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Schattenfroh

by Michael Lentz ...

Translated by Max Lawton ...

An intricate, metaphysical, ambitious “psychogeography of the self” that both disrupts and elevates the 21st century vision of the novel.Our narrator is held in complete darkness and isolation. His endless thoughts are turned into the book we are reading—*Schattenfroh—*directed by none other than the narrator’s mysterious jailer by the same name. Undulating through explorations of Renaissance art, ... Read more

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An intricate, metaphysical, ambitious “psychogeography of the self” that both disrupts and elevates the 21st century vision of the novel.Our narrator is held in complete darkness and isolation. His endless thoughts are turned into the book we are reading—*Schattenfroh—*directed by none other than the narrator’s mysterious jailer by the same name. Undulating through explorations of Renaissance art,
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Art and Society 1972–2022–2072

From the Art for the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 to Artistic Design Concepts of the Twenty-First Century

by Anton Biebl, Elisabeth Hartung, Tanja Baar, Britto Arts Trust, Michael Buhrs, Alice Creischer, Clémentine Deliss, Maurin Dietrich, Thomas Eller0, Jasmine Ellis1, Rebekka Endler2, Sagal Farah3, Laszlo Glozer4, Anna Heringer5, Max Jorge Hinderer Cruz6, Christian Kandzia7, Larissa Kikol8, Christine Sun Kim9, Alexander Kluge0, Jakob Lena Knebl1, Barbara Könches2, Michael Lentz3, Anna-Angela Libal4, Julienne Lorz5, M+M6, Goshka Macuga7, Thomas Mader8, Marny Garcia Mommertz9, Barbara Mundel0, Catherine Nichols1, Angelika Nollert2, Hans Ulrich Obrist3, Britta Peters4, Raumfragen Neuperlach5, raumlaborberlin6, Lorena Herrera Rashid7, Hanno Rauterberg8, Pedro Reyes9, Kay Schiller0, Rüdiger Schöttle1, Mareike Schwarz2, Elisabeth Spieker3, Daniela Stöppel4, Heinz Schütz5, Tobias Staab6, Matthias Stadler7, Gerfried Stocker8, Jana Kerima Stolzer9, Corinna Thierolf0, Joanna Warsza1, Manfred Weihe2, Susanne Witzgall3, Miriam Zadoff4, Cao Yu5, Lucas Zwirner6, Studio Pandan, Berlin7 ...

Since the advent of modernity, art has been associated with freedom, provocation and courage. In 1972, art was to unfold its potential as an emancipatory and creative force as part of the Gesamtkunstwerk of the XX. Olympic Games in Munich—according to the grand vision of its planners. The international avant-garde of the time, including Walter de Maria, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Dan Flavin, ... Read more

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Since the advent of modernity, art has been associated with freedom, provocation and courage. In 1972, art was to unfold its potential as an emancipatory and creative force as part of the Gesamtkunstwerk of the XX. Olympic Games in Munich—according to the grand vision of its planners. The international avant-garde of the time, including Walter de Maria, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol and Dan Flavin,
... Read more
America's Backpack Nuke

A True Account: Love, War, History and Drama - The Mission Was Far Beyond the Call!

by Michael P. Chapanar 11th Engineer Battalion 3 rd Marine Division U.S.M.C. 1967 Vietnam D.M.Z. ...

Blessed with two special talents, I was ordered to strap on a nuclear weapon at the age of 19. The mission was to save thousands of Marines from being slaughtered on the DMZ. Khe Sahn and Con Thien were in peril. How close we were to nuclear war on an eerie night in the fall of 1967 is beyond imagination.The Vietnam conflict started out as a noble cause. It was an opportunity to help the South ... Read more

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Blessed with two special talents, I was ordered to strap on a nuclear weapon at the age of 19. The mission was to save thousands of Marines from being slaughtered on the DMZ. Khe Sahn and Con Thien were in peril. How close we were to nuclear war on an eerie night in the fall of 1967 is beyond imagination.The Vietnam conflict started out as a noble cause. It was an opportunity to help the South
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Memorandum in a Cruet

by 3ichael 7ambert, Michael Andrew Lambert Jr ...

Embark on an extraordinary literary journey as you immerse yourself in the pages of "Memorandum in a Cruet." This remarkable memoir takes you on a profound exploration of resilience, self-discovery, and the transformative power of storytelling. Through captivating prose and heartfelt reflections, the author unveils the fragments of their life, intricately woven with tales of triumph and ... Read more

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Embark on an extraordinary literary journey as you immerse yourself in the pages of "Memorandum in a Cruet." This remarkable memoir takes you on a profound exploration of resilience, self-discovery, and the transformative power of storytelling. Through captivating prose and heartfelt reflections, the author unveils the fragments of their life, intricately woven with tales of triumph and
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Interviews with American Composers

Barney Childs in Conversation

by Barney Childs, Virginia Anderson, Robert Fink, Kevin Holm-Hudson, Thomas S. Clark, Gayle Sherwood Magee1, Sara Haefeli4, Frances White6, James Pritchett7, Jay M. Arms9, Dave Headlam1, John Schneider2, Ronald Kuivila5, Bruce Quaglia7, Rob Haskins0, Michelle Fillion2, Stuart Dempster4, David Neal Lewis6, Jeffrey Perry8, Peter Gena1, Horace J. Maxile Jr.4 ...

Series series Music in American Life
In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold ... Read more

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In 1972-73, Barney Childs embarked on an ambitious attempt to survey the landscape of new American concert music. He recorded freewheeling conversations with fellow composers, most of them under forty, all of them important but most not yet famous. Though unable to publish the interviews in his lifetime, Childs had gathered invaluable dialogues with the likes of Robert Ashley, Olly Wilson, Harold
... Read more

Mies van der Rohe

A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition

by Franz Schulze, Edward Windhorst ...

An "excellent" new edition of the definitive biography of the architectural genius, with more than a hundred photos ( Booklist, starred review).Upon publication, this book was praised by the Chicago Tribune and "the most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best," while the Christian Science Monitor noted that "Schulze has both the gift of an ... Read more

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An "excellent" new edition of the definitive biography of the architectural genius, with more than a hundred photos ( Booklist, starred review).Upon publication, this book was praised by the Chicago Tribune and "the most comprehensive book ever written about the master designer and, by any measure, the best," while the Christian Science Monitor noted that "Schulze has both the gift of an
... Read more
Point Man

by James Watson, Kevin Dockery ...

A founding member of the Navy SEALs recounts the formation of that elite fighting force in this "honest, no-holds-barred" memoir of the Vietnam War (Richard Marcinko, author of Rogue Warrior).Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. As a high-performing frogman with the famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was chosen to become a founding member—or a "plank owner"—of ... Read more

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A founding member of the Navy SEALs recounts the formation of that elite fighting force in this "honest, no-holds-barred" memoir of the Vietnam War (Richard Marcinko, author of Rogue Warrior).Chief Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson was there at the start. As a high-performing frogman with the famed Underwater Demolition Team 21, he was chosen to become a founding member—or a "plank owner"—of
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Every Song Ever

Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty

by Ben Ratliff ...

What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers.In Every Song Ever, the veteran New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very ... Read more

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What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers.In Every Song Ever, the veteran New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very
... Read more
Jack Faust

by Michael Swanwick ...

An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the TideTaking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust—made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann—author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and ... Read more

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An alternate-history reimagining of the Faust legend from the Nebula Award–winning author of Stations of the TideTaking as his canvas the classic tale of the temptation of Faust—made famous by such literary luminaries as Goethe, Marlowe, and Mann—author Michael Swanwick paints a fresh vision of the dangers posed by the pursuit of knowledge. Set in Old World Germany, this tale of science and
... Read more
When Clothes Become Fashion

Design and Innovation Systems

by Ingrid Loschek ...

When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from ... Read more

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When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it does not explain itself. It requires language and images for its global mediation. It develops from
... Read more
Down South

One Tour in Vietnam

by William Hardwick ...

“I was always happy to see first light.By first light it was over . . . for a while.”–from Down SouthThere were a lot of ways to get killed in Vietnam. You could get “zapped,” “dinged,” “burned,” “popped,” “smoked,” or “wasted.” Marine 2nd Lt. William H. Hardwick was familiar with all of them because, unlike most USMC artillery officers–who waged their war from bunkers inside protected compounds ... Read more

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“I was always happy to see first light.By first light it was over . . . for a while.”–from Down SouthThere were a lot of ways to get killed in Vietnam. You could get “zapped,” “dinged,” “burned,” “popped,” “smoked,” or “wasted.” Marine 2nd Lt. William H. Hardwick was familiar with all of them because, unlike most USMC artillery officers–who waged their war from bunkers inside protected compounds
... Read more
Thinking in Jazz

The Infinite Art of Improvisation

by Paul F. Berliner ...

A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents the lifetime of preparation that lies behind the skilled improviser's every idea.The product of more than fifteen ... Read more

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A landmark in jazz studies, Thinking in Jazz reveals as never before how musicians, both individually and collectively, learn to improvise. Chronicling leading musicians from their first encounters with jazz to the development of a unique improvisatory voice, Paul Berliner documents the lifetime of preparation that lies behind the skilled improviser's every idea.The product of more than fifteen
... Read more

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