![]() ![]() Also, in 1948, Music Digest estimated that his recordings filled more than half of the 80,000 weekly hours allocated to recorded radio music.” Not only was Crosby a singer he was also an actor and would have a comedy act with his long-time friend, Bob Hope. “In 1948, American polls declared him the “most admired man alive, “ahead of Jackie Robinson (professional basketball player) and Pope Pius XII. During World War II with servicemen away from home he helped to boost the morale of the soldiers and he became the voice they wanted to hear. ![]() The early years of being on the radio gave him the reputation as the voice to trust. So, sit back and get ready to be swooned.īing Crosby sings “Sentimental Music” written by Bernie Wayne & Ralph Care, first recorded in 1951.Ĭrosby’s recognisable voice Croon’s his way through this song. Maybe he just wanted to be known as a brilliant singer which he is, as well as the artists on this playlist. ![]() Frank Sinatra did not actually consider himself a ‘Crooner’ which is a surprise considering he made the girls go weak at the knees back in the day. ![]() This playlist is an eclectic mix of male singers doing just that. What defines a Crooner is the smooth male voice conveying sentimental feelings of yearning, with impassioned love. ‘ Crooner comes from the verb croon, “to sing softly and sadly.’ ![]()
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![]() SP: It’s hard not to agree with what Punk Ethics say: “punk has a proud history of singing about social justice and standing up for the oppressed” and t-shirts ARE a major part of the punk scene worldwide. Don’t be a dick and practice what you preach. Make punk a threat again, kick sweatshops out of the scene! Use ethically sourced t-shirts and other merch. That said, it should be obvious to everyone that punk scene does not need commercially produced merch that is the result of workers exploitation around the world. ![]() DIY punk scene has been going strong for the past few decades now and has proved many times it does not need the support of multinationals to be successful and pose threat to mainstream and the system. Part Three (this one): “By keeping prices low in the West we are literally perpetuating poverty of working class people around the world”. ![]() Part Two: “The priority is workers solidarity and workers power”. ![]() Part One: The truth about sweatshops and their relation to the punk scene We do encourage you to read all three segments of the series here … Welcome to the last part of our sweatshops special where we talk to Punk Ethics, who run the campaign Punks Against Sweatshops, about punk core ethics, ethically sourced t-shirts and prices in the punk scene. ![]() ![]() The dark romance aspects of this tale continue. ![]() FIERCE DANCER is a full-length mature dark, new adult romance with enemies-to-lovers/love-hate themes. ▪️□□□□□▪️ The epic conclusion to the 82nd Street Vandals series. ![]() #HeatherLong #FierceDancer #82ndStreetVandals #reverseharembooks #reverseharem #comingsoon #whychoose #teaser #organizedcrime #kindleunlimited #whychooseromance #enemiestolovers #PeachyKeenAS #bookworm #booktoker #booktok #booklover #bookish #bookclub #AdultRomance #Angsty # This is book nine and the final in the series. This is a why choose novel, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. Trigger warnings can be found in the foreword should you require them. Please be aware some situations may be uncomfortable for readers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With this introduction, Ántonia Shimerda's story begins and is marked by the changes in the seasons of both life and the prairie. Jim delivers it to her, changing the title to My Ántonia, and thus indicating that the script will be a personal story. Jim has written a memoir about her and the narrator expresses interest in reading the manuscript. Their conversation is a reminiscence about their small hometown of Black Hawk, Nebraska, and a Bohemian girl they both remember named Ántonia Shimerda. The novel begins on a train trip in which the narrator and a childhood friend, Jim Burden, share words about the past. ![]()
![]() ![]() The Te of Piglet also became an international bestseller and spent 59 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. The Tao of Pooh was an international bestseller and spent 49 weeks on The New York Times' bestseller list. Hoff was awarded the American Book Award in 1988 for The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow. ![]() In his spare time, he practices Taoist Qigong and T'ai chi ch'uan. His studies in Asian Culture included reaching the certificate level in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, had two years of apprenticeship in Japanese fine-pruning methods, and four years of instruction in the martial art form of T'ai chi ch'uan, including a year of Ch'i Kung. Hoff has also studied architecture, music, fine arts, graphic design and Asian Culture. in Asian Art from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1973. ![]() Benjamin Hoff grew up in the Portland, Oregon neighborhood of Sylvan, where he acquired a fondness of the natural world that has been highly influential in his writing. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Can she figure out what she wants before she loses everything? When Chloe rents Drew, the mission is simple: convince her parents fake Drew is worthy of their approval so they’ll stop pressuring her to accept a proposal from Hongbo, the wealthiest (and slimiest) young bachelor in their tight-knit Asian American community.īut when Chloe starts to fall for the real Drew-who, unlike his fake persona, is definitely not ‘rent-worthy-her carefully curated life begins to unravel. If you liked Rent a Boyfriend, what should you read next What do readers say about Theres Something About Sweetie preachy at times standard ya contemporary. Luckily, learning protocols like “Type C parents prefer quiet, kind, zero-PDA gestures” comes naturally to him. She hired him from Rent for Your ‘Rents, a company specializing in providing fake boyfriends trained to impress even the most traditional Asian parents.ĭrew Chan’s passion is art, but after his parents cut him off for dropping out of college to pursue his dreams, he became a Rent for Your ‘Rents employee to keep a roof over his head. Ĭhloe Wang is nervous to introduce her parents to her boyfriend, because the truth is, she hasn’t met him yet either. To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets The Farewell in this “entertaining and nuanced” ( Kirkus Reviews ) romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results, from the acclaimed author of American Panda. SELECTED AS A YALSA 2022 AMAZING AUDIO FOR YOUNG ADULTS! ![]() ![]() ![]() Or at least, most of them remain unaware of it occasionally one of these ‘ID units’ does begin to see through it all, to suspect that their world isn’t quite what it seems-and Hall, god-like, then has to decide whether to press ‘Delete’. Douglas Hall is leader of a team developing and testing just such a simulation, a whole counterfeit reality-in-a-computer, whose electronic inhabitants have no idea that that is all they are. It’s seriously discussed at scientific conferences and been explored in a whole series of novels and films.īut while most stories begin with the view from inside the simulated ‘world’, in Simulacron-3 we see things from the outside. Although the idea that the world isn’t quite what it seems-or even an outright fabrication-is an old one, during the past half-century or so it has been given a whole new lease of life by such developments as cockpit simulators for training pilots for example, computer games and, of course, virtual reality. ![]() ![]() I was one of the millions who watched Kelly and her Bayside High comrades - Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Screech (Dustin Diamond), Lisa (Lark Voorhies), Slater (Mario Lopez), and Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley) - every morning as I got ready for school. “Not that she didn't hear about Kelly Kapowski, but none of her friends were watching Saved by the Bell - it was our age group. “That show was popular for her age group, so she would always hear, ‘Your mom is Lori! Alexa’s mom!’” but my daughter really only heard about Alexa & Katie,” Thiessen, 48, tells Scary Mommy about her role in the 2018 Netflix sitcom. “They know what I do for a living, they understand that people will come up. ![]() ![]() The actress, author, and host - whose work in shows like Saved by the Bell and Beverly Hills, 90210 was broadcast on TV screens across the world - admits that her children, daughter Harper, 12, and son Holt, 7, aren’t too interested in her filmography. ![]() Tiffani Thiessen’s status as a ‘90s icon isn’t necessarily celebrated in her household. ![]() ![]() ![]() Simon Stålenhag’s The Electric State matches the notable Swedish artist’s futuristic digital paintings with an original story to produce an awe-inspiring vision of a species committing suicide, perhaps to be reborn as something new. And if you're anything like me, you'll take those images to bed with you for a long time and dream of Stålenhag's America - lost to sand, to drought, to war, to loneliness, and stalked always by the low, distant rumble of something terrible rising out of the earth and coming for you. Like snapshots from a horrifying past that never quite was. And when the two storylines cross, they do so in silence. On the opposite track, the history lesson becomes orders given to a mysterious man who's been following Michelle all the way to San Francisco. unwinds slowly, past, the reasons for her trip, her relationship with the little, big-headed robot revealed bit by bit. His vision of an alternate post-war, post-drought, post-human 1997 in the desert West and California. ![]() But The Electric State is Stålenhag's American book. ![]() Swedish books read joyous when they were happy, bittersweet (but rarely sorrowful) when they were not, and adventurous in between. Feels like something brought back from a nightmare. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maddie cleared her throat, covered the opening of her blouse and pointed toward the windshield. “Not from around here, huh?” The cabbie’s grin reflected from the rearview mirror, his eyes darting about eight inches lower than they should’ve been stationed. She pinched and tugged at the placket of her blouse, allowing the sad excuse for the cab’s air conditioning to reach the inner depths of her sweat-soaked bra. “How do people handle this?” she asked the cabbie, sliding into the seat. She waved her arm in the air, summoning an old-fashioned checkered cab, which squealed to a stop at her feet. She hated cities, and Miami wasn't tops on her list. ![]() Cabs whooshed by, blowing steamy exhaust-laden air over her face. Her meeting had wrapped up sooner than expected and she’d hoped to grab an earlier flight back to Portland. Moist air hit Madison Jacobs like a hot blanket as she attempted to hail a cab outside the Miami office building. I'm honored to be part of such a talented and supportive group of writers. To the wonderful women at Evernight Publishing. ![]() Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. ![]() |