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Edgar Cayce and the Eternal Feminine
Rogers explores the Eternal Feminine and Edgar Cayce. From Creation Myths, Twin Souls and Goddess practices; Rogers offers insight into the causes of oppression of women in search of gender justice. Rogers presents the Circle of Light Ritual and interviews engaged in The Work. This book is a shining star.
Perspectives on American Music since 1950
As the century comes to a close, composition of music in the United States has reached little consensus in terms of style, techniques, or schools. In fourteen original articles, the contributors to this volume explore the broad range and diversity of post-World War II musical culture. Classical and jazz idioms are both covered, as is the broad history of electronic music in the United States.
The Champagne Slipper
The Champagne Slipper brings the reader into the world of transvestites and transsexuals. Meet Lita, the silicone body queen, who heaps revenge on all who cross her; Ms. Honey Babe, prostitute and streetwalker with a different plan; and the doctor who falls victim to his own greed and lust. Belinda, his young, beautiful, girlfriend, proves to be greedy, prejudiced, and devious. Jolena, his loyal, compassionate assistant, discovers her loyalty was mistaken for stupidity, while Marsha, whose only desire is to become a total man, is destroyed. These and many other unforgettable characters are both amusing and sad and will keep the pages turning.
Chapters
In Chapters: Confessions of a Military/CIA Retiree travelers will find easy reading of these 18 complete but separate true accounts, five chapters of which occurred during military service, and 13 of which happened during a career with the CIA. Episodes involving kidnappings, murder, smuggling, political coups . . . even a mutiny . . . taking place in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Caribbean. A knife fight, a plane crash, a night hunt for wolves, the death of some ivory poachers, a Somali jail, chased by lions, stalked by a serial killer, involved in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, and many other incidents, allow the reader to enjoy a 30 to 45 minute "read" of events that took place in over 50 countries. (Read one on the plane; another at the hotel)
Improving Basic Skills in the Workplace
Describes workplace literacy programs in Maryland, Pennsylvania, W. Va., Va., Delaware, and District of Columbia.
The Articulate Advocate
Unlike other trial advocacy books that teach what to say and do in the courtroom, this reference teaches how to say and do it. Based on 25 years of experience from coaching practitioners, this handbook reveals techniques—incorporating cutting-edge discoveries in linguistics, neuroscience, and sports psychology—to help litigators look, sound, and feel natural and polished in the courtroom. Questions that lawyers face daily, such as What do I do with my hands? Aren’t gestures distracting? How do I remember everything? and I tend to talk so fast—how can I slow down? are among the questions addressed in this handbook.
The Art of Mooting
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial} This book examines the theories relevant to the development of skills necessary for effective participation in competition moots. By consideration of underlying theories the authors develop unique models of the skills of the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains and effective team dynamics; and emphasise the importance of written submissions. The authors use this analysis to develop a unique integrated model that informs the process of coaching moot teams according to reliable principles.
Street with No Name
Andrew Dickos's Street with No Name traces the film noir genre back to its roots in German expressionist cinema and the French cinema of the interwar years. Dickos describes the development of the film noir in America from 1941 through the 1970s and examines how this development expresses a modern cinema. He argues that, in its most satisfying form, the film noir exists as a series of conventions with an iconography and characters of distinctive significance. Featuring stylized lighting and urban settings, these films tell melodramatic narratives involving characters who commit crimes predicated on destructive passions, corruption, and a submission to human weakness and fate. Unlike other st...
The Articulate Attorney
"Get your nose out of your notes, look your audience in the eye, and become the confident public speaker you've always wanted to be. Grab and hold your listeners' attention with skills you can depend on every time you speak. The Articulate Attorney: Public Speaking for Lawyers will make you a more self-assured, compelling communicator. Discover answers to these common questions: How do I channel nervous energy into dynamic delivery? What is a reliable way to remember what I want to say? How do I stop saying um and think in silence instead? Why is gesturing so important? What do I do with my hands? How can I make PowerPoint interactive? Based on more than 30 years of experience coaching lawye...
New York Magazine
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
