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Studying Music History: Learning, Reasoning and Writing About Music History and Literature: Second Edition develops a thorough knowledge of genres, composers and compositions, as well as skills for organizing, assimilating, applying and writing using this knowledge. The text maintains a strict three-fold emphasis that includes (1) a systematic approach to the data of music history and literature, (2) identification and interpretation of unidentified music samples and excerpts from several kinds of historical documents, and (3) properly written expression of musical knowledge and judgment through small-scale writing projects.
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Great as an overview.......2006-08-09
This is an excellent review and condensation of Western Music History. I recommend it in particular for:
1. Master's students preparing for music history placement tests.
2. Doctoral students in music, preparing for comprehensive exams.
3. Any music teacher who would like a concise description of musical styles, in a more condensed format that traditional music history books (such as those by Grout or Stolba).
I would not recommend it for anyone studying the History of Music for the first time.
A great tool to prepare for exams.......2000-02-11
As a music graduate student, I don't think I would have passed my oral or qualifying exams if not for this book. Poultney takes the major details of the major musical periods and boils them down to broad strokes. If you've studied a lot of music history but need a way to pull it all together, this book is a great tool.
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Australian Beach Cultures: The History of Sun, Sand and Surf (Cass Series--Sport in the Global Society, 28.)
Douglas Booth
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Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture.
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Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.
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- Lepratrick at the Brody residence.
- Boxing Day, a One-sided View
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Boxing Day: The Fight That Changed the World
Jeff Wells
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Lepratrick at the Brody residence........2006-01-05
A couple of weeks ago I was invited over to Lyle's house for dinner for some weird Canadian holiday called "Boxing-Day". When Lyle first called me and asked if I wanted to come over I was a little hesitant to make myself public again because I might have to talk about the Jack-Russell-Terrier. After listening to that Dog-Rat bark over and over, I decided it was in my best interest to go over to Lyle's and regain some of my sanity that the Jack-Russell-Terrier has been stripping away from me since it's un-holy insulting arrival to MY house. I called Lyle back and told him I'd be there ONLY if no-one would mention the Jack-Russell-Terrier or Morris (unless of course they had found him).
After I hung up the phone with Lyle, I realized that I did-not know anything about this Canadian-custom of Boxing-Day. Since both mom and Dad were home I was unable to go on Dad's "golden" computer and research it, so I had to research it in my head and on Home-Box-Office's-boxing-show. As I watched two guys in a ring punch each-other merciless for a while, Dad walked in and started talking at me about something or another, so I just went up to my room and closed the door. Doesn't he know I don't want to speak with him due to his treachery against Morris?
As I sat in my room I wrote down the things I noticed about watching the boxing show:
Boxing Gloves
Robe
Shorts
Angry-Faces
Due to my time limit I was forced to prepare my outfit for the Boxing-Day celebration quickly. I snuck into Mom's room and grabbed a robe that closely resembled what the gladiators wore to the ring. There was a problem though. I noticed some loop in it that said some-thing about some-one named Victoria, I ripped at it until it came off, tearing a hole in the robe in the proccess. I was upset with the robe at first, but I figured that the hole probably made it look like I've used it before in other Boxing-Day celebrations. I wanted to fit in.
Now with that taken care of I ran to the basement to get my boxing-gloves that I use on my Sock'em-Bop-Buddy inflatable punching-man. I wanted to make sure I still had some of my old moves, so I punched at it for a while (mental note: tape picture of the Jack-Russell-Terrier to it when I'm done with this review). I snuck past Mom and Dad to return to my room to grab a pair of addias-soccer-shorts. I'm pretty sure Lyle and his family won't mind, due to me being American and all, and not having a real pair of boxer-shorts. I put the outfit on. I looked pretty good for a First-Time-Boxing-Day-Rocky. I looked over my list again, and noticed I still needed the angry-face to complete the out-fit. I stared at my mirror until it was time to go, practicing my angry-face. MAN did I make some angry-faces! You should have seen them! Watch this, I'm gonna make one now! GRRRRRRRRRRR! AAArrrrrrrrRRR! Oh man, you guys should see this! ARARARARRRRR! Now THAT was a good one! Okay, here I go watch---Oh yeah, the review. Anyways, I threw my coat over the out-fit so Mom and Dad wouldn't want to take my picture, or some other weird parent thing.
When I arrived at Lyle's, (oh yeah, for my fans knowledge, it's really hard to drive with Boxing-Gloves on), any-who, back on track. When I arrived at Lyle's I walked in and threw off my coat to show them my Boxing-Day out-fit. I thought they would be really impressed with my respect for their culture. They sat there wide-eyed for a moment, so I thought I would further impress them and I threw out some jabs and a hay-maker style air-punch. Lyle's father and brother started to laugh, Lyle's mom told Lyle to get me some "proper-attire". I followed Lyle to his room confused, I spent all that time on this out-fit to impress them and I got laughed at. Maybe I was too pre-mature, and we would switch after dinner.
Lyle gave me some clothes to put on, and informed me that it wasn't that type of Boxing... He did note he was pleased with my enthusiasm though. We walked down to the dinner-table and Lyle's Dad called me Sugar-Ray for some reason. What the HECK!? Is that how Canadians do Boxing? With verbal-punches? I thought I'd join in and made a comment on his HUGE bald spot. Lyle and Lyle's Mom and Brother laughed. I said "how'd you like that verbal upper-cut?". Then I layed into him with some verbal jabs about his chronic-alcoholism. Lyle's Mom quickly interjected by lecturing me about how Boxing-Day did not have aaaannnyyy-thing to do with Boxing, physical or verbal. She then went on with some snore about church donations and this-and-that. What I thought was a great idea for a holiday, just pulled a one-eighty. For some reason though, Lyle's dad continued to call me Sugar-Ray for the rest of the evening. What the HECK kind of thing is that to call a GUEST in your house!? What's next, Honey-Bottom? Candy-Striper? Cinderella-Man!? He was probably just drunk.
In Conclusion, I blame the turn-out of this evening on my own Dad. Since he doesn't allow me on the computer all that much, it didn't allow me the time to do the proper research. I might have to invest in a book on Canadian customs so this won't happen again. They have this Thanks-Giving prequel type thing that I don't want to get embarrassed about either. Pfffft. Those Canadians LOL! Whatever, leave me alone. My dog ran away and you should stop reading this and go help me find him you lazy Americans. Later.
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Boxing Day, a One-sided View.......2004-12-13
While Jeff Wells does an excellent job capturing the tenor of the times he does Tommy Burns a grave disservice in treating him as the bad guy of his story, and Johnson the great hero. Burns could have done what previous holders of the heavyweight championship had done, and flatly refused to give Johnson a shot at the title. But, unlike the others, he allowed Johnson, a black man, his big chance. It was Johnson who turned his back on his race and denied similar opportunities to Sam Langford, Joe Jeannette, and Sam McVea. Jack Johnson was a talented fighter, but not much of a human being.
Required reading........2000-10-12
As I am not a fan of this journalist, I must admit I was a bit prejudiced when it came to reading this book. Credit where credit is due though, this book is very good. It reveals an insight into the world as it was in the early part of the 20th Century and especially Australia, the scene of the Burns - Johnson World Heavyweight title fight in 1908. The author brings to light the personalities of these two boxers and how the public reacted to these personalities at varying times. Overall it is a well-balanced and entertaining read.
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From the Jaws of Defeat: Amazing Comebacks and Inspiring Capitulations
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Compiled by two celebrated Australian sports journalists, this tribute to sport's most trimumphant moments celebrates Australian athletes who have stared down the black hole of defeat and despair and found a glimmer of hope that encouraged them to continue. From Kieren Perkins's gold medal in the 1500m freestyle at the 1996 Olympics to Steve Waugh and the men's soccer team winning the World Cup in 1999, these stories showcase the honor and grace of turning a defeat into a victory, providing inspiration for athletes who struggle against incredible odds.
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The Prince and Doctor: The 1893 Australian Tour to England and North America
Peter Sheppard
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Schooling Bodies: School Practice and Public Discourse, 1880-1950
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Sport in Australasian Society: Past and Present (Cass Series--Sport in the Global Society, 18.)
J. A. Mangan
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As Sydney prepares to host the 2000 Olympic games, this study assesses the cultural impact of sport on the Australasian countries. Here, as in other parts of the world, sport is taken as an assertion of both individual and group identity, a demonstration of modernity and a source of personal, local and regional esteem. This collection explores the political, social and aesthetic influence of modern sport, attitudes to the body and the evolution of specific Australasian visions of sport.
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Sport in Australia: A Social History
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This is the first single-volume book to deal comprehensively with Australia's sporting life. It covers the history of a range of individual sports in Australia, including cricket, horse-racing, netball, rowing, tennis, lawn bowls, swimming, surfing, and the various football codes. The book demonstrates the central role of sports in Australian popular culture and shows the ways in which sports reflect changing Australian society.
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Other Books.......2007-09-03
This is an academic text, mostly, not one of those picture type books. Vamplex looks critically at the role of sport in Australia, and why Australians are so interested in it to start with. He deals with sex, race, class and the history from the start of various sporting contests of all types, from individual to team, and also those including animals. Very interesting.
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Sport in Australian History (Australian Retrospectives)
Daryl Adair , and
Wray Vamplew
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Australians are often said to be obsessed with sport, and playing and watching sport have long been regarded as national pastimes. Sport in Australian History is an innovative and exciting study of the political, economic, social, and cultural role that sport has played in Australia since European settlement. The authors investigate many of the myths surrounding the place of sport in Australian culture. They demonstrate that, although Australians are far from unique in their fascination with sport, a historical study of their involvement -- both as participants and spectators -- can nevertheless tell us a great deal about Australian society. Indeed, in many respects, sport can be viewed as a microcosm of wider society, reflecting, for example, attitudes to violence and gender relations. Taking a thematic approach, the authors dwell on the values, ideas, and myths that have shaped the nations sporting culture over time. The book focuses on issues such as the sports industry; the place of women; the participation of groups not traditionally involved in mainstream Australian sport (such as Aborigines, the disabled, ethnic groups, and the aged); the influence of science and technology; and controversial topics such as violence, drugs, corruption, the law, and the role of childrens sport. Readers interested in sport, culture, recreation, and history will find much to enjoy in this challenging and thought-provoking book.
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Could someone have actually spoiled an entire season of Survivor? That was the question everyone was asking back in January, 2003, an entire month before the season premier of Survivor: The Amazon.
On January 9th, I started an Internet message board thread under the assumed alias of “ChillOne,” and debriefed my intelligence, “would-be” confidential information that I uncovered while vacationing in the Brazilian Amazon, including contestant names, game dynamics, location details, and Tribal Council “boot order.” In that report, I named Matt Von Ertfelda and Jenna Morasca as the two finalists and pointed to Jenna as the player who was better liked of the two, providing a tantalizing hint of a possible final outcome!
Over the next four months, my information would be under the microscope; picked apart and analyzed piece-by-piece by thousands, while at the same time gaining national attention. In the end, ChillOne became one of the most talked about, if not the most talked about, informants in Survivor spoiling history.
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Memoirs from a Message Board........2004-08-10
I thought THE SPOILER would be a more in depth look at the "controversy" over the posts that The ChillOne posted at SurvivorSucks.com before and during the viewing of Season: Amazon. The first three chapters were rather interesting as they described how The ChillOne happened to discover the information that he would later post on the SurvivorSucks message board. However, other than the last chapter, the book is basically nothing more than a play by play description on what went on at the message board. It's not very interesting reading and one gets the impression by how the author continually refers back to his quest to be inducted to "Monster Island" (from the book I gather it's a place of honor for spoilers at SurvivorSucks.com) that he has a very large ego. There aren't very many people around who would believe that because they happened to spoil some major points of a reality show that they deserve better than the rest of us; I mean I'm all for everybody getting their 15 minutes of fame, but this is a little ridiculous.
THE SPOILER is not a book that many people can read and enjoy or even be amused about. In fact, the book doesn't offer much other than wondering about arrogancy and if one could become as inflated as the author if ever presented in the same situation. I would only recommend this book to really hard core SURVIVOR fans. Other than that, I would stay away, unless maybe your looking for a good laugh.
All this hype for a spoiler that didnt hold water.......2004-07-08
As a former poster at Survivor Sucks, I advise you to NOT buy this book. The chillone spoiler was hyped up because it correctly spoiled the final two. In spite of this, it failed in properly spoiling the boot order for the season which was its objective. It predicted Christy in the final four: WRONG. It predicted Butch in the final three: WRONG. It was wrong on other accounts as well. In addition, Amazon was a terrible season. Even if this semi-spoiler does impress you, reliving anything having to do with Amazon will be like getting teeth drilled without novacaine. This painstalkingly boring season isn't worth reading about, even if it deals with a "revolutionary" spoiler.
Besides, chillone wasn't the only one to spoil the final two, gambling sites did as well.
Ask yourself, should I buy a book with over a hundred pages written about a message board and some arrogant guy who thinks he's god? I think you'll find the answer.
save your money.......2003-12-28
This book was a real disappointment and written mainly in two parts. The first 29 pages of this book were interesting as they
dealt with the time the author spent in the Amazon. Pages 30-113 were simply a synopsis of the activities recorded on the SurvivorSucks internet bulletin board six months earlier. Not only does the author build his ego up to be larger than
life in the second portion of this book but page after page he compares himself to a real life James Bond character - something he is clearly not. For a self-described "world-traveller" this book reveals nothing more than a typical narrow-minded rich American exploiting third-world people for his own profit.
Good start, but there's not enough for a book here........2003-11-27
The story of "The Spoiler" would make some excellent online reading, but unfortunately, there's not even 100 pages of story here.
Let me start by saying that I stopped reading spoilers after Season 1, but I glanced at the spoiler boards a couple weeks before Survivor 6 to get an informed pick on my Survivor Draft at the office. There was lots of talk online at the time about a guy that visited the Araiu Towers Hotel, and using his info, I drafted Matt with the 11th pick. When I saw a blurb about the book, I was curious about the story, since I knew a little about it.
The first part of the book is pretty interesting. The author writes about his accidental trip to Brazil and stumbled upon the Survivor Amazon location. He talks about the care he used to glean information and his dealings with the hotel staff.
Unfortunately, this is where the whole story gets weird. The vast majority of the book is a play-by-play of the SurvivorSucks spoiler board. He writes about his posts, their responses, and his responses to their responses. He gets several conspiracy theorists that are convinced he's a hoax which are humorous to read. But I still can't get past the fact that this is all just the play-by-play of a message thread. As you can imagine, it's not that fascinating.
Beyond that, the author seems convinced that he's a super-spy and every decision he makes has grandiose implications. While he did a pretty good job of being the right type of person in the right place at the right time, I'm not sure that anything more than common sense was used to capture the information that he did. But when it comes to the online part of the book, he makes every posting he did sound like he's contemplating the ultimate in posting strategy. There's just not that much intrigue there. The big tension in the book is supposed to involve whether the thread will be locked or end up in "Monster Island", spoiler thread heaven, I suppose. While the interesting part was seeing how his picks did, anyone that watched Survivor 6 knew how accurate the picks were early in the book. But whether the thread would be locked or not was hardly compelling enough for 2/3 of the book.
The final chapter left cyberspace and got somewhat interesting again, as ChillOne meets up with the cast at a charity event, and you see their reactions to meeting ChillOne. But really, this book is 30 pages of interesting info and 100 pages of a bunch of people typing on keyboards. Good for an online read or sitting down for an hour in a bookstore, in my opinion.
On the other hand, I will say that if you are a member of the spoiler community, noone had more luck with Survivor than this guy, in which case it's probably worth it to have the book for posterity and to support this guy. But then, you probably already know most of the story.
Arguably the Best Spoiler Story Ever Told.......2003-11-06
This is possibly the best "spoiler" story ever told. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the art of spoiling and how to share this intel to a global community. The setting of this book starts out innocently enough with a normal guy who is on a vacation in Brazil. A chance encounter with a few people who interacted with the Survivor production crew leads to a thoroughly enjoyable tale of spoiling one of the most popular, if not the most popular, reality TV series of our time.
This book has both humor and drama as our hero (self described normal, every day guy) decides to share his story over the internet. Almost immediately you feel the highs and lows of his adventure where just a couple pieces of missed intel lead to a ferocious attack of villains (flamers, possible CBS plants, and just generally bad guys) on his spoiler thread. In true internet fashion, these virtual attacks are repelled by white knights (supporters of the spoiler thread and truth) and ChillOne who, true to his name, manages to keep his cool during this whole adventure.
This book is a fast paced journey that parallels the real Survivor TV series and the reader is held in suspense, not knowing whether ChillOne "wins" until the final Survivor is announced.
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An in-depth examination of the core concepts and general principles of Web application development.
This book uses examples from specific technologies (e.g., servlet API or XSL), without promoting or endorsing particular platforms or APIs. Such knowledge is critical when designing and debugging complex systems. This conceptual understanding makes it easier to learn new APIs that arise in the rapidly changing Internet environment.
* Includes discussions of markup languages: HTML, the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), XHTML, eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
* Contains exercises geared to constructing an advanced XML application that makes use of XML and XSL parsers
* Explores emerging technologies: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), industry-specific XML standards, Resource Description Framework (RDF), and XML query languages
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An in-depth examination of the core concepts and general principles of Web application development.
This book uses examples from specific technologies (e.g., servlet API or XSL), without promoting or endorsing particular platforms or APIs. Such knowledge is critical when designing and debugging complex systems. This conceptual understanding makes it easier to learn new APIs that arise in the rapidly changing Internet environment.
Includes discussions of markup languages: HTML, the eXtensible Markup Language (XML), XHTML, eXtensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Contains exercises geared to constructing an advanced XML application that makes use of XML and XSL parsers
Explores emerging technologies: Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE), industry-specific XML standards, Resource Description Framework (RDF), and XML query languages
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Great Crossover Book.......2005-09-02
I've been writing Windows-based mutlimedia applications since Windows 95 was released. I've been looking for a good book to help the crossover to web application development, and I found that this was just the ticket. Explanations were solid and presented in a way that made experimentation easy (both from the browser and server side). Quite simply, this book served as a great jumping off point for deeper exploration into session management, security, web services (both SOAP and Rest), etc. Definitely a great introduction for folks with a software engineering background.
good summary.......2004-08-13
I always thought Amazon search is good but I stumbled upon this book at a store. It's a useful summary, but not a reference. I particularly like the examples and the way they build up from trivial to complex. The level of detail is right. Altogether, very refreshing.
Takes intermediate developers to the next level.......2004-06-16
This book is an ideal text for providing intermediate-level web developers with a solid grounding in architectural principles and more advanced techniques. Before going into why I like this book I do want to offer one caveat - the authors' approach is towards the Model-View-Controller paradigm, and is based on Java Standard Tag Library, Jarkata struts and Apache. These are solid elements, but if you are working in a different environment you will not appreciate this book as much.
The historical material in this book is not fluff if you approach it with the intent to gain a fuller understanding of the major components of the Internet and web. This material is rich with details about why the core web technologies developed and evolved, including design choices the pioneers made in the face of constraints. In a subtle way this part of the book is a primer on design and architecture.
What makes this book so valuable is the non-trivial application that brings this book alive. This is a refreshing change from other books that use thinly contrived snippets of code or trivial applications. The code for this application can be downloaded from the book's supporting web site, which also contains errata (thus far there are only two entries), and articles that are valuable resources with or without this book.
Overall this is one of the better books on web application design and development, and one that dives into code and technical details.
I like this book.......2004-02-02
I am not an expert developer but I have a fair amount of experience building financial applications in Java and C++. I spent quite some time looking for a book that would get me started with Web technologies. It is not easy. Yes, there are many books that describe one or another technology but I wanted to find one that puts these technologies in prospective. I was very pleased when I found this book. I can always dig deeper in one direction when I need to but this book helps me to understand how to get started and where to concentrate my efforts. I like it, I think it is very useful.
Historical perspective + technical detail = useful book.......2004-01-22
I have to disagree with the reviewer who disparaged this book's emphasis on history. The background on TCP/IP protocols explained how HTTP came to be and why servers and browsers work the way they do. Discussion of how web development platforms evolved provided insight into the problems newer approaches tried to solve and the problems some of them created. The authors may have gone overboard spouting the merits of "separating content from presentation" and touting the praises of MVC approaches, but their point is a valid one you can really relate to if you've worked with page-centric platforms like ASP and JSP. The historical review of different approaches explained the authors' reasons for ultimately choosing an MVC approach with Struts and JSTL, and offered insights into how development platforms may evolve in the future. This is a book that starts with basics and builds on them, covering protocols, markup languages, and development platforms. The history helps drive the points home. Personally, I learned a lot from this book. I agree that they could have provided a CD-ROM, but it turns out their website (webappbuilders.com) is pretty good and has other good info aside from the app's source code, including some articles from the authors.
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