John Lennon

Following the incredible success of his first book, In His Own Write, John Lennon's second collection of stories, drawings and poems is just as witty, whimsical and wonderful as his debut. First published in 1965 it is now back in print, looking just as it did when it first appeared half a century ago. CONTENTSA Spaniard in the WorksThe Fat BudgieSnore Wife and some Several DwartsThe Singularge Experience of Miss Anne DuffieldThe Faulty BagnoseWe must not forget the General ErectionBenjaman DistastefulThe Wumberlog (or The Magic Dog)Araminta DitchCassandleThe National Health CowReaders LettuceSilly NormanMr. Boris MorrisBernice's SheepLast Will and TesticleOur DadI Believe, Boot . . .

Introduced by Paul McCartneyABOUT THE AWFULI was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by Madalf Heatlump (Who only had one). Anyway they didn't get me. I attended to varicous schools in Liddypol. And still didn't pass-much to my Aunties supplies. As a member of the most publified Beatles my and (P, G, and R's) records might seem funnier to some than this book, but as far as I'm conceived this correction of short writty is the most wonderfoul larf I've ever ready. In His Own Write is John Lennon's literary debut, a book of stories, drawings and poems that was first published in 1964 to great critical acclaim and became a phenomenon, selling over 600,000 copies in the UK alone and revealing a hitherto unseen side to Lennon's artistic output and talent.

The hobo is a figure ensconced in the cultural fabric of the United States. Once categorized as a member of a homeless army who ought to be jailed or killed, the hobo has evolved into a safe, grandfatherly exemplar of Americana. Boxcar Politics reestablishes the hobo’s political thorns. John Lennon maps the rise and demise of the political hobo from the nineteenth-century introduction of the transcontinental railroad to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. Intertwining literary, historical, and theoretical representations of the hobo, he explores how riders and writers imagined alternative ways that working-class people could use mobility to create powerful dissenting voices outside of fixed hierarchal political organizations. Placing portrayals of hobos in the works of Jack London, Jim Tully, John Dos Passos, and Jack Kerouac alongside the lived reality of people hopping trains (including hobos of the IWW, the Scottsboro Boys, and those found in numerous long-forgotten memoirs), Lennon investigates how these marginalized individuals exerted collective political voices through subcultural practices.

På eget sätt ges ut samtidigt som nyutgåvan av Yoko Onos Ekollon. John Lennons bok På eget sätt i översättning av Peter Curman och Ingemar Lindahl. På eget sätt (originalets titel: In His Own Write) är en samling texter och teckningar Lennon skapade allt medan han befann sig i beatlesfeberns virvel av turné er och skivinspelningar. Det finns ett TV-inslag när beatlarna är i Sverige och intervjuas av Torsten Jungstedt. John ombeds läsa någon av sina noveller högt - men det blir svårt för George är genast där och rycker ut och kastar iväg hela knippen av sidor. En oemotståndligt rolig bok, fylld av bisarra berättelser om udda människoöden klädda i ett språk fullt av systematisk orddemolering och kreativa felstavningar. Nu utkommer Peter Curmans och Ingemar Lindahls kongeniala svenska översättning från 1965 i nyutgåva på Bakhåll. Läs om de fem på Dumkyrkokällaren, Skrattkammarmön, könhetsdrottningen och alla de andra. Och missa inte storviltgikten med den vitrige jägaren! Med denna sin första bok fullföljde Lennon något som han påbörjat redan som tonåring på Quarry Bank School. I sin egenhändigt framställda oregelbundet utkommande tidning The Daily Howl brukade han teckna och skriva fräna små stycken som parodierade händelser på skolan, ofta illustrerade med elaka teckningar föreställande skolans lärare. Och under de första åren på 60-talet försåg han under pseudonymen Beatcomber också den Liverpool­baserade musiktidningen Mersey Beat med material i denna stil. Tre av bokens texter, "Liddypool", "På storviltgikt med den vitrige jägaren" och "Jag minns Arnold" är för övrigt hämtade ur material som tidigare hade tryckts i Mersey Beat. In His Own Write publicerades 1964 av förlaget Jonathan Cape och blev en omedelbar succé . Boken hamnade direkt på bestsellerlistorna i både England och USA. Även litteraturkritikerna var förtjusta. Lennon hyllades som en ny litterär humorist. The Times Literary Supplement skrev att boken är ett måste för "envar som fruktat ett förflackande av det engelska språket och den brittiska fantasin". Flera kritiker var på kritikers vis måna om att peka ut Lennons förebilder - det skulle vara bland andra Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, James Thurber och - framför allt - James Joyce. "Inte endast den fasta beslutsamheten att enbart kommunicera via skämt och vitsar - även den lika fasta beslutsamheten att vidmakthålla en blasfemisk och subversiv ton utgör mycket tydliga joyceanska drag." Lennon själv erkände i intervjuerna endast två influenser: Lewis Carroll och Arthur Conan Doyle. James Joyce hade han aldrig läst, hävdade han. Men det viktigaste med Lennons "galna" prosastycken i In His Own Write är nog att de förebådar och kanske aktivt medverkar till hans omsvängning från de enkla poptexter han skrev för Beatles tidiga skivor till den stora nydanande rocklyrik han skapade i Beatles sena produktion och under sin efterföljande solokarriär. Första exemplet på en låt i "In His Own Write"-stil är nog "I am the Walrus" från 1967. På eget sätt av John Lennon i översättning av Peter Curman och Ingemar Lindahl. ISBN 978-91-7742-406-2. Högkvalitetspapper, sydda ark, klotband. 80 sidor. "En fantastisk bok som måste läsas! Helt underbar! En hyllning också till översättarna." Yukiko Duke, SVT Gomorron Sverige." Smart, imponerande och exkluderande!" Henrik Högström, Expressen"Det bubblar av kreativitet!" Lisbeth Antonsson, Östgöta Correspondenten

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY YOKO ONO AND ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHORJohn Lennon wrote the material collected in Skywriting by Word of Mouth during Yoko Ono's pregnancy with Sean Lennon.

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Boka inneholder alle 194 sangene som er skrevet og sunget av The Beatles, arrangert av Rikky Rooksby fra de originale innspillingene i de originale toneartene. Hver sang har besifring, gitar akkord-bokser og komplette tekster. I tillegg til spilletips (på norsk) og en komplett diskografi

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR PAUL MCCARTNEYFirst published in 1964 and 1965, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works are a brilliantly inventive and offbeat collection of John Lennon's stories, drawings and poems.

John Lennon wrote Skywriting by Word of Mouth, an impressive collection of writings and drawings, during Yoko Ono's pregnancy with Sean, and always planned to have it published. The book's publication was a wish that seemed to end with Lennon's assassination in 1980 and the theft of the manuscript from the Lennons' home in 1982. When it was recovered and first published in 1986, Skywriting received immediate critical and popular acclaim. Filled with Lennon's extraordinary creative powers and lavishly illustrated with his own drawings, the collection reveals his fertile creative spirit up close and in full force. Included in Skywriting are "Two Virgins," written when the public learned that John and Yoko were living together as husband and wife, and John's only autobiography, "The Ballad of John and Yoko." In addition there are notes on his falling in love with Yoko, the breakup of the Beatles, his persecution by U. S. authorities, and his withdrawal from public life. This is a book with John Lennon's spirit on every page--a spirit the world needs to remember.

En friskt blandad kompott av material från Johns och Yokos många uppfinningsrika projekt för freden. Teckningar, foton, tankeväckande utspel, kloka ord, humoristiska överraskningar, fräna provokationer. Med boken följer utan extra kostnad en bonus-DVD med två filmer, dels en film med dokumentärt material från John & Yokos Bed-In-projekt, dels en kortfilm om fred och kärlek som Yoko gjorde häromåret: Onochord. OBS! Boken är helt och hållet på engelska!

(Berklee Press). An essential guide for all songwriters and Beatles fans, this book explores John Lennon's songwriting genius with a guided tour through 25 of his Beatles-era hits. Author John Stevens explains Lennon's intuitive talent from a technical point of view, through the lens of songwriting's three basic elements: melody, harmony and lyric. He shows how Lennon fashioned songs that were at once politically and socially relevant during the '60s, yet remain ageless and timeless today. Features in-depth musical analysis of: A Hard Day's Night * Ticket to Ride * Norwegian Wood * Strawberry Fields Forever * Come Together * and more. John Stevens was a songwriting professor at Berklee College of Music. For more than 20 years, he taught "The Music of John Lennon," one of the most popular courses in the Berklee curriculum. "You've got the Beatles' records and the John Lennon records; now with this book, you can have the Owner's Manual. This will tell you how the songs are built and how they work. Good stuff." Marshall Crenshaw, Singer/Songwriter

This book sets out to explore ‘dark tourism’; that is, the representation of inhuman acts, and how these are interpreted for visitors at a number of places throughout the world, for example the sites of concentration camps in both Western and Eastern Europe. Many people wish to experience the reality behind the media images, or are prompted to find out more by a personal association with places or events. The phenomenon raises ethical issues over the status and nature of objects, the extent of their interpretation, the appropriate political and managerial response and the nature of the experience as perceived by the visitor, their residents and local residents. Events, sites, types of visit and ‘host’ reactions are considered in order to construct the parameters of the concept of ‘dark tourism’. Many acts of inhumanity are celebrated as heritage sites in Britain (for example, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle), and the Berlin Wall has become a significant attraction despite claiming many victims.

(E-Z Play Today). This best of collection features 20 of the best from the late Beatles songwriter and frontman, including: Give Peace a Chance * Imagine * Instant Karma * Mind Games * (Just Like) Starting Over * Stand by Me * Watching the Wheels * Whatever Gets You Through the Night * Woman * and more.