Since its publication in 1984, The Great Song Thesaurus has established itself as the definitive reference on the popular song. Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day and covering virtually every type of popular song-- from Broadway show tunes and sea chanteys to television theme songs and advertising jingles--the Thesaurus presents accessible information on each song's composer, lyricist, year of greatest popularity, and, where appropriate, record sales, air play and Hit Parade rankings, and much more. This new edition updates the material up to 1987 and includes a new index of key lines. Organized for easy reference, the volume also enables readers to look up songs by alphabetical order; yearly chronology; composer or lyricist; key word, subject, or category; awards received; theatre, film, radio, or television score; and by the entertainer, college, political campaign, or commercial product with which a song is associated. An invaluable and thoroughly up-to-date reference for professionals and general readers alike, The Great Song Thesaurus is essential for anyone interested in popular music. Outstanding Features * Chronicles hit songs from 1558 through 1986 * Contains a new index of key lyric lines * Names major American and British award-winning songs * Gives theme songs of performers, universities, and political campaigns * Lists more than 11,000 song titles, with lyricists, composers, dates of publication, and other vital facts * Includes over 800 listings of songs used in musical theatre, film, radio, and television * Indexes more than 5,500 contributing lyricists and songwriters * Lists over 2,000 song titles by subject, key word, and category

The Great Song Thesaurus

Arts & Photography

Smith, Frederick

Lax, Roger

Music

Oxford University Press

The Self Possessed is a multifaceted, diachronic study reconsidering the very nature of religion in South Asia, the culmination of years of intensive research. Frederick M. Smith proposes that positive oracular or ecstatic possession is the most common form of spiritual expression in India, and that it has been linguistically distinguished from negative, disease-producing possession for thousands of years. In South Asia possession has always been broader and more diverse than in the West, where it has been almost entirely characterized as "demonic." At best, spirit possession has been regarded as a medically treatable psychological ailment and at worst, as a condition that requires exorcism or punishment. In South (and East) Asia, ecstatic or oracular possession has been widely practiced throughout history, occupying a position of respect in early and recent Hinduism and in certain forms of Buddhism. Smith analyzes Indic literature from all ages-the earliest Vedic texts; the Mahabharata; Buddhist, Jain, Yogic, Ayurvedic, and Tantric texts; Hindu devotional literature; Sanskrit drama and narrative literature; and more than a hundred ethnographies. He identifies several forms of possession, including festival, initiatory, oracular, and devotional, and demonstrates their multivocality within a wide range of sects and religious identities. Possession is common among both men and women and is practiced by members of all social and caste strata. Smith theorizes on notions of embodiment, disembodiment, selfhood, personal identity, and other key issues through the prism of possession, redefining the relationship between Sanskritic and vernacular culture and between elite and popular religion. Smith's study is also comparative, introducing considerable material from Tibet, classical China, modern America, and elsewhere. Brilliant and persuasive, The Self Possessed provides careful new translations of rare material and is the most comprehensive study in any language on this subject.

The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Columbia University Press

Six Hundred Thirty-Three Squadron

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Severn House

633 Squadron Operation -Op/035

Four friends--Keith, who is searching for the perfect man; Tommie, who is in love with a college basketball player; Marco Antonio, whose perfect relationship is threatened by the demands of Hollywood; and Rafael, who must always be the center of attention--search for true love in L.A. Original.

Down For Whatever

United States

Kensington Pub. Corp

Breaking all the rules . . . At thirty-three, Kenny Kane seems to have it all: good looks, a great career as a university administrator, a silver BMW, a sprawling home in the tony hills of Monterey Park, and a hot firefighter for a boyfriend-that is until he cheats on Kenny with a woman! After devoting the past seven years of his life to his ex, the last thing Kenny needs is to get involved with someone new. So when he meets Jeremy Lopez at a West Hollywood bar, Kenny is content to just buy him a drink and leave it at that. Is the only way to go . . . But Jeremy won't take "no" for an answer. Six feet tall, dressed in baggy, low-rise jeans and sporting plenty of bling, Jeremy is "straight-up East L. A" He's also a mere twenty-one-years-old-and Latino. Except for the one white boy back in college, Kenny's always dated other African-American men. When it comes to getting what you want . . . But he can't deny the chemistry between them. And before he knows it, Kenny's having the time of his life-hanging with Jeremy and his boys . . . clubbing and hitting the frat parties . . . feeling like a kid again. But how long can a thirty-something like Kenny keep it up? And is he really gonna find what he's been looking for with a kid like Jeremy-or will Kenny wake up feeling like he's on the right side of the wrong bed? "Reads like real life . . . this smart and touching novel just won't entertain you. It'll make you think and perhaps even remember" -Black Artemis, author of Burn "Funny, touching, and intoxicating. Smith has written yet another compulsive read" -Maurice Jamal, writer and director of Dirty Laundry and The Ski Trip Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Frederick Smith is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism and Loyola University Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles and is also the author of Down For Whatever.

Right Side of the Wrong Bed

Physical description; 159 pages. Subjects; Sappho. Poetry. The art of loving women. Nude photography.

Sappho

History & Criticism

Scribner

This book is an account of poverty in the East End of London at the beginning of the twentieth century and of life in the Royal Navy as a stoker, before, during and after the First World War.From the poverty of London's East End to the Royal Navy, "Smudge's Story" tells of the early life of Fred Smith. In his own words, Fred recounts his life as a stoker and his part in the struggle against First World War U-boats in his tiny ship tossed by huge Atlantic waves, and of the terrified faces of those he rescued from icy seas. Fred describes his fears, his joys and his growing love for his sweetheart back home. He also tells of his involvement with the Sinn Fein riots in Ireland, of the freezing Baltic, the sweltering Mediterranean and of the civil war, which followed the Russian revolution. Fred and his shipmates encounter snipers, wild dogs and desperate women. They witness thousands of refugees trying to flee the advancing Red Army by boarding their ship, which is helplessly locked in the ice of Odessa's harbour. How does a ship's stoker, an ordinary man, cope in such epic times of death and suffering? Unread for many years, this story is now brought to life. Edited and published by his family, it presents a unique and fascinating account of the worst of times in our country's history.

Smudge's Story

Rogers, Graham

Reader, Wendy

Biographies & Memoirs

Independently published

The Infidel Reclaimed: Being an Extraordinary Instance of the Goodness and the Power of Omnipotence, to One of His Benighted Children

Literary

Kessinger Pub

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

A Letter to Parents, and Others Who Have the Care of Youth in the Society of Friends

Parenting & Relationships

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