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| beckley mid century writing desk: History of Berlin, Connecticut Catharine Melinda North, 1916 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths Rosalind E. Krauss, 1986-07-09 Co-founder and co-editor of October magazine, a veteran of Artforum of the 1960s and early 1970s, Rosalind Krauss has presided over and shared in the major formulation of the theory of postmodernism. In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in October, she explores the ways in which the break in style that produced postmodernism has forced a change in our various understandings of twentieth-century art, beginning with the almost mythic idea of the avant-garde. Krauss uses the analytical tools of semiology, structuralism, and poststructuralism to reveal new meanings in the visual arts and to critique the way other prominent practitioners of art and literary history write about art. In two sections, Modernist Myths and Toward Postmodernism, her essays range from the problem of the grid in painting and the unity of Giacometti's sculpture to the works of Jackson Pollock, Sol Lewitt, and Richard Serra, and observations about major trends in contemporary literary criticism. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Hawaii's Story Liliuokalani (Queen of Hawaii), 1898 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Abbey Road to Ziggy Stardust Ken Scott, Bobby Owsinski, 2012 Shares memories of Ken Scott's days working as a producer with the Beatles, David Bowie, Elton John, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck, Duran Duran, The Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, America, Devo, Kansas, The Tubes, Missing Persons, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham, Dixie Dregs and Stanley Clarke. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Stationery Shop Marjan Kamali, 2019-06-18 A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea—extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a “moving tale of lost love” and by Shelf Awareness as “a powerful, heartbreaking story”—explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran. A few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me? |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare Kimberly Brock, 2022-04-12 The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on Eleanor’s fateful voyage to the New World, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it, but her mother’s tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped. In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn’s curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor’s book is finally found, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare. In this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written. Praise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare: “From the haunting first line, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare transports the reader to a mysterious land, time and family . . . the captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance hiding behind the untold secrets.” —Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author Historical women’s fiction Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 135,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Last Seen Wearing Colin Dexter, 2009-08-21 Last Seen Wearing is the second Inspector Morse novel in Colin Dexter's Oxford-set detective series. Why now? Why Friday 12th September – two years, three months and two days after Valerie Taylor had left home to return to afternoon school? He frowned. ‘Something’s turned up, I suppose.’ Strange nodded. ‘Yes.’ After leaving her home in Oxford to return to school in London, seventeen-year-old Valerie Taylor completely vanished. Despite the efforts of the police and Chief Inspector Ainley, the trail went cold and she was never found. Two years on, Ainley is dead, and Inspector Morse is handed the case. But now, someone has decided to supply some surprising new evidence . . . Last Seen Wearing is followed by the third Inspector Morse book, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Aviation in the U.S. Army, 1919-1939 Maurer Maurer, 1987 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan, 2019-05-14 Now on Netflix as a 4-part documentary series! “Pollan keeps you turning the pages . . . cleareyed and assured.” —New York Times A #1 New York Times Bestseller, New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2018, and New York Times Notable Book A brilliant and brave investigation into the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences When Michael Pollan set out to research how LSD and psilocybin (the active ingredient in magic mushrooms) are being used to provide relief to people suffering from difficult-to-treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety, he did not intend to write what is undoubtedly his most personal book. But upon discovering how these remarkable substances are improving the lives not only of the mentally ill but also of healthy people coming to grips with the challenges of everyday life, he decided to explore the landscape of the mind in the first person as well as the third. Thus began a singular adventure into various altered states of consciousness, along with a dive deep into both the latest brain science and the thriving underground community of psychedelic therapists. Pollan sifts the historical record to separate the truth about these mysterious drugs from the myths that have surrounded them since the 1960s, when a handful of psychedelic evangelists inadvertently catalyzed a powerful backlash against what was then a promising field of research. A unique and elegant blend of science, memoir, travel writing, history, and medicine, How to Change Your Mind is a triumph of participatory journalism. By turns dazzling and edifying, it is the gripping account of a journey to an exciting and unexpected new frontier in our understanding of the mind, the self, and our place in the world. The true subject of Pollan's mental travelogue is not just psychedelic drugs but also the eternal puzzle of human consciousness and how, in a world that offers us both suffering and joy, we can do our best to be fully present and find meaning in our lives. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Criminal Brain, Second Edition Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, Michael Rocque, 2016-08-30 A lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender’s brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic deficits that place one at risk to commit theft, violence, or acts of sexual deviance. But what do these new theories really assert? Are they as dangerous as their forerunners, which the Nazis and other eugenicists used to sterilize, incarcerate, and even execute thousands of supposed “born” criminals? How can we prepare for a future in which leaders may propose crime-control programs based on biology? In this second edition of The Criminal Brain, Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque describe early biological theories of crime and provide a lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology. New chapters introduce the theories of the latter part of the 20th century; apply and critically assess current biosocial and evolutionary theories, the developments in neuro-imaging, and recent progressions in fields such as epigenetics; and finally, provide a vision for the future of criminology and crime policy from a biosocial perspective. The book is a careful, critical examination of each research approach and conclusion. Both compiling and analyzing the body of scholarship devoted to understanding the criminal brain, this volume serves as a condensed, accessible, and contemporary exploration of biological theories of crime and their everyday relevance. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Mrs. Poe Lynn Cullen, 2013-10 Struggling to support her family in mid-19th-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and the scheming manipulations of his wife. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Voice of New Music Tom Johnson, 1989 An anthology of articles on the evolution of minimal music in New York in 1972-1982, which originally appeared in the Village Voice (New York). |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Salt Sugar Fat Michael Moss, 2013-02-26 From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the troubling story of the rise of the processed food industry -- and how it used salt, sugar, and fat to addict us. Salt Sugar Fat is a journey into the highly secretive world of the processed food giants, and the story of how they have deployed these three essential ingredients, over the past five decades, to dominate the North American diet. This is an eye-opening book that demonstrates how the makers of these foods have chosen, time and again, to double down on their efforts to increase consumption and profits, gambling that consumers and regulators would never figure them out. With meticulous original reporting, access to confidential files and memos, and numerous sources from deep inside the industry, it shows how these companies have pushed ahead, despite their own misgivings (never aired publicly). Salt Sugar Fat is the story of how we got here, and it will hold the food giants accountable for the social costs that keep climbing even as some of the industry's own say, Enough already. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2019-01-06 This report indicates that climate change will significantly affect the availability and trade of fish products, especially for those countries most dependent on the sector, and calls for effective adaptation and mitigation actions encompassing food production. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Twelve Ophelias (a Play with Broken Songs) Caridad Svich, 2008-05-16 Previously published in the anthology Performed the here and now: an introduction to contemporary theater and performance edited by Chris Danowski ... and also in the independent literary journal CallReview (issue #2, 2004)--T.p. verso. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison, 2014-04-01 From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014 Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another's pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted, or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain—real and imagined, her own and others'—Jamison uncovers a personal and cultural urgency to feel. She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodily injury to engage in an exploration that extends far beyond her life, spanning wide-ranging territory—from poverty tourism to phantom diseases, street violence to reality television, illness to incarceration—in its search for a kind of sight shaped by humility and grace. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Attention Deficit Disorder C. Fisher Barbara, Ross A Beckley, 1998-11-23 Answering questions logically and systematically, Attention Deficit Disorder: Practical Coping Methods eliminates the confusion common among professionals treating this disorder. The book reflects the authors' belief that ADD represents a very complex syndrome that requires very specific diagnosis, including identification not only of specific attentional symptoms but also of the other accompanying issues. He elucidates an integrated approach to treatment that uses medication and coping mechanisms to address the specific problems and understand the emotional issues that may prevent the child, adolescent, or adult from working to his or her full potential. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Representation of Business in English Literature Arthur Pollard, 2009 In The Representation of Business in English Literature, five scholars of different periods of English literature produce original essays on how business and businesspeople have been portrayed by novelists, starting in the eighteenth century and continuing to the end of the twentieth century. The contributors to Representation help readers understand the partiality of the various writers and, in so doing, explore the issue of what determines public opinion about business. Arthur Pollard (1922-2001) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hull in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. John Blundell is General Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, London. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and iTunes. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Power Of Nations Paper Klaus Knorr, 1975-09-04 Written under the auspices of the Center of International Study, Princeton University. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Art and Aesthetics After Adorno J. M. Bernstein, Claudia Brodsky, Anthony J. Cascardi, Ales Erjavec, Thierry de Duve, Robert Kaufman, Fred Rush, 2012-04 Theodor Adorno's Aesthetic Theory (1970) offers one of the most powerful and comprehensive critiques of art and of the discipline of aesthetics ever written. The work offers a deeply critical engagement with the history and philosophy of aesthetics and with the traditions of European art through the middle of the 20th century. It is coupled with ambitious claims about what aesthetic theory ought to be. But the cultural horizon of Adorno's Aesthetic Theory was the world of high modernism, and much has happened since then both in theory and in practice. Adorno's powerful vision of aesthetics calls for reconsideration in this light. Must his work be defended, updated, resisted, or simply left behind? This volume gathers new essays by leading philosophers, critics, and theorists writing in the wake of Adorno in order to address these questions. They hold in common a deep respect for the power of Adorno's aesthetic critique and a concern for the future of aesthetic theory in response to recent developments in aesthetics and its contexts. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Warfare in the American Homeland Joy James, 2007-07-20 DIVA collection of writings by prisoners and scholars that documents the extension of the violence and the repression of the prison establishment into the larger society. /div |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Revisiting Who is Guarding the Guardians? United States Commission on Civil Rights, 2000 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Consultant Heidi Schreck, 2015 After a series of brutal layoffs at Sutton, Feingold and McFrath, a precocious young consultant is brough in to save a middle-aged adman's job -- and maybe his life. This hilarious and keenly observed world premiere takes an intimate look at how money and work shape the human heart -- and what we owe to others when everything around us is falling apart. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Rochester Jenny Marsh Parker, 1884 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Cycles in US Foreign Policy since the Cold War Thomas H. Henriksen, 2017-01-25 This book describes how American international policy alternates between engagement and disengagement cycles in world affairs. These cycles provide a unique way to understand, assess, and describe fluctuations in America’s involvement or non-involvement overseas. In addition to its basic thesis, the book presents a fair-minded account of four presidents’ foreign policies in the post-Cold War period: George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. It suggests recurring sources of cyclical change, along with implications for the future. An engaged or involved foreign policy entails the use of military power and diplomatic pressure against other powers to secure American ends. A disengaged on noninvolved policy relies on normal economic and political interaction with other states, which seeks to disassociation from entanglements. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress Donald C. Bacon, Roger H. Davidson, Morton Keller, 1995 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: American Phrenological Journal , 1857 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Restoring the Quality of Our Environment United States. President's Science Advisory Committee. Environmental Pollution Panel, 1965 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The 50 Greatest Guitar Books Shawn Persinger, 2013-01-01 Providing the What, How, and Why, master guitarist and teacher Shawn Persinger shows you how to get the most out of the best guitar books. You'll find insightful commentaries and more than 100 individually tailored guitar lessons - in all styles - that will provide beginner, intermediate, and advanced players with a lifetime of knowledge, insight, and inspiration.Unlike any other guitar method, The 50 Greatest Guitar Books is part guitar instruction, part music appreciation, and part literary criticism. Persinger delivers as much practical musical content as he does analysis and educated insight.Includes contribution from legendary educators and players: Rik Emmett, Henry Kaiser, Steve Kaufman, Wolf Marshall, Tim Sparks, and many more.More than 100 stylized guitar lessons: Chord Voicings, Arpeggios, Two-Handed Tapping, Fingerpicking, Slide Guitar, Walking Bass Lines, Improvisation, and much more.Featuring all styles: Blues, Classical, Funk, Metal, Rock, Jazz, World, Ragtime, Flamenco, Bluegrass, Gypsy Jazz, Pop, Latin, Fingerpicking, Country, Fusion, and more. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Encyclopedia of American Disability History: A-E Susan Burch, 2009 Examines the issues, events, people, activism, laws, and personal experiences and social ramifications of disability throughout US history. This three-volume reference is suitable for the high school and college curriculum. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 James Hammond Trumbull, 1886 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Country Life , 1976-07 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: After the People Vote Norman J. Ornstein, 1992 The new edition of this popular guide examines how the electoral college and postelection processes work and includes a short history of contested elections. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Voices from an Old Warrior Christopher J.B. Hoctor, Paul J. Selva, 2014 Former USAF pilot Christopher Hoctor examines the history and safety record of the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Vice Presidents of the United States 1789-1993 , 1997 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Ebony , 2002-09 EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine. |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Chain Store Age , 1952-07 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Who's who in America , 2005 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: Who's who in Entertainment , 1989 |
| beckley mid century writing desk: School Management and School and College Supply and Equipment News , 1940 |
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Beckley, West Virginia - Wikipedia
Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census, making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. …
City of Beckley | The City of Champions
Welcome to the City of Beckley! We invite you to share in the growth of our enthusiastic new business destination, a pristine highland opened by expressways and interstates in the 1990s. …
THE 15 BEST Things to Do in Beckley (2025) - Tripadvisor
Things to Do in Beckley, West Virginia: See Tripadvisor's 18,326 traveler reviews and photos of Beckley tourist attractions. Find what to do today, this weekend, or in June. We have reviews …
Things to Do in Beckley - The Tourist Checklist
Beckley, WV is a quaint town situated in the Appalachian Mountains of Southern West Virginia. The location of Beckley is such a beauty, with picturesque mountain views, beautiful streams …
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Beckley-Raleigh County is the hub of southern WV. Easily accessible off of I-77 and I-64 this area is home to many unique attractions, including Tamarack and the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, …
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Jun 1, 2023 · Nestled amid the Appalachian Mountains, Beckley, West Virginia, offers a wealth of outdoor adventures, cultural attractions, and awe-inspiring natural wonders worth exploring. …
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For outdoor enthusiasts, Beckley is surrounded by some of the finest fishing, rafting, mountain biking, rock climbing, and hiking in the entire eastern U.S. Just head to the New River Gorge …
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Beckley, WV (West Virginia), in Raleigh County, ranked eighth among the largest cities in West Virginia in 2010 with a population of more than 17,000 residents. Named for Alfred Beckley, …
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