Author: Reginald Haché
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477132228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
If you've ever experienced stage fright, this is a “must read” dissertation on the subject of controlling one's emotions during concert performances. You will find methods in this book, circumventing this debilitating problem, enabling you to find the confidence necessary to be able to give competent and enjoyable piano recitals in public. You will also discover why this method, which was so effective during the days of the great composers and performers of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, was so adamantly recommended to colleagues and their own piano students. In fact, some of these great composers went so far as to be very critical of performers avoiding the old fashioned method of performance for the more theatrical musical presentation introduced by Franz Liszt. Whatever the case is, keep in mind that “Stage fright can be hazardous to one's ability to perform in public”. This book should give you an optional method to get the job done, so to speak, and make public performance a joy, rather than a terrifying experience you may never want to repeat during your life time. R. W. Hache
Almost Made It
Author: Reginald Haché
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477132228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
If you've ever experienced stage fright, this is a “must read” dissertation on the subject of controlling one's emotions during concert performances. You will find methods in this book, circumventing this debilitating problem, enabling you to find the confidence necessary to be able to give competent and enjoyable piano recitals in public. You will also discover why this method, which was so effective during the days of the great composers and performers of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, was so adamantly recommended to colleagues and their own piano students. In fact, some of these great composers went so far as to be very critical of performers avoiding the old fashioned method of performance for the more theatrical musical presentation introduced by Franz Liszt. Whatever the case is, keep in mind that “Stage fright can be hazardous to one's ability to perform in public”. This book should give you an optional method to get the job done, so to speak, and make public performance a joy, rather than a terrifying experience you may never want to repeat during your life time. R. W. Hache
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477132228
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
If you've ever experienced stage fright, this is a “must read” dissertation on the subject of controlling one's emotions during concert performances. You will find methods in this book, circumventing this debilitating problem, enabling you to find the confidence necessary to be able to give competent and enjoyable piano recitals in public. You will also discover why this method, which was so effective during the days of the great composers and performers of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, was so adamantly recommended to colleagues and their own piano students. In fact, some of these great composers went so far as to be very critical of performers avoiding the old fashioned method of performance for the more theatrical musical presentation introduced by Franz Liszt. Whatever the case is, keep in mind that “Stage fright can be hazardous to one's ability to perform in public”. This book should give you an optional method to get the job done, so to speak, and make public performance a joy, rather than a terrifying experience you may never want to repeat during your life time. R. W. Hache
The Boys That Almost Made It . . .
Author: Britt Gilmore
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 154347604X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
We live in the present, we dream of the future, and we learn eternal truths from the past (Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek). Hello folks, I am Britt Gilmore. My priorities are real simpleGod, family, hunting, golf, and work. I do understand that work supports it all; that is why I get up and hit it every day with all Ive got! I am married to a wonderful lady. Her name is Kristie. She is definitely the best thing ever in my life! She is a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and most of all, person. I have a beautiful, sweet daughter and an awesome son. My daughter, Malia; her husband, Erik; my three beautiful grandkidsNorah, Braden, and Asherlive in Orlando, Florida. My son Luke is a senior in high school, and he is headed off to college soon. I hope you enjoy the parts of my life that I share with you in this book. It has been a rollercoaster! Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Kindly, May God bless you and yours Britt Gilmore
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 154347604X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
We live in the present, we dream of the future, and we learn eternal truths from the past (Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek). Hello folks, I am Britt Gilmore. My priorities are real simpleGod, family, hunting, golf, and work. I do understand that work supports it all; that is why I get up and hit it every day with all Ive got! I am married to a wonderful lady. Her name is Kristie. She is definitely the best thing ever in my life! She is a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, and most of all, person. I have a beautiful, sweet daughter and an awesome son. My daughter, Malia; her husband, Erik; my three beautiful grandkidsNorah, Braden, and Asherlive in Orlando, Florida. My son Luke is a senior in high school, and he is headed off to college soon. I hope you enjoy the parts of my life that I share with you in this book. It has been a rollercoaster! Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Kindly, May God bless you and yours Britt Gilmore
One Who Almost Made It Back
Author: Peter Celis
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1908117516
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The little-known, real-life account of a Canadian hero’s courage and loyalty in the face of Nazi Germany’s greatest horrors during World War II. On the night of 27/28 April 1944, Teddy Blenkinsop and his crew were acting as deputy master bombers during a Pathfinder raid on Montzen in Belgium. After a successful attack, their Lancaster was shot down. Miraculously he survived to be protected by Belgian citizens before ending his days in Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Little was known of his exploits in between until Peter Celis, a Belgian air-force officer, began to research the story. What he uncovered is far more amazing than any fictional film could be. He found that Blenkinsop was not only an exceptional and gallant operational pilot, but that his loyalty, dedication and devotion were second to none and that his bravery and fearlessness led him to make the supreme sacrifice in the face of Nazi Germany. Written with pace and insight, this is an uplifting account of an outstanding young man who very nearly made it back home.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1908117516
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
The little-known, real-life account of a Canadian hero’s courage and loyalty in the face of Nazi Germany’s greatest horrors during World War II. On the night of 27/28 April 1944, Teddy Blenkinsop and his crew were acting as deputy master bombers during a Pathfinder raid on Montzen in Belgium. After a successful attack, their Lancaster was shot down. Miraculously he survived to be protected by Belgian citizens before ending his days in Bergen Belsen concentration camp. Little was known of his exploits in between until Peter Celis, a Belgian air-force officer, began to research the story. What he uncovered is far more amazing than any fictional film could be. He found that Blenkinsop was not only an exceptional and gallant operational pilot, but that his loyalty, dedication and devotion were second to none and that his bravery and fearlessness led him to make the supreme sacrifice in the face of Nazi Germany. Written with pace and insight, this is an uplifting account of an outstanding young man who very nearly made it back home.
Almost Hemingway
Author: Rex Bowman
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813946689
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Would it surprise you to learn that there was a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway’s who, in his romantic questing and hell-or-high-water pursuit of life and his art, was closer to the Hemingwayesque ideal than Hemingway himself? Almost Hemingway relates the life of Negley Farson, adventurer, iconoclast, best-selling writer, foreign correspondent, and raging alcoholic who died in oblivion. Born only a few years before Hemingway, Farson had a life trajectory that paralleled and intersected Hemingway’s in ways that compelled writers for publications as divergent as the Guardian and Field & Stream to compare them. Unlike Hemingway, however, Farson has been forgotten. This high-flying and literate biography recovers Farson’s life in its multifaceted details, from his time as an arms dealer to Czarist Russia during World War I, to his firsthand reporting on Hitler and Mussolini, to his assignment in India, where he broke the news of Gandhi’s arrest by the British, to his excursion to Kenya a few years before the Mau Mau Uprising. Farson also found the time to publish an autobiography, The Way of a Transgressor, which made him an international publishing sensation in 1936, as well as Going Fishing, one of the most enduring of all outdoors books. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fellow member of the Lost Generation whose art competed with a public image grander than reality, once confessed that while he had to rely on his imagination, Farson could simply draw from his own event-filled life. Almost Hemingway is the definitive window on that remarkable story.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813946689
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Would it surprise you to learn that there was a contemporary of Ernest Hemingway’s who, in his romantic questing and hell-or-high-water pursuit of life and his art, was closer to the Hemingwayesque ideal than Hemingway himself? Almost Hemingway relates the life of Negley Farson, adventurer, iconoclast, best-selling writer, foreign correspondent, and raging alcoholic who died in oblivion. Born only a few years before Hemingway, Farson had a life trajectory that paralleled and intersected Hemingway’s in ways that compelled writers for publications as divergent as the Guardian and Field & Stream to compare them. Unlike Hemingway, however, Farson has been forgotten. This high-flying and literate biography recovers Farson’s life in its multifaceted details, from his time as an arms dealer to Czarist Russia during World War I, to his firsthand reporting on Hitler and Mussolini, to his assignment in India, where he broke the news of Gandhi’s arrest by the British, to his excursion to Kenya a few years before the Mau Mau Uprising. Farson also found the time to publish an autobiography, The Way of a Transgressor, which made him an international publishing sensation in 1936, as well as Going Fishing, one of the most enduring of all outdoors books. F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fellow member of the Lost Generation whose art competed with a public image grander than reality, once confessed that while he had to rely on his imagination, Farson could simply draw from his own event-filled life. Almost Hemingway is the definitive window on that remarkable story.
What Almost Killed Me Made Me
Author: Raevyn
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491851589
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Are there things in your life that almost killed you? Situations you thought you would never survive? However, you find yourself still alive, this book is for you. God will not allow your pain to be wasted. The tragic events in your life didnt kill youthey MADE you! Each hurt, heartbreak, disappointment and setback made you stronger, wiser, smarter, even more qualified to help someone else. Raevyn openly shares her life story and testimony to demonstrate the forgiveness and unconditional love of God. Her transparency represents her freedom. Follow the life lessons learned by Raevyn and discover the pain in your life that is intended to push you closer to your purpose. Your past has prepared you for your future. Allow God to propel you into your destiny. If it didnt kill you, it MADE you!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491851589
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Are there things in your life that almost killed you? Situations you thought you would never survive? However, you find yourself still alive, this book is for you. God will not allow your pain to be wasted. The tragic events in your life didnt kill youthey MADE you! Each hurt, heartbreak, disappointment and setback made you stronger, wiser, smarter, even more qualified to help someone else. Raevyn openly shares her life story and testimony to demonstrate the forgiveness and unconditional love of God. Her transparency represents her freedom. Follow the life lessons learned by Raevyn and discover the pain in your life that is intended to push you closer to your purpose. Your past has prepared you for your future. Allow God to propel you into your destiny. If it didnt kill you, it MADE you!
Reaganland
Author: Rick Perlstein
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476793069
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
"From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476793069
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1120
Book Description
"From the bestselling author of Nixonland and The Invisible Bridge comes the dramatic conclusion of how conservatism took control of American political power"--
Transgressive Humor in Classrooms
Author: David E. Low
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040008771
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In this innovative book, David E. Low examines the multifaceted role of humor in critical literacy studies. Talking about how teachers and students negotiate understandings of humor and social critique vis-à-vis school-based critical literacy curriculums, the book co-examines teachers’ and students’ understandings of humor and critique in schools. Critical literacy centers discussions on power and social roles but often overlooks how students use transgressive humor as a means to interrogate power. Through examples of classroom interactions and anecdotes, Low analyzes the role of humor in classroom settings to uncover how humor interplays with critical inquiry, sensemaking, and nonsense-making. Articulated across the fields of literacy studies and humor studies, the book uses ethnographic data from three Central California high schools to establish linkages and dissonances between critical literacy education and adolescents’ joking practices. Adopting the dialectic of punching up and punching down as a conceptual framework, the book argues that developing more nuanced understandings of transgressive humor presents educators with opportunities to cultivate deeper critical literacy pedagogies and that doing so is a matter of social justice. Essential for scholars and students in literacy education, this book adds to the scholarship on critical literacy by exploring the subversive power of humor in the classroom.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040008771
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
In this innovative book, David E. Low examines the multifaceted role of humor in critical literacy studies. Talking about how teachers and students negotiate understandings of humor and social critique vis-à-vis school-based critical literacy curriculums, the book co-examines teachers’ and students’ understandings of humor and critique in schools. Critical literacy centers discussions on power and social roles but often overlooks how students use transgressive humor as a means to interrogate power. Through examples of classroom interactions and anecdotes, Low analyzes the role of humor in classroom settings to uncover how humor interplays with critical inquiry, sensemaking, and nonsense-making. Articulated across the fields of literacy studies and humor studies, the book uses ethnographic data from three Central California high schools to establish linkages and dissonances between critical literacy education and adolescents’ joking practices. Adopting the dialectic of punching up and punching down as a conceptual framework, the book argues that developing more nuanced understandings of transgressive humor presents educators with opportunities to cultivate deeper critical literacy pedagogies and that doing so is a matter of social justice. Essential for scholars and students in literacy education, this book adds to the scholarship on critical literacy by exploring the subversive power of humor in the classroom.
Midnight Flight
Author: Virginia Andrews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471104109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
They lived on the wild side - now these bad girls are paying the price. At Dr Foreman's School for Girls, the 'students' sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst form of punishment - the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears. Now, Phoebe, Teal and Robin - three girls from very different worlds - are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other - until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together . . . and fight back.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471104109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
They lived on the wild side - now these bad girls are paying the price. At Dr Foreman's School for Girls, the 'students' sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless guards who watch their every move. It's an institution run by the dreadful Dr Foreman, a woman who delights in administering the worst form of punishment - the mysterious Ice Room where the girls face their darkest fears. Now, Phoebe, Teal and Robin - three girls from very different worlds - are the newcomers in this desert hell. During their stay, each girl will be tempted to commit the ultimate crime of betrayal as Dr Foreman cleverly tries to turn them against each other - until they learn that the only way to survive is to stick together . . . and fight back.
Asia's "miracle" Economies
Author: Jon Woronoff
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765618917
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 9780765618917
Category : East Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
The Restless Flame
Author: Louis De Wohl
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681495414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This is a stirring novel which deals reverently but realistically with the fascinating life and era of St. Augustine, one of the most remarkable men of all time. In his vigorous and inimitable style, Louis de Wohl tells the story of St. Augustine's transformation from a vain, sensual youth to the brilliant, devout writer and theologian - the man who conquered himself as completely as he did the adversaries of the Church - whose literary and philosophical masterpieces were to dominate Western thought for a thousand years. He has carefully re-created the exciting historical background of the time - the turbulent atmosphere of the Roman Empire in the last days of decadence - skillfully weaving together the personalities whose lives closely affected Augustine: Monica, his saintly and heroic mother; majestic Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; and many others whom lend richness and depth to the life story of this great Doctor of the Church. Here is a novel that glistens with the imaginative and vivid drama that epitomized St. Augustine's tumultuous life, presented with a master story-teller's characteristic flair for graphic description, sensitive portraiture and fascinating historical lore. Cover art by Chris Pelicano
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681495414
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This is a stirring novel which deals reverently but realistically with the fascinating life and era of St. Augustine, one of the most remarkable men of all time. In his vigorous and inimitable style, Louis de Wohl tells the story of St. Augustine's transformation from a vain, sensual youth to the brilliant, devout writer and theologian - the man who conquered himself as completely as he did the adversaries of the Church - whose literary and philosophical masterpieces were to dominate Western thought for a thousand years. He has carefully re-created the exciting historical background of the time - the turbulent atmosphere of the Roman Empire in the last days of decadence - skillfully weaving together the personalities whose lives closely affected Augustine: Monica, his saintly and heroic mother; majestic Ambrose, Bishop of Milan; and many others whom lend richness and depth to the life story of this great Doctor of the Church. Here is a novel that glistens with the imaginative and vivid drama that epitomized St. Augustine's tumultuous life, presented with a master story-teller's characteristic flair for graphic description, sensitive portraiture and fascinating historical lore. Cover art by Chris Pelicano