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A Great Deception

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Author : Western Shugden Society
Publisher : Western Shugden Society
ISBN 13 : 0615329241
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book A Great Deception written by Western Shugden Society and published by Western Shugden Society. This book was released on 2010 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courageous and compelling account of Tibetan history and the activities of the current Dalai Lama that stand in stark contrast to popular perceptions of a "holy" politician. With an extensive compilation of news stories, documents, personal accounts, and chronologies, a tangle of religion and politics is revealed that plays out in Tibetan exile communities and across the international stage, embodied in the person of the 14th Dalai Lama. The aims of this book are religious--to end an illegal ban on a mainstream Buddhist practice that the Dalai Lama has personally rejected and maligned. However, to get to the heart of this human rights issue and to gain the support of those who can affect its resolution, the book endeavors to follow knotted threads of political ambitions, deception, greed, and betrayal to unravel the popular mythology that surrounds the iconic Dalai Lama of Tibet.

American Singing Groups

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Author : Jay Warner
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634099786
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book American Singing Groups written by Jay Warner and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a decade-by-decade history of American singing groups, from the Ames and Mills Brothers, to the Platters and the Beach Boys, to Destiny's Child, the Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, and many others, covering more than 380 artists and furnishing information on each group's career, key members, influences, photos, and discographies. Original.

The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars

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Author : Jeremy Simmonds
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613744781
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars written by Jeremy Simmonds and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published by the Penguin Group, London, as Number one in Heaven: the heroes who died for rock 'n' roll.

Discographies of Commercial Recordings of the Cleveland Orchestra

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Author : Betty Meyers
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Discographies of Commercial Recordings of the Cleveland Orchestra written by Betty Meyers and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1978-12-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product information not available.

Doniphan's Epic March

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Author : Joseph G. Dawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doniphan's Epic March written by Joseph G. Dawson and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1846-1847, a ragtag army of 800 American volunteers marched 3,500 miles across deserts and mountains, through Indian territory and into Mexico. There they handed the Mexican army one of its most demoralizing defeats and helped the United States win its first foreign war. Their leader Colonel Alexander Doniphan, also a volunteer, was a "natural soldier" of towering stature who became a national hero in the wake of his wartime exploits. Doniphan was a small-town Missouri lawyer untrained in military matters when he answered President Polk's call for volunteers in the war with Mexico. Working from a host of primary sources, Joseph Dawson focuses on Doniphan's extraordinary leadership and chronicles how the colonel and his 1st Missouri Mounted Regiment helped capture New Mexico and went on to invade Chihuahua. Contending with wildfires, sandstorms, poor provisions, and the threat of attack from Apaches, they eventually came face-to-face with the formidable cannon and cavalry of a much larger Mexican force. Yet, at the Battle of Sacramento, these hardy volunteers outflanked General Jose Heredia's army and claimed a stunning American victory on foreign soil. Dawson explores and analyzes the many facets of Doniphan's exploits, from the decision to proceed to Chihuahua in the wake of the Taos Revolt to the tactics that shaped his victory at Sacramento, describing that battle in heart-stopping detail. He tells how Doniphan's legal expertise enabled him to supervise America's first military government administering a conquered land at Santa Fe and highlights Doniphan's remarkable cooperation with U.S. Army officers at a time when antagonism typified relationships between volunteers and regulars. He also introduces readers to other key personalities of the campaign, from fellow officers Stephen W. Kearny and Meriwether L. Clark to James Kiker, the controversial scout whom Doniphan reluctantly trusted. Dawson's thorough account captures the expansionist mood of America in the mid-nineteenth century and helps us understand how American soldiers were motivated by the idea of Manifest Destiny. His portrait of Doniphan and his troops reinforces the importance of the citizen-soldier in American history and provides a new window on the war that changed forever the hopes and dreams of our border nations.

Between Rhyme and Reason

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Author : Stanislav Shvabrin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487516401
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Between Rhyme and Reason written by Stanislav Shvabrin and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of such global bestsellers as Lolita and Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977) is also one of the most controversial literary translators and translation theorists of modern time. In Between Rhyme and Reason, Stanislav Shvabrin discloses the complexity, nuance, and contradictions behind Nabokov’s theory and practice of literalism to reveal how and why translation came to matter to Nabokov so much. Drawing on familiar as well as unknown materials, Shvabrin traces the surprising and largely unknown trajectory of Nabokov’s lifelong fascination with translation to demonstrate that, for Nabokov, translation was a form of intellectual communion with his peers across no fewer than six languages. Empowered by Mikhail Bakhtin’s insights into the interactive roots of literary creativity, Shvabrin’s interpretative chronicle of Nabokov’s involvement with translation shows how his dialogic encounters with others in the medium of translation left verbal vestiges on his own creations. Refusing to regard translation as a form of individual expression, Nabokov translated to communicate with his interlocutors, whose words and images continue to reverberate throughout his allusion-rich texts.

Ras Tafari in Lusoland: On the 50th anniversary of Haile Selassie´s I state visit to Portugal, 1959-2009

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Author : Alexandra Magnólia Dias
Publisher : Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL)
ISBN 13 : 9728335180
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book Ras Tafari in Lusoland: On the 50th anniversary of Haile Selassie´s I state visit to Portugal, 1959-2009 written by Alexandra Magnólia Dias and published by Centro de Estudos Internacionais do Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL). This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Resistance and Unity

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Author : Tashi Gelek, Dorjee Damdul, Tashi Dhondup, Carole McGranahan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1645877981
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Resistance and Unity written by Tashi Gelek, Dorjee Damdul, Tashi Dhondup, Carole McGranahan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an important addition to the history of Tibetan opposition to the Chinese takeover of their country. Shangri Lhagyal was one of many Tibetans who refused to cooperate with the Chinese as they tried to substantiate and legitimate their claim to sovereignty over Tibet. He, like many others, was forced into open opposition as the only honorable option. Although he modestly resisted a leadership role in the Resistance, his competence and reputation for integrity led others to choose him as one of the most important Resistance leaders. Although he did not leave an extensive written record, several members of his family have admirably filled in the historical record of the events in which he played such an important role. As the editors of this account have emphasized, it is important for Tibetans as well as the outside world to know the true history of the Tibetan resistance to China’s forcible imposition of its rule over the formerly independent country. —Warren W. Smith, author of Tibetan Nation: A History of Tibetan Nationalism and Sino-Tibetan Relations This book is inspired by H.H. the Dalai Lama’s idea that each Tibetan refugee, especially the freedom fighters, should document their personal experiences to inspire and to keep coming generations of Tibetan well informed about the true history of Tibet. The book deals brilliantly with many minute and significant details of modern Tibetan history, lived by ordinary citizens, which would have otherwise gone unrecorded and unsung. It is, by all means, a must-read for the new generation of Tibetans as well as their non-Tibetan supporters. —Vijay Kranti, author of Dalai Lama: The Soldier of Peace Resistance and Unity is more than Makchi Shangri Lhagyal’s personal story. It is a condensed modern history of Tibet from a Tibetan perspective. Following Shangri Lhagyal’s life, readers go back to the crucial years of the 1950s-60s when Tibet—a country that was never before ruled by any foreign power—was made part of the People’s Republic of China. Tibetan freedom fighters fought heroically against social transformation programs forcefully imposed by the Chinese Communist Party. Many fought to the last drop of blood. For Chinese readers, this is a must-read book. —Jianglin Li, author of Tibet in Agony: Lhasa 1959

The British Pop Music Film

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Author : S. Glynn
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230392237
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The British Pop Music Film written by S. Glynn and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed examination of the place of pop music film in British cinema, Stephen Glynn explores the interpenetration of music and cinema in an economic, social and aesthetic context through case studies ranging from Cliff Richard to The Rolling Stones, and from The Beatles to Plan B.

Martin Scorsese

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Author : Vincent LoBrutto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313050619
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Martin Scorsese written by Vincent LoBrutto and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Scorsese's current position in the international film community is unrivaled, and his name has become synonymous with the highest standards of filmmaking excellence. He is widely considered America's best living film director, and his Taxi Driver and Raging Bull appear frequently on worldwide surveys of the best films of all time. Here, in the first biographical account of this artist's life, Vincent LoBrutto traces Scorsese's Italian-American heritage, his strict Catholic upbringing, the continuing role of religion in his life and art, his obsessive love of cinema history, and the powerful impact that the streets of New York City had on his personal life and his professional career. Meanwhile, the filmmaker's humble, soft-spoken public persona tells only part of the story, and LoBrutto will delve into the other side of a complex and often tortured personality. Scorsese's intense passion, his private relationships, his stormy marriages, and his battles with drugs and depression are all chronicled here, and, in many cases, for the first time. In addition, the book includes an interview with the director, as well as filmographies cataloging his work as a director, producer, actor, and presenter. As his Best Director award at the 2007 Oscars clearly demonstrated, Scorsese has become something like Hollywood royalty in recent years, finally enjoying the insider status and favor that eluded him for most of his career. But these recent developments aside, Scorsese is also notable as a distinctly American type of artist, one whose work-created in a medium largely controlled by commercialism and marketing-has always been unmistakably his own, and who thus remains a touchstone of artistic integrity in American cinema. In Martin Scorsese: A Biography, readers can examine not only the work of one of the form's genuine artists, but also the forces that have propelled the man behind it.

Showman of the Screen

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Author : A. T. McKenna
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813168724
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Showman of the Screen written by A. T. McKenna and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short, immaculately dressed, and shockingly foul-mouthed, Joseph E. Levine (1905--1987) was larger than life. He rose from poverty in Boston's West End to become one of postwar Hollywood's most prolific independent promoters, distributors, and producers. Alternately respected and reviled, this master of movie promotion was responsible for bringing films as varied as Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956), Hercules (1958), The Graduate (1967), The Lion in Winter (1968), and A Bridge Too Far (1977) to American audiences . In the first biography of this controversial pioneer, A. T. McKenna traces Levine's rise as an influential packager of popular culture. He explores the mogul's pivotal role in many significant industry innovations from the 1950s to the 1970s, examining his use of saturation release tactics and bombastic advertising campaigns. Levine was also a trailblazer in promoting European art house cinema in the 1960s. He made Federico Fellini's 81⁄2 (1963) a hit in America, feuded with Jean-Luc Godard over their production of Contempt (1963), and campaigned aggressively for Sophia Loren to become the first actress to win an Oscar for a foreign language performance for her role in Two Women (1960). Despite his significant accomplishments and prominent role in shaping film distribution and promotion in the post-studio era, Levine is largely overlooked today. McKenna's in-depth biography corrects misunderstandings and misinformation about this colorful figure, and offers a sober assessment of his contributions to world cinema. It also illuminates Levine's peculiar talent for movie- and self-promotion, as well as his extraordinary career in the motion picture business.

Congressional Record

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Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1486 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Guide to the Poetry of William Carlos Williams

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Author : Kelli A. Larson
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guide to the Poetry of William Carlos Williams written by Kelli A. Larson and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poet William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) espoused the ideal that true poetry is rooted in the details of everyday life. He developed the technique of the variable foot, expressing the cadences and rhythms of speech which are documented in this text.

Lyric Tragedy

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Author : Ronald P Draper
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349179167
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Lyric Tragedy written by Ronald P Draper and published by Springer. This book was released on 1985-08-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Bibliography of Chinese Language Materials on the People's Communes

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Author : Wei-yi Ma
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047290177X
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book A Bibliography of Chinese Language Materials on the People's Communes written by Wei-yi Ma and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A research tool for scholars studying modern China, particularly those focusing on the post-1949 communal system and economy. The work includes full bibliographic references to some 2,800 essay, articles, pamphlets, and other materials in Chinese taken from more than 130 publications, primarily from mainland. The entries are arranged are arranged topically with annotations. Includes a geographic index to the communes referred to in the listed items.

Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters

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Author : Sheldon Hall
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814336973
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters written by Sheldon Hall and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the history of the American blockbuster—the large-scale, high-cost film—as it evolved from the 1890s to today. The pantheon of big-budget, commercially successful films encompasses a range of genres, including biblical films, war films, romances, comic-book adaptations, animated features, and historical epics. In Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History authors Sheldon Hall and Steve Neale discuss the characteristics, history, and modes of distribution and exhibition that unite big-budget pictures, from their beginnings in the late nineteenth century to the present. Moving chronologically, the authors examine the roots of today's blockbuster in the "feature," "special," "superspecial," "roadshow," "epic," and "spectacle" of earlier eras, with special attention to the characteristics of each type of picture. In the first section, Hall and Neale consider the beginnings of features, specials, and superspecials in American cinema, as the terms came to define not the length of a film but its marketable stars or larger budget. The second section investigates roadshowing as a means of distributing specials and the changes to the roadshow that resulted from the introduction of synchronized sound in the 1920s. In the third section, the authors examine the phenomenon of epics and spectacles that arose from films like Gone with the Wind, Samson and Deliliah, and Spartacus and continues to evolve today in films like Spider-Man and Pearl Harbor. In this section, Hall and Neale consider advances in visual and sound technology and the effects and costs they introduced to the industry. Scholars of film and television studies as well as readers interested in the history of American moviemaking will enjoy Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters.

Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office

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Author : United States. Patent Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1482 pages
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Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office written by United States. Patent Office and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: