Bøger af Jonathan Gould

A Mole Named Cole Dug a Hole is a story about one of the most basic struggles we all face in life; purpose. Cole is on a quest to be the best at digging holes in the whole wide world. When he finally reaches his goal he feels lonely and decides to go back to his roots, his family, and friends back home. I hope you and your children find this book to be a fun filled read as well as a conversation starter for the young developing reader in your life. Thank you for going on this fascinating adventure with our friend Cole! Find A Mole Named Cole Dug a Hole and other works from this author at www.NJGould.com

Mr. Mom's First Day of School is a short children's book about a stay-at-home Dad's day-in and day-out routine in today's hustle and bustle society. As seen in the perspective of Mr. Mom, this story brings the reality of child-rearing and the often funny predicaments that come with it together. Find Mr. Mom's First Day of School and other works from this author at www.NJGould.com

That the Beatles were an unprecedented phenomenon is a given. In Can't Buy Me Love, Jonathan Gould explains why, placing the Fab Four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise. Nearly twenty years in the making, Can't Buy Me Love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. Beginning with their adolescence in Liverpool, Gould describes the seminal influences--from Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry to The Goon Show and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland--that shaped the Beatles both as individuals and as a group. In addition to chronicling their growth as singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists, he highlights the advances in recording technology that made their sound both possible and unique, as well as the developments in television and radio that lent an explosive force to their popular success. With a musician's ear, Gould sensitively evokes the timeless appeal of the Lennon-McCartney collaboration and their emergence as one of the most creative and significant songwriting teams in history. Behind the scenes Gould explores the pivotal roles played by manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin, credits the influence on the Beatles' music of contemporaries like Bob Dylan, Brian Wilson, and Ravi Shankar, and traces the gradual escalation of the fractious internal rivalries that led to the group's breakup after their final masterpiece, Abbey Road. Most significantly, by chronicling their revolutionary impact on popular culture during the 1960s, Can't Buy Me Love illuminates the Beatles as a charismatic phenomenon of international proportions, whose anarchic energy and unexpected import was derived from the historic shifts in fortune that transformed the relationship between Britain and America in the decades after World War II. From the Beats in America and the Angry Young Men in England to the shadow of the Profumo Affair and JFK's assassination, Gould captures the pulse of a time that made the Beatles possible-and even necessary. As seen through the prism of the Beatles and their music, an entire generation's experience comes astonishingly to life. Beautifully written, consistently insightful, and utterly original, Can' t Buy Me Love is a landmark work about the Beatles, Britain, and America.

Jonathan Gould's Can't Buy Me Love is more than just a book on the Beatles; it's a stunning recreation of the 1960s in England and America through the prism of the world's most iconic band. The Beatles, perhaps more than any act before or since, were a quintessential product of their time, and Gould brilliantly blends cultural history, musical analysis and group biography to show the unique part they played in the shaping of post-war Britain and America. Gould examines the influence of R&B, rockabilly, skiffle and Motown as the Fab Four forged a sound of their own; he illuminates the mercurial relationship the most productive and lucrative in recording music history between John Lennon and Paul McCartney; he critiques the songs they played and the movies they made, and their impact on competing bands and musicians, as well as on fashion, hairstyles, and humour; and he shows how events on both sides of the Atlantic created exactly the right cultural climate for the biggest music phenomenon of 20th century. Beautifully written, insightful, and wonderfully evocative, this is a magisterial biography by a popular historian of the very first rank.

Could there be a genie in that magic lamp?Bella is so excited when she discovers an old lamp, because it looks just like the lamps in those stories she loves. What will happen if she rubs it? Will a genie appear and offer her three wishes, just like in those stories?She rubs it and... presto! A real-life genie! But the genie looks so... blue--in more ways than one.Bella does everything she can to cheer Genie up, and along the way she discovers an important lesson: there’s more than one way to make wishes come true.Evolved Publishing presents a fun and fantastic tale to offer valuable lessons while entertaining your young readers.Jonathan Gould tells a warm and funny story about friendship and responsibility, with fun illustrations from Richard Tran that bring the colourful world of a child to life.Books by Jonathan Gould:Bella and the Blue GenieMaddie's MonstersThomas and the Tiger-TurtleMore Great Children's Picture Books from Evolved Publishing:Ninja and Bunny's Great Adventure by Kara S TylerSully P. Snooferpoot Series by Aaron Shaw Ph.D.Emlyn and the Gremlin Series by Steff F KneffValentina's Spooky Adventures Series by Majanka Verstraete 

What exactly is it that Christians believe? Whether you are a Christian looking for a refresher course on the essentials, or an interested enquirer, this book is for you. Clearly and crisply explaining the core beliefs of the Christian faith, and interacting with the kinds of questions on our minds, many areas of confusion are clarified, and many questions answered by this wonderfully helpful book.