The host of a parody question-and-answer series, "Ask Dr. Science" heard on public radio, explains such domestic truths as why we should build fires in the summer to save heat

Dr. Science's Book of Shocking Domestic Revelations

Humor & Entertainment

Kessler, Merle

Coffey, Dan

Humor

William Morrow & Co.

Iowa is the most normal place on the planet, so the people and places covered in this book will be as everyday as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on white bread, but as twisted as a corn dog dipped in horseradish. As filmmaker David Lynch ("Blue Velvet", "Eraserhead") shows in his movies, it's what's beneath the surface that's really tells the story. As for Iowa's story, let the facts speak for themselves.

Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff

Jones, Eric

Thorkelson, Berit

Globe Pequot Pr

Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Hawkeye State has to offer!

Iowa Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)

Reference

Globe Pequot Publishing

The subject of this book, the persona who shares his story with us, this Glass Eater, is no better or worse than his tormenters. The world is now full of men like him who have moved abroad for economic reasons and find becoming slowly unglued not an unpleasant outcome. They are like college boys who began to cut their classes and found no real consequence to doing so. As lazy as they are naughty, they learn that boredom finds a cure in simple movement. Drifting from one impoverished corner of the globe to another, they leave no wake behind because they matter to no one. As clients of hotels, restaurants, bars and massage parlors, they will scarcely be noticed, much less missed when they move on. When they die, their embassy will attempt to contact relatives and finding none, consign them to a pauper’s grave.

Glass Eater

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Rocket Science Press

No progressive rock band could ever be said to be a household name, but Van der Graaf Generator, celebrating their fiftieth anniversary in 2018, rarely enjoyed that distinction even in the households of many prog fans. VdGG, and the band's main creative force, Peter Hammill, really only had one foot in prog - the other pivoted between more straight-ahead rock, wild experimentation, and at times, brutal noise. While VdGG's run ended prematurely, the members carried on musically to varying extents, but none as much as Hammill, who has remained a relentless force, creating exciting and challenging albums on an almost yearly basis from the heyday of VdGG to the present day. VdGG, meanwhile, came full-circle, reforming in 2005 and still going strong. Both Hammill and VdGG have been lauded as musicians' musicians by such luminaries as Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Julian Cope, Mark E. Smith, and Johnny Rotten. This book will explore what these musicians, and legions of dedicated fans, found so inspiring over the years: a baker's dozen of VdGG albums and over thirty solo Hammill studio releases will be discussed, as well as a handful of essential live recordings, experiments, and collaborations. Nothing like this has been offered before, and it will prove an invaluable guide for navigating the Hammill/Van der Graaf Generator sonic labyrinth.

Van Der Graaf Generator: Every album, every song (On Track)

Arts & Photography

Music

Sonicbond Publishing

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