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Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. The youngest daughter of one of the most famous American ballad-singing families, the Ritchie family of Perry County, Kentucky, Jean still carries on her family's legacy as a singer of folk songs and traditional ballads. It has been nearly thirty years since she originally published Folk Songs of the Southern Appalachians, and the music found here tells the story of the “Singing Ritchie Family” at a time when railroads, coal mines, and hillbilly radio were making their first incursions into the mountains of eastern Kentucky.
Built upon a foundation of balladry inherited from old-world Scotland, the family's repertoire was certainly eclectic but not haphazard. The Child ballads, lyric folksongs, play party or frolic songs, Old Regular Baptist lined hymns, Native American ballads, “hant” songs, and carols brought together in this collection were assembled by family members who actively sought out fragments of tunes and completed them by adding or embellishing verses and melodies.
This new edition has faithfully retained all seventy-seven line scores of the songs and added four new ones, Loving Hannah, Lovin' Henry, Her Mantle So Green, and The Reckless and Rambling Boy. The original headnotes and photographs tell the history of the song as well as how it became a part of the family's life. Chords are indicated for accompaniment; however, music notation and the printed word can only present a reasonable facsimile of any actual song. Jean's singing is simply the best guide to how the song should be sung, so a new audiography and videography have been added to this edition.
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No house arrangements in here!.......2002-07-27
I love this book because it preserves the rough edges that the music of everday people has. If JR learned the verse to a song that didn't rhyme, she didn't "fix" it. The melodies are often asymmetrical, the ballads often have odd twists to their stories, and the emotion is just pure.
If you're looking for a book of songs for the camp-fire, this may not be it. If you're looking for the real songs of Appalachia, look no further.
Uncommon.......2000-06-07
As an amateur singer of folksongs, country, and "oldies", I was looking for a book with familiar tunes and lyrics. Although I only recognized a few of Ms. Ritchie's songs, I found the histories of each song very interesting. I took a chance and purchased the book, not sure of what I was getting. What I got was a nice read about the history of song, and a new interest in a person who obviously has a passion!
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Eighty Appalachian Folk Songs
Cecil Sharp
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Jane Hicks Gentry: A Singer Among Singers
Betty N. Smith
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CONTENTS: Introduction; BALLADS: The False Knight upon the Road; Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight; Earl Brand; The Two Sisters; The Cruel Brother; Lord Randal; Edward; Sir Lionel; The Cruel Mother; The Three Ravens; The Two Brothers; Young Beichan; The Cherry-Tree Carol; Fair Annie; Young Hunting; Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor; Fair Margaret and Sweet William; Lord Lovel; The Wife of Usher's Well; Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; Barbara Allen; Giles Collins; Lamkin; The Maid Freed from the Gallows; Johnie Scot; Sir Hugh; The Gypsy Laddie; Geordie; The Daemon Lover; The Grey Cock; The Suffolk Miracle; Our Goodman; The Wife Wrapt in Wether's Skin; The Farmer's Curst Wife; The Golden Vanity; The Brown Girl; The Trooper and the Maid; In Seaport Town; The Cruel Ship's Carpenter; Shooting of His Dear; The Lady and the Dragoon; The Boatsman and the Chest; The Holly Twig; Polly Oliver; The Rich Old Lady; Edwin in the Lowlands Low; Awake! Awake; The Green Bed; The Simple Ploughboy; The Three Butchers; William Taylor; The Golden Glove; Pretty Nancy of Yarmouth; The Silk Merchant's Daughter; Jack Went A-Sailing; SONGS: The Rejected Lover; The Lover's Lament; The Dear Companion; The Rocky Mountain Top; The Warfare is Raging; The True Lover's Farewell; Katie Morey; Rain and Snow; The Wagoner's Lad; Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies; Ibby Damsel; Handsome Sally; William and Polly; Hick's Farewell; Poor Omie; The Virginian Lover; Early, Early in the Spring; Married and Single Life; Betsy; If You Want to Go A-Courting; Pretty Saro; My Dearest Dear; I'm Going to Georgia; Harry Gray; Locks and Bolts; William and Nancy; George Reilly; Johnny Doyle; Lazarus; Black is the Colour; The Single Girl; John Hardy; Betty Anne; My Boy Billy; Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?; Swannanoa Town; The Keys of Heaven; Putnam's Hill; The False Young Man; Pretty Peggy O; My Parents Treated Me Tenderly; The Sheffield Apprentice; The Broken Token; Wild Bill Jones; The Shoemaker; The Brisk Young Lover & more!
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The success of the new settlements in what is now the United States depended on food. This book tells about the bounty that was here and how Europeans forged a society and culture, beginning with help from the Indians and eventually incorporating influences from African slaves. They developed regional food habits with the food they brought with them, what they found here, and what they traded for all around the globe. Their daily life is illuminated through descriptions of the typical meals, holidays, and special occasions, as well as their kitchens, cooking utensils, and cooking methods over an open hearth. Readers will also learn how they kept healthy and how their food choices reflected their spiritual beliefs. This thorough overview endeavors to cover all the regions settled during the Colonial and Federal. It also discusses each immigrant group in turn, with attention also given to Indian and slave contributions. The content is integral for U.S. history standards in many ways, such as illuminating the settlement and adaptation of the European settlers, the European struggle for control of North America, relations between the settlers from different European countries, and changes in Native American society resulting from settlements.
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Use as a Research Tool.......2007-01-24
This book brought a number of primary sources together to form one of the most comprehensive books on the subject of food in Colonial America. The author had a thorough understanding of the subject, and not only provided apt descriptions of cooking in the period but also provided numerous visuals to aid the reader envisage what stoves and cookware looked like. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to become more familiar with the history of food.
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From dailies, to specialized monthlies and quarterlies, to online journals, there are now more venues for disseminating information than ever before—all of them in need of qualified reporters. Written for a new generation of journalists, this handbook schools readers in the art and science of reporting as practiced at the world’s largest and oldest news service. Written by an ace reporter with over 20 years on the job, it provides expert guidance and all the tools needed to successfully investigate and report on newsworthy events, locally, nationally, and internationally, including traditional pencil-and-paper technique as well as cutting-edge computer-assisted reporting technologies. Throughout, the book is enriched by insightful tips and anecdotes from veteran AP reporters such as trial writer Linda Deutsch, national writer and Pulitzer winner Charles J. Hanley, special correspondent Mort Rosenblum, space writer Marcia Dunn, and others.
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Written for a new generation of journalists, this handbook schools readers in the art and science of reporting as practiced at the world?s largest and oldest news service. Written by an ace reporter with over 20 years on the job, it provides expert guidance and all the tools needed to successfully investigate and report on newsworthy events, locally, nationally, and internationally, including traditional pencil-and-paper technique as well as cutting-edge computer-assisted reporting technologies.
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Great for Extreme Journalists.......2007-01-11
This book seemed to be speaking mostly to war correspondents or extreme journalists. Much of the information was not helpful to a small town journalist who is just looking for tips on how to interview and ethics.
Most of the book consisted of examples of great writing. All you have to do is pick up the front page of any large newspaper and you will get high quality examples of journalism. I thought this was completely unnecessary. Not what I expected.
Behind the Scenes of a Story.......2004-05-07
The "Associated Press Reporting Handbook" is not so much a how-to handbook as it is a series of glimpses behind the scenes to see how reporters work and what it takes to create the magic that makes it into print.
Rather than acting as an all-knowing instructor, Jerry Schwartz treats the reader as a fellow journalist who might be able to learn from the other reporters he introduces. The majority of the book reads like a collection of human interest stories in which the subjects are the reporters and specific examples of the stories they produced. Every chapter begins with an AP article and is followed by the story behind the story as told by the journalists themselves. This makes the book both enjoyable and incredibly informative because it gives real world examples of what it takes to be a good journalist, what goes into a great story and many of the factors and circumstances a non-journalist would never even consider.
Schwartz does a good job of covering different types of stories and situations (overseas reporting, investigative journalism, etc) so just about every journalist should be able to find something useful.
Those considering a career in journalism will probably benefit most from this book as will those new journalists just learning the ropes or trying to find their niche. Seasoned pros may enjoy reading the experiences of other journalists and may even pick up some ideas, but I think those who will benefit most from this book will be the rookies.
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Associated Press Broadcast News Handbook
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Originally available only to Associated Press members, this is the definitive guide to writing and delivering the news on radio, television, and other broadcast media. While the focus throughout is on the art of finding, researching, writing, editing, producing, and delivering authoritative, accurate, and exciting news stories, it also provides a wealth of information on key technical aspects involved, such as how to handle a microphone and how many tape recorders to carry in the field. An indispensable resource for students and experienced broadcast journalists alike, this Handbook also includes a comprehensive, quick-reference style guide covering the established norms and practices in punctuation, tone, diction, use of foreign terms, references, and much more.
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Great Companion for the Broadcast Journalist.......2002-03-21
Most journalists would be familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, better known as the "AP Stylebook". Well, this is the broadcast version.
The back half of this book will look very familiar to those of us who have seen the stylebook, but the front half is all new, giving good tips on how to write good broadcast stories. As a broadcast journalism student myself, I would especially recommend this for broadcast journalism students, it will REALLY help you out.
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Everything a writer needs to be correct.......1999-04-06
Settle any language argument in seconds with this little gem. Never let it out of your sight.
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Universal Serial Bus System Architecture provides an in-depth discussion of USB and is based on the 1.0 version of the Universal Serial Bus specification. It focuses on the USB protocol, signaling environment, and electrical specifications, along with the hardware/software interaction required to configure and access USB devices. Although this book does not focus on writing USB device drivers, it does contain useful background information that aids in understanding the USB software environment. Key topics include: differential signaling environment, device configuration, suspend/resume operations device descriptors, device requests (commands), transfer mechanisms USB transaction protocols, bus-powered devices, self-powered devices host controller designs (UHC and OHC), error detection and handling device class definitions.
The PC System Architecture Series is a crisply written and comprehensive set of guides to the most important PC hardware standards. Each title is designed to illustrate the relationship between the software and hardware and explains thoroughly the architecture, features, and operations of systems built using one particular type of chip or hardware specification.
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USB book purchase.......2005-09-26
Book arriving in good status. But it's the wrong book:
I ordered a book on Universal Serial Bus System Architecture,
instead I received a book on PCI System Architecture. Did they ever check before shipping items ?
Not happy at all !!
worked for me........2003-02-05
I was handed the task of testing a USB port on an embedded system. I decided to port linux code (usb-uhci) to the embedded
platform and this book provided a handy reference to fill in the cracks. I did not read it from cover to cover but for what I used it for ( hey, what the hell is that? )it was excellent.
One of the worst computer books I've ever read.......2001-11-05
I bought this book on the strength of recommendations of other MindShare books. Big mistake. This is a terrible book. I've never written an Amazon review before but this book's has so many problems that I feel obligated to warn others.
DON'T BUY THIS BOOK!
Here's a list of some of my gripes.
o Which version -- The authors can't decide whether it wants to be a USB 1.x book with a USB 2.0 addenda, or a full USB 2.0 book. So in some places you get USB 2.0 deltas, and in other places you get an explanation of how USB 2.0 works with a parenthetical remarks about USB 1.1.
o Basic concepts are assumed before they are explained -- I read this book from start to finish and so I really notice this sort of problem. For example, Table 4-3 (page 86) is an extract from Table 19-9 but a) you have to go back two pages to the text on page 84 to even find out that it's an extract, and b) you have to manually search for the full table because neither the text nor the diagram reference it.
o Bad English -- For example, page 204 says "Resume is signalled to all downstream ports that are enabled and back to the suspended port." A classic example of passive voice resulting in unparseable English. It's the hub doing the signalling! This is just a small example of an endemic problem.
o The diagrams suck -- They look like they were taken from a PowerPoint presentation (which they probably were) but it's worse than that. There's little consistency about how tables and diagrams are organised. For example, I expect that every diagram that illustrates a USB packet interchange would use the same basic format. Not so! Take a look at Figure 7-20 and Figure 8-5. They explain a roughly similar concept but with a totally different type of diagram. Finally, some of the diagrams are just weird. For example, are Figures 12-12 and 12-13 state diagrams (which is what they look like), or pseudo-frowcharts? I still can't decide.
o Lack of smooth layer-to-layer transitions -- My particular problem was with the various requests on the control endpoint (endpoint 0).
- There's no up-front listing of all of the possibly requests on a control endpoint.
- Values are referenced inconsistently -- In the text on page 354 it's "GetDescriptor" but in the Table 19-6 it's "GET_DESCRIPTOR". And, better yet, sometimes we just leave out the numeric values of symbols so that you can't correlate between the inconsistent identifiers (for example, the bulletted list on p 379).
- Table 19-6 describes the packaging of the request but then fails to describe how the response is packaged. Table 19-7 lists the structure of the response, but there's no description of how that structure is embedded in the packets on the control endpoint. Or maybe there is. I'm still not sure whether the "Data" field in Table 19-6 is the response or something left over from the SetDescriptor request, which uses the same format.
o The authors have no network experience -- Coming from a network background it's obvious to me that you can draw a bunch of analogies between USB and standard networking terms. For example, USB's data toggle is simply a one-bit sliding window. Somehow this has escaped the author's attention.
o 'Small' things -- Like every figure reference in the text includes a page number, rather than saying "on this page" or "on the next page". And the fact that the index is woeful. Look up some basic USB concepts in the index and see what you get. For example, "endpoints" has a single reference to page 19, which is the wrong page (should've been page 18) and doesn't recognise the fact that endpoints are discussed in many other places in the book. On the other hand, the reference for "descriptors" points you to page 376, which is within 20 pages of the in-depth discussion of descriptors on page 353, but *completely ignores* the introductory material on page 60. Or try to learn moreabout "Think Time", shown in Table 20-12 but not even listed in the index!
I could go on, but this is taken too much time.
Unfortunately, this is the first USB book I've read so I can't recommend a better book. However, other reviewers have provided some alternatives and I strongly recommend you explore them. My guess is that reading the USB standard would be more productive than reading this book!
USB design.......2001-04-27
The USB specification can be downloaded from USB ORG web page free. This book contains a part of the spec. If you want to start design USB hardware and software then I would suggest "USB Design by Example" written by John Hyde. "USB Design by Example" is an excellent book.
A good reference.......2000-03-15
I don't recommend this book for someone who has no idea what USB is, but its really useful if you need to refer to something when your working on a project. A lot of times when I need to know the definition of a word, or maybe the purpose of a certain byte in stream, it comes in handy. It also gives real-life examples for different areas fo the USB spec. (ex: usb class, subclass ID's) which helps.
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