Reunited by circumstance, seven veterans of the advertising wars hatch a plot to game the system, inspired by a dead man. Along the way, you'll meet the Poet, the Rogue, the Choirboy, the Misanthrope, the Thespian and the Jock -- as unlikely a melange sever shared a dream. It's an old-school tale of rebirth and redemption in which a good idea, a good fight and a good martini still count for something.
Reunited by circumstance, seven veterans of the advertising wars hatch a plot to game the system, inspired by a dead man. Along the way, you'll meet t...
A Craft, a Calling and a Cause is Mad Men as it really was -- not a television cartoon of dark whiskey and cigarette smoke, but a true story of advertising professionals at their most dedicated and passionate. It begins in New York City during the creative revolution of the 60s and continues through the rough and tumble of the Detroit automobile business in the 70s. It tells what it felt like to compete against Hal Riney and Chiat Day in San Francisco at the dawn of the Silicon Valley age and to run a creative group there in the eye of the AIDS storm. It concludes with boardroom backstabbing...
A Craft, a Calling and a Cause is Mad Men as it really was -- not a television cartoon of dark whiskey and cigarette smoke, but a true story of advert...
Joe Slocomb leads a double life. By day, he's a successful newspaper columnist working for one of New York City's major dailies, living a happy uncomplicated married existence in bedroom Connecticut. By night, Joe hangs around Manhattan's music scene, writing songs that nobody hears. But when one of those songs becomes an accidental hit his two worlds collide. More hits follow and the lyrics gradually reveal the details of a secret love affair. In both his love and work lives, there are moral dilemmas, hard decisions and cruel consequences. And along the way, there are a couple of dozen pop...
Joe Slocomb leads a double life. By day, he's a successful newspaper columnist working for one of New York City's major dailies, living a happy uncomp...
FROM THESE BONES Detroit was a ruin. Burnt out. Rusted through. Dark and dangerous. But one man, reclusive billionaire Conrad Brenner saw beyond the dust and ashes. Stepping forward with the vision and the cash, he would wipe away the rubble and fear, replacing them with pride, success and progress. Resurrection had arrived. It was what the people of Detroit always spoke of, dreamed of and prayed for...wasn't it? Co-authors Richard Gloff and Bill Lane have crafted a cautionary tale about the social morality of 21st Century America. FROM THESE BONES is controversial, unexpected, and a...
FROM THESE BONES Detroit was a ruin. Burnt out. Rusted through. Dark and dangerous. But one man, reclusive billionaire Conrad Brenner saw beyond the d...
