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Major General George Owen Squier was a remarkable man. During the 1920s and 30s, he was one of the most famous men in America and abroad, as a scientist, soldier, military strategist, electrical communications expert and inventor, aeronautical pioneer, diplomat, and philanthropist. His inventions in communications technology are fundamental to today's telephone system. Despite his many achievements no biography of George Squier has, before now...

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Mystics are those who are seeking a definite, direct experience. They are not satisfied with dogma, traditions, or the theoretical study of metaphysics. Rather, they seek a practice that will lead them to a numinous experience of the Ultimate. They yearn, not for faith, or belief but for a sure knowing of the truth of existence. True mystics know that their paradigm must be practical, because it ultimately affects their success or failure. The...

In the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, an extraordinary Dickensian story of wealth and eccentricity.

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See Shakespeare's plays as a member of an Elizabethan audience would have done! Six plays are examined in an original and engaging way, re-entering the culture and mind set of Shakespeare's time. If you are already familiar with the plays you will gain fascinating insights. If you have only slight knowledge you will certainly be drawn in to read more. The plays are: Titus Andronicus Richard the Third The Merchant of Venice Measure for Measure ...

As the airline industry struggles to extricate itself from its latest crisis, the time has come to examine the fundamentals of airline business strategy in a more innovative way and find answers to the questions, "What went wrong?" and "Why didn't we see it coming?". Stormy Skies captures the key issues that determine a viable airline industry in an increasingly globalised world and calls for more radical business thinking to ensure that mista...

A pioneering study of the genesis of the Fifth Generation of Chinese filmmakers, who emerged in the 1980s with films of startling originality. Through an analysis of this generation and its films, Clark brings several decades of transformation in Chinese society into vivid relief. The book focuses on the making and meaning of films such as Judou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell My Concubine. Clark also draws heavily on interviews with dire...

With contributions from prominent historians, Australian History Now offers revealing and refreshing accounts of the ways Australian historians think about the nation's past. Australian History Now is an engaging and often surprising introduction to the ways Australians understand and write their history in academic, popular and school books, argue about it in the media, present it in museums and watch it on television.

Excerpt from Prize Essays by Scholars of the High School in the State of California, Upon the Subject "Patrick Henry"Only those are eligible whose ancestors participated upon the Colonial side in the War of the Revolution.The Societies in the Eastern States in carrying out the practical objects of the Organization have erected statues of distinguished men of the Continental Army, and placed bronze and marble tablets upon spots made memorable b...

Paul F. Clark is Head and Professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at Penn State University. He is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books, including Building More Effective Unions and Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector, both from Cornell.

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A pioneering study of the startlingly original films by Chinese filmmakers of the 1980s, such as Judou, Raise the Red Lantern, and Farewell My Concubine. These films bring into vivid relief changes in Chinese society over several decades, drawing on interviews with directors including Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Tian Zhuangzhuang.Paul Clark's Chinese Cinema: Culture and Politics since 1949 was a groundbreaking book, and in Reinventing China, ...

The stories written by Dr. Paul A. Clark in this book are most entertaining and shed light upon a number of occult principles. In the tradition of Dion Fortune's "The Secrets of Dr. Taverner, " Paul embodies little-known aspects of occult psychology in the form of fiction. Dion Fortune claimed that she used fiction to publish such aspects because if they were published as non-fiction "they would have no chance of hearing." While reading these ...

Employers have long turned to behavioral science for guidance on making their organizations more effective. Labor scholar Paul F. Clark believes union leaders should also take advantage of the valuable discoveries made in this field, and he offers a straightforward account of how they can do so.Much of the behavioral science research relevant to unions relies on complex statistical analyses and is disseminated through scholarly journals. This ...

Zico. Nestor. Tino. Paco. C sar. These are the names of just a few of the boys lost on the streets and in the jungles of Peru - abandoned by their families or fleeing abuse at the hands of their parents, the police, or others. Out of a life of unspeakable poverty, they steal to survive and sniff glue to escape. But like these boys, whose stories are told in this book, many are found, receiving food, medicine, love, friendship, and faith in Go...

This book analyzes the Cultural Revolution through the conflict between innovation and a top-down enforcement of modernity.

Clark analyzes the Cultural Revolution through the conflict between innovation and a top-down enforcement of modernity.

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