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Composition In Retrospect
John Cage
Exact Change, 2008
Written in his characteristic "mesostics" (linked lines of prose poetry), Composition in Retrospect is a statement of methodology in which composer John Cage examines the central issues of his work: Indeterminacy, nonunderstanding, inconsistency, imitation, variable structure, contingency. Finished only shortly before his death in 1992, ...
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On Sociology Second Edition Volume Two: Illustration and Retrospect (Studies in Social Inequality)
John Goldthorpe
Stanford University Press, 2007
see copy for volume one.
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Five Little Pigs (Also published as Murder In Retrospect)
Agatha Christie
Berkley, 1984
Book Review
Sixteen long years ago, Amyas Crayle was cruelly poisoned at his country home while painting a portrait. The convicted criminal, his wife Caroline, died two years later in prison and now their daughter Carla is on the search for the true murderer to set the record ...
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Biblical Theology: Retrospect and Prospect
InterVarsity Press, 2002
The Good, the Okay, and the Unorthodox
Once in a while you stumble upon a theological book that enlightens you, edifies you, and confuses you all at the same time. This book is one of those books that does that to the reader. I will first say the positive things about the book before discussing the ...
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Armageddon in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut
Putnam Adult, 2008
Interesting Insight into Vonnegut's Mind
Understandably, Vonnegut is highly anti-war/violence. He provides interesting points through his metaphorical stories. Vonnegut throws in several emotions, varying from humor to depression, most of which the stories are individually tailored to. Overall these were ...
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Economic Theory in Retrospect
Mark Blaug
Cambridge University Press, 1997
Still the best of its type
The standard text for anyone who wishes to analyse economic theory. Blaug takes the approach that an economic theory can be criticised on two levels. It may have a mismatch with the environment and or it may be internally flawed as a theory. By concentrating on ...
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A Retrospect (The only autobiographical writing of J.Hudson Taylor)
J.Hudson Taylor
Moody Pocket Books, 1001
A Spiritual book on faith.
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In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
Vintage, 1996
important
I gave this book 5 stars because I believe it is an important historical document. Robert McNamara explains some of his beliefs and reasoning that helped to shape our country's position in Vietnam in the 60's.
There is also information here that may be new to many ...
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Lino Tagliapietra in Retrospect: A Modern Renaissance in Italian Glass
Susanne K. Frantz
University of Washington Press, 2008
Beautiful book on a great artist
Having seen the exhibit of Tagliapietra's work at the Tacoma Glass Museum I was impressed enough to get the book which is very well done. A bonus is the CD that comes with it which shows the artist at work. Excellent biography and amazing insights into the glass ...
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Ancient And Modern Britons V2: A Retrospect (1884)
David Macritchie
Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008
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Retrospect And Review.
Martin Kane, Robert ATKINS
Rodopi Bv Editions, 1997
In Retrospect and Review an international team of scholars explore East German literature, and the circumstances of its production, in the last phase of the German Democratic Republic's existence. The provocative claim of the novelist, playwright and essayist Christoph Hein, 'Ich nehme außerdem fÜr mich in Anspruch [...] elfmal das Ende der DDR ...
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In Retrospect: Remembrance of Things Past/Posthumous Edition
Frederick Fyvie Bruce
Baker Pub Group, 1994
An Inside View of a Christian Academic's Life
This book is probably best for those that have been fans of FF Bruce's books or Christians looking to teach/write in academic settings. He seems uncomfortable writing about himself.
An American may have some trouble understanding understanding where he is coming ...
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Strategy for Defeat: Vietnam in Retrospect
U.S. Grant Sharp
Presidio Press, 1998
Was the U.S. doomed to lose the exasperating struggle in Vietnam--or was it a war that could, and should , have been won?
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American Autobiography: Retrospect And Prospect (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography)
Paul John Eakin
University of Wisconsin Press, 1991
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My Work: In Retrospect
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 1993
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