Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones (Smay David)(Paperback)

Tom Waits' Swordfishtrombones (Smay David)(Paperback)

Two entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombones and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change his life. It wasn't

Tom Waits on Tom Waits: Interviews and Encounters (Maher Paul)(Paperback)

Tom Waits, even with his barnyard growl and urban hipster yawp, may just be what the Daily Telegraph calls him: 'the greatest entertainer on Planet Earth.' Over a span of almost four decades, he has transformed his music and persona not to suit the times but his whims. But along with Bob Dylan, he

Tom Waits - Anthology (Waits Tom)(Paperback)

(Music Sales America). Complete piano/vocal arrangements with chord diagrams of over 20 of this poet/songwriter/actor's greatest hits including: Ol' 55 * Jersey Girl * Shiver Me Timbers * and

Girl Waits With Gun (Stewart Amy)(Paperback / softback)

Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader (Montandon Mac)(Paperback)

The first collection of writings about Tom Waits -- interviews, profiles, conversations, and more -- spanning the artist's thirty-year career in music, film and theater Over the past three decades, Tom Waits has achieved the kind of top-shelf cult status most artists only dream about. In his

Noise of Time (Barnes Julian)(Paperback / softback)

In May 1937, a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever

Lowside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits (Hoskyns Barney)(Paperback / softback)

Like Bob Dylan and Neil Young, Tom Waits is a chameleonic survivor who's achieved long-term success while retaining cult credibility and outsider mystique. From his perilous 'jazzbo' years in '70s Los Angeles to the multiple-Grammy winner, this biography charts Waits' life step-by-step and

Panty (Bandyopadhyay Sangeeta)(Paperback)

A woman arrives alone in Kolkata, taking refuge in a deserted apartment while she waits to undergo an unspecified surgery. In this disorienting city, everything seems new and strange: the pavement-dwellers outside her block, the collective displays of religiosity, the power cuts and alarming acts

Monster Math (Miranda Anne)(Paperback)

One little monster waits for the first birthday guest to arrive. . . . There's a knock on the door, and now there are two Now three Now four The guests keep arriving until fifty partying monsters wreak havoc and Monster Mom decides that enough is enough. The partygoers reluctantly depart until

Noise of Time (Barnes Julian)(Paperback)

This is Sunday Times Number One bestseller. It is a Daily Telegraph / Financial Times / Guardian / Sunday Times / The Times / New Statesman / Observer Book of the Year. 'Barnes' Masterpiece.' (Observer). In May 1937, a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He

Hide and Seek (Collins Wilkie)(Paperback)

At the center of Hide and Seek (1854) a secret waits to be revealed. Why should the apparently respectable painter Valentine Blyth refuse to account for the presence in his household of the beautiful girl known only as Madonna? It is not until his young friend Zack Thorpe--rebelling against his

L2: Scarlett Letter (Hawthorne Nathaniel)(Paperback)

Classic / American English Boston in the 1600s is a small town, but a large crowd waits for Hester Prynne outside the prison. She carries a baby in her arms and the scarlet letter A is on her dress. A is for adulteress. Who is the father of her baby? Nobody knows and Hester will not

Motel Life (Vlautin Willy)(Paperback / softback)

Opening like an early Tom Waits barstool-tale, The Motel Life tells the story of two brothers, Frank and Jerry

Dead at First Sight (James Peter)(Paperback)

A man waits at a London airport for Ingrid Ostermann, the love of his life, to arrive. Across the Atlantic, a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is, without question, his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of

White Road (Lotz Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Death waits at the top of the world in this adrenaline-laced thriller from Sarah Lotz, perfect for anyone who loves the film The Descent or John Krakauer's book Into Thin

Sirens (Knox Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

It starts with the girl. How it ends is up to DC Aidan Waits. Isabelle Rossiter has run away again. When Aidan Waits, a troubled junior detective, is summoned to her father's penthouse home - he finds a manipulative man, with powerful friends. But retracing Isabelle's steps through a dark,

Calypso (Sedaris David)(Paperback / softback)

David Bellamy's Complete Guide to Watercolour Painting (Bellamy David)(Paperback)

She Who Waits: Low Town 3 (Polansky Daniel)(Paperback)

Low Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands. Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all. As a younger man, Warden carried out more than his fair share of

Ugly Duckling - The Graphic Novel (Andersen Hans C.)(Paperback / softback)

In a far-away land, perched upon her little nest, Mother Duck waits for her last remaining egg to hatch. When the odd little egg finally breaks open, Mother Duck is shocked to see an ugly duckling staring up at her. Despite its homeliness, Mother Duck adores her awkward child and does her best to

Polar Express - Picture Book and CD (Van Allsburg Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Late one Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives, Santa offers him any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the reindeer's harness. It turns out to be a very special gift, for only

Futsal - The Science of Strength and Conditioning (Yuzo Nakamura Fbio)(Paperback)

SCIENCE-BASED KNOWLEDGE OF THE COURTS WAITS FOR YOU ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Futsal is a sport practiced and admired by millions of people around the planet and Brazil has been the holder of the hegemony of world titles, both male and female. On the other hand, there are very few publications

The Life and Diary of David Brainerd (Brainerd David)(Paperback)

David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form (Hering David)(Paperback)

In David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form, David Hering analyses the structures of David Foster Wallace's fiction, from his debut The Broom of the System to his final unfinished novel The Pale King. Incorporating extensive analysis of Wallace's drafts, notes and letters, and taking account of the