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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical
Space James Gordon Williams reframes the nature and purpose of jazz
improvisation to illuminate the cultural work being done by five
creative musicians between 2005 and 2019. The political thought of
five African American improvisers-trumpeters Terence Blanchard and
Ambrose Akinmusire, drummers Billy Higgins and Terri Lyne
Carrington, and pianist Andrew Hill-is documented through
insightful, multilayered case studies that make explicit how these
musicians articulate their positionality in broader society.
Informed by Black feminist thought, these case studies unite around
the theory of Black musical space that comes from the lived
experiences of African Americans as they improvise through daily
life. The central argument builds upon the idea of space-making and
the geographic imagination in Black Geographies theory. Williams
considers how these musicians interface with contemporary social
movements like Black Lives Matter, build alternative institutional
models that challenge gender imbalance in improvisation culture,
and practice improvisation as joyful affirmation of Black value and
mobility. Both Terence Blanchard and Ambrose Akinmusire innovate
musical strategies to address systemic violence. Billy Higgins's
performance is discussed through the framework of breath to
understand his politics of inclusive space. Terri Lyne Carrington
confronts patriarchy in jazz culture through her Social Science
music project. The work of Andrew Hill is examined through the
context of his street theory, revealing his political stance on
performance and pedagogy. All readers will be elevated by this
innovative and timely book that speaks to issues that continue to
shape the lives of African Americans today.
There are few things that stir up our culture more than sex,
particularly sex and children. Sexual behavior in children
represents, to far too many people, further proof of the moral
decay of our society. Any issue that provokes as strong an
emotional reaction as childhood sexuality is obviously in need of a
rational discussion. The best features of thought and reason
include their moderating influence on overheated and reaction
emotions. Consequently, this book by Betty Gordon and Carolyn
Schroeder represents a very important, and even brave, counter to
irrationality. When the Surgeon General of the United States is
forced to resign because the words "children" and "masturbation"
appear in the same sentence, you know that there is a great deal of
misunderstanding about sexuality. My own evolution as a researcher
in the area of child sexual abuse is a model of how naivete can be
corrected by knowledge. Some of my early research in sexual abuse
of children led me to realize that sexual behavior was a reliable
marker of victimization in a relatively large percentage of
children (Friedrich, Urquiza, & Beilke, 1986). My blinders to
sexuality were evident in that I had not even hypothesized that to
be the case in this early, exploratory research. When I realized
how important sexual behavior was, several colleagues and I set out
to interview parents and foster parents of sexually abused children
more specifically. These adults were routinely quite reactive to
our queries.
American Exceptionalism provokes intense debates culturally,
economically, politically, and socially. This collection, edited by
Charles W. Dunn of Regent University's Robertson School of
Government, brings together analysis of the idea's origins, history
and future. Contributors include: Hadley Arkes, Michael Barone,
James W. Ceasar, Charles W. Dunn, Daniel L. Dreisbach, T. David
Gordon, Steven F. Hayward, Hugh Heclo, Marvin J. Folkertsma,
William Kristol, and George H. Nash. While many now argue against
the policies and ideology of American Exceptionalism as antiquated
and expired, the authors collected here make the bold claim that a
closer reading of our own history reveals that there is still an
exceptional aspect of American thought, identity and government
worth advancing and protecting. It will be the challenge of the
coming American generations to both refine and examine what we mean
when we call America "exceptional," and this book provides readers
a first step towards a necessary understanding of the exceptional
purpose, progress and promise of the United States of America.
It has long been assumed that the language of Roman poetry was
constructed under the dictates of elaborately defined rules of
rhetoric, and its content determined according to the system of
comparable classifications called invention. This belief has
persisted in spite of the difficulty of fitting the works of
Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Propertius, and Tibullus into such a
rigid scheme. In this book Gordon Williams demonstrates that,
although Ovid and his successors did indeed assimilate their poetry
to the rhetorical rules devised for prose, the earlier poets
employed a quite different method. Williams sees this method as
falling into either a metaphorical or metonymic mode, both of which
permitted the poet "to say one thing and mean another." Delicate
and often startling transitions of thought could be grasped-though
not necessarily on first reading-by readers "assumed by the poet to
have a special access to the poet's process of thought." This
access presupposed similarities of "education, social position, and
sympathetic understanding." Through close analyses of many poems,
Williams shows how poets in the fifty years before Horace's death
exploited metaphor, metonymy, and a third device that he calls
thematic anticipation to evoke subtle associations of thought. In
doing so he elucidates problems of Latin poems that have been
generally misunderstood almost since they day they were written.
First published in 1894, this biography details the life of
renowned geologist William Buckland (1784 1856) who, along with
Sedgwick and Lyell, was one of the pioneers of modern geological
inquiry. While he is better known for attempting to correlate his
geological findings with the Old Testament, Buckland's studies
paved the way for Darwin's development of evolutionary theory. In
the course of his illustrious career, Buckland was a Canon of
Christ Church, was twice appointed President of the Geological
Society, served as the first President of the British Association,
and became Dean of Westminster. Penned by Buckland's daughter
almost forty years after his death, The Life and Correspondence
provides a more personal insight into Buckland's scientific
endeavours. Gordon's biography is complemented by several
illustrations, and the appendices include an extensive list of
positions held by Buckland and his membership of learned societies,
and a complete index of his publications.
Under the Roman Empire Greek literature experienced a renaissance.
This flowering of interest in the Classics was in part a revival of
the traditional culture associated with the glorious past and in
part a development of new forms such as the novel, the classical
lecture and the erotic letter. This literature has traditionally
been considerably underrated and the essays in this 1982 volume of
Yale Classical Studies were collected in an attempt to draw
attention to the literary excellence of some undeservedly neglected
authors and to inspire more readers to take them seriously. As the
editors say in their introduction: 'nowadays we look to papyrology
for ocasional revelations of exciting new pieces of ancient
literature, but there are masterpieces already on the shelves
waiting to be noticed'. This book will be of interest to students
of Greek literature and ancient hsitory, especially to those
concerned with post-Hellenistic Greek culture.
There are few things that stir up our culture more than sex,
particularly sex and children. Sexual behavior in children
represents, to far too many people, further proof of the moral
decay of our society. Any issue that provokes as strong an
emotional reaction as childhood sexuality is obviously in need of a
rational discussion. The best features of thought and reason
include their moderating influence on overheated and reaction
emotions. Consequently, this book by Betty Gordon and Carolyn
Schroeder represents a very important, and even brave, counter to
irrationality. When the Surgeon General of the United States is
forced to resign because the words "children" and "masturbation"
appear in the same sentence, you know that there is a great deal of
misunderstanding about sexuality. My own evolution as a researcher
in the area of child sexual abuse is a model of how naivete can be
corrected by knowledge. Some of my early research in sexual abuse
of children led me to realize that sexual behavior was a reliable
marker of victimization in a relatively large percentage of
children (Friedrich, Urquiza, & Beilke, 1986). My blinders to
sexuality were evident in that I had not even hypothesized that to
be the case in this early, exploratory research. When I realized
how important sexual behavior was, several colleagues and I set out
to interview parents and foster parents of sexually abused children
more specifically. These adults were routinely quite reactive to
our queries.
These delightful poems - by turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgar
- seem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to
Virgil. But in David R. Slavitt's imaginative and appealing
translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings
to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing
the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense
of fun.
Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques believably
answers the question, How do you know when someone is lying? It
also provides a guide for interviewing probable suspects and
interrogating likely perpetrators on techniques and tradecraft.
This book covers topics about searching for truth and revealing
lies. It presents forensic assessments based on psychophysiology,
and assessments on the basis of non-verbal behavior. The book also
covers interview and interrogation preparation, as well as question
formulation. It discusses the Morgan Interview Theme Technique or
MITT, and the Forensic Assessment Interview or FAINT. The book
addresses techniques for interviewing children and the mentally
challenged, and offers information about pre-employment interviews.
It also explains how to understand aggressive behavior and how to
deal with angry people. The 4th Edition adds several Chapters on
how to ascertain maximum information from victims and witnesses.
The book concludes by presenting future methods for searching for
the truth. Law enforcement and security professionals, as well as
prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, and civil litigators will
find this book invaluable.
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