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Discover the enthralling world of Ralph J. Gleason, a pioneering music journalist who expanded the possibilities of the newspaper music column, sparked the San Francisco jazz and rock scenes, and co-founded Rolling Stone magazine. Gleason not only reported on but influenced the trajectory of popular music. He alone chronicled the unparalleled evolution of popular music from the 1930s into the 1970s, and while doing so, interviewed and befriended many trailblazers such as Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles. A true iconoclast, he dismantled the barriers between popular and highbrow music, and barriers separating the musical genres. He played a crucial role in shaping postwar music criticism by covering all genres and analyzing music's social, political, and historical meanings. This book uncovers never-before-seen letters, anecdotes, family accounts, and exclusive interviews to reveal one of the most intriguing personalities of the 20th century.

Everyone knows that a good night's sleep can make all the difference in the world. This volume talks about sleep disorders. It describes the different types of sleep disorders, what research suggests about the causes of sleep disorders, and how sleep disorders are treated and prevented.

As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".

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Premier Tung Wing has taken control of the Eurasia Federation. President Ricardo Carlos of the United Americas Continent (UAC) is doing all he can to prevent war with Premier Wing, but war with the Eurasia Federation is unavoidable. The Battle of Tarim Basin in the Taklamakan Desert in China decides the fate of the world. The only way to stop Wing is for President Carlos to do the unthinkable! Premier Tung Wing has taken control of the Eurasia Federation. He has subjugated his android Citizens and forced many of them into his Army. The former android leader, Supreme Director Chen, has retreated to France, but is powerless to stop Wing. Now Wing is marching on the European Provinces and will destroy the Great Britain Province if the Prime Minister does not surrender. President Ricardo Carlos of the United Americas Continent (UAC) is doing all he can to prevent war with Premier Wing. The former Supreme Director Drake has lost the war for Utopias and fled to the South America Federation (SAF) where he has taken control and declared the SAF an independent country ruled by androids. Drake has declared Martial Law against the Primes in his six megacities. War with the Eurasia Federation is unavoidable. Director Chen’s army barely escapes destruction by Wing’s army, crosses the Atlantic Ocean and travels through the Northwest Passage. President Carlos joins up with Chen’s army in China where they begin the fight against Wing. The Battle for Beijing is fought and finally ends with the enemy trying to flee across the Great Wall of China. Beijing is where the entire world discovers the terrible injustice Wing has committed against his android Citizens. The Armies of President Carlos, Director Chen and Director Drake join together to meet Wing’s Army on the historic Silk Road near Kashgar in the Xinjiang Province of China. The Battle of Tarim Basin in the Taklamakan Desert decides the fate of the world. Wing intends to use his illegal stockpile of nuclear missiles to destroy the UAC Armed Forces and seize control of the entire world; a world devoid of any freedoms for androids. The only way to stop Wing is for President Carlos to do the unthinkable.

Today's citizens of St. Charles will recognize the names of many early settlers and residents, such as Louis Blanchette, who founded the settlement that would later become St. Charles; St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who helped found the first school of the Society of the Sacred Heart in America; and Lewis and Clark, who began their expedition here to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory. Later came photographer Rudolph Goebel, who chronicled St. Charles's history for more than 50 years; Jane Crider, advocate for adults with disabilities and cofounder of Boone Center Inc.; and Archie Scott, known as "Mr. Main Street" for his years of dedication to the preservation of the historic district. Included in Legendary Locals of St. Charles are businesspeople, local personalities, authors, and entertainers, and while some of them may not yet be legendary, all of them are notable for their contributions to the St. Charles community and beyond.

To coincide with the 70th anniversary of its present home on Beaumont Street, Oxford, this account traces the history of the Oxford Playhouse from its earliest roots--a production of Agamemnon in 1880--and the founding of the Oxford University Dramatic Society to the rebuilding of Oxford's New Theatre and, eventually, the launch of the Playhouse itself. Recalling actress Jane Ellis' early desire for a venue where she might play decent roles, as well as her efforts to make it happen, the book also celebrates a galaxy of stars who have acted there, including Flora Robson, John Gielgud, Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Judi Dench, and Helena Bonham Carter, and records the first steps of students such as Rowan Atkinson. In addition to chronicling developments in the theater's management and architecture, this comprehensive tribute explores its highbrow and lowbrow programs, its period of prosperity and postwar collapse, and its unique and vital relationship with the University of Oxford.

By 2098 the human race is faced with a Sixth Mass Extinction Level Event from extreme climate change conditions caused by humans. The planet is dying. Humans will not be able to breathe the air within five years. They are presented with two choices; enter cryosleep for at least 100 years or die slowly from lack of oxygen, deadly carbon dioxide, other greenhouse gases and rising temperatures. The world is in Climate Crisis! By 2098, the environment has turned against man and all living things. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane Gas (CH4) levels have reached all-time highs. Oxygen (O2) levels are falling rapidly. Humans will not be able to breathe the air within five years. Humans are the cause for this Sixth Mass Extinction Level Event (ELE)! There is only one solution left for mankind. Embrace the Human Cryostasis Program proposed by Ricardo Carlos, President of the United Americas Continent. This involves entering cryosleep chambers in secret underground bunkers for the next one hundred years and creating Artificial Intelligence Androids to help save the world; or face dying slowly in the Wilderness Areas outside protected megacities like Utopias. Utopias is the name of the great megacity that stretches from St. Louis to Chicago to Milwaukee and is the Capital of the United Americas Continent (UAC). There are only nineteen large megalopolises left in the UAC, which is comprised of the former countries of Canada, United States, Central America, South America and Caribbean. Outside these megacities lie the Wilderness Areas where nature is struggling to survive the environmental disasters caused by Climate Change. Sentient A.I. Androids will become the savior of mankind or the beginning of its demise. Only time will tell. One thing is certain; humans alone cannot solve the Climate Crisis they created. Without help from these androids, humans will die out. UTOPIAS - Book 0, Climate Crisis, is the Prequel to the UTOPIAS Dystopian Series. It explains in realistic and explicable detail how Climate Crisis began and what it will take to reverse the environmental damage caused by dependence on fossil fuels leading to mankind’s Sixth Mass Extinction Level Event. UTOPIAS - Books 1 & 2 continue the story when President Carlos and others wake up in 2199 after sleeping for one hundred years. The world has changed, but the future is still unpredictable.