![]() ![]() ![]() I have had a long interest in Nietzsche and a substantially longer interest in Beethoven. An earlier book written with his wife Denise Von Glahn studies the relatively unknown American modernist composer Leo Ornstein. Broyles has written extensively on music in the United States. The author, Michael Broyles, is Professor of Music at Florida State University and a former Distinguished Professor of Music and Professor of American History at Penn State University. The second book, "Beethoven in America" which I am reviewing here, discusses the great composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) and his reception in the United States over the course of more than 200 years. The first book by Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen is "American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and his Ideas". I have read two recent books which explore the impact of two important German figures on the cultural history of the United States. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If he sink beneath a peat-swamp or lose a hog, he is not accepted of Finn's people. With the eyelids to him stitched to the fringe of his eye-bags, he must be run by Finn's people through the bogs and the marsh-swamps of Erin with two odorous prickle-backed hogs ham-tied and asleep in the seat of his hempen drawers. Neck-high sticks he must pass by vaulting, knee-high sticks by stooping. Weapon-quivering hand or twig-crackling foot at full run, neither is taken. Should branches disturb his hair or pull it forth like sheep-wool on a hawthorn, he is not taken but is caught and gashed. No man is taken till he is run by warriors through the woods of Erin with his hair bunched-loose about him for bough-tangle and briar-twitch. If he be spear-holed past his shield, or spear-killed, he is not taken for want of shield-skill. ![]() Then must nine warriors fly their spears at him, one with the other and together. ![]() No man is taken till a black hole is hollowed in the world to the depth of his two oxters and he put into it to gaze from it with his lonely head and nothing to him but his shield and a stick of hazel. Till a man has accomplished twelve books of poetry, the same is not taken for want of poetry but is forced away. “Sweet to me your voice, said Caolcrodha Mac Morna, brother to sweet-worded sweet-toothed Goll from Sliabh Riabhach and Brosnacha Bladhma, relate then the attributes that are to Finn's people. ![]() ![]() ![]() Kiewarra suffers from many of the same ailments as many an American small town. As readers of Heartlands will know, tales of rural places always catch my eye, and Harper does a wonderful job of bringing the Australian backcountry to life. I could see enough of that in The Dry to pick it up. The ways we find ourselves stripped of pretension, bared to the bone, and utterly dependent on an elusive, assured God. The ways the land speaks in our stories and shapes our souls. The ways we find ourselves in the grip of unseen forces like history, race, and desire. What attracts me in literature is the untidy and unfinished. It’s all very cinematic, ( Reese Witherspoon has the production rights), and I was suitably caught off guard by the way it all wound up.īut then again, I never guess these things. ![]() And sure enough, The Dry heads inexorably toward such a conclusion in which red herrings are exposed and surprise twists revealed. I generally don’t like books where I can feel the mechanics of the plot whirring beneath the page heading for an inevitable tidy resolution. Jane Harper’s debut thriller, The Dry, is not in my usual reading wheelhouse. So it’s an ominous sign when these end-time harbingers descend upon a small farm in the Australian bush outside the town of Kiewarra and find three bodies. They know the smell of death and where to find it. It begins with the blowflies, as good a symbol as any for what happens to rural areas when the weather turns stagnant, hot, and deadly. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is only through firsthand experimentation that an artist can discover which types of media are most enjoyable for him/her and, most importantly, which complement personal style most. I think this is an essential part of discovering one's personal preferences and style. One of my objectives during this phase of my art journey is to experiment with as many kinds of paint and supplies I can get my hands on. How are watercolor and gouache different? How are they similar? What's the best way to test out two different painting mediums in order to arrive at solid conclusions about them? I receive small commissions for purchases made through these links at no extra cost to you. These commissions help me keep this site up and running, in order for me to keep providing helpful and inspiring art content. ![]() ![]() Organic chemistry concerns the properties and synthesis of carbon-based molecules. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Patrick also discusses techniques used in the field.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. He looks at how new materials, in particular the single layer form of carbon called graphene, are opening up exciting new possibilities for applications, and discusses the particular challenges of working with carbon compounds, many of which are colourless. Beginning with the structures and properties of the basic groups of organic compounds, he goes on to consider organic compounds in the areas of pharmaceuticals, polymers, food and drink, petrochemicals, and nanotechnology. In this Very Short Introduction Graham Patrick covers the whole range of organic compounds and their roles. These compounds are central to life, forming the basis for organic molecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. ![]() The ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led to a vast array of organic compounds. ![]() ![]() Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. ![]() ![]() ![]() Alisa returned to the city, renamed Leningrad, to attend the university, but relatives already settled in America and in 1926 offered her the chance of joining them. ![]() When the Bolsheviks requisitioned the pharmacy that Fronz Rosenbaum, her father, owned, the family fled to the Crimea. Polemical novels, such as The Fountainhead (1943), of primarily known Russian-born American writer Ayn Rand, originally Alisa Rosenbaum, espouse the doctrines of objectivism and political libertarianism.Īlisa Rosenbaum entered into a prosperous Jewish family before Russian revolution. "I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals, and I loathe humanity, for its failure to live up to these possibilities." He had rediscovered the lost and holy word-I. He was marked for death because he had committed the unpardonable sin: He had stood forth from the mindless human herd. But these were not the crimes for which he would be hunted. ![]() In an age that had lost all trace of science and civilization, he had the courage to seek and find knowledge. In a loveless world, he dared to love the woman of his choice. In all that was left of humanity, there was only one man who dared to think, seek, and love. From cradle to grave, the crowd was one-the great WE. They were conceived in controlled Palaces of Mating. Anthem is Ayn Rand's classic tale of a dystopian future of the great "We"-a world that deprives individuals of a name or independence-that anticipates her later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her story is of a child martyr killed by Jews, a common theme in Medieval Christianity, and much later criticism focuses on the tale's antisemitism. She maintains a secular lifestyle, including keeping lap dogs that she privileges over people, a fancy rosary and a brooch inscribed with Amor vincit omnia ('Love Conquers All'). Her portrait suggests she is likely in religious life as a means of social advancement, given her aristocratic manners and mispronounced French. The General Prologue names the prioress as Madame Eglantine, and describes her impeccable table manners and soft-hearted ways. Because of fragmentation of the manuscripts, it is impossible to tell where it comes in ordinal sequence, but it is second in group B2, followed by Chaucer's "Tale of Sir Topas". It follows " The Shipman's Tale" in The Canterbury Tales. " The Prioress's Tale" is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The Prioress's Tale, a painting by Edward Coley Burne-Jones ![]() ![]() ![]() Marble decorates modern homes as a covetable and expensive form of interior design, commercialised and democratised, mined on an industrial scale. Dictators built their palaces from marble which outlasted their rule and now disappear gradually into the ground, literally sinking beneath the weight of their own ambition. Marble has long been used to display political power and wealth. On a visit to a marble-bearing Greek island in the Aegean Sea, she considers its enduring nature, itself brought about after a period of great pressure. In her essay of the same name, Marble in Metamorphosis, Rachel Cusk explores the meaning of marble in different cultures. It is also a narrative of sorts, a story of time, though one with neither protagonist nor author – a very impartial kind of witness, this piece of marble, that is being given an opportunity to testify. ![]() It is separated from the process of its own becoming and can stand apart. The piece of marble is no more a painting than nature itself is a painting, yet like a painting it speaks for itself: it is complete. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is my first Tahereh Mafi YA book and it won’t be my last. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Tomi Adeyemi, and Sabaa Tahir, this is the explosive first book in a new fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award-nominated author Tahereh Mafi. ![]() But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can’t put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom-and the world. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. ![]() Clashing empires, forbidden romance, and a long-forgotten queen destined to save her people-bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s first in an epic, romantic trilogy inspired by Persian mythology. ![]() ![]() ![]() Snyder examines the personal histories of this line of the Habsburg dynasty during an era in which the Habsburg empire was rapidly crumbling, as Europe breathed its last gasp of imperial rule. Working in a discipline that often focuses more on theory than narrative, the author offers a refreshing tale of a fascinating historical character. Written in a compelling and clear prose, the book offers a consummate model of historical biography appropriate for both professional historians and a lay audience. ![]() Historical storytelling at its best, this work offers a captivating narrative of Wilhelm and his family. The other central characters are Wilhelm's father, Stefan (1860-1933), and his older brother, Albrecht (1888-1951), both of whom cast their fates with a prospective Polish kingdom. The book focuses on Wilhelm von Habsburg (1895-1948), the "Red Prince," who was a Habsburg archduke, a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece, an officer in the Austrian army, a Ukrainian colonel, a playboy, and would-be king of Ukraine. Timothy Snyder's The Red Prince recounts the personal histories of members of the Habsburg dynasty during an epoch dominated by emerging national identities and modern ideologies. ![]() Personifying the East European Experience Reviewed by Sara Ann Sewell (Virginia Wesleyan College) The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke. ![]() |