Mao Tse-tung On Revolution and War:review of ideas
A critical survey of Mao Zedong from student notebooks to Cultural Revolution leader. Mostafa Rejai highlights Mao's aims to seize power, trust in the masses, and pursue a long view, noting his anti colonial campaigns, united front against Japan, and ongoing party reform. The book argues revolution must be institutionalized as a permanent process.
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Mao Tse-tung
Communist Party
China
Mao
Mao Tse - Tung
Mostafa Rejai
Rejai
Che Guevara
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
Triad Arts Calendar Highlights Local Arts Calendar
High Point Public Library Cinema Cafe presents And There Was Light a visual Bible history at 12 15 p m in Winston Salem North Carolina School of the Arts hosts Mother Courage at 8 15 p m through March 9 in Winston Salem Wake Forest University Artists Series features classical guitarist Christopher Parkening in Winston Salem Salem College Pierette Players perform The Italian Straw Hat at 8 15 p m through March 8 at the Fine Arts Center Theatre in Winston Salem NC School of the Arts Faculty Recital Irving Klein cello and Phillip Ruder violin Main Hall Auditorium also at 8 15 p m in Winston Salem
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High Point Public Library
Winston-Salem
North Carolina School of the Arts
Mother Courage
Wake Forest University
Christopher Parkening
Gui
Salem College Pierette Players
Fine Arts Center Theatre
North Carolina
School of the Arts
Irving Klein
Phillip Ruder
Main Hall
Drama
Labiche
Vibrations From Past via The ESP Route Review
A review of Hans Holzer’s Vibrations From Past Via The ESP Route, which argues psycho metry allows a medium to access vibrations at historical scenes. The author cites sessions with Sybil Leek to reveal past events from Charles II and Nell Gwyn to Lincoln’s assassination, suggesting dual conspiratorial groups and a double agent.
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Hans Holzer
Sybil Leek
Charles
Nell Gwyn
Nell
Miss Leek
Holzer
Follins Pond
Cape Cod
Lincoln
Portraits of Noted Americans Review Book
A Smithsonian Press edition edited by J. Benjamin Townsend presents a National Portrait Gallery exhibit in print. It reproduces oil portraits sketches watercolors sculptures cartoons and photos with brief captions. Portraits are organized into eight groups illustrating American character from explorers and immigrants to philosophers and inventors.
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J. Benjamin Townsend
Smithsonian Institutional Press
Random House
Washington
National Portrait Gallery
Meriwether Lewis
Daniel Boone
Alexander Graham Bell
Albert Einstein
Thomas Paine
Henry Cabot Lodge
Sitting Bull
Aaron Burr
Henry David Thoreau
H. L. Mencken
Benjamin Franklin
Eli Whitney
Promotions Beyond Competence
A concise critique of the Peter Principle by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull. The book argues that in every organization workers rise to their level of incompetence and stay there, with case histories and guidance on navigating or avoiding unwanted promotions.
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Peter Principle
Laurence J. Peter
Raymond Hull
Morrow
Peter
Org
Biographer Discusses Her Craft
Catherine Drinker Bowen analyzes the craft of biography in a compact guide. She covers starting and finishing a biography, handling death scenes, maintaining interest, and reporting thoughts while acknowledging bias and the need for evidence.
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Catherine Drinker Bowen
Atlantic
Little, Brown & Co
Johnson
Miss Bowen
Freud
Marx
Peggy Guggenheim Exhibit Showcases Key 20th Century Art
New York AP notes Peggy Guggenheim collection at Guggenheim Museum features 125 works from her Venice palace, tracing her 1938 onward European art acquisitions and wartime US patronage of American abstractionists. Highlights include Cubism, Surrealism, Dada and sculptures by Brancusi and Giacometti. notable American artists are sparse in this segment, though the show includes 11 paintings by Jack.
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New York
Peggy Guggenheim
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Venice
Braque
Picasso
Gris
Leger
Mondrian
Arp
Ernst
de Chirico
Picabia
Brancusi
Giacometti
Peggy
Motherwell
Hofmann
Still
Rothko
Peggy Guggenheim and her wartime art empire portrait
Peggy Guggenheim built a modern art influence during wartime from London to Paris to New York, funding Pollock and amassing a vast collection. She loaned works abroad, faced sales slumps, and foresees her collection endowing Venice’s Grand Canal palace while remaining a foundation trustee.
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Pollock
London
Marcel Duchamp
Paris
America
New York
Lee
Peggy Guggenheim
Venice
Grand Canal
Domingo Steps In For Corelli In Opera Premiere
Opera notes announce Domingo will replace Ill for Corelli in the Met premiere of Il Trovatore on March 6 due to Corelli’s illness. Bing lauds Domingo’s release by other companies for rehearsal time and notes a delayed Lucia performance due to earlier rain checks.
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Z. Melnikov
Franco Corelli
Italy
Metropolitan Opera
Lucia
Metropolitan
New York
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Welch
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Iend
John
Domingo
Corelli
van Cliburn
Mischa Elman
Guilford College
Dana
James Farmer
Nixon
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