arts & Literature

Scarecrow Press

<p>"Advertising That Sells" is a valuable how-to manual for any business that needs to advertise. It serves as an "advertising agency" without the costly expense of hiring one. Focused on the new-age of desktop publishing, it helps level the playing field against major competition. It's packed with examples, models and actual ads from leading advertisers. The book "partners" with the person in charge of communications to maximize their professional skills. It provides a constant reference on producing the kind of marketing communications required today. Including ads, brochures, newsletters, radio scripts, promotions -- and more. For managers who demand results, here's the book that stretches budgets, sharpens images and strengthens sales. It's today's "magic bullet" for any business -- from home-based to major operations -- that need to advertise.</p>

Advertising That Sells

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

Hill Top Pub

A history of Inuvik's beginnings and early development as a new frontier community and the cultural adaptation of its Inuvialuit, Gwich'in and southern residents.

Inuvik A History, 1958-2008: The Planning, Construction and Growth of an Arctic Community

History

Americas

Trafford Publishing

By 1858, construction on a new railroad from Mobile, Alabama, to Cairo, Illinois, had intersected the Fulton/Pontotoc Road near an area called Gum Pond. That location contained large numbers of tupelo gum trees, and the intersection became known as Tupelo. Many merchants in surrounding communities, like Harrisburg and Richmond, realized that the intersection was going to be a prime area for commerce and began disassembling buildings that housed places of business and relocating them to Tupelo. By the beginning of the Civil War, there were two stores, two hotels, two saloons, and a temporary depot fronting the railroad just south of present-day Main Street. During the Civil War, Tupelo became a major location for shipping grain and livestock to the Confederate army. It also served as headquarters for the Confederate Army of the West and a rest and recreation area for Confederate armies.

Tupelo (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Leake, Mem

Lyle, Bill

Riley, Julian

Yarbrough, Boyd

Baker,David

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Tupelo

Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

Battle Talk! is a gold mine of history, yielding a wealth of information from Dick Hill's tapes, journal, and photos from his radio tour during the Korean War. By "replaying" these episodes, the book focuses on the special bond between the media and Marines and provides new insight on the war. The Minneapolis author was a Marine Combat Correspondent and joined writers, photographers, radio reporters, and artists in making as well as reporting history. Dick Hill interviewed Marines of all kinds, from riflemen to jet pilots, including Ted Williams, the baseball Hall of Famer. His book reveals the media circus that took place at the Public Information Office (PIO), where in one month alone, nearly 100 reporters logged in. Hill's team escorted the media to the front lines, leading VIPs like Walter Cronkite, James A. Michener, and Edward R. Murrow into the action. Battle Talk! is a gripping "replay" of the forgotten war. As a special bonus, an audio CD of the author's personal recordings bring the book to life. Includes eye-catching images by Marine Combat photographers and David Douglas Duncan, would famous photojournalist.

Battle Talk!: Memoirs of a Marine Radio Correspondent

Leaders & Notable People

Bookhouse Fulfillment

<p>Saxons, Vikings, and Celts is the most illuminating book yet to be written about the genetic history of Britain and Ireland. Through a systematic, ten-year DNA survey of more than 10,000 volunteers, Bryan Sykes has traced the true genetic makeup of British Islanders and their descendants. This historical travelogue and genetic tour of the fabled isles, which includes accounts of the Roman invasions and Norman conquests, takes readers from the Pontnewydd cave in North Wales, where a 300,000-year-old tooth was discovered, to the resting place of "The Red Lady" of Paviland, whose anatomically modern body was dyed with ochre by her grieving relatives nearly 29,000 years ago. A perfect work for anyone interested in the genealogy of England, Scotland, or Ireland, Saxons, Vikings, and Celts features a chapter specifically addressing the genetic makeup of those people in the United States who have descended from the British Isles.</p>

Saxons, Vikings, and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland

Sykes, Bryan

Europe

Tantor Media, Inc.

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