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Book  Ee Yah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jack Smiles
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2015-01-24
  • ISBN : 0786484284
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Ee Yah written by Jack Smiles and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball player and manager Hugh Ambrose Jennings was the kind of colorful personality who inspired nicknames. Sportswriters called him "Ee-yah" for his famous coaching box cry and "Hustling Hughey" for his style of play. But to the nearly 100 other men from northeast Pennsylvania who followed Jennings from the coal mines to the major leagues, he was known as "Big Daddy," not for his physical stature but for his iconic status to men desperate to escape the mines. The son of an immigrant coal miner from Pittston, Pennsylvania, Jennings himself became a miner at the ripe old age of 11 or 12. He eventually became a mule driver, earning $1.10 per day and dreaming of getting $5 per day for playing baseball on Saturday afternoons. From the rough-and-tumble world of semi-pro baseball to the major leagues, Jennings was driven to succeed and fearless in his pursuit of his dream. He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 1894 and went on to become manager of the Detroit Tigers during Ty Cobb's heyday. Jennings' story is emblematic of how the national pastime and the American dream came together for a generation of ballplayers in the early 20th century.

Book Bitter Music

Download or read book Bitter Music written by Harry Partch and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paper for the first time, Bitter Music is a generous volume of writings by one of the twentieth century's great musical iconoclasts. Rejecting the equal temperament and concert traditions that have dominated western music, Harry Partch adopted the pure intervals of just intonation and devised a 43-tone-to-the-octave scale, which in turn forced him into inventing numerous musical instruments. His compositions realize his ideal of a corporeal music that unites music, dance, and theater. Winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, Bitter Music includes two journals kept by Partch, one while wandering the West Coast during the Depression and the other while hiking the rugged northern California coastline. It also includes essays and discussions by Partch of his own compositions, as well as librettos and scenarios for six major narrative/dramatic compositions.

Book Wan Day Yah

    Book Details:
  • Author : Solomon A. J. Pratt
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 1304584275
  • Pages : 252 pages

Download or read book Wan Day Yah written by Solomon A. J. Pratt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book WAN DAY YAH II

    Book Details:
  • Author : Solomon A.J. Pratt
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2016-01-25
  • ISBN : 1329879082
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book WAN DAY YAH II written by Solomon A.J. Pratt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exercise is not a translation of The Holy Bible. The main intention of this exercise is to pen down Commentaries, in the Mountain Krio Vernacular which I was taught at home from infancy, and which was the cradle of the developing Krio Vernacular in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is almost undeniable that the main bulk of indigenous missionaries, teachers, traders, and so on, who settled in The Provinces emanated from, or were trained in the Greater Mountain District of the Peninsula. Of course the Krio Vernacular also developed in other parts of the Peninsula.

Book The Adventures and Sufferings of John R  Jewitt  Only Survivor of the Ship Boston  During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

Download or read book The Adventures and Sufferings of John R Jewitt Only Survivor of the Ship Boston During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound written by John Rodgers Jewitt and published by Edinburgh : Reprinted for Archd. Constable & Company, Edinburgh, and Hurst Robinson, & Company, London. This book was released on 1824 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Demorest s Young America

Download or read book Demorest s Young America written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Alaska Native Reader

Download or read book The Alaska Native Reader written by Maria Sháa Tláa Williams and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alaska is home to more than two hundred federally recognized tribes. Yet the long histories and diverse cultures of Alaska’s first peoples are often ignored, while the stories of Russian fur hunters and American gold miners, of salmon canneries and oil pipelines, are praised. Filled with essays, poems, songs, stories, maps, and visual art, this volume foregrounds the perspectives of Alaska Native people, from a Tlingit photographer to Athabascan and Yup’ik linguists, and from an Alutiiq mask carver to a prominent Native politician and member of Alaska’s House of Representatives. The contributors, most of whom are Alaska Natives, include scholars, political leaders, activists, and artists. The majority of the pieces in The Alaska Native Reader were written especially for the volume, while several were translated from Native languages. The Alaska Native Reader describes indigenous worldviews, languages, arts, and other cultural traditions as well as contemporary efforts to preserve them. Several pieces examine Alaska Natives’ experiences of and resistance to Russian and American colonialism; some of these address land claims, self-determination, and sovereignty. Some essays discuss contemporary Alaska Native literature, indigenous philosophical and spiritual tenets, and the ways that Native peoples are represented in the media. Others take up such diverse topics as the use of digital technologies to document Native cultures, planning systems that have enabled indigenous communities to survive in the Arctic for thousands of years, and a project to accurately represent Dena’ina heritage in and around Anchorage. Fourteen of the volume’s many illustrations appear in color, including work by the contemporary artists Subhankar Banerjee, Perry Eaton, Erica Lord, and Larry McNeil.

Book Pronouncing Shakespeare s Words

Download or read book Pronouncing Shakespeare s Words written by Dale Coye and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Book The Berlitz Self Teacher    Spanish

Download or read book The Berlitz Self Teacher Spanish written by Berlitz Editors and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1987-03-06 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You acquired English naturally. Not through the memorization of long lists of vocabulary, not through the tedious chore of learning bare-bones grammar—but through actually speaking it. This fact of nature is at the heart of Berlitz method for learning a new language, a method that has helped thousands enter an exciting multilingual world. Only the Berlitz Self-Teachers guarantee all these special features: · A unique series of specially designed oral exercises · Simple, practical pronunciations-at-a-glance · Exercises to make you think in your new language · Tested techniques based on a century of teaching experience With the Berlitz Self-Teachers as your guide you’ll soon find that you can understand, speak, and even think your own thoughts in another language.

Book Musics of Many Cultures

    Book Details:
  • Author : Elizabeth May
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-07-28
  • ISBN : 0520340574
  • Pages : 456 pages

Download or read book Musics of Many Cultures written by Elizabeth May and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foremost authorities in the field of music from around the world have contributed twenty original essays for this volume, edited by Elizabeth May. Only European musics have been omitted, except insofar as they affect other musics discussed here. North American music is represented by the musics of the Native Americans and the Alaskan Eskimos. The essays are profusely illustrated with maps, drawings, diagrams, photographs, and music examples. There are extensive glossaries, bibliographies, and annotated film lists. The book is directed to readers seriously interested in acquainting themselves with musics beyond the confines of Western musicology. Contributors include Bruno Nettl, Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark, Kang-sook Lee, William P. Malm, David Morton, Bonnie C. Wade, Margaret J. Kartomi, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Trevor A. Jones, Atta Annan Mensah, John Blacking, Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo, Cynthia Tse Kimberlin, Jozef M. Pacholczyk, Ella Zonis, Abraham A. Schwadron, David P. McAllester, Lorraine D. Koranda, and Dale A. Olsen. Please note: this book was originally published with records. The edition available now does not include the records. We are hoping to make the original recordings available in some other way.

Book Cruise of the Minnie Maud

Download or read book Cruise of the Minnie Maud written by Alfred Tremblay and published by Quebec, Canada : Arctic Exchange and Publishing. This book was released on 1921 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a description of Capitan J. E. Bernier's expedition to Baffin Island and of expedition member Alfred Tremblay's explorations of Hudson Bay, Eclipse Sound, Admiralty Inlet, and other arctic regions in the Arctic Archipelago

Book Historical and Statistical Information  Respecting the History  Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States

Download or read book Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States written by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of J  R  Jewitt     during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound  etc

Download or read book A narrative of the adventures and sufferings of J R Jewitt during a captivity of nearly three years among the savages of Nootka Sound etc written by John Rodgers JEWITT and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Making Out in Korean

Download or read book Making Out in Korean written by Peter Constantine and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Out in Korean is a fun, accessible and thorough Korean phrasebook and guide to the Korean language as it's really spoken. Nan neoga joa michigesseo! Uri tto mannalkka?--(I'm crazy about you! Shall we meet again?) Answer this correctly in Korean and you may be going on a hot date. Incorrectly, and you could be hurting someone's feelings or getting a slap! Korean classes and textbooks tend to spend a lot of time rehearsing for the same fictitious scenarios but chances are while in Korea you will spend a lot more time trying to make new friends or start new romances--something you may not be prepared for. If you are a student, businessman or tourist traveling to South Korea or North Korea and would like to have an authentic and meaningful experience, the key is being able to speak like a local. This friendly and easy-to-use Korean phrase book makes this possible. Making out in Korean has been carefully designed to act as a guide to modern colloquial Korean for use in everyday informal interactions--giving access to the sort of catchy Korean expressions that aren't covered in traditional language materials. As well as the Romanized forms (romanji), each expression is given in authentic Korean script (hangul), so that in the case of difficulties the book can be shown to the person the user is trying to communicate with. In addition, easy-to-use phonetic spellings of all Korean words and phrases are given. For example "How are you?"--annyeonghaseyo? is also written as anh-nyawng-hah-seyo? This Korean phrasebook includes: A guide to pronouncing Korean words correctly. Explanations of basic Korean grammar, such as, word order, questions, and formal vs. informal tenses. Complete Korean translations including Korean Script (hangul). Useful and interesting notes on Korean language and culture. Lots of colorful, fun and useful expressions not covered in other phrasebooks. Titles in this unique series of bestselling phrase books include: Making Out in Chinese, Making Out in Indonesian, Making Out in Thai, Making Out in Korean, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Japanese, Making Out in Vietnamese, Making out in Burmese, Making Out in Tagalog, Making Out in Hindi, Making Out in Arabic, Making Out in English, More Making Out in Korean, and More Making Out in Japanese.

Book Instant Korean

Download or read book Instant Korean written by Boye Lafayette De Mente and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's amazing how 100 key words and phrases provide instant communication! Do you want to speak simple Korean but are too busy to study it? Are you visiting Korea for a short time and want a Korean phrase book to help you communicate? If so, this Korean phrasebook for you. It's tiny 0.4 x 4.1 x 5.9 inches size makes it incredibly convenient to travel with but without losing the most essential content for communication. This new, expanded edition contains 15% more content, fun manga-style illustrations, and additional information on which destinations, personalities and trends are hot in Korea right now! The idea of Instant Korean is simple--learn 100 words and phrases and say 1,000 things. The trick is knowing which 100 words to learn, but the author Boye Demente has solved the problem, choosing only those words you'll hear again and again. Even with a Korean language vocabulary this small, you'll be surprised how quickly you can learn Korean and how fluently you too can communicate in Korean. An English-Korean dictionary makes looking up words and phrases simple and quick. Here's a sample of what you'll be able to do with this Korean phrasebook: Meet people. Go shopping. Ask directions. Ride the subway. Order food and drinks. And much more. About the new edition: This revised edition has manga illustrations to give visual cues for language use in context, and useful cultural notes on what's proper in Korea--how to address someone based on the hierarchy in societal structure (age, gender and how well acquainted with the other party), how to get the attention of a wait staff in a restaurant, etc.

Book Kerouac on Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simon Warner
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2018-03-08
  • ISBN : 1501323342
  • Pages : 481 pages

Download or read book Kerouac on Record written by Simon Warner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was the leading light of the Beat Generation writers and the most dynamic author of his time, but Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of New York City, the development of which he witnessed first-hand during the 1940s with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk to the fore. The novelist, most famous for his 1957 book On the Road, admired the sounds of bebop and attempted to bring something of their original energy to his own writing, a torrent of semi-autobiographical stories he published between 1950 and his early death in 1969. Yet he was also drawn to American popular music of all kinds � from the blues to Broadway ballads � and when he came to record albums under his own name, he married his unique spoken word style with some of the most talented musicians on the scene. Kerouac's musical legacy goes well beyond the studio recordings he made himself: his influence infused generations of music makers who followed in his work � from singer-songwriters to rock bands. Some of the greatest transatlantic names � Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison and David Bowie, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, Sonic Youth and Death Cab for Cutie, and many more � credited Kerouac's impact on their output. In Kerouac on Record, we consider how the writer brought his passion for jazz to his prose and poetry, his own record releases, the ways his legacy has been sustained by numerous more recent talents, those rock tributes that have kept his memory alive and some of the scores that have featured in Hollywood adaptations of the adventures he brought to the printed page.

Book The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah

Download or read book The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah written by Leonora Leet and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Secret Doctrine of the Kabbalah" resurrects this ancient body of knowledge to reveal eternal truths that profoundly impact contemporary spirituality. Experimental methods of practicing Hebraic sacred science are explored that explain, as never before, the meaning of the cosmological diagram of the entire Western esoteric tradition--the kabbalistic Tree of Life.