The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border garrison in the newly conquered Western Regions of the Qing Chinese empire. They preserved their military structure and a discrete identity in the multi-ethnic region of Xinjiang and are now officially recognized as an ethnic minority nationality under the People's Republic. They are known in China today as the last speakers of the Manchu language, and as preservers of their ancient traditions. This study of their music culture reveals not...
The Sibe are an immigrant group, Qing dynasty bannermen who made a three-year "long march" from Manchuria in the 18th century to serve as a border gar...
Dorothy Law Nolte, a lifelong teacher and lecturer on family dynamics, presents a simple but powerful guide to parenting the old-fashioned way: instilling values through example. Dr. Nolte-s inspirationo?Children Learn What They Live, O the celebrated poem she wrote in 1954. Written with psychotherapist Rachel Harris, each of the 19 couplets of the poem is developed into a chapteroon jealousy, shame, praise, recognition, honesty, fairness, tolerance, and more. Positive, realistic, filled with a rare common sense, it is a book to help parents find their own parenting wisdom, and to raise...
Dorothy Law Nolte, a lifelong teacher and lecturer on family dynamics, presents a simple but powerful guide to parenting the old-fashioned way: instil...
This collection of step-by-step practices from ancient cultures, world religions, and psychological disciplines provides readers with the self-renewing, spiritually, uplifting rewards of retreat anytime, anywhere. We all crave periods of silence and introspection, but with lives lived at an ever-increasing pace most of us find fewer opportunities to fill that need. Now, psychologist Rachel Harris has come to the rescue with this unique collection of 20-, 5- and 1-minute mini-retreats-short periods of meditation, contemplation or self-discovery drawn from traditions and practices as varied...
This collection of step-by-step practices from ancient cultures, world religions, and psychological disciplines provides readers with the self-rene...
This non-fiction novel is a broad overview of the Torah / Bible Code research of Reverend Theodore McClendon Jr. (2007 - 2010) Topics are general in nature. The goal is to make the general public aware of the existance and the relevance of hidden messages from God to man.
This non-fiction novel is a broad overview of the Torah / Bible Code research of Reverend Theodore McClendon Jr. (2007 - 2010) Topics are general in n...
While learning to count, all children will skip numbers. The opening dialogue illustrates this process: "1, 2, 3, 5." "Where's 4?" "4 went on vacation." With 4 missing, 1, 2, 3, and 5 all speculate as to where 4 is vacationing and what 4 is doing on his vacation. These fantasies range from going to the moon, swimming to the bottom of the Marianas Trench, and running in the Olympics. After 4 returns, 4 tells them all about his camping trip to 4 Rainbow National Park. 4 and his family went hiking, swimming, canoeing, and bicycling before coming home to Numberland. The book's narration is...
While learning to count, all children will skip numbers. The opening dialogue illustrates this process: "1, 2, 3, 5." "Where's 4?" "4 went on vacation...
Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to tell a story about a particular geographic region, introducing key aspects of the cultures in which it is embedded, contexts of performance, the musicians who create or perform it, the journeys it has travelled, and its changing meanings.
A collaborative venture by staff and research ethnomusicologists associated with...
Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds ...
Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to tell a story about a particular geographic region, introducing key aspects of the cultures in which it is embedded, contexts of performance, the musicians who create or perform it, the journeys it has travelled, and its changing meanings.
A collaborative venture by staff and research ethnomusicologists associated with the Department of...
Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each thro...
