The Landy Era

Author: Len Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877096938
Category : Athletics
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Summary: "World-class athletics was something that happened overseas, not in Australia. But on 13 December 1952, all that changed when John Landy ran a mile at Melbourne?s Olympic Park in 4:02.1. In those few minutes, Landy re-ignited the race for the sub-four minute mile and inspired a generation of Australian athletes to challenge the world at distances from 880 yards to the marathon. Urged on by influential coaches Percy Cerutty and Franz Stampfl, Landy and his distance running mates including Les Perry, Dave Stephens, Al Lawrence, Dave Power, Don Macmillan, Herb Elliott, Albie Thomas, Ron Clarke, Ralph Doubell and Derek Clayton brought Australia international fame and success on the track, including Olympic gold. In a few short years, Landy led Australia from nowhere to the top of the world."--Publisher description.

Landy's Dodges

Author: Geoff Stunkard
Publisher: CarTech Inc
ISBN: 161325248X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
One of the greatest innovators of his time, Dick Landy was one of those guys who made you rush back to your seat from the concessions stand so you could watch him navigate the 1320. Win, lose, or draw, watching one of Landy's Dodges battling the likes of Ronnie Sox, "Grumpy" Jenkins, or Hubert Platt was worth the price of admission alone. Landy's Dodges: The Mighty Mopars of "Dandy" Dick Landy takes you chronologically through the cars of Dick's career, from piloting his first mount (1954 Ford Pickup) through his historic years of campaigning Dodges. Chrysler racing historian and author Geoff Stunkard presents a highly detailed account of Dick's cars, including results and images from the Landy family's personal archive and modern shots of his restored cars. In addition to coverage of Dick's 1964 S/S Dodge and 1968 Hemi Dart, scarce info about his Ford Galaxies and Plymouth Savoy is included as well. At no other time has Landy's entire career been chronicled and cataloged in print with this much attention to detail. Sit back in your recliner (wheels up) and enjoy the most comprehensive book on the history of "Dandy" Dick Landy and his cars.

Fascism in Film

Author: Marcia Landy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691610900
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Through her study of the narrative themes and strategies of Italian commercial sound films of the fascist era, Marcia Landy shows that cultural life under fascism was not monopolized by official propaganda. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Woodstock Vision

Author: Elliott Landy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
(Book). Elliott Landy has his finger on the pulse of the Woodstock generation. He was there before the famous festival, hanging out with Dylan and The Band; he was the photographer of record at the festival itself; and he still lives in Woodstock today. Here he captures and preserves the true vision and pure essence of that incredibly influential event what it was like to be part of the '60s, sharing the spirit of unlimited hope, optimism, and the belief that the world can be made better through peace and love.

The Band Photographs 1968-1969

Author:
Publisher: Backbeat Books
ISBN: 9781495022517
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Book). Once in a while a photographer gains the trust of an artist or a band, and his work fuses with that of the artist in such a way that the two become married in the public consciousness. One can think of David Duncan's pictures of Picasso at work or Alfred Wertheimer's pictures of Elvis backstage in 1956. Elliott Landy's chronicle of The Band from 1968-1969 is of similar importance. He was trusted so deeply that this group of photographs is as intimate a portrait of a group of musicians inventing a new music as you are ever likely to come across. Today we call that music "Americana," and it is played all over the world by everyone from Mumford and Sons to the Zac Brown Band. But in 1968, when Elliott first started making these pictures, it was played by six musicians in the town of Woodstock, New York Bob Dylan and a group called The Hawks. They later changed their name to The Band. They had been The Hawks for five years when Bob Dylan pulled them out of Tony Mart's dive bar on the Jersey Shore to be his band.

Stardom, Italian Style

Author: Marcia Landy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
The definitive book on stardom in Italian cinema

This Is the Church

Author: Sarah Raymond Cunningham
Publisher: Beaming Books
ISBN: 1506470548
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Here is the church, here is the steeple . . . This update to the classic children's rhyme is an introduction to church for a new era, a whirlwind tour through all the wonderful things church can be and do and mean. From megachurches to little chapels to underground meetings, from welcoming to helping to feeding the hungry, church can be and do a lot of things. But ultimately that old rhyme said it best: the church is the people! With gently rhyming text by Sarah Raymond Cunningham and the vibrant and diverse illustrations of Ariel Landy, This Is the Church is an ideal gift for baptisms, confirmations, or any occasion in which children are welcomed into the life of the body of Christ.

Lombardi and Landry

Author: Ernie Palladino
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616084413
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
Describes the formative years of the renowned football coaches when they worked together as coordinators for the New York Giants in the mid-1950s, discussing how they each developed their unique coaching styles before they became famous.

Art at the Dawning of the Electronic Era

Author: Sonia Landy Sheridan
Publisher: Lonesome
ISBN: 9780615888699
Category : Computer art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Eighteen Generative Systems artists share their experimental electronic images, made at the dawn of the electronic era

No Bugles No Drums

Author: Garth Gilmour
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780648214120
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Olympic 800m champion, NZ's Peter Snell's biography