The Industry of Human Happiness

The Industry of Human Happiness
Author :
Publisher : Lightning Books
Total Pages : 418
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1785630806
ISBN-13 : 9781785630804
Rating : 4/5 (804 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Industry of Human Happiness by : James Hall

Download or read book The Industry of Human Happiness written by James Hall and published by Lightning Books. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of love, murder and obsession in the early days of recorded sound Set in the murky backstage world of late Victorian theatreland, The Industry of Human Happiness is about the obsessive characters who dreamed of bringing recorded music to the masses. Max and his younger cousin Rusty have a vision of launching the gramophone industry from a Covent Garden basement. But a renowned opera singer is brutally murdered in his hotel bed and they are thrust into the underworld of opium dens, brothels and extortion. Ghosts from the past and a contested inheritance turn the cousins against each other, and they go head-to-head to launch rival talking machines. With Max's sweetheart, the ambitious singer Delilah Green, caught in the middle, the pair battle rival manufacturers, London theatre owners and, ultimately, each other, for their very futures. This is a story of obsession, the pursuit of love and the enduring magic of music.


The Industry of Human Happiness Related Books

The Industry of Human Happiness
Language: en
Pages: 418
Authors: James Hall
Categories: Cousins
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-24 - Publisher: Lightning Books

GET EBOOK

A tale of love, murder and obsession in the early days of recorded sound Set in the murky backstage world of late Victorian theatreland, The Industry of Human H
The Happiness Industry
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: William Davies
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-12 - Publisher: Verso Books

GET EBOOK

“Deeply researched and pithily argued.” —New York Magazine “A brilliant, and sometimes eerie, dissection” of ‘the science of happiness’ and the mo
Manufacturing Happy Citizens
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Edgar Cabanas
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-03 - Publisher: Polity

GET EBOOK

The imperative of happiness dictates the conduct and direction of our lives. There is no escape from the tyranny of positivity. But is happiness the supreme goo
Human Happiness
Language: en
Pages: 238
Authors: Brian Fawcett
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-03 - Publisher: Dundurn.com

GET EBOOK

"The last time I talked to my mother, she announced that she hated my father." So begins Brian Fawcett’s compelling new book about happiness and a new way of
The Happy Human
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Gopi Kallayil
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Hay House

GET EBOOK

Gopi Kallayil, author of The Internet to the Inner-net and one of Google's best and brightest, uses stories from his high-tech work life and his personal life t