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The Emergence of a Musical Life

A Retrospective on Charles H. Webb

By: Charles H. Webb

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The Emergence of a Musical Life

A Retrospective on Charles H. Webb

By: Charles H. Webb

If music be the food of love, play on." William Shakespeare might have written these glorious words in affirmation of the life of Charles H. Webb, who grew from a small boy with the surprising ability to play piano by ear to become dean of one of the most prestigious schools of music in the world, Indiana University (IU) Jacobs School of Music.In The Emergence of a Musical Life: A Retrospective on Charles H. Webb, the author chronicles his upbringing in Dallas, Texas, and the support he received from his parents, grandparents, early teachers, and the church, all of whom nurtured his extraordinary talent. As he grew, his opportunities to make music grew too, as did numerous pivotal relationships that opened the door to a career spent building an internationally recognized school of music.As dean at IU's school of music for nearly a quarter century, with the gracious support of his beloved wife, Kenda, Webb took the school from respected to revered. Along the way, his relationships with outstanding musicians such as Fred Waring, Sylvia McNair, and Leonard Bernstein as well as endlessly generous faculty members, alumni, and donors enriched his life and that of his family. Today, having come nearly full circle, Webb's continued association with music and the church remains a musical center of his life.

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Inspired Forever Books

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1948903547

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9781948903547

Thoracic Imaging

Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Radiology

By: W. Richard Webb,Charles B. Higgins

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Thoracic Imaging

Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Radiology

By: W. Richard Webb,Charles B. Higgins

Written by two of the world’s most respected specialists in the field, Thoracic Imaging: Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Radiology, Third Edition brings you completely up to date with all you need to know for optimal imaging of the heart and lungs. This comprehensive title provides practical, authoritative guidance for the radiologic assessment and diagnosis of both congenital and acquired cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. A must-have reference for more than ten years, Thoracic Imaging is your one-stop source for current, accurate coverage of pulmonary infections, diffuse lung diseases, mediastinal masses, coronary artery CT, myocardial disease, pericardial disease, CT of ischemic heart disease, and much more.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496362632

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9781496362636

The History of the Navy during the Rebellion

Vol. II

By: Charles B. Boynton

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The History of the Navy during the Rebellion

Vol. II

By: Charles B. Boynton

Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.

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614

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752533412

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9783752533415

The Dawn of Innovation

The First American Industrial Revolution

By: Charles R. Morris

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The Dawn of Innovation

The First American Industrial Revolution

By: Charles R. Morris

In the thirty years after the Civil War, the United States blew by Great Britain to become the greatest economic power in world history. That is a well-known period in history, when titans like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and J.P. Morgan walked the earth. But as Charles R. Morris shows us, the platform for that spectacular growth spurt was built in the first half of the century. By the 1820s, America was already the world's most productive manufacturer, and the most intensely commercialized society in history. The War of 1812 jumpstarted the great New England cotton mills, the iron centers in Connecticut and Pennsylvania, and the forges around the Great Lakes. In the decade after the War, the Midwest was opened by entrepreneurs. In this beautifully illustrated book, Morris paints a vivid panorama of a new nation buzzing with the work of creation. He also points out the parallels and differences in the nineteenth century American/British standoff and that between China and America today.

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385

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PublicAffairs

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1610390490

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9781610390491

The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

By: Charles Sumner

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The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

By: Charles Sumner

The speeches of Charles Sumner have many titles to endure in the memory of mankind. They contain the reasons on which the American people acted in taking the successive steps in the revolution which overthrew slavery, and made of a race of slaves, freemen, citizens, voters. They have a high place in literature. They are not only full of historical learning, set forth in an attractive way, but each of the more important of them was itself an historical event. They afford a picture of a noble public character. They are an example of the application of the loftiest morality to the conduct of the State. They are an arsenal of weapons ready for the friends of Freedom in all the great battles when she may be in peril hereafter. They will not be forgotten unless the world shall attain to such height of virtue that no stimulant to virtue shall be needed, or to a depth of baseness from which no stimulant can arouse it. Mr. Sumner held the office of Justice of the Peace, and that of Commissioner of the Circuit Court, to which he was appointed by his friend and teacher, Judge Story. He was a member of the convention held in 1853 to revise the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With these exceptions, his only official service was as Senator in Congress from Massachusetts, from the 4th of March, 1851, when he was just past forty years of age, until his death, March 9, 1874. If his career could have been predicted in his earliest childhood, he could have had no better training for his great duties than that he in fact received. He was one of the best scholars in the public Latin School in Boston. He received the Franklin medal from the hands of Daniel Webster, who told him that "the state had a pledge of him." His school life was followed by four years in Harvard College, and a course at the Harvard Law School, where he was the favorite pupil of Judge Story. He was an eager student of the Greek and Roman classics. But his special delight was in history and international law. After his admission to the bar he was reporter of the decisions of his beloved master, and edited twenty volumes of the equity reports of Vesey, Jr., which he enriched with copious and learned notes. A little later, when he was twenty-six years old, he spent a month in Washington, tarrying a short time in New York on his way. In that brief period he made life-long friendships with some famous men, including Chancellor Kent, Judge Marshall, and Francis Lieber. He had a rare gift for making friendships with men, especially with great men, and with women. With him in those days an acquaintance with any person worth knowing soon ripened into an indissoluble friendship. A few years later he spent a little more than two years in Europe, coming home when he was just past twenty-nine years old. That time was spent in attending courts, lectures of eminent professors, and in society. No house which he desired to enter seems to have been closed to him. Statesmen, judges, scholars, beautiful women, leaders of fashionable society, welcomed to the closest intimacy this young American of humble birth, with no passport other than his own character and attainment. It is hardly too much to say that the youth of twenty-nine had a larger and more brilliant circle of friendship than any other man on either continent. The list of his friends and correspondents would fill many pages. He says in a letter to Judge Story, what would seem like boasting in other men, but with him was modest and far within the truth:— "I have a thousand things to say to you about the law, circuit life, and the English judges. I have seen more of all than probably ever fell to the lot of a foreigner. I have had the friendship and confidence of judges, and of the leaders of the bar. Not a day passes without my being five or six hours in company with men of this stamp. My tour is no vulgar holiday affair, merely to spend money and to get the fashions. It is to see men, institutions, and laws; and, if it would not seem vain in me, I would venture to say that I have not discredited my country. I have called the attention of the judges and the profession to the state of the law in our country, and have shown them, by my conversation (I will say this), that I understand their jurisprudence.

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Library of Alexandria

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1465606661

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9781465606662

Ship Models

How to Build Them

By: Charles Davis

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Ship Models

How to Build Them

By: Charles Davis

Complete, step-by-step instructions for building schooners, galleons, clipper ships, more. Includes scale plans for 1846 clipper ship Sea Witch. Over 150 photographs.

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Courier Corporation

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0486156192

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9780486156194

American Sailing Ships

Their Plans and History

By: Charles Gerard Davis

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American Sailing Ships

Their Plans and History

By: Charles Gerard Davis

An anecdotal, highly personal course through America's nautical history features nearly 140 images of ships from the 18th through 20th centuries: quoddy boats, fishing schooners, clippers, packet ships, frigates, and other vessels.

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257

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0486246582

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9780486246581

A Fragile Capital

Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio

By: Charles Chester Cole

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A Fragile Capital

Identity and the Early Years of Columbus, Ohio

By: Charles Chester Cole

Overall, the book is organized by topic, including business, politics, education, religion, the arts, transportation, and the press. Cole shows how Columbus residents reacted to and reflected the major political, economic, and social trends in the United States at the time. In contrast to earlier accounts that focused primarily on the male, white leadership, this book tries to encompass all economic classes and ethnic and racial groups.".

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Ohio State University Press

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0814208533

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Book's by Charles H. Webb

The Emergence of a Musical Life

The Emergence of a Musical Life

Thoracic Imaging

Thoracic Imaging

The History of the Navy during the Rebellion

The History of the Navy during the Rebellion

The Dawn of Innovation

The Dawn of Innovation

The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

The Complete Works of Charles Sumner

Ship Models

Ship Models

American Sailing Ships

American Sailing Ships

A Fragile Capital

A Fragile Capital

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