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English teachers have the inconsiderate habit of assigning mammoth-sized works of literature to read and then actually expecting you to do it. This wouldn't be so bad except that invariably the requisite reading is as boring as fly fishing in an empty lake. Half of those books don't even have discernible plots. And let's face it -- the Cliff's Notes are pretty time-consuming too. Worry no more. Your troubles are over. We here at Book-A-Minute Classics have come up with a solution. We've taken all kinds of great works of literature and boiled them down to their essence, extracting all the filler (and believe me, there's a lot of it sometimes). In just one minute, you can read entire books and learn everything your teachers will expect you to know.
In addition to being unique as a rock guitarist's main instrument, the Byrdland is unique among Gibson electric guitars. Designed with the input of guitarists Billy Byrd and Hank Garland (the name is derived from their surnames), it was introduced in the mid 1950s as one of the company's first "thinline" hollowbody models. Its 23 1/2" scale is also unusual, being more typical of a student guitar than a professional instrument.
Standard Byrdlands were originally available with P-90 pickups, and acquired humbuckers in the late '50s. Stock finishes were sunburst and natural, and Gibson made the model with Venetian (rounded) and Florentine (pointed) cutaways, as well as spruce or maple tops.
14th June 2010 — Issue 171 Free entry
The cult author discusses his new anthology, the art of the short story, the future of the author, what went wrong in the 1980s, and why life is always going to be stranger than fiction
Neil Gaiman, born in England in 1960 and now resident in America, is one of the world’s best known science fiction and fantasy writers. The author of numerous short stories, graphic novels, films and novels, including The Sandman series, American Gods, Stardust, Coraline, Anansi Boys and The Graveyard Book, he’s also a pioneer of literary blogging and boasts over 1.4m Twitter followers.
Face the corner and play, and see what it sounds like. Now, what you get there is a thing they call “corner loading.” This is an acoustic principal. What that does is it eliminates most of the top end and most of the bottom end and amplifies the middle. The same thing that a metal guitar does or an electric guitar – it mostly amplifies the midrange, which is where that metallic, kind of piercing sound is what’s left.
"Q from: Joe Duavit, Honolulu -- Is there a mathematical formula used to divide up PGA Tour prize money?
A from: Gary Von Sickle, CNN-SI.Com -- Yes. For PGA Tour events (not the major championships or special events like the NEC Invitational and
Tour Championship), it goes like this: first place gets 18% of the total purse ($540,000 for a $3 million event); second, 10.8%; third, 6.8%; fourth, 4.8%;
fifth, 4.0%; sixth, 3.6%; seventh, 3.35%; eighth, 3.1%; ninth, 2.9%; 10th, 2.7%; on down to 70th, 0.20%. For further details, contact the IRS.
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"Following her father’s death, poet Emily Dickinson did something unthinkable in his lifetime: She began to romance her father’s best friend. This excerpt from a new book reveals a woman so unlike the lovelorn recluse who exists in the popular imagination."
"Once Brian achieved total control over Peg, he had to decide what to do with her."
"HARRY STEPHEN KEELER (1890-1967) is one of the strangest writers who ever lived. In his time, he was pegged as a mystery novelist who also wrote some science fiction. Today, if you've heard of him at all, it's as the Ed Wood of mystery novelists, a writer reputed to be so bad he's good. Actually, no genre, nor "camp," can much suggest what Keeler is all about. Take some typical Keeler situations:"
David Sklansky makes his living as a professional gambler, but he is interested in a lot more than that.
THIS section of my site collects the humourous novels of the late (James) Thorne Smith (1893-1934)
Unchecked interest in vampires can lead to unfortunate summer wardrobe choices, rickets and diabetes.