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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2259 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.This encyclopedia presents the social and cultural history of childhood from antiquity to the present. Children and Childhood examines this history through articles on education, parenting, child labor, economics, images of childhood, children's literature, play, toys and games, health, physiology, law, the criminal justice system and social welfare. Comparative articles include information about childhood in cultures throughout the world. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from New Dictionary of the History of Ideas, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 2448 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The publication of the New Dictionary of the History of Ideas marks the return of a reference work that is an essential tool to make the often complex history of what we think accessible to students and general readers. The original 1974 Dictionary of the History of Ideas has long been admired as a landmark document encapsulating the thinking of an era. This thoroughly re-envisioned New Dictionary of the History of Ideas brings fresh intelligence and a global perspective to bear on timeless questions about the individual and society. A distinguished team of international scholars explore new thinking in areas previously covered (communism, linguistics, physics) and present cross-cultural perspectives on more recent topics such as postmodernism, deconstruction and post-colonialism ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Africa: An Encyclopedia for Students, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1501 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Based on the scholarship in the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Africa, this work presents Africa, from Egypt to Cape Town and from prehistoric times to the present day. This set spans many disciplines, covering animals, foods, holidays and festivals, tribal groups, ecology, music and art, trade and economy, geography, religion, folklore, and fossil and skeletal discoveries. ... Read more

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Chapters: John Bonham, Gillian Knight, Charles Dance, Stacy Coldicott, Deborah Bonham, John Bickerton, Jody Craddock, Dan Sealey, Zoë Lister, Raymond Thompson, Matt Watson, Harold Avery, Nigel Clark, Stephen Adshead, Daniel Lewis, Alan Styler, Tom Paddock, Dick Roberts, Norman Neasom, Keith Baylis, Harry Ames, Stanley Porthouse. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 92. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Henry "Bonzo" Bonham (31 May 1948 25 September 1980) was an English drummer and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast right foot, distinctive sound, and "feel" for the groove. He is considered to be one of the greatest drummers in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry. Bonham was born on 31 May 1948, in Redditch, Worcestershire, England, to Joan and Jack Bonham. He first learned to play drums at the age of five, making a drum kit out of containers and coffee tins, imitating his idols Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. His mother gave him a snare drum at the age of ten. He received his first proper drum kit from his father at fifteen, a Trixon kit. Bonham never took any formal drum lessons, though as a teen he would get advice from other Redditch drummers. Between 1962-63, while still at school, Bonham joined the Blue Star Trio, and Gerry Levene ... Read more

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Chapters: Square Dance, Charles Ives, Garnet, Yankee Doodle, Kalmia Latifolia, American Robin, Sperm Whale, Nathan Hale, Uss Nautilus, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, La Amistad, American Shad, Prudence Crandall, Seal of Connecticut, Eastern Oyster, John Hollander, List of Connecticut State Symbols, Charter Oak, Jacob Druckman, European Mantis, Eubrontes, Flag of Connecticut, Windsor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 164. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758Physeter australasianus Desmoulins, 1822 The sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, is a marine mammal species, order Cetacea, a toothed whale (odontocete) having the largest brain of any animal. The name comes from the milky-white waxy substance, spermaceti, found in the animal's head, due to its resemblance to semen. The sperm whale is the only member of genus Physeter. The synonym Physeter catodon refers to the same species. It is one of three extant species in the sperm whale superfamily, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale. A bull can grow up to 20.5 metres (67 ft) long. It is the largest living toothed animal. The head can take up to one-third of the animal's length. It has a cosmopolitan distribution across the oceans. The species feeds on squid and fish, diving as deep as 3 kilometres (9,800 ft), which makes it the deepest diving mammal. Its diet includes giant squid and colossal squid. The sperm whale's clicking vocalization is the loudest sound produced by any animal, but its functions are uncertain. These whales live in groups called pods. Pods of females and their young live separately from older males. The females cooperate to protect and nurse their young. Females give birth every three to six years, and care for the calves for more than a decade. Historically, the sp...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=313530 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1480 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.From rodeos to quilting bees, stickball to stock car racing, American pastimes comprise a broad range of activities. The two-volume Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America provides a comprehensive survey of these activities from the Colonial era to the present. This title examines how the pursuit of leisure has changed over time, reflecting shifting social, cultural, political and economic trends in the United States. Particular attention is paid to how leisure activities have varied by region, class, ethnicity, gender and age. ... Read more

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Central to the evolution of American music is the legacy of Charles Ives. This grand-scale reference work provides details surrounding the multifarious responses to the achievement of this singular businessman/musician for more than a century. Performances, recordings, journalistic reports, reviews, and scholarly studies of all kinds as well as assorted Ivesiana in the form of literature, art, film, dance, and other expressions of homage are included. Many of the entries are amplified with contextual information or carefully selected excerpts. Professor Burk has been an enthusiastic connoisseur of Ives s music and a thoughtful student of the Ives literature for many years; his systematic presentation results in much more than a glorified work list or another ambitious bibliography. ... Read more

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A terrific resource for finding materials by and about Ives.
According to my stated method of using Amazon star rankings, a book this specialized should probably get four stars.I like it, it is valuable, but it is not for general audiences.However, I give it five stars because this work is so valuable to anyone interested in finding resources related to Charles Ives.

This is not a biography of Ives, but a resource that lists works Ives wrote, works written about Ives, his compositions, recordings that have been made of his works, and a bunch of other material.You will find items relating to his family, films about Ives or that use his music, paintings, music dedicated to him, poems, sculptures, photographs, telecasts, and a lot more.The editor refers to it as a "living biography" and I think that is apt.

James Burk not only lists the material, he provides helpful annotations that help us understand the details of the item included.He never gets in the way of the listing or makes the book anything other than a compendium about Ives.

There are also photographs and diagrams, not many, but what is included is quite helpful.

I am not saying that every music lover ought to have this book on his or her bookshelf, but I think anyone who is attracted to the music of Charles Ives would enjoy turning to this resource to help them find materials by and about the composer.I am glad I have it on my bookshelf.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI
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This digital document is an article from JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, published by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) on January 1, 1993. The length of the article is 3875 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: The Association for the Advancement of Physical Education was created in 1885. It is now called the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. After World War II, the emphasis on physical fitness increased at the college level but was limited to the support for men's athletic activities. In the 1960s, the physical education profession began to emerge as a serious discipline. In the 1970s and 1980s, the emphasis on health and nutrition gave physical fitness a new meaning. The future of the physical education profession depends upon improved training for its practitioners and an increase in the profession's areas of specialization.

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Title: The field of physical education - common goals, not common roles. (the history and development of physical education)
Author: Charles B. Corbin
Publication: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 1993
Publisher: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD)
Volume: v64Issue: n1Page: p79(5)

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