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Bowie's Bookshelf

The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

by John O'Connell ...

**“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David BowieThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music ... Read more

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**“The only art I’ll ever study is stuff that I can steal from.” —David BowieThree years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities. Discover them all in this “unconventional biography of an artist who helped define modern music
... Read more

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The Farmer's Son

Calving Season on a Family Farm

by John Connell ...

A poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world.Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the ... Read more

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A poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son's return home to his family's farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world.Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's footsteps. Until, one winter, after more than a decade away, he finds himself back on the farm.Connell records the hypnotic rhythm of the
... Read more

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Rural Revival?

Place Marketing, Tree Change and Regional Migration in Australia

by John Connell, Phil McManus ...

How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a particular organization, 'Country Week', has emerged and developed as one means of stimulating the repopulation of declining or stagnating areas. While this is a problem shared by many other developed countries in Europe and North America, ... Read more

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How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a particular organization, 'Country Week', has emerged and developed as one means of stimulating the repopulation of declining or stagnating areas. While this is a problem shared by many other developed countries in Europe and North America,
... Read more
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Audacity of Jesus Christ.

The Divine Statements of the Lord Jesus Christ.

by John C Burt. ...

Narrated by John Connell Burt. ...

Abridged

26 min

The 'Audacity of Jesus Christ;' is all about the 'I Am' statements made by himself in the very light of the encounter between Moses and the Burning Bush and the Lord God Almighty.You may think that the Lord Jesus Christ was not being audacious? Yet, through the 'I Am' statements He was in real terms saying that He was and is the Lord God Almighty. ... Read more

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The 'Audacity of Jesus Christ;' is all about the 'I Am' statements made by himself in the very light of the encounter between Moses and the Burning Bush and the Lord God Almighty.You may think that the Lord Jesus Christ was not being audacious? Yet, through the 'I Am' statements He was in real terms saying that He was and is the Lord God Almighty.
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The Wisdom of Farmers

What We Can Learn from the Land

by John Connell ...

Narrated by Eoin Lynch ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

A thoughtful, illuminating rumination on the life lessons we can take from those who work the land and the millennia of wisdom they draw upon when they go about their day, 'making a living by turning light and time into money'.As with his previous bestsellers, John Connell skilfully synthesises philosophy, art, literature and spirituality to bolster his thoughts on such topics as stoicism, the ... Read more

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A thoughtful, illuminating rumination on the life lessons we can take from those who work the land and the millennia of wisdom they draw upon when they go about their day, 'making a living by turning light and time into money'.As with his previous bestsellers, John Connell skilfully synthesises philosophy, art, literature and spirituality to bolster his thoughts on such topics as stoicism, the
... Read more
Papua New Guinea

The Struggle for Development

by John Connell ...

Series series Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:* rapid economic growth and political conflict* civil war on the island of Bougainville* population growth and urbanisation* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts* uneven development and social divisions. ... Read more

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Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:* rapid economic growth and political conflict* civil war on the island of Bougainville* population growth and urbanisation* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts* uneven development and social divisions.
... Read more
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Bowie's Bookshelf

The Hundred Books that Changed David Bowie's Life

by John O'Connell ...

Narrated by Simon Vance ...

Unabridged

6 hours 44 min

Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single ... Read more

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Three years before David Bowie died, he shared a list of 100 books that changed his life. His choices span fiction and nonfiction, literary and irreverent, and include timeless classics alongside eyebrow-raising obscurities.In 100 short essays, music journalist John O'Connell studies each book on Bowie's list and contextualizes it in the artist's life and work. How did the power imbued in a single
... Read more

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Island Challenges

Caribbean and Pacific Futures

by John Connell, Yonique Campbell ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book examines the key development challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focusing on livelihoods and state security and stability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a comprehensive overview by exploring six broad and interrelated themes: state capacity to provide basic services (such as health, water, ... Read more

$125.09 USD

This book examines the key development challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean and the Pacific, focusing on livelihoods and state security and stability in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provides a comprehensive overview by exploring six broad and interrelated themes: state capacity to provide basic services (such as health, water,
... Read more
The Running Book

A Journey through Memory, Landscape and History

by John Connell ...

‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to ... Read more

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‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean KarnazesFrom the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow BookIn The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to
... Read more

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Outback Elvis

The story of a festival, its fans & a town called Parkes

by John Connell, Chris Gibson ...

Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to swelter in 42-degree heat as they celebrate The King? Parkes, of course – 365 kilometres west of Sydney – for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival. But how, and why, did this sleepy town get all shook up by Elvis? Written by two long-time fans of the festival, Outback Elvis introduces the local characters, ... Read more

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Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to swelter in 42-degree heat as they celebrate The King? Parkes, of course – 365 kilometres west of Sydney – for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival. But how, and why, did this sleepy town get all shook up by Elvis? Written by two long-time fans of the festival, Outback Elvis introduces the local characters,
... Read more
Kitchen Table Psychology

Dating and Compatibility, Part I

by John M. Connell ...

Matchmaking gets help from social psychology and evolutionary biology as new secrets are revealed to help guide the search for life-long partners. Through conversations you might have at a kitchen table over coffee, you are taken on a journey into the psychological decision-making we use when choosing a mate. Several, never seen before, patterns that are critical to our selection process are ... Read more

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Matchmaking gets help from social psychology and evolutionary biology as new secrets are revealed to help guide the search for life-long partners. Through conversations you might have at a kitchen table over coffee, you are taken on a journey into the psychological decision-making we use when choosing a mate. Several, never seen before, patterns that are critical to our selection process are
... Read more
The End of Tradition

Country Life in Central Surrey

by John Connell ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1978, The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages, the Horsleys and Clandons, close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century, a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up, ... Read more

$43.99 USD

First published in 1978, The End of Tradition is the history of four Surrey villages, the Horsleys and Clandons, close to London but isolated and protected from it by the Green Belt. Towards the end of the last century, a period of rapid change began in rural England as a new way of life centred on the nearby towns and cities replaced a traditional rural village life. Estates were broken up,
... Read more

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