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Pictures the home life of Glenn Gould at his cottage retreat near Lake Simcoe, Ontario, where he plays his 60-year-old piano, kicks off his loafers and swings into a Bach fugue with collar aflare, shambles through the woods, and chats with fellow musician Franz Kraemer.

Glenn Gould, renowned Canadian concert pianist, in New York--kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records; and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.

"In 2001, The Little Bookroom published Truman Capote's long-out-of-print homage to Brooklyn, A house in the heights. In 2014, more than fifty years after they were taken, the original photographs commissioned to illustrate the piece have been discovered by the photographer's son. Also found among the negatives were portraits of Capote taken on that same day; none of the photos have ever been published. Now, in a new edition with a new title...the words and images will be united for the first time. The images of Brooklyn provide a stunning and atmospheric visual portrait of the city in 1959--its building, shops, street life, lost moments-- a Brooklyn at once strangely familiar yet largely vanished: horse-drawn wagons delivering produce to housewives, kids swimming in the East River and getting into mischief on the docks, dimly-lit bars, vintage signs, little girls jumping rope, bricklayers, barbers, neighborhood characters, all set against a backdrop of period architecture, that spectacular bridge, and the skyline of Manhattan. The essay itself brings to life the landscape that was for the author a world of grand homes and dimly recalled gentility, of mysterious warehouses and menacing street thugs, a garden overhung with wisteria, and the famous Promenade and waterfront--all rendered in his deft and stylish prose. Originally commissioned for Holiday magazine by John Knowles (later the author of A separate peace), the piece remained one of his favorites--especially its surprise ending. At the time, George Plimpton wrote that in the essay, Capote's 'love of history, gossip, character, and a skill at putting all this to words ... brings Brooklyn heights to life as vividly as any landscape Truman ever undertook to survey.' David Attie's photos enhance that landscape in a breathtaking way."-- Provided by publisher.

One of the great artistic forces of the twentieth century, performer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham influenced dance worldwide. Criterion presents a sampling of her stunning craft, all collaborations with television arts-programming pioneer Nathan Kroll. A Dancer’s World (1957), narrated by Graham herself, is a glimpse into her class work and methodology. Appalachian Spring (1958) and Night Journey (1961) are two complete Graham ballets, the first a celebration of the American pioneer spirit, scored by Aaron Copland, the second a powerfully physical rendering of the Oedipus myth. These are signature Graham works and tributes to the art of the human body.

• Also by; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; I
• TIGRIS BANK; II
• THE INCORRIGIBLE ROGUE; III
• ELIZABETH SUCCEEDED HENRY; IV
• AID TO THE CIVIL; V
• STUDENT'S INTERLUDE; VI
• COUNSEL OF FEARS; VII
• IT PAYS TO BE BOLD; VIII
• PERSIAN PATTERN; IX
• CAVIAR TO THE GENERAL.

Like most members of the professional military freemasonry, Slim came to admire ""all the soldiers of different races who have fought with me and most of those who have fought against me."" Among the most likable of his enemies were the Wazirs of India's Northwest Frontier. In 1920, Slim took part in a retaliatory raid on an obscure village. It was an unusually easy victory over the canny Wazirs, whom the British took by surprise and escaped from with scant loss. Afterwards, in the casual frontier way, the British sent a message to the Wazirs, expressing surprise at the enemy's unusually poor.

At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced readers to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Wollcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. James Thurber captures not only a complex literary giant, but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well.
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This autobiography traces the life of Helen Traubel, a Missouri girl turned world class soprano. Traubel spent her teens and twenties singing with church choirs and quartets. When she reached her thirties she left Missouri for New York where she sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
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"The Custer literature is voluminous and most of it is highly controversial. Through the tangle of charges and countercharges Jay Monaghan cuts a clear path in his fresh account of Custer's whole career. Where possible, Monaghan relies on original sources, and he appraises them with the sound judgment of the practiced historian he is. He is sympathetic with Custer but does not hesitate to show the man's foibles and failures. He presents no attorney's brief and yet he disproves a number of ill-founded accusations. . . .".
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• CHAPTER I A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE CHINESE THEATRE;
• CHAPTER II THE MEI FAMILY;
• CHAPTER III THE EARLY YEARS OF MEI LAN-FANG;
• CHAPTER IV PEKING THE BACKGROUND OF YOUTH;
• CHAPTER V SHANGHAI;
• CHAPTER VI THE YEARS OF RISING FAME;
• CHAPTER VII HONG KONG;
• CHAPTER VIII CHINESE DRAMA GOES TO AMERICA;
• CHAPTER IX IN THE SHADOWS OF WAR;
• CHAPTER X THE POST-WAR YEARS; INDEX.

Mei Lan-fang came from a famous actor family -the profession is often hereditary in China-and this story of his life is drawn mainly from his own reminiscences and from conversations with the author.

• The man who heard Lincoln.-George Washington.-Thomas Jefferson.-Old Dr. Franklin.-John Paul Jones.-Patrick Henry.-Nathan Hale.-David Farragut.-Dorothea Dix.-Robert E. Lee.-Ulysses S. Grant.-George Washington Carver.-John Woodward Phillip.

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• List of Plates
• Preface
• Short Titles and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The Correspondence.
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As Newton had by now entered his eighth decade, it can be no surprise that the correspondence in this sixth volume shows a marked decline in his activity and intellectual vigour. While the number of extant letters written by him on other that Mint business is relatively small, the majority of them are devoted to his controversy with Leibniz - Newton's dominant interest during this period. The correspondence of Newton shades gradually into the correspondence of the Newtonians. Thus notably Keill, De Moivre, Chamberlayne, Brook Taylor, the Abbe Conti and Des Maizeaux interested themselves in the calculus dispute, all of them (except the first) having frequent opportunities for personal conversation with Newton.
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• List of Plates
• Preface
• Short Titles and Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The Correspondence.
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As Newton had by now entered his eighth decade, it can be no surprise that the correspondence in this sixth volume shows a marked decline in his activity and intellectual vigour. While the number of extant letters written by him on other that Mint business is relatively small, the majority of them are devoted to his controversy with Leibniz - Newton's dominant interest during this period. The correspondence of Newton shades gradually into the correspondence of the Newtonians. Thus notably Keill, De Moivre, Chamberlayne, Brook Taylor, the Abbe Conti and Des Maizeaux interested themselves in the calculus dispute, all of them (except the first) having frequent opportunities for personal conversation with Newton.
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With an Index covering the years 1901-1950 in one alphabetical series.
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• v. 1. 1841-1848
• v. 2. 1849-1856.

• Maria Theresia.--Mary Wollstonecraft.--Louise Otto-Peters.--Henriette Schrader-Breymann.--Helene Lange.--Ika Freudenberg.--Selma von der Gröben.--Frieda Duensing.--Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach.--Louise von François.--Isolde Kurz.--Ricarda Huch.