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In this lavishly illustrated book, the words to Bobby McFerrin's brilliant Don't Worry, Be Happy are married to the art of Alexander Calder. Surely one of the seminal songs of this generation, McFerrin's joyous anthem has sold over twenty million copies and been a #1 hit in virtually every industrial nation in the world. The pure lines of Calder's art echo the simplicity of McFerrin's song. The idea - Don't Worry, Be Happy - illuminates almost every piece of art that Alexander Calder ever created, from his fanciful hanging mobiles and his circus characters fashioned from wood, wire, fabric, rubber, and leather to his tin sculptures cut from everyday cans. It is impossible not to smile when looking at a Calder mobile where movement, form, and materials combine to delight and surprise. In the same way, Bobby McFerrin's exultant voice and pure melodies remind us that joy and pleasure are ours for the taking. Both artists celebrate the bliss of everyday life and the happiness that is to be discovered everywhere.
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Happiness Comes From Within........2006-11-17
Bobby McFerrin was an inspiration to many people with his fabulous song back in the Eighties. It touched and helped those in all classes and the philosophy is still pertinent to coping with today's stresses and strains. At the time it was at its peak in popularity, my sister was in transition, selling her house which she loved, moving to another town to be near her grown children, and starting a new job. She was overwhelmed and, though she was eleven years older than I and inherited all the common sense in the family, I had to step in to try to comfort and console her to let her know that things would work out for the better. I went out to the local record shop, bought his record, and mailed it to her in Maryland. She recouped so well, she enjoyed a trip to Florida where one of her daughters lived and had a great time. This was the only time I could encourage her as she had done for me so many times, after our mother died when I was only seven.
The surest path to happiness is losing yourself in a cause greater than yourself. Words are important, but it's the tender little gestures of affection -- the hugs, the hand-holding and even the shoulder squeezes -- that confirm personal connections. Life is like a jigsaw puzzle, but you don't have the picture on the front of the box to know what it's suppose to look like. Sometimes you're not even sure if you have all the pieces.
You possess a very particular type of honesty that's straightforward and compassionate -- and you shouldn't ever let anyone tell you it's not the right wayto be. Especially not at this particular moment in time. Whatever comes up now will call for someone with guts, firmness and compassion -- someone who can boldly say what no one has said before, in an inimitable, inarguably honest way. That would be you. Go right ahead and step in.
There's no point in being in control of everything if you're all alone at the top. If someone doubts one of your choices, stand up for yourself today -- remind them that each person has their own journey in life, and you'd rather make your own mistakes than follow someone else's path. Even if you wish the truth were something different from what it is, you owe it to everyone involved to call this one like you see it. If someone doubts one of your choices, stand up for yourself today -- remind them that each person has their own journey in life, and you'd rather make your own mistakes than follow someone else's path.
If someone doubts one of your choices, stand up for yourself today -- remind them that each person has their own journey in life, and you'd rather make your own mistakes than follow someone else's path. Call upon the pride you feel for the good choices you have made, because you have made quite a few -- and they know it. This could be a case of jealousy rearing its ugly head, so do not give too much credence to people who are asking you to rethink things. Even if you wish the truth were something different, it is possible to accept less than the truth at times.
The most special moments in life are the ones in which everything just falls into place -- they are not the ones that are carefully planned and
coordinated. The best way to be contented is to count your blessings. Like Eddie Fisher's song, "Count Your Blessings," this song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" helped many listeners to get through hard times and be able to carry on with the search for happiness. It's not always easy to find, and sometimes it happens when we least expect it. But one Bobby McFerrin helped it along with his song which was a big hit on the radio. Thank God for radio and people like Wink Martindale who play the songs.
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Don't Worry Be Happy
Mia Margaret Glattauer
Manufacturer: Light Technology Publications
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for kids of all ages.......2006-08-30
Uplifting one line alternative suggestions for life
Black and white images are positive/negative visuals.
Children appreciate the words and the images.
Great as a hostess or thank you gift.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
Jim Ford
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
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Vocal Score.
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72 PAGES OF MUSIC SHEETS OF THE 1980'S TOP SONGS CONTENTS INCLUDE:
DON'T BE CRUEL, DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT TILL ITS GONE, DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY, FALLEN ANGEL, FOREVER YOUNG, KOKOMO, LOVE BITES, NEVER TEAR US APART, PLEASE DON'T GO GIRL, RED, RED WINE, SHE'S ON THE LEFT, STAYING TOGETHER,
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Thank You for Being a Friend and We Are Family, presented as gift book-audio CD packages by PQ Publishers, feature wonderful animal images of some of the world's most-renowned nature photographers, including Steve Bloom. The two universal themes-family and friends-couldn't be conveyed and honored more effectively than they are in these heartwarming presentations.Each package includes a top-quality audio CD featuring the original song recording by the original musical artist. Andrew Gold delivers his familiar rendition of the theme song from the hit sitcom The Golden Girls, "Thank You for Being a Friend." And Sister Sledge's lively vocals are unmistakable in the feel-good anthem "We Are Family." Both artists evoke exactly the right sentiments when paired with Steve Bloom Images' almost-human photos of bears, penguins, monkeys, and other wild animals at their playful best.
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This digital document is an article from Hawaii Business, published by Hawaii Business Publishing Co. on August 1, 1995. The length of the article is 3334 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Don't worry be happy. (Hawaii's top 250 businesses)(Cover Story)
Author: Jeff Barrus
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Hawaii Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 1995
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This digital document is an article from Chief Executive (U.S.), published by Chief Executive Publishing on June 1, 1997. The length of the article is 812 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the supplier: Thailand's recent economic turbulence is being taken in stride by the country's government and business leaders. The locals' relaxed attitude toward what has been called as the country's 'worst economic turmoil in more than a decade' is understandable given that Thais tend to respond to any misfortune or calamity by shrugging and uttering 'mai pen rai' or 'don't worry' or 'never mind.' What is more surprising is that foreign investors are assuming the same relaxed attitude. A recent survey found that 70% of foreign firms in the country intend to increase their investments. Despite this seeming unconcern, the Thai economy has many problems that should be cause for worry. The banking industry is in crisis, infrastructure projects have been delayed due to bureaucracy, and illegal businesses account for a large portion of the GDP. However, Thailand is used to upheavals and even performs strongly during troubled times.
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Title: Don't worry, be happy. (investors' attitude towards the Thai economy)
Author: Mark Mitchell
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Chief Executive (U.S.) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1997
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Don't Worry, Be Happy.(How Not to Get Rich: Or Why Being Bad Off Isn't So Bad)(Book review): An article from: Commonweal
Peter Quinn
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Title: Don't Worry, Be Happy.(How Not to Get Rich: Or Why Being Bad Off Isn't So Bad)(Book review)
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Lucretius and the Modern World (Classical Inter/Faces) (Classical Inter/faces)
W. R. Johnson
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Lucretius’ On the Nature of Things, one of the glories of Latin literature, provides a vivid poetic exposition of the doctrines of the Greek atomist, Epicurus. The poem played a crucial role in the reinvention of science in the seventeenth century, its influence on the French Enlightenment was powerful and pervasive, and it became a major battlefield in the wars of religion with science in nineteenth-century England. But in the twentieth century, despite its vital contributions to modern thought and civilisation, it has been largely neglected by common readers and scientists alike.
This book offers an extensive description of the poem, with special emphasis on its cheerful version of materialism and on its attempt to devise an ethical system that suits such a universe. It surveys major relevant texts from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries (Dryden, Diderot, Voltaire, Tennyson, Santayana) and speculates on why Lucretius and the ancient scientific tradition he championed became marginalised in the twentieth century. It closes with a discussion of what value the poem has for students of science and technology in the new century: what advice it has to offer us about how to go about reinventing our machines and our morality.
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- The Darker Face of the Earth
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The Darker Face of the Earth
Rita Dove
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The Darker Face of the Earth, the first full-length play by Pulitzer Prize winner Rita Dove, is an Oedipal tragedy of interracial love set on a plantation in pre-Civil War South Carolina. The play has been read on Broadway, and has had full-stage productions at The Kennedy Center, The National Theatre in London, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, among others.
Rita Dove is the author of numerous books of poetry, including the 1987 Pulitzer Prize winning collection, Thomas and Beulah. She has served as the Poet Laureate of the United States, and has been awarded both Guggenheim and NEA fellowships, as well as been the recipient of many of our nation's most prestigious literary awards. Rita Dove lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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The Darker Face of the Earth.......2002-10-06
The Darker Face of the Earth is a wonderful book. It keeps the reader on the edge of his seat. The play is based on the well know Greek story of Oedipus, so it makes the story easier to follow for the reader. Even though you know what will happen in the end of the story it is still surprisingly suspenseful. There are many more actions in this play that lead up to the conclusion than in Oedipus, which adds to the enjoyment of reading this book. The Darker Face of the Earth is an excellent mix of the tangles of a mother and son caught in their sins, and the hardships of slavery. The play is a quick read and I recommend it to anyone who has a free hour or two, because once you start reading this book you will not be able to put it down.
A review of the play that also recommends the book.......1997-11-11
Rita Dove's poetry won her a Pulitzer in her mid-thirties; she went on to became the youngest (and first African-American) Poet Laureate of the United States. It should not be surprising, then, that her first venture into playwriting has produced an enormously powerful and beautiful work. The themes are intricate, the main characters full-bodied and the language -- oh, the language -- nothing short of stunning. What is surprising is that, with all of the above and with a premise that could easily lend itself to parodic or pretentious treatment, she has produced a play that imitates nothing, never takes itself too seriously and expresses itself (dare I say despite its monumental lyricism?) with clarity. Above is from Les Gutman's monthly report from DC where the play is currently running in Washington. And here, for Amazon.com customers, his final paragraph: While most plays are probably better seen than read, I'm inclined to think this one may be a good one to enjoy on the page as well. The poetry is too good to experience only in passing. I am ordering an inexpensive copy of it. To read his whole review and check out the many other features at CurtainUp, the New York City based Internet magazine of theater reviews and related features.
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Arguably the single most influential literary work of the European Middle Ages, the Roman de la Rose of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun has traditionally posed a number of difficulties to modern critics, who have viewed its many interruptions and philosophical discussions as signs of a lack of formal organization and a characteristically medieval predilection for encyclopedic summation. In Fortune's Faces, Daniel Heller-Roazen calls into question these assessments, offering a new and compelling interpretation of the romance as a carefully constructed and far-reaching exploration of the place of fortune, chance, and contingency in literary writing.
Situating the Romance of the Rose at the intersection of medieval literature and philosophy, Heller-Roazen shows how the thirteenth-century work invokes and radicalizes two classical and medieval traditions of reflection on language and contingency: that of the Provençal, French, and Italian love poets, who sought to compose their "verses of pure nothing"in a language Dante defined as "without grammar," and that of Aristotle's discussion of "future contingents" as it was received and refined in the logic, physics, theology, and epistemology of Boethius, Abelard, Albert the Great, and Thomas Aquinas.Through a close analysis of the poetic text and a detailed reconstruction of the logical and metaphysical concept of contingency, Fortune's Faces charts the transformations that literary structures (such as subjectivity, autobiography, prosopopoeia, allegory, and self-reference) undergo in a work that defines itself as radically contingent. Considered in its full poetic and philosophical dimensions, the Romance of the Rose thus acquires an altogether new significance in the history of literature: it appears as a work that incessantly explores its own capacity to be other than it is.
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Before Tom Feelings passed away in August of 2003, he had been working on a picture book with his friend, poet Kwame Dawes. As Kwame explains, "One day, Tom gave me a folder of drawings of young people from his journeys around the world. I saw a story of resilience and pride, and wrote my poem as a response." These wonderful drawings, paired with lyrical text, offer a fresh encounter with one of our most evocative illustrators.
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An Empowering Children's Resource.......2006-06-27
An adept educator, I have used this literary work with students in grades 2 and 3. It is an empowering, poetic tool used to help children across cultures--particularly those of African descent--understand that there is an interconnected relationship between people of African ancestry throughout the world. Walk along the streets of Harlem (New York), Bahia(South America), Sierra Leone (West Africa), Loiza (Puerto Rico); Zimbabwe (Southern Africa); Jamaica (West Indies)... In each of the faces of people in such communities, we see beautiful black similarities--ancestral traces and a rich legacy. This work helps to tell the story of a people connected despite our displacement from the Motherland because of the dehumanizing institution of slavery. By no means should this work be targeted only at the adult population. Dawe's literary effort serves as a "griot tool," passing knowledge along; Brother Feelings impressively sketched illustrations serve as an empowering visual accent. A must have item for those who embrace and confirm the reality of the worldwide African extended family!
Lovely.......2006-05-16
Children's book? Not really. I think adults will understand more about this gentle, thoughtful poem accompanied by beautifully drawn faces and places. I ordered this for my public library's children's section, but it's one of those books that fit everywhere and nowhere. Read it for its beauty and forget about whether it's appropriate for children or a kids' book. It's appropriate for all even though it's not a children's book.
Add this book to your collection.......2005-08-13
This is a very powerful book. The images are breathtaking and the organization of the book gives more meaning to them. This is a visual history of being African-American. Add it to your home library for your children.
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Heroines: Transformation in the Face of Breast Cancer
Jila Nikpay
Manufacturer: Zenith Services
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Heroines is an inspiring collection of black & white portraits and poetry that illuminates the trials and spiritual transformation of 21 Minnesota women who have faced breast cancer. Nikpay s compelling verse reflects her Persian influence in which contradictions and opposing emotions are celebrated as part wisdom and intuitive knowledge. The book also includes an essay by renowned author Thomas Moore that eloquently guides the reader to shape and influence their healing journey. Moore s essay entitled How To Be Healed By Your Illness will prove profoundly useful to the newly diagnosed and all those who are touched by breast cancer. Heroines is published by Orion/Zenith Services Inc., a nonprofit social services agency based in the Twin Cities.
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The Darker Face of the Earth: A Verse Play in Fourteen Scenes
Rita Dove
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The Darker Face of the Earth.......2000-06-21
Rita Dove's poetry permeates this remarkable new play which uses the Oedipal myth as a structural device as well as a means to enter the world of human slavery as practiced in South Carolina circa 1829-1840. Central to the story is the unusual and compelling relationship between the plantation owner, Amalia Jennings, and her newly acquired revolutionary slave, Augustus Newcastle. Unlike the other slaves who collectively function as the Greek chorus, Augustus can read and write, thus making him not only dangerous but attractive to the high spirited Amalia. Greek mythology aside, THE DARKER FACE OF THE EARTH is a challenging play not only for the reader but for potential producers. But it is well worth the challenge. It is rare that depictions of the conditions of slavery are revealed by 1) an African American, 2) a woman, 3) a poet, and 4) a master storyteller.
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reprint of classic 70s United Artists book
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Best of Coolidge?.......2002-11-19
This could be Coolidge's best book. I have owned a copy of it for years and have read it many times. Coolidge's ear for language is unique, and the high-point of his work (for me) are the series of books he wrote in the 1970s and 1980s.
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From the explosion in creative writing programs and workshops to the poetry slams and open mikes in every city to the reading groups venturing beyond prose for the first time, poetry is suddenly everywhere. This vibrant anthology showcases unforgettable poems and photographic portraits of leading writers in the United States, together with a CD that features many of the poets reading from their work. From Aleida Rodriguez to Ishmael Reed to Maxine Hong Kingston to John Ashbery, the poets gathered here represent a cross section of poetic styles, geographic regions, and ethnic identities. Together they express the amazing exuberance and diversity of contemporary poetry.
Margaretta K. Mitchell conceived the volume after attending the celebrated Lunch Poems Reading Series at the University of California, Berkeley. Her desire to capture the faces of all of the poets who participated in the series led to the creation of this book. Her essay explores the importance of portraiture and describes her studio sessions with these poets.
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Best Present Ever.......2006-05-26
A friend gave me "The Face of Poetry" for my birthday. I keep it out in my living room so my friends can enjoy the wonderful photographs and text. Last week the book was such a hit it wandered around my house. Later I found it sitting in the library, a comfortable place for a group of poets.
The photographs are stunning. I feel as if I am able to see a rare glimpse of their soul through MKM's lens.
A wonderful gift!
Fascinating!.......2006-02-12
THE FACE OF POETRY is a diverse gallery of fascinating faces and incredible poetry! Margaretta Mitchell's photographs are stunning portraits that capture the spirit of each poet in this amazing collection. Zack Rogow, as the book's editor, has selected poems that serve as invitations to go on incredible journeys through the minds of some of America's greatest contemporary poets. By combining the poetry with photographs, biographies and a CD of poets reading their own work...this book encourages exploration! In my opinion, it would be a great contemporary poetry textbook, since it would allow students to hear some fresh voices.
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This little book contains portraits of the various personalities recorded in the infancy narratives contained in the biblical accounts of Matthew and Luke. Although the innkeeper is not mentioned, his viewpoint is included as well as the thoughts of a "dad" who reluctantly plays one of the Wise Men at his child's school Christmas pageant. Thoughts and meditations of Mary, Joseph, shepherds and angels are included. The book concludes with several prayers that can be used during the Advent season. I used selected portions as an Advent study and the participants loved it. The text lends itself to dramatic reading, is easily used with the scriptural accounts themselves and provokes questions and discussion relevant for today.
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