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    The Inimitable Jeeves (Unabridged)

    Unabridged

    7 hours 8 min

    Step into the world of Bertie Wooster, a hapless aristocrat whose life is a constant whirlwind of misadventures. With his unflappable valet, Jeeves, by his side, Bertie navigates the treacherous waters of high society, dodging aunts, evading creditors, and pursuing the elusive love of his life. In this collection of hilarious short stories, Jeeves's brilliance shines through as he masterfully ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Apple Box Boy

    Slices of Life

    James was born in the mid-forties, towards the end of World War II. He has lived in the Northwestern part of the United States for all of his sixty-five years. Watching his grandchildren grow and live lives very different from his has renewed his appreciation of his own childhood and the experiences he has recorded in "Apple Box Boy." His grandson, Skylar, still thinks Grandpa is pulling his leg ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Perspectives on American Music since 1950

    Edited by James R. Heintze ...
    Series series Essays in American Music
    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. ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial and Economic Crises

    Economic and financial crises have become perennial features of today’s global economy. Macroeconomic theories of crisis, including the global crisis that unfolded in 2008, emphasize the role of financial deregulation; capital flow imbalances; and growing debt, fueled by income and wealth inequality. These approaches tend to be divorced from feminist thinking which analyzes broader distributional ... Read more

    $72.82 CAD

  • American Musical Life in Context and Practice to 1865

    Edited by James R. Heintze ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Art and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
    First published in 1994. This study covers a wide cross-section of topics, individuals, groups, and musical practices representing various regions and cities. The subjects discussed reflect the religious, ethnic, and social plurality of the American musical experience as well as the impact on cultural society provided by the arrival of new musical immigrants and the internal movements of musicians ... Read more

    $50.83 CAD

  • Music and Culture in America, 1861-1918

    Series series Essays in American Music
    This collection of new essays focuses on the crucial period at the end of the 19th and early 20th century when American music developed its own unique social and cultural institutions. ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice

    The radical potential of human rights

    Series series Economics as Social Theory
    The dominant approach to economic policy has so far failed to adequately address the pressing challenges the world faces today: extreme poverty, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, burgeoning inequality, and large-scale environmental threats. This message was brought home forcibly by the 2008 global economic crisis.Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice shows how human rights ... Read more

    $116.79 CAD

  • Economic Policy and Human Rights

    Holding Governments to Account

    Economic Policy and Human Rights presents a powerful critique of three decades of neoliberal economic policies, assessed from the perspective of human rights norms. In doing so, it brings together two areas of thought and action that have hitherto been separate: progressive economics concerned with promoting economic justice and human development; and human rights analysis and advocacy.Focussing ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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  • Aaron Copland

    The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man

    A candid and fascinating portrait of the American composer.The son of Russian-Jewish immigrants, Aaron Copland (1900-1990) became one of America's most beloved and esteemed composers. His work, which includes Fanfare for the Common Man, A Lincoln Portrait, and Appalachian Spring, has been honored by a huge following of devoted listeners.But the full richness of Copland's life and accomplishments ... Read more

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  • The Selected Letters of John Cage

    by John Cage ...
    This annotated selection of more than five hundred letters by the groundbreaking composer and avant-garde icon covers every phase of his career.This volume reveals the intimate life of John Cage with all the intelligence, wit, and inventiveness that made him such an important composer and performer. The missives range from lengthy reports of his early trips to Europe in the 1930s through his years ... Read more

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  • Unsung: A History of Women in American Music

    This updates and expanded edition of the classic text in the field describes hundreds of women musicians -- composers, instrumentalists, orchestra and opera managers, music educators, and music patrons, and their activity from the 18th to 21st centuries. It includes their most important compositions and awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and Gravemeyer Award. It also includes descriptions of ... Read more

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