Culled from Shaw's reviews, prefaces, letters to actors and critics, and other writings, this book offers a fascinating portrait of the Elizabethan playwright by his most outspoken critic.
Tragically, though Johnson had survived three combat tours, which included a mid-air collision with a Japanese aircraft and being shot down by friendly fire, the new father disappeared without a trace while flying a courier mission in bad weather one month after the war's end and shortly before his planned return home. At the time, he was one of the youngest full colonels in the US Army Air Forces.
Invites women to name, honor and explore their female experience as it differs from male experience. In their effort to balance the male-constructed view of the world, women must first recreate the images, symbols, metaphors and truths of their own lives, as women.
I volunteered to go to Vietnam, but as a conscientious objector to war. . . . While most of these events took place in the midst of the war, this is not exactly a story about the war, but a story of rescue. Most of the children I helped save--scalped, burned, blasted, or shot when I found them--are now adults, parents or even grandparents themselves. . . . And while many of my funny, wise, reckless, young American friends of those days are dea...
The conclusion to the Necroscope series finds E-Branch and the new Necroscope, Jake Cutter, on the hunt for the Wamphyri trio. After turning a cruise ship into a bloodbath, Lord Malinari and Lady Vavara plan their next campaign, while Lord Swartz's spores spread a mysterious sleeping sickness that turns its victims in something other than human. (May)
The pristine setting of Thrush Green conceals a flurry of activity. Mr. Venables is considering retirement just as Miss Watson, the village's teacher, is about to make an important decision and Molly Curdle prepares for a new baby.
In this second volume in the Golem series, the authors consider the Golem of technology. In a series of case studies they demonstrate that the imperfections in technology are related to the uncertainties in science described in the first volume. Studies include the role of the Patriot anti-missile missile in the Gulf War, the Challenger space shuttle explosion, tests of nuclear fuel flasks and of anti-misting kerosene as airplane fuel, analysi...
Stunningly illustrated, this is both a guidebook to accessible gardensin Japan and a revelation of their historical and cultural contexts forthe general reader.
Kate Shugak joins the security staff for a Native woman running for the Alaskan state senate. The candidate has received anonymous threats--and soon her campaign is rocked by the murder of their staff researcher. Kate must retrace the researcher's steps and delve into the past, in particular the grisly murder of a "good time girl" during the 1915 Klondike Gold Rush. Martin's Press. (May)
Built to bring Christianity and European civilization to the northern frontier of New Spain in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . . . secularized and left to decay in the nineteenth century . . . and restored in the twentieth century, the Spanish missions still standing in Texas are really only shadows of their original selves. The mission churches, once beautifully adorned with carvings and sculptures on their facades and furnished in...
As 3G implementation begins worldwide, wireless telecommunications are undergoing a radical upheaval. Terminology is changing and expanding, and getting more difficult to keep up with. This handy encyclopedia is the perfect way for service providers, software developers, network managers, and others to stay abreast of the fast-moving, far-reaching wireless applications industry.* Features short clear articles for the generalist with extended t...
A grand collection of 46 classical favorites arranged for the early intermediate-level player: Air on the G String (Bach) * Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod & Schubert versions) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) * Panis Angelicus (O Lord Most Holy) (Franck) * Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) * Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss) * Wedding March (Mendelssohn) * and more.
There is no more detailed resource about the relationship between Martin King and Malcolm X. The depth of scholarship in this volume extends even to the extraordinary amount of information relegated to footnotes, themselves a gold mine of documentation for all readers interested in the interface between faith claims, politics, and social and cultural transformation.
La familia de candela, la joven protagonista y narradora de esta novela—seis hermanas, la madre, la abuela y la tía Mary—esta immersa en una realidad cotidiana de corte almodovariano, de ilusiones perdidas, relaciones amorosas que terminan en amargos desengaños, e ingenuas esperanzas en un futuro mejor. Para escapar esta realidad, Candela toma un trabajo en una funeraria. Su vida cambia una noche cuando encuentra que tiene que embalsamar al pa...
The movement games in this book are intended to cultivate children's social and creative abilities. Some are based on playground games, others on professional theater and dance exercises. The games are divided into ten categories including touch and reaction, concentration and puzzles, impersonation and cooperation, and music and movement.
Taking into account cultural influences and how they affect the church's capacity to carry out its evangelistic mission, Tuck proposes practical ideas based in a biblical theology of evangelism that can enable church members to evangelize with greater sensitivity and effectiveness.
This beautifully designed book follows ten-year-old Joe Joe Rawlings as he faces challenges, and encounters guidance from a rich cast of historical characters in this series written for African-American children ages six to ten.
Provides an authentic window into life on the Flathead Indian Reservation and pre-reservation Salish history, and particularly the Salish' relationship to the buffalo through oral interviews conducted in the 1920s and 1930s and preserved by the Montana Writers Project.
The definitive climbing guidebook to Alaska's mountain peaks, from the Southeast to the Brooks RangeDetails 80 routes throughout AlaskaNewest addition to The Mountaineers Books' popular A Climbing Guide seriesIncludes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, difficulty and time information, ratings, and moreNational Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) instructors Mike Wood and Colby Coombs have teamed up to write this definitive climbin...
