69 Ergebnisse - Zeige 61 von 69.

Dance marathons were a phenomenally popular fad during the manic 1920s and depressive 1930s. What began as a craze soon developed into a money-making business which lasted 30 years. Some 20, 000 contestants and show personnel participated in these events, audiences, the majority women, totalled in the millions. A Poor Man's Nightclub, dance marathons were the dog-end of American show business, a bastard form of entertainment which borrowed fro...

Keine Beschreibung.

Increasingly popular in the United States and Europe, Andean panpipe and flute music draws its vitality from the traditions of rural highland villages and of rural migrants who have settled in Andean cities. In Moving Away from Silence, Thomas Turino describes panpipe and flute traditions in the context of this rural-urban migration and the turbulent politics that have influenced Peruvian society and local identities throughout this century. T...

This book is an attempt to make sense out of Ronald Reagan by linking him to various grassroots dimensions of American popular mythology and mind. It attempts to utilize a variety of sources from American and popular culture studies, works on Reagan, and popular materials such as movies to offer an interpretation of reagan as an exemplar of the political relevance and power of popular culture.

The death of Meriwether Lewis is one of the great mysteries of American history. Vardis Fisher meticulously reconstructs the events and presents his own version of the case with the precision and persuasiveness of a fine trial lawyer.

David Peoples reveals how you can reach the decision makers at the top and clinch the sale. It' s tougher than ever to win over today' s customers, but it helps to have David Peoples on your side. This internationally known author, speaker, and sales trainer has already trained over 8, 000 IBM salespeople in his highly successful sales program. He gives you proven strategies for getting your foot in the top executive' s door, building a relati...

This analysis of our times examines the wrong beliefs America has held supreme--"idols" that are to blame for our nation's decay--and suggests how our problems can be healed.

Keine Beschreibung.

Acknowledgments Strabo Reading Megasthenes Dives The Guest Ellen at the Supper for Street People Committee Civilization and Its Discontents The Blind People The Proselyte A Young Woman Goodnight Nocturnal Abyss Name Of Rhyme Epigram Autumn Garden Dog Horses Unos Caballos Roof At the Hospital A Morning Song Of Violets Levis Exsurgit Zephirus Herbsttag The Lesson In the Garden Roman Elegy VIII When We Were Children Mnemosyne Harvesters Resting M...