S Thompson: 85 books
Screwjack
A Short Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2000
An almost unnaturally poignant love story from the father of “Gonzo” journalism and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Hunter S. Thompson.
What makes the romantic short story Screwjack so touching, for all its queerness, is the aching melancholy in its depiction of the modern man's burden:...
Yes I Can
Stories that Inspire our Youth to Realize That All Dreams are Possible.
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Yes I Can puts together stories inspired by the first President of color, Barrack Obama. They seek to encourage children of color and mixed heritage to set goals, work hard and know that all things are attainable; even if that goal is to be President of the United States. Most importantly it reaffirms...
Admired: 21 Ways to Double Your Value
21 Ways to Double Your Value
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
You deserve to be valued, respected, and admired for what matters to you. Here are twenty-one ways to make it happen. “Imagine how it would feel to be fully valued for what you do best. What if your boss, your customers, and your family really appreciated what you have to offer? How proud would...
Theatre Symposium, Vol. 22
Broadway and Beyond: Commercial Theatre Considered
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
That theatre is a business remains a truth often ignored by theatre insiders and consumers of the performing arts alike. The essays in Theatre Symposium, Volume 22 explore theatre as a commercial enterprise both historically and as a continuing part of the creation, production, and presentation of...
Waiting
An Anthology of Essays
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2018
The verb esperar means to wait. It also means to hope.—“The Past Was a Small Notebook, Much Scribbled-Upon”, Cora Siré Waiting, that most human of experiences, saturates all of our lives. We spend part of each day waiting—for birth, death, appointments, acceptance, forgiveness, redemption....
Imperial Britain
The Empire in British Politics, c. 1880-1932
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
This new study considers the impact of the empire upon modern British political culture. The economic and cultural legacy of empire have received a great deal of attention, but historians have neglected the effects of empire upon the domestic British political scene. Dr Thompson explores economic,...
by C. J. S. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Poisons have long been the weapon of choice of nefarious ne'er-do-wells seeking to inflict harm on others. In this gripping true-crime compendium, author C.J.S. Thompson offers a concise history of poison as an instrument of murder and serves up a number of detailed case studies of instances in which poisons were put to use in the service of evil.
by First lady Robin S. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Life is always full of ups and downs and twists and turns. But no matter how gray the sky turns, there will always be silver lining.
Author First lady Robin S. Thompson reveals a heartwarming read that will surely inspire readers in Teardrops in the Wind.
This is the tale of a woman...
by Hunter S. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Previously published in the short story collected Screwjack from legendary “Gonzo” writer Hunter S Thompson, “Death of a Poet” chronicles a doomed rendezvous in a Green Bay trailer park. The Packers have lost, and the author's friend―"a bad drinker and a junkie for mass hysteria"―has come unhinged.
"Welcome to the night train."
Wild Men: The Playboy Interview
50 Years of the Playboy Interview
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The bad boys who were constant sources of controversy and pushed the term “living” to its absolute extreme are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. From the founder of gonzo-journalism Hunter S. Thompson to rock ‘n roll’s most dangerous...
The Faces Behind the Chains: Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Life Stories of Former Slaves
Including Historical Documents & Legislative Progress of Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of thousands memoirs & life stories of former slaves. "The Faces Behind the Chains" strongly conveys the circumstances and brutal reality of a slave's life to a reader. This unique collection consists of the most influential...
The Unchained: Powerful Life Stories of Former Slaves
Thousands of Recorded Interviews, Memoirs & Narratives of Former Slaves (Including Historical Documents & Legislative Progress of Civil Rights Movement)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
This unique collection consists of the most influential narratives of former slaves, including numerous recorded testimonies, life stories and original photos of former slaves long after Civil War: Recorded Life Stories of Former Slaves from 17 different US States Narrative of the Life of Frederick...
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.
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