Bøker av Richard Mills

'The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom': Blake's line had become a slogan for the hippie generation. The dramatic differences between the hippies' way of life and that of most of the rest of society at the time made them a puzzling and alarming phenomenon. First published in 1973, Richard Mills describes and interprets them here.

You'll find both happy and bittersweet memories in this collection of memoirs that spannearly sixty years. They include everything from tornadoes, to untimely death;remembered loves, to life-long fantasies; and a musician's journey, to entertaining mini-topics. These true stories will make you laugh, and make you cry. There's something foreveryone to relate to in The Rain, The Park and Other Things. Enjoy!

This is the result of decades of research, ultimately utilizing more than 100 sources of information. The articles in this anthology provide documented evidence concerning four prime areas of the JFK assassination including: The fallacy of the Warren Report; Why Lee Harvey Oswald was innocent of any violent crimes; Dallas Police involvement in the murder of fellow Officer J.D. Tippit; and The role of Lyndon B. Johnson in the plot to kill President Kennedy. The articles are designed to enlighten everyone from the casually interested reader, to the seasoned assassination researcher.

The Beatles and Black Music discusses the influence that black music and culture has had over the Beatles throughout their career. The book adopts a musicological and historiographic account to demonstrate the extent to which Liverpool's colonial history has influenced the Beatles' music. Beginning with the grand narrative British colonial history pre-Beatles, it moves through the influence on the Beatles teenage years in the 1950s, through their association with Lord Woodbine, the Beatles love American Rhythm and Blues in the mid-1960s, a discussion of post-colonial British identity to the lasting effect black music has for the Beatles' legacy and still has on the solo careers of Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Tracing the history from the Slave Trade in 1795 to the nascent Mersey Beat scene in the early 1960s, this book is the first to explore the Beatles from this important cultural lens.

"We must not waste the Gifts." Seou Chant TT's sanity is threatened as he searches for a way to protect the Ooda in their coming test. With time slipping away, TT and the Ooda in his tiny Circle begin pondering the metal fute. Facing insurmountable odds, Uloma struggles to unite the Damned under History's momentum. Determined to rescue the woman he loves, Zarn sails to The Far East with unexpected allies. Despite his best efforts, Jom also finds himself sailing through the heart of the rocksharks. Xenolia descends closer to War. Armed with Al'eu's new weapons, the Riders demonstrate their loyalty to their Queen. NewLand flexes its military might as they prepare to launch their invasion. Rumors of the Hultek spread across Ditarin, destroying entire cities in its flaming wake. With a rich cast of compelling characters in realistic settings, The Gift explodes with action and adventure. Richard Mills' masterpiece series, A New Man is a landmark in 21st Century science fiction.

Time-travel, questionable good guys, scary aliens, hopeless odds? Who could say no to a ride like that? International criminals, Frank Wu and Joshuah White are drawn into a mystery thousands of years old, which takes them from the depths of China and propels them across time and space. They discover an ancient war between alien races and learn that Frank seems to be at the heart of it all. With far more than Earth at stake, this action-packed novel starts fast and continues increasing in pace and action to the very end. Filled with surprises, unexpected twists, blood, guts and gore, this book will have you leaping from your seat as circumstances force Frank, Joshuah and their people to react to the mistakes they have been making. Time-travel ain't all it's cracked up to be.

On the inaccessible sub-continent called The Far East, Ditarin has spawned an indigenous, intelligent species. Only three generations ago, the Ooda added fire to their toolkit, elevating their species above the other animals of the Forest. No longer are the Ooda prey to the Jahi. TT, the Son of their Voice, must prove his strength, swiftness and wisdom to lead the Ooda. Sent off alone, he discovers theirs is not the only Forest and the species living there has been Pondering much longer.Descendants of the survivors of a starship that crashed on Ditarin thirty-six thousand years ago are splitting into two separate species, those with Kee and those without. Faced with the reality of their evolution, myths of a forgotten past become truth. TT's unexpected arrival provides the tinder that could plunge the world to the brink of War.The Pondering, the first novel in the series A New Man, introduces this exotic, changing world and its wide cast of diverse characters and unlikely heroes.

TT must return Home to warn the Ooda about the Crossings. Now, an even greater test lies between TT and his forest. His arrival has placed the fate of the Damned at risk. Having issued Sorisha?s mandate to the WolfGuard, Marsen fights to unite the Damned. Al?eu Aestau has transformed Kagula into the economic and industrial heart of northern Xenolia. With Civil War and invasion from the north threatening the small nation, Corbin has discovered an unexpected peril to Queen Gregor, in Aestau?s new weapon powerful enough to kill hellmonkeys.Captain Pich sets a course to change the world. Lee Gayen?s fame is spreading with the whispered title of The Assassin. Jom continues to suspect that the Curse of The Far East is real.The Crossing, the second installment of the epic series, A New Man is a masterpiece of Science Fiction. Richard Mills has created a world rich in characters, settings, drama, action and adventure.