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Books On Books Collection - Jeremy Adler

Books On Books Collection – Jeremy Adler

Alphabet Music (2d ed., 1992) Alphabet Music (2d ed. 1992)Jeremy AdlerLoose folios. H252 x W354 mm. 7 folios. Edition of 25, of which this is #23. Acquired from Antiquariat Willi Braunert, 2 August 2022.Photos: Books On Books Collection. Clearly the alphabet has held an especially productive place in Jeremy Adler’s imagination. From 1972 to 1977, he issued A: an envelope magazine of visual…

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[Free eBook] Time For Frankie Coolin by Bill Granger [1970s Chicago Literary Psychological Thriller]

Time for Frankie Coolin: A Novel by the late Bill Granger, a journalist and novelist, is a standalone historical literary drama with psychological thriller elements, free for a limited time courtesy of publisher The University of Chicago Press.

This is their featured Free eBook of the Month selection for December. The novel was originally published in 1982 using the pseudonym Bill Griffiths, and this reprint edition has a new foreword by Bill Savage, an associate instructor in the Department of English at Northwestern University.

The story is set in Chicago during the 1970s, exploring the lives of the working class and other marginalized people, as a tough-guy plasterer who's become a landlord by fixing up abandoned buildings to make them livable and moved on to greater prosperity in the suburbs, finds everything jeopardized by the fallout of allowing a family cousin to use an empty building as a favour, leading to a criminal investigation and threat of prison as he struggles to cope in the only way he knows.

Offered free worldwide through the month of December, available from the publisher's website.

Currently free @ the publisher's dedicated promo page (PDF with option of both Adobe Digital Editions and Readium DRMed files, requires newsletter signup with valid email address; follow the instructions on the redemption page to claim a downloadable version) and you can read more about the book on its regular catalogue page

Description Known as much for his journalistic reporting as for the fiction he wrote under a variety of pen names, Bill Granger combined his divergent talents in his powerful novel Time for Frankie Coolin. With distinctive voices, compelling characters, on-the-ground observation, and suspense, it offers a serious, illuminating take on the changing tides of race, class, and politics in late twentieth-century Chicago.

Time for Frankie Coolin tells the story of a plasterer turned landlord in Chicago who, in the late 1970s, buys abandoned buildings and makes them just habitable enough that he can charge minimal rent to his mostly black tenants. Frankie—both a tough guy in the trades and a family man—has done well by his wife and kids, moving them to a house in the suburbs. But a casual favor for his wife’s cousin—allowing the man to store some crates in an empty building—and a random act of arson set in motion a cascade of crises, including a menacing pair of G-men and the looming threat of prison if Frankie doesn’t talk. But since talking has never been one of Frankie’s strengths, he copes as he always has: by trying to tough it out on his own.

Calling to mind such gritty poets of the urban scene as George V. Higgins and Nelson Algren, Time for Frankie Coolin is both a psychological thriller and a ’70s Chicago period piece that shines a surprisingly sympathetic light on the often ignored stories of the people who lived, worked, and died at the city’s margins.

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I love Zippy. Bill Griffiths is a genius, and he’s still writing great shit

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12% increase in visitors to Hadrian’s Wall thanks to major exhibition A major and unique exhibition which celebrated the prestigious Roman cavalry regiments has contributed to a 12 per cent rise in visitors to Hadrian’s Wall Full story: https://www.cumbriacrack.com/2018/10/23/12-increase-in-visitors-to-hadrians-wall-thanks-to-major-exhibition/

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Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Honor SoccerSTL Founder

Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Honor SoccerSTL Founder

Steve ‘Ole’ Olson pic by Pamela Panchot on June 10, 2013 The Missouri High School Soccer Coaches Association (MSHSSCA) held their annual Recognition Banquet Sunday December 18th and introduced a new award this year, the “Champion of the Game”. Designed to recognize members of the community outside of players and coaches, I’m proud to say that I am the inaugural recipient. I did a poor job of…

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New Post has been published on MyTradeTV

New Post has been published on http://www.mytrade.tv/2015/06/16/quanex-acquires-flamstead-holdings-including-hl-plastics-wegoma-vintage-windows/

Quanex Acquires Flamstead Holdings Including HL Plastics, Wegoma & Vintage Windows

Roger Hartshorn and Bill Griffiths have jointly announced the acquisition of Flamstead Holdings Ltd, including HL Plastics Ltd, Wegoma Machinery Sales Ltd and Vintage Windows Ltd, in a deal with Quanex Building Products Corporation.

Quanex, a North American industry-leading supplier of cutting edge energy-efficient window and door systems and components with $600+ million in sales listed on the New York Stock Exchange, only acquires strong business partners that have a deep commitment to customers, are eager for growth and are considered technological leaders in the fenestration and related industries.

Its latest acquisitions certainly fit these criteria, with HL Plastics’ innovative Liniar PVCu range setting industry standards in thermal efficiency and Wegoma’s Supercut machining centre helping to improve window fabricators’ productivity.

Hartshorn commented:

“I am excited about our future with Quanex as I believe the combination of our outstanding companies will help to drive us even further forward and accelerate growth secured by a strong, financially sound industrial organisation.

“By remaining financially involved and continuing as Group CEO for a minimum of five years, I am ensuring it will be ‘business as usual’ for staff and customers alike.

“My commitment has always been to launch new and exciting products for the benefit of our customers, and to generate employment opportunities to stimulate the economy – and with Quanex resources behind us, we will unlock the potential to achieve even greater success.”

Quanex has a track record of success in the UK and European markets, having acquired Edgetech in 2011 and helped to take the company to new heights.

Quanex Chairman, President and CEO Bill Griffiths was on site at Flamstead’s headquarters in Derbyshire to help announce the news to staff at the three companies and answer any questions. He remarked:

“The businesses Roger and his team have built are a great fit with the Quanex philosophy and we’re delighted we’ve been able to agree a deal that includes his continued involvement for the long term future. We plan to work with Roger and his team to take the Liniar and Wegoma ranges to the next level through innovation and collaboration.”

Tarpey Harris Ltd and Flamstead Investments Ltd, the remaining companies in the Flamstead Group owned by Hartshorn, will see no change, with Roger reaffirming his commitment to the business and retaining overall ownership.

For more information about the Liniar range go to www.liniar.co.uk.

For more information about Wegoma machinery go to www.wegoma.co.uk

Caption – Brent Korb (left) and Bill Griffiths (right) of Quanex Building Products Corporation with Liniar creator Roger Hartshorn