Room Full of Mirrors

Room Full of Mirrors PDF Author: Charles R. Cross
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401382819
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London's swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life--with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess--while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Using never-before-seen documents and private letters, and based on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Hendrix--many of whom had never before agreed to be interviewed--Room Full of Mirrors unlocks the vast mystery of one of music's most enduring legends.

Starting At Zero

Starting At Zero PDF Author: Jimi Hendrix
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408842165
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
It didn't take long after Jimi Hendrix's death for the artist to become a myth of music. He has been surrounded by a shroud of intrigue since he first came into the public eye, and the mystery has only grown with time. Much has been written and said about him by experts and fans and critics, some of it true and some of it not; Starting at Zero will set the record straight. This is Hendrix in his own words. The lyricism and rhythm of Jimi Hendrix's writing will be of no surprise to his fans. Hendrix wrote prolifically throughout his life and he left behind a trove of scribbled-on hotel stationary, napkins and cigarette cartons. Starting at Zero weaves the scraps and bits together fluidly with interviews and lyrics revealing for the first time a continuous narrative of the artist's life, from birth through to the final four years of his life. The result is a beautifully poetic, charming and passionate memoir as smooth and memorable as Hendrix's finest songs. The pieces of Starting at Zero came together in large part because of the inspiration of Alan Douglas. Douglas first met Jimi Hendrix backstage at Woodstock, and soon after became Hendrix's producer and close friend. In creating the book he joined forces with Peter Neal, who edited Hendrix's writing with the reverence and light touch it deserved.

The Book of Mirrors

The Book of Mirrors PDF Author: E. O. Chirovici
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501141546
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Famous professor Joseph Wieder was brutally murdered, and the crime was never solved. Years later when literary agent Peter Katz receives an incomplete memoir written by a student of the murdered professor, he becomes obsessed with solving the crime.

A Room Full of Mirrors

A Room Full of Mirrors PDF Author: Keiko Ikeda
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804734356
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
Drawing on candid personal narratives derived from reunions ranging from the fifth to the fiftieth, this pathbreaking book demonstrates that for many Americans the high school reunion is a rich, poignant experience and a dramatic moment in the construction of self and meaning in adulthood.

Mathematical Reflections

Mathematical Reflections PDF Author: Peter Hilton
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461219329
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 367

Book Description
A relaxed and informal presentation conveying the joy of mathematical discovery and insight. Frequent questions lead readers to see mathematics as an accessible world of thought, where understanding can turn opaque formulae into beautiful and meaningful ideas. The text presents eight topics that illustrate the unity of mathematical thought as well as the diversity of mathematical ideas. Drawn from both "pure" and "applied" mathematics, they include: spirals in nature and in mathematics; the modern topic of fractals and the ancient topic of Fibonacci numbers; Pascals Triangle and paper folding; modular arithmetic and the arithmetic of the infinite. The final chapter presents some ideas about how mathematics should be done, and hence, how it should be taught. Presenting many recent discoveries that lead to interesting open questions, the book can serve as the main text in courses dealing with contemporary mathematical topics or as enrichment for other courses. It can also be read with pleasure by anyone interested in the intellectually intriguing aspects of mathematics.

Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix

Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix PDF Author: Philip Norman
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 1631495909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description
Hailed for its astounding portrait of Jimi Hendrix, Philip Norman’s Wild Thing has become the definitive biography of rock’s most outrageous—and tragic—genius. Today, Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) is celebrated as the greatest rock guitarist of all time. But before he was setting guitars and the world aflame, James Marshall Hendrix was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking at a broken ukulele. Bringing Hendrix’s story to vivid life against the backdrop of midcentury rock, and interweaving new interviews with friends, lovers, bandmates, and his family, Wild Thing vividly reconstructs Hendrix’s remarkable career, from playing segregated clubs on the Chitlin’ Circuit to achieving stardom in Swinging London.

House of Mirrors

House of Mirrors PDF Author: J. H. Whitson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781640792401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 70

Book Description
There's a mid-sized trailer that sets its wheels down on the fairground every year, and on that trailer is a little room. In that little room, there are about thirty mirrors that are designed to be a confusing maze, and a challenge to escape from, once entered. The object of this house of mirrors is to see if you can walk through the maze of mirrors and get out on the other end without getting lost inside that maze of illusions. When I was a young child, I would get stuck in that maze so many times. I would always get fooled by the illusion that there was a way out right in front of me. But again, I would walk straight ahead, and bam! I would hit another mirror! Clearly, not the way out! Every year, I would go back to the fair to try it again. Each time I would ultimately find my way out, but not without a few knots on my forehead and a few tears of frustration. Why did I keep torturing myself, you may ask? Well, that's an easy answer for me. I would think about this House of Mirrors all year long between fairs, and I just really wanted to figure this out! I was pretty bent on knowing there must be an easier way to do this. A rocket scientist, I'm not; however, there are always great lessons to be learned in the process of figuring things out. Even though I spent many tickets at the fair during my childhood years trying to continually master this House of Mirrors, I just never felt like I really conquered it as a kid. There was always something missing. I haven't been in one of those House of Mirrors for many years now. It's been a couple of years since God showed me what I'm about to tell you, but the message came at a very opportune time in my life--when I really needed it, of course, because that's how God is and that is when He talks to me! Because He's cool like that.

Jimi Hendrix Sessions

Jimi Hendrix Sessions PDF Author: John McDermott
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316555494
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
A Hendrix biographer, along with Hendrix's record producer and his bass player, recounts day-by-day the making of every one of the rock guitarist's songs, based on hours of unreleased tapes, in a unique, profusely illustrated chronicle.

Rearview Mirror

Rearview Mirror PDF Author: Alana Stewart
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 9781593157074
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A rags-to-riches, gritty, and inspirational memoir by Stewart, the former wife of celebrity icons George Hamilton and Rod Stewart.
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