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Ezra Pound would deserve a place in the literary history of the twentieth century if only for bringing to light and to publication the work, among others, of T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, James Joyce and William Carlos Williams. His tireless activities in behalf of other poets, artists, and literary ventures of every sort were in large part carried on by way of his voluminous correspondence. Eliot himself once commented that Pound's "epistolary s...

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El doctor Ongay pretende con este libro ofrecernos una vision panoramica de las matematicas, haciendo uso de analogias con el arte y ofreciendo un breve recuento historico ajeno a las exigencias disciplinarias tanto matematicas, artisticas e historicas, el objetivo no es hacer filosofia de las ciencias tanto como la busqueda del placer que produce el entendimiento de la estetica y la matematica como caras de la misma moneda.

This present volume is a modest effort to analyze some of the moral dilemmas of our time, and to indicate elements of hope for the futur. The essays refer to a variety of complex situations, each of which seems to threaten our generation, but which, appraoched creatively, may turn out to be a stage in the improvement of the human condition. The volume is based on the premise that consideration of man's ethical life should be given the same att...

The essays included in this volume focus on specific standpoints inherent to our understandings of God. From a survey of Western philosophies, Pannenberg concludes that the Christian view of truth is distinctive because of its emphasis on the future. On the subject of faith, he asserts that rational knowledge does not oppose faith, but rather gives support to it. Also, the ideas of Feuerbach and Nietzsche as well as those of the dialectical th...

Der geistreich-exzentrische Kapellmeister Kreisler, eine literarische Figur E.T.A. Hoffmanns, war für Schumann 1838 der Anstoß zu dieser Komposition. Schumann wollte die Figur musikalisch umsetzen und so entstanden mit den "Kreisleriana" fantastische, teilweise skurrile, immer improvisatorisch wirkende Stücke, ein direkter Widerhall des romantischen Künstlertums, für das Kreisler steht. Wenn irgendwo Dämonie Musik kennzeichnet, dann diese in w...

Works by Schumann, DeVisee, Schubert, Carulli, Paganini, Diabelli, Saint Saens, and many more. For the intermediate level classic guitar student.

The photographs were assembled from many sources by George R. Leighton with the assistance of Anita Brenner and others. Many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer Walker Evans.

Born in incredible beauty, flowing through incredible desolation, nourishing incredible fertility, the Snake River is unlike any other in the lower 48 states. A winner of numerous awards for lithography and photography, this coffee table book deals with river.

Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal. They meet after Amos sets out to sea in his homemade boat, the Rodent, and soon finds himself in extreme need of rescue. Enter Boris. But there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life of whaling about and Amos has gone back to his life of mousing around, when the tiny m...

Gottfried Benn (1886-1957) occupies a position in modern German literature often compared to that of T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound in English. This volume presents a comprehensive anthology of the author's finest work-poetry (with the German originals en face), short stories, a scene from one of his plays, essays and autobiographical writings, including a unique insight into the German intellectual metamorphosis before, under and after Hitler. An...

This is a reprint of a previously published work. It deals wirh leadership and organizational change in large institutions such as hospitals schools, and prisons, focusing on the strategies and tactics of decentralizing a large bureaucratic organization.

The Old Stone Fort at Nacogdoches, built in 1779 and torn down in 1902, began as a trading center but also served as a jail, capitol of governments, courthouse, lodge hall, meeting place, and saloon. A replica was reconstructed using the original materials, on the grounds of Stephen E Austin State University, during the Texas Centennial.

This volume documents the rise to power, the political maneuverings, and the assassination of Louisianais Kingfish, Huey Long.

A classic book on teh work of the Holy Spirit--and beneficial to anyone who wants a better understand-ing of it".....Charles Simpson

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The modern novel in its most cogent and permanent form"--this has been the achievement of E. M. Forster, his masterpiece,  A Passage to India, belongs with perhaps three or four other works in English at the pinnacle of literary craftsmanship in this century. Yet for many years Forster's genius was virtually unrecognized in America. Not until 1943, when Lionel Trilling's authoritative and discerning study was first published, did Forster find ...

Mythical creatures drawn largely from medieval travellers' tales, but encompassing civilisations from the Sumerians to the Wild West.

An historical account of the Dharma transmission in India and throughout Asia, with comparative timelines and maps. Includes essays on the formation of the Buddhist Canon and the introduction of the Dharma to the West.