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Stories for boys who dare to be different : true tales of amazing boys who changed the world without killing dragons
\"A compilation of 75 famous and not-so-famous men from the past to the present day, every single one of them a rule-breaker and stereotype-smasher in his own way.\"--Provided by publisher.
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The Kingdom of the Kid
The Kingdom of the Kid is a memorable portrait of an
indelible childhood on Long Island's South Fork from 1967 to 1972,
when the Hamptons were still a middle-class paradise. In six short
years, journalist Geoff Gehman was changed forever by a host of
remarkable characters, including Carl Yastrzemski, his first
baseball hero; Truman Capote, his first literary role model; race
car champion Mark Donohue, who conquered a wicked track nicknamed
\"The Bridge\"; Henry Austin \"Austie\" Clark Jr., fabled proprietor of
a candy store of vintage vehicles; and Norman Jaffe, the notorious
architect who designed a house seemingly built by masons from outer
space. Gehman's childhood kingdom was ruled by his father, a
boozing, schmoozing social bulldozer, who taught his son how to
pitch, how to sing barbershop harmony, and how to mix with potato
farmers and power brokers. Then, burdened by manic depression and
bad investments, he abruptly ended his son's reign on the East End
by selling the family house in Wainscott without his wife's
permission. The Kingdom of the Kid is not just another
baby-boomer coming-of-age memoir about baseball, beaches, drive-in
movies, rock 'n' roll, fast cars, faster women, alcoholism, mental
illness, divorce, suicide, and redemption. It's a pilgrimage to a
special place at a special time that taught a kid how to be
special. It's for anyone who has lived in the Hamptons or has
wondered about living in the Hamptons, anyone who remembers the
thrill of riding shotgun on the tailgate of a Ford LTD station
wagon, anyone hungry for a juicy slice of Don McLean's \"American
Pie.\"
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Peter's War
A boy named Peter, born to a slave in Massachusetts in 1763, was sold nineteen months later to a childless white couple there. This book recounts the fascinating history of how the American Revolution came to Peter's small town, how he joined the revolutionary army at the age of twelve, and how he participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Yorktown and witnessed the surrender at Saratoga.
Joyce Lee Malcolm describes Peter's home life in rural New England, which became increasingly unhappy as he grew aware of racial differences and prejudices. She then relates how he and other blacks, slave and free, joined the war to achieve their own independence. Malcolm juxtaposes Peter's life in the patriot armies with that of the life of Titus, a New Jersey slave who fled to the British in 1775 and reemerged as a feared guerrilla leader.
A remarkable feat of investigation, Peter's biography illuminates many themes in American history: race relations in New England, the prelude to and military history of the Revolutionary War, and the varied experience of black soldiers who fought on both sides.
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Beastie Boys book
\"A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys ... by band members ADROCK and Mike D\"--Provided by publisher.
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Renaissance Masculinities, Diplomacy, and Cultural Transfer
Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga came of age during a time of intense change in sixteenth-century Italy: the Italian Wars (1494-1559). The first and third-born sons of Isabella d'Este and Francesco Gonzaga spent their formative years at the courts of Francis I of France and Charles V of Spain, where, as effectively diplomatic hostages, they learned valuable lessons about the transnational social codes and rituals central to sixteenth-century political life. As adults, they applied these lessons in their political and martial collaborations with Charles V: supporting his dominions in Italy, facilitating his attempted colonisation of northern Africa, and praising his attacks on Muslim pirates in the Italian Mediterranean. This book uses epistolary, literary, and material sources to argue that the boyhood and adult experiences of Federico and Ferrante Gonzaga are illustrative of wider strategies adopted by elite Italians to respond to conflict and crisis in a global age.
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A song about myself
This little-known poem by the beloved poet is filled with playful rhymes that are complemented by vibrant watercolors.
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Right-wing populism as gendered performance: Janus-faced masculinity in the leadership of Vladimir Putin and Recep T. Erdogan
Gender and populism have been extensively theorized separately, but there has not been sufficient study of the way that gender undergirds populism, strengthening its diverse manifestations. Focusing on the cases of Vladimir Putin and Recep T. Erdoǧan, we argue that their political performance allows them to project a right-wing populism that hides much of its political program in an ostentatious masculine posturing that has the virtue of being relatively malleable. This political masculinity allows them to position themselves at different points in time as outsiders yet insiders, bad boys yet good fathers. In their early years Putin and Erdogan established themselves as transgressive outsiders who developed a profile of power by building up their masculine, workingclass biographies. As their power became consolidated, they turned to a more paternal role, fostering a conservative gender order while attacking the masculinity of their opponents and casting them as outsiders. In this way over the years they have combined political performances that have both breached the conventional gender norms and also upheld and reinforced them. The result is a Janus-faced masculinity of outsiders-yetinsiders, bad-boys-yet-good-fathers, which establishes that the leader is both the same as other men and also different from them, standing above the citizenry, mediating and fostering a conservative political order. Understanding this gender performance also helps to explain the paradox of \"electoral authoritarianism\" (Levitsky and Way Journal of Democracy, 13(2), 51–65, 2002; Schedler 2006), demonstrating how performed political masculinity can support and connect the cult of a popularly elected leader with conservative social and political gender norms.
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Good vibrations : my life as a Beach Boy
Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the front man of The Beach Boys, the most popular American band in history -- timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of \"Good Vibrations.\" Love describes the stories behind his lyrics for pop classics such as \"Good Vibrations,\" \"California Girls,\" \"Surfin' USA,\" and \"Kokomo,\" while providing vivid portraits of the turbulent lives of his three gifted cousins, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. His partnership with Brian has few equals in American pop music, though Mike has carved out a legacy of his own -- he co-wrote the lyrics to eleven of the twelve original Beach Boy songs that were top 10 hits while providing the lead vocals on ten of them.
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Bridge and Tunnel Boys
Born four months apart, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both released their debut albums in the early 1970s, quickly becoming two of the most successful rock stars of their generation. While their critical receptions have been very different, surprising parallels emerge when we look at the arcs of their careers and the musical influences that have inspired them. Bridge and Tunnel Boys compares the life and work of Long Islander Joel and Asbury Park, New Jersey, native Springsteen, considering how each man forged a distinctive sound that derived from his unique position on the periphery of the Big Apple. Locating their music within a longer tradition of the New York metropolitan sound, dating back to the early 1900s, cultural historian Jim Cullen explores how each man drew from the city’s diverse racial and ethnic influences. His study explains how, despite frequently releasing songs that questioned the American dream, Springsteen and Joel were able to appeal to wide audiences during both the national uncertainty of the 1970s and the triumphalism of the Reagan era. By placing these two New York–area icons in a new context, Bridge and Tunnel Boys allows us to hear their most beloved songs with new appreciation.
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