UNITED STATES AUTHOR · CHRISTIANITY · CHRISTIAN LIFE
Charles Colson
Also known as: CHARLES COLSON, CHARLES W. COLSON
Deputy Engineer-in-Chief to the British Admiralty From online bio: "He joined the Admiralty in 1866, and was for several years assistant engineer on the Portsmouth Dockyard Extension. "After acting from 1881 to 1883 as Civil Engineer of Portsmouth Dockyard, he was sent to Malta to design a new naval dock there, and his designs being accepted, he was promoted Superintending Civil Engineer and entrusted with the construction of the work, which he carried out successfully and economically by departmental labour. While stationed at Malta he designed an extension of Gibraltar Dockyard, afterwards carried out under his supervision. "In 1892 he was appointed Superintending Civil Engineer at Devonport, and 2 years later he became Assistant Director of Works at the Admiralty. "On the formation in 1835 of the Naval Works Loan Department, Mr. Colson was appointed to this branch as Deputy Civil Engineer-in-Chief. He was responsible, under Sir Henry Pilkington, for the design and construction of much Admiralty work at Portsmouth, Keyham, Gibraltar, Hong-Kong, the Cape and elsewhere. Mr. Colson retired in 1905, having received a C.B. in recognition of his public services. He was the author of a work on “Dock Construction,” and of several Papers contributed to the Proceedings, for one of which he was awarded a Telford Premium."
No matter how much time goes by or what has happened since, it still seems unbelievable.
— from Being The Body, 2004
Most acclaimed
Being The Body
2004
"An updated and expanded edition of the landmark book The body."--Dust jacket.
The good life
1998
"Honored with countless awards, including eight Grammys, and with more than ninety albums to his credit (more than thirty million sold for the Columbia label alone), no other recording artist has attained Bennett's stature - or garnered the half-century of memories shared in The Good Life. From Sinatra, Judy Garland and Ella Fitzgerald, to k.d. lang and Elvis Costello, Bennett shares his unique takes on the most fascinating talents of our time. Here is the story of his lifelong love affair with art, music, and performing - from his childhood in Depression-era Queens, where opera and Billie Holiday flowed freely; to his stint as a singing waiter; to soaking up the New York jazz scene in the 1940s. With crisp wit and firmly grounded emotion, Bennett captures the people and places that shaped his sublime performances. The dozens of hits he introduced to the great American songbook, including "Because of You," "Rags to Riches," "Cold, Cold Heart," and his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," remain a legacy of truth and beauty for the classic art of intimate singing.". "In this self-portrait, we get to know Tony Bennett as he really is: an unpretentious and thoughtful human being. His key to success is consistency: His constant dedication in his pursuit of excellence has never wavered, despite the trials and tribulations one can encounter when placing integrity above all else. Through all of his personal and artistic challenges, he has remained, in his own words, "a humanist" whose Zen-like philosophy of life is an inspiration for all ages. Like the fascinating story he shares in The Good Life, Tony Bennett is one of a kind, an American treasure, an enduring artist seasoned with experience and self-knowledge, and a true class act."--BOOK JACKET.