A biography of Ian Carr, pioneer bebop player & founding father of jazz rock in the UK. This work also draws a picture of Ian Carr's home region, the North-East of Engl&, of literary influences such as W Somerset Maughan, of post-war continental Europe & its Bohemian arts scene, & of the London jazz world from the 1960s onwards. ...

Presents a collection of traditional stories gathered from various reaches of Scotland & passed down through generations, customs & traditions that take a look at well & not so well-known stories. This work intersperses these tales with follow-up historical stories to set the fables in context. ...

The 1920s marked one of the greatest cultural shifts in American life, & the risque flapper became the icon of the period. But there was a counter image of the feminine; the decade was also the golden age for girl evangelists who defended traditional morals & traditional Christian beliefs & attitudes. ...

Private detective Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) is hired by gambler Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas) to find Sterling's girlfriend after she shoots him & takes off with $40, 000 of his money. Bailey tracks the woman, Kathie Moffett (Jane Greer) to Mexico, only to fall for her charms. When Kathie convinces Bailey that she is innocent, he tells Sterling that he has been unable to find her
- unaware that he is becoming trapped in a tangled web of deceit, murder & blackmail.
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Film following the Billabong team as they push the limits of wakeboarding, featuring riding by Danny Harf, Shawn Watson, Brian Grubb, Eric Ruck, Kevin Henshaw & Chad Sharpe. Whether it's riding waves in Tahiti, jibbing the Billabong bus in Orlando or hitting snow gaps in Mammoth, a dream park in the Phillipines, these guys are always setting new boundaries. ...