John Rocco's Books

Breaking the Mob

By: Francis Friel,John Guinther

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Between 1981 and 1989, Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo was boss of one of the most violent gangs in the history of organized crime, the Philadelphia-Atlantic City mob. Friel describes Scarfo's rise to power, his bloody feud with his arch rival, and the rise and fall of Scarfo's "Young Executioners," who used the streets of Philadelphia as their murder playground. Friel also tells of his efforts to save an innocent man convicted of two mob murders from the electric air.

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0595000509

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9780595000500

The Lives and Loves of Eddie Payne

By: John Trentino

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The Lives and Loves of Eddie Payne

By: John Trentino

From New York to Ft. Lauderdale, Eddie Payne lives a life of lost and found, rags to riches, and a variety of travel, fighting and loving. This is an attention holding story of how life on the edge might have been in yesteryear. Don t fight the specifics, but join in the spirit of the story and come along for the adventure. John Trentino writes in the vernacular of one who might have been raised in the circumstance and experience of Eddie Payne. Perhaps there is more autobiography in the story than John might admit.

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0595260934

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Father Tierney Stumbles

By: John Shekleton

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Father Tierney Stumbles

By: John Shekleton

In the blink of an eye, everything has changed for Father Joe Tierney. He feels trapped. He needs to get awayfar away. Dressed in disguise, he opens the door of the STD clinic and runs until his sides hurt and he is gasping for air. Father Tierney, activist pastor of a large Catholic parish and closeted gay man, has just learned he is HIV positive. As if the diagnosis were not enough, a big city newspaper has just published an expos on Catholic priests with AIDS. Father Tierney must guard his secret with his life or become the victim of a witch hunt or, worse yet, a public scandal of monumental proportions. Desperate to confide in someone, Father Tierney finally reveals his secret to Pascal LaVigne, his openly gay friend. But when Pascal hears from his ex-boyfriend, a freelance writer who wants to write a similar story with a local angle, Father Tierney and others in the Catholic Church fear the worst. As guilt, shame, and a desperate struggle for redemption plays out in the lives of clergy, friends, and the media, Father Tierney struggles to keep a secret that has the potential to destroy everythingincluding his own soul.

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1462009255

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9781462009251

Winning at All Costs

A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer

By: John Foot

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Winning at All Costs

A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer

By: John Foot

The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game; as operatic as Verdi and as cunning as Machiavelli, it seemed to open a window into the Italian soul. John Foot's epic history shows what makes Italian soccer so unique. Mixing serious analysis and comic storytelling, Foot describes its humble origins in northern Italy in the 1890s to its present day incarnation where soccer is the national civic religion. A story that is reminiscent of Gangs of New York and A Clockwork Orange, Foot shows how the Italian game -- like its political culture -- has been overshadowed by big business, violence, conspiracy, and tragedy, how demagogues like Benito Mussolini and Silvio Berlusconi have used the game to further their own political ambitions. But Winning at All Costs also celebrates the sweet moments -- the four World Cup victories, the success of Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, the role soccer played in the resistance to Nazism, and the great managers and players who show that Italian soccer is as irresistible as Italy itself.

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Bold Type Books

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1568586523

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9781568586526

Six Sherds

Novel on an Author

By: John Lawson

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Six Sherds

Novel on an Author

By: John Lawson

The six ‘sherds’ contained here – whether fragments of a novel, or short stories, or what you will – cover a good deal of ground, from a highly apocryphal tale of an errant young Jesus to a tattooist’s caper in Polynesia, stopping off in Renaissance Venice and England at the time of Queen Elizabeth I (with the Royal personage herself making a revealing appearance). These disparate pieces are united by the eternal pursuits of love, desire and the quest for a higher power, all wrapped up in the author’s highly individual prose style, which contrives to be at once cynical and Olympian. ‘From the stables and pastures of Andrew Motion, the late Max Harris, David K. Wong, and Sid Stebel, comes the author, so shall ye read.’ – John Lawson

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1528982991

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9781528982993

The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

By: John W. Freeman,Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

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The Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas

By: John W. Freeman,Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Here at last is the definitive opera story collection, the only one now authorized by the Metropolitan Opera. Written by the associate editor of Opera News magazine, the volume includes the complete plots of 150 different operas, biographical information on all of the 72 composers represented, easy access to the stories through both a table of contents and an index, and a foreword by Peter Allen.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393018881

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9780393018882

Zero Sum

By: John Gilstrap

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Zero Sum

By: John Gilstrap

When a boy under Jonathan Grave’s protection dies of a drug overdose, the black-ops veteran decides it’s time for a war on drugs that actually looks like a war. Jonathan Grave long ago lost faith with the so-called war on drugs, a futile campaign that enables cartels to make billions under the protection of corrupt officials on both sides of the border. But when a twelve-year-old dies after consuming fentanyl disguised as candy inside the dormitory at Resurrection House, the school he created for the children of incarcerated parents, Jonathan knows it’s time to use his special talents to change the game. Gathering his Security Solutions team, Jonathan activates Operation Heat Seeker. Nobody and nothing will stop them from ending the flow of poison—not even a vow of revenge from the President of the United States himself . . .

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Pinnacle Books

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078605011X

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9780786050116

Demise

A Novel of Race, Culture Wars, and Falling Darkness

By: John M. Del Vecchio

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Demise

A Novel of Race, Culture Wars, and Falling Darkness

By: John M. Del Vecchio

AUTHOR'S PREFERRED EDITION This is the story of two young men, one white, one black, who grew up in the 1960s, who were best friends—their high school’s Salt ‘n’ Pepper running backs. One went to Vietnam, the other avoided the draft. Their worlds begin to disintegrate when a freak accident disrupts the peaceful Connecticut town where they have settled. As 50-year-old corporate executives, one loathes his job and finds himself increasingly estranged from his family and community. Events force them closer together, yet careers, families, and tragedies which revolve about decisions made three decades earlier tear them apart. Del Vecchio has created a beautiful, penetrating novel of men struggling with their demons, a town struggling with tragedy, and families struggling to stay together. “...a stunning and insightful masterpiece, as timely as tomorrow’s news.” —Al Santoli, author of Everything We Had

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Warriors Publishing Group

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1944353356

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9781944353353

Looking Back

A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1927, 1937, 1947, 1957, 1987, 1997 and 2007

By: John Ashton Hester

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Looking Back

A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier for the Years 1927, 1937, 1947, 1957, 1987, 1997 and 2007

By: John Ashton Hester

This is the tenth book in the Looking Back: A Journey Through the Pages of the Keowee Courier series. It contains a history of Walhalla written by Col. R. T. Jaynes of Walhalla in 1950 for the Keowee Courier’s Walhalla Centennial special edition, an account of Oconee County’s first and only lawful execution by hanging in 1883, which remained controversial for many years, as many people believed the wrong man was hanged. Several commentaries and stories were written by Ashton Hester and highlights for the years 1927, 1937, 1957, 1987, 1997, and 2007. The author hopes the Looking Back books will help keep the Keowee Courier’s memory alive in the hearts and minds of local residents.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1796045225

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9781796045222

The Hollow Man

By: John Roeburt

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The Hollow Man

By: John Roeburt

She kissed him – and there was flame on his lips. Could Johnny Devereaux find his old self in the soft and willing arms of this woman? Or would he lose himself utterly, as had her husband – the man Johnny desperately hunted. A tough cop moving through his toughest case, Johnny could not afford mistakes. He would have to bypass beatings and bullets – and a tomb in a marsh – to reach the fantastic end of this search. Then at last, remembering a torn woman, he would stand face to face with – The Hollow Man.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1479437379

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Unbroken Wholeness: Integrating Social Justice, Emotional Healing, and Spiritual Practice

Six Pathways to the Beloved Community

By: John Bell

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Unbroken Wholeness: Integrating Social Justice, Emotional Healing, and Spiritual Practice

Six Pathways to the Beloved Community

By: John Bell

“A holistic vision breathtaking in scope.”—Frances Moore Lappé Distilling a lifetime’s insights on the triangle of healing emotional pain, social justice work, and spiritual growth, veteran activist and educator John Bell shares personal stories and reflective practices to help us on our path of personal and collective transformation Unbroken Wholeness brings an integrated lens of social justice, trauma healing, and spiritual practice to the work we do in the world and the pressing concerns of our times. Collectively, these writings help us access a view of the world as unbroken, even in the face of obvious suffering and disharmony. With searching questions and easy-to-follow practices, Unbroken Wholeness offers a way for activists to apply mindfulness and insight to bring about healing for seemingly intractable social divisions. “Skillfully handling our emotional pain about the world while cultivating a joyful and kind heart helps us navigate the troubled waters of our life,” says John Bell. Continuing the peace work of his teacher, the Vietnamese social activist and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, John Bell brings forward the importance of cultivating a practical yet visionary, ennobling view of humankind when engaging in the “mud” of daily difficulties that gives rise to the lotus of an enlightened, compassionate heart.

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Parallax Press

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1952692725

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9781952692727

The Deadly Blue Diamond

By: John Raffensperger, MD

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The Deadly Blue Diamond

By: John Raffensperger, MD

The Deadly Blue Diamond, a fast-paced thriller, pits a young surgeon against vicious mobsters, crooked cops, and Chicago politicians. Little Louie, who killed his first man at age fifteen, organized a robbery to steal the Blue Diamond, a power symbol, that belonged to Al Capone. The heist goes bad. Rooky cops shoot Louie’s punch-drunk accomplice after he swallowed the diamond. A young surgeon, who lost his confidence in the Korean War, operates for the gunshot, but doesn’t find the diamond. The patient dies. The cops and a big-time politician claim the surgeon stole the diamond. The surgeon and a sexy reporter steal the body from the morgue to retrieve the diamond, but the hit man shoots a cop and kidnaps the reporter, the surgeon, and the corpse. The surgeon does an autopsy with a switchblade, finds the diamond, and stabs the mobster. The chase is on, through the streets of Chicago into Bubbly Creek and onto storm-tossed Lake Michigan. The reporter uses her charms to lay hands on the diamond.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1682355233

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Jumping the Fence

The Casuals Series Book 1

By: John P. Roberts

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Jumping the Fence

The Casuals Series Book 1

By: John P. Roberts

It’s supposed to be a simple peek-a-boo mission not far from St. Petersburg, Russia, to check out some specially built garages that block satellite signals. They plan to send casuals from the Tenth Special Forces to go over the fence and take a look. The mission starts off well with Captain Dennison at the helm and privates Eden and Nichols at his command. Then, in Sweden, the captain is sent home, leaving Eden and Nichols on their own to continue the mission. They’re ambushed at a safe house before leaving for Helsinki, and it’s beginning to look like these men might need rescuing. The casuals persist, making contact with an anti-Russian organization. Meanwhile, the Americans want their men back, but what of the garages outside St. Petersburg? Eden and Nichols might be in over their heads, as it soon appears a double agent has been working behind the scenes and could risk both the mission and their lives.

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Archway Publishing

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1665703334

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9781665703338

The Antibiography of Ian Mcnulty

By: John Macgregor

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The Antibiography of Ian Mcnulty

By: John Macgregor

This book is not for the prudish. It portrays graphic scenes of sex and murder. The Antibiography of Ian McNulty revolves around a playboy pathologist who has it allmoney, social status, beautiful women, and rich friends to party with. Secretly, he imagines himself an assassin, but in reality, the only person he kills is himself by turning inwardly into the living dead. His resurrection begins when he meets Rebecca who introduces him to a few shades of gray and to a joie de vivre he never knew.

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1499070632

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Riders Down

By: John Mcevoy

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Riders Down

By: John Mcevoy

Why are some of America's best and most respected jockeys suddenly losing big races? And who would kill a ninety-two-year-old bookmaker? McEvoy has created a winning protagonist in Chicago turf writer Matt O'Connor, who has an abundance of friends in mostly low places and his finger firmly on the pulse of the national horseracing scene.... [He...

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1458743373

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Single & Single

A Novel

By: John le Carre

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Single & Single

A Novel

By: John le Carre

New York Times bestselling author John le Carré's novels deftly navigate us through the intricate shadow worlds of international intrigue with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. A lawyer from a London finance house is shot dead on a Turkish hillside by people with whom he thought he was in business. A children's magician in the English countryside is asked to explain the arrival of more than five million pounds sterling in his young daughter's modest trust. In Single & Single, le Carré masterfully establishes a sequence of events whose connections are mysterious, complex and compelling. He tells of corrupt liaisons between criminal elements in the new Russian states and the world of legitimate finance in the West. He also paints an intimate portrait of two families: one Russian, the other English; one trading illicit goods, the other laundering the profits; one betrayed by a son-in-law, the other betrayed, and redeemed, by a son.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743216520

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9780743216524

The Radio Producer's Handbook

By: Rick Kaempfer,John Swanson

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The Radio Producer's Handbook

By: Rick Kaempfer,John Swanson

Two award-winning major market producers present the definitive how-to guide for producing a radio show, explaining every duty a radio producer is expected to perform. With refreshing honesty and the humorous flair of professional radio comedy writers, the authors reveal how to get one's professional foot in the radio door, book celebrity guests, craft great interviews, come up with ideas, create great phone segments, write and pitch material, and cope with the pressure that accompanies producing a show in progress.

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1581159846

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Kindred Spirit

By: John Passarella

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Kindred Spirit

By: John Passarella

An eerie new thriller about a woman's beyond-the-grave psychic connection with her twin sister.

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0743484800

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April Evil

A Novel

By: John D. MacDonald

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April Evil

A Novel

By: John D. MacDonald

April Evil, one of many classic novels from crime writer John D. MacDonald, the beloved author of Cape Fear and the Travis McGee series, is now available as an eBook. Springtime in Florida. The vacation season is over. It’s a hot day . . . too hot for April. The sun beats relentlessly down on the sidewalks. Most of the tourists have gone back north, and the residents of Flamingo have the town pretty much to themselves. They can play golf on empty courses, relax on pristine beaches. Kids can play hide-and-seek in the tall grass around the vacant winter houses. The real estate men, the car salesmen, and the police can all relax. But at 11:30 this morning, a man and a woman in a dusty gray Buick with Illinois plates drive into town. And they’re about to hit like a hurricane. The evil days have begun. Features a new Introduction by Dean Koontz Praise for John D. MacDonald “The great entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.”—Stephen King “My favorite novelist of all time.”—Dean Koontz “To diggers a thousand years from now, the works of John D. MacDonald would be a treasure on the order of the tomb of Tutankhamen.”—Kurt Vonnegut “A master storyteller, a masterful suspense writer . . . John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about the best.”—Mary Higgins Clark

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Random House

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0307827003

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9780307827005

Swim That Rock

By: John Rocco,Jay Primiano

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Swim That Rock

By: John Rocco,Jay Primiano

When his dad goes missing in a fishing-boat accident, fourteen-year-old Jake refuses to think he may have lost his father forever. But suddenly, nothing seems certain in Jake's future, and now his family's diner may be repossessed by loan sharks. In Narragansett Bay, scrabbling out a living as a quahogger isn't easy, but with the help of some local clammers, Jake is determined to work hard and earn enough money to ensure his family's security and save the diner in time.

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Candlewick Press

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0763694479

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9780763694470

The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32

A Study in Conflict

By: John F. Pollard

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The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32

A Study in Conflict

By: John F. Pollard

This book examines the relations between the Vatican and the Fascist regime in Italy during the period 1929-1932. The author sets out what he believes to be the long-term consequences of the 1931 crisis, and in so doing challenges a number of previously accepted interpretations.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521023661

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9780521023665

Opera and Politics

From Monteverdi to Henze

By: John Bokina

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Opera and Politics

From Monteverdi to Henze

By: John Bokina

To what extent do operas express the political and cultural ideas of their age? How do they reflect the composer's view of the changing relations among art, politics, and society? In this book John Bokina focuses on political aspects and meanings of operas from the baroque to postmodern period, showing the varied ways that operas become sensuous vehicles for the articulation of political ideas. Bokina begins with an analysis of Monteverdi's three extant operas, which address in an oblique way the political and ideological dualities of aristocratic rule in the seventeenth-century Italy. He then moves to Mozart's "Don Giovanni", which he views as a celebration of the demise of a predatory aristocracy. He presents Beethoven's "Fidelio" as an example of the political spirit of a revolution based on republican virtue, and Wagner's "Parsifal" as a utopian music drama that projects romantic anticapitalist ideals onto an imagined past. He shows that Strauss's "Elektra" and Schoenberg's "Erwartung" transform the traditional operatic depiction of madness by reflecting the emerging Freudian psychoanalysis of that era. And he argues that operas by Pfitzner, Hindemith, and Schoenberg explore the political roles of art and the artists, each couching contemporary conditions in an allegory about the fate of art in a historical period of transition. Finally, Bokina offers a reappraisal of Henze's "The Bassarids" as a political opera that confronts the promise and limits of the sensual-sexual revolt of the twentieth-century.

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Yale University Press

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0300101236

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9780300101232

The ABCs of Curriculum-Based Evaluation

A Practical Guide to Effective Decision Making

By: John L. Hosp,Michelle K. Hosp,Kenneth W. Howell,Randy Allison

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The ABCs of Curriculum-Based Evaluation

A Practical Guide to Effective Decision Making

By: John L. Hosp,Michelle K. Hosp,Kenneth W. Howell,Randy Allison

This book provides a practical guide to curriculum-based evaluation (CBE), which helps educators solve learning problems by making data-based decisions about what and how to teach. CBE offers clear procedures for analyzing PreK-12 students' academic skills, determining where instruction needs to focus, and evaluating progress. Written in an engaging, step-by-step style, the book features examples throughout that illustrate the problem-solving process. The use of curriculum-based measurement (CBM) as a data collection technique is discussed. Reproducible planning and implementation tools are included; the large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas. See also The ABCs of CBM: A Practical Guide to Curriculum-Based Measurement, by Michelle K. Hosp, John L. Hosp, and Kenneth W. Howell, which provides hands-on instructions for implementing a core technique used in CBE.

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1462513654

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The Stones of Venice,Volume III the Fall

By: John Ruskin

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The Stones of Venice,Volume III the Fall

By: John Ruskin

More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume III, which looks at Venetian buildings of the Early, Roman, and grotesque Renaissance, provides an analysis of the transitional forms of Arabian and Byzantine architecture while tracing the city s spiritual and architectural decline. Unabridged, and containing Ruskin s original drawings, this guide to the moral, spiritual, and aesthetic implications of architecture is a treasure for students and scholars alike. The preeminent art critic of his time, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819 1900) had a profound influence upon European painting, architecture, and aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. His immense body of literary works include Modern Painters, Volume I IV (1843 1856); The Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849); Unto This Last (1862); Munera Pulveris (1862 3); The Crown of Wild Olive (1866); Time and Tide (1867); and Fors Clavigera (1871-84).

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Cosimo, Inc.

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160206704X

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9781602067042

The Chicago Connection

By: John Swift

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The Chicago Connection

By: John Swift

A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he tries to recapture his dreams with a feisty former classmate, she says first quit the mob. He discovers that one doesn't just quit the mob and live to tell about it; he must find another way out.

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1430314214

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Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

By: John Stewart

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Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004

By: John Stewart

On March 31, 1943, the musical Oklahoma! premiered and the modern era of the Broadway musical was born. Since that time, the theatres of Broadway have staged hundreds of musicals--some more noteworthy than others, but all in their own way a part of American theatre history. With more than 750 entries, this comprehensive reference work provides information on every musical produced on Broadway since Oklahoma's 1943 debut. Each entry begins with a brief synopsis of the show, followed by a three-part history: first, the pre-Broadway story of the show, including out-of-town try-outs and Broadway previews; next, the Broadway run itself, with dates, theatres, and cast and crew, including replacements, chorus and understudies, songs, gossip, and notes on reviews and awards; and finally, post-Broadway information with a detailed list of later notable productions, along with important reviews and awards.

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1476603294

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Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle

By: Eric Walters,John Wilson,Ted Staunton,Richard Scrimger,Norah McClintock,Sigmund Brouwer,Shane Peacock

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Seven (the Series) Ebook Bundle

By: Eric Walters,John Wilson,Ted Staunton,Richard Scrimger,Norah McClintock,Sigmund Brouwer,Shane Peacock

The bestselling Seven (the Series) comprises seven linked novels that can be read in any order. When David McLean, well-loved grandfather and avid adventurer, dies, he leaves behind an unusual will that outlines seven tasks he has set for his seven grandsons. Eric Walters, John Wilson, Ted Staunton, Richard Scrimger, Norah McClintock, Sigmund Brouwer and Shane Peacock bring their signature writing styles to a series of adventures that take readers from the top of Kilimanjaro to the bottom of the Mediterranean. The Seven series bundle includes Between Heaven and Earth, Lost Cause, Jump Cut, Ink Me, Close to the Heel, Devil's Pass and Last Message. "Richly detailed and satisfying." —Kirkus Reviews "Delivers handsomely with a resolution that satisfies but doesn’t simplify. Happily, there are six other titles in the series." —Booklist for Devil's Pass

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1459802721

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