New Releases by David King

Intimate, anecdotal, and spell-binding, Singing Out offers a fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals and folk music. Culled from more than 150 interviews recorded from 1976 to 2006, this captivating story spans seven decades and cuts across a wide swath of generations and perspectives, shedding light on the musical, political, and social aspects of this movement. The narrators highlight many of the major folk revival figures, including Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, Phil Ochs, Mary Travers, Don McLean, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Ry Cooder, and Holly Near. Together they tell the stories of such musical groups as the Composers'' Collective, the Almanac Singers, People''s Songs, the Weavers, the New Lost City Ramblers, and the Freedom Singers. Folklorists, musicians, musicologists, writers, activists, and aficionados reveal not only what happened during the folk revivals, but what it meant to those personally and passionately involved. For everyone who ever picked up a guitar, fiddle, or banjo, this will be a book to give and cherish. Extensive notes, bibliography, and discography, plus a photo section.

A look into the truth of adolescence and angels; specifically, a mystical account of trans-corporeal cognizance and essence; plus, precise instructions on White Magic; furthermore, a concerete fable that is real, spilling the carnal and spiritual aspects of youth in late 80''s America. Nothing screams anything more bizarre . . .

A young poet named Jelly Roll suffers from theatrical visitations of Peter Cottontail; plus, he meets an adolescent girl who believes that she is the unearthly incarnation of the Pop-Cultural Star dubbed Khloe Kardashian; indeed, this tale even transcends teen angst, touching upon things divine, such as a daughter''s need and love for her father. Furthermore, the pre-pubescent Jelly Roll ushers in true wisdom for the psychotic sub-characters, him playing the part of a Little Aristotle in hopes of healing the woes of those around him.

“Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important story.” —David Fromkin, author of Europe’s Last Summer Vienna, 1814 is an evocative and brilliantly researched account of the most audacious and extravagant peace conference in modern European history. With the feared Napoleon Bonaparte presumably defeated and exiled to the small island of Elba, heads of some 216 states gathered in Vienna to begin piecing together the ruins of his toppled empire. Major questions loomed: What would be done with France? How were the newly liberated territories to be divided? What type of restitution would be offered to families of the deceased? But this unprecedented gathering of kings, dignitaries, and diplomatic leaders unfurled a seemingly endless stream of personal vendettas, long-simmering feuds, and romantic entanglements that threatened to undermine the crucial work at hand, even as their hard-fought policy decisions shaped the destiny of Europe and led to the longest sustained peace the continent would ever see. Beyond the diplomatic wrangling, however, the Congress of Vienna served as a backdrop for the most spectacular Vanity Fair of its time. Highlighted by such celebrated figures as the elegant but incredibly vain Prince Metternich of Austria, the unflappable and devious Prince Talleyrand of France, and the volatile Tsar Alexander of Russia, as well as appearances by Ludwig van Beethoven and Emilia Bigottini, the sheer star power of the Vienna congress outshone nearly everything else in the public eye. An early incarnation of the cult of celebrity, the congress devolved into a series of debauched parties that continually delayed the progress of peace, until word arrived that Napoleon had escaped, abruptly halting the revelry and shrouding the continent in panic once again. Vienna, 1814 beautifully illuminates the intricate social and political intrigue of this history-defining congress–a glorified party that seemingly valued frivolity over substance but nonetheless managed to drastically reconfigure Europe’s balance of power and usher in the modern age.

First People tells the story of American Indians—from their arrival on the continent 10,000 years ago to their search for identity in the modern world. Avoiding standard clichés and easy generalizations, the book presents each tribe as an individual, evolving culture, with its own history, artwork, and traditions. With a wealth of modern and historic images, innovative page layouts, and compelling first-person accounts, this is an eye-opening look at the richness and variety of North American tribes, and a moving account of the European conquest.

One of the most dynamic writers and one of the most respected scientists in the field of climate change offer the first concise guide to both the problems and the solutions of global warming. Guiding us past a blizzard of information and misinformation, Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King explain the science of warming, the most cutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and the national and international politics that will affect our efforts. While there have been many other books about the problem of global warming, none has addressed what we can and should do about it so clearly and persuasively, with no spin, no agenda, and no exaggeration. Neither Walker nor King is an activist or politician, and theirs is not a generic green call to arms. Instead they propose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem. Most important, they offer hope: This is a serious issue, perhaps the most serious that humanity has ever faced. But we can still do something about it. And they’ll show us how.

How Can I Keep from Singing? is the compelling story of how the son of a respectable Puritan family became a consummate performer and American rebel. Updated with new research and interviews, unpublished photographs, and thoughtful comments from Pete Seeger himself, this is an inside history of the man Carl Sandburg called “America’s Tuning Fork.” In the only biography on Seeger, David Dunaway parts the curtains on his life. Who is this rail-thin, eighty-eight-year-old with the five-string banjo, whose performances have touched millions of people for more than seven decades? Bob Dylan called him a saint. Joan Baez said, “We all owe our careers to him.” But Seeger’s considerable musical achievements were overshadowed by political controversy when he became perhaps the most blacklisted performer in American history. He was investigated for sedition, harassed by the FBI and the CIA, picketed, and literally stoned by conservative groups. Still, he sang. Today, Seeger remains an icon of conscience and culture, and his classic antiwar songs, sung by Bruce Springsteen and millions of others, live again in the movement against foreign wars. His life holds lessons for surviving repressive times and for turning to music to change the world. “This biography is a beauty. It captures not only the life of the bard but the world of which he sings.” –Studs Terkel “A fine and meticulous biography . . . Dunaway has taken [Seeger’s] materials and woven them into a detailed, interesting, and well-written narrative of a most fascinating life.” –American Music “An extraordinary tale of an extraordinary man [that] will intrigue not only his legions of followers but everyone interested in one man’s battles and victories.” –Chicago Sun-Times

Dr. Micheal Kendall, head scientist for a research project for a new energy invention, is abducted by a UFO that contains time travelers whose mission is to save Micheal, his project, and protect the good universe. During the course of this journey, they tell their stories and that of the time vessel while explaining the fact that they fight a force of evil, of a dimension not of their own. First, they travel into the far future to find a hidden key that unlocks a chamber in a place called Ohm city where an assassin waits. Then, a fight ensues between the assassin and one of the travelers. Upon retrieval of the key, Michael is finally able to open the chamber. Ultimately, the travelers return to the present after a great battle to find that Michaels insight from the experience stops the altered evil realty, and in the end it will save him, and guide humankind into a new age of living

The Untold Story of One Man''s Quest for a Lost World In 1679, Renaissance man Olof Rudbeck stunned the world. He proposed that an ancient lost civilization once thrived in the far north of his native Sweden: the fabled Atlantis. Rudbeck would spend the last thirty years of his life hunting for the evidence that would prove this extraordinary theory. Chasing down clues to that lost golden age, Rudbeck combined the reasoning of Sherlock Holmes with the daring of Indiana Jones. He excavated what he thought was the acropolis of Atlantis, retraced the journeys of classical heroes, opened countless burial mounds, and consulted rich collections of manuscripts and artifacts. He eventually published his findings in a 2,500-page tome titled Atlantica, a remarkable work replete with heroic quests, exotic lands, and fabulous creatures. Three hundred years later, the story of Rudbeck’s adventures appears in English for the first time. It is a thrilling narrative of discovery as well as a cautionary tale about the dangerous dance of genius and madness.

The eighties. Online chat. Suicide. Theres never been a coming-of-age novel like this. On ChatNet, the online hangout for teenagers, nobody uses their real names. Calvin AKA Iron Man is best friends with Gabriel AKA Dionysus, and they both fall for Brooke AKA Sister of Mercy. Gabriel kills himself and Calvin takes it upon himself to figure out what drove Gabe over the edge. Dionysus Logged Out is A Separate Peace fast-forwarded into the information age. Its literature for geeks.

Traces the history of professional baseball in San Antonio from 1888 to the present, highlighting key players, coaches, teams, and events that have defined the sport.

"The book consists of 166 photographs taken from the interrogation files of the secret police in Moscow of those arrested on falsified charges, found guilty and shot during Stalin''s reign of terror from the late 1920s until his death in 1953 - engineers, artists, factory workers, teachers, housewives, heroes of the Soviet Union, even secret policemen themselves. Each photograph is accompanied by the basic details of that person''s life and the charges brought against them." - abstract from Francis Boutle Publishers website.

A New York Times Notable Book, 1997 The lavishly illustrated and often darkly hilarious retelling of Soviet history through the doctored photographs under Stalin. The Commissar Vanishes has been hailed as a brilliant, indispensable record of an era. The Commissar Vanishes offers a unique and chilling look at how one man--Joseph Stalin--manipulated the science of photography to advance his own political career and erase the memory of his victims. Over the past thirty years David King has assembled the world''s largest archive of doctored Soviet photographs, the best of which appear here, in a book Tatyana Tolstaya, in The New York Review of Books, called "an extraordinary, incomparable volume."

His writing and life underwent many transformations, and many crucial unanswered questions remained about his sojourn: Were the writings of the American years as self-indulgent as critics claimed? What sort of screenwriter was he: did this nearly blind writer ever learn the craft of scriptwriting? How did the cinematic conventions influence his own art? How and why did he become involved with mysticism and vision-inducing drugs?

The history of the structured revolution; Structured design; Structured programming; The traditional system development life cycle; Feasibility study stage; Requirements definition stage; System specification stage; System specification stage; System design stage; Program design and development stage; System test stage; implementation and production stage; System development people; Walkthroughs; The project library; The evolving system development life cycle; The future; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Levensbeschrijving van de politiek geëngageerde Amerikaanse folk-zanger en banjospeler (geb. 1919).

"Trotsky: A Documentary presents a dramatic biography"of Trotsky by means of pictures and words in much the same way as a film uses a combination of image and sound. David King, who designed the book, has amassed a unique collection of over 250 photographa, documents and illustrations, many in colour, which cover every phase of Trotsky''s extraordinary life. Beginning in an atmosphere of clandestine revolutionary conspiracy, imprisonment and exile, the story follows Trotsky through unprecedented military achievement to a position of supreme military power; then, after more years of hunted exile, ends in brutal assassination. Francis Wyndham''s commentary, making as much use as possible of Trotsky''s own written accounts, clarifies for the general reader the complex ideology which sustained him throughout his spectacular carreer"--Provided by publisher.

The policeman''s role and available methods in mediating racial conflict are discussed. This volume is designed to provide the police officer with a guide to his role as mediator of tensions arising from disagreement between racial groups. The sociological factors involved in racial conflict as well as police and minority group preventive measures are highlighted. Suggestions are made for bringing under control an unruly crowd should tensions erupt into violence.