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Summary of Heinrich Harrer's Seven Years in Tibet

Autor: Everest Media,

Número de Páginas: 58

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I had planned to escape from India during the war, but the war suddenly began, and I was taken prisoner. I was then transferred to another camp. With the help of like-minded companions, I collected compasses, money, and maps. #2 We were transferred to another camp in India, and this time we were transported by rail to the biggest POW camp in India. The conditions at the camp changed completely, and we had the Himalayas right in front of us. We thought about escaping over the passes to Tibet. #3 I had originally intended to escape alone, so that I wouldn’t have to consider a companion. But one day, my friend Rolf Magener told me that an Italian general had the same intentions as myself. We quickly joined forces on the basis that I would be responsible for all the planning, and he for the money and equipment. #4 I was often sent out to gather information for the escape plan, and I learned how to climb over the camp’s outer fence and into Marchese’s wing. I cut the wires, and we escaped into the jungle.

East-West Montage

Autor: Sheng-mei Ma

Número de Páginas: 330

"East-West Montage possesses a unique vision that promises to push discussions of globalization, cultural production, ethnic identity, and bodily metaphors in powerful new directions. Ma is to be praised for his sound scholarship and innovative interpretations. Indeed where others specialize in either the collection of details or the unpacking of text, Ma weaves a strong analytic exegesis rooted in thorough research." —Richard King, Washington State University Approximately twelve hours’ difference lies between New York and Beijing: The West and the East are, literally, night and day apart. Yet East-West Montage crosscuts the two in the manner of adjacent filmic shots to accentuate their montage-like complementarity. It examines the intersection between East and West—the Asian diaspora (or more specifically Asian bodies in diaspora) and the cultural expressions by and about people of Asian descent on both sides of the Pacific. Following the introduction "Establishing Shots," the book is divided into seven intercuts, which in turn subdivide into dialectically paired chapters focusing on specific body parts or attributes. The range of material examined is broad and rich: the...

Summary of Heinrich Harrer's The White Spider

Autor: Everest Media,

Número de Páginas: 21

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 There were many who thought it was my duty to make immediate amends by post-dating Corti’s climb, rehabilitating him. But I felt my duty was to be a true friend to all the world’s climbers, particularly the younger generation. #2 The confusion in Corti’s report was not due to the intense nervous strain and nights of delirium on the Face, but rather because his mental and spiritual powers failed to match so great a demand on them. #3 The bivouac spot above the Spider has been named after Corti, not after the two men who in all probability pitched and secured the little tent to ensure his safety. The fact remains that this spot has been named after Corti, not after the two men who in all probability pitched and secured the little tent to ensure his safety. #4 The foursome’s decision to join the Italians on the rope was unexplained. They were only on the lower third of the Face, and there was no earthly reason for it. They were also only on the Eiger to help a friend, which is why they gave him their only chance of survival.

The 325: Canada's Criminal Code (w/ Other Acts) - a Case Compilation

Número de Páginas: 6643

A case-compilation of the 325 most cited CC, Extradition Act and Charter cases that I compiled to facilitate a one-file download. Assumes a person doesn't want to take the time to immerse themselves in case stream and nuances of the topic in CANLII.org, where I obtained the cases and did the digesting of same myself to put it all together for you.

Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues

Autor: David W. Mills , Kayla L. Westra

Número de Páginas: 257

Students, military historians, and casual readers will all find this compelling collection useful in learning about escape strategies, hostage situations, and rescue operations during times of conflict. Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues tells the captivating stories of dozens of escapes and rescues from conflicts dating from the 16th century to present, with extensive coverage of the world wars of the 20th century and the Vietnam War. In addition, escapes and rescues related to terrorist activities and regional conflicts are featured. Some stories of escapes and rescues included in this work have been written about extensively and portrayed in films, including The Great Escape and Captain Phillips' rescue by Navy SEALs. Other stories are less widely known but just as absorbing. The book opens with a detailed introductory essay that illuminates the government policies and tactics various countries have used to rescue soldiers and civilians during wartime, as well as the diverse methods that prisoners of war have used to escape notorious camps and prisons. The entries, organized alphabetically, are augmented by engaging sidebars related to the escapes and rescues. The book also...

The Dalai Lama

Autor: Alexander Norman

Número de Páginas: 330

'Impressive in its clarity this biography [is] the most detailed and accurate to date. Written in an engaging prose, [it] ends with an insightful prediction of the legacy of the fourteenth Dalai Lama, and a cleareyed assessment of the challenges that the fifteenth will face' The New York Times The Dalai Lama’s message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and none. Yet, for all his worldwide fame, he remains personally elusive. Now, Alexander Norman, acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of the history of Tibet, delivers the definitive biography—unique, multi-layered, and at times even shocking. The Dalai Lama illuminates an astonishing odyssey from isolated Tibetan village to worldwide standing as spiritual and political leader of one of the world’s most profound and complex cultural traditions. Norman reveals that, while the Dalai Lama has never been comfortable with his political position, he has been a canny player—at one time CIA-backed—who has manoeuvred amidst pervasive violence, including placing himself at the centre of a dangerous Buddhist schism. Yet even more surprising than the political, Norman convinces, is the Dalai Lama’s astonishing...

The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Films

Autor: Salvador Jiménez Murguía

Número de Páginas: 825

Winner, RUSA 2019 Outstanding References Source Winner and named a Library Journal Best Reference Book of the Year 2018 From D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation in 1915 to the recent Get Out, audiences and critics alike have responded to racism in motion pictures for more than a century. Whether subtle or blatant, racially biased images and narratives erase minorities, perpetuate stereotypes, and keep alive practices of discrimination and marginalization. Even in the 21st century, the American film industry is not “color blind,” evidenced by films such as Babel (2006), A Better Life (2011), and 12 Years a Slave (2013). The Encyclopedia of Racism in American Film documents one facet of racism in the film industry, wherein historically underrepresented peoples are misrepresented—through a lack of roles for actors of color, stereotyping, negative associations, and an absence of rich, nuanced characters. Offering insights and analysis from over seventy scholars, critics, and activists, the volume highlights issues such as: Hollywood’s diversity crisisWhite Savior filmsMagic Negro tropesThe disconnect between screen images and lived realities of African Americans, Latinos,...

Les Harmonies Werckmeister

Autor: Béla Tarr , László Krasznahorkai

Número de Páginas: 73

Leipzig After Bach

Autor: Jeffrey S. Sposato

Número de Páginas: 337

Leipzig, Germany, is renowned as the city where Johann Sebastian Bach worked as a church musician until his death in 1750, and where Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy directed the famed Gewandhaus orchestra until his own death in 1847. But the century in between these events was critically important as well. During this period, Leipzig's church music enterprise was convulsed by repeated external threats-a growing middle class that viewed music as an object of public consumption, religious and political tumult, and the chaos of the Seven Years and Napoleonic wars. Jeffrey S. Sposato's Leipzig After Bach examines how these forces changed church and concert life in Leipzig. Whereas most European cities saw their public concerts grow out of secular institutions such as a royal court or an opera theater, neither of these existed when Leipzig's first subscription concert series, the Grosse Concert, was started in 1743. Instead, the city had a thriving Lutheran church-music enterprise that had been brought to its zenith by Bach. Paid subscription concerts therefore found their roots in Leipzig's church music tradition, with important and unique results. These included a revolving door between...

The Achilles Trap

Autor: Steve Coll

Número de Páginas: 577

A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker • Nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction “Excellent . . . A more intimate picture of the dictator’s thinking about world politics, local power and his relationship to the United States than has been seen before.” —The New York Times “Another triumph from one of our best journalists.” —The Washington Post "Voluminously researched and compulsively readable." —Air Mail From bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Steve Coll, the definitive story of the decades-long relationship between the United States and Saddam Hussein, and a news-breaking investigation into one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our time. When the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, its message was clear: Iraq, under the control of strongman Saddam Hussein, possessed weapons of mass destruction that, if left unchecked, posed grave danger to the world. But when no WMDs were found, the United States and its allies were forced to examine the political and intelligence failures that had led to the invasion and the occupation, and the civil war that followed. ...

The Himalayas

Autor: Andrew J. Hund , James A. Wren

Número de Páginas: 359

A thorough and detailed resource that describes the history, culture, and geography of the Himalayan region, providing an indispensable reference work to both general readers and seasoned scholars in the field. The Himalayas: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture serves as a convenient and authoritative reference for anyone exploring the region and seeking to better understand the history, events, peoples, and geopolitical details of this unique area of the world. It explores the geography and details of the demographics, discusses relevant historical events, and addresses socioeconomic movements, political intrigues and controversies, and cultural details as to give an overarching impression of the region as a coherent and cohesive whole. Readers will come away with a vastly heightened understanding of the geographical region we recognize as the Himalayas, and grasp the issues of geography, history, and culture that are central to contemporary understandings of the human culture in the region. The alphabetically arranged and succinct entries provide easy access to detailed, authoritative information. Additionally, sidebars throughout the book relate compelling facts...

La véritable histoire d'une montagne plus grande que l'Himalaya

Autor: Philippe Forêt

Número de Páginas: 292

Au début du XXe siècle, Sven Hedin, géographe de retour d'une campagne d'exploration clandestine au Tibet et la société royale de géographie s'affrontent sur l'existence présumée du Transhimalaya qui serait le plus haut sommet du monde. Véritable découverte ou création d'une légende? Une enquête géographique est menée dans cet ouvrage.

Harrer / Weiss Wirkfaktoren der Achtsamkeit

Autor: Michael E. Harrer , Halko Weiss

Número de Páginas: 350

Wirkfaktoren in der PsychotherapieAchtsamkeit in der PsychotherapieWie wirkt Achtsamkeit?Hakomi: Achtsamkeit in der psychodynamischen EinzelpsychotherapiePraktische Anwendung der AchtsamkeitNeurobiologische Wirkungen der Achtsamkeitspraxis Keywords: Achtsamkeit, Achtsamkeit des Psychotherapeuten, Achtsamkeitsbasierte Psychotherapie, Achtsamkeitsbasierte Stressreduktion, Akzeptanz, Akzeptanz- und Commitment-Therapie, Buddhistische Psychologie, DBT, Dialektisch-Behaviorale Therapie, Empathie, Hakomi-Methode, MBSR, MBCT, Mitgefühl, Selbstmitgefühl, therapeutische Beziehung, Wirkfaktoren

Der Abriß eines geistlichen Harrers, als ... Emmanuel Harrer ... den 4. Februarii Anno 1715 ... seelig entschlaffen ...

Autor: Johann Joachim Metzger

Número de Páginas: 58

The Rough Guide to Austria

Autor: Jonathan Bousfield , Rob Humphreys

Número de Páginas: 636

Venture across every inch of this prosperous and stable central European country, from the cosmopolitan capital of Vienna--packed with cultural offerings and late-night musikcafes--to the awesome Alpine backwaters of the Tyrol or winemaking villages. Learn how to stretch your budget in what can be an expensive country to visit. 40 maps. color photos.

Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior And Insular Affairs

Número de Páginas: 658

Puffin Lives: the 14th Dalai Lama

Autor: Aravinda Ananthraman

Número de Páginas: 120

A biography of the current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, discussing the history of Tibet and the role of the Buddhist leader in this country's spiritual and political life.

Mineral and Water Resources of Arizona

Autor: Geological Survey (u.s.)

Número de Páginas: 662

Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture

Autor: Trevor Findlay

Número de Páginas: 383

The role of organizational culture in international efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. In Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture, Trevor Findlay investigates the role that organizational culture may play in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, examining particularly how it affects the nuclear safeguards system of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the paramount global organization in the non-proliferation field. Findlay seeks to identify how organizational culture may have contributed to the IAEA’s failure to detect Iraq’s attempts to acquire illicit nuclear capabilities in the decade prior to the 1990 Gulf War and how the agency has sought to change safeguards culture since then. In doing so, he addresses an important piece of the nuclear nonproliferation puzzle: how to ensure that a robust international safeguards system, in perpetuity, might keep non-nuclear states from acquiring such weapons. Findlay, as one of the leading scholars on the IAEA, brings a valuable holistic perspective to his analysis of the agency’s culture. Transforming Nuclear Safeguards Culture will inspire debate about the role of organizational culture in a key...

Journeys East

Autor: Harry Oldmeadow

Número de Páginas: 535

This is the first book to treat the impact of religious, philosophical and psychological traditions of the East on Western intellectuals, artists, travellers and spiritual seekers in the twentieth century. Addressed to both general readers and scholars of religion, it is especially valuable for its penetrating and inter-religious analysis of two of the most compelling themes now facing the world: the emergence of cross-cultural religious understanding of the natural order and ecological crisis and the metaphysical basis for both the formal diversity and essential unity of religious traditions of both East and West. The West has long romanticized the "mysterious" East, but it has, also, judged its traditions as "uncivilized." Our notions about Eastern spirituality have been formed by a succession of travellers, scientists, artists, intellectuals, poets, philosophers and missionaries, as well as by Eastern travellers who have spent time in the West. This book helps us to recognize the influence of Eastern ideas upon modern Western thought by tracing the history of engagements between East and West up until the present day. It concludes with a section that helps us to perceive the...

El Dalái Lama

Autor: Alexander Norman

Número de Páginas: 553

La primera biografía autorizada del Dalái Lama - una historia alternativamente inspiradora e impactante -de un aclamado erudito tibetano, con un acceso privilegiado al tema de su libro. El mensaje de paz y compasión del Dalái Lama se hace sentir en personas de todo tipo de fe y en las que no tienen ninguna. Sin embargo, debido a toda su fama en todo el mundo, suele mostrarse evasivo. Por fin, Alexander Norman - un aclamado erudito en la historia del Tíbet, formado en Oxford - ofrece la biografía definitiva, única e inolvidable. El Dalái Lama narra una increíble odisea desde un remoto pueblo tibetano hasta su posición mundial como líder espiritual y político de una de las tradiciones culturales más profundas y complejas del mundo. Norman revela que aunque el Dalái Lama nunca se ha sentido cómodo con su situación política, ha sido un jugador astuto - durante un tiempo respaldado por la CIA - que se ha movido en medio de una violencia generalizada, que incluye situarse en el centro de un peligroso cisma del budismo. Sin embargo, aún más sorprendente que la acción política - Norman nos convence -, se encuentra la extraordinaria práctica espiritual del Dalái...

Captivity, Flight, and Survival in World War II

Autor: Alan Levine

Número de Páginas: 270

A collection of prisoner of war and concentration camp survivor stories from some of the toughest World War II camps in Europe and the Pacific, this book details the daring escapes and highlights the fundamental aspects of human nature that made such heroic efforts possible. Levine takes a comprehensive approach, including evasion efforts by those fleeing before the enemy who never reached formal prisoner of war camps, as well as escapes from ghettoes and labor camps. Levine pays particular attention to dramatic escapes by small boat. Many are not widely known, although some were made over vast distances or in fantastically difficult conditions from enemy-occupied areas. Accounts include attempts at freedom from both German and Japanese prisoner of war camps, stories that reveal much about the conditions prisoners endured. Some of these escapes are far more amazing than the famed Great Escape from Stalag Luft III. German and Austrian prisoners also recount their amazing flights from India to Tibet and Burma. This study challenges some ideas about behavior in extreme situations and casts interesting light on human nature.

A Buddhist Deception

Autor: Ben Blijleven

Número de Páginas: 570

Innumerable human beings have been lulled into and imprisoned by beliefs and dogmas and assumptions of religions, sects, false philosophies and other world-views, by which they lose their striving and consequently, the seeking, the intuiting, the investigating and the evolving. Without any exception though, only human beings who were unstable and are unstable fell for and fall for a belief and dogmas and assumptions of false philosophies, religions and sects and world-views......... ...... Nonetheless, however, the modern times as well bring visible change with regard to the recognition of the truth. The truly rational ones and the ones attempting to think logically, those who are effectively searching for the truthful truth, those, who are willing to acknowledge and follow the Creational laws and recommendations, they have become stronger and more in number, despite of all mendacious and misleading sects, religions, false philosophies and other irrational world-views. The number of truthly truth-seekers is growing and growing, even though when they are being hounded by misguiding sects of all hues and from other false thinkers. .........

Buddhism and American Cinema

Autor: John Whalen-bridge , Gary Storhoff

Número de Páginas: 275

In 1989, the same year the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a decade-long boom of films dedicated to Buddhist people, history, and culture began. Offering the first scholarly treatment of Buddhism and cinema, the editors advise that there are two kinds of Buddhist film: those that are about Buddhists and those that are not. Focusing on contemporary American offerings, the contributors extend a two-pronged approach, discussing how Buddhism has been captured by directors and presenting Buddhist-oriented critiques of the worlds represented in films that would seem to have no connection with Buddhism. Films discussed range from those set in Tibet, such as Kundun and Lost Horizon, to those set well outside of any Buddhist milieu, such as Groundhog Day and The Matrix. The contributors explain the Buddhist theoretical concepts that emerge in these works, including karma, the bardo, and reincarnation, and consider them in relation to interpretive strategies that include feminism, postcolonialism, and contemplative psychological approaches.

On the Roof of the World

Autor: Richard Nelsson

Número de Páginas: 237

Throughout its history the Guardian has had unparalleled access to mountaineers and climbers, and its coverage of the sport is second to none. From Edward Whymper's conquest of the Matterhorn in 1865 through to the first ever ascent of Everest in 1953, and on to the extreme climbing (and associated apparatus) that dominates the modern-day incarnation of the sport, the paper has chronicled every development with insight and intelligence. This beguiling collection draws together a selection of Guardian writing that is both informative and celebratory, tracking the sport's history and uncovering how public perception has changed over time. - Postings on how cigarettes 'aided breathing' on some of the earliest Everest expeditions - Victorian advice to 'lady climbers': 'Small rings should be sewn inside the seams of the skirt ... [so] that the whole dress may be drawn up at a moment's notice to the requisite height' - Articles on scrambling, fell-running, rock-climbing and rambling. Whether you're a serious mountaineer or a weekend rambler, On the Roof of the World is packed full of insights and stories that make it the perfect bedside companion.

The Traditional Lhasa House

Autor: André Alexander

Número de Páginas: 410

This book looks at a particular type of indigenous architecture that has developed in the city of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. The focus is on the vernacular residential architecture in the form of the historic Lhasa Town House, as it was built and lived in from the mid-17th to mid-20th century. The book defines the Lhasa House as a distinct variety of traditional Tibetan architecture by providing a technical analysis and discussing the cultural framework and the development of a typology. (Series: HABITAT - INTERNATIONAL: Articles on International Urban Development / Schriften zur internationalen Stadtentwicklung - Vol. 18)

La Conquête de Kailash

Autor: Inderjeet Mani

Número de Páginas: 339

De l’auteur primé de Esprits toxiques vient un nouveau roman déchirant sur la cruauté et la marginalisation, et la lutte pour trouver un sens dans un monde de préjugés croissants et de fausses croyances. Gay mais encore dans le placard et manquant à sa femme Helen — qui a quitté leur maison pour devenir nonne bouddhiste — Ali Akbar rentre dans sa vieillesse de Californie en Inde. Au Parc aux Cerfs, où le Bouddha a donné son premier sermon, il trouve un dépliant promettant de lui apprendre à retrouver l’amour. Après avoir été agressé à l’extérieur du parc lors d’un défilé dirigé par un fondamentaliste religieux, Ali tente de tenir la promesse du dépliant, voyageant de Bénarès jusqu’aux hauteurs glacées du mont Kailash. En chemin, Ali est contraint de faire face aux abus sexuels incessants qu’il a subis durant son enfance en Inde, ainsi qu’à ses échecs personnels, y compris son expulsion de l’Université de Cambridge, ses espoirs de carrière déçus, et surtout, ses relations avec Helen et leur fille Homa. Naviguant entre les fondamentalisms concurrents qui marquent une époque de collapse social, Ali essaie, dans le temps qu’il lui...

La vida privada de los genios creadores

Autor: Francisco Delgado

Número de Páginas: 159

Compila esta obra un conjunto de breves relatos biográficos y dos obras teatrales sobre la vida de algunos de los grandes artistas de la historia europea: escenas significativas de los hechos y conflictos más decisivos y menos conocidos de Cervantes, Chéjov, Casals, Bach o Mozart se suceden a través de estas páginas. La característica común de estos relatos, en lo referido a las partes conflictivas de sus vidas privadas, es que muestran cómo los creadores han sufrido vivencias de profundo dolor e incomprensión en su ámbito familiar, profesional o en su vida amorosa; como si fuera una ley general el hecho de que en el alma del artista no puede haber creación sin un componente de sufrimiento, unido al intenso placer del proceso creativo. «Esta obra nos acerca a la persona del genio y nos ayuda a entender —en la medida que esto es posible— el fabuloso proceso íntimo de la creación artística». LUIS FOLGADO DE TORRES, ESCRITOR Y EDITOR

Yo conocí a Bach

Autor: Francisco Delgado Montero

Número de Páginas: 206

Yo conocí a Bach, el músico de Dios, es el relato de un testigo imaginario de la vida de Johann Sebastian Bach, el compositor que representa la cumbre de la historia de la Música occidental. A través de la vida paralela de Peter Krahl, un humilde músico que coincide con el Maestro, el narrador nos introduce en la intimidad familiar de los Bach, en los ensayos y en la gestación de algunas de sus grandes obras, La Pasión según San Mateo, La Misa en si menor, El Arte de la Fuga. Pero, sobre todo, nos introduce dentro de estas obras, rompe la frontera entre el músico y el oyente y nos hace participar del goce de la creación bachiana, de la vivencia del carácter trascendente de sus composiciones, de la humildad del que escucha los sonidos del universo. Francisco Delgado nos empuja con su relato a amar a Bach, a conocer más su ingente obra, como ya hizo con sus anteriores publicaciones sobre Beethoven y sobre Mozart.

How to Think About Exercise

Autor: Damon Young , Campus London Ltd (the School Of Life)

Número de Páginas: 193

It can often seem as though existence is split in two: body and mind, flesh and spirit, moving and thinking. In the office or at study we are 'mind workers', with superfluous bodies. In the gym we stretch, run and lift, but our minds are idle. Damon Young challenges this idea, revealing how fitness can develop our bodies and minds as one. Exploring exercises and sports with the help of ancient and modern philosophy, he uncovers the pleasures, virtues and big ideas of fitness. By exercising intelligently, we are committing to wholeness: enjoying and enhancing our full humanity. One in the new series of books from The School of Life, launched January 2014: How to Age by Anne Karpf How to Develop Emotional Health by Oliver James How to Be Alone by Sara Maitland How to Deal with Adversity by Christopher Hamilton How to Think About Exercise by Damon Young How to Connect with Nature by Tristan Gooley

An Evangelical Social Gospel?

Autor: Timothy L. Suttle

Número de Páginas: 125

Jesus taught that love for others is the path to God, that you can't love God if you don't love your neighbor. In An Evangelical Social Gospel?, Tim Suttle shows how the exaggerated individualism of American culture distorts the gospel and weakens the church. He reaches back a full century to the writings of the great Baptist pastor Walter Rauschenbusch and offers an imaginative vision for how evangelicals can once again impact the world. Bypassing the culture wars and liberal/conservative squabbling, Suttle offers a way in which the corporate nature of Christianity can be held alongside the evangelical belief in personal salvation. In so doing, Suttle provides valuable theological rationale for the moves many are making toward social justice and helps us rediscover why the nexus of personal and corporate faith is where we find the power to transform lives and cultures alike. His approach to corporate sin and salvation, the kingdom of God, and missional theology are deeply rooted in the life of a pastor, yet informed by a rich theological mind.

Bach's Famous Choir

Autor: Michael Maul

Número de Páginas: 465

The musical, social and political history of the renowned St Thomas School and Church In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the cantors of the St. Thomas School and Church in Leipzig could be counted among the most significant German composers of their times. But what attracted these artists - from Seth Calvisius to J.S. Bach to Johann Adam Hiller - to the music school and choir and inspired them to explore new repertoire of the highest standing? And how did the cantors influence the musical profile of the school - a profile that often became a bone of contention between school and city hall? The success of the St. Thomas School was not a foregone conclusion; its history is replete with challenges and setbacks as well as triumphs. The school was caughtbetween the conflicting interests of enthusiastic mayors and townspeople, who wanted to showcase the city's musical culture, and opposing parties, including jealous rectors and elitist sponsors, who argued for the traditional subordination of the cantorate to the school system. Drawing on many new, recently discovered sources, Michael Maul explores the phenomenon of the St Thomas School. He shows how cantors, local luminaries...

Manitoba Law Journal: A Review of the Current Legal Landscape 2012 Volume 36(1)

Autor: Darcy L. Macpherson, Et Al.

Número de Páginas: 409

The Manitoba Law Journal is a peer-reviewed journal founded in 1961. The MLJ's current mission is to provide lively, independent and high caliber commentary on legal events in Manitoba or events of special interest to our community. This issue has articles from a variety of contributing authors including: Albert Nolette, Boyd McGill, Brendan Jowett, Bruce A. Macfarlane, Bryan P. Schwartz, Dan Grice, Darcy L. MacPherson, Dayna M. Steinfield, Debra Parkes, Francois Larocque, James Oldham, John Burchill, Mark C. Power, Robert H. Tanha, and Yemi Oke.

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