For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. As in his earlier classics, Blues People and Black Music, Baraka offers essays on the famous—Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane—and on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionados—Alan Shorter, Jon Jang, and Malachi Thompson. Baraka's literary style, with its deep roots in poetry, makes palpable his love and respect for his jazz musician friends. His energy and enthusiasm show us again how much Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the others he lovingly considers mattered. He brings home to us how music itself matters, and how musicians carry and extend that knowledge from generation to generation, providing us, their listeners, with a sense of meaning and belonging.
Simple rhymes introduce such large vehicles as dump trucks, fire engines, and tractors, and describe the work that they do. On board pages.
Pitch, Anthony S. 1998. The Burning of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ... Stafford, Cornelius William. 1800. Directory for the City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: William W. Woodward.
Presents the history of ancient Troy, covering the legend of the city and describing the excavations of Heinrich Schliemann, Carl Blegen, and Manfred Korfmann as they date the numerous layers at the site trying to find the Troy of Homer's ...
Two families awaiting the arrival of their adopted infant daughters from Korea meet at the airport.
In Digging Through the Bible, archaeologist and rabbi Richard Freund takes readers through digs he has led in the Holy Land, searching for evidence about key biblical characters and events.
This comprehensive book contains illustrations and photographs of artifacts, sites, and digs in progress and surveys the most important archeological sites, described in lay terms.
"Simple text and photographs present the digging of a tunnel, including information on the workers and equipment needed"--Provided by publisher.
Full of practical charts and summaries, with plenty of exercises and activities for trying out the strategies, the book convincingly reveals that while great literature is profoundly and endlessly complex, writing cogent and effective ...
... include Gary Hartz, Thomas L. Hafemeister, Joe Cuff, Martha Legallet, Joel Liberson, Jason Wolford, Cindy E. Rasmussen, Aregawie Yosef, and Monika Eckfield. We also thank Alan and Linda Merrifield of Peninsula Community Services for ...
Hardcover reprint of the original 1880 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience.