He's a Rebel

He's a Rebel
Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2000-05-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 146166103X

Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by age 21. His credits include some of the most important and memorable songs of the 1960s: The Ronettes' "Be My Baby," The Crystals' "And Then He Kissed Me," and Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep, Mountain High." Culled from more than 100 interviews with Spector's closest associates, including staff producers, singers, musicians, and ex-wives, He's a Rebel discusses all stages of Spector's varied musical career, from his first hit, "To Know Him Is To Love Him" (written as a teenager) to his appointment to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to chronicling his musical achievements and unpredictable genius, the author boldly explores Spector's legendary eccentricities, addictions, and violent, reclusive tendencies. He's a Rebel offers a definitive, unflinching portrait of Phil Spector, the producer who transformed the airwaves and forever impacted the sound of popular music.

He's a Rebel

He's a Rebel
Author: Mark Ribowsky
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0815410441

Spector's achievements are well-chronicled in this tightly-written and very accessible book.

The Rebel Christ

The Rebel Christ
Author: Michael Coren
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2022-11-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 178622481X

Once the darling of conservative Catholicism and evangelicalism, the outspoken broadcaster and journalist Michael Coren had what he terms as a profound conversion and began embracing the issues he had previously judged. It cost him his lucrative broadcasting career and made him the target of vitriol, but he found freedom in the radical and progressive nature of the gospel and is today its champion. In The Rebel Christ he explores what Jesus said about the pressing issues of his and our day. Jesus may not have mentioned sexuality, but welcomed outsiders and the marginalized; he never spoke of social security systems, but did criticize the wealthy and complacent and called for the poor to be protected; he didn’t side with the powerful but did condemn those who judged and exploited others and turned their eyes away from those in need and from the cry for justice. This was Jesus the rebel, Christ the radical, who turned the world upside down and who today demands that his followers do the same.

A Rebel in Time

A Rebel in Time
Author: Harry Harrison
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 321
Release: 1983
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0523485549

A classic time-travel adventure about altering the outcome of the War Between the States. On the fields where Civil War battles have yet to be fought, a black sergeant takes on a mad colonel with a machine gun and $25 million in gold--with the winner to determine the course of history.

Tearing Down The Wall of Sound

Tearing Down The Wall of Sound
Author: Mick Brown
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2012-10-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1408819503

In 2002, the reclusive and legendary record producer Phil Spector gave his first interview in twenty-five years to Mick Brown. The day after it was published an actress named Lana Clarkson was shot dead in Spector's LA castle. This is Brown's odyssey into the strange life and times of Phil Spector. Beginning with that fateful meeting in Spector's home and going on to explore his colourful and extraordinary life and career, including the unfolding of the Clarkson case, this is one of the most bizarre and compelling stories in pop history.

Rebel

Rebel
Author: Marie Lu
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250221714

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. With unmatched suspense and her signature cinematic storytelling, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Marie Lu plunges readers back into the unforgettable world of Legend for a truly grand finale. Eden Wing has been living in his brother’s shadow for years. Even though he’s a top student at his academy in Ross City, Antarctica, and a brilliant inventor, most people know him only as Daniel Wing’s little brother. A decade ago, Daniel was known as Day, the boy from the streets who led a revolution that saved the Republic of America. But Day is no longer the same young man who was once a national hero. These days he’d rather hide out from the world and leave his past behind. All that matters to him now is keeping Eden safe—even if that also means giving up June, the great love of Daniel’s life. As the two brothers struggle to accept who they’ve each become since their time in the Republic, a new danger creeps into the distance that’s grown between them. Eden soon finds himself drawn so far into Ross City’s dark side, even his legendary brother can’t save him. At least not on his own . . .

The Billboard Book of Number One Hits

The Billboard Book of Number One Hits
Author: Fred Bronson
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 992
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780823076772

Provides lists of hit songs by date with information on the artist, songwriter, producer, label, and offering interviews with popular artists.

Letters to a Young Contrarian

Letters to a Young Contrarian
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2009-04-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 078673907X

From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range of "contrary positions"—from noble dissident to gratuitous nag—Hitchens introduces the next generation to the minds and the misfits who influenced him, invoking such mentors as Emile Zola, Rosa Parks, and George Orwell. As is his trademark, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast to stagnant attitudes across the ideological spectrum. No other writer has matched Hitchens's understanding of the importance of disagreement—to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress, to democracy itself.

Love a Rebel ... Love a Rogue

Love a Rebel ... Love a Rogue
Author: Shirl Henke
Publisher: Leisure Books
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1998-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780843944068

American patriot Quintin Blackthorne and his half-Indian, half-brother Devon Blackthorne are bound by blood, but torn apart by choice. They're swept from Savannah's ballrooms to Revolutionary War battlefields. But with the women they love, they learn that the faithful heart could overcome even the fortunes of war.

Rock 'n' Film

Rock 'n' Film
Author: David E. James
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0190842016

Rock 'N' Film presents a cultural history of films about US and British rock music during the period when biracial popular music was fundamental to progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic.