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When Robert Forster and Grant McLennan formed the Go-Betweens in Brisbane in 1977, they were determined to be different. They were angular, spare, and poetic when crashing directness was the prevailing style. Their heroes were Dylan, Creedence, and Television, when it was more fashionable to cite the Stooges and the New York Dolls. Their attitude was as punk as anyone's, but their lyrical guitar pop stood in sharp contrast to the trends of the...
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English
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David Nichols tells the story of Australian rock and pop music from 1960 to 1985 formative years in which the nation cast off its colonial cultural shackles and took on the world. Generously illustrated and scrupulously researched, Dig combines scholarly accuracy with populist flair. Nichols is an unfailingly witty and engaging guide, surveying the fertile and varied landscape of Australian popular music in seven broad historical chapters, interspersed...
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English
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Richard Lowenstein's 1986 masterpiece Dogs in Space was and remains controversial, divisive, compelling and inspirational. Made less than a decade after the events it is based on, using many of the people involved in those events as actors, the film explored Melbourne's 'postpunk' counterculture of share houses, drugs and decadence. Amongst its ensemble cast was Michael Hutchence, one of the biggest music stars of the period, in his acting debut.
This...
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English
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An extraordinary book that expresses the tsunami-like assault on America's culture and a call of God for every Christian man to stand in the gap and put on the full armor of the Spirit.
Godly Men in Perilous Times reveals the reality of America's rising chaos and moral decay, seen by accelerated evil-doing and un-bridled, threatening behaviors. This book will challenge every man to develop a deeper understanding of spiritual warfare and how to be...
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English
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As a fledgling republic, the United States implemented a series of trading outposts to engage indigenous peoples and to expand American interests west of the Appalachian Mountains. Under the authority of the executive branch, this Indian factory system was designed to strengthen economic ties between Indian nations and the United States, while eliminating competition from unscrupulous fur traders. In this detailed history of the Indian factory system,...
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English
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Lincoln and the Indians remains the only thorough treatment of a much-neglected aspect of Lincoln's presidency. Placing Indian affairs in the broad context of Civil War politics and the settling of the West, David A. Nichols covers the Sioux War of 1862 in Minnesota, the forced removal of the Navajos from their homeland to the deadly concentration camp at Bosque Redondo, and the massacre of Cheyennes by volunteer troops at Sand Creek. He also examines...
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English
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In Savanna Town & Rhonda's Cat Collection, educational psychologist David Nichols presents a delightful collection of children's stories with two separate storylines. In Savanna Town, a group of jungle animal classmates illustrate how to strengthen the bonds of friendship and community with kindness and inclusivity.
In Rhonda's Cat Collection, Lilly is a precocious cat who belongs to 7-year-old Rhonda. Rhonda lives with her mother, father, older...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Describes how President Eisenhower used surrogates to orchestrate a secret campaign against the powerful Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy best known for his anti-Communist witch hunt, that ultimately resulted in McCarthy being censured and discredited"--NoveList.
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Series
Occasional paper. Center for Strategy and Technology) volume no. 13
Publisher
Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Air University
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English