Author: Kimberley ChambersPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008228590
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Her dad’s a villain. She’s his princess. And their world is about to crash.
The Murder of Billie-Jo
Author: Sion JenkinsPublisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1843582201
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
In February 1997 Billie-Jo Jenkins was murdered at her home in Hastings, Sussex. In July 1998 her foster father Siôn was convicted and sent to prison for life. After a monumental legal battle, in which there were an unprecedented six court hearings, Siôn Jenkins was finally acquitted in February 2006 after a gross miscarriage of justice. Having already faced three criminal trials, Siôn Jenkins had to undergo a fourth - a trial by media which continues to this day. Now, Siôn Jenkins puts on record what actually happened; the whole story from the beginning.
Billie-Jo
Author: Billie-Jo Carroll-TierneyPublisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480981265
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Billie-Jo Collection of Poetry By: Billie-Jo Tierney Billie-Jo: Collection of Poetry includes stories of family life, humor, and loss. These poems also tackle prejudice, betrayal, and uncertainty. Author Billie-Jo Carroll-Tierney also writes about her family and loved ones in her poetry, as well as extended family members. She lost her youngest brother due to choices he made and his story is included within these poems. The author loves to talk to people and this is how she learns more about the world in which we live.
Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
Author: Karen HessePublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545517125
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
Honky Tonk Hero
Author: Billy Joe ShaverPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292706132
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Willie Nelson says, "Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today." And legions of fans agree. "Honky Tonk Hero" is the story of a man who not only walked on the wild side and lived to tell about it, but also got it all down in songs that many people consider to be some of the finest country songs ever written.
Author: Herman RaucherOut of the Dust
Author: Karen HessePublisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439131124
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
"Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, assessment strategies, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles"--Cover.
Author: Billy Joe TatumCountry Music
Author: Kurt WolffPublisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781858285344
Category : Country music
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
Live Forever
Author: Courtney S. LennonPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623499550
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Billy Joe Shaver wrote nine of the ten songs included on Waylon Jennings’s landmark album Honky Tonk Heroes and played a dominant role in the origins and development of the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s. He has been named by Ray Wylie Hubbard, alongside Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark, as a member of the “holy trinity” of Texas songwriters. He has exerted a Texas-sized influence on Texas music and especially Texas singer-songwriters, and is cited as a chief inspiration by at least two generations of artists. But although his influence has been profound, Shaver has the dubious honor of becoming, according to author Courtney S. Lennon, “country music’s unsung hero.” In Live Forever: The Songwriting Legacy of Billy Joe Shaver, Lennon seeks to give Shaver the recognition his prolific output deserves. She unfolds for readers the complexity and the simplicity of the artist who wrote the songs that Brian T. Atkinson, in his foreword, calls “peaceful and pure, complex and convoluted, mad and merciful”—the musician who wrote “You Just Can’t Beat Jesus Christ” and “That’s What She Said Last Night,” “Honky Tonk Heroes,” and “Get Thee Behind Me Satan.” Based on in-depth interviews with a host of notable singer-songwriters, this book reveals and celebrates the saint and the sinner, the earthy intellectual and the hard-drinking commoner, the poet and the cowboy.
