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Poetry of the Revolution: Marx, Manifestos, and the Avant-Gardes (Translation/Transnation)
Martin Puchner Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0691122601 |
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Poetry of the Revolution tells the story of political and artistic upheavals through the manifestos of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ranging from the Communist Manifesto to the manifestos of the 1960s and beyond, it highlights the varied alliances and rivalries between socialism and repeated waves of avant-garde art. Martin Puchner argues that the manifesto--what Marx called the "poetry" of the revolution--was the genre through which modern culture articulated its revolutionary ambitions and desires. When it intruded into the sphere of art, the manifesto created an art in its own image: shrill and aggressive, political and polemical. The result was "manifesto art"--combinations of manifesto and art that fundamentally transformed the artistic landscape of the twentieth century.
Central to modern politics and art, the manifesto also measures the geography of modernity. The translations, editions, and adaptations of such texts as the Communist Manifesto and the Futurist Manifesto registered and advanced the spread of revolutionary modernity and of avant-garde movements across Europe and to the Americas. The rapid diffusion of these manifestos was made "possible by networks--such as the successive socialist internationals and international avant-garde movements--that connected Santiago and Zurich, Moscow and New York, London and Mexico City. Poetry of the Revolution thus provides the point of departure for a truly global analysis of modernism and modernity.
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Contemporary Painting: Line, Form and Color
Christian Parra Manufacturer: Editions Ango ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1894185064 |
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Of Passions and Tenderness: Portraits of Olga by Baron De Meyer
Alexandra Anderson-Spivy Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0963057014 |
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The Big Book Of Revenge: 200 Dirty Tricks for Those Who Are Serious About Getting Even
George Hayduke Manufacturer: Citadel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0806521414 |
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Good reading but not so practical.......2007-03-31
The Big Book Of Revenge: 200 Dirty Tricks for Those Who Are Serious About Getting Even.......2007-02-08
Nice !.......2007-01-11
Impractical to say the least........2004-01-26
A most competent sabotage manual.......2002-10-19
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Waiting for the Parade (Plays in print 1980)
John Murrell Manufacturer: Talonbooks ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0889221839 |
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just a good canadian play!.......2003-07-31
Original & absorbing.......2000-07-04
There's Catherine, abandoned by her impulsively enlisted husband, Janet, a wartime dynamo conpensating for a secret shame, and Eve, a pacifist school-teacher hard hit by the concept of unquestioning patriotism.
Fatalist Margaret, their senior by 20 years, has one enlisted son and one arrested for protesting. Marta, a German-born Canadian citizen, becomes a target of harassment and suspicion in her own community while her senile, Nazi-sympathizing father idles in prison growing steadily crazier.
This bittersweet drama well exemplifies the isolation & loss of those left behind, against scenes of air raid drills, Red Cross activities, dark merriment & leg-painting parties.
I don't recommend this play merely for reading, as the emotional gravity and singing-rehearsal scenes would not be adequately captured, but it's worthwhile and interesting hour-&-a-half when protrayed by a talented cast.
(There are also a number of affecting monologues--most notably Marta's--suitable for actresses who want something slightly obscure to audition with.)
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Play Parade Volume Six: The Collected Plays of Noel Coward: Point Valentine, South Sea Bubble, Ace of Clubs, Nude with Violin, Waiting in the Wings
Noel Coward Manufacturer: Heinemann ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000GM5BSS |
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Sight Singing Through Melodic Analysis, A Guide to the Study of Sight Singing and an Aid to Ear Training Instruction
Leland D. Bland Manufacturer: Scarecrow Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0882298208 |
Book Description
This book is a guide to the study of sight singing and a valuable aid to ear training instruction. Although the book draws upon theoretical concepts it is easy to read and to follow. Readers learn to distinguish between structural and decorative tones within horizontal triad outlines, recognize melodic shapes associated with triad outlines in various positions, and interpret overall melodic shapes within entire phrase. Material is arranged logically for learning basic tonal relationships, phrases, and common shapes and motions in melodies. Chapters contain s short explanatory section, exercises in the melodic pattern to be studied, melodic analysis, and melodies for sight singing.
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Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life
Chris Kohler Manufacturer: BRADY GAMES ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0744004241 |
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BradyGames' Power-Up: How Japanese Video Games Gave the World an Extra Life, by Chris Kohler, is a unique book that gives readers an entertaining and authoritative look at the indelible influence the video gaming, particularly, Japanese gaming, has had on the world. Power-Up is the first English-language work of its kind to examine the reasons behind the success of Japanese video games, rather than focusing on the history of video games. Just some of the features readers will find in this book include:
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Great Read........2007-05-13
Great reading, but touches only the mainstream games.......2007-02-09
Gaming History in the eye of the beholder..........2006-08-20
narrow scope, but an interesting read. .......2006-04-12
Too short and too shallow, but basically worthwhile.......2005-09-14
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Broadcasting in a Free Society (Mainstream series)
David James George Hennessy, Baron Windlesham Manufacturer: Blackwell Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0631113711 |
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Government and broadcasting in a free society: Background working paper for sessions on "Freedom and responsibility in broadcasting" at the 30th Institute ... the Ohio State University, May 4-7, 1960
Walter B Emery Manufacturer: Ohio State University ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007HZQ4G |
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The people must know: An analysis of the key role of information in a free society
Frank Nicholas Stanton Manufacturer: University of Missouri, School of Journalism ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007GQOQ6 |
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Taste and the censor in television (An Occasional paper on the role of the mass media in the free society)
Charles Winick Manufacturer: University Microfilms ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006W1PQU |
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Television journalism in a free society
Julian Goodman Manufacturer: s.n ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007I3BZG |
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What you can't see on tv (Occasional paper on the role of the mass media in the free society)
William Peters Manufacturer: Redbook ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007HNBS4 |
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Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam
Zainab Salbi , and Laurie Becklund Manufacturer: Gotham ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1592402445 |
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Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother, the beautiful Alia, taught her daughter the skills she needed to survive. A plastic smile. Saying yes. Burying in boxes in her mind the horrors she glimpsed around her. "Learn to erase your memories," she instructed. "He can read eyes."In this richly visual memoir, Salbi describes tyranny as she saw it--through the eyes of a privileged child, a rebellious teenager, a violated wife, and ultimately a public figure fighting to overcome the skill that once kept her alive: silence.
Between Two Worlds is a riveting quest for truth that deepens our understanding of the universal themes of power, fear, sexual subjugation, and the question one generation asks the one before it: How could you have let this happen to us? BACKCOVER:
Praise for Between Two Worlds:
"...a torrent of vividly recalled memories [that] reads with the sort of artless verve that can come only from one who's been unshackled from a lifetime of repression."
ÂVogue
"A remarkable, astonishing memoir...more can be learned about Iraq from this book than from all the newscasts."
ÂAlice Walker, author of The Color Purple
ÂA country unravels and a loving family dissolves in Zainab Salbi's riveting, beautifully observed memoir...This is the exquisite if often painful story of Salbi's own emergence from victim to global activist on behalf of women survivors of violence and war everywhere. I guarantee you won't be able to put it down.Â
ÂEllen Chesler, author of Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America
ÂA personal, intimate look at the soul-crushing impact of HusseinÂ's Iraq. . . . Salbi deploys a straightforward, easy prose that is powerful in its simplicity. . . . Now, with her chilling memoir, the lies end.Â
ÂThe Washington Post
ÂSalbi has direct personal knowledge of Hussein that is both insightful and disturbing.Â
ÂMs. magazine
ÂEngrossing. . . . a unique insider perspective . . . an evocative and haunting memoir that proves that one courageous woman can rise above her own painful past in order to make a difference in the lives of others.Â
ÂBookreporter.com
ÂA remarkable tale of emotional and mental resilience.Â
ÂBookpage
Â. . . a steadfast visionary spirit prevails, rendered with remarkable literary skill and complex personalities.Â
ÂBust
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review.......2007-08-05
Between Two Worlds.......2007-07-13
CAPTIVATING.......2007-07-02
Outstanding Memoir, Written With Humility!.......2007-04-17
Information you don't get from the media.......2007-04-11
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Between Two Worlds: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam (Unabridged)
Becklund, Zainab, Laurie Salbi Manufacturer: audible.com ProductGroup: Book Binding: Audio Download ASIN: B000DZTSGO |
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The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme (Pan Grand Strategy Series)
Malcolm Brown , and Imperial War Museum Manufacturer: Pan Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0330492063 |
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This book offers a remarkably fresh perspective on the bitterly fought 1916 campaign; it also describes the later battles of the Somme in the Great Wars final year, 1918. Using unpublished evidence from the archives of the Imperial War Museum, it tells its powerful and dramatic story through the letters and diaries of those who were there.Customer Reviews:
Excellent Account of the Somme.......2000-04-16
I have a passionate interest in books covering the Western Front during the Great War. I found this book to be a well researched and presented account of this terrible battle. Having read quite a few books on this battle I have no hesitation it placing it along side such great books as Lyn MacDonald's `Somme' and Martin Middlebrook's `The First Day on the Somme'.
Malcolm Brown has utilised numerous first hand accounts from diaries, reports, newspapers and interviews and uses these in a manner that brings life to this terrible battle. Somewhat similar in style to Lyn MacDonald and just as good, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The author tells the battle through the experiences of the ordinary (I should say extraordinary) soldier; British, Australian, Canadian, German and the many others who fought during this terrible carnage.
The narrative flows along smoothly and the personal accounts of the soldiers seem to blend in effortlessly. Malcolm Brown has used the resources of the Imperial War Museum to present a detailed and accurate story of the Somme which I am sure that most people would enjoy and find rewarding. If you can no longer find a copy of Lyn MacDonald's `Somme' or Martin Middlebrook's `The First Day on the Somme' grab this book instead, you won't be disappointed!
Of interest to other readers this book was recently hailed as "a valuable addition to First World War literature".
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The Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme
Malcolm Brown Manufacturer: University of Notre Dame Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000ORB4XG |
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Imperial War Museum Book of the Somme
Malcolm Brown Manufacturer: PAN (MACM) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000K7F80A |
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A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate
Marc Reisner Manufacturer: Pantheon ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679420118 Release Date: 2003-02-11 |
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In A Dangerous Place, Marc Reisner, the author of Cadillac Desert, the classic history of the American West and its fatal dependence on water, returns to the subject that never ceased to seduce him: California.Customer Reviews:
A Dangerous PLace.......2006-01-05
A dangerous place.......2006-01-02
Short and Sweet..........2005-10-14
It Makes You Think.......2005-09-15
Welcome To My Nightmare!.......2004-12-23
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A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate
Marc Reisner Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJ5P16 |
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A dangerous place. (Reviews).("A Dangerous Place: California's Unsettling Fate")(Book Review) (book review): An article from: OnEarth
Caroline Bates Manufacturer: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008DP3T2 Release Date: 2005-07-31 |
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This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on June 22, 2003. The length of the article is 414 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The Making of a Mother: Overcoming the Nine Key Challenges--from Crib to Empty Nest
Valerie Davis Raskin Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0345475984 Release Date: 2007-05-08 |
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What makes a good mother? Are some women just born naturally maternal, or do mothers discover that part of themselves once they have a child? Now a renowned expert on the subject–and herself a mother of three–addresses the unspoken worries and fears that accompany motherhood and shares the reassuring message that every mother learns “on the job.”Customer Reviews:
Great Handbook.......2007-10-03
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Making a Nest (Nature's Secrets)
Paul Bennett Manufacturer: Thomson Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: School & Library Binding ASIN: 1568472048 |
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Making a Nest (Nature's Secrets)
Paul Bennett Manufacturer: Hodder Children's Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0750210605 |
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Making a Nest in the Hills.
Joy Barrow Manufacturer: Otford Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MWJBYW |
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A nesting material depot. (Our Workshop).(how to make a holder of bird nest making supplies): An article from: Child Life
A. Neely Hall Manufacturer: Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008ETRAC Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from Child Life, published by Benjamin Franklin Literary & Medical Society, Inc. on June 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2503 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Books:
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