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The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook, Volume II

This collection of major meals from a variety of regions in the world emphasizes the interconnectedness of food and music across cultures. Each entry is written by an ethnomusicologist, or someone familiar with the links between food and music in that particular region. Entries follow the same structure as Volume 1: the chapter begins with a food-related proverb particular to that region and then moves into suggestions on arranging the meal, a list of ingredients, the recipe, and a list of further reading and companion listening pieces to complement the meal. A highlight of each entry is a short written segment on the significant links between music and food in the region, with notable examples specific to the area. Covering over four dozen regions, The Ethnomusicologists' Cookbook, Volume 2, will especially appeal to instructors and students in ethnomusicology and related fields such as anthropology, sociology and food studies, but will also find a place on the bookshelf of anyone who enjoys eating and learning about foods from around the world.

1. Sean , Williams
2. Lillis O. , Laoire

Bright Star of the West

Bright Star of the West traces the life, repertoire, and influence of Joe Heaney, Ireland's greatest sean-nós ("old style") singer. Born in 1919, Joe Heaney grew up in a politically volatile time, as his native Ireland became a democracy. He found work and relative fame as a singer in London before moving to Scotland. Eventually, like many others searching for greater opportunity, he emigrated to the United States, where he worked as a doorman while supplementing his income with appearances at folk festivals, concerts and clubs. As his reputation and following grew, Heaney gained entry to the folk music scene and began leading workshops as a visiting artist at several universities. In 1982 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Heaney America's highest honor in folk and traditional arts, the prestigious National Heritage Fellowship. Heaney's works did not become truly popular in his homeland until many years after his death. Today he is hailed as a seminal figure of traditional song and is revered by those who follow traditional music. Authors Sean Williams and Lillis Ó Laoire address larger questions about song, identity, and culture. They explore the deep ambivalence both the Irish and Irish-Americans felt toward the traditional aspects of their culture, examining other critical issues, such as gender and masculinity, authenticity, and contemporary marketing and consumption of sean-nós singing in both Ireland and the United States. Comingling Heaney's own words with the authors' comprehensive research and analysis, Bright Star of the West weaves a poignant critical biography of the man, the music, and his continuing legacy in Ireland and the United States.

1. Sean , Williams

Wild Chiasm

What is the truth of wildness? What is the strange character of our encounter with those things and places that we call ''wild''? Is there a way to think wildness beyond the contradictions of the American relationship to wild places? This book attempts an answer. Drawing principally on the work of French phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, as well as David Abram and the American poet and essayist Gary Snyder, it uses phenomenological description to bring the experience of encounters with wildness to language, to let them speak of what they are for us. The result is a thought of the wild as that which is at once radically other and intimately bound to us. The play of this difference seems to be close to the root of the fascination that some people evince in encounters with the wild. The conclusion is that encounters with what is wild are profoundly ethical, teaching us that we are deeply tied to that which seems most different.

1. Alexander , Mamishev
2. Sean , Williams

Technical Writing for Teams

A unique, integrative, team-centered approach to writing and formatting technical documentsTechnical Professionals:* Do you have difficulty producing high-quality documents with multiple contributors when faced with a tight deadline?* Do you need a process that enables global team members to collaborate online as they produce sophisticated documents?* Do you prefer the ease of a WYSIWG desktop publishing tool like Microsoft Word rather than more complex software like LaTeX?* Professors and Graduate Students:* Do you want to streamline the process of writing multi-investigator papers, reports, proposals, and books?* Do you spend a lot of time formatting documents instead of thinking and writing?* Do you write research papers in Microsoft Word and then need to convert them to LaTeX for your thesis?* Do you write research papers in LaTeX and then need to convert them to Microsoft Word when embarking on collaborations with your colleagues from industry?Undergraduate Students:* Do you need to write a research paper and don't know where to start?* Do you need to collaborate with classmates on a long paper and find yourself lost in organizational details rather than immersed in the content?If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is for you. It provides an easy-to-learn system that streamlines individual and collaborative writing, allowing you and your teams to instantly become more productive and create the highest quality documents in a minimum amount of time. Introduced here are the STREAM Tools--Scientific and Technical wRiting, Editing, and file Management Tools--which unlock your collaborators' potential and addresses team dynamics, separation of duties, and workflow. You'll see how to ensure compatibility among multiple writers, achieve consistent formatting, organize content, integrate bibliographic databases, automate the process of document preparation, and move content between Microsoft Word and LaTeX. Checklists, guidelines, and success stories are also included to help you operate as efficiently as possible.From planning and editing documents to solving common team writing problems to managing workflow, Technical Writing for Teams: The STREAM Tools Handbook is the one-stop reference that allows teams to collaborate successfully and create unified, effective documents.

1. Sean , Williams

The Big Picture Making Sense Out of Life and Religion

This book points out the undeniable similarities between The Gospel of Thomas, the psychedelic experience, the mystic path, and the near death experience in order to put together the big picture and expose the truth about our existence. Can you put together the similarities and understand the TRUTH that organized religion and the government have sought to keep from us? Do you have the ears to HEAR?