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The Evolution of Aesthetic and Expressive Dance in Boston provides a regional history of the physical education pioneers who established the groundwork for women to participate in movement and expression. Their schools and their writing offer insights into the powerful cultural changes that were reconfiguring women's perceptions of their bodies in motion. The book examines the history from the first successful school of ballroom dance run by Lorenzo Papanti to the establishment of the Braggiotti School by Berthe and Francesca Braggiotti (two wealthy Bostonian socialites who used their power and money to support dance in Boston). The Delsartean ideas about beauty and the expressive capacity o...
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This book is about the many descendants of Johan Henrich & Anna Elisabetha Filbert Weber. Johan Henrich was born in Hochstadt, Germany May 28, 1735 and immigrated to America in 1749. He purchased a farm in Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., PA about 1770 and lived there until his death April 10, 1815. Anna Elisabetha, his wife, was born December 6, 1741 and died December 9, 1813 in Berks Co., PA. She was the daughter of Johan Samuel & Maria Suzanna Filbert. Both are buried in St. John's (Host) Cemetery, Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., PA. They were the parents of 7 children; 5 sons & 2 daughters; Johan Henrich Jr. born July 19, 1764 and married Anna Margaretta Meyer; Johan Philip born December 23, 17...
The biggest names in space opera and military science fiction share 20+ new short stories set in their most famous universes—including Dune, Honor Harrington, and Ender’s Game! Join Nebula and Hugo Award winners, New York Times-bestselling authors, and Science Fiction Grand Masters as they take you to uncharted worlds . . . distant galaxies . . . and the unknown threats lurking in the cosmos . . . This space opera and military science fiction anthology includes short stories set in wildly popular sci-fi universes. Herein lie canonical tales of the Honorverse, the Lost Fleet, Dune, Vatta’s War, Ender Wiggin, the Legion of the Damned, the Imperium, and more. Also included are past masterpieces by authors whose works defined the genre—including a Miles Vorkosigan adventure, a story from the author of the Dragonriders of Pern, and a rare tale co-authored by the screenwriter for The Empire Strikes Back. Featuring over 20 thrilling stories perfect for space opera fans, Infinite Stars will take you on a wild ride to the farthest regions of space.
From the debris of her troubled early life, Lidia Yuknavitch weaves an astonishing tale of survival. It is a life that navigates, and transcends, abuse, addiction, self-destruction and the crushing loss of a stillborn child. A kind of memoir that is also a paean to the pursuit of beauty, self-expression, desire – for men and women – and the exhilaration of swimming, The Chronology of Water lays a life bare.