Ready, Steady, Go!

Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0385507275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
It’s the summer of 1966... The fundamental old ways: chastity, rationality, harmony, sobriety, even democracy: blasted to nothing or crumbling under siege. The city glows. It echoes. It pulses. It bleeds pastel and fuzzy, spicy, paisley and soft. This is how it's always going to be: smashing clothes, brilliant music, easy sex, eternal youth, the eyes of everybody, everyone's first thought, the top of the world, right here, right now: Swinging London. Shawn Levy has a genius for unearthing the secret history of popular culture. The Los Angeles Times called King of Comedy, his biography of Jerry Lewis, "a model of what a celebrity bio ought to be–smart, knowing, insightful, often funny, full of fascinating insiders' stories," and the Boston Globe declared that Rat Pack Confidential "evokes the time in question with the power of a novel, as well as James Ellroy's American Tabloid and better by far than Don DeLillo's Underworld." In Ready, Steady, Go! Levy captures the spirit of the sixties in all its exuberance. A portrait of London from roughly 1961 to 1969, it chronicles the explosion of creativity–in art, music and fashion–and the revolutions–sexual, social and political–that reshaped the world. Levy deftly blends the enthusiasm of a fan, the discerning eye of a social critic and a historian's objectivity as he re-creates the hectic pace and daring experimentation of the times–from the utter transformation of rock 'n' roll by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones to the new aesthetics introduced by fashion designers like Mary Quant, haircutters like Vidal Sassoon, photographers like David Bailey, actors like Michael Caine and Terence Stamp and filmmakers like Richard Lester and Nicolas Roeg to the wild clothing shops and cutting-edge clubs that made Carnaby Street and King's Road the hippest thoroughfares in the world. Spiced with the reminiscences of some of the leading icons of that period, their fans and followers, and featuring a photographic gallery of well-known faces and far-out fashions, Ready, Steady, Go! is an irresistible re-creation of a time and place that seemed almost impossibly fun.

Ready, Steady, Go!

Author: Deepak Mehra
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
ISBN: 8184956541
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
59 ways to fast-track your career from Classroom to Corporate Office Schools and colleges do not prepare us for the real world. Worse still, they often create blind spots that hold us back in the corporate world. As a result, many intelligent, dedicated and hardworking professionals stagnate in their careers. Unleash your potential with Ready, Steady, Go! Analyze the root cause of career-related issues and learn 59 high-octane rules for personal success, including: ? Be Sociable, Not Social ? Passion Is Out of Fashion ? Think Like a Golfer ? Get The Boss Equation Right ... and much, much more! Fast-track your career – whether you have just started out or have years of experience under your belt. So Ready, Steady, Go! Deepak Mehra, an IIT (BHU) alumnus, secured his management degree from IMT Ghaziabad and followed this with an illustrious banking career. Throughout his professional life, he has been involved in developing, coaching and leading teams of high-calibre young professionals in truly multi-cultural environments.

Ready Steady Go!: The Weekend Starts Here: The Definitive Story of the Show That Changed Pop TV

Author: Andy Neill
Publisher: Bmg Books
ISBN: 9781947026346
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
The London-based Ready, Steady, Go! began broadcasting in August of 1963 and, within a matter of weeks, became an essential television ritual for the newly confident British teenager. It set trends and became the barometer for popular culture by attracting and presenting anyone who was anyone in popular music: The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Animals, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Otis Redding, and many more. RSG! also provided the first small screen exposure for then-unknowns such as Rod Stewart, Marc Bolan, David Bowie, Donovan, and Jimi Hendrix. Ready, Steady, Go! ran for three and a half years, setting a blueprint for music presentation and production on television that resonated over the following decades and can still be felt today. Featured in this lavishly illustrated and definitive history of the show are hundreds of color and black and white images--the bulk of them previously unpublished--as well as exclusive essays by Mick Jagger, Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Eric Burdon, Donovan, Andrew Oldham, Lulu, and others. Also included is a detailed guide to all 173 episodes--with complete artist appearances and the songs they performed--as well as forewords from the show's original editor Vicki Wickham and acclaimed director Michael Lindsay-Hogg. This is the first full documentation of the show that went from quintessential Swinging London accessory to its current status as the most legendary popular music program of all time.

Pocoyo Ready, Steady, Go!

Author: Red Fox
Publisher: Red Fox
ISBN: 9781862301771
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
While out for a ride, Pocoyo and Elly decide to race across the desert and learn an important lesson along the way.

Ready, Steady, Go!

Author: Shawn Levy
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9781841152264
Category : Arts, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Shawn Levy, author of Rat Pack Confidential brings alive London in the Swinging Sixties with a groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world. For a few years in the 1960s, London was the coolest city on earth: a spontaneous, dizzying stew of pop music, fashion, film, scandal, drugs and sex, crime, the avant garde underground and the tabloid obsession with fame. The rest of the world watched in awe.

Ready, Set, Go! Sports of All Sorts / ¡En sus marcas, listos, fuera! Deportes de todo tipo

Author: Celeste Cortright
Publisher: Barefoot Books
ISBN: 1646864514
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
Now available in bilingual Spanish! Come along on a lively, lyrical exploration of the world's most beloved sports. Rhyming text and energetic artwork featuring a diverse group of children introduce the basics of eight sports popular around the world: baseball, track, football/soccer, gymnastics, hockey, karate, basketball, and swimming. Includes educational endnotes and art by celebrated illustrator Christiane Engel, whose previous Barefoot credits include Baby's First Words, Dump Truck Disco, Knick Knack Paddy Whack, and Build-a-Story Cards: Space Quest.

Ready, Study, Go!

Author: Khurshed Batliwala
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9352641353
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
Can studying really be interesting and enjoyable? This book explores attitudes towards studying and offers tips and techniques to turn studying into an interesting, enjoyable activity instead of the dull drudgery that it is for most people. Why study subjects you don't like? How to exercise and diet right to keep your brain alert? How to use mind maps to study during an emergency?Art of Living teachers Khurshed Batliwala and Dinesh Ghodke distill years of learning and teaching young people into this fun, easy-to-read book.

Ready, Steady, Go, Mr Croc

Author: Jo Lodge
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 9780340988763
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A fabulous pop-up book starring Mr Croc and friends as they have fun with their own Olympics.

Ready Steady Mo!

Author: Mo Farah
Publisher: Hachette Children's
ISBN: 9781444934076
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
From Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah and bestselling author of Oi Frog!, Kes Gray, comes a fun and action-packed picture book that will get kids reading, and running too! So, what are you waiting for? Warm up, do the MOBOT, and then ... Run on the pavement Run on the grass Run in the playground Perhaps not in class! Follow Mo on his madcap adventures as his running skills go from strength to strength. The perfect book to share and read aloud. With vibrant illustrations and a rhyming text. The nation watched with bated breath as Mo Farah seized Olympic gold in the 10,000m and 5000m - he's been a national treasure ever since. In this adventurous picture book father of three, Mo Farah, combines two lifelong passions - literacy and exercise. Children's books by Mo Farah: Ready Steady Mo!, Go Mo Go: Monster Mountain Chase!, Go Mo Go: Dinosaur Dash!, Go Mo Go: Seaside Sprint!

Ready, Steady, Grow!

Author: Sophie Piper
Publisher: Lion Children's
ISBN: 9780825479076
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
This first experience book for the very young is about growing up strong and well, promoting the values of healthy eating, exercise, and keeping clean. The charming pictures and simple text show toddlers in a range of situations that help them to grow up well-eating lots of vegetables; running, jumping, skipping, and cycling; and, of course, remembering to brush and brush and brush one's teeth. The book ends with a detachable height chart, with even more advice, so toddlers can see how they measure up. The concluding message is that it's not all about being tall, but being truly well.