Books with author Edward E. Ward

Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative―from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever.In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career.For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

A new history of the Roman Republic and its collapseIn Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars--and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.

Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative―from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever.In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career.For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

Ed Ward covers the first half of the history of rock & roll in this sweeping and definitive narrative—from the 1920s, when the music of rambling medicine shows mingled with the songs of vaudeville and minstrel acts to create the very early sounds of country and rhythm and blues, to the rise of the first independent record labels post-World War II, and concluding in December 1963, just as an immense change in the airwaves took hold and the Beatles prepared for their first American tour. The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 1 shines a light on the far corners of the genre to reveal the stories behind the hugely influential artists who changed the musical landscape forever.In this first volume of a two-part series, Ward shares his endless depth of knowledge and through engrossing storytelling hops seamlessly from Memphis to Chicago, Detroit, England, New York, and everywhere in between. He covers the trajectories of the big name acts like Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Ray Charles, while also filling in gaps of knowledge and celebrating forgotten heroes such as the Burnette brothers, the “5” Royales, and Marion Keisker, Sam Phillips’s assistant, who played an integral part in launching Elvis’s career.For all music lovers and rock & roll fans, Ward spins story after story of some of the most unforgettable and groundbreaking moments in rock history, introducing us along the way to the musicians, DJs, record executives, and producers who were at the forefront of the genre and had a hand in creating the music we all know and love today.

“My Universe – A Theory of Yangton and Yington Pairs” is an extraordinary book of physical science with an unprecedented concept that explains and correlates almost everything in the universe, including space, time, energy and matter, as well as those substances from subatomic particles all the way to the boundary of the universe based on Wu’s Pairs and a hypothetical Yangton and Yington Theory.There are many ambiguities in the modern physics. For examples: Is photon a particle or a wave? Is there a unified field? Is string theory true? Is light speed constant? Does time change with speed and gravity? Is there a dark energy? What is dark matter? Is the universe expanding? And accelerating? What is spacetime? What is the black hole? Is there a wormhole? Can we do time travel? So on and so forth. To answer these questions, we need a breakthrough in particle physics. We need to know what the “God’s Particles” – the building blocks of the universe really are? Wu’s Pairs, a superfine Yangton and Yington circulating particle pairs, are proposed as the building blocks of all matter. Force of Creation, the inter-attractive force between Yangton and Yington Pair, is the fundamental force of the four basic forces (Unified Field Theory) in the formation of all subatomic particles. String Theory is interpreted by the string structures of the subatomic particles built upon Wu’s Pairs. Photon is a free Wu’s Pair escaped from a substance through a two stage separation and ejection process. Gravitational force is induced from Force of Creation through the contact of two Graviton particles and gravitational force propagation and Gravitational Waves are both caused by Graviton radiation and contact interaction. Einstein’s Special Relativity and Velocity Time Dilation are challenged by the variable light speeds resulted from Visions of Light. Acceleration Doppler Effect is used to explain the Redshift phenomenon under Photon Inertia Transformation. In addition, Space and Time are defined based on the circulation period and orbital size of Wu’s Pairs. Wu’s Spacetime and Spacetime Shrinkage Theories are derived to explain the phenomena of the Cosmological Redshift and the Gravitational Redshift. Also, despite the Dark Energy and expansion of the universe, Wu’s Spacetime Reverse Expansion Theory is proposed to interpret Hubble’s Law. Finally, Wu’s Spacetime Field Equation is proposed to replace Einstein’s Field Equations, which can not only predict the existence of black holes but also avoid the conflicts caused by Einstein’s cosmological constant.Furthermore, beyond science, I would like to share with all my readers the stories of my childhood curiosity and the experience of my horizontal and logical thinking, such that they can have a clear picture of the methodological background of this book. I hope to encourage boys and girls to ask questions without any fear while improving their horizontal and logical thinking in finding answers. I hope this book will also help young adults and grown-ups to get a better understanding of our universe by a common sense and simple language. Should this book be able to incubate some young genius minds to become our future Einsteins, it will be my biggest reward.

A new history of the Roman Republic and its collapseIn Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars--and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.

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This book is based on the newest and perhaps most startling discoveries concerning the first people to migrate into what is now called Alaska or North America. I have taken those scientific findings and written a fictionalized account of the life and times of the people who endured that perilous period in the story of humanity. All of the facts concerning the most recent scientific breakthroughs upon which this book is based are listed at the end of the book.

A new history of the Roman Republic and its collapse In Mortal Republic, prize-winning historian Edward J. Watts offers a new history of the fall of the Roman Republic that explains why Rome exchanged freedom for autocracy. For centuries, even as Rome grew into the Mediterranean's premier military and political power, its governing institutions, parliamentary rules, and political customs successfully fostered negotiation and compromise. By the 130s BC, however, Rome's leaders increasingly used these same tools to cynically pursue individual gain and obstruct their opponents. As the center decayed and dysfunction grew, arguments between politicians gave way to political violence in the streets. The stage was set for destructive civil wars--and ultimately the imperial reign of Augustus. The death of Rome's Republic was not inevitable. In Mortal Republic, Watts shows it died because it was allowed to, from thousands of small wounds inflicted by Romans who assumed that it would last forever.

The Adventures of Isabel and Buddie Cover is a series of children's stories designed to transfer the reader into the experiences of Isabel and her fictitious friend, Buddie Cover who is in reality a computer mouse cover. These stories highlight the experiences of two great characters, their friends and community. The stories always present our children exemplying the hopes we all have for our children. The Adventures of Isable and Buddie Cover is also a revolution in children's story writting and publication. The stories are models teaching our children how to create, write and publish their own stories by using computer technology.

The Adventures of Isabel and Buddie Cover is a series of children's stories designed to transfer the reader into the experiences of Isabel and her fictitious friend, Buddie Cover who is in reality a computer mouse cover. These stories highlight the experiences of two great characters, their friends and community. The stories always present our children exemplying the hopes we all have for our children. The Adventures of Isable and Buddie Cover is also a revolution in children's story writting and publication. The stories are models teaching our children how to create, write and publish their own stories by using computer technology.