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Category : Catholic Church
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Classical Folia
Author: Boom's Blues
Author: Wim VerbeiPublisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496812514
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Boom's Blues stands as both a remarkable biography of J. Frank G. Boom (1920–1953) and a recovery of his incredible contribution to blues scholarship originally titled The Blues: Satirical Songs of the North American Negro. Wim Verbei tells how and when the Netherlands was introduced to African American blues music and describes the equally dramatic and peculiar friendship that existed between Boom and jazz critic and musicologist Will Gilbert, who worked for the Kultuurkamer during World War II and had been charged with the task of formulating the Nazi's Jazzverbod, the decree prohibiting the public performance of jazz. Boom's Blues ends with the annotated and complete text of Boom's The Blues, providing the international world at last with an English version of the first book-length study of the blues. At the end of the 1960s, a series of thirteen blues paperbacks edited by Paul Oliver for the London publisher November Books began appearing. One manuscript landed on his desk that had been written in 1943 by a then twenty-three-year-old Amsterdammer, Frank (Frans) Boom. Its publication, to which Oliver gave the title Laughing to Keep from Crying, was announced on the back jacket of the last three Blues Paperbacks in 1971 and 1972. Yet it never was published and the manuscript once more disappeared. In October 1996, Dutch blues expert and publicist Verbei went in search of the presumably lost manuscript and the story behind its author. It only took him a couple of months to track down the manuscript, but it took another ten years to glean the full story behind the extraordinary Frans Boom, who passed away in 1953 in Indonesia.
British Film Institute Film Classics
Author: Rob WhitePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781579583286
Category : Motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Living Waters from Ancient Springs
Author: Jason P. Van VlietPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1630877204
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Is the Old Testament still relevant for Christians today? Which fountains of wisdom, which never-failing streams, which wells of joy-filled salvation are we missing out on, if we neglect the Old Testament (Prov 18:4; Amos 5:24; Isa 12:3)? In this celebratory volume, fifteen scholars collaborate to explain and expound diverse aspects of the Christian life, with a special focus on drawing lines from the Old Testament through the New Testament toward the daily reality of living together as pilgrims in the church of Christ. This book commemorates the retirement of Dr. Cornelis Van Dam, professor of Old Testament, from the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For three decades, Dr. Van Dam taught seminary students to draw living water from the wells of salvation. All the contributors to this book have benefited in one way or another from his knowledge and instruction.
The House of Holt, 1866-1946
Author: Ellen D. GilbertPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Examines the founding and growth of the publishing firm of Henry Holt & Co. ...adds another milestone to the history of American publishing...lively account...splendid volume.--AB BOOKMAN'S WEEKLY
Wyoming
Author: Don PitcherPublisher: Moon Travel
ISBN: 9781566919531
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Each guide contains not only detailed information on the best transportation, accommodation, restaurant, and sightseeing options but also custom maps and fascinating sidebars--all the tools travelers need to make their own choices and create a travel strategy that is theirs alone.
The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories
Author: Leon L. GammellPublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 093026150X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Providing fast-action science fiction novels, Startling Stories was established beginning in January 1939 as a sister publication to Thrilling Wonder Stories. Publishing 99 issues in all, and combining Fantastic Story Magazine and Thrilling Wonder Stories with its ninety-seventh issue, it finally suspended publication in Fall 1955, one of the last of the pulps to fold. Leon L. Gammell, an avid reader and collector of that period, views that era's stories with both nostalgia and objectivity; his incisive critiques will provide interested readers with numerous guideposts to a wealth of exciting fantasy and SF reading.
The Taijiquan Classics
Author: Barbara DavisPublisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781556434310
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Along with Chinese art, medicine, and philosophy, taijiquan has left the confines of its original culture, and offers health, relaxation, and a method of self-defense to people around the globe. Using the early texts now known as The Taijiquan Classics which have served as a touchstone for t’ai chi practitioners for 150 years, this book explores the fundamental ideas and what they mean to practitioners, students, and scholars. It also incorporates newly discovered sources that address the history of taijiquan and newly translated commentaries by Chen Weiming.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines
Author: Marshall B. TymnPublisher: Greenwood
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1022
Book Description
This will be the basic tool for researchers studying the 100-year history of science fiction, fantasy, and weird fiction magazines. Reference Books Bulletin
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