Margaret Morton has a way of allowing her photos to speak to us. We are at once drawn and repelled by her photos. I believe her subject matter taps into something 'primal' (not in the sense of 'primitive' but in the sense of 'real') in all of us.

While the photos, in black and white, are quite stark, there is an element of beauty that seeps from the reality of the subjects photographed. There is not much sensationalism and there is a sense of pride in the dwellings constructed. Morton's photos and allowing the people to speak for themselves makes for an insightful and moving photo essay.

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This text was VERY helpful. The illustrations and examples were enough to explain the topic without havung to read the entire book.. Also the problems given at the end of each section were very good. Some were tough; however, the author starts you out with easy problems and works up to the more difficult ones. This text definitely is a good learning aid.

can the Subaltern read Spivak? No! But Stephan Morton can!
if you've read anything by Spivak, you may be wondering what language you should know to read it. Stephan Morton is fluent in Spivakian and English, rendering Spivak's work readable for subaltern folks like me! but he doesn't stop with "can the subaltern...?", Morton also includes several other facinating critical essays by GCS, the queen of "counter-discourse as political resistance". Go Gayatri, go!

"The Genius of the Early English Theater" presents the complet texts of seven classic plays representing medieval and renaissance English drama. This involves three anonymous medieval dramas: the miracle play "Abraham and Isaac" is symbolic of medieval theater which focused on praising God, dramatizing the story set forth in Genesis 22. "The Second Shepherds' Play" is an example of medieval comedy, most of which is a mock nativity or a parody of the Nativity. "Everyman" is probably the most famous medieval allegory, telling the story of mankind battling the sins of his nature and confronted by Death. Representing the English Renaissance are Christopher Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus," William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," Ben Jonshon's "Volpone," and John Milton's "Samson Agonistes." These play clearly continue the religious theme since "Fautus" involves a wager with a devil, "Macbeth" reflects Christian morality, while "Samson Agonistes" is another of Milton's attempts to explain the ways of God to his fellow mere mortals. In contrast, "Volpone" is a dark comedy

This volume also includes essays taken from a period of several hundred years by Sir Philip Sidney, Thomas Heywood, Alfred Harbarge, Thomas De Quincey, T.S. Eliot and James Agate. Eliot's essay on Shakespearian criticism has long been considered insightful and Agate detailed criticism of a London production of "Volpone" provides an example of a 19th-century dramatic review of the Renaissance comedy. The chief value of "The Genius of the Early English Theater" is that it collects in a single volume a clearly representative sampling of plays from these two periods. Having the three medieval plays in one book justifies its inclusion in a class dealing with English literature/drama from that particular period. There are certainly other Shakespeare plays you might want students to read, but besides being the shortest of the Bard's dramas "Macbeth" has the virtue of creating a nice analog with Marlowe's "Faustus," since both deal with succumbing to satanic temptation.

I am passionate that my children will begin foreign language develoment early. I have been spending 1/2 hour per week day having them do a French activity (cd rom, music, videos) for the past year. My 7-year-old is losing interest but became motivated when she was introduced to Get Dressed Robbie. She is easily able to read the English to her 2-year-old brother and is working on the French. My children are picking up vocabulary and grammar naturally through this books and others in the collection. I appreciate the pronunciation guide and the encouragement to parents to attempt to pronounce even if we may be off!

I think this book is fabulous. I remember reading it over and over and over again. I never got tired of it. The story line is fantastic and magical. The author had a truly exquisite imagination.

" The day Jackson Pollock died I called a certain man I knew- a very great painter-and told him the news. After a long pause he said, in a voice so low it was barely a whisper,' That son of a b---he did it'. . . . With this supreme gesture Pollock had wrapped up an era and walked away from it." Feldman was very much part of that era, the Fifties when American art was becoming the most important post-war art there was its unique expressions. Sure Europeans tried to copy us but only became more academic about as Boulez and his excursions into chance/aleatoric gesturing. This collection of essays very clearly reveals how important American expeimentalism was to music. Feldman's forever endeavor to merely create, create at a high intensity working like a Dutch diamond cutter,or lens grinder,toying with creative means as his use of indelible ink, this he said makes you think about what your writing than how you are writing, puts the creative process back into the head.Or composing at the piano, which slows you down so you need to think more. He followed the intellectual currents, anything that brought a sense of richness and other dimension to his art, he knew for instance Henri Bergson's concept of memory and time,how that might affect his music,and painterly means was second nature to him hanging out at the Cedar Bar in New York talking for hours on Light,texture,perception,shape,design,concept, facility,gesture,timbre,tone,chiarscuro, there is ample historical data here as well, almost like a subtext of these ,like an unwritten history of the avant-garde, a "Conversation with Stravinsky"(not really),his first meeting with John Cage(after a performance of Webern), Earle Brown, Christian Wolff, also his travels to Berlin, and England and experiencing the avant-garde through Cornelius Cardew, and British experimentalism.His last years was devoted to long durational compositions, and he merely said he had more time to compose in these years,but Feldman here is filled with marvelous quotes,things,items,shapes for the mind"I knew I was going to be a professional the day I first became practical.Practicality took the form of copying out my music neatly,keeping my desk tidy and organized-all the unimportant things that seem unrelated to the work,yet somehow do affect it.". He also knows how to look from greater heights from mountains, tothe substance of modernity, those who stopped creating and became more interested in themselves as Stockhausen were "Modernists"; for Feldman allowing your materials,the shape,structures of your music tell you the secrets of creativity was most important and became a cause.

A broad look at the biblical reality of God speaking through dreams. I started reading Morton Kelsey in the mid 70's after experiencing very potent dreams on the after life. What a blessing to realize that I wasn't alone, that since the beginning of time God has spoken and visited many in this way. This book does give many answers to the questions of God speaking through dreams. Morton Kelsey not only gives you details on scripture but also gives us a history of lives that have been transformed by paying attention to dreams. Other author's to explore on the gift of dreams are John Sanford and Carl Jung.

this book is great. the chords are easy to learn and play with the diagrams. I recommend this for beginners

Provides the answers to commonly asked questions that one wouldencounter on an ortho hand rotation. My friend who is going into ahand fellowship also finds it very useful.