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Book SynopsisAssesses Soviet-East European relations since 1945 and summarizes political, economic, and military developments.Trade Review" ... lucid and stimulating ... " --The New York Times Book Review "Essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the new Eastern Europe and the collapse of Soviet control over it--informative and incisive." --Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gati's book ... is the most current and best-informed study of this rapidly changing world... Professor Gati is uniquely qualified to understand and give perspective to the impact of perestroika and Soviet 'new thinking' on the events in Eastern Europe." --William H. Luers, Former U. S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia " ... a superb synthesis of the postwar evolution of Soviet-East European relations and the first up-to-date analysis of the revolutionary events in that part of the world in 1989." --Michael Mandelbaum, Council on Foreign Relations "An up-to-date and lucid overview of the troubled course of Soviet-East European relations at time of momentous change in the Soviet bloc." --Sarah M. Terry " ... excellent analysis and synthesis ... " --Foreign Affairs "this book is written in a lively style and is a good scholarly synthesis of the post-Second World War evolution of Soviet-East European relations ending in the revolutionary events of 1989." --Canadian Journal of Political Science " ... a lively and perceptive account ... " --Military Review "Clearly and simply written, this book is particularly useful as a compact introduction to the prehistory and transformation of East European politics." --Choice "It is well organized, readable, and sensitive to complexity; find the time to read it." --HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Part One: Looking Back I. Stalin and Socialism in One Region II. From Khrushchev to Chernenko: An Overview Part Two: The Era of Reform, 1985-88 III. Political Relations IV. Economic Relations V. Military Relations Part Three: The Era of Revolutionary Change, Since 1988 VI. Moscow Retreats VII. The Brave New World of Eastern Europe Appendix: A Soviet View of Eastern Europe Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA study of the Confederacy's inept attempts to win foreign support for its causeTrade ReviewMerli's ability to engage his reader in the tale and history of the CSS Alabama is amazing; it truly is a page-turner and I would wager would be such a page-turner for those not already predisposed to reading about such history. 1/11/2010 * blogbook-reviews.blogspot.com *Table of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsFrank J. Merli (1929–2000)1. The International Dimension of the American Civil War2. Toward the CSS Alabama3. The Law of the Alabama4. E. D. Adams, Roundell Palmer, and the Escape of the Alabama5. Captain Butcher's Memoir of the Alabama's Escape Edited with Renata Eley Long 6. Raphael Semmes and the Challenge at Cherbourg7. The Confederacy's Chinese Fleet, 1861–1867Appendix: Publications of Frank J. MerliNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisTransforming citizen-soldiers into an effective combat unitTrade ReviewWeaver has written an excellent account of the Pennsylvania National Guard's role in the European campaign. He has also demonstrated that there is still much important work to be done on the U.S. Army's participation in the 'good war.'April 2011 * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography *Overall, Guard Wars is an excellent addition to any World War II library. The book is a study in preparedness, and many of its lessons are relevant today. Fall 2011 * Journal of Army History *Weaver has written an absorbing book that includes fascinating details about the pre-war National Guard, its relations with the Regular Army, and the uncomfortable amalgamation of the two caused by the national emergency. Weaver's research is wide-ranging and his writing skill is admirable; his analyses and conclusions are all reasonable and supported by the evidence he presents. * The Journal of America's Military Past *Micheal E. Weaver's Guard Wars does a fine job of bringing the Twenty-Eighth Infantry Division to life. * H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences *Table of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Background and Issues 2. Relations with the Army and State Identity3. Readiness and Training: 1939–19414. Peacetime Maneuvers: 1939–19415. The Pennsylvania National Guard and American Society6. Social Class, Recruiting, and Ideology7. The October Purge8. Stateside Training: 1942–19439. Training in Wales: 1943–194410. From Normandy to the West Wall11. Battle of the Hürtgen Forest: A Leadership Failure12. Battle of the Bulge: Stubbornness and Flexibility13. Winter Battles14. ConclusionAppendix 1: The Execution of Private SlovikAppendix 2: The Reestablishment of the Pennsylvania National GuardNotesBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLet's Go Ravenclaw Insulated Water Bottle, 100% Stainless SteelSmooth matte finish with light silver capCapacity: 500ml Height: 26.5cmDiameter: 7cm

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Book SynopsisHaitian scholars and practitioners examine the intersections of Vodou and Haitian societyTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine Michel1. Vodun and Social Transformation in the African Diasporic Experience: The Concept of Personhood in Haitian Vodun Religion Guérin C. Montilus2. Shadow-Matter Universes in Haitian and Dagara Ontologies: A Comparative Study Réginald O. Crosley3. Broken Mirrors: Mythos, Memories, and National History Patrick Bellegarde-Smith4. Of Worlds Seen and Unseen: The Educational Character of Haitian Vodou Claudine Michel5. Vodun, Music, and Society in Haiti: Affirmation and Identity Gerdès Fleurant6. Vodoun, Peasant Songs, and Political Organizing Rénald Clérismé7. From the Horses' Mouths: Women's Words/Women's Worlds Claudine Michel, Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, and Marlène Racine-Toussaint8. Rainbow over Water: Art, Vodou Aestheticism, and Philosophy Marc A. Christophe9. A Reading of the Marasa Concept in Lilas Desquiron's Les Chemins de Loco-Miroir Florence Bellande-Robertson10. Herbs and Energy: The Holistic Medical System of the Haitian People Max-G. BeauvoirConclusion Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and Claudine MichelAppendix: Table of Haitian LwaBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA penetrating study of the Holocaust in UkraineTrade ReviewThe introduction to the volume asks several open questions and makes clear that the intention of the book is to lay the ground for further research on the Shoah in Ukraine within the framework of Holocaust studies. . . This reflects both the circumstance that research on the Shoah in Ukraine as a whole is still only beginning, and the marginalized status of Holocaust remembrance in Ukraine, too. To give the memory of the victims and the acknowledgement of collaboration on Ukrainian soil a future frame, a Ukrainization of the discourse, the aim of the volume being discussed here, is definitely appropriate. * H-Judaic *This book is groundbreaking, but as the co-editors admit in their Introduction, 'a comprehensive history of the Holocaust in the Ukraine as a whole still has not been written'. . . . Thanks to its rich documentation and clearly written, nuanced contributions, The Shoah in Ukraine is an innovative and interdisciplinary contribution that serves as an essential step in that direction by drawing on history, memory studies, and political science. * German Studies Review *[This] volume is a significant contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust as it took place in Ukraine. * Harvard Ukrainian Studies *The Shoah in Ukraine sheds light on the critical themes of perpetration, collaboration, Jewish-Ukrainian relations, testimony, rescue, and Holocaust remembrance in Ukraine. * Shofar *A useful introduction to a very complex topic, but it also highlights the work remaining for scholars in Ukraine and elsewhere and the continuing need for further international scholarly collaboration.Vol. 68.3 July 2009 -- Sean Martin * Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio *Deserving special note are Timothy Snyder's chapter on Volhynian Jewry for its elegant and diligent use of both general and Jewish sources; and Karel C. Berkhoff 's sensitive analysis of the various testimonies of Dina Pronicheva, who survived the nightmarish Babi Yar massacre. Omer Bar-Tov concludes the book with an overview of how the Jewish facets of Eastern Galicia's history are systematically ignored and erased by Ukrainians in whose historical consciousness there is no room for how Jews lived and were murdered in a region that was a center of Jewish culture and religion.Summer 5769/2009 * Jewish Book World *An excellent volume that approaches the Holocaust in Ukraine from a variety of angles. . . . Highlights the complexity of the 'Final Solution' in Ukraine.April 2009 -- Jeff Rutherford * Wheeling Jesuit University *Bitter memories and the specter of the Holocaust continue to haunt Jewish-Ukrainian relations. . . . Only a full admission of the disturbing facts of the past and a full respect for the perpetuation of the memory of the former Jewish communities may at least partly exorcise the guilt and open a new page [in their] mutual relations. Perhaps this book may serve as one of the guiding lights in this direction. * Jerusalem Post *[This] collection contains an interesting mix of general overviews and more specific case studies written by the experts in their field. . . . [I]t is very helpful to have these different approaches in one volume, which represents an excellent introduction to the questions surrounding the Holocaust in Ukraine. Vol. 89, No. 2, April 2011 * Slavonic and East European Review *Written by experts in their fields and accompanied by excellent maps and illustrations, all chapters and the editors' introduction are of very high quality. . . . this volume lays the groundwork for all further study of the Holocaust in Ukraine.Vol. 24.1 2010 -- Helmut Langerbein * University of Texas at Brownsville *This is a really important Holocaust anthology, and essential reading for all scholars and students in serach of the most up-to-date research and interpretation of the Nazi—and indeed subaltern—killing fields in the Ukraine. Vol. 13:3 * Journal of Genocide Research *It represents easily the most detailed and sophisticated survey of the Holocaust in Ukraine that we possess... [A] major contribution to Holocaust historiography.2010, Volume 24 * Jewish History *[This book] . . . represents a major contribution to Holocaust historiography.Jan. 9, 2010 online -- Dan Stone * Royal Holloway, University of London, London, UK *Rarely have I read an anthology that is of such consistently high quality. . . . The writing is almost uniformly excellent and the production by Indiana University Press is of the highest quality. . . . The editors have produced a riveting volume that should attract wide scholarly and general audiences.Spring 2010 * Slavic Review *This collection is a worthy enterprise that offers new insights into the Holocaust on the territory of contemporary Ukraine. . . . The investigation of the Holocaust in Ukraine, as well as in Belarus to the north where some 900,000 Jews died, is finally under way.Feb. 2010 -- DAVID R. MARPLES * University of Alberta *Table of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Ray Brandon and Wendy Lower1. The Murder of Ukraine's Jews under German Military Administration and in the Reich Commissariat Ukraine / Dieter Pohl2. The Life and Death of Western Volhynian Jewry, 1921-1945 / Timothy Snyder3. Shades of Grey: Reflections on Jewish-Ukrainian and German-Ukrainian Relations in Galicia / Frank Golczewski4. Transnistria and the Romanian Solution to the "Jewish Problem" / Dennis Deletant5. Annihilation and Labor: Jews and Thoroughfare IV in Central Ukraine / Andrej Angrick6. "In him lies the weight of the entire administration": Nazi Civilian Rulers and the Holocaust in Zhytomyr / Wendy Lower7. Soviet Ethnic Germans and the Holocaust in the Reich Commissariat Ukraine, 1941-1944 / Martin Dean8. Jewish Losses in Ukraine, 1941-1944 / Alexander Kruglov9. Dina Pronicheva's Story of Surviving the Babi Yar Massacre: German, Jewish, Soviet, Russian, and Ukrainian Records / Karel C. Berkhoff10. White Spaces and Black Holes: Eastern Galicia's Past and Present / Omer BartovMap SourcesSelected Supplemental BibliographyContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy certain groups tell jokes about other groupsTrade ReviewI recommend Jokes and Targets as a valuable scholarly study where thoughtul analysis is brought to bear on a wide variety of significant materials and the writing style is pleasantly engaging. * Studies in American Humor *Jokes and Targets deserves a wide readership among persons interested in humour as well as comparative and cultural sociology. Davies shows that cross-national comparison can produce good theory and rigorous analysis, without losing sight of cultural specificities. * Sociology *Christie Davies' Jokes and Targets is a well-written and well-researched book. * H-France Review *Jokes and Targets, being an excellent piece of scholarship, helps to further clarify why certain targets have become conventional and what are the rules that govern target choice. * Folklore *Jokes and Targets is well worth the price of admission. It is a valuable addition to Davies's existing and esteemed corpus of humor research. * Cultural Analysis *[J]okes and Targets is an important addition to Davies' significant previous research on various categories of verbal joke. . . [T]his book, like Davies' previous work, contains a valuable repertoire of jokes from important contemporary joke cycles. These important and sometimes hard-to-find examples will be a rich source for other scholars. Vol. 11.1 2013 * New Directions in Folklore *Davies maintains a lively, provocative style—refreshing in a genre that is all too commonly soulless. . . . Highly recommended. * Choice *Christie Davies has a very good claim to be the scholar to consult on the universal phenomenon of the joke, with the added bonus that he offers plenty of hilarious examples. * Journal of Contemporary Religion *This is a serious book, clearly written (no sociological jargon from this sociologist!), about something that makes no political difference . . . but that is, after all, deeply embedded in us to the extent that we are social creatures. * Chronicles *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Study Jokes and Targets?1. Mind over Matter: A General Theory of Jokes about the Stupid and the Canny2. Blondes, Sex, and the French3. Jewish Women and Jewish Men4. Sex between Men: Places, Occupations, and Classes5. The Great American Lawyer Joke Cycle6. The Rise of the Soviet Joke and the Fall of the Soviet UnionConclusionReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisMoral thought and ethical practice in South Asia, past and presentTrade Review[A] welcome addition to the growing body of literature on ethics in South Asia. While not losing sight of the significance of texts and religion, the essays move the discussion . . . The recurring theme of embodiment of ethical knowledge through memorization and recitation is as much an important and useful intervention in the study of ethics, as it is in the study of the interface between text and performance in South Asia. * JRNL ASIAN STUDIES *Setting a novel and exciting agenda for the understanding of ways through which 'ethical lives' in South Asia are produced, debated and experienced in the every day, this volume will no doubt take a prominent place on the bookshelves of scholars and students researching ethics and morality in the subcontinent and beyond. * Pacific Affairs *This book is a competent and credible illustration of the richness of south Asian ethical traditions and the resources to be found there for a reorientation and renewal of our ethical sensitivity in changing times. It will be valuable book for anyone studying ethics in the south Asian context, and especially for historians and moral philosophers. * Economic and Political Weekly *This stimulating book well rewards a close and careful reading, and lays the foundation for much future research. * Biblio *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Anand Pandian and Daud AliPart 1. Traditions in Transmission 1. The Subhas.ita as an Artifact of Ethical Life in Medieval India / Daud Ali 2. Disciplining the Senses, Schooling the Mind: Inhabiting Virtue in the Tamil Tin.n.ai School / Bhavani Raman 3. Ethical Traditions in Question: Diaspora Jainism and the Environmental and Animal Liberation Movements / James LaidlawPart 2. Ethics and Modernity 4. Vernacular Capitalists and the Modern Subject in India: Law, Cultural Politics, and Market Ethics / Ritu Birla 5. The Ethics of Textuality: The Protestant Sermon and the Tamil Public Sphere / Bernard Bate 6. Empire, Ethics, and the Calling of History / Dipesh ChakrabartyPart 3. Practices of the Self 7. Between Intuition and Judgment: Moral Creativity in Theravada Buddhist Ethics / Charles Hallisey 8. Young Manliness: Ethical Culture in the Gymnasiums of the Medieval Deccan / Emma Flatt 9. Ethical Subjects: Time, Timing, and Tellability / Leela Prasad 10. Demoralizing Developments: Ethics, Class, and Student Power in Modern North India / Craig JeffreyPart 4. Ethical Lives of Others 11. Living by Dying: Gandhi, Satyagraha, and the Warrior / Ajay Skaria 12. Moral and Spiritual Striving in the Everyday: To Be a Muslim in Contemporary India / Veena Das 13. Ethical Publicity: On Transplant Victims, Wounded Communities, and the Moral Demands of Dreaming / Lawrence CohenList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisDiverse perspectives and alternate takes on musical improvisationTrade Review"Valuable not only to researchers but also to performers, who will find their minds opened to how music different from their own can help them improvise better in their chosen genre. . . . Recommended."--Choice"A goldmine of information ... that is relevant to the amateur and scholar alike."--Ethnomusicology"An impressive and often sophisticated collection of essays. . . . it certainly constitutes a welcome addition to the field."--The World of Music"Cutting across traditional subject boundaries in music and cultural studies, this admirably comprehensive work adopts a welcome interdisciplinary ideal and makes a truly significant contribution to our knowledge of musical improvisation."--Robert Witmer, professor emeritus of music, York UniversityTable of ContentsPreface ix Bruno NettlIntroduction 1 Gabriel SolisPART ONE: SOCIETY 1. Jazz as Political and Musical Practice 21 Ingrid Monson 2. John Cage and Improvisation: An Unresolved Relationship 38 Sabine M. Feisst 3. When Traditional Improvisation Is Prohibited: Contemporary Ukrainian Funeral Laments and Burial Practices 52 Natalie Kononenko 4. The Juncture between Creation and Re-creation among Indonesian Reciters of the Qur'an 72 Anne K. Rasmussen 5. Genius, Improvisation, and the Narratives of Jazz History 90 Gabriel Solis 6. Formulas and Improvisation in Participatory Music 103 Thomas TurinoPART TWO: EDUCATION 7. Learning to Improvise Music, Improvising to Learn Music 119 Patricia Shehan Campbell 8. Improvising Mozart 143 Robert Levin 9. Keyboard Improvisation in the Baroque Period 150 Charlotte Mattax Moersch 10. Beyond the Improvisation Class: Learning to Improvise in a University Jazz Studies Program 171 John P. Murphy 11. On Learning the Radif and Improvisation in Iran 185 Bruno Nettl 12. Hindustani Sitar and Jazz Guitar Music: A Foray into Comparative Improvology 200 Stephen Slawek 13. Musical Improvisation in the Modern Dance Class: Techniques and Approaches in Fulfilling a Multi-Layered Role 221 John ToenjesPART THREE: CREATION 14. Representations of Music Making 239 Stephen Blum 15. Improvisation and Related Terms in Middle-Period Jazz 263 Lawrence Gushee 16. Opening the Museum Window: Improvisation and Its Inscribed Values in Canonic Works by Chopin and Schumann 281 Robert S. Hatten 17. Improvisation in Beethoven's Creative Process 296 William Kinderman 18. Why Do They Improvise? Reflections on Meaning and Experience 313 Ali Jihad Racy 19. Preluding at the Piano 323 Nicholas Temperley Contributors 343 Index 349

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Speiser's work is both insightful and accessible."--H-Net Review "[Speiser] offers a new insight into the unique situation of the two former enemies now practicing cohabitation in a European context."--Journal of Contemporary History "Speiser's monograph is valuable because he thoroughly covers a subject that has received little treatment."--Journal of Modern History "Speiser breaks entirely new ground. The assessment of the impact of British public opinion on servicemen's attitudes toward Germany is particularly well done. The extensive use of the German archives is commendable."--Ian F. W. Beckett, editor of Citizen Soldiers and the British Empire, 1837–1902"Speiser provides a well-researched, lively account of how, not always successfully, after 1945 the British attempted to use their Rhine Army to win German hearts and minds. In addition to its value as a historical narrative, Speiser's work throws out issues of direct contemporary relevance."--Clive Emsley, author of Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief: Crime and the British Armed Services since 1914

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA significant book that clearly shows the importance and vastness of the clandestine intelligence-counterintelligence war on the Eastern Front. . . . Stephan's thorough and imaginative research, and his patient analysis and interpretation of the documents and memoirs he has unearthed, set a standard that other historians working on intelligence should emulate."" - American Historical Review;""An indispensable account of this dimension of the war on the Eastern Front, and a valuable primer for all those who wish to understand how to conduct intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Needless to say this topic is of immense relevance to American forces and intelligence agencies today.""- Parameters;""Likely to remain the standard book on the subject for years to come. Professional historians, intelligence officers, and the public will find it a rewarding and informative read.""- Journal of Intelligence History;""A reasoned argument backed by extensive research that raises intelligence-counterintelligence studies to a more scholarly level. . . . A powerful view of Soviet counterintelligence efforts--the best we are likely to see for some time to come.""- Journal of Military History;""Stephan's thorough, accurate, and objective study provides unprecedented detail and keen insights on one of history's most illusive subjects. It is destined to become the standard work in this field.""- David M. Glantz, author of The Battle for Leningrad;""Stephan's book demonstrates how the Soviets adroitly manipulated both German intelligence and counter-intelligence in masterfully staged strategic deception operations. It chronicles timely lessons for contemporary intelligence professionals and should grace the libraries of today's intelligence services.""- John J. Dziak, author of Chekisty: A History of the KGB;""Should be read by anyone interested in the history of intelligence or of World War II.""--John Ferris, author of Intelligence in the Second World War""Stephan's thorough, accurate, and objective study provides unprecedented detail and keen insights on one of history's most illusive subjects. It is destined to become the standard work in this field.""- David M. Glantz, author of The Battle for Leningrad;""Stephan's book demonstrates how the Soviets adroitly manipulated both German intelligence and counter-intelligence in masterfully staged strategic deception operations. It chronicles timely lessons for contemporary intelligence professionals and should grace the libraries of today's intelligence services.""- John J. Dziak, author of Chekisty: A History of the KGB;""Should be read by anyone interested in the history of intelligence or of World War II.""- John Ferris, author of Intelligence in the Second World War

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Book SynopsisContinuing his magisterial account of the Eastern Front campaigns, David M. Glantz focuses here on the Red Army's operations from the fall of 1943 to April 1944. Glantz chronicles the Soviet Army's efforts to further exploit their post-Kursk gains and accelerate a counteroffensive that would eventually take them all the way to Berlin.Trade ReviewA revisionist history of the highest order. No serious student of the history of the Eastern Front during the Battle for Belorussia can afford to ignore it.""- Michigan War Studies Review;""This book is a must-read for those interested in the operational details of Eastern Front battles and understand military history jargon.""- Slavic Review;""This book is an especially important contribution to David Glantz’s many books on the Red Army in World War II. The in-depth level of analysis of military operations in Belorussia as the Red Army gathered its strength authoritatively fills [a] gap in our knowledge.""- Russian Review;""For a ‘forgotten’ series of offensives, Glantz leaves readers with few unknowns and an overwhelming number of knowns, making The Battle for Belorussia one of the most important books of the year.""- Stone & Stone World War II Books;Praise for the work of David Glantz:""A superb historian and a brilliant detective.""- New York Review of Books;""Glantz is the world’s top scholar of the Soviet-German War.""- Journal of Military History;""Indisputably the West’s foremost expert on the subject.""- The Atlantic;""Glantz’s unrivalled command of Soviet sources has produced a body of work that has fundamentally revised our knowledge of the Eastern Front in World War II. By providing a comprehensive, accurate perspective on the war the Soviet Union fought, he has almost single-handedly corrected a one-sided German focus that distorted western understanding.""- Slavic Review;""The appearance of any book by David Glantz is an event of the first magnitude.""- World War II;

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Book SynopsisMakes the provocative claim that queer theory has run its course, made obsolete by the elaboration of its own logic within capitalism.Trade Review'The audacious and sound thesis of Penney's new book - that the political as such is structured by sexuality - reties the knot between Freud and Marx' -- Joan Copjec, Brown University'Whether you're convinced or outraged by After Queer Theory, Penney's impressive research demands that you engage with it in the most serious terms' -- Nina Power, University of Roehampton, author of One-Dimensional Woman'States that queer theory is now at a crucial turning point, when the only option is to undertake a radical and thorough critique of its presuppositions and present state. No other critics have undertaken such a project at the present time' -- Clive Thompson, School of Languages and Literatures, University of GuelphTable of ContentsIntroduction: After Queer Theory: Manifesto And Consequences 1. Currents Of Queer 2. The Universal Alternative 3. Is There A Queer Marxism? 4. Capitalism And Schizoanalysis 5. The Sameness Of Sexual Difference 6. From The Antisocial To The Immortal Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsRemerciements Présentation Liste des abréviations I. Un grand homme de province à Paris (1689-1773) Introduction: Piron, un Voltaire provisoire 1. Années dijonaises (1689-1719) 2. Prologue parisien (1719-1727)3. Melpomène et Thalie (1727-1745) 4. La difficile condition d'auteur 5. Le Bourguignon, un type de lettré au dix-huitième siècle 6. Heurs et malheurs 'd'un ouvrier dramatique' (1745-1754) 7. 'Adieux de M. Piron aux Muses' (1754-1773) 8. Un indifférent railleur II. Etude de l'œuvre Introduction 9. Piron, versificateur 10. Piron épistolier et chroniqueur de la vie parisienne 11. Piron, auteur dramatique: l'Opéra-Comique et la petite comédie en vaudevilles 12. Piron, auteur dramatique: le Théâtre-Français Post-face Annexe: répertoires des écrits pironiens Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisWhat makes for a good life, or a beautiful one, or, perhaps most important, a meaningful one? Throughout history most of us have looked to our faith, our relationships, or our deeds for the answer. But in A Significant Life, philosopher Todd May offers an exhilarating new way of thinking about these questions, one deeply attuned to life as it actually is: a work in progress, a journey and often a narrative. Offering moving accounts of his own life and memories alongside rich engagements with philosophers from Aristotle to Heidegger, he shows us where to find the significance of our lives: in the way we live them. May starts by looking at the fundamental fact that life unfolds over time, and as it does so, it begins to develop certain qualities, certain themes. Our lives can be marked by intensity, curiosity, perseverance, or many other qualities that become guiding narrative values. These values lend meanings to our lives that are distinct from but also interact with the universal valu

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive textbook teaching English-speakers to read, write and speak contemporary Bulgarian. Volume one, introducing the basic elements of Bulgarian grammar, contains lessons 1-15, a Bulgarian-English glossary, and English-Bulgarian glossary for beginners, and an appendix of verbal forms.Trade ReviewAlexander is one of the foremost experts in Bulgarian in the world and also one of that language’s most experienced pedagogues. We are extremely fortunate that she has undertaken the task of writing a textbook. The result of her efforts is a magnificent course." —Victor Friedman, Chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisN. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities. In Unthought, she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we think without thinking how we use cognitive processes that are inaccessible to consciousness yet necessary for it to function. Marshalling fresh insights from neuroscience, cognitive science, cognitive biology, and literature, Hayles expands our understanding of cognition and demonstrates that it involves more than consciousness alone. Cognition, as Hayles defines it, is applicable not only to nonconscious processes in humans but to all forms of life, including unicellular organisms and plants. Startlingly, she also shows that cognition operates in the sophisticated information-processing abilities of technical systems: when humans and cognitive technical systems interact, they form cognitive assemblages as found in urban traffic control, drones, and the trading algorithms of finance capital, for instance and t

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Book SynopsisBeards they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipsters circa 2005 and reports that today some New Yorkers pay thousands of dollars for facial hair transplants to disguise patchy, juvenile beards. And in 2014, blogger Nicki Daniels excoriated bearded hipsters for turning a symbol of manliness and power into a flimsy fashion statement. The beard, she said, has turned into the padded bra of masculinity. Of Beards and Men makes the case that today's bearded renaissance is part of a centuries-long cycle in which facial hairstyles have varied in response to changing ideals of masculinity. Christopher Oldstone-Moore explains that the clean-shaven face has been the default style throughout Western history see Alexander the Great's beardless face, for example, as the Greek heroic ideal. But the primacy

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Book SynopsisThe puppet creates delight and fear. It may evoke the innocent play of childhood, or become a tool of ritual magic, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. In this book, the author contemplates the fascination of these unsettling objects - objects that are also actors and images of life.Trade Review"No one better illustrates the evolution of academic literary criticism into poetry than Kenneth Gross.... He dreams and muses, offering endless insights into the strange and archaic world of puppets, inanimate things breathed to life. This is a book of literary mysticism, rich with accrued culture yet never weighed down by it." (New York Times) "You have in your hands a uniquely beautiful book, a book of uncommon brilliance and lucidity. It is as wondrous as the theaters of marvels it describes; its leaps and mutabilities provide a thrilling adventure in imaginative thinking. 'How are we devoured by the things we make?' it asks. 'And when might that devouring save us?' My copy burns brightly on my favorite shelf, beside The Poetics of Space, Eccentric Spaces, and In Praise of Shadows.... A treasure!" (Rikki Ducornet, author of Netsuke and The Fan-Maker's Inquisition)"

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Book SynopsisFirst published in German in 1804, under the nom de plume "Bonaventura," this is a dark, twisted, and comic novel, in which the narrator and anti-hero is not Bonaventura, but a night watchman named Kreuzgang, a failed poet, actor, and puppeteer who claims to be the spawn of the devil himself.Trade Review"But be that as it may, poetizing nowadays is everywhere still in a critical state, because there are so few deranged people anymore and such a surplus of rational ones is on hand that they can, out of their own means, occupy all specialties, even poetry. A sheer madman like me finds no employment under such circumstances, and therefore I'm merely skirting poetry now; that is, I have become a humorist, for which, as night watchman, I have the greatest leisure." (from "Second Nightwatch")"Table of ContentsPreface Introduction THE NIGHTWATCHES Nightwatch 1. The dying freethinker Nightwatch 2. The devil's apparition Nightwatch 3. Stony Crispin's discourse on the chapter de adulteriis Nightwatch 4. Woodcuts; along with the life of a madman as a marionette play Nightwatch 5. The brothers Nightwatch 6. Doomsday Nightwatch 7. Self-portraiture - Funeral oration on a child's birthday - The itinerant minstrel - Suit for slander Nightwatch 8. The poet's apotheosis - Farewell letter to life - Hanswurst's prologue to the tragedy Man Nightwatch 9. The madhouse - Monologue of the insane creator of the world - The reasonable fool Nightwatch 10. The winter's night - Love's dream - The white and the crimson bride - The nun's burial - Run through the musical scale Nightwatch 11. Premonitions of one born blind - The vow - The first sunrise Nightwatch 12. The solar eagle - The immortal wig - The false pigtail - Apology of life - The comedian Nightwatch 13. Dithyramb on spring - The title without book - The invalid home of the gods - The backside of Venus Nightwatch 14. The love of two fools Nightwatch 15. The marionette theater Nightwatch 16. The Bohemian woman - The man with second sight - The father's grave Afterword: Authorship and Reception Notes Select Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExplores the enterprise of philanthropy - its assumptions, aspirations, and achievements. This work brings together key texts that can provide guidance to donors, trustees and professional staff of foundations, and leaders of nonprofit organizations. It seek to illuminate fundamental questions about the idea and practice of philanthropy.Trade ReviewThis book is a sequel-of-sorts to Kass' highly successful first edited anthology of writings about philanthropy, The Perfect Gift, which gained sales outside the usual academic audience. This volume includes a selection of readings from the classics to the contemporary, and its breadth encompasses political speeches, foundation documents and the words of poets and novelists. The extracts are organised within five themes: goals and intentions; gifts, donors, recipients; bequests and legacies, effectiveness, accountability; and philanthropic leadership. It is the sort of book that can be dipped into for inspiration and stimulation. * Philanthropy UK *Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Goals and Intentions2. Gifts, Donors, Recipients; Grants, Grantors, Grantees3. Bequests and Legacies4. Effectiveness5. Accountability6. Philanthropic LeadershipIndex

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Book SynopsisDietrich Bonhoeffer, best known for his involvement in the anti-Nazi resistance, was one of the 20th century's important theologians. His ethics have been a source of guidance and inspiration for men and women in the face of evil. This title presents Bonhoeffer's thought as a model of Christian thinking that can help shape a religious philosophy.Trade ReviewThis essay collection explores relationships between the theology of 20th-century Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whom the Nazis executed for his participation in armed struggle against Hitler, and philosophy. Some essays explore the philosophical roots of Bonhoeffer's project and the ways he employed philosophy to do theological work or corrected philosophical assumptions with theological ends. Other essays show the ways Bonhoeffer's theology, especially concerning interactions between human beings, resonates with the philosophy of later Continental philosophers such as Emmanuel Levinas. This collection is insightful and its essays largely careful explorations. However, the essays are also works of fairly technical philosophy and theology that would be most useful to specialists in the field and graduate students working on original research. Libraries with faculty who regularly teach classes on Bonhoeffer or other topics in philosophical theology may wish to consider this volume. Despite its outstanding essays, it is probably too narrow and specialized to be useful in collections that do not support significant programs in theology. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. -- ChoiceA. W. Klink, Duke University, March 2010"This collection is insightful and its essays largely careful explorations....Recommended. —Choice" —A.W. Klink, Duke University, March 2010"Bonhoeffer and Continental Thought... is an important contribution to the philosophical understanding and application of the thought of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer." —Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies"Long before the authors of the Radical Orthodoxy movement sought to move beyond the hegemony of secular reason and the false humility of theology, Bonhoeffer was pressing these very same issues." —Barry Harvey, Baylor University"After decades of focusing on Bonhoeffer's theological oeuvre, recent Bonhoeffer scholarship is finally discovering the philosophical richness that has shaped Bonhoeffer's theology in the first place. This volume is a praiseworthy effort in this respect." —Modern Theology"This is an outstanding collection of essays that aims to read and introduce Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a philosophical theologin." —Heythrop JournalTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Cruciform PhilosophyBrian Gregor and Jens ZimmermannPart 1. Bonhoeffer on the Limits of Philosophy1. Ratio in se ipsam incurva: Bonhoeffer on the Uses and Limits of PhilosophyChristiane Tietz2. Bonhoeffer, This-worldliness, and the Limits of PhenomenologyPaul D. JanzPart 2. Bonhoeffer vis-à-vis Nietzsche and Heidegger3. Aristokratisches Christentum: On Bonhoeffer and NietzscheFrits de Lange4."Who Stands Fast?" Do Philosophers Make Good Résistants?Jean Greisch5. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Heidegger: Two Different Visions of HumanityJens ZimmermannPart 3. Regarding "Religionless Christianity"6. Philosophical Influences on Bonhoeffer's "Religionless Christianity"Ralf K. Wüstenberg7. The Non-Religious Interpretation of Christianity in BonhoefferPaul Ricoeur8. Bonhoeffer's "Religious Clothes": The Naked Man, the Secret, and What We HearKevin HartPart 4. Bonhoeffer on Ethics and the Eschaton9. Bonhoeffer's "Christian Social Philosophy": Conscience, Alterity, and the Moment of ResponsibilityBrian Gregor10. At the Recurrent End of the Unending: Bonhoeffer's Eschatology of the PenultimateJohn Panteleimon ManoussakisAppendix: The Penultimate and the PrecursorList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPlaces Levinas in the context of American philosophyTrade Review[This] book is recommended for anyone interested in a new reading of Levinas as well as the benefit of applying pragmatism to phenomenology. * American Journal of Theology and Philosophy *Craig's book is most welcome, as it puts James into conversation with one of the most important continental (post-)phenomenological thinkers of the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas. These two philosophers might seem to be very different, and their divergences in writing styles, for instance, cannot be denied; yet, Craig shows convincingly that they do share a number of important ideas, many of which should make us rethink the very nature of ethics (and philosophy). * Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society *Table of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations1. Insomnia2. Faces3. Experience4. Emotion5. Poetry6. PaintingAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first ethnographic book devoted to lowrider custom car culture puts a new spin on an aesthetic and mechanical achievement through which Mexican Americans alter the urban landscape and make a place for themselves in an often segregated society.Trade ReviewThe book is thus an example of a good, systematic analysis of spatial phenomena. The book ultimately explores the myriad ways that these cars can be experienced as spatial phenomena, and how such realities create a compelling visual culture. * American Studies *Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Cruising Spaces Chapter Two. Inside Out: The Ambivalent Aesthetics of Lowrider Interiors Chapter Three. Auto Bodies Chapter Four. Work: The Producer as Author Chapter Five. Neither Gangsters nor Santitos Conclusion Notes Reference List Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt's a robust story, almost incredible—a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best. * New York Times Book Review *. . . [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made. * Saturday Review *. . . warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana. * San Francisco Chronicle *Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been. . . * Kirkus Reviews *It's a robust story, almost incredible—a saga of hardship, cruelty and terrible dangers through which John Johnson, tough and shrewd as he undoubtedly was, did not emerge unscathed. This is the stuff of folklore at its authentic best. * New York Times Book Review *. . . [Johnson] emerges as flesh and blood, with the emphasis on blood. His story is the material from which grand opera might be made. * Saturday Review *. . . warrants a place on any shelf of Western Americana. * San Francisco Chronicle *Spectacular to repellent, this is a part of Western life as it must have been. . . * Kirkus Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Nathan E. BenderForeword by Richard M. DorsonPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One: The Young Trapper1. The Making of a Legend2. The Hair Merchants3. An Apprenticeship4. A Madness5. Oath of VengeancePart Two: Liver-Eating Johnson6. A Man's Reputation7. Twined Scalps8. Crow Against Flathead9. Winter Holiday, Spring Council10. . . . A Missing ChapterPart Three: A Man Among Men11. The Eighteenth Warrior12. Captive of the Blackfeet13. Mountain-Man Rendezvous14. Boots and Biscuits15. Portuguese Phillips16. A Sioux Liver17. Monument for a Foe's Friend18. Target for Gray BearPart Four: Brother of the Crows19. White Chief of the Shoshoni20. Biscuits for Blackfeet21. A Last Departure22. Mariano and the Ute Chief23. The Piegan Princess24. Eight Scalps for the CrowsPart Five: The Old Trapper25. Burial for Bear Claw26. Sheriff Johnson27. Last Trail28. Lodge by the SeaGlossary of Native Peoples in Crow Killer

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Book SynopsisIntends to bear on a variety of ancient and modern masterpieces - Homer's "Odyssey", the Bible, Fielding, Trollope, Balzac, Jane Austen, Henry James, and Faulkner, among others.Table of ContentsChapter One What is Exposition? An Essay in Temporal Delimitation Chapter Two Exposition and Order of Presentation: Some Preliminary Notes Chapter Three Delayed and Distributed Exposition in the Odyssey: The Dynamics of Narrative Interest Chapter Four Order of Presentation, Delayed and Distributed Exposition, and Strategies of Rhetorical Control Chapter Five The Rhetoric of Anticipatory Caution: First Impressions in oFirst ImpressionsO and the Poetics of Jane Austen Chapter Six Retardatory Structure, Expositional Suspension, and the Detective Story Chapter Seven A Plea for Preliminary and Concentrated Exposition: The Cases of Trollope and Balzac Chapter Eight Expositional Motivation, Temporal Structure, and Point of View (1): Varieties of Omniscient Narration Chapter Nine Expositional Motivation, Temporal Structure, and Point of View (2): Restricted and Self-Restricted Narration Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn excellent reference by leading performers in the field.Trade ReviewI would recommend this book to all who have an interest in medieval music, thought and culture.May 2004 * Early Music *Table of ContentsPart 1: RepertoireI. Sacred 1. Chant 2. Organum 3. Motet & Cantilena 4. Polyphonic Mass OrdinaryII. Non-Liturgical Monophony 5. Introduction 6. Latin 7. Occitan 8. French 9. Iberian 10. Sephardic 11. Italian 12. German 13. English III. Lyric Forms post 1300 14. French Ars Nova 15. Italian Ars Nova 16. Ars Subtilior 17. Early Du FayIV. Drama 18. Litugical 19. VernacularPart 2: Voices & InstrumentsV. The Voice in the Middle Ages 20. Poetics as Technique VI. Bowed Strings 21a. Vielle before 1300 21b. Vielle after 1300 22. Rebec 23. SymphoniaVII. Plucked Strings 24a. Harp 24b. Imagining the Early Medieval Harp 24c. Playing the Late Medieval Harp 25. Lute, Gittern, & CitoleVIII.Winds 26. Flutes 27. Reeds & Brass 28. BagpipeIX. Keyboard & Related Types 29. Organ 30. String Keyboards 31. Psaltery & DulcimerX. Percussion 32. PercussionXI. Instrumental Usage 33. Untexted Repertoire 34. Improvisation & Accompaniment before 1300 35. Ornamentation & Improvisation after 1300Part 3: Theory & PracticeXII. Essential Theory for Performers 36. The Gamut, Solmization & Modes 37. Musica ficta 38. Proportion 39. Notation & Editions 40. Tuning Select DiscographySelect BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSmart, funny, often irreverent observations on 150 years of science fiction writing, from a literary master. This book brings together, from a quarter century of writing, great essays by the celebrated writer Thomas Disch from such diverse places as ""The Nation"", ""New York Times Book Review"", ""Atlantic Monthly"", ""Fantasy"", and ""Twilight Zone"".

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Book SynopsisFactology: Greek Myths is a fun-filled, fact-packed book featuring all the fantastic tales of gods, goddesses, monsters and the heroes who shaped the world and the lives of mortals.

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Book SynopsisFollows grief across generations and oceans to reveal a language of suffering understood and shared across diverse early American communities.

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