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With so many people looking to leave the rat-race and start their
own bed and breakfast in the country, "Heads on Pillows" give
readers a personal glimpse into the unique world of B&Bs, where
owners open up their own homes for guests to enjoy. This book
offers witty anecdotes, personal experiences and helpful hints to
anyone who aspires to enter the trade, from an award-winning
B&B owner. From its modest beginnings as a single room B&B
to the first five star Bed and Breakfast in the northern counties
of Scotland, follow the story of the Sheiling and its owner. Part
autobiography and part 'how to' guide "Heads on Pillows" is both
informative and entertaining.This true account charts the growth
and the development of the Scottish tourist trade, especially in
the Highlands where the Sheiling is located, and offers through the
experience of over 30 years an unparalleled insight into the Bed
and Breakfast trade that is so enticing to so many. Foreword by
Peter Lederer, Chairman of VisitScotland and managing director of
the famous Gleneagles hotel.
Here translated for the first time, Jean-Jacques Nattiez's widely
hailed comparative guide to the techniques of music analysis
focuses on a single vivid passage from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
The field of musicology has in recent decades branched out to
incorporate methods from a wide range of other fields. But, when
scholars examine a musical work, to what extent should they
emphasize immanent (purely internal) features, and to what extent
historical, cultural, psychological, or aesthetic networks of
meanings associated with those features? Finally, what specific
analytical method should be chosen, given that various methods can
lead to seemingly incompatible results? Jean-Jacques Nattiez, a
renowned figure in music theory, musicology, and ethnomusicology,
here examines numerous contending approaches that have been applied
to the English-horn melody heard in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
His aim is to offer thereby a methodological guide and compendium
that will allow specialists and students alike to navigate the
multiplicity of theoretical orientations in musicology. Analytical
models proposed by Heinrich Schenker, Nicolas Ruwet, Leonard B.
Meyer, Fred Lerdahl, and other notable figures in the field of
music analysis are discussed. Some of the analytical sketches by
these scholars were previously unpublished and are presented to the
public for the first time in the present book. The author also
considers insights from the fields of psychology and
psychoanalysis. An examination of Wagner's wide-ranging musical
sources (Venetian gondolier songs and Swiss shepherd songs) leads
to acutely relevant passages in writings by Rousseau, Goethe, and
Schopenhauer. The book culminates in Nattiez's own interpretation
of the relationship between vocal and instrumental music in Tristan
and Isolde. Jean-Jacques Nattiez is professor emeritus of
musicology at the Universite de Montreal.
Excitement builds as The Sheiling opens for its very last season.
All's set for a great time with nothing to mar the horizon, despite
Connie's retirement, Himself believing he's fully in charge, and
Joan aching for the day she has nothing better to do than twiddle
her thumbs in front of a blazing fire with a good book and
contented cats. It doesn't turn out that way. BT sabotages the
business. Connie is missed beyond measure and Himself has ideas
well beyond his station while the cats do their utmost to destroy
harmony by taking exception to certain guests. More laugh-out-loud
tales from the pen of Joan Campbell, mixed with some sound advice
about running, or staying in, a successful B&B.
For years one of Germany's foremost cultural organizations, the
Werkbund included in its membership such pioneers of the modern
movement as Henry van de Velde, Hermann Muthesius, Walter Gropius,
and Mies van der Rohe. Joan Campbell traces its history from its
founding in 1907 to 1934, when it was absorbed into the bureaucracy
of the National Socialist State. The Werkbund set out to prove that
organized effort could revitalize the applied arts and
architecture. In addition to acting as an agent of reform, it
provided a forum for the debate of such broad concerns as the need
to restore joy and dignity to work in modem industry. Originally
published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest
print-on-demand technology to again make available previously
out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton
University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of
these important books while presenting them in durable paperback
and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is
to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in
the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press
since its founding in 1905.
Thomas cannot live with his terrible secret. As he heads away from
all that he knows and all that he loves he has the word BETRAYAL
engraved upon his every thought. How could his mother do this to
him? His beliefs force him on to seek a land he is assured does not
exist this side of death. That decision sets in motion a series of
events that allows evil to encompass what is left behind, allows
those whom he loves to be cruelly tested. His is a learning journey
that brings love and hate, despair and joy in equal measure, mixed
with adventures beyond his imagination, shared by a travelling
companion whose loyalty is all that matters in this quest. His
troubled mother and his autocratic mentor wait at home with the
news that will free him from all anxiety. Will those who follow in
his footsteps find him? Will he make it back home to a hero's
welcome, or spring the trap that is set to destroy him? Read on and
find out......
This book analyzes in vivid detail the German debate about the
importance and meaning of work as it changed under the impact of
industrialization, with special emphasis on the period between the
two world wars. A social history of ideas, it covers the writings
of such thinkers as Hegel, Marx, and Weber, but also examines
contributions made by industrial psychologists, engineers,
educators, and others who actively promoted reforms designed to
solve the problem of alienation whether by changing the nature of
work or by altering worker attitudes. A final section deals with
the National Socialists, who promised to reinvigorate the German
work ethic, restore joy in work, and reintegrate the German worker
into the Volk community. The author draws our attention
particularly to the Third Reich's policies and institutions aimed
at realizing these Nationalist Socialist objectives concerning the
worker. In so doing, Joan Campbell shows how the history of the
idea of work deepens our understanding of the origins, nature, and
appeal of Nazism. In a broader context, she uses her sources to
explore the relationship between social and intellectual
change.
Originally published in 1989.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
"European Labor UnionS" provides a picture of the evolution of
trade unionism in Europe. It includes 31 national chapters
representing all European countries at the time the book was
planned in 1988, with the exceptiuon of Andorra, Liechtenstein, and
Monaco, but including such countries as Turkey, Iceland, and
Yugoslavia. Additionally, there is a chapter on European regional
organizations. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 inaugurated a
period of uncertainty in Central and Eastern Europe that has
involved dramatic changes in national boundaries. Rather than
attempting to adapt to a process that showed no sign of
stabilizing, it was decided to retain the volume's original chapter
structure, while encouraging the authors writing about the affected
regions to explore the initial implications of these momentous
changes for the trade union movement.
European Labor Unions summarizes a great deal of information,
much of it not previously available in English. In addition, it
contains the first scholarly account of certain labor organizations
in any language. Although coverage is selective, the country
chapters generally include profiles of all important national trade
union federations and confederations, and of individual unions
representing the most significant ideological and political
variants, as well as some of the major national occupational
sectors. Both defunct and existing organizations are included.
Efforts have also been made to discuss and, where possible, to
illustrate developments affecting white-collar workers, women, and
religious or national minorities. The volume concludes with an
appendix of chronologies and a fully cross-referenced index.
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