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This new volume in Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics presents 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes and 19 waltzes - a large amount of music at a value price. There are new urtext editions of seven pieces included, not edited by Joseffy in his original Schirmer editions: Prelude in A-flat Major (1834), Nocturne in C-sharp minor (1830), Nocturne in C minor (1837), and Waltzes in A-flat Major (1830), E-flat Major (1830), E-flat Major (1840), and A minor (1843).
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Chopin collection_sheet music .......2007-07-12
Carefully transcripted and correctly analysed in both tonal and expression matters this sheet music Chopin collection covers the needs of both the experienced and the amateurs pianists.
an outstanding value.......2007-06-12
This book is an excellent value with offerings suitable for the intermediate to advanced player. A wonderful opportunity to add these selections to your music library. The book itself is about 245 pages it stays open easily on my music stand. The pages are large and printing is dark.
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Chajim H. Steinthal: Sprachwissenschaftler Und Philosophim 19.Jahrhundert/Linguise and Philosopher in the 19th Century (Studies in European Judaism, 4)
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In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long -- and unjustifiably -- forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn.
Further inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents, but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and his revered master: Thomas Jefferson. In these extraordinary books, we find Blackburn, at first a young carpenter, engaged in the construction of Jefferson's famed "academical village" at the University of Virginia. He simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of architectural study, guided, it appears, by Jefferson himself. The drawings he executed in the four decades that followed -- extraordinary ink and watercolor explorations of his many residential and civic commissions -- bear witness to his emergence as a mature and prolific architect in his own right.
In Jefferson's Shadow is a unique document of the relationship between an unknown but highly skilled country builder and the American statesman widely considered this nation's first gentleman architect. But it is also an indispensable resource on the little-understood practice of architecture in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
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little-known early American architect and his work and influence .......2006-12-02
Thomas R. Blackburn's recently discovered architectural drawings and related papers at the Virginia Historical Society provide a look at his "architectural education." Blackburn worked on the University of Virginia with Thomas Jefferson and afterwards went on to build notable buildings on his own in Virginia's Piedmont region and Shenandoah Valley. Among these buildings are the Western Lunatic Asylum and the John A. G. Davis House. The discovered drawings and related papers are reproduced, most one per page, in over 150 color plates following the 100 or so pages of biographical and evaluative text by Green, an architectural historian teaching and writing mostly on Virginia architecture. Overall, text and plates establish Blackburn as an important and in some ways seminal first-generation American architect who widened the geographical range of the classic architecture related mostly to Jefferson.
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Another SF Guy's View.......2005-09-22
I was there too in another team (not the best in 3rd Group since I wouldn't even know what that means). But I sure don't remember it being so dramatic and I must have left my secret decoder ring at Bragg because I missed the whole conspiracy thing completely.
You shouldn't attack MSG Goff's credentials (because of what I remember, he was a stand up guy on the ground and I don't remember YOU there) or because he got in trouble for drinking or what have you. (It was a wonder we didn't all end up in jail on that trip.) What is important to understand is that he was just a guy walking in the wedge like the rest of us and has no greater insight than any of you as to what the master plan was (or is). Hell, his commander's commander didn't have any better clue. In fact, you all back here in the world probably had the advantage of distance that helped you see a lot clearer than us literally face to face with the problem every day.
All that being said, this is a great example of that timeless SF oral tradition, the war story (There I was, There I was, There I was, no sh*t) and it can be appreciated in that vein for its entertainment value. Think Commander McBragg without the accent. Personally, I always preferred the Go Go Gopher Indians. Just my two cents.
Very personal account of one man's disallusionment.......2004-05-01
Let's face it, the US government is probably every bit as evil as former US Army MSG Goff makes it out to be. He should certainly know, and I don't doubt that his comment about not wanting his experience in Haiti to be "another El Salvador" hides some dark secrets. Perhaps he will grace us with a book on that one day. But first, he must do us all a favor and regurgitate the idiocy that Leninism will save mankind. For by the end of his Haitian adventure (and conveniently just before he's put in his 20 years and qualified for a pension from the US Army), Mr. Goff is an avowed Leninist. His next book is not entitled "What I did in El Salvador", but rather will be some radical tract about "Women and War".
So should you read this book? It's well written, though a bit too long (one feels that it's building up to some kind of dramatic climax that never really happens, unless you consider that to be Goff's inevitable arrest and removal from Haiti). The little bit of communist diatribe doesn't come until the end, unlike with his more recent book "Full Spectrum Disorder", where it leaps off almost every page. "Hideous Dream" is a good read, and will help you understand much better what happened "on the ground", so to speak, in 1994. And once again, you will be disheartened to learn of all the evil people in the world who thrive and rape and kill not despite of the US government, but BECAUSE of it. For it turns out that the mission is to restore all the brutal and murderous club and machete-wielding macoutes to power! Democracy, hell!
It is no wonder that people all over the world hate us, because our government never practices what it preaches.
Just don't forget that socialism has killed just as many people as facism. The problem is not facism vs. socialism, it's -ism! Mr. Goff's heart is in the right place, but his head isn't. He's made the same fatal mistake of so many millions of intellectuals in the last century, forsaking one evil for another. And when the system changes to their liking, they are always the first ones to go.
a true warrior.......2003-12-17
Stan has a unique perspective, and I can say as a former paratrooper myself that he has my ultimate respect. The time spent and units he served under are not to be taken lightly. Obviously to be chosen for these units you are at the very best at what you do. Brainwashing in the military, especially these unit's, is well documented. I can say from my experience, and the experience's of my father, a career Army enlisted man himself and Vietnam veteran - it is thorough. Stan obviously kept his sanity through all of this, and is doing our country a GREAT service by telling the truth. He has my absolute respect, unlike many of our political leaders who lie and grease the palms of eachother to achieve their selfish goals. American's would do themselves a great service by slowly sipping his words and opening their eyes. Thank you Stan.
An inside look.......2003-09-07
First let me start by saying that many of those critical of Goff's observations drip with a need to discredit MSG Goff, and with that discredit all the insiders who openly speak out against the agenda's that have guided U.S. foreign policy for most of its history. The most tried and true tactic of those who support the foreign policy decisions of the U.S. government has always been to discredit the individual, hoping then that what they say will also be discredited. I wish to say that those motives stand out in the reviews, as does their lack of factual evidence to counter claims made by not only Goff, but by countless other former employees of Uncle Sam whom claim that the military is the muscle for the business interests of the wealthy elite, (pretty much an all white club) and ethics and morality are not what we fight for abroad. Of course, the more surprising the credentials of the disodence, the more low blows it takes in the desperate attempts to just make what they are saying go away so we'll never have to face that we have to get off our butts and actually think about how we'll make a difference in a situation that seems more and more hopeless every day. Goff is not the only insider who has come out and spoken about the contradictions they witnessed that took the innocence away from them. Others include (plesae look these folks up on your own) Marine Corps General and Medal of Honor receiver, Smedley Butler, former CIA operative Phillip Agee, and former U.S. attorney General Ramsey Clark. All support Goff's ascertations. Countless others do as well, but this is not about them, this is a review of MSG Stan Goff.
The personal attacks to discredit Goff instead of standing up to his ascertations were not effectively masked at all. I agree with another reviewer that the comment made about Goff "becoming Black" is not a very effective way to critique Goff. Nor is another reviewer's comments about Goff breaking General Order one by drinking alcahol. In case you've not heard, once you cross into a brother hood that embraces killing and dying as a way of life, drinking and other destructive behavior (such as bar brawling) that is officialy against the rules is practically a rite of passage and to judge Goff for drinking with his men is to judge a huge population of the military.
I would hope that their would be more straight forward and factual criticism for those whom disagree with MSG Goff. One reviewer claims that Goff distorts facts, please, tell us which ones he distorts if you are going to make those claims so readers can better examine the attack on Goff's credibility.
One reviewer doubts Goff's membership to the elite Special Forces unit, "Delta Force." I would direct that reader to Eric Heney's recent book, Inside Delta Force, where Goff is clearly recognizable as one of the Delta Operators in one of Haney's pictures of B Squadrdron, 1982, Greneda. Of course, Goff is the only one pensively looking away from the camera, conflict plain as day on his face. Haney took the liberty of changing Goff's name for his privacy, calling him Stan Johnson. Most people who criticize Goff would be advised to take note of the fact that, Heney, while less open about his criticism's of foreign policy than Goff, openly expresses the morally corrupt and oppressive role he saw the U.S. plaing in Central America in the 1980's. Right wing death squads? Murder of thousands of civilains by men equiped, trained and advised, and often led by U.S. forces? Heney expresses the torment he felt about being involved in these kinds of operatoins. These things are old news and are not disputed, even by men like Heney who write not to critique U.S. foreign policy, but are simply telling of the role they played and how they felt. It is far more watered down than Goff's criticisms, showing even more that many can see the contradiction, but shy away from opening pandora's box too far, for it usually signals the super patriots attacks on their credibility and loyalties. These should stop being the knee jerk reactions to those with opinions that differ from the status quo. Much is at stake in these times and better infomred is better equiped to make decisions that best honor the good in the spirit of humanity. My advice to those who are considering this book: Do your research. Be open minded. Think before you attack those who criticize the status quo. It is in all of our best interests.
Great Book.......2003-08-19
This is an excellent, detailed book by someone who isn't afraid to speak the truth about current conditions in the United States military.
Notice that the reviewers below are unable to point out any factual problems with the book, but persist in ad hominem attacks against the author. This is merely sad, and indicative of the lengths military apologists will go to resist any criticism whatsoever.
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The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929-1934 (Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, V. 19)
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The 1934 strike of southern textile workers, involving nearly 400,000 mill hands, remains perhaps the largest collective mobilization of workers in U.S. history. How these workers came together in the face of the powerful and coercive opposition of management and the state is the remarkable story at the center of this book.
The Voice of Southern Labor chronicles the lives and experiences of southern textile workers and provides a unique perspective on the social, cultural, and historical forces that came into play when the group struck, first in 1929, and then on a massive scale in 1934. The workers' grievances, solidarity, and native radicalism of the time were often reflected in the music they listened to and sang, and Vincent J. Roscigno and William F. Danaher offer an in-depth context for understanding this intersection of labor, politics, and culture.
The authors show how the message of the southern mill hands spread throughout the region with the advent of radio and the rise of ex-mill worker musicians, and how their sense of opportunity was further bolstered by Franklin D. Roosevelt's radio speeches and policies.
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Max Beckmann (Modern Masters Series, Vol. 19)
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well researched, broad brush, educational reading.......2006-08-24
Completely enjoyed this book, well written, thoughtful, easy to read, concise, without boring you with tedious detail, a overview of the plains Indians, who they were, how they lived, many interesting facts, stories, and loads of great history. I really enjoyed the book and will keep it for reference a long time. Mr. Carlson, did an outstanding job on this writing!
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Images of the Other, Europe and the Muslim World Before 1700: Cairo Papers, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Cairo Papers in Social Science)
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Includes essays on Muslim perceptions of the West and Western impressions of the Muslim world in the Middle Ages, as well as a section on Arabs and Byzantines.
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