Author: Theodore L. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780709103219
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The Clone
Author: Theodore L. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780709103219
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780709103219
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The Flowers of Evil
Author: Charles Baudelaire
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
Rudeness and Civility
Author: John F. Kasson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374522995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Examines nineteenth century etiquette books to determine what manners were like during the period, and looks at their connection with class, ideology, and behavior.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374522995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Examines nineteenth century etiquette books to determine what manners were like during the period, and looks at their connection with class, ideology, and behavior.
The Toaster Project
Author: Thomas Thwaites
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 161689119X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster." So begins The Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry. Along the way, he learns that an ordinary toaster is made up of 404 separate parts, that the best way to smelt metal at home is by using a method found in a fifteenth-century treatise, and that plastic is almost impossible to make from scratch. In the end, Thwaites's homemade toaster—a haunting and strangely beautiful object—cost 250 times more than the toaster he bought at the store and involved close to two thousand miles of travel to some of Britain's remotest locations. The Toaster Project may seem foolish, even insane. Yet, Thwaites's quixotic tale, told with self-deprecating wit, helps us reflect on the costs and perils of our cheap consumer culture, and in so doing reveals much about the organization of the modern world.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 161689119X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
"Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster." So begins The Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry. Along the way, he learns that an ordinary toaster is made up of 404 separate parts, that the best way to smelt metal at home is by using a method found in a fifteenth-century treatise, and that plastic is almost impossible to make from scratch. In the end, Thwaites's homemade toaster—a haunting and strangely beautiful object—cost 250 times more than the toaster he bought at the store and involved close to two thousand miles of travel to some of Britain's remotest locations. The Toaster Project may seem foolish, even insane. Yet, Thwaites's quixotic tale, told with self-deprecating wit, helps us reflect on the costs and perils of our cheap consumer culture, and in so doing reveals much about the organization of the modern world.
Sounds of Reform
Author: Derek Vaillant
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807862428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis. These musical progressives emphasized the capacity of music to transcend differences among various groups. Sounds of Reform looks at the history of efforts to propagate this vision and the resulting encounters between activists and ethnic, immigrant, and working-class residents. Musical progressives sponsored free concerts and music lessons at neighborhood parks and settlement houses, organized music festivals and neighborhood dances, and used the radio waves as part of an unprecedented effort to advance civic engagement. European classical music, ragtime, jazz, and popular American song all figured into the musical progressives' mission. For residents with ideas about music as a tool of self-determination, musical progressivism could be problematic as well as empowering. The resulting struggles and negotiations between reformers and residents transformed the public culture of Chicago. Through his innovative examination of the role of music in the history of progressivism, Derek Vaillant offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of music and American society.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807862428
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Between 1873 and 1935, reformers in Chicago used the power of music to unify the diverse peoples of the metropolis. These musical progressives emphasized the capacity of music to transcend differences among various groups. Sounds of Reform looks at the history of efforts to propagate this vision and the resulting encounters between activists and ethnic, immigrant, and working-class residents. Musical progressives sponsored free concerts and music lessons at neighborhood parks and settlement houses, organized music festivals and neighborhood dances, and used the radio waves as part of an unprecedented effort to advance civic engagement. European classical music, ragtime, jazz, and popular American song all figured into the musical progressives' mission. For residents with ideas about music as a tool of self-determination, musical progressivism could be problematic as well as empowering. The resulting struggles and negotiations between reformers and residents transformed the public culture of Chicago. Through his innovative examination of the role of music in the history of progressivism, Derek Vaillant offers a new perspective on the cultural politics of music and American society.
Servanthood of Song
Author: Stanley R. McDaniel
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666755931
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 837
Book Description
Servanthood of Song is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today. The gulf which separates advocates of traditional and contemporary worship—Black and White, Protestant and Catholic—is not new. History repeatedly shows us that ministry, to be effective, must meet the needs of the entire worshiping community, not just one segment, age group, or class. Servanthood of Song provides a historical context for trends in contemporary worship in the United States and suggests that the current polemical divisions between advocates of contemporary and traditional, classically oriented church music are both unnecessary and counterproductive. It also draws from history to show that, to be the powerful component of worship it can be, music—whatever the genre—must be viewed as a ministry with training appropriate to that. Servanthood of Song provides a critical resource for anyone considering a career in either musical or pastoral ministries in the American church as well as all who care passionately about vital and authentic worship for the church of today.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1666755931
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 837
Book Description
Servanthood of Song is a history of American church music from the colonial era to the present. Its focus is on the institutional and societal pressures that have shaped church song and have led us directly to where we are today. The gulf which separates advocates of traditional and contemporary worship—Black and White, Protestant and Catholic—is not new. History repeatedly shows us that ministry, to be effective, must meet the needs of the entire worshiping community, not just one segment, age group, or class. Servanthood of Song provides a historical context for trends in contemporary worship in the United States and suggests that the current polemical divisions between advocates of contemporary and traditional, classically oriented church music are both unnecessary and counterproductive. It also draws from history to show that, to be the powerful component of worship it can be, music—whatever the genre—must be viewed as a ministry with training appropriate to that. Servanthood of Song provides a critical resource for anyone considering a career in either musical or pastoral ministries in the American church as well as all who care passionately about vital and authentic worship for the church of today.
Bach Perspectives, Volume 5
Author: Stephen A. Crist
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252027888
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In this work, nine scholars track Johann Sebastian Bach's reputation in America from an artist of relative obscurity to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the population, inspired a wealth of scholarship, captivated listeners, and inspired musicians.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252027888
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In this work, nine scholars track Johann Sebastian Bach's reputation in America from an artist of relative obscurity to a cultural mainstay whose music has spread to all parts of the population, inspired a wealth of scholarship, captivated listeners, and inspired musicians.
Thomas Edison
Author: Greg Linder
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736884198
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A biography of the man who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture and patented 1,093 inventions.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736884198
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
A biography of the man who invented the phonograph, the electric light bulb, and the motion picture and patented 1,093 inventions.
Interpreting the Gospel of John in Antioch and Alexandria
Author: Miriam DeCock
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 0884144488
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A nuanced study of early Christian exegesis Miriam DeCock analyzes four important early Christian treatments of the Gospel of John, including commentaries by Origen and Cyril from the Alexandrian tradition and the homilies of John Chrysostom and the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia, which represent Antiochian traditions. DeCock maintains that the traditional distinction between nonliteral and literal interpretations in these two early Christian centers remains helpful despite recent challenges to the paradigm. She argues that a major and abiding distinction between the two schools lies in the manner in which Alexandrian and Antiochian authors apply the gospel text to their respective communities. DeCock demonstrates that the Antiochenes find primarily literal moral examples and doctrinal teachings in John's Gospel, whereas the Alexandrians find both these and nonliteral teachings concerning the immediate situation of the church and of its individual members. Features An examination of each author's interpretations of a selection of texts Focused explorations of John 2; 4; and 9-11 in early Christian exegesis A study of early literal non-literal interpretations of John's Gospel
Publisher: SBL Press
ISBN: 0884144488
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A nuanced study of early Christian exegesis Miriam DeCock analyzes four important early Christian treatments of the Gospel of John, including commentaries by Origen and Cyril from the Alexandrian tradition and the homilies of John Chrysostom and the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia, which represent Antiochian traditions. DeCock maintains that the traditional distinction between nonliteral and literal interpretations in these two early Christian centers remains helpful despite recent challenges to the paradigm. She argues that a major and abiding distinction between the two schools lies in the manner in which Alexandrian and Antiochian authors apply the gospel text to their respective communities. DeCock demonstrates that the Antiochenes find primarily literal moral examples and doctrinal teachings in John's Gospel, whereas the Alexandrians find both these and nonliteral teachings concerning the immediate situation of the church and of its individual members. Features An examination of each author's interpretations of a selection of texts Focused explorations of John 2; 4; and 9-11 in early Christian exegesis A study of early literal non-literal interpretations of John's Gospel
American History and Encyclopedia of Music
Author: William Lines Hubbard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description