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Since the 1990s, New Orleans has been experiencing its greatest musical renaissance since Louis Armstrong. Brass band, funk, hip hop, Mardi Gras Indian, zydeco, and other styles are rocking the city. Jack Sullivan shines a light on superb artists little known to the general public, a surge of female, Asian, and other previously marginalized groups, and artists who have broken into the national spotlight.

For centuries, distinguished writers have taken on the challenge of describing great music and its significance in their lives. From Joseph Addison to Virgil Thomson, writers in and out of the music field have used their most vivid language to conjure the sounds and emotions of the music that mattered most to them. Yet until this book, no single volume has ever collected the best of this writing in one place. Scattered in magazines, essay coll...

Immer wieder verschwinden Menschen und Tiere im Tal von Sethfield. Erst als die Tochter von Gouverner Shaber vermisst wird, sollen die beiden FBI Agenten Paige Sullivan und Daniel Miller ermitteln. Sie haben dabei nicht nur mit einem geheimnisvollen Nebel und tödlichen Schleim zu tun, sondern können sich gegenseitig nicht ausstehen und stehen sich im Weg - im Kampf gegen eine höhere Rasse und die Mayas sagen es voraus - das Ende der Welt.

This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory, a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists. Special attention is given to key historical changes in theoretical approaches over the past half-century with full recognition of the contestation over state-based theory, and...

This book is a synthetic historiography of present-day international relations theory, a critical analysis of the continuing diversity and complexity of enduring themes through a sustained focus on the analysis of the empirical evidence accumulated by social scientists. Special attention is given to key historical changes in theoretical approaches over the past half-century with full recognition of the contestation over state-based theory, and...

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The author was called to active duty in three wars. World War II. Second, the Korean War and third, The Cuban Missile Crisis after which he was held on active duty and in 1969 and 1970 made repeated trips to Vietnam as the Aircraft Maintenance Officer of Cubi Point representing Deputy COM FAIR WEST PAC. This exciting story tells of his part in these wars and realistically portrays the role the Reserve Component of the Navy played in each. He c...

For half a century Alfred Hitchcock created films full of gripping and memorable music. Over his long career he presided over more musical styles than any director in history and ultimately changed how we think about film music. This book is the first to fully explore the essential role music played in the movies of Alfred Hitchcock. Based on extensive interviews with composers, writers, and actors, and research in rare archives, Jack Sullivan...