Before We Was We: The Making of Madness by Madness

The band's first official book. North London. The 1970s. Amid a grim landscape of bomb sites, squats, public baths and rough pubs, a loose gang of misfits and outsiders started making music together - riding freight trains, spraying graffiti, stealing records, clothes and musical instruments. Escaping the fringes of criminality, they formed a band... These lairy but charismatic chaps became Madness, one of the most successful pop groups ever, in the UK and beyond. In Before We Was We, their first official book, they tell us the story of how they became them. It's a journey full of luck, skill and charm, as they duck and dive by day and make the name in London's exploding music scene by night, zipping around the capital in their Morris Minor vans. Their formative years, 1970-79, provided inspiration for many Madness classics, including 'Baggy Trousers', 'The Prince', 'Our House' and 'My Girl': songs that four decades later still soundtrack weddings and funerals and inspire mass singalongs in concert halls. This is the riotous coming-of-age tale of seven unique individuals, whose collective graft, energy and talent took them from the sweaty depths of the Hope and Anchor basement to the Top of the Pops studio. In their own words, they each look back on their past and how during those shared adventures, they formed a bond that's lasted forty years. Before We Was We is irreverent, funny and full of character. Just like them.

Biographies & Memoirs

Thompson, Lee

Barson, Mike

Bedford, Mark

Foreman, Chris

McPherson, Graham

Smyth, Cathal

Woodgate, Dan

Arts & Literature

Virgin Books

Addie: Library Edition

Literature & Fiction

Blackstone Pub

Addie

Romance

Historical

Blackstone Audiobooks

Newspaper article on BLUE MAX AUTHOR Jack D. Hunter AKA Lee Thompson at age of 80 included. Gift note SIGNED by author on Title pg. Unfortunately the book has been UNDERLINED throughout in black ink.

Addie (Five Star First Edition Women's Fiction Series)

Genre Fiction

Five Star

Japanese Sports: A History

In this first synthetic, comprehensive survey of Japanese sports in English, the authors are attentive to the complex and fascinating interaction of traditional and modern elements. In the course of tracing the emergence and development of sumo, the martial arts, and other traditional sports from their origins to the present, they demonstrate that some cherished "ancient" traditions were, in fact, invented less than a century ago. They also register their skepticism about the use of the samurai tradition to explain Japan's success in sports. Special attention is given to Meiji-era Japan's frequently ambivalent adoption and adaptation of European and American sports--a particularly telling example of Japan's love-hate relationship with the West. The book goes on the describe the history of physical education in the school system, the emergence of amateur and professional leagues, the involvement of business and the media in sports promotion, and Japan's participation in the Olympics.Japanese Sports Trivia Quiz (openli)Japan's first professional baseball team was founded in 1921. When were the Central and Pacific Leagues established? a. 1930; b. 1940; c. 1950; d. 1960 (openli)Oh Sadaharu hit 51 home runs in 1973 and 49 in 1974. How many did he hit in his lifetime? a. 597; b. 602; c. 755; d. 868 (openli)Sugiura Tadashi pitched 42 games for the Nankai Hawks in 1959 and won 38. How many games did he pitch and win against the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series that same year? a. 1; b. 2; c. 3; d. 4 (openli)The first Japanese radio broadcast of an entire sports event occurred at the national middle-school baseball tournament at Koshien Stadium in 1927, with a Ministry of Communication censor standing by since the script couldn't be approved in advance. The national middle-school tournament was suspended in 1941. When was it resumed? a. 1945; b. 1946; c. 1947; d. 1948 (openli)In 1791 Shogun Tokugawa Ienari observed a new ring-entering ceremony similar to that now performed by yokozuna. When did the Sumo Association officially recognize the rank of yokozuna? a. 1789; b. 1890; c. 1909; d. 1951 (openli)Which famous sumo rikishi won 69 successive bouts over the course of 7 tournaments, the longest winning streak ever recorded? a. Futabayama (Sadaji); b. Wakanohana (Kanji); c. Taiho (Koki); d. Chiyonofuji (Mitsugu) (openli)When the first karate dojo was established in Okinawa in 1889, the characters for karate were written 'Chinese hand'. When were they first written 'empty hand'? a. 1889; b. 1922; c. 1929; d. 1935  (openli)Only one major school of aikido holds competitive tournaments. When did the name aikido first appear on the list of government-sanctioned martial arts. a. 1883; b. 1890; c. 1931; d. 1942 (openli)In 1951 Tanaka Shigeki became the first Japanese runner to win the Boston Marathon. When was the first Fukuoka Marathon held? a. 1927; b. 1937; c. 1947; d. 1957 (openli)At the infamous 1936 "Nazi Olympics" in Berlin, Japanese athletes won gold medals in track and field, swimming, and diving. In what event did a Korean win the gold for Japan? a. marathon; b. triple jump; c. pole vault; d. 1500-m freestyleAnswers: 1. c. (the Pacific League was the expansionleague); 2. d. (Japanese ballparks are shorter than U.S. parks, but theseason is also shorter); 3. d. (his arm never recovered from that year);4. b.; 5. c. (the rank "yokozuna" first appeared on the banzuke ratingsin 1890; and the first solo ring-entering ceremonies by wrestlerswearing the "yokozuna" rope was in 1789); 6. a.; 7. c. (by members ofKeio's karate club who were impressed by a Zen priest of the Rinzaisect); 8. d. (its founder Ueshiba Morihei was born in 1883); 9. c. (theyear after the first footrace around Lake Biwa); 10. a.

History

GUTTMANN, Allen

Asia

University of Hawaii Press

In this first synthetic, comprehensive survey of Japanese sports in English, the authors are attentive to the complex and fascinating interaction of traditional and modern elements. In the course of tracing the emergence and development of sumo, the martial arts, and other traditional sports from their origins to the present, they demonstrate that some cherished "ancient" traditions were, in fact, invented less than a century ago. They also register their skepticism about the use of the samurai tradition to explain Japan's success in sports. Special attention is given to Meiji-era Japan's frequently ambivalent adoption and adaptation of European and American sports--a particularly telling example of Japan's love-hate relationship with the West. The book goes on the describe the history of physical education in the school system, the emergence of amateur and professional leagues, the involvement of business and the media in sports promotion, and Japan's participation in the Olympics.
Japanese Sports Trivia Quiz
 (openli)Japan's first professional baseball team was founded in 1921. When were the Central and Pacific Leagues established?
 a. 1930; b. 1940; c. 1950; d. 1960
 (openli)Oh Sadaharu hit 51 home runs in 1973 and 49 in 1974. How many did he hit in his lifetime?
 a. 597; b. 602; c. 755; d. 868
 (openli)Sugiura Tadashi pitched 42 games for the Nankai
 Hawks in 1959 and won 38. How many games did he pitch and win against
 the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series that same year?
 a. 1; b. 2; c. 3; d. 4
 (openli)The first Japanese radio broadcast of an entire
 sports event occurred at the national middle-school baseball tournament
 at Koshien Stadium in 1927, with a Ministry of Communication censor
 standing by since the script couldn't be approved in advance. The
 national middle-school tournament was suspended in 1941. When was it
 resumed?
 a. 1945; b. 1946; c. 1947; d. 1948
 (openli)In 1791 Shogun Tokugawa Ienari observed a new
 ring-entering ceremony similar to that now performed by yokozuna. When
 did the Sumo Association officially recognize the rank of yokozuna?
 a. 1789; b. 1890; c. 1909; d. 1951
 (openli)Which famous sumo rikishi won 69 successive bouts over the course of 7 tournaments, the longest winning streak ever recorded?
 a. Futabayama (Sadaji); b. Wakanohana (Kanji); c. Taiho (Koki); d. Chiyonofuji (Mitsugu)
 (openli)When the first karate dojo was established in Okinawa in 1889, the characters for karate were written 'Chinese hand'. When were they first written 'empty hand'?
 a. 1889; b. 1922; c. 1929; d. 1935 
 (openli)Only one major school of aikido holds competitive tournaments. When did the name aikido first appear on the list of government-sanctioned martial arts.
 a. 1883; b. 1890; c. 1931; d. 1942
 (openli)In 1951 Tanaka Shigeki became the first Japanese runner to win the Boston Marathon. When was the first Fukuoka Marathon held?
 a. 1927; b. 1937; c. 1947; d. 1957
 (openli)At the infamous 1936 "Nazi Olympics" in Berlin,
 Japanese athletes won gold medals in track and field, swimming, and
 diving. In what event did a Korean win the gold for Japan?
 a. marathon; b. triple jump; c. pole vault; d. 1500-m freestyle
Answers: 1. c. (the Pacific League was the expansion
league); 2. d. (Japanese ballparks are shorter than U.S. parks, but the
season is also shorter); 3. d. (his arm never recovered from that year);
4. b.; 5. c. (the rank "yokozuna" first appeared on the banzuke ratings
in 1890; and the first solo ring-entering ceremonies by wrestlers
wearing the "yokozuna" rope was in 1789); 6. a.; 7. c. (by members of
Keio's karate club who were impressed by a Zen priest of the Rinzai
sect); 8. d. (its founder Ueshiba Morihei was born in 1883); 9. c. (the
year after the first footrace around Lake Biwa); 10. a.

Aiden LeDoux is a typical sixteen-year-old boy when the O’Connell brothers nail his father to a tree. He doesn’t believe things can get any worse...until three months later, when a mysterious light bursts forth from his face and heals everyone in his father’s bar, from minor scrape to terminal illness. Once word of this miracle event spreads, crazed townspeople attempt to force Aiden to use his newfound gift to heal those they love. But Aiden doesn’t know how he did it. Or why. Or if he can ever make it happen again. In the heart of a blizzard, in the throes of fanatical entitlement, the townspeople begin to tear the town--and each other--apart, with Aiden and his family trapped in the middle... Shine Your Light on Me is a gripping tale that illuminates the ugly underbelly of humanity. From its tense opening to its explosive finale, the monsters herein are all too real, too familiar, and Lee Thompson's relentless prose will leave you breathless.

Shine Your Light on Me

Shock Totem Publications

Smoking Geographies: Space, Place and Tobacco (RGS-IBG Book Series)

Smoking Geographies provides a research-led assessment of the impact of geographical factors on smoking. The contributors uncover how geography can show us not only why people smoke but also broader issues of tobacco control, providing deeper clarity on how smoking and tobacco is ‘governed’. <ul>
<li>The text centres on one of the most important public health issues worldwide, and a major determinant of preventable mortality and morbidity in developed and developing countries</li> <li>Records the outcomes of a long-term research collaboration that brings a geographical lens to smoking behaviour</li> <li>Uncovers how geography can play a part in understanding not only why people smoke but also broader issues of tobacco control</li> <li>Provides a deeper understanding of how smoking and tobacco is ‘governed’, regarding where people may smoke, but also more subtle governance as a climate is produced in which smoking becomes ‘denormalised’</li> <li>Brings both quantitative and qualitative perspectives to bear on this major source of mortality and morbidity</li> </ul>

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Moon, Graham

Barnett, Ross

Pearce, Jamie

Twigg, Liz

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Wiley/Blackwell

If you had the chance to make amends with someone from your past, would you? If you didn't have a choice, could you?Michelle goes to sleep one night in her bed only to wake up to waves crashing on the shore. Where is she? How did she get here? How is she going to get home?She soon realizes she isn't the only one on this Island, but did it have to be him? Frank, the one person from her past she could have done without seeing again. Can they work together to get off the Island?

Island of Regrets

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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