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A Great Improvisation
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Author : Stacy Schiff
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2006-01-10
A Great Improvisation written by Stacy Schiff and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-10 with History categories.
Soon to be a streaming series ● In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues; engineered the Franco-American alliance of 1778; and helped to negotiate the peace of 1783. The eight-year French mission stands not only as Franklin's most vital service to his country but as the most revealing of the man. In A Great Improvisation, Stacy Schiff draws from new and little-known sources to illuminate the least-explored part of Franklin's life. Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown. From these pages emerge a particularly human and yet fiercely determined Founding Father, as well as a profound sense of how fragile, improvisational, and international was our country's bid for independence.
A Great Improvisation
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Author : Stacy Schiff
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2006-01-10
A Great Improvisation written by Stacy Schiff and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Soon to be a streaming series ● In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career "In December of 1776 a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins an enthralling narrative account of how Benjamin Franklin--seventy years old, without any diplomatic training, and possessed of the most rudimentary French--convinced France, an absolute monarchy, to underwrite America's experiment in democracy. When Franklin stepped onto French soil, he well understood he was embarking on the greatest gamble of his career. By virtue of fame, charisma, and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers, and hostile colleagues; engineered the Franco-American alliance of 1778; and helped to negotiate the peace of 1783. The eight-year French mission stands not only as Franklin's most vital service to his country but as the most revealing of the man. In A Great Improvisation, Stacy Schiff draws from new and little-known sources to illuminate the least-explored part of Franklin's life. Here is an unfamiliar, unforgettable chapter of the Revolution, a rousing tale of American infighting, and the treacherous backroom dealings at Versailles that would propel George Washington from near decimation at Valley Forge to victory at Yorktown. From these pages emerges a particularly human and yet fiercely determined Founding Father, as well as a profound sense of how fragile, improvisational, and international was our country's bid for independence.
A Great Improvisation
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Author : Stacy Schiff
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2005-04-02
A Great Improvisation written by Stacy Schiff and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"In A Great Improvisation Stacy Schiff offers an account of Franklin's Parisian adventure and of America's debut on the world stage. Here is the unfamiliar chapter of the Revolution, a tale of American infighting and treacherous backroom dealings."--BOOK JACKET.
A Great Improvisation
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Author : Stacy Schiff
language : en
Publisher: Large Print Press
Release Date : 2005
A Great Improvisation written by Stacy Schiff and has been published by Large Print Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career, an eight-year mission that stands not only as Franklin's most vital service to his country but as the most revealing view of him during an unforgettable chapter of the Revolution.
It 39 S About Music
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Author : Jean-Michel Pilc
language : en
Publisher: Balquhidder Music/Glen Lyon
Release Date : 2013-03-08
It 39 S About Music written by Jean-Michel Pilc and has been published by Balquhidder Music/Glen Lyon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-08 with Music categories.
Jean-Michel Pilc, jazz pianist and faculty member of Steinhardt School, New York University, has written a remarkable book about the artistic and creative process in the arts. The conversational style well suits the wide ranging topic which draws examples from art and music both classical and jazz. A beautifully expressed work on a subject otherwise impossible to write about. Hailed by musicians around the world as enlightened and inspirational.
Free Play
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Author : Stephen Nachmanovitch
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2024-01-18
Free Play written by Stephen Nachmanovitch and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-18 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This book is about the inner sources of spontaneous creation. It is about where art in the widest sense comes from. It is about why we create and what we learn while doing so. It is about the flow of unhindered creative energy: the joy of making art in all its varied forms. Free Play is directed towards people in any field who want to contact, honour and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured by certain unavoidable facts of life. How it can finally be liberated – how we can be liberated – to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Wise, generous and timeless, it has been a touchstone for creativity since 1990 and it is a book that you will find yourself reaching for again and again in times of need. This 2024 edition includes a new afterword by the author and a foreword by Women's Prize for Fiction-winner Ruth Ozeki.
A Great Feat Of Improvisation
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Author : Clem Maginniss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-06-28
A Great Feat Of Improvisation written by Clem Maginniss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-28 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
A Great Feat of Improvisation is a unique publication on a forgotten aspect of an important campaign for the British Army.
The World After The War
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Author : Derek Leebaert
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-11-01
The World After The War written by Derek Leebaert and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with History categories.
One of the great myths of the twentieth century is that after the Second World War Britain simply relinquished its power and America quickly embraced its worldwide political and military commitments. Instead the two allies improvised an uneasy, shifting partnership for twelve long years while most of western Europe lay in turmoil and Russia grew more aggressive. But in 1957 Washington issued a ‘declaration of independence’ from British authority. It was then that everything changed, and America assumed leadership of the new world order just taking shape. Derek Leebaert spins a riveting global narrative of Britain as the original superpower and shows why the Americans kept believing it to be indispensable. It’s the story of secret ties, diplomatic quarrels and military interventions that casts political giants Churchill, Truman, Eisenhower and Johnson in a new light. In a volatile world of decolonisation, a uniting Europe and the Suez Crisis, shrewd men in London were leveraging the empire’s long-established resources and influence to maintain their grip on power. The enduring notion of a special relationship, rising tensions with Russia and China, and the sources of much of the world’s turmoil can’t be understood without knowing what really occurred.
Improvisation
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Author : Derek Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1993-08-22
Improvisation written by Derek Bailey and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-22 with Music categories.
Derek Bailey's IMPROVISATION, originally published in 1980, now revised with additional interviews and photographs, deals with the nature of improvisation in all its forms--Indian music, flamenco, baroque, organ music, rock, jazz, contemporary, and "free" music. Bailey offers a clear view of the breathtaking spectrum of possibilities inherent in improvisational practice.
Impro
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Author : Keith Johnstone
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Impro written by Keith Johnstone and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Performing Arts categories.
Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers, called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills', and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is both an ideas book and a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.