Bøger af David G. Brown

Chris LeDoux was a rodeo icon, known for his ability to ride bareback horses and a world championship. But Chris also had a talent with a guitar and an ability to put the life and thoughts of a rodeo cowboy into song. With the help of his family Chris started selling audio-cassettes out of his rigging bag at rodeos, just as a way to help pay his way down the road. Little did he or anyone else know that after he hung up his bareback rigging and stowed the rigging bag, that he would become a country music sensation, "Gold Buckle Dreams: The Life and Times of Chris LeDoux" tells not only of Chris's life growing up and on into rodeo, but is has been expanded to include his life after rodeo.Although Chris LeDoux and his music had a big following in rodeo, it was not until Garth Brooks mentioned LeDoux in a song, that the rest of the world discovered the man. When his career ended in rodeo, LeDoux found a second round of fame in the music world, where he gained an international following. Unfortunately his life ended prematurely, the legend and music of Chris LeDoux live on.

[B&W edition. 37 photographs. Full-color edition available at www.amazon.com/dp/0985442948] In celebration of Dizzy Gillespie's 100th birthday, author David G. Brown (Deacon's Crossbow) shares his intimate experiences and memoirs of this humanitarian, innovator, and magical musician. After a chance meeting in Georgetown, 1985, Brown had the opportunity to spend countless hours with Dizzy at performances, testimonials, all-night card-playing sessions, hotels, restaurants, and street corners.Mr. Brown said, "Without question, the most remarkable man I have ever met. We shared tears and gut-busting laughs that are etched in my mind forever. God bless John Birks 'Dizzy' Gillespie, who, by the way, wasn't dizzy at all."Along with a book-load of anecdotes, there are select and unique photos spread throughout.

"Fragmento is a character driven collection of 52 related stories ranging from humorous to thought-provoking, erotic to spiritual. Set in the United States, the story revolves around two traveling protagonists. Between many of the stories can be found one-page vignettes. Although elements of fragmentation have a significant definition throughout, the reader will soon recognize there is a solid thread linking each story, as though connected like the anatomy of the human body. Fragmento is a novel filled with action, conscience, and maturity that builds to an unexpected finale, and begs for a sequel"--

The Great American Cowboy, in the grandest of traditions, is never a quitter. No matter how many times he gets thrown, he just dusts himself off, and gets back on again. So what happens when an old, traditional, rodeo cowboy takes on the 21st Century Cyber-gods of Internet Dating? Take a deep seat, and get screwed down tight, for a wild ride aboard, "My Internet Dating Nightmare - a Cowboy's Wildest Ride!" If it wasn't so painful, it would be funny!

While this study deals with an essentially technical subject, Brown's analysis is cast in language that is readily understandable to non-specialists. Written primarily for labour economists, this book should also interest all members of the academic community.

On Friday, November 7, 1913, after four days of winds up to 90 miles an hour, whiteout blizzard conditions, and mountainous seas, 19 ships had been lost on the great-lakes, 238 sailors were dead, and Cleveland was confronting the worst natural disaster in its history. This work details the storm that struck America's heartland.