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Harold Cruse's The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Reconsidered

Harold Cruse's The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Reconsidered

Jerry Gafio Watts

JEFFREY MELNICK Trying to get a handle on George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in his own operatic work, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual, Harold Cruse argues that not only should this folk opera — whose music he hates — have been ...
Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts

Seeds of Genius: The Early Writings of Alan Watts

Alan Watts

Collects writings originally published in British and American journals between 1934 and 1956 which offer insight into Watts' spiritual development
Social Register: Philadelphia

Social Register: Philadelphia

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Jerry Capeci's Gang Land

Jerry Capeci's Gang Land

Jerry Capeci

In 1987, seasoned journalist Jerry Capeci was hired by the New York Daily News to cover the crime beat. His reporting on the Mafia proved so popular that he was given a weekly column, which was tagged "Jerry Capeci's Gangland.
Jerry's Girls: A Song and Dance Celebration

Jerry's Girls: A Song and Dance Celebration

Jerry Herman

Musical revue New Revised Version The Music and Lyrics of Jerry Herman. Concepts by Larry Alford, Wayne Cilento and Jerry Herman. Characters: 3 female plus female chorus. Bare stage w/platforms.
Become what You are

Become what You are

Alan Watts

In this collection of essays, Watts displays the playfulness of thought and simplicity of language that has made him one of the most popular lecturers and authors on the spiritual traditions of the East.
Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation

Alan Watts

Mark Watts compiled this book from his father's extensive journals and audiotapes of famous lectures he delivered in his later years across the country.
25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to ...

25 Years Inside Universal Studios: From Tour Guide to ...

Jerry Green

Jerry's Big Adventure. Jerry Green was a kid from the sticks of Panama City, Florida, who dreamed of going to Hollywood and becoming an actor.
Jerry Herman: The Lyrics

Jerry Herman: The Lyrics

Jerry Herman

All Rights Reserved Used By Permission MILK AND HONEY Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman All Songs ©1961 (Renewed)Jerry Herman All Rights Controlled byJerryco Music Co. Exclusive Agent: Edwin H.Morris & Company, A Division of ...
A Good Man Gone: A Mercy Watts Mystery

A Good Man Gone: A Mercy Watts Mystery

A.W. Hartoin

It’s summer in St. Louis and Mercy Watts is on vacation from her parents.
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are

Alan Watts

Alan Watts overturns the illusion that individuals are merely 'egos' contained within their bodies who are separate from the rest of the universe.
Isaac Watts Remembered

Isaac Watts Remembered

David Guy Fountain

The name Isaac Watts is known the world over and this book will enable readers to sing his hymns with greater appreciation.
Dry Spell: A Mercy Watts Short

Dry Spell: A Mercy Watts Short

A.W. Hartoin

Mercy Watts doesn’t believe in ghosts.
Gender, Power and the Unitarians in England, 1760-1860

Gender, Power and the Unitarians in England, 1760-1860

Ruth Watts

Ruth Watts examines how far they were successful in challenging the ideas and social conventions affecting women.
Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Monica Furlong

In this penetrating biography, Furlong reveals how Watts was instrumental in introducing Eastern philosophy and religion to Western minds.
Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Zen Effects: The Life of Alan Watts

Monica Furlong

In this penetrating biography, Furlong reveals how Watts was instrumental in introducing Eastern philosophy and religion to Western minds.
Jerry Engels: A Novel

Jerry Engels: A Novel

Thomas Rogers

A Novel Thomas Rogers. lifters who looked askance at Jerry when he first started turning up. A man named Dunkel took Jerry aside and said, “Kid, ifyou want to lift I'llhelp youtrain, but forget about itif all you're after is that body beautiful crap.
The way of Zen

The way of Zen

Alan Watts

Watts's narrative clears away the mystery while enhancing the mystique of Zen. Since the first publication of this book in 1957, Zen Buddhism has become firmly established in the West.
Fire this Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Fire this Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Gerald Horne

In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutality. This is the first comprehensive treatment of that uprising.
Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

14 Jerry Barker My new master's name was Jeremiah Barker. But everyone called him Jerry. He was a cab driver and had a cab of his own, and two horses, Captain and myself. Captain was a tall, white, large-boned animal and Jerry took him ...
Universities and the Myth of Cultural Decline

Universities and the Myth of Cultural Decline

Jerry Herron

Jerry Herron. Much has been written on the current crisis in liberal education. Arguing that the prevailing analyses are wide of the mark. Jerry Herron recommends that universities undertake to promote a new literacy, born of a culture ...
Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

Does It Matter?: Essays on Man's Relation to Materiality

Alan W. Watts

This classic series of essays represents Alan Watts's thinking on the astonishing problems caused by our dysfunctional relationship with the material environment.
G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary : Highlights from the Watts ...

G.F. Watts: Victorian Visionary : Highlights from the Watts ...

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This beautifully illustrated book encompasses the work of his entire career, from his early self-portrait in 1834 and first exhibited painting in the Royal Academy in 1837 to his most iconic work, Hope, and the remarkable, almost abstract ...
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

Duncan J. Watts

In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet.
Could You Not Tarry: Learning the Joy of Prayer

Could You Not Tarry: Learning the Joy of Prayer

Larry Lea

That wasn't the only phone call Jerry Howell made that day. The local barber shop was closed for the holiday, but Jerry called the barber at home. “Mr. Buck,” he said hesitantly, “this is Jerry Howell. Would you cut my hair?” Mr. Buck didn't ...
Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion

Buddhism the Religion of No-Religion

Alan Watts

In this dynamic series of lectures, Alan Watts takes us on an exploration of Buddhism, from its roots in India to the explosion of interest in Zen and the Tibetan tradition in the West.
What Is Zen?

What Is Zen?

Alan Watts

A fervent, lifelong student of Zen, Alan Watts shows us that it is both an experience — a singular, powerful moment of realization — and a simple way of life, with an awareness that affects every moment of every day.
Finding Sophie

Finding Sophie

Irene N.Watts

In this, the third book about the characters introduced in Good-bye Marianne and Remember Me, Irene N. Watts explores the themes of friendship, family, and the nature of love. Finding Sophie is sure to become a favorite.
Women and Ordination in the Christian Churches: ...

Women and Ordination in the Christian Churches: ...

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273-86, Ruth Watts, 'Rational Dissent and the Emancipation of Women, 1780- 1860', Faith andFreedom, 9.113 (summer 1985), pp. 71-82, Ruth Watts, ' Knowledge is Power — Unitarians, Gender and Education in the Eighteenth and Early ...
A Nurse Abroad: Adventures in nursing, from the Arctic to ...

A Nurse Abroad: Adventures in nursing, from the Arctic to ...

Anne Watts

The moving and heartwarming memoir of a British nurse who has spent her life working in the world's most remote and hostile environments In the early 1960s, Anne Watts was a newly qualified nurse, eager to use her skills.

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