John A. Wyeth's Books

John Simon on Music

Criticism, 1979-2005

By: John Ivan Simon

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This provocative collection and major publishing event brings together the critical highlights of the well-known New York cultural critic John Simon. Covering a span of more than three decades, it includes previously published work from New York, The Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, The New Leader, and other notable publications. This music volume is the most varied and contains both music reviews and essays on opera and classical performances and recordings, even Brazilian music, with CD references, that reflect Simon's most up-to-date views on the topic. A SAMPLE: Simon on Erik Satie: "The preferred word for Satie's music is depouillement, meaning stripping down, sobriety, concision, or bareness. 'The artist does not have the right to dispose needlessly of the hearer's time,' Satie proclaimed. But no one else's bareness, save that of a Greek statue or Renaissance nude, seems so fully, sensuously self-sufficient.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557835063

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9781557835062

Remains: Non-Viewable

A Memoir

By: John Sacret Young

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Remains: Non-Viewable

A Memoir

By: John Sacret Young

When John Sacret Young's cousin, Doug was killed in Vietnam, Young learned that the remains of every Vietnam casualty fell into one of two official categories: Viewable or Non-Viewable. He also discovered that such categories applied to how his New England family faced its own history. This compelling narrative is the haunting story of a man coming to terms with himself, with his family's past, with what he knows and will never know, and with his own future. Remains: Non-Viewable traces the close-knit lives of four men in Young's family: his uncle George, his cousin Doug, his father, and the author himself. In lyrical yet pungent prose, it illustrates how their seemingly tranquil existence on the Massachusetts shore is affected over the years by war, alcoholism, fading friendships and shifting memories of events gone by. Beautifully written and profoundly moving, Remains: Non-Viewable, a powerful and persuasive examination of fathers and sons, of war and remembrance, and of family and self.

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295

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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1429998822

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9781429998826

Spies of the Confederacy

By: John Bakeless

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Spies of the Confederacy

By: John Bakeless

A fascinating and well-documented account of the true-life exploits of famous and obscure Southern spies who served the Southern cause. Essential reading for Civil War buffs, American History students and spy story aficionados..

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482

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Courier Corporation

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0486298655

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9780486298658

The Traveler

By: John Katzenbach

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The Traveler

By: John Katzenbach

“Daring and admirable…it’s rare to find a suspense novel with the scope of well-crafted fiction…The Traveler is compulsive reading.” —Chicago Tribune This suspenseful classic from John Katzenbach, now back in print, reaffirmed his status as one of the best new thriller writers on the scene. Miami detective Mercedes Barren, recovering from a traumatic shooting, has transferred to the relative quiet of the forensics department to get her life back on track. Yet this peace is put on hold when she gets a wrenching phone call: her niece has been brutally murdered. Soon she uncovers the shocking truth: the killer—a professional photographer—is engaging in “copycat” murders across the country, while forcing a young student to document every horrific crime. The woman—he calls her “Boswell”—is his stenographer of cruelty. And if she drops her pen, she’ll end up being his next “subject.” As her already fragile life begins to fall to pieces, Mercedes makes it her mission to track down this cold-blooded killer—even if it means enlisting the help of his brother, a psychiatrist specializing in sex offenders. But can they catch him before his camera flashes next and snuffs out another life? Unbearably suspenseful, with believable characters and dialogue second-to-none, The Traveler is pure John Katzenbach.

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Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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0802122639

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9780802122636

Cracker Cavaliers

The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest

By: John Randolph Poole

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Cracker Cavaliers

The 2nd Georgia Cavalry Under Wheeler and Forrest

By: John Randolph Poole

Cracker Cavaliers: The 2nd Georgia Cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest documents the regiment's participation in major campaigns of the western theater, including the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea from an ordinary soldier's perspective on the Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.

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336

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Mercer University Press

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0865546975

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Fish Grilled & Smoked

150 Recipes for Cooking Rich, Flavorful Fish on the Backyard Grill, Streamside, or in a Home Smoker

By: John Manikowski

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Fish Grilled & Smoked

150 Recipes for Cooking Rich, Flavorful Fish on the Backyard Grill, Streamside, or in a Home Smoker

By: John Manikowski

Learn the best recipe for walleye, the subtlest way to smoke tuna, and a foolproof method for grilling bluefish. Master chef and fisherman John Manikowski presents 150 flavorful recipes for grilling and smoking freshwater and saltwater fish. In addition to tickling your taste buds, Manikowski provides step-by-step instructions for building a smoker of your own — on the grill, a backyard fire pit, or even in the wild. Wrap that smallmouth bass in cornhusks, soak that yellow perch in grapefruit marinade, and bring your appetite.

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Storey Publishing, LLC

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1603421912

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9781603421911

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

"Cultural Philanthropy, Industrial Capital, and Social Authority "

By: John Ott

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Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

"Cultural Philanthropy, Industrial Capital, and Social Authority "

By: John Ott

Through the example of Central Pacific Railroad executives, Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California redirects attention from the usual art historical protagonists - artistic producers - and rewrites narratives of American art from the unfamiliar vantage of patrons and collectors. Neither denouncing, nor lionizing, nor dismissing its subjects, it demonstrates the benefits of taking art consumers seriously as active contributors to the cultural meanings of artwork. It explores the critical role of art patronage in the articulation of a new and distinctly modern elite class identity for newly ascendant corporate executives and financiers. These economic elites also sought to legitimate trends in industrial capitalism, such as mechanization, incorporation, and proletarianization, through their consumption of a diverse array of elite culture, including regional landscapes, panoramic and stop-motion photography, history paintings of the California Gold Rush, the architecture of Stanford University, and the design of domestic galleries. This book addresses not only readers in the art history and visual and material cultures of the United States, but also scholars of patronage studies, American Studies, and the sociology of culture. It tells a story still relevant to this new Gilded Age of the early 21st century, in which wealthy collectors dramatically shape contemporary art markets and institutions.

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330

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Routledge

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1351559303

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9781351559300

The Militant South, 1800-1861

By: John Hope Franklin

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The Militant South, 1800-1861

By: John Hope Franklin

Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252070690

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9780252070693

Abe Lincoln’s Secret War Against The North

By: John Chodes

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Abe Lincoln’s Secret War Against The North

By: John Chodes

Abraham Lincoln, an American icon, was feared and hated during his presidency as a brutal dictator. His severe attacks on New York, Maryland, Indiana and Missouri show that he was turning the United States into a permanently militarized nation. Lincoln was reviled not only by Southerners and by his political rivals (the Democrats), but also to a surprising degree by the rank and file of his own Republican Party. He won the war, and so he is remembered as “Honest Abe” and the “Great Emancipator.” But through this investigation of three Northern states that opposed Abraham Lincoln’s policies, and even one state that had fervently supported him, the true picture becomes more clear. Why is this story important for today? Because many of the negatives in 21st-century American society—the centralization of power in Washington, political indifference to the popular will, the continual expansion of the “military–industrial complex,” can all be traced to their starting point: Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. The Radical wing of Lincoln’s Republican Party was a precursor of the 20th- and 21st-century totalitarian regimes. These Radicals believed in, and fulfilled, their goal of one-party rule. This goal was not shaped by four years of brutalizing war but was inherent in their ideology from the beginning.

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Algora Publishing

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1628941138

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9781628941135

Peripheral Light

Selected and New Poems

By: John Kinsella

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Peripheral Light

Selected and New Poems

By: John Kinsella

One of Australia's most vivid, energetic and stormy poets, a writer who turns to the natural world with a fierce light."—Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Highly Recommended Poetry Books of 2003

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393058212

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9780393058215

The Economics of American Art

Issues, Artists, and Market Institutions

By: Robert Burton Ekelund,John D. Jackson,Robert D. Tollison

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The Economics of American Art

Issues, Artists, and Market Institutions

By: Robert Burton Ekelund,John D. Jackson,Robert D. Tollison

The Economics of American Art analyzes the most pervasive economic issues facing the art world, applied to the whole spectrum of American art. Both practical and accessible, this book will be essential for collectors, auction houses, American art experts of all kinds, museums, gallery owners and, not least, by economists with continuing scholarly interests in these matters.

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Oxford University Press

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0190657898

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9780190657895

Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems

By: John Kinsella

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Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems

By: John Kinsella

We are poised before...what I prophesy will be a major art."—Harold Bloom "One of Australia's most vivid, energetic and stormy poets, a writer who turns to the natural world with a fierce light."—Edward Hirsch, Washington Post Highly Recommended Poetry Books of 2003

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0393254518

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9780393254518

The Robert Frost Encyclopedia

By: Nancy L. Tuten,John Zubizarreta

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The Robert Frost Encyclopedia

By: Nancy L. Tuten,John Zubizarreta

Often thought of as the quintessential poet of New England, Robert Frost is one of the most widely read American poets of the 20th century. He was a master of poetic form and imagery, his works seemed to capture the spirit of America, and he became so emblematic of his country that he read his work at President Kennedy's inauguration and traveled to Israel, Greece, and the Soviet Union as an emissary of the U.S. State Department. While many readers think of him as the personification of New England, he was born in San Francisco, published his first book of poetry in England, matured as a poet while abroad, taught for several years at the University of Michigan, and spent many of his winters in Florida. This reference helps illuminate the hidden complexities of his life and work. Included in this volume are hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on Frost's life and writings. Each of his collected poems is treated in a separate entry, and the book additionally includes entries on such topics as his public speeches, various colleges and universities with which he was associated, the honors that he won, his biographers, films about him, poets, and others whom he knew, and similar items. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and closes with a brief bibliography. The volume also provides a chronology and concludes with a general bibliography of major studies.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313097011

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9780313097010

Activist Poetics

Anarchy in the Avon Valley

By: John Kinsella

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Activist Poetics

Anarchy in the Avon Valley

By: John Kinsella

John Kinsella is known internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with—and often through—those creative works, Kinsella is also a prominent political activist. In this collection of essays, he explores anarchism, veganism, pacifism, and ecological poetics and makes a compelling argument for poetry as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills. Building on his own earlier notion of "linguistic disobedience," he analyzes his poetry and prose in the context of resistance. For Kinsella, all poetry is a call to action, and Activist Poetics reads like a lively manifesto for it to escape the aesthetic vacuum and enter the real world.

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1846314690

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Book's by John A. Wyeth

John Simon on Music

John Simon on Music

Remains: Non-Viewable

Remains: Non-Viewable

Spies of the Confederacy

Spies of the Confederacy

The Traveler

The Traveler

Cracker Cavaliers

Cracker Cavaliers

Fish Grilled & Smoked

Fish Grilled & Smoked

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

The Militant South, 1800-1861

The Militant South, 1800-1861

Abe Lincoln’s Secret War Against The North

Abe Lincoln’s Secret War Against The North

Peripheral Light

Peripheral Light

The Economics of American Art

The Economics of American Art

Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems

Peripheral Light: Selected and New Poems

The Robert Frost Encyclopedia

The Robert Frost Encyclopedia

Activist Poetics

Activist Poetics

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