An electrifying debut collection by an ultra-contemporary and startlingly talented new writer. Joseph Clark has published works in "Story, GQ, Playboy" and "Zoetrope".
This book helps to overcome some of the misconceptions identified by Jane Oakley through a study of the life and work of Joseph Clark ROI (1834–1926). It demonstrates how his work responded to his family life, his deep religious faith, changing fashions in the art world and new technologies to enlarge the audience for his art. He drew on his West Country roots in Cerne Abbas; and adult life in Christchurch, Winchester, Haselbury Plucknet and London to create many popular genre paintings of everyday life as well as some portraits, landscapes and works inspired by national events. In all he exhibited over 200 paintings at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and International Exhibitions over six decades between 1857 and 1916. His work reached huge audiences through the rapid growth of illustrated newspapers and magazines – and new ways of producing inexpensive prints. His experience of the art world illuminates that of the growing numbers of professional artists who contributed so much to popular culture in the decades leading up to the First World War.
Follow the conquests of Ptitell, a country with magic users and assassins unlike any that have come before. Learn of their high generals sins, their kings madness, the lives of their beloved fallen, and the mystery of those golden statues that crowd the throne. Kneel before the girl with the crown, fear the child that never ages, and remember to never harm the necromancers wife. Above all, dare not speak with one of those greater beings, lest you meet the fate of the kings predecessor or the mother of the princess.
On the eve of making a major life affecting decision, Sam, a troubled young man, meets his father's ghost at a desolate crossroads. Whereupon he is taken to an old turn of the century schoolhouse where he becomes a student for an afternoon to some of history's most noble and enlightened characters. A book of spiritual insight, wisdom, and inspiration for living. Imagine spending an afternoon conversing with history's most enduring messengers including Aesop, Buddha, Confuscious, Jesus Christ, and others. What would you ask? What would you do with the wisdom they shared with you? A fable with a universal message on healing, self-mastery, and leading a life worth living. Praise for Lessons From Heaven "Life is full of challenges and experiences. Along the way, we make myriad choices; all resulting in varied consequences. Clark's book is a wonderfully written exploration on how we can impact our choices through self-examination and growth. It's presentation allows the reader to get a glimpse of highly treasured philosophies and beliefs held by some of histories most important and memorable figures. It offers the reader an opportunity to apply these gems of wisdom to their own life experiences and to take the journey inward themselves."- Dr. Kathryn Jennings, Ph.D. Founder of The Anger Management Counselling Practice, and certified member of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists “It is rare when an author portrays what a statesman now in heaven might advise a younger living person today. Joseph Clark does just that when he relates President Lincoln's advice to his book's main character, Sam. Lincoln's great strength was his sheer character and his ability at telling stories. This, Clark has captured when he has President Lincoln advise young Sam to 'Dream Young Sir Dream. For if you are not impassioned with that which you pursue you are advancing towards mediocrity.' Good advice, especially when the author expands Lincoln's words to include 'Practice these virtuous habits and behaviours predicated on your self respect and you shall live a life of purpose…A life of fulfillment. A life of proper distinction.' Lessons from Heaven is a good read.”-The Honourable Sinclair Stevens, Former President of the Treasury Board for Prime Minister Joe Clark, and Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion for Prime Minister Mulroney. “Lessons From Heaven grounds the accumulated wisdom of human experience and understanding in the unfolding story - the life journey - of Sam, a fallible one among all of us who are fallible. In a skilled, insightful and creative way, Joseph Clark provides us a most compelling opportunity to grasp the fundamental and enduring truths of our physical and spiritual existence in the face of the hurt, discouragement and anger that can so easily preoccupy us all. This not-so-fictional story is an engaging, essential primer for all in attendance at the schoolhouse of life - what matters, and what it means.” -Chris Kelly, Senior Program Consultant, The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, Former Superintendent of Schools and CEO of Vancouver School Board, Strategic Advisory Council to the President of the University of British Columbia, Director, Board of Governors, Vancouver Board of Trade, "Joseph David Clark is a man of sterling character and great inner strength. He has written this remarkable story and it clearly provides the reader with spiritual insight, wisdom, and inspiration for living.”-Archbishop Dorian A. Baxter B.A., O.T.C., M.Div., Federation of Independent Anglican Churches of North America
The small town of Stone, Virginia is about to get the show of its life. The president is coming for an appearance, and his aids have a surprise. When a staged assassination plot starts to unravel, Millicent Van Horn, tries to clear her brother's name, and is pulled deeper into a deadly web of presidential deceit. Police Detective Van Horn finds herself investigating incidences she'd rather let lie, but there are too many lives at stake. Never realizing the lengths that would be taken to protect the president's name, Millicent embarks on an adventure to save her own life.
Herbert Blau (1926–2013) was the most influential theater theorist, practitioner, and educator of his generation. He was the leading American interpreter of the works of Samuel Beckett and as a director was instrumental in introducing works of the European avant-garde to American audiences. He was also one of the most far-reaching and thoughtful American theorists of theater and performance, and author of influential books such as The Dubious Spectacle, The Audience, and Take Up the Bodies: Theater at the Vanishing Point. In The Very Thought of Herbert Blau, distinguished artists and scholars offer reflections on what made Blau's contributions so visionary, transformative, and unforgettable, and why his ideas endure in both seminar rooms and studios. The contributors, including Lee Breuer, Sue-Ellen Case, Gautam Dasgupta, Elin Diamond, S. E. Gontarski, Linda Gregerson, Martin Harries, Bill Irwin, Julia Jarcho, Anthony Kubiak, Daniel Listoe, Clark Lunberry, Bonnie Marranca, Peggy Phelan, Joseph Roach, Richard Schechner, Morton Subotnick, Julie Taymor, and Gregory Whitehead, respond to Blau's fierce and polymorphous intellect, his relentless drive and determination, and his audacity, his authority, to think, as he frequently insisted, "at the very nerve ends of thought.
A fascinating look at the United States’ conflicted relationship with news and the media, through the lens of the newsreel When weekly newsreels launched in the early twentieth century, they offered the U.S. public the first weekly record of events that symbolized “indisputable evidence” of the news. In News Parade, Joseph Clark examines the history of the newsreel and how it changed the way Americans saw the world. He combines an examination of the newsreel’s methods of production, distribution, and reception with an analysis of its representational strategies to understand the newsreel’s place in the history of twentieth-century American culture and film history. Clark focuses on the sound newsreel of the 1930s and 1940s, arguing that it represents a crucial moment in the development of a spectacular society where media representations of reality became more fully integrated into commodity culture. Using several case studies, including the newsreel’s coverage of Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight and the Sino–Japanese War, News Parade shows how news film transformed the relationship between its audience and current events, as well as the social and political consequences of these changes. It pays particular attention to how discourses of race and gender worked together with the rhetoric of speed, mobility, and authority to establish the power and privilege of newsreel spectatorship. In the age of fake news and the profound changes to journalism brought on by the internet, News Parade demonstrates how new technologies and media reshaped the American public’s relationship with the news in the 1930s—a history that can help us to better understand the transformations happening today.
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