Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West (Creating the North American Landscape)
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  • Wow--What a Landscape!
Bravo 20: The Bombing of the American West (Creating the North American Landscape)
Richard Misrach , and Myriam Weisang Misrach
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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ASIN: 0801840643

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4 out of 5 stars Wow--What a Landscape!.......2000-03-25

(Re)evaluating Nature especially in the new millenium is a new trend in thinking about the landscape. Misrach initiates this conversation with this early book about the changing face of the American West that has been transformed into a bombed-out wasteland. Somewhat beautiful? Yes, I thin kso. He approaches the subject sarcastically serious with a proposal to turn this highly violent landscape into America's newest national park, one which I would be the first visitor. His photographs instigate new questions in landscape photography and the new definition of "beauty" in all visual studies. A must for any artist/architect/planner. There is a new landscape. Misrach has found it.

Anarchic Dance
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    Anarchic Dance
    Liz Aggiss , and Billy Cowie
    Manufacturer: Routledge
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    Binding: Paperback

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    1. Of the Presence of the Body: Essays on dance and Performance Theory Of the Presence of the Body: Essays on dance and Performance Theory

    ASIN: 0415365171

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    Liz Aggiss and Billy Cowie, known collectively as Divas Dance Theatre, are renowned for their highly visual, interdisciplinary brand of dance performance that incorporates elements of theatre, film, opera, poetry and vaudevillian humor. They have created dance theatre, cabaret, live art, single and multiple screen dance installations, and live performance installations.
    Anarchic Dance is a visual and textual record of the work of Divas Dance Theatre. The DVD-Rom included in the package features extracts from Aggiss and Cowie's work, including the highly-acclaimed dance film Motion Control (first premiered on BBC2 in 2002), rare video footage of their punk-comic live performances as The Wild Wigglers and reconstruction of Aggiss' solo performance in Grotesque Dancer.
    These films are cross-referenced in the book, allowing readers to match performance and commentary as Aggiss and Cowie invite a broad range of writers to examine their live performance and dance screen practice through analysis, theory, discussion and personal response. As much as their practice is hybrid, maverick and hard to define, the various theories presented are equally challenging, lively and fresh.
    Extensively illustrated with black and white and color photographs, this beautiful multi-media package is a celebration of Divas' boundary-shattering performance work. Anarchic Dance provides a comprehensive investigation into Cowie and Aggiss' collaborative partnership and demonstrates a range of exciting approaches through which dance performance can be engaged critically.

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      Anarchic Dance

      Manufacturer: ROUTLEDGE
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      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000GTDWNW

      Images of the Southwest: Southern Utah & Southwest Colorado (Volume 1)
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Great supplement to the book!
      • Still worth buying
      • A good companion to Martres's books
      • Great photos but poor in quality
      Images of the Southwest: Southern Utah & Southwest Colorado (Volume 1)
      Laurent Martres
      Manufacturer: Graphie International, Inc.
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      Binding: CD-ROM

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      ASIN: 0916189104

      Book Description

      The two "Images of the Southwest" volumes are companion CD-ROMs to the "Photographing the Southwest" books. They contain photographic material conveniently sorted by book chapters, allowing readers to pre-visualize the sites described in the books. A fantastic tool for preparing a trip to the Southwest. More than 500 high-quality images are presented in the two volumes. Those who see the CD-ROMs can't quit raving about them: outstanding photography, optimized color correction and sharpness, convenient 1024x768 wallpaper format. Together, both CDs represent more than 500 images covering a remarkable diversity of sites, many of which are little-known jewels. But don't be alarmed, we've included two great navigation tools for Windows and Macintosh computers that will get you browsing through the libraries in seconds. At only $19.95 per Volume, these CD-ROMs are a steal, compared to so-called screen savers, offering a meager 20 images.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Great supplement to the book!.......2006-01-29

      We are planning a long trip to Bryce and Zion National Parks in May and purchased Martres book earlier. His descriptions of the trails and where to be at what time of day are proving invaluable to use in planning our daily hikes! We are able to map out our entire trip. When the CD came in with color pictures of the very places we'll visit, we were so excited! It helps us envision how we will need to place our camera equipment to get just the right picture to bring home, print and put on our mantel.

      4 out of 5 stars Still worth buying.......2005-08-01

      I have been a photo addict to this region for ten years and have made six journeys to the region to get photos for my website. It is true that the pictures on this CD are over saturated and have high contrast, this is partly because the photographer likes sunrise and sunset pictures. Most of my digital pictures are taken in full sunlight and there is a remarkable difference between our shots. However, there are many shots that I have not seen and it has encouraged me to visit the more obscure sites on my next visit. Some of the sites I will never see because too much hiking is required. This CD compliments the book, the pictures in the book are in black and white. Many of the pictures are superb. The CD also contains the excellent ThumbsPlus software which I have been using for 8 years and is a must for any photographer to sort out and edit digital archives. All my website pages were also generated using this software. All in all this CD has many good shots and will give the 'Southwest'photo enthusiast new ideas about this area, especially off the tourist track. In my opinion the wave photos from the Paria region were worth the price of the CD, as I had never seen them before. If you have the book it is worth getting the CD, if you have been here as a tourist it will show you some of the shots you missed.

      4 out of 5 stars A good companion to Martres's books.......2004-05-07

      One look at Martres's two books on photographing the Southwest convinced me to immediately buy his CDs as well. Many of the photos are stunning and Martres's fair use conditions are generous. The images are good companions to the book as you can copy the good setup angles that he has spent years finding. Also he avoids overly heavy use of filters so that what you see in the images represents what you may actually see in the field. There are a few times in which the criteria for including pictures seems to be the success of the shots rather than the significance of the places visited. (For example, Angel Arch in Canyonlands is not included.) Also, I found the links that some of the images had to his chosen jpg viewer (included) quirky. His may be more viewer than you want or need. Fortunately, it is possible to get around the included viewer and use your own jpg viewer. On the whole, the CD is very worthwhile.

      2 out of 5 stars Great photos but poor in quality.......2004-02-11

      This CD is hyped as a professional quality portfolio of the scenic southwest. While the photos are synchronized with the text of volume 1, which is helpful in visualizing the locations, The quality of the photos is not worth the $19.95. Since I was disappointed, I returned the CD and was reimbursed the sum of $6.95 for my troubles. If you are looking for quality photos, don't waste your time, and money!
      Sacred Images
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Rock Art Brought to Life
      Sacred Images
      Leslie Kelen , and David Sucec
      Manufacturer: Gibbs Smith, Publisher
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      Binding: Paperback

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      ASIN: 0879057343

      Book Description

      For lovers of French decorating, this book reproduces some of the earliest toile designs from 18th-century France. Delicate flower prints, fun animal motifs, rich historic scenes, and complex architectural patterns are just some of the subjects reproduced here in rich color. The patterns in Toiles de Jouy are reproduced from an antiquarian book containing 50 plates of French toile fabric and wallpaper patterns. The range of colors is astounding and illustrates that toiles aren't always simply one color on a neutral ground. Some of the most fascinating were designed originally in multiple colors. A new introduction and stories about the toile patterns give decorators, home designers and Francophiles information about toiles that they've never seen before.

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      5 out of 5 stars Rock Art Brought to Life.......2001-07-20

      No one really knows what was in the minds of the people who made the prolific, and mysterious rock art of the southwest. Therefore most reputable books on rock art simply describe in dry archeological detail the design elements and locations of the various panels. Leslie Kelen is more of an oral-historian than a scientist. He simply recorded the words and stories the modern Native Americans tell about the art in their area. He combined this with a fine, scientifically accurate introductory essay on ancient cultures, and spectacular photography. The result is a real experience of Canyon Country Rock Art. The book captures the beautiful inscrutability of the rock art and some of the best stories commonly told about it. Many of the local Native Americans are both steeped in their native heritage, and well aware of the scientific community's analysis. This is not a book for scientists. It is a book for people fascinated with the southwest and who wish to add new colors and possibilities to their ruminations on rock art. This is a book for visitors to the southwest who want to see more deeply into the landscape they are traveling through. I have been a guide in the southwest canyon country since 1996, and this is the number one rock art book I recommend to clients.
      Wind against the stone: She reached beyond his granite exterior, he captured more than her image
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        Katherine Myers
        Manufacturer: CFI
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        Binding: Unknown Binding
        ASIN: 1555170625
        Analysis of Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Radar Signals Using Cyclostationary Processing
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          Analysis of Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Radar Signals Using Cyclostationary Processing

          Manufacturer: Storming Media
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Spiral-bound
          ASIN: 1423507649

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          This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A110704. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: LPI radar is a class of radar systems that possess certain performance characteristics that make them nearly undetectable by today's digital intercept receivers, This presents a significant tactical problem in the battle space To detect these types of radar, new digital receivers that use sophisticated signal processing techniques are required This thesis investigates the use of cyclostationary processing to extract the modulation parameters from a variety of continuous-wave (CW) low-probability-of- intercept (LPI) radar waveforms, The cyclostationary detection techniques described exploit the fact that digital signals vary in time with single or multiple periodicities, because they have spectral correlation, namely, non-zero correlation between certain frequency components, at certain frequency shifts, The use of cyclostationary signal processing in a non-cooperative intercept receiver can help identify the particular emitter and can help develop electronic attacks, LPI CW waveforms examined include Frank codes, polyphase codes (Pt through P4), Frequency Modulated CW (FMCW), Costas frequencies as well as several frequency-shift- keying/phase-shift-keying (FSK/PSK) waveforms It is shown that for signal-to- noise ratios of OdB and -6 dB, the cyclostationary signal processing can extract the modulation parameters necessary in order to distinguish among the various types of LPI modulations.
          Benchmarking and Analysis of the SRC-6E Reconfigurable Computing System
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            Benchmarking and Analysis of the SRC-6E Reconfigurable Computing System

            Manufacturer: Storming Media
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            Binding: Spiral-bound
            ASIN: 1423513592

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            This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A755024. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: This thesis evaluates the usefulness of the SRC-6E re- configurable computing system for a radar signal processing application and documents the process of creating and importing VHDL code to configure the user definable logic on the SRC-6E. A false-target radar-imaging algorithm was chosen and implemented on the SRC-6E. Data from alternative computational approaches to the same problem are compared to determine the effectiveness of SRC-6E solution. The results show that the implementation of the algorithm does not provide an effective solution when executed on the SRC-6E. An evaluation of the SRC-6E difficulty of use is conducted, including a discussion of required skills, experience and development times. The algorithm test code and collected data are included as appendices.
            Calibration and Validation of High Frequency Radar for Ocean Surface Current Mapping
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              Calibration and Validation of High Frequency Radar for Ocean Surface Current Mapping

              Manufacturer: Storming Media
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              Binding: Spiral-bound
              ASIN: 1423518276

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              This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A757424. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: High Frequency (HF) radar backscatter instruments are being developed and tested in the marine science and defense science communities for their abilities to sense surface parameters remotely in the coastal ocean over large areas. In the Navy context, the systems provide real-time mapping of ocean surface currents and waves critical for characterizing and forecasting the battle space environment.
              Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World
              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
              • Fantastic Images from before the Desolation
              • Not enough photos of Tad Nichols...but the photos of Glen Canyon are AMAZING.
              • Beautiful
              • Spectacular! A Treasure
              Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World
              Tad Nichols
              Manufacturer: Museum of New Mexico Pr
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              4. Boater's Guide to Lake Powell: Featuring Hiking, Camping, Geology, History and Archaeology (4th Edition) Boater's Guide to Lake Powell: Featuring Hiking, Camping, Geology, History and Archaeology (4th Edition)
              5. White Canyon: Remembering the Little Town at the Bottom of Lake Powell White Canyon: Remembering the Little Town at the Bottom of Lake Powell

              ASIN: 0890133301

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              In the early 1960s the federal government announced a plan to control the Colorado River by building a series of hydroelectric dams. The plan set off a storm of protest. The Sierra Club filed a lawsuit, arguing that one of those dams, to be built at the entrance to the Grand Canyon, would mean the destruction of Glen Canyon, a jewel-like oasis, one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the desert Southwest. But the lawsuit failed, and the dam was built, resulting in the formation of 200-mile-long Lake Powell, one of the largest artificial bodies of water on the planet--and in the inundation of Glen Canyon, which environmentalists called "the place no one knew."

              Photographer and filmmaker Tad Nichols did know Glen Canyon, so well that many of the area's place names are the ones that he and his fellow explorers and friends gave them. In this stunning book of documentary photography, Nichols takes readers on a voyage down the Colorado River, traversing stone labyrinths, wild rapids, and narrow beaches. Accompanied by entries from his travel journals of the 1950s and early '60s, his photographs show us just how much was lost when Glen Canyon receded beneath Lake Powell's waters--and what we stand to regain if, as advocates hope, Glen Canyon Dam is dismantled and the Colorado River is allowed to flow freely once again. --Gregory McNamee

              Book Description

              In 1963, as the gates closed on Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell began to inundate this mysterious landscape. Two photographers would record its wonders-Eliot Porter, who made the Glen famous in The Place No One Knew, and Tad Nichols, the man who first led Porter through the canyon. In more than thirty river trips beginning in the early 1950's, Nichols created thousands of images of the place that gave birth to the modern environmental movement. Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World is a stunning photographic memoir and the work of one of the West's finest nature photographers. Featuring 164 duotone plates, journal writings, and the photographer's recollections today of a world that lives again in these exceptional images.

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              5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Images from before the Desolation.......2006-10-07

              Tad Nichols (memory eternal!) left us a treasure: powerful images of a beautiful canyon now buried under water and mud. The art is amazing, very much in the tradition of Ansel Adams. The loss is stunning: it's difficult to imagine how even hardened landwasters could have condemned this wonder to a watery grave. Now all that's left to us are photographs and memories ... of a world most of us will never have the privilege to see. Enjoy!

              5 out of 5 stars Not enough photos of Tad Nichols...but the photos of Glen Canyon are AMAZING........2005-10-02

              I have been researching Glen Canyon and Lake Powell for years now, for a book I'm working on, and my wife had always taken a very passive interest in what I was doing. She'd listen to me talk and add a comment or two, but it wasn't until I got this book that she realized just what I'd been rambling about.
              The photos are just like that.
              The black-and-white photos of sinuos, twisting, sandstone places like Dungeon Canyon and the Cathedral-in-the-Desert will take your breath away; they will make you ache to see the places the photos are of, and then they will break your heart when you realize all those places are currently underwater.
              Whatever your position on Lake Powell and Glen Canyon is--whether you think that Glen Canyon Dam is a giant, concrete Satan, or that it's a great source of employment, water, and electricity for the people of the West, you will have to admit these photos are beautiful, and of a beautiful place, and that something irreplaceable has been drowned and hidden away.
              By all means, get this book.
              And get Eleanor Inskip's full-color "The Colorado River through Glen Canyon: Before Lake Powell." Both books are excellent.

              5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......2000-03-25

              This is the best collection of photos I have seen on the now drowned Glen Canyon. Unlike some other books covering the area, this collection was clearly taken by a professional photographer. These pictures could easily be mistaken for Ansel Adams and I believe Mr. Nichols lists him as a big influence on his work. If you are like me and a lover of canyon country, it will definitely make you a little wistful thinking that this area has been lost--probably irretrievably. I just wish there were a comparable collection of color photos of Glen Canyon to supplement this wonderful work.

              5 out of 5 stars Spectacular! A Treasure.......2000-01-04

              Anyone will find the pictures breathtaking. If you have an interest in the southwest rivers and canyons you will especially enjoy this book. If you are interested in seeing what they stole from us by the construction of Glen Canyon Dam then this book is required reading. Hayduke lives!
              Images of Faith: Art of the Latter-Day Saints
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                Images of Faith: Art of the Latter-Day Saints
                Richard G. Oman , Robert O. Davis , and Utah) Museum of Church History and Art (Salt Lake City
                Manufacturer: Deseret Book Company
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                Binding: Hardcover

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                Images of Utah
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                  Robert D. Shangle
                  Manufacturer: Lta Pub.
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                  Images of women: Printmakers in France from 1830 to 1930 : [exhibition] Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8 January-19 February, 1978
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                    Images of women: Printmakers in France from 1830 to 1930 : [exhibition] Utah Museum of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 8 January-19 February, 1978
                    Gabriel P Weisberg
                    Manufacturer: Museum of Fine Arts
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                    2100 Laughs for All Occasions
                    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                    • 1000 never seem so long
                    2100 Laughs for All Occasions
                    Robert Orben
                    Manufacturer: Main Street Books
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                    4. Winning with One-Liners: 3,400 Hilarious Laugh Lines to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Spice Up Your Speeches Winning with One-Liners: 3,400 Hilarious Laugh Lines to Tickle Your Funny Bone and Spice Up Your Speeches
                    5. The Best of the Good Clean Jokes The Best of the Good Clean Jokes

                    ASIN: 0385234880
                    Release Date: 1986-03-11

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                    Compiled by a top comedy writer, a rib-tickling collection of sharp, topical one-liners on every subject under the sun, alphabetically arranged by category for easy use.

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                    4 out of 5 stars 1000 never seem so long.......2000-06-01

                    This truly will tip over your personal barrel of monkeys. Filled with laughs on every page. Reading this will help you not only bring a small chuckle but help write your own jokes. Take this anwhere. Its quick comentary for any situation can't be beaten. This is a must have for the party entainer, party goer, or just for a few laughs around the house. I garuntee that you won't put it down. Even if you do it will just to applaud its insurmountable humor. Get it before you miss all the fun waiting for you in between the covers.
                    2100 Laughs for All Occasions
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                      2100 Laughs for All Occasions
                      Robert Orben
                      Manufacturer: Main Street Books
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                      ASIN: B000N777WY

                      The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, Enlarged Edition
                      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
                      • The bias of prejudice
                      • Creative but Prejudiced
                      The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, Enlarged Edition
                      Stanley Cavell
                      Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
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                      5 out of 5 stars The bias of prejudice.......2006-07-17

                      Cavell relies on his own experience of cinema in such a way that the reader is invited to try to find himself with respect to his claims. There may or may not be a meeting of the minds. But this doesn't mean Cavell is biased. He's simply calling it as he sees it. He asks nothing more and nothing less of us. I don't see that a personal judgment might not be objective. And if it is very difficult to experience what Cavell is gesturing towards, that seems like all the more reason for being cautious when referring to what you might wrongly be calling "subjective prejudices." This book is worth the hard work.

                      3 out of 5 stars Creative but Prejudiced.......2000-05-08

                      Since Stanley Cavell was an esteemed philosophy professor at Harvard University, when he wrote this book, it was a boon for film theorists everywhere; the academic elite were finally taking film theory seriously. However, even though in the book there are great moments of insight into the spectatorship of films, Cavell is very biased towards his own cinematic experience and will often make broad claims to the superiority of the classic films with which he grew up over any recent film. His predilections are often purely personal and do not involve an objective understanding of the films. The book contains many wonderful moments that stem from a thought-provoking philosopher yet it is very difficult to experience them through the author's subjective prejudices.
                      World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film. Enlarged Edition.
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                        Music and Society: The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception
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                        • there is no ambiguity about the political meaning of this
                        Music and Society: The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception

                        Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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                        5. Noise: The Political Economy of Music (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16) Noise: The Political Economy of Music (Theory and History of Literature, Vol 16)

                        ASIN: 0521379776

                        Book Description

                        This provocative volume of essays is now available in paperback. The contributors to this volume--musicologists, sociologists, cultural theorists--all challenge the view that music occupies an autonomous aesthetic sphere.

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                        1 out of 5 stars there is no ambiguity about the political meaning of this.......1999-09-22

                        Who would deny "how very central music is to our understanding of ourselves"? Must we therefore also accept the conclusions drawn from this premise in [this book]: "Music passes from the separate sphere of the marginal-if-beautiful into the realities of the social world. If music thereby loses its aura, it is granted both the powers and responsibilities of a genuinely political medium." But if music is a "genuinely political medium," it must have a political message. What is that message? Can music that exploits folk elements in a way that led Bartok "to a new conception of the chromatic scale" properly fulfill its political "responsibilities"? Or is this only possible where an affiliation with folk song has the opposite implication, where it acts as an immunizing agent against the tendencies proscribed in the 1948 Resolution of the CCCP, "atonality, dissonances and disharmony"? Can "the powers and responsibilities of a genuinely political medium" as manifested in the music of the past have any relevance for our time? Whatever political meaning the Eroica Symphony may have had for Beethoven and may have for us stands utterly opposed to that which the Nazis were able to find in this same work and which enabled them to exploit it for their own political purposes. It has been suggested that "without words or strong folk elements, it is doubtful if music can convey a clear epic meaning." Die Meistersinger has both, but this did not prevent the Nazis from politically exploiting the work in ways that were totally at odds with what the American critic, Paul Rosenfeld, saw as its inherent content. He was revolted by "the image of an audience of Nazi porkers self-righteously taking in the concluding scene of the music drama, identifying their sinister Fascist state with the bright democratic order figured there, adopting the composer as their prophet and justifying their ways to men with his vision." How can a single work impart such totally different political messages and serve such totally different political purposes? There is, however, no ambiguity at all about what it means to "grant" to music "the powers and responsibilities of a genuinely political medium." To deprive music of its private and personal meaning for us would be to deprive us of privacy and personality, and there is no ambiguity about the political meaning of this--there is no ambiguity about the spiritual deprivation that permits a composer to say, in response to the Central Committee's Resolution, "How could it have happened that I failed to introduce a single folk song in the score of my opera? It seems strange and almost incredible to me, and can be explained only as a manifestation of my inherent snobbishness" (Muradeli). Or, "the absence, in my works, of the interpretation of folk art, that great spirit by which our people lives, has been with utmost clarity and definiteness pointed out by the Central Committee....I am deeply grateful for it" (Shostakovich). Or "I must admit that I, too, have indulged in atonality....In the future I hope to get rid of this mannerism" (Prokofiev).

                        George Perle, "The Listening Composer"
                        MUSIC AND SOCIETY THE POLITICS OF COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION
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                          Chess devotees simply can't get enough of Bobby Fischer. Every facet of his personality and his play unfolds in this biographical study. In addition to analyzing his exceptional talent, it captures and puts into perspective his tough youth, anti-social tendencies, fights against the chess authorities, and growing mental illness. There's also extensive information from recently opened FBI files about Fischer, and a discussion of a low point: when Fischer cheered the collapse of the Twin Towers.

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                          5 out of 5 stars Fischer Revealed!.......2005-07-31

                          Bobby Fischer-Chess genius or insane tyrant? Or somewhere in between? This book dives into the subject with a series of interviews with people who have crossed paths with him at one time or another during his stormy life. We are warned that any friend of Fischer who talks too much is completely cut out of his life, so this is not a tell all-learn all book. But it's probably as close as we are going to get.
                          Why all the interest in this man? Some of his comments about the U.S. and the Jewish people are horrifying.Some people question his sanity. He clearly has some MAJOR bitterness in him! But if you were alive during the early 70's, when ,during the cold war, he single handedly took on the Russians,and became world champion,you'll never forget it. And he inspired millions of kids, like me, to learn chess...probably most from his book:"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess".He did so much for chess in this country..but he could have done so much more. This book explains why he didn't...or maybe why he couldn't.
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                          The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the Worlds Best Companies Now updated and revised for a new century of sales success, this new edition of the business classic confronts the rapidly evolving world of business-to-business sales with new real-world examples, new strategies for confronting competition, and a special section featuring the most commonly asked questions from the Miller Heiman workshops. Learn: How to identify the four real decision makers in every corporate labyrinth How to prevent sabotage by an internal deal-killer How to make a senior executive eager to see you How to avoid closing business that youll later regret How to manage a territory to provide steady, not boom and bust, revenue

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                          The (new!) strategic selling technique is optimal for large complex sales - how do you sell the implementation of an enterprise software system, or the outsourcing of customer care? These types of sales require more than product innovation, advertising, or dropping a pair of football tickets off to the buyer. They require an in depth understanding of the customer organization, and both what drives change, and what stops it. The methods here aren't an "Everywhere for everything" panaceas - you don't need them to get more shelf space for Cheerios - but the are great for organizing attacks on the big sales.

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                          A real strategic approach to building business relationships and getting sales that have the best chance of delivering a win-win for both you and the client.

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