City And Soul: Uniform (James Hillman Uniform Edition)

City And Soul: Uniform (James Hillman Uniform Edition)
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The Soul is OUT THERE as well as IN HERE

City And Soul: Uniform (James Hillman Uniform Edition)
James Hillman
Manufacturer: Spring Publications, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0882145770
Release Date: 2006-11-30

Product Description

This volume, for the first time, collects James Hillman's papers and lectures on the subjects of urban psychology and mythology.

Customer Reviews:

The Soul is OUT THERE as well as IN HERE.......2007-10-07

City and Soul is volume 3 of James Hillman's Collected Works. It spans 3 decades of his writing and lectures, spanning the years 1978-2005.At 404 pages it is a thick and formidable compendium of Hillman's thinking on city life, culture, imagination, aesthetics, politics, violence, anima mundi--in fact all of the major themes that have occupied his thought for many decades. As I read it I took over 80 pages of notes, so provocative and inciting are his thoughts. His insights on the imagination and aesthetics is worth the price of the volume. But more importantly, Hillman lifts soul out of the interiority of the individual and places it in the textural life of the cityscape. Cities, like people, he believes, suffer depression joy, celebration, breakdown, growth spurts, disease, hunger and poverty.
For an overview of what archetypal psychology finds relevant to study, and, how to study, this volume is invaluable.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City

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A Kaleidoscopic Glimpse at NYC in the Summer of '77
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Great slice of history into 1977.....
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning
The dingy decay and inner strength of 1970s New York in a good read

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
Jonathan Mahler
Manufacturer: Picador
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0312424302
Release Date: 2006-03-21

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New York City in 1977 was in the middle of wild upheaval on all fronts, from the hunt for the Son of Sam killer and the citywide blackout to a brutal mayor's race and the rise of punk rock and the zenith of disco. In Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning, journalist Jonathan Mahler revisits all those storylines through another drama, which grabbed tabloid headlines all summer long: the outrageous--and pennant-winning--New York Yankees. The Yankees weren't the greatest baseball team ever assembled--they weren't even the greatest of the era (the talent-laden Cincinnati Reds were superior player for player). But no modern team has earned more type than the "Bronx Zoo" Yanks of the late '70s, thanks in no small part to such characters as meddling owner George Steinbrenner, firebrand manager Billy Martin, and flashy slugger Reggie Jackson.

But what more is there to say about a ball club, even one as stormy and successful as the '77 Yanks? Mahler wisely strays out of the dugout and into the chaotic city to give his chronicle breadth and shape. Mahler deftly brings together a host of characters and developments--from doomed old-school catcher Thurman Munson to congressional hellraiser Bella Abzug, from media kingpin Rupert Murdoch to battling politicos Ed Koch and Mario Cuomo, from downtown punks to the glittery decadence of Studio 54. The result is a lively read that will entertain readers who wouldn't know an RBI from CBGB. --Steven Stolder

Book Description

A kaleidoscopic portrait of New York City in 1977, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning is the story of two epic battles: the fight between Yankee slugger Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin, and the battle between Mario Cuomo and Ed Koch for the citys mayorship. Buried beneath these parallel conflictsone for the soul of baseball, the other for the soul of a citywas the subtext of race. The brash and confident Jackson took every black myth and threw it back in white Americas face. Koch and Cuomo ran bitterly negative campaigns that played upon urbanites growing fears. Surrounding this braided narrative was a prowling murderer dubbed the Son of Sam, the acquisition of the New York Post by the unknown Rupert Murdoch, the opening of Studio 54, the infamous blackout, the evolution of punk rock, and the dawning of modern SoHo.

Customer Reviews:

A Kaleidoscopic Glimpse at NYC in the Summer of '77.......2007-10-01

I had heard a lot of good buzz about this book since it was published a few years ago. When I found out ESPN was making a mini-series out of it, I decided to take the plunge and buy it. I actually didn't end up watching the mini-series, but I loved the book.
One of the things that initially kept me away was the much-hyped baseball angle. Like any red-blooded American baseball fan that doesn't hale from the Tri-State area, I am life-long Yankee hater, and those George Steinbrenner/Billy Martin teams of the late `70s gave me plenty to hate. The last thing on earth I wanted to read was some hagiographic account of the Bronx Bombers winning the 1977 World Series.
I needn't have worried. The Evil Empire's tumultuous season is just one of several neatly interwoven story lines: New York's fiscal crisis, the city's nasty '77 mayoral election, Rupert Murdoch's purchase of the moribund New York Post. Several other subplots add spice: the blackout riots, Son of Sam, the burgeoning disco scene. New York was a busy place that summer.
There's nothing too profound here, just a snapshot of our greatest city at one of the lowest points in its history. Well paced and enjoyable, the book got me through several long airplane trips.

so-so.......2007-09-12

It didnt focus on the yankees as much as i thought it would, and when it did, most of it was about Reggie. All the events of that summer were interesting and I remembered a lot of it happening too which was cool.

Great slice of history into 1977............2007-08-23

I was impressed with the amount of factual research Jonathan Mahler put into this wonder readaptation into the year 1977 in NY City. He takes a book and illustrates a wonderful slice of history into multiple aspects. There are several issues that keep the reader interested in the book. I particularly like books that have multiple plots and subplots. Mahler was able to keep each chapter full of intrique with a look into human experience and emotions of the key characters in this one year of magic. The final chapter he puts out: "The Bronx is burning, ladies and gentlemen, as we watch the 1977 World Series".......

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx is Burning.......2007-08-13

This is an excellent account of New York City and its troubles both on the baseball field and in the political arena. I highly recommend this for anyone who is interested in the NYY ball club and the politics of New York City, particularly in the late 1970's.

The dingy decay and inner strength of 1970s New York in a good read.......2007-08-11

It's hard to believe the author of this book was a little kid when he first visited New York in the 1970s. I first moved to NYC as a young adult during this decade, and found this book reverberating with the discouraging urine-stained decay that was ubiquitous then -- graffitied subways, homeless bums, massage parlours, garbage strikes, crime, loan defaults...

And yet... beneath all this, there must have been some kind of resolve and determination... or perhaps simply infrastructure... that allowed Manhattan, at least, to ultimately avoid the suburban flight afflicting the rest of the nation's inner cities. New York is still New York, but those dark abandoned streets of 1970s Manhattan today sport boutiques and spanking-clean SUVs from one end nearly to the other (of course, the outer boroughs have not been so lucky). While this has also resulted in a loss of character and the sad conversion of Manhattan's old ethnic neighborhoods, it is also testimony to the endurance of urban culture, of some kind, in at least one American city.

Enough social commentary and onto the book! At first it seems that much of the plot may concern the dynamics of Reggie Jackson & Billy Martin and the Yankees; also figuring large are the 1977 blackout and the mayoral race. It would have been easy, and appealing, to showboat the charged conflict among Reggie, Martin, and Steinbrenner; but the author never succumbs to this temptation. Instead he seamlessly weaves the story of 1977 New York in the context of the cultural, political, and financial background of the times. Even Studio 54, punk rock, The Mercer Arts Centre, and Soho are given lip service.

What makes it all so good is the natural trajectory that makes for an entertaining read -- it is hard to put down, like a good mystery; it tells a story. This is great non-fiction: historic, accurate, nuanced, and atmospheric -- and as entertaining as any fictional narrative could be.

Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence

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Fire in the City
Savonarola and Florence emerge into the light!
Another view
Florence Comes Alive
Very Strange

Fire in the City: Savonarola and the Struggle for the Soul of Renaissance Florence
Lauro Martines
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0195177487

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A gripping and beautifully written narrative that reads like a novel, Fire in the City presents a compelling account of a key moment in the history of the Renaissance, illuminating the remarkable man who dominated the period, the charismatic Savonarola. Lauro Martines, whose decades of scholarship have made him one of the most admired historians of Renaissance Italy, here provides a remarkably fresh perspective on Girolamo Savonarola, the preacher and agitator who flamed like a comet through late fifteenth-century Florence. The Dominican friar has long been portrayed as a dour, puritanical demagogue who urged his followers to burn their worldly goods in "the bonfire of the vanities." But as Martines shows, this is a caricature of the truth--the version propagated by the wealthy and powerful who feared the political reforms he represented. In fact, Savonarola emerges as a complex and subtle man: compassionate, wise, a poet and scholar, and even, at critical moments, a force for moderation. The friar, a mesmerizing preacher, set the city afire with his message of Christian charity wedded to republican ideals. It is this reality--of Savonarola as both religious and civic leader--that Martines captures in all its complexity, showing how he inspired an outpouring of political debate in a city newly freed from the tyranny of the Medici. In the end, the volatile passions he unleashed--and the powerful families he threatened--sent the friar to his own fiery death. But the fusion of morality and politics that he represented would leave a lasting mark on Renaissance Florence. For the many readers fascinated by histories of Renaissance Italy--such as Brunelleschi's Dome or Galileo's Daughter, and Martines's acclaimed April Blood--Fire in the City offers a vivid portrait of one of the most memorable characters from that dazzling era.

Customer Reviews:

Fire in the City.......2007-09-08

Overall good
I was hoping that there would be more on the content of the sermons of Savonarola

Savonarola and Florence emerge into the light!.......2007-01-08

Fire in the City is another revealed hornet's nest from Martines that picks up the thread where his previous book April Blood left off. As the title suggests, this is not an exclusive biography on Savonarola, the author casts his net wider than that detailing, in a very readable fashion, the political and social settings that were bound in with Savonarola's actions.

With Lorenzo's death, Florence is at the mercy of his vain and incompetent son, Piero de Medici, whose diplomatic bungling with the invading King of France, Charles the VIII, gets him run out of town by the citizens of Florence, creating political alternatives to Medici rule. Into this anxious period of uncertainty, the searing personality of the reforming Dominican Friar, Savonarola, is catapulted.

Martines shows how Savonarola's political instinct was very much in line with the Christian ethos he espoused from the pulpit, preferring a broader based franchise through the Great Council, sustained by a Republic, instead of oligarchic rule by an elite. Salvation meant not just the deliverance by redemption from the power of sin, but also preservation from tyrannical harm. Yet Savonarola's motives were not as subversive or ego driven ('vainglorious') as his inquisitors and future Medici regimes led history to believe.

Martines also shows how Savonarola's prophecies, another contentious quality to his personality used against him by his enemies in Rome and elsewhere, were not far off the mark. The sack of Rome by Christian mercenaries in 1527, twenty-nine years after Savonarola's execution, seemed to vindicate much of Savonarola's visionary utterances. Was that, indeed, the scourge against the Church he claimed Charles the VIII capable of a generation earlier?

Emphasising the importance of this little Dominican Friar from Ferrara who was prepared to take on Pope Alexander VI over issues of simony and moral corruption, reminds us just how much of a precursor he was to Martin Luther. His insistence on a reformed Church was not merely rhetorical either, his own example proved otherwise.

No doubt Savonarola was a force to behold with his lightning bolts of apocalyptic doom. He profoundly affected Michelangelo and Botticelli who heard him speak, but Martines has stained orthodox whitewash with the blood of historical realism, showing us that Savonarola was more vital and complex and his contribution more positive, than that of just a preaching terrorist who infuriated Rome and encouraged the `bonfire of the vanities'.

After reading April Blood and Fire in the City, the enigma of Florence is much better understood. We patiently wait for his next publication, to read again where it will lead.

Another view.......2006-11-11

I had read enough about Savonarola to have a vague idea as to what he was about, but this book gave me a very different perspective. Savonarola was much more complicated, and less a mad man than I had thought. The destuction of the "vanities", which was the most lamentable of all his actions from our perspective, is better understood after reading this book. Obviously, the value of the destroyed art in Savanarola's context is quite different than it is in ours, and Mr Martines made the point very well. It is a great read, full of history, and I enjoyed it very much.

Florence Comes Alive.......2006-08-03

This is a must read for anyone planning a vacation to Florence, or for those wanting to experience the place and time without the expense, as Martines reaches far beyond the story of a single man and into Renassiance Florence. Readers will find this gripping and complex historical drama impossible to put down. "April Blood" (the Pazzi conspiracy against the Medici) sets the stage for this great book, and Martines combines expert scholarship with dramatic narrative skill in both works.

Very Strange.......2006-07-19

I was interested in learning more about Savonarola because "The Palace" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is set in Renaissance Florence at the time of Savonarola, who plays a part in the novel. Now I love history and read a lot of history books, unfortunately, this book was a big dissapointment. Contrary to the blurb on the back cover this book is hardly riveting nor is it much of a thriller. It only covers the last few years of Savonarola's life but it is more about the political history of Florence than on Savonarola himself. Actually the book does not really seem to have a direction or a point and I could not figure out why the author wrote this.

I would suggest that if you are interested in this book that you find a copy in a book store and read it before you buy otherwise you risk being dissapointed.

Day Of The Dead Through The Eyes Of The Soul: Mexico City (Great Heartlanders Series)

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Beautifully presented color photography enhances the text

Day Of The Dead Through The Eyes Of The Soul: Mexico City (Great Heartlanders Series)
Mary J. Andrade
Manufacturer: Oferta Publishing Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0966587626

Book Description

Of the 112 pages of this third book of this series, more than 120 color photographs illustrate the written description of the celebrations in Mexico City, Mixquic, and several towns of the state of Morelos, including Ocotepec, which is located almost inside of the beautiful city of Cuernavarca.

The buying of the objects in the tianguis (market). The preparation of the special dishes to be placed in the ofrenda, the ritual of the building of the altar, together with the vivid testimony of how strong is the influence of this pre-Hispanic tradition in the beliefs and lives of the people.

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Beautifully presented color photography enhances the text.......2001-06-07

Mary Andrade's bi-lingual (Spanish/English) Day Of The Dead In Mexico: Through The Eyes Of The Soul presents the celebration of one of Mexico's most beautiful, pre-Hispanic traditions as observed in Mexico City, Mixquic, and Morelos, when families honor their ancestors through ritual, festival, and celebration. Beautifully presented color photography enhances the text throughout, including information on the celebratory preparations, buying of items in the marketplace (tianguis) that will be used in the altars; the offerings (ofrendas) in homage to the souls of the dad; and the cemetery vigil. Also very highly recommended for multicultural studies collections and Hispanic culture reading lists are Mary Andrade's companion volume, Day Of The Dead In Mexico: Oaxaca ... which focuses on how the festival observances in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer

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Wacquant Psycho-analytic Portrait
Wacquant's book is a must-read for students of sociology
Close and personal

Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer
Loic Wacquant
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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When French sociologist Loic Wacquant signed up at a boxing gym in a black neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, he had never contemplated getting close to a ring, let alone climbing into it. Yet for three years he immersed himself among local fighters, amateur and professional. He learned the Sweet science of bruising, participating in all phases of the pugilist's strenuous preparation, from shadow-boxing drills to sparring to fighting in the Golden Gloves tournament. In this experimental ethnography of incandescent intensity, the scholar-turned-boxer dissects the making of prizefighters and supplies a model for a "carnal sociology" capable of capturing "the taste and ache of action." Body and Soul marries the analytic rigor of the sociologist with the stylistic grace of the novelist to offer a compelling portrait of a bodily craft and of life and labor in the black American ghetto at century's end, but also a revealing tale of self transformation and social transcendence. And, by fleshing out Pierre Bourdieu's signal concept of habitus, it deepens our theoretical grasp of human practice.

Customer Reviews:

Wacquant Psycho-analytic Portrait.......2007-01-06

Put simply: if you want to get a decent look at the inner-city boxing phenomenon, buy this. But if you are in academia, be warned: Wacquant is far from the detached observer he swears he is. A good example of what NOT to do in ethnographic research.

Wacquant's book is a must-read for students of sociology.......2006-08-27

I had Professor Wacquant for one of my classes and I have to say he is an excellent professor who has amazing ideas about today's society. In this book, he argues against the mainstream idea of the underclass and he also explains how the boxing gym is a force in opposition to the forces of the ghetto. Very well written, the book is a very good read. It has been very interesting for me, as I am studying sociology as a college student and I box in my spare time.

Close and personal.......2004-01-07

Having searched and read close to what I can find on the subject featured in this book, I can honestly say that it covers close to everything I was looking for. It is well written, a page-turner (which I rarely find a "scientific" book to be), in depth, and has a nice personal touch. Wacquant shows great understanding for the sport, as well as the interpersonal and mystified aspects of the gym, and is able to put this together in sociological terms and aspects. I have myself traveled around the world, and in several major cities (and small towns) visited different gyms with the purpose of training. But also because I am interested in the differences of the gyms and the poeple there. I can relate to Woodlawn Boys Club because I spent a few weeks in Minnapolis, and frequented a "similar" kind of gym there, and I find great interest in reading about his findings in "his" gym. One of the main reasons I read - and liked - this book, is my search for validating boxing as professional youth work, and I discovered many findings, which can also be applied in my small country, which is totally different when it comes to the urban life. The principles are nevertheless the same. So for every person interested in boxing, youth work or/and the mystique surrounding the sport and the gym (as a phenomena) this is a must. Or if you merely want interesting reading from a modern and gutsy sociologist, you will probably like it as well. Enjoy!

City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome (Crown Journeys)

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It should have been better.
Pictures would have made it 5 stars!
Rome is eternal - (this rating is supposed to be 4 stars, not 1)
Rome for Romantics
A delightful walk through Rome.

City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome (Crown Journeys)
William Murray
Manufacturer: Crown
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2003-02-04

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“One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why.

Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he takes us on an intimate walking tour of some of Rome’s most glorious achievements, illuminating the history and the mythology that define the city. Murray leads us through the centro, the city’s historic downtown center. He writes about the Villa Borghese, the Piazza di Spagna, and the Trevi Fountain and describes such singular attractions as the Capuchin Church of Santa Maria della Concezione, whose macabre crypt has impressed visitors from Mark Twain to the Marquis de Sade.

As he walks, he reveals stories that only a longtime resident would know, capturing the sights, sounds, and flavors that make Rome a combination of the deep past and the ever-sensual present.

Customer Reviews:

It should have been better........2007-02-22

I enjoy reading books about Rome and its history, architecture, art and religious foundations. I appreciate constructive criticism and historical honesty in a book. This book, however, was disappointing in its repetitive and gratuitous criticism of most of the religious (Christian) aspects of Rome. In most instances the criticism was unneccessary for the story. I was left with the feeling that the author had an axe to grind. In fact "City Without a Soul" would have been a better title. The author's superfluous chapter describing his "love affair" with a married woman was baffling. I have no idea how those materials got past the editors.

Pictures would have made it 5 stars!.......2006-10-26

Pictures about Rome are missing from this wonderful treasure of a book by prolific author, William Murray. He was half-Italian on his mother's side. Her family was from Rome, Italy with family ties still there. His maternal aunts and grandmother are interred in Rome. He has titled the book "City of the Soul" with good reason because it really is wonderfully rich city of life,vibrancy, history, and romance. He goes into personal details about his heterosexual romances with women and his adventures in Rome. Torn between his love of Rome and being an American too, he visits regularly and writes about walking the streets of Rome, past, present, and future. Rome has changed over the years. No longer is it the city where everybody remembers the famed Roman Empire, Rome is the capital of the Catholic Church empire now. Roman history is past. Today's history in Rome is still as fascinating. Rome is still trying to find itself in a world where Rome is a capital but one of many like Paris, Berlin, New York, London. In our world today, Rome is a major city and tourist attraction for Catholic pilgrims, Italianphiles, tourists, artists, etc. who come to marble at the architecture, shop at the finest fashions from Milan, see the cathedrals, stop at the majestic fountains, etc. Of course, it would have been nice to see pictures. It would make those of us who haven't been to Rome understand the desire more and more to see. Words say so much but pictures are so much better.

Rome is eternal - (this rating is supposed to be 4 stars, not 1).......2005-11-16

City of the Soul - I certainly have to concur with author Murray that Rome is a unique and wonderful place. This little book is a gentle pleasure to read. Not much new here, but there are some interesting factoids and it's nice to read of this man's personal attachment to a place that I also love. He's a good writer with the soul of an opera singer, which he originally wanted to become, and has a genuine talent for describing some of the very special locations that exist only in the eternal city.

Rome for Romantics.......2004-07-28

I finished this book wanting to read more - about Rome and about William Murray and his family. Shortly after finishing City of the Soul, we went to Rome and enjoyed many of the walks he described. Not only that, the maps on the end pages are excellent, and the small size of the book makes it an ideal book to take along.

Murrays' mother was Italian and he grew up in Rome, although he was just as at home among Americans and British. While guiding us through central Rome and the discussing the history of the landmarks, he talks about growing up with his journalist mother and her lover. Murray's Rome is populated with artists and writers and this is both a great walking tour as well as a revealing journey of post-war Rome.

A delightful walk through Rome........2004-05-06

J.Tom Cooper (gktemugen@aol.com), book reviewer for a radio network., May 5, 2004,
A wonderful banquet of Roman anecdotes
I reviewed the 2-CD version of this book for my radio network and found it delightful. I have been to Rome many times, but Mr. Murray's delightful blend of personal and family anecdotes merged perfectly with his description of some famous and some less famous parts of the city. His pleasant vocal narration and his obvious thorough knowledge of the city kept me interested through the entire book on CD. I found myself taking notes on each piazza or building he described so that I could go back and experience them again. It isn't your typical guidebook description, but it is a perfect companion to a conventional book on Rome. His personal anecdotes about his family, lovers and friends were a welcome bit of spice. I recommend it highly.

A Catholic's Guide to Rome: Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City

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A Must Read & Take Along
Seeing Rome's Soul

A Catholic's Guide to Rome: Discovering the Soul of the Eternal City
Frank J. Korn
Manufacturer: Paulist Press
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Internationally recognized expert and veteran of fifty trips to Rome, Frank Korn presents an insider's guide to the city. He describes not only the familiar churches, basilicas, and historic places, but also takes travelers on fascinating detours down back alleys to little-known, though very important sites. For both the public and the private Rome, he reveals the legends and traditions associated with each.

With a warm and engaging style, the author explains Jubilee Year background and ceremonies and offers Jubilee travelers meaningful alternatives to the typical sites with their expected three-times-heavier crowds. He also lists which church offers Mass in which language.

This guide is not only for Catholics but also helps travelers of other faiths appreciate a culture not their own. The author's storytelling style and invaluable facts, and the book's photos, maps, and index, make this a perfect choice for tourists and pilgrims, armchair travelers, priests and religious. It also offers "insider's info" that every travel agent and travel store will want to pass on to their customers.

Customer Reviews:

A Must Read & Take Along.......2007-05-07

I read this cover to cover before I went on my trip to Rome and I was
able to visit some of the lesser known churches that are not normally
on the guided tours like St Prassede, and St. Pudenziana. It includes
a great deal of the history of many of the churches and I HIGHLY
recommend it to any Catholic heading to Rome.

Seeing Rome's Soul.......2000-04-29

This is a book for those who have been there, and those who would like to be! It is a "must-take-along" for those on their way.

Soul of the City (Thieves World Book, No 8)

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Not the best of the series.

Soul of the City (Thieves World Book, No 8)
Lynn Abbey , C. J. Cherryh , and Janet Morris
Manufacturer: Ace Books
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Not the best of the series........2005-06-10

In Book 8 there is a lot of wrapping up going on. Many threads regarding Roxane and Jihan are closed (or are they?). Tempus returns to Sanctuary and is reunited with Niko as his partner.

The Thieves World books are always at their best when they are slowly building to a climax using the small stories of the Maze and palace that the various writers do so well. The relay format does not work as well at crafting a single climax point. The result is not bad, exactly, but it reads like a more typical fantasy series installment. One of the nice thing about Thieves World at its best is that it does not read like that at all. There were also some very nice plot points opened up in Book 7 that are completely ignored here-- a little bit of continuity with some of those elements would have been nice.

Lynn Abbey, Janet Morris and C.J. Cherryh were the writers in book 8. As you can imagine, begin at the beginning and not here if you have not read any of the books before.

They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups

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Like Being There
The Forgotten Form of American Music

They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups
Philip Groia
Manufacturer: P. Dee Enterprises
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Binding: Paperback

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Doowop: THE CHICAGO SCENE (Music in American Life)
Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups
American Singing Groups: A History, From 1940 to Today
Group Harmony: The Black Urban Roots of Rhythm & Blues
The Complete Book of Doo-Wop

ASIN: 0961205806

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The greatest book ever written on African-American Rhythm and Blues (doowop) vocal groups of the 1950's. In its nine chapters, there are interviews with singers, musicians and choreographers, discographies and forty rare photographs. It chronicles the development of the early pioneers of Rhythm and Blues vocal groups: the Ravens, Orioles, Dominoes, Harptones, Cadillacs, Five Keys, Flamingos, Moonglows, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and Solitaires. It contains over 700 references to groups and individuals who made R&B big-time. Record collectors call it the "bible."

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Like Being There.......2007-06-30

I like most people who will read or have read this book, did not see these groups perform in there prime. Granted if you enjoyed this music you saw the groups in later years at various shows. However, the author makes you feel that you are living this time period!! A truley AMAZING book --best I have read on the music at this point.
Steve

The Forgotten Form of American Music.......2000-05-28

Phil Groia focused on a truthful review of street corner music. Not only did he give actual locations, group names, pictures etc but he did not glamourize the events associated with the groups (often teens with problems). This book made me appreciate my collection even more and wonder what would it have been like had Street Corner Harmony (Doo Wopp Music) not been pushed aside by the "British Invasion". THEY ALL SANG ON THE CORNER is a must read book for all Doo Wopp aficionados and the curious.

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very technical and very brilliant

City and Soul in Plato's Republic
G. R. F. Ferrari
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0226244377

Book Description

Tracing a central theme of Plato's Republic, G. R. F. Ferrari reconsiders in this study the nature and purpose of the comparison between the structure of society and that of the individual soul. In four chapters, Ferrari examines the personalities and social status of the brothers Glaucon and Adeimantus, Plato's notion of justice, coherence in Plato's description of the decline of states, and the tyrant and the philosopher king—a pair who, in their different ways, break with the terms of the city-soul analogy.

In addition to acknowledging familiar themes in the interpretation of the Republic—the sincerity of its utopianism, the justice of the philosopher's return to the Cave—Ferrari provocatively engages secondary literature by Leo Strauss, Bernard Williams, and Jonathan Lear. With admirable clarity and insight, Ferrari conveys the relation between the city and the soul and the choice between tyranny and philosophy. City and Soul in Plato's Republic will be of value to students of classics, philosophy, and political theory alike.

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very technical and very brilliant.......2006-08-11

If you want a general introduction to Plato's Republic don't buy this book. There are many books better for your purposes. This, however, is an excellently argued critique of scholarly thought on a rich, but abstruse issue in Platonic studies. If you can follow the argument (i.e. if you know Republic and or the other dialogues very well) this is book is like Ariadne's thread leading you through the maze of Republic (or is that Phaedo). You won't have trouble with Ferrari's prose, which is as fine as ever (I also reviewed "Listening for Cicadas"). Anyway, it's a great read and though I just bought this copy I will probably have to get another soon. Too much marginalia and underlining.

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