Best Selling Books by James Aldridge

Clay Mitchel, a truck driver is caught on the road when the EMP blast hits. A few hundred miles stand between him and his family, and now he''s on foot. Clay and his pup Sarge set out to get to his wife and daughter by any means necessary. An ex-marine, and witness to similar events, he knows just how fast things can go south. Along the way, Clay and Sarge are faced with obstacles and tough decisions. Eventually thrust in the middle of the fight of his life, he struggles to keep his humanity while protecting his family from harm and fulfilling his duty to his country. Dark Days is a post-apocalyptic thriller, set in modern-day America. Follow Clay and his family in their fight to survive a lawless country as it descends into chaos. Action-packed, humorous, and full of twists and turns. The collapse is the first in a three-book series, sure to make you laugh, cry, and stay on the edge of your seat.

Chronique. Drame. Réalisme. Roman. Social. Un gamin de onze ans qui vit pieds nus comme un sauvage avec son grand-père à moitié fou, ça scandalise les honnêtes gens. Et que fera-t-on de Spit quand le vieux mourra ? Betty la sévère veut le mettre en cage : l''orphelinat le dressera, ce rebelle ! Mais pour Sadie et sa mère, Spit est quelqu''un de bien qui sait ce qu''il veut dans la vie. Elles l''aiment, lui font confiance et l''aideront à rester libre.

Spit wohnt mit seinem Grossvater am Fluss und führt ein viel interessanteres Leben als die anderen Jungen in der Stadt. Als der Grossvater stirbt, soll Spit in ein Waisenhaus kommen.

"This thesis examines the anticommercial ideology of Leonard Joseph (Lennie) Tristano (1919 - 1978) in an attempt to shed light on underexplored and misunderstood aspects of his musical career. Today, Tristano is known primarily for his contribution to jazz and jazz piano in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He is also recognized for his pedagogical success as one of jazz''s first formal teachers. Beyond that, however, Tristano remains a peripheral figure in much of jazz''s history. In this thesis, I argue that Tristano''s contributions are often overlooked because he approached jazz creation in a way that ignored unspoken commercially-oriented social expectations within the community. I also identify anticommercialism as the underlying theme that influenced the majority of his decisions ultimately contributing to his canonic marginalization. Each chapter looks at a prominent aspect of his career in an attempt to understand how anticommercialism affected his musical output. I begin by looking at Tristano''s early 1950s loft sessions and show how changes he made to standard jam session protocol during that time reflect the pursuit of artistic purity--an objective that forms the basis of his ideology. Next, I identify anticommercial themes in his criticism that indicate his reclusivity and general unwillingness to engage in public music making were acts of protest designed to promote jazz artistry. And finally, I identify his pedagogy as one steeped in anticommercially-oriented student expectations and show how that dynamic was thought by Tristano to develop artistically "ethical" improvisers. My intention is to illustrate that much of what is known of Tristano''s alleged eccentricity can be understood as the byproduct of a rational ideologically-oriented artistic objective. My goal then is to show that Tristano''s contribution may very well be of canonic importance if we are willing to acknowledge and accept that his limited discography and general unwillingness to perform in public was in fact a musico-ideological act of protest." --