Keith Richards
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“A Birthday Card in Book Form!” Features nearly 90 witty and inspirational quotations, and a page for inscribing your personal birthday message.
Born under the lucky sign of Sagittarius, Keith Richards has wandered across the planet...well, like a rolling stone. These days he's living as a gentlemen farmer in verdant Connecticut, but still playing, the last thing he will ever consider is the concept of retirement. Why not crank up "Sympathy for...
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Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations,...
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Located alongside the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama has helped create some of the most important and resonant songs of all time. Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Rick Hall brought black and white together to create music for the generations. He is responsible for creating the "Muscle Shoals sound" and The Swampers, the house band at FAME Studios that eventually left to start its own successful studio known as Muscle...
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Long before there was a band, there was a boy: a young Keith Richards, who was introduced to the joy of music through his beloved granddad, Theodore Augustus Dupree, affectionately known as "Gus," who was in a jazz big band and is the namesake of Keith's daughter, Theodora Dupree Richards. Gus & Me offers a rare and intimate look into the childhood of the legendary Keith Richards through this poignant and inspiring story. This unique autobiographical...
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The late Sir John Templeton once said:
"To buy when others are despondently selling and to sell, when others are avidly buying requires the greatest fortitude."
Many investors get caught in popular investment themes. They enthusiastically buy near the top, then fearfully sell near the bottom when the market corrects its excess. Conversely, the greatest investment returns in history have been, made by betting against the crowd during those times of...
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Terry, a racist ex-soldier, and Robert, a Black Briton estranged from his Igbo heritage, arrive in Nigeria to begin expatriate postings. Isioma, enjoying life with her house-mates, maintains strong family ties. Their personal journeys unfold as they explore the bustling markets, late-night bars, and the overall mayhem of Lagos.As their lives intertwine, a deeper connection binds them - a link to the Ede family and Nigeria's colonial past. During the...
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[2014]
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"Written for engineers who are contemplating moving towards the Eng. Tech, this book covers topics they are likely to encounter in their professional career and gives solutions to typical problems that may arise in mechanical design. Topics include stress calculations, basic shaft design, beams under bending, keys and spline strength calculations, columns and struts, gears, introduction to material selection, and conversions and general tables"--
8) Life
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2010.
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Autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards lived the original rock and roll life. He tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane; his listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones' first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to...
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[2022]
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"The fully authorized and official biography of legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, one of the world's most revered and celebrated musicians of the last half century. Charlie Watts was one of the most decorated musicians in the world, having joined the Rolling Stones, a few months after their formation, early in 1963. A student of jazz drumming, he was headhunted by the band after bumping into them regularly in London's rhythm and blues...
10) Gimme shelter
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Criterion collection volume 99
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[2000]
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A documentary on the Rolling Stones' 1969 tour of the United States, including a performance at Madison Square Garden and a free concert at the Altamont Speedway in California where violence broke out between fans and Hell's Angels who were providing security. Includes performances by Ike and Tina Turner, the Jefferson Airplane and the Flying Burrito Brothers. This special version also contains never-before-seen performances from the Madison Square...
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Arsenic Pollution summarizes the most current research on the distribution and causes of arsenic pollution, its impact on health and agriculture, and solutions by way of water supply, treatment, and water resource management.
• Provides the first global and interdisciplinary account of arsenic pollution occurrences
• Integrates geochemistry, hydrology, agriculture, and water supply and treatment for the first time
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