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 Sun Zhuo, "The Chinese Zheng Zither: Contemporary Transformations " English | ISBN: 1472416678 | 2015 | 288 pages | EPUB | 22 MB The zheng zither is one of the most popular instruments in contemporary China. It is commonly regarded as a solo instrument with a continuous tradition dating back to ancient times. But in fact, much of its contemporary solo repertory is derived from several different regional folk ensemble repertories of the mid-twentieth century. Since the setting up of China's modern conservatories, the zheng has been transformed within these new contexts of professional music-making. Over the course of the twentieth century, these regional folk repertories were brought into the performance traditions of modern regional zheng schools. From this basis, a large new zheng repertory was created by conservatory musicians, combining aspects of Western classical music with folk music materials. With the 'opening up' of China's economy since the 1980s, the zheng has been brought into the wider stage of international music-making which includes contemporary art music compositions by overseas based Chinese composers and commercial world music works by Western composers. Through a series of case studies, this book explores how the transformation of the Chinese zheng has constantly responded to its changing social context, critiquing the long-standing arguments concerning 'authenticity' in the development of tradition. This work arises out of, and reflects on, the research methodologies known as performance as research. As an insider to the tradition, brought up within China's zheng society, a trained and practising zheng performer, this study is largely drawn from the author's own experiences of practising and performing the music in question; her study also draws on fieldwork, as well as primary and secondary written sources in Chinese and English. This book is accompanied by downloadable resources which contain audio visual materials relating to the author's fieldwork and zheng performances by different zheng musicians.  The Child Psychotherapy Treatment Planner by Jongsma, Arthur E., Jr.;Peterson, L. Mark;McInnis, William P.;Bruce, Timothy J.; English | 2023 | ISBN: 1119810582 | 499 pages | True PDF EPUB | 9.04 MB
 The Child Psychotherapy Progress Notes Planner by Jongsma, Arthur E., Jr.;Pastoor, Katy;Berghuis, David J.;Bruce, Timothy J.; English | 2023 | ISBN: 1119840899 | 547 pages | True PDF EPUB | 3.38 MB
 The Celestina: A Fifteenth-Century Spanish Novel in Dialogue (World Literature in Translation) by Fernando De Rojas, translated by Lesley Byrd Simpson English | September 24, 2019 | ISBN: 0520309596 | True PDF | 168 pages | 0.9 MB The Celestina is considered by scholars to be the first European novel. Written in fifteenth-century Spain, this masterpiece is remarkable for its originality, depth, handling of dialogue, and drawing of character.  The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 by Joseph J. Ellis Ph.D. English | September 21, 2021 | ISBN: 1631498983 | 334 pages | PDF (Converted) | 8.84 Mb New York Times Book Review ― Editors' Choice  Eddie R. Cole, "The Campus Color Line: College Presidents and the Struggle for Black Freedom" English | ISBN: 0691206767 | 2022 | 376 pages | PDF | 4 MB "A stunning and ambitious origins story."―Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times-bestselling author  Jennifer Bain, "The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen " English | ISBN: 1108471358 | 2021 | 320 pages | PDF | 16 MB This specially commissioned collection of thirteen essays explores the life and works of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), monastic founder, leader of a community of nuns, composer, active correspondent, and writer of religious visions, theological treatises, sermons, and scientific and medical texts. Aimed at advanced university students and new Hildegard researchers, the essays provide a broad context for Hildegard's life and monastic setting, and offer comprehensive discussions on each of the main areas of her output. Engagingly written by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and the history of medicine, the essays are grounded in Hildegard's twelfth-century context, and investigate her output within its monastic and liturgical environments, her reputation during and after her life, and the materiality of the transmission of her works, considering aspects of manuscript layout, illumination, and scribal practices at her Rupertsberg monastery.
 The Brain Under Siege: Solving the Mystery of Brain Disease, and How Scientists are Following the Clues to a Cure by Howard L. Weiner English | October 26, 2021 | ISBN: 1953295541 | 322 pages | PDF | 3.87 Mb 1 in 6 people suffer from brain diseases like MS, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. Now, a Harvard neurologist takes you inside the brain under attack-and illuminates the path to a cure.  Simon Walters, "The Borisaurus: The Dictionary of Boris Johnson" English | ISBN: 1785905694 | 2020 | 200 pages | EPUB | 0,3 MB Do you know your Boosterism from your Backstopectomy? Can you tell Prometheus from Cincinnatus, and if so, do you know what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to say when he namechecks esoteric figures from the classics, quotes obscure phrases from history or just makes words up?  The Book of Mountains and Rivers by Yu Quiyu, translated by Jeremy Tiang English | November 4, 2015 | ISBN: 1627741089 | True EPUB | 200 pages | 0.6 MB Yu Qiuyu is one of China's greatest modern essayists. Sometimes a prickly commentator, he is above all a storyteller. In this volume he takes his inspiration from China's geography, both human and physical, and brings the culture of his country to life with human characters and historical narrative. The forests of Hainan, the Three Gorges, classical pagodas, ancient remains under modern Shanghai, even the open skies... all have their stories and cultural connections, traced with erudition and wit by an inquisitive mind. |
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