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Palatine Church Visitations, 1609
The district of Kusel was situated in the western part of the German Palatinate, from which area came many early emigrants to America. Considering the almost permanent residence of the Palatines in a given area (prior to emigration), the proof that a particular name occurs in an early visitation, as this publication does for Kusel, is almost sufficient evidence of the linkage between the emigrant and his forebears--a full century before the great period of emigration.
At His Gates
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Franz Liszt and Agnes Street-Klindworth
This new critical edition contains all 160 extant letters in both English and French, transcribed from the most reliable sources and carefully annotated by a scholar of increasing reputation. Also included are - biographical information about Agnes herself; historical and critical prefaces; detailed notes for each letter; linking text between letters; analytical tables of the correspondence; an extensive bibliography and an index.
The New World
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Agnes Martin – Transcultural Translations
The work of Agnes Martin has frequently been associated with East Asian philosophies. Particularly highlighting the oeuvre of this US artist, Mona Schieren presents comprehensive research on the influence of Asianist aesthetics in post-1945 American art. More than just historical analysis, her study opens an entirely new perspective on Martin’s appropriation of Asianisms by focusing on transcultural translation and redefining Martin’s work beyond Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism. This offers new viewpoints on the aesthetic, philosophical, and visual relationships in American postwar art and takes a nuanced approach that moves beyond generalized notions of “Zen” in the US art world. Schieren’s exploration of the intentional and specific uses of Asianist aesthetics profoundly contributes to insights in international art histories and cultural translations.
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was an anomaly. A virtuoso pianist and electrifying showman, he toured extensively throughout the European continent, bringing sold-out audiences to states of ecstasy while courting scandal with his frequent womanizing. Drawing on new, highly revealing documentary sources, including a veritable treasure trove of previously unexamined material on Liszt’s Weimar years, best-selling author Oliver Hilmes shines a spotlight on the extraordinary life and career of this singularly dazzling musical phenomenon. Whereas previous biographies have focused primarily on the composer’s musical contributions, Hilmes showcases Liszt the man in all his many sha...
Tract Series
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The Lives of Agnes Smedley
Was she a selfless political activist? A feminist heroine? A gifted writer who rose from poverty to become a leading journalist and author of the cult classic Daughter of Earth? A spy for the Soviet Union? Or all of these things? Drawing on fifteen years of intensive research and unprecedented access to previously unpublished documents, this vibrant book brings to life one of the twentieth century's most fascinating women. Ruth Price traces Agnes Smedley's unlikely trajectory from a small Missouri town to the coal country of Colorado; to Berkeley and Greenwich Village; to Berlin, Moscow, and China. Fueled by a fury at injustice, Smedley threw herself headlong into the crucial issues of the t...
On Borders
When are borders justified? Who has a right to control them? Where should they be drawn? Today people think of borders as an island's shores. Just as beaches delimit a castaway's realm, so borders define the edges of a territory, occupied by a unified people, to whom the land legitimately belongs. Hence a territory is legitimate only if it belongs to a people unified by a civic identity. Sadly, this Desert Island Model of territorial politics forces us to choose. If we want territories, then we can either have democratic legitimacy, or inclusion of different civic identities--but not both. The resulting politics creates mass xenophobia, migrant-bashing, hoarding of natural resources, and bor...
Allan Mann : svensken som stred mot Hitler och Stalin
"En ärlig och jordnära beskrivning av en enkel men unik mans himmel och helvete. Tynander förmår att gestalta Allan Manns otroliga livsöde med föredömlig känsla och sans... Allan Mann är en stor läsupplevelse värd varje enskild minut över de 475 sidorna." Arvika Nyheter Allan Mann från Töreboda är 18 år när han 1939 anmäler sig som frivillig på finska sidan i Vinterkriget mot Sovjetunionen. När Tyskland sedan invaderar Norge går han över gränsen och deltar i strider som leder till Hitlers första nederlag. Svårt sårad på sjukhuset värvas han av brittisk underrättelsetjänst och blir agent och kurir mellan Sverige och Norge. Han utbildas till närstridsexpert och fallskärmsjägare och under krigets slutskede släpps han längs fiendens linjer i ett mardrömslikt Nordnorge. Allan Mann stred i fyra olika uniformer och blev vår tids mest dekorerade officer. Det här är den unika historien om hans dramatiska krigsupplevelser, byggd på arkiv, intervjuer med de som kände honom och Allans egna dokument. Det är berättelsen om en ung svensk som under en våldsam tid riskerade allt för nationers rätt till frihet och självständighet.
