Eric Clapton's position as the world's greatest rock guitarist is unlikely to change in our lifetime. His career over the past four decades has been closely followed by millions of fans, as a member o
This collection of Joan Miro's writings presents a portrait of the artist in his own words. Miro's notebooks, letters, and interviews reveal the work and life of a brilliant artist revered for his uncanny expression of the subconscious.
..". a major addition to the literature on oral traditions." --Journal of Religion in AfricaThis 750-year-old epic celebratesthe exploits of the legendary founder of the Empire of Old Mali. It constitutes avirtual social, political, and cultural charter and embodies deep-rooted aspects ofMande cosmology. The fully annotated translation is accompanied by an introductionthat provides a historical and contextual framework for understanding the re...
Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a truly popular entertainer, with a careerthat spanned four decades. She was a hit in almost every branch of American showbusiness -- burlesque and vaudeville, drama and musical revues (including nineZiegfeld Follies), film and radio. She is most often remembered for hercharacterization of the radio brat Baby Snooks, yet Snooks was not Brice's bestrole. A brilliant comic, Fanny Brice had a significant impact on a fi...
Philosophy has often been criticized for privileging the abstract, thisvolume attempts to remedy that situation. Focusing on one of the most concrete ofhuman concerns, food, the editors argue for the existence of a philosophy of food.The collection provides various approaches to the subject matter, offering newreadings of a number of texts -- religious, philosophical, anthropological, culinary, poetic, and economic. Included are readings rangi...
GEORGE HOULE, Professor of Music at Stanford University, is author of Meter and Music: 1600¿1800. He has produced a modern edition of Le Ballet des F¿eux: Beauchamp¿s Music for Moli¿¿s Comedy and of Doulce memoire, the latter containing twenty-four versions of the chanson.
Thomas's ground-breaking study should occupy a central place in theliterature of American urban history." -- Choice
..".path-breaking... a fine community study... " -- Journal of AmericanStudies
"Thomas's work is essential reading... succeeds inproviding a bridge of information on the social, political, legal, and economicdevelopment of the Detroit black community between the turn of the century and1945." -- Michigan Historical Review
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Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) is best known as the popular bandleader whose hits included "Cherokee", "Pompton Turnpike", and "Skyliner". But he was also the first to break the colour barrier in a popular dance band, and his black musicians included Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, and singer Lena Horne, his white musicians included Jack Purvis, Red Norvo, Maynard Ferguson, and Doc Severinson. Barnet not only played jazz, he lived the jazz life: in thi...
General Sheridan was the most important Union Cavalry commander of the Civil War, and ranks as one of America's greatest horse soldiers. In 1888 he published his two-volume memoirs. Here reprinted in one volume, with an introduction by noted Civil War historian Jeffry Wert, The Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan is one of the best first-hand accounts of the Civil War and the Indian wars which followed.
Almighty God--Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor." It was with these words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the troops that were to mount the final a
Jazz: America's Classical Music is a delightful introduction and guide to this complex and compelling music and to its rich history. In an engaging and conversational style, renowned jazz teacher Gro
In the year 216 B.C., Hannibal of Carthage, faced with an opposing Roman army twice the size of his own, outwitted the enemy at Cannae by means of a strategy which has become a classic of its kind. As
In their long, continuing struggle for equality, American women have had to rely primarily on their own resources, which have been considerable. Yet many men have helped advance their cause. Perhaps f
