Jim O'Donnell

When Patrick Nolan stepped onto the runway in Song Mao, he saw before him a dusty wasteland, not the tropical paradise described by his teachers back at Fort Bliss. The reality fit his fear that maybe he hadn't been so lucky to dodge combat duty by studying to be an interpreter. No matter what, a year out of graduate school and 9,000 miles later, there he stood in Vietnam. Always against the war, Nolan hoped that working in the civil affairs unit providing aid to villagers would offset to some extent the constant devastation. But daily contradictions took their toll. An afternoon spent helping refugees build a well might end that night on the roof relaying radio authorization for artillery to fire away. He met fellow soldiers he admired, those fully dedicated to the civil affairs mission, while he despised others for profiting in the black market.As an interpreter, Nolan learned to know the Vietnamese people more deeply, many of whom became close friends. He came to value their beliefs and traditions, embracing the beauty of their myths and the spiritual power of the lotus. Even so, deadly machinations of the internal war and its risks compounded Nolan's anguish about wanting to leave it all behind. Maybe Tomorrow illustrates the harsh realities of the brutal ironies created by the Vietnam war in a unique and utterly moving way.

With many new photos and an updated introduction, The Day John Met Paul, a critically-acclaimed Beatles book, reappears in a visually stunning second edition. The book is an hour-by-hour account of the fateful day the two founding Beatles met in July 1957. But it is much more than that: it's a spellbinding story of how fate brought together two men who would radically change the face of popular music, from its look and feel to its sound. Jim O'Donnell, a veteran rock music writer, spent eight years researching The Day John Met Paul. Published in 1996 and translated into several languages, the book was widely praised for its blend of accurate reporting and colorful storytelling. Long out of print, but revered among Beatles fans, the new printing enlivens the text with many well-chosen photos of the Liverpool landmarks--from Strawberry Field to Penny Lane--that played a role in the Beatles' lives and works. The Day John Met Paul chronicles the first "Day in the Life" of the Beatles--a day that changed the musical world.

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Det finnes et stort og variert utvalg agn som egner seg for sjøfiske. Mange fungerer godt, men fremgangen kommer ved å ha kunnskap om hvordan du skal velge riktig agn for det stedet du fisker og for den fiskearten du håper å fange. Denne hendige lommeguiden beskriver de vanligste og mest brukte agnene til sjøfiske. Enkel tekst og tydelige illustrasjoner forklarer hvert enkelt agn, hvordan det skal fiskes og hvilke fiskearter du kan håpe å komme i kontakt med. Boken er designet for å være oppslått, slik at du kan bruke begge hender når du agner. Den passer i lommen eller i takkelboksen, og er vannavstøtende slik at den kan benyttes under aktivt fiske. For enkelhetens skyld er agnene i boken delt inn i kategoriene mark, krabber, agnfisk, og annet agn og kunstig redskap. Selges kun i display med 10x; 9788281734579

Five newly discovered, never-before-published interviews with Les Paul, inventor of the solidbody electric guitar and multi-track recording. Imagine if you had run into guitar legend Les Paul and asked him the following questions: "Les Paul, what is your favorite Les Paul?" "If you were talking to someone looking to break into the music business, or just starting to play guitar, what would you say to him or her?" "When Leo Fender was planning to come out with his solidbody electric guitar, did he ask you to join him to produce a 'Fender Les Paul" guitar?" "You've had so many setbacks in your life, yet you keep bouncing back. How do you do it?" Those are the exact questions--among many, many others--that music writer Jim O'Donnell puts to the late Les Paul in the course of five deeply engrossing conversations. The world class musician-inventor doesn't disappoint in his candid, humorous, often surprising responses. See how the mind of a genius works. Don't miss a word of these revealing question-and-answer sessions that bring Les Paul the person to the printed page. There are also four helpful appendices: a Les Paul discography, filmography, webography, and bibliography. As a special bonus, a Les Paul profile by Jim O'Donnell is included--a story that the guitarist enjoyed so much he had it hanging directly behind him onstage for two years. // LES PAUL: GUITARIST, GENIUS, GOOD GUY: Guitar players from Jimi Hendrix to Jimmy Page, from Andr s Segovia to B.B. King, have acknowledged the genius of Les Paul, inventor of the solidbody electric guitar and multi-track recording. A virtuoso guitar player in his own right, Les Paul won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. "The history of popular music without Les Paul," writes music journalist and author Jim O'Donnell, "would be as diminished as the history of the Beatles less Paul." The guitarist's many contributions to the world of popular music are well-known. What's not so well-known is the struggle he has had to endure to achieve his stunning success. From quintuple bypass heart surgery to four operations on his inner ear to encroaching arthritis in his hands, the guitar legend had to battle every inch of the way to the top. Along with critical health issues, his career in music was also a battle. "Just about everything that I ever thought of," he says, "it seemed as though there was someone put on this earth to just stick his foot out and trip me." In the course of his five interviews with Jim O'Donnell, Les Paul tells why he never quit, despite all the battles. The guitar great also talks about helping Jimi Hendrix build his recording studio; what it takes to make it in the music business; how to buy a guitar; creating the first solidbody electric guitar; how he developed the distinctive Les Paul sound; and a wide variety of other fascinating topics. What finally emerges is an authentic portrait of Les Paul the person-a person who turns out to be even bigger than the guitarist, the genius, or the guitar. // ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jim O'Donnell is a longtime music writer whose work is in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame library in Cleveland. He received his first professional newspaper byline for a sports story in 1969. Since that time, his features, profiles, columns and essays have focused mostly on rock 'n' roll. O'Donnell has written several books, including Queen Magic: Freddie Mercury Tribute and Brian May Interview and The Day John Met Paul, which was published by Penguin in several languages. He holds a Master's Degree from St. Peter's College and studied journalism under New Journalism pioneer Richard Goldstein at New York University. According to Michael Lydon, a Founding Editor of ROLLING STONE: "Jim O'Donnell has a reporter's curiosity, a rock 'n' roller's heart, and he writes like a lyrical Irish poet."