[PDF] Swan Songs eBook

Author : Lee Scott
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 34,55 MB
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1913462633

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An experimental and humorous modern satire about Leonard Swanson, a hip-hop visionary from the north-west of England, as he works in factories and tries to make the greatest rap album of all time. "Unfortunately making the greatest rap album of all time was to be put on hold as the insidious Job Centre advisors had finally had enough of my shit. I would be forced to sign up to one of the town's two recruitment agencies, or I would be starved of weed money." Leonard Swanson lives in an obscure north-western town — the kind that "has a knack for swallowing you whole". He is supposed to be making the greatest rap album of all time, Swan Songs, but instead is forced to work in one of the town's factories, "picking things up and putting them down for twelve hours in a giant white room". Swan Songs follows Leonard as he works, quits, signs on, and travels the country, playing in small capacity venues for even smaller capacity audiences, for which he gets "paid in booze, drugs and a night on a bed bug-ridden mattress somebody dragged in from the street", all the while making the album he thinks will change hip-hop forever. Part Alan Sillitoe and part William Burroughs, UK rapper Lee Scott's debut novel, partially based on his own experiences of becoming a rapper in Runcorn, is an experimental and humorous modern satire about the perils of being a hip-hop visionary far from the beaten track...

Author : David Everett Howell
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597810029

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A Christian childrens fantasy-adventure. An assortment of kids with a mysterious diary, an owl, an eagle and hummingbirds, must outwit a dragon to return Moses staff to the Staffstone.

Author : Alexandra Moss Zannis
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 45,46 MB
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1490742654

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I have given this book of poems the title Swan Songs since, as it implies, swan song means the last appearance of someone or some thing. I don't plan to publish another book of poetry and for that reason this title. A well-known poet once said something to the effect, "If a poet writes one memorial poem in his lifetime, he should be happy," and since this is my third book, I feel I have little more to offer. In this book, you will find many subjects, most of which I have encountered and about which I wrote a poem. Some are humorous, but the majority are thoughtful and serious. I hope you will take the time to read the poems whose titles draw your interest.

Author : Robert McCammon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501131427

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In a nightmarish, post-holocaust world, an ancient evil roams a devastated America, gathering the forces of human greed and madness, searching for a child named Swan who possesses the gift of life.

Author : Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,68 MB
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1338355031

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From the creator of the New York Times bestseller The Word Collector comes an empowering story about finding your voice, and using it to make the world a better place. The world needs your voice. If you have a brilliant idea... say something! If you see an injustice... say something!In this empowering new picture book, beloved author Peter H. Reynolds explores the many ways that a single voice can make a difference. Each of us, each and every day, have the chance to say something: with our actions, our words, and our voices. Perfect for kid activists everywhere, this timely story reminds readers of the undeniable importance and power of their voice. There are so many ways to tell the world who you are... what you are thinking... and what you believe. And how you'll make it better. The time is now: SAY SOMETHING!

Author : Gill Lewis
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 47,27 MB
Release : 2021-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1800900309

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Dylan is struggling but when he's out on the water with his Grandad his mind clears and everything seems simpler. But his Grandad's beloved Whooper swans are under threat and it feels like everything that has made him feel safe is slipping away ... A profoundly moving novel on the redemptive, healing power of nature from bestseller Gill Lewis.

Author : Armen Davoudian
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 12,3 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781949344172

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Poetry. California Interest. Middle Eastern Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Winner of the 2020 Frost Place Chapbook Competition. A swan song is a song of departure: after a lifetime of silence, the legend goes, the mute swan breaks into song just before leaving this world for good. Armen Davoudian's SWAN SONG chronicles what it's like to take leave of a home, a country, a past life. In their search for a home in language, these poems combine the formal resources of English and Persian poetry, turning the immigrant's permanent sense of loss and rootlessness, the gay person's sense of alienation, into artistic assets--positions of outsiderhood from which to witness and record.

Author : E.C. Lin
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 30,77 MB
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 1643505211

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born, raised, and educated on the island of Formosa, which means “beautiful” in Portuguese, E. C. Lin came to America legally in his twenties to seek freedom and adventure. He diligently studied English as his fourth language, after the Formosan, the Chinese, and the Japanese. He also worked hard on his chemistry and got a good job at the Chicago lab of a giant chemical company named Sun where he was treated fairly and nicely. Lin loves American music. After getting tired of doing cover songs, he taught himself guitar playing and song writing. And he has begun to compose his own music. After a while, he has developed quite a repertoire. In two different years, Lin entered two original tunes each in the Billboard Magazine’s prestigious song contest, to which songwriters the world over, submitted their best work. After several rounds of tough elimination, all four songs had reached the finalist level. Although none of them was placed in the top three spots, Lin is elated to know that he is competing with world-class songwriters. And for his efforts, Lin has been awarded with a certificate of achievement for each tune. Another year, Lin was a winner in the Chicago-Sun Times’s writing contest that was to promote an epic musical, honoring Elvis Presley. All five award-winning songs are included in this publication for readers to enjoy. Lin urges readers not to think of other tunes that he didn’t enter into contests that usually require an entry fee. (Entry fee in the Chicago Sun-Times’s contest was free). Lin used to showcase his work in the Chicago area’s night clubs—often backed up by John Rice’s hot bond. Some of Lin’s signature songs had become hits. Lin loves dogs, cats, movies, gardening, swimming, dancing, and traveling that help him active and young. In the summer of 2016, he made a bold move to Las Vegas where he enjoys three free concerts on Fremont Street nightly and tries not to be robbed by no-arm bandits. That’s another story.

Author : Bruce Spizer
Publisher : 498 Productions, LLC
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 31,56 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN :

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"Covers the singles and albums released by labels that had the rights to only a limited number of Beatles recordings ... [including] Swan, United Artists, Decca, MGM, Atco, and Polydor"--Page 4 of cover

Author : E. B. White
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 31,2 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0008139431

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The much-loved children’s classic from the author of Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, available in eBook for the very first time!