Feet of Clay" is the intensely personal self-revelation of a man called by "U.S. News and World Report" "the most influential religious leader in America" in 1982.
This book is in part the story of a friendship over thirty years centering on love of nature and two men's quests to understand how to save what they love. At turns literary and scholarly, these essays, poems and public presentations also document not only the evolution of their ideas and expressions of this love, but reflect American culture's own dialogue about nature and conservation. In heartfelt prose and vivid language, these two friends give back to us some thirty years of the environmental conservation in America.
Armstrong's story is amazing and Collier makes that clear from the beginning. . . . A thorough, insightful biography that will nudge many into seeking out more information on the man and his music".--Booklist, starred review. Photos.
The book deals with the role of government in our lives; with the cultural arrogance of Manifest Destiny and with Cuba as "a case in point"; with the storms of war that have pelted humankind; and with the cussedness and promise of human beings. The book probes the place of religion in public life. Finally, it will come to a halt as readers consider politics as practiced in the places where they live.
Poetry. In James Armstrong's pellucid poetry the drifting of autumn leaves shares space with the baroque architecture of nineteenth century England. A woman peruses a book of pharmaceuticals in a coffee shop looking for hints of happiness. And a naked woman wearing hip boots stares out of the 1940s in a photograph hung in a Michigan bar. Twilight is always moving the shadows of our urban lives out toward the country, our inherited past, where a deer or a heron waits like an angel glimpsed through the fog. Armstrong's poems elucidate the mystery and beauty of borders--temporal and historical, as well as geographical--while his pastoral sensibility floods our senses with images of the natural world, seemingly stopping time, edifying us, and helping us--for a few moments anyway--to transcend our enervated contemporary lives. Reading this book is like diving into a deep lake. It cleanses the soul.
This book reinterprets British dramas of the early-nineteenth century through the lens of the star actors for whom they were written. Unlike most playwrights of previous generations, the writers of British Romantic dramas generally did not work in the theatre themselves. However, they closely followed the careers of star performers. Even when they did not directly know actors, they had what media theorists have dubbed "para-social interactions" with those stars, interacting with them through the mediation of mass communication, whether as audience members, newspaper and memoir readers, or consumers of prints, porcelain miniatures, and other manifestations of "fan" culture. This study takes an in-depth look at four pairs of performers and playwrights: Sarah Siddons and Joanna Baillie, Julia Glover and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Edmund Kean and Lord Byron, and Eliza O'Neill and Percy Bysshe Shelley. These charismatic performers, knowingly or not, helped to guide the development of a character-based theatre—from the emotion-dominated plays made popular by Baillie to the pinnacle of Romantic drama under Shelley. They shepherded in a new style of writing that had verbal sophistication and engaged meaningfully with the moral issues of the day. They helped to create not just new modes of acting, but new ways of writing that could make use of their extraordinary talents.
Through compelling stories drawn from the lives of inspiring role models, a wise and compassionate teacher explores the meaning of living and dying. The author skillfully blends matters of social concern and public policy with the emotional and spiritual health of individuals. In doing so, he addresses life's deepest questions - Why are we here? How do we survive disappointment and loss? How to face the mystery of death? - and reveals the purpose and grace to be found in the depths of human experience.
An intimate biography of American statesman and 1972 presidential candidate George McGovern by one of his closest friends. "James Armstrong has created a remarkable portrait of George McGovern as not only a legendary Senator and Presidential candidate. but as a Liberator bomber pilot in World War II, a history professor, a political party reformer. and a champion of comprehensive efforts to feed the world. "As our nation once again begins to search for our next President, . Armstrong's theme "if only, if only," with George McGovern as a shining example should spur our determination to work much harder to make the best choice." Richard G. Lugar United States Senate (Ret.).
Rock Hard is a gentle thriller James Armstrongwrites a feel-good thriller that is difficult to put down. I found myself begrudging every minute I couldnt spend reading the book. There are a few novels I reread every few years; Rock Hard is one of those.Connie Murphy, The Chronicle-Express ________________________________________________________________________ Someone has been trying to kill Fuzzy Grebbs since the day he was born. Yet, this drummer for a super-star rock band is so loved by the devoted fans in his hometown that theyre willing to lay down their lives to thwart a diabolical serial killer and quell the terror. This nostalgic rock-it ride through the 20th Century explores the rock-and-roll business from the inside out, from barrooms to world tours, from family love to ruthless killers. As the village unites, and as Fuzzy blasts to world fame, the residents learn to overcome prejudice and find lasting peace. ________________________________________________________________ James Armstrong is the author of two published novels, The Asexuals and Subsect. He also teaches and tutors for Finger Lakes Community College in Upstate New York.
Lil Hardin Armstrong, Louis Armstrong's second wife, was a phenomenal jazz pianist who helped Louis achieve the status of jazz legend. This biography recounts her early years in Memphis, her career in roaring Chicago, and her separation from Louis.
Focusing on the needs of allied health and nursing majors, this engaging book is ideal for students who have had no prior exposure to chemistry. The author takes the time to explain how to do tasks that students find difficult, rather than just providing terse descriptions. Emphasizing problem-solving techniques without skipping steps and using terms students can grasp, the book takes the most direct path to biomolecules and metabolic processes, provides a wealth of worked examples to help students understand key chemical concepts, includes novel and relevant "Health Notes" in the margins, and weaves biological and medical applications throughout.
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