Keene makes a major contribution to the study of American  colonial and nineteenth century cultural history. Geographic and  economic influences are examined as they affected music and education  in Vermont. Vermont's early educational system is related to its  people's unique sense of independence. The private school and its early  acceptance of music are explored, and an intriguing story unfolds  regarding the nature of Vermont musicians and their conflict with their  European-trained counterparts who were coming to America in  ever-increasing numbers. Charming anecdotes are found throughout. The  reader will find many parallels between the problems of nineteenth  century education in Vermont and those of today. The cyclic nature of  educational concerns and the public's rediscovery of solutions form an  integral part of this valuable historical volume.

Music and Education in Vermont, 1700-1900

Arts & Photography

Keene, James A.

Music

Glenbridge Pub Ltd

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green and Co. Subjects: Biography

Reminiscences of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Social and Artistic Biography

Polko, Elise Vogel

We communicate through our use of language, our clothing, our manner and bearing. We exchange information through our telephone and business systems. Our messages are the sum of these diverse channels-conveyed to the minds of our associates, friends and family. How We Communicate offers an integrated perspective exploring the history of communication and man's need to make contact with others. Practical information on face to face and other personal communication techniques, the telephone and business systems is examined. Barrack investigates intriguing new frontiers and leads the reader far into the future. How we Communicate, a unique and insightful book, draws together the many aspects of the art of communication and the growing importance of what has become mankind's Most Vital Skill.

How We Communicate: The Most Vital Skill

Politics & Social Sciences

Barrack, Martin K.

Social Sciences

Choosing Lovers, an all-encompassing picture of romantic relationships in all their richness and complexity, provides answers to questions everyone considers: * Why of all the people in the world have I fallen in love with him/her? * Do I send out some signal that attracts one kind of lover and puts off others? * What are the warning signs of love in danger?

Choosing Lovers: Patterns of Romance: How You Select Partners in Intimacy, the Ways You Connect, and Why You Break Apart

Self-Help

Blinder, Martin

Lynch, Carmen

Relationships

Our society values exceptional children who achieve. But when children do not achieve, society's reaction may cause shame and embarrassment. Retard is about such children. It is also about a sensitive and caring teacher who made a "difference" in the lives of those children. Retard is about substandard teaching conditions that are so prevalent in many cities and communities. You are invited to visit the children's class for one year - to know them, to share the pain and joy that come from their progress when trust and affection develop between teacher and student. Unhappy, disruptive, and unproductive children begin a slow transformation. Pride develops and the educationally mentally handicapped children learn to relate to their classmates and teacher in a positive and humane fashion, despite the negative feelings of some teachers, students, and administrators toward them. Retard questions the testing and placement procedures of EMH children. ! Diane O'Reilly has offered the experiences of one teacher. Her work is receiving national attention. It is a call for help for these children.

Retard

Education & Teaching

O'Reilly, Diane

Schools & Teaching

Agony of Survival is a 1945 chronicle of a young lieutenant in the United States Army in postwar Germany. Caught in an emotional maelstrom of half-starved emaciated survivors of the concentration camps, he was charged with the responsibility for the care and repatriation of displaced persons in his area.

Agony of Survival

History

Hutler, Albert

Americas

In the dark hours of May 6, 1923, a thousand brigands swooped down from the "mountains where the bandits live" attacking the luxurious Blue Express, and forced thirty Europeans, Americans, and more than one hundred Chinese captives into the Shantung wilderness. This "outrage" was quickly called the worst incident between China and the west since the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Follow the hostages including John B. Powell, publisher of the Chinese Weekly Review; Lucy Truman Aldrich, daughter of Senator Nelson Aldrich and sister-in-law to John D. Rockefeller Jr.; and Commodore Guiseppe Musso, a wealthy and influential Italian Lawyer. Understand the frustrations of the recently discharged Chinese soldiers who had no place to go and few viable means to earn a living short of banditry. Follow the slow pace of international diplomacy with U.S. Minister to China Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman playing a leading role in the negotiations as the western powers struggled to gain the release of the hostages. The negotiations moved between an emotional desire for military intervention and a judicial concern for the sovereignty of a China attempting to emerge from centuries of isolation into the modern world of the twentieth century. Outrage At Lincheng is a gripping story.

Outrage at Lincheng: China Enters the Twentieth Century

Nozinski, Michael J.

Teacher's Talk

Godar, John

Ice Cream!: The Whole Scoop

Provides an examination of all types of frozen desserts, includes recipes, discusses ingredients and restrictive diets, and offers serving suggestions

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Damerow, Gail

Cooking by Ingredient

Capturing the Magic of Fiction Writing introduces the reader to a careful examination of prose fiction, its genres and categories. Classifications of novels including plotting, setting, characterization, and patterns are defined and explained. Creed analyzes supportive elements and techniques including style, development of flashbacks, dialogues, and much more. Symbols, symbolic plants, and symbolic references, skimmed over or ignored in most books, are introduced, discussed, and defined with original passages and excerpts drawn from published sources. Relationships, descriptions, and dialogue are all generously discussed in addition to characterizations, atmosphere, conflict, theme, plotting, and supporting elements. Capturing the Magic was developed to provide a practical guide for aspiring writers and teachers to ease the transition from analyzing the basic story to discovering and applying the essential tools of the writer's craft.

Capturing the Magic of Fiction Writing

Creed, Jack

Literature & Fiction

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