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1975

Games for Actors and Non-Actors


Augusto Boal - 1975
    It sets out the principles and practice of Boal's revolutionary Method, showing how theatre can be used to transform and liberate everyone - actors and non-actors alike!This thoroughly updated and substantially revised second edition includes:two new essays by Boal on major recent projects in Brazil Boal's description of his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company a revised introduction and translator's preface a collection of photographs taken during Boal's workshops, commissioned for this edition new reflections on Forum Theatre.

Gypsies


Josef Koudelka - 1975
    Lavishly printed in a unique quadratone mix by artisanal printer Gerhard Steidl, it offers an expanded look at "Cikáni" (Czech for "gypsies" )--109 photographs of Roma society taken between 1962 and 1971 in then-Czechoslovakia (Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia), Romania, Hungary, France and Spain. The design and edit for this volume revisits the artist's original intention for the work, and is based on a maquette originally prepared in 1968 by Koudelka and graphic designer Milan Kopriva. Koudelka intended to publish the work in Prague, but was forced to flee Czechoslovakia, landing eventually in Paris. In 1975, Robert Delpire, Aperture and Koudelka collaborated to publish "Gitans, la fin du voyage" ("Gypsies," in the English-language edition), a selection of 60 photographs taken in various Roma settlements around East Slovakia. "Gypsies" includes more than 30 never-before-published images.

Shantung Compound


Langdon Gilkey - 1975
    This vivid diary of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II examines the moral challenges encountered in conditions of confinement and deprivation.

Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society


Raymond Williams - 1975
    Now revised to include new words and updated essays, Keywords focuses on the sociology of language, demonstrating how the key words we use to understand our society take on new meanings and how these changes reflect the political bent and values of society.

The Raft is Not the Shore: Conversations toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness


Thich Nhat Hanh - 1975
    A new dialogue between the radical Jesuit priest and the Vietnamese Zen master covers a wide range of topics relevant to the Buddhist-Christian relationship, including war, peace, death, Jesus, and the Buddha.

Yoga and Psychotherapy: The Evolution of Consciousness


Swami Rama - 1975
    Yoga & Psychotherapy is an in-depth analysis of Western and Eastern models of the mind and their differing perspectives on such functions as ego, instinct, and consciousness. This book draws upon the rich and diverse experience of Swami Rama, Rudolph Ballentine, MD, and Swami Ajaya, PhD, to show you how the ancient findings of yoga can be used to supplement or replace less complete Western theories and techniquesYoga & Psychotherapy was written to be accessible to the layperson, yet detailed enough to be of value to the professional. This text is a perfect and succinct introduction to some of the cardinal concepts of yoga philosophy, presented in a clear and logical format. Purchase your copy of Yoga & Psychotherapy and see how the timeless holistic techniques of yoga can make an impact in your life.

Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama's Coach Bryant


Paul W. Bryant - 1975
    Bear's personal off the field and his accomplishments on the field have contributed equally to his ever-growing status as an American icon.

The Joys of Beekeeping


Richard Taylor - 1975
    Book by Taylor, Richard

Disciple


Juan Carlos Ortiz - 1975
    An ideal book for new believers, Disciple is also an inspirational and practical guide for Christians who want to grow closer in their walk with the Lord.

The Portable Thomas Jefferson


Thomas Jefferson - 1975
    Includes A Summary View of the Rights of British America and Notes on the State of Virginia complete; seventy-nine letters; "Response to the Citizens of Albemarle," 1790; "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank," 1791; and many other writings.

A Guide to Feynman Diagrams in the Many-Body Problem


Richard D. Mattuck - 1975
    A superb introduction to important areas of modern physics, it covers Feynman diagrams, quasi particles, Fermi systems at finite temperature, superconductivity, vacuum amplitude, Dyson's equation, ladder approximation, and much more. "A great delight to read." — Physics Today. 1974 edition.

Universe


Robin Kerrod - 1975
    Eyewitness Universe is DK's classic look at black holes, galaxies, and other amazing features of the universe, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.

U.S. Power and the Multinational Corporation: The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment


Robert Gilpin - 1975
    hegemony in world affairs, also taking a close look at the multi-national corporation and how it was "spreading the wealth" and therefore future economic and political power. The multi-national corporation is also looked at as a player in global dynamics between different nation-states.

A Dove of the East: And Other Stories


Mark Helprin - 1975
    An Israeli scout risks the safety and respect of his comrades in an act of transfiguring gentleness and charity. In a hot, dirty typewriter ribbon factory in the Bronx, a young man finds love. A Dutch child in a Canadian orphanage carries in her heart, her love for her parents and the pain of war. A soldier is overpowered by his days of burying the dead. A Sicilian widow meditates on the end of her family line. These twenty stories are strikingly beautiful pieces on enduring, universal questions by a writer the San Francisco Review of Books calls "a master crafter of the short story."

Women and Fiction: Short Stories By and About Women


Susan Cahill - 1975
    Kate Chopin (1851-1904): The Story of an HourEdith Wharton (1862-1937): The Other TwoWilla Cather (1873-1947): A Wagner MatinéeColette (1873-1947): The Secret WomanGertrude Stein (1874-1946): Miss Furr and Miss SkeeneVirginia Woolf (1882-1941): The New DressContentsKatherine Mansfield (1888-1923): The Garden PartyKatherine Anne Porter (1890-1980): RopeKay Boyle (1902-1992): Winter NightEudora Welty (1909-2001): A Worn PathHortense Calisher (1911- ): The Scream on Fifty-Seventh StreetAnn Petry (1911-1997): Like a Winding SheetMary Lavin (1912-1996): In a CaféTillie Olsen (1913- ): I Stand Here IroningMaeve Brennan (1917-1993): The Eldest ChildCarson McCullers (1917-1967): WunderkindDoris Lessing (1919- ): To Room NineteenGrace Paley (1922- ): An Interest in LifeFlannery O'Connor (1925-1964): RevelationJean Stubbs (1926- ): Cousin LewisEdna O'Brien (1930- ): A JourneyAlice Munro (1931- ): The OfficeJoyce Carol Oates (1938- ): In the Region of IceMargaret Drabble (1939- ): The Gifts of WarJulie Hayden (1939-1981): Day-Old Baby RatsAlice Walker (1944- ): Everyday Use

We Fight to Survive


Esther Stermer - 1975
    The true story of an extended Jewish family who hides in caves underground for almost a year to escape death during the Holocaust.

A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacies


Martin J. Sherwin - 1975
    atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union.In his Preface to this new edition, the author describes and evaluates the lengthening trail of new evidence that has come to light concerning these often emotionally debated subjects. The author also invokes his experience as a historical advisor to the controversial, aborted 1995 Enola Gay exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. This leads him to analyze the impact on American democracy of one of the most insidious of the legacies of Hiroshima: the political control of historical interpretation.Reviews of Previous Editions"The quality of Sherwin's research and the strength of his argument are far superior to previous accounts."—New York Times Book Review"Probably the definitive account for a long time to come. . . . Sherwin has tackled some of the critical questions of the Cold War's origins—and has settled them, in my opinion."—Walter LaFeber,Cornell University"One of those rare achievements of conscientious scholarship, a book at once graceful and luminous, yet loyal to its documentation and restrained in its speculations."—Boston Globe

My Soul in China


Anna Kavan - 1975
    The story of a woman facing the nightmare of mental breakdown, who finds brief happiness in an idyllic but doomed love affair.

All Silver and No Brass


Henry Glassie - 1975
    . . . This book is most impressive and can be recommended for any level of adult audience."--"Choice" "A beautifully written exploration of a vanishing holiday ritual that can be traced back to the dramas of the sixteenth century and beyond." --"Philadelphia Inquirer" "An excellent book recommended both to the student of literature and the general reader interested in folklore."--"Irish Echo" "A magnificently comprehensive book. . . . Whether you are a mumming or Wran Boy enthusiast or not, this beautifully produced book will take you into a world of suspended reality, gone, but not quite."--"Books Ireland" "Glassie has captured the authentic tang of the Ulster countryman's speech, laconic with surprising shots of hyperbole. . . . A beautifully produced book."--"Irish Independent" For the general reader as for the folklorist, this is a fascinating, vivid, and sensitive account that, through its portraits of individuals and of a community, offers a unique insight into a folk custom of the Christmas season. Henry Glassie is College Professor of Folklore at Indiana University. He is the author of "Art and Life in Bangladesh," "Irish Folktales," "The Spirit of Folk Art," and "Pattern in the Material Folk Culture of the Eastern United States," which is also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. 1976 224 pages 6 x 9 1/4 27 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1139-9 Paper $24.95s 16.50 World Rights Anthropology, Cultural Studies