John Zucchi's Books

The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov

Choreographer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake

By: Roland John Wiley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov

Choreographer of The Nutcracker and Swan Lake

By: Roland John Wiley

This is the first book-length study in any language about this Russian artist--Marius Petipa's colleague and Tchaikovsky's collaborator--who is widely celebrated and yet virtually unknown. It follows Ivanov from his infancy in a St Petersburg foundling home through to his career as a dancer, r gisseur, and choreographer in the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet. Ivanov's artistic world is described, as is his legacy-- some dozen works, including Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, and the famous dances from Prince Igor--that inspired Mikhail Fokine in the next generation. The book is richly documented, including the first complete publication of Ivanov's memoirs and hundreds of citations, many published here for the first time, from state documents, reminiscences, and criticism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

343

Published Date

ISBN 10

0198165676

ISBN 13

9780198165675

The Scientific Counter-Revolution

The Jesuits and the Invention of Modern Science

By: Michael John Gorman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Scientific Counter-Revolution

The Jesuits and the Invention of Modern Science

By: Michael John Gorman

Jesuit engagement with natural philosophy during the late 16th and early 17th centuries transformed the status of the mathematical disciplines and propelled members of the Order into key areas of controversy in relation to Aristotelianism. Through close investigation of the activities of the Jesuit 'school' of mathematics founded by Christoph Clavius, The Scientific Counter-Revolution examines the Jesuit connections to the rise of experimental natural philosophy and the emergence of the early scientific societies. Arguing for a re-evaluation of the role of Jesuits in shaping early modern science, this book traces the evolution of the Collegio Romano as a hub of knowledge. Starting with an examination of Clavius's Counter-Reformation agenda for mathematics, Michael John Gorman traces the development of a collective Jesuit approach to experimentation and observation under Christopher Grienberger and analyses the Jesuit role in the Galileo Affair and the vacuum debate. Ending with a discussion of the transformation of the Collegio Romano under Athanasius Kircher into a place of curiosity and wonder and the centre of a global information gathering network, this book reveals how the Counter-Reformation goals of the Jesuits contributed to the shaping of modern experimental science.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350091979

ISBN 13

9781350091979

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov

A Story of Survival

By: John Ardoin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov

A Story of Survival

By: John Ardoin

Four stories are woven together in these pages: an intrepid arts reporter's exhilarating year of discovery in Russia; a lively portrait of the jet-setting Russian conductor; a history of the theater and its fabled occupants since its inception in 1860; and the tale of an artistic entity surmounting great odds to meet the 21st century."--BOOK JACKET.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

354

Publisher

Hal Leonard Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

1574670646

ISBN 13

9781574670646

The Solitary Bees

Biology, Evolution, Conservation

By: Bryan N. Danforth,Robert L. Minckley,John L. Neff

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Solitary Bees

Biology, Evolution, Conservation

By: Bryan N. Danforth,Robert L. Minckley,John L. Neff

The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary bees which draws on new research to provide a comprehensive and authoritative overview of solitary bee biology, offering an unparalleled look at these remarkable insects.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

486

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0691168989

ISBN 13

9780691168982

Victorian Soundscapes

By: John M. Picker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Victorian Soundscapes

By: John M. Picker

Far from the hushed restraint we associate with the Victorians their world pulsated with sound. This book shows how, in more ways than one, Victorians were hearing things. John Picker draws upon literary and scientific works to recapture the Victorian sense of aural discovery.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0195151917

ISBN 13

9780195151916

The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy–Venetia, 1814–1815

By: R. John Rath

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy–Venetia, 1814–1815

By: R. John Rath

When Austrian soldiers first set foot in Lombardy-Venetia in October, 1813, they were greeted everywhere as liberators and friends. In the spring of 1815, when Joachim Murat's efforts to establish a united Italy ended in miserable failure and when the Habsburgs announced the main features of the regime they intended to establish in their Italian provinces, the Venetians were still strongly pro-Austrian, but considerable anti-Habsburg feeling had developed among the Lombards. This carefully documented study of the first two years of Austrian reoccupation of Lombardy-Venetia examines all aspects of the Habsburg provisional regimes and draws some conclusions about the reasons for the different attitudes in the two provinces. In detailed sketches of the provisional governments of Venetia (Chapter I) and Lombardy (Chapter II) and an examination of Austrian economic policies and practices in both provinces (Chapter III), the author shows that although the governments of the two provinces shared many common traits, they differed in a number of significant ways. Actually, Venetia was much less efficiently governed than Lombardy; and the Lombards enjoyed at least a small measure of self-administration that was largely denied the Venetians. The Lombards were much more prosperous than their neighbors, yet they paid much less in taxes and were exempt from most of the burdensome military requisitions that the Austrians inflicted on the Venetians. In spite of these advantages, the relatively small nationalist movement in Austria's Italian provinces was almost entirely confined to Lombardy. The author examines public opinion in Lombardy-Venetia about liberal intrigues (Chapter IV); the relationship of secret societies to liberalism (Chapter V); the Brescian-Milanese conspiracy (Chapter VI) and the Austrian handling of that affair (Chapter VII); and the fiasco of Joachim Murat's "War of Italian Independence" (Chapter VIII).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

427

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

147730181X

ISBN 13

9781477301814

Colonization and Community

The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class

By: John Douglas Belshaw

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Colonization and Community

The Vancouver Island Coalfield and the Making of the British Columbian Working Class

By: John Douglas Belshaw

Although immigrants from the United States, China, and elsewhere were part of the workforce brought in between 1850 and 1900 to man the mining industry of Vancouver Island, the largest group of miners was born in Britain. Belshaw (philosophy, history, and politics, U. College of the Cariboo, Canada) explores the aspirations, motivations, and experiences of these British immigrants, who formed the core of British Columbia's first industrial working class. He attempts a holistic examination that details the group's demographic features, its responses to day-to-day life under industrial capitalism, and its cultural development and explores the lives of the miners, their families, and their communities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

352

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773524029

ISBN 13

9780773524026

Antonietta

By: John Hersey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Antonietta

By: John Hersey

A saga of a magnificent violin, Antonietta, named after a beautiful woman who was the inspiration of Antonio Stradivari's later years. As Hersey brings Mozart, Berlioz, and Stravinsky to life, he offers us a marvelous celebration of the changing character and eternal art and power of music.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

325

Publisher

Vintage

Published Date

ISBN 10

0593080742

ISBN 13

9780593080740

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

An Historical and Ethnographic Perspective

By: John G. Gibson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

An Historical and Ethnographic Perspective

By: John G. Gibson

The step-dancing of the Scotch Gaels in Nova Scotia is the last living example of a form of dance that waned following the great emigrations to Canada that ended in 1845. The Scotch Gael has been reported as loving dance, but step-dancing in Scotland had all but disappeared by 1945. One must look to Gaelic Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, and Antigonish County, to find this tradition. Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing, the first study of its kind, gives this art form and the people and culture associated with it the prominence they have long deserved. Gaelic Scotland’s cultural record is by and large pre-literate, and references to dance have had to be sought in Gaelic songs, many of which were transcribed on paper by those who knew their culture might be lost with the decline of their language. The improved Scottish culture depended proudly on the teaching of dancing and the literate learning and transmission of music in accompaniment. Relying on fieldwork in Nova Scotia, and on mentions of dance in Gaelic song and verse in Scotland and Nova Scotia, John Gibson traces the historical roots of step-dancing, particularly the older forms of dancing originating in the Gaelic–speaking Scottish Highlands. He also places the current tradition as a development and part of the much larger British and European percussive dance tradition. With insight collected through written sources, tales, songs, manuscripts, book references, interviews, and conversations, Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing brings an important aspect of Gaelic history to the forefront of cultural debate.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

464

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773550615

ISBN 13

9780773550612

Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs Volume III

Wagram and Znaim

By: John H. Gill

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs Volume III

Wagram and Znaim

By: John H. Gill

“A very impressive piece of work, and it is unlikely to be surpassed for many years . . . A very valuable guide to Napoleon’s last great victory” (HistoryOfWar.org). With this third volume, John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on the banks of the Danube. As they rest, important action was taking place elsewhere: Eugene won a crucial victory over Johann on the anniversary of Marengo, Prince Poniatowski’s Poles outflanked another Austrian archduke along the Vistula, and Marmont drove an Austrian force out of Dalmatia to join Napoleon at Vienna. These campaigns set the stage for the titanic Battle of Wagram. Second only in scale to the slaughter at Leipzig in 1813, Wagram saw more than 320,000 men and 900 guns locked in two days of fury that ended with an Austrian retreat. The defeat, however, was not complete: Napoleon had to force another engagement before Charles would accept a ceasefire. The battle of Znaim, its true importance often not acknowledged, brought an extended armistice that ended with a peace treaty signed in Vienna. Gill uses an impressive array of sources in an engaging narrative covering both the politics of emperors and the privations and hardship common soldiers suffered in battle. Enriched with unique illustrations, forty maps, and extraordinary order-of-battle detail, this work concludes an unrivalled English-language study of Napoleon’s last victory. “Sheds new light on well-known stages in the battle . . . he has covered more than just an epochal battle in a magnificent book that will satisfy the most avid enthusiasts of Napoleonic era military history.” —Foundation Napoleon

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

383

Publisher

Frontline Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783033541

ISBN 13

9781783033546

Parallel Destinies

Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies

By: John M. Findlay,Kenneth S. Coates

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Parallel Destinies

Canadian-American Relations West of the Rockies

By: John M. Findlay,Kenneth S. Coates

The Canadian West and the American Northwest offer a valuable setting for considering issues of borders and borderlands. The regions contain certain similarities, and during the first half of the nineteenth century they were even grouped together as a distinct political and economic unit, called the "Oregon Country" by Americans and the "Columbia Department" of the Hudson's Bay Company by the British. The essays in this volume -- which grew out of a conference commemorating the Oregon Treaty of 1846 -- view the boundary between Canada and the United States as a dividing line and also as a regional backbone, with people on each side of the border having key experiences and attitudes in common. In their eloquence and scope, they illustrate how historical study of Canadian-American relations in the West calls into question the parameters of the nation-state. The border has not had a single constant meaning; rather, its significance has changed over time and varied from group to group. The essays in Part One concern the movement of peoples and capital across a relatively permeable boundary during the nineteenth century. Many people in this era--especially Natives, miners, immigrants, and capitalists--did not regard the international boundary as particularly important. Part Two considers how the United States and Canada took pains to strengthen and enforce the international boundary during the twentieth century. In this era, the nation-state became more assertive about defining and defending the borderline. Part Three offers considerations of the distinctions, both real and imagined, that emerged during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries between Canada and the United States. Its essays examine different schools of history, divergent ideas toward wilderness, and the influence of anti-Americanism on Canadians' view of national development in North America.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

328

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0295801247

ISBN 13

9780295801247

Brigh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song

By: Lauchie MacLellan,John Shaw,Alistair MacLeod

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Brigh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song

By: Lauchie MacLellan,John Shaw,Alistair MacLeod

Few published collections of Gaelic song place the songs or their singers and communities in context. Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song corrects this, showing how the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael fits within biographical, social, and historical contexts. It is the first major study of its kind to be undertaken for a Scottish Gaelic singer. The forty-eight songs and nine folktales in the collection are transcribed from field recordings and presented as the singer performed them, with an English translation provided. All the songs are accompanied by musical transcriptions. The book also includes a brief autobiography in Lauchie MacLellan's entertaining narrative style. John Shaw has added extensive notes and references, as well as photos and maps. In an era of growing appreciation of Celtic cultures, Brìgh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song makes an important Gaelic tradition available to the general reader. The materials also serve as a unique, adaptable resource for those with more specialized research or teaching interests in ethnology/folklore, Canadian studies, Gaelic language, ethnomusicology, Celtic studies, anthropology, and social history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

592

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773568514

ISBN 13

9780773568518

Dwight's Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature

Vol. XXIII

By: John Sullivan Dwight

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dwight's Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature

Vol. XXIII

By: John Sullivan Dwight

Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

430

Publisher

BoD – Books on Demand

Published Date

ISBN 10

3375090471

ISBN 13

9783375090470

Book's by John Zucchi

The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov

The Life and Ballets of Lev Ivanov

The Scientific Counter-Revolution

The Scientific Counter-Revolution

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov

The Solitary Bees

The Solitary Bees

Victorian Soundscapes

Victorian Soundscapes

The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy–Venetia, 1814–1815

The Provisional Austrian Regime in Lombardy–Venetia, 1814–1815

Colonization and Community

Colonization and Community

Antonietta

Antonietta

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

Gaelic Cape Breton Step-Dancing

Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs Volume III

Napoleon's Defeat of the Habsburgs Volume III

Parallel Destinies

Parallel Destinies

Brigh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song

Brigh an Òrain - A Story in Every Song

Dwight's Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature

Dwight's Journal of Music, a Paper of Art and Literature

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email