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This volume brings together a collection of recent essays on the philosophy and theory of history. This is a field of lively interdisciplinary discussion and research, to which historians, philosophers and theorists of culture and literature have contributed. The author is a philosopher by training, and his inspiration comes primarily from the continental-phenomenological tradition. Thus the influence of Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Ricoeur can be discerned here. This background opens up a unique perspective on the issues under discussion. Phenomenology differs from other philosophical approaches, like metaphysics and epistemology. Phenomenology asks, of anything that exists or may exist: how is it given, how does it enter our experience, what is our experience of it like? Very broadly we can say: phenomenology is about experience. At first glance, this approach may seem ill-suited to history. In our language, “history” usually means either 1) what happened, i.e. past events, or 2) our knowledge of what happened. We can’t experience past events, and whatever knowledge we have of them must come from other sources—memory, testimony, physical traces. But the author maintains that we actually do experience historical events, and these essays explain how this is so. Sitting at the intersection of philosophy and history, and divided into three parts—Historicity, Narrative, and Time, Teleology and History, and Embodiment and Experience—this is the ideal volume for those interested in experience from a philosophical and historical perspective.

A career-spanning selection of the legendary reporter David Carr''s writing for the New York Times, Washington City Paper, New York Magazine, the Atlantic, and more. Throughout his 25-year journalistic career, David Carr was noted for his sharp and fearless observations, his uncanny sense of fairness and justice, and his remarkable compassion and wit. His writing was informed both by his own hardships as an addict, and his intense love of the journalist''s craft. His range--from media politics to national politics, from rock ''n'' roll celebrities to the unknown civil servants who make our daily lives function--was broad and often timeless. Whether he was breaking exclusives about Amazon or mourning Philip Seymour Hoffman''s death or taking aim at editors who valued political trivia over substance, Carr''s voice and concerns remain enormously influential and relevant. In these hundred or so articles, from a range of publications, we read his stories with fresh eyes. Edited by his widow, Jill Rooney Carr, and with an introduction written by one of the many journalists David Carr mentored and promoted, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Final Draft is a singular event in the world of writing news, an art increasingly endangered in these troubled times.

Carr''s purpose is to outline a distinctively phenomenological approach to history. History is usually associated with social existence and its past, and thus his inquiry focuses on our experience of the social world and of its temporality. How does history bridge the gap which separates it from its object, the past? Against this background a phenomenological approach, based on the concept of experience, can be proposed as a means of solving this problem, or at least addressing it in a way that takes us beyond the notion of a gap between present and past.

Contest Winners for Two is a series of five graded collections of original, time-tested piano duets. Over the years Alfred, Belwin, and Myklas produced an extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano duets. The pieces that are included in this volume represent the three companies'' most popular and effective duets drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 2 consists of late elementary pieces, placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: * All-Star Marching Band (Judy East Wells) * Clowns (David Carr Glover) * Copycat (Carol Matz) * Cotton Candy Machine (Sharon Lohse Kunitz) * Dueling Pianos (David Carr Glover) * Gala Dance (Ruth Perdew) * Wild Horse Round-Up (Dennis Alexander)

Contest Winners for Two is a series of five graded collections of original, time-tested piano duets. Over the years Alfred, Belwin, and Myklas produced an extensive catalogue of quality elementary and intermediate supplementary piano duets. The pieces that are included in this volume represent the three companies'' most popular and effective duets drawn from festival and contest lists. Book 1 consists of elementary pieces, placed in approximate order of difficulty. Titles: * Black Key Suite: Echo Waltz, Blue Licorice, Fanfare (Robert D. Vandall) * Chickadee Waltz (Kathleen Massoud) * Jon Peter Polka (David Karp) * Thinking of You (John Robert Poe) * Turkey Trot (David Carr Glover)

David Carr was an addict for more than twenty years -- first dope, then coke, then finally crack -- before the prospect of losing his newborn twins made him sober up in a bid to win custody from their crack-dealer mother. Once recovered, he found that his recollection of his ''lost'' years differed -- sometimes radically -- from that of his family and friends. The night, for example, his best friend pulled a gun on him. ''No,'' said the friend (to David''s horror, as a lifelong pacifist), ''It was you that had the gun.'' Using all his skills as an investigative reporter, he set out to research his own life, interviewing everyone from his parents and his ex-partners to the policemen who arrested him, the doctors who treated him and the lawyers who fought to prove he was fit to have custody of his kids. Unflinchingly honest and beautifully written, the result is both a shocking account of the depths of addiction and a fascinating examination of how -- and why -- our memories deceive us. As David says, we remember the stories we can live with, not the ones that happened.

Edmund Husserl''s importance for the philosophy of our century is immense, but his influence has followed a curious path. Rather than continuous it has been recurrent, ambulatory and somehow irrepressible: no sooner does it wane in one locality than it springs up in another. After playing a major role in Germany during his lifetime, Husserl had been filed away in the history-books of that country when he was discovered by the French during and after World War II. And just as the phenomenological phase of French philosophy was ending in the 1960''s, Husserl became important in North America. There his work was first taken seriously by a sizable minority of dissenters from the Anglo-American establish ment, the tradition of conceptual and linguistic analysis. More recently, some philosophers within that tradition have drawn on certain of Husserl''s central concepts (intentionality, the noema) in addressing problems in the philosophy of mind and the theory of meaning. This is not to say that Husserl''s influence in Europe has alto gether died out. It may be that he is less frequently discussed there directly, but (as I try to argue in the introductory essay of this volume) his influence lives on in subtler forms, in certain basic attitudes, strategies and problems.

Cultural institutions must reimagine their roles as education facilities for their communities and address the public need for conversations in safe and fair places, thereby renewing their essential place in democratic society. This book explains how. Open Conversations: Public Learning in Libraries and Museums is a provocative book, one that is designed to offer courage to cultural institution administrators and staff even as it opens their eyes to the possibility that their facilities can offer more than they are. Rather than offering prescriptive answers, the author invites readers to consider museums and libraries in fresh ways. Author David Carr believes professionals in libraries and museums need to think more broadly. He challenges them to address communities, national social change, psychology, and learning, and to think about ways to frame their institutions, not as repositories or research chambers, but as instruments for human thinking. Now is the time for these institutions to recover their integrity and purpose as fundamental, informing structures in a struggling democracy. Based on lectures and previously published writings by the author, and drawing on new scholarship and research, the essays here will inspire professionals to understand their collections and institutions as instruments of personal, social, and cultural change.

The contents of this book represent some of the composer''s all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece make this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 14 late elementary to early intermediate pieces. Titles: * Candlelight Supper Club * Drifting * Evening Concerto No. 1 * Flags on Parade * The Great Cathedral * Guitars * Hoe Down * Japanese Garden * March of the Fleas * Moon Mist * Our School Band * Sneaky Creepy Things * Soular Bear * Spooky Games "Spooky Games" and "The Great Cathedral" are Federation Festivals 2014-2016 selections.

David Carr examines the paradox of Husserl''s transcendental philosophy and his later historicist theory.

Museums and libraries inspire us to cross the limits of routine thought, into experiences of reflection and possibility. Each of the essays in A Place Not a Place examines the ways these and other cultural institutions influence us and proposes ways to strengthen their roles as advocates for critical thinking and inquiry.

Making Sense of Education provides a contemporary introduction to the key issues in educational philosophy and theory. Exploring major past and present conceptions of education, teaching and learning, this book makes philosophy of education relevant to the professional practice of teachers and student teachers, as well of interest to those studying education as an academic subject. The book is divided into three parts: education, teaching and professional practice: issues concerning education, the role of the teacher, the relationship of educational theory to practice and the wider moral dimensions of pedagogy learning, knowledge and curriculum: issues concerning behaviourist and cognitive theories of learning, knowledge and meaning, curriculum aims and content and evaluation and assessment schooling, society and culture: issues of the wider social and political context of education concerning liberalism and communitarianism, justice and equality, differentiation, authority and discipline. This timely and up-to-date introduction assists all those studying and/or working in education to appreciate the main philosophical sources of and influences on present day thinking about education, teaching and learning

Professionalism and Ethics in Teaching presents a thought-provoking and stimulating study of the moral dimensions of the teaching professions. After discussing the moral implications of professionalism, Carr explores the relationship of education theory to teaching practice and the impact of this relationship on professional expertise. He then identifies and examines some central ethical and moral issues in education and teaching. Finally David Carr gives a detailed analysis of a range of issues concerning the role of the teacher and the managements of educational issues. Professionalism and Ethics in Teaching presents a thought-provoking and stimulating study of the moral dimensions of the teaching professions.

From the sugary highs to the low-fat lows, read the story behind many of Canadas favourite brands in this beautifully illustrated volume.

Museums and libraries have the power to alter our sense of ourselves and the world around us, but that power carries with it obligations. This thoght-provoking collection of essays challenges us to contemplate both the effects and the responsibilities, to examine the nuances of these experiences.

Exciting new author, David Carr, brings this mystery to life. Lead character, Dan Logan, Private Investigator and former Special Forces officer for the United States Marines, is a man who can get the job done. The battle centers around nine million dollars, but for Dan, it''s not about the money. He faces a team of killers to rescue his friend. Dan fights fire with fire with no regard for the law. Anyone standing in Dan''s way on this mission will not be left standing. Dan Logan can best be described as a bad good guy. Some may question his unorthodox methods, but his results speak for themselves. Reflections of his life in Vietnam give Dan depth and a human side that help the reader understand the forces that molded this man. This fast paced page turner is a must read for all adventure enthusiasts.

The knowledge of note reading, intervals, rhythm, music symbols and terms, and the ability to listen are essential to the development of a strong foundation for the piano student. This "Theory" book was written to help provide this foundation by giving students reinforcement of the concepts presented in the "Lessons" book of the David Carr Glover Method for Piano. As the students advance in their ability to play the piano, the "Theory" book will help give them a better understanding of the music they are performing. The pages are designed to be interesting and fun for the students in order to spark their enthusiasm and increase their motivation.

Lessons, Level 2, from the David Carr Glover Method for Piano reviews the basic concepts presented in Lessons, Level 1. New concepts are introduced and reinforced sequentially through the use of original compositions, folk songs and the sounds of today, This book, combined with the recommended supplementary materials, continues to assist the student in developing the ability to read and perform musically through interval recognition, sight reading, and ear training. The David Carr Glover Method for Piano has been created to provide an enjoyable program of piano instruction which is pedagogically sound.

This Technic book provides interesting musical studies to develop the student''s technical facility at the keyboard. The material reinforces music fundamentals and concepts.

LESSONS, Level One, from the DAVID CARR GLOVER METHOD FOR PIANO reviews the basic concepts presented in LESSONS, Primer Level. New concepts are introduced and reinforced sequentially through the use of original compositions, folk songs and the sounds of today. This book, combined with the recommended supplementary materials, continues to assist the student in developing the ability to read and perform musically through interval recognition, sight reading and ear training. The student will continue to experience the basic elements of improvisation as the creative activities, EXPLORE, are presented. Supplementary materials are carefully correlated and coded with the LESSONS book to provide reinforcement of all concepts. The DAVID CARR GLOVER METHOD FOR PIANO has been created to provide an enjoyable program of piano instruction which is pedagogically sound.

This book reinforces the fundamentals of music being studied in the ADULT PIANO STUDENT. It consists of 47 Programmed Theory Lessons. The material for each lesson is divided into steps called "frames." Many of the same frames are presented several times for review thus reinforcing fundamentals already presented. When this book has been successfully completed, the student will be prepared to play, understand, and enjoy music at this level of advancement. All three levels in this series may also be used with any other course of study.

A concise, step-by-step approach to the study of the piano in either private or class lessons. The materials are fresh and new and presented to insure steady progress toward a musical goal. Supplementary materials should be used to balance the study material. Additional piano studies will promote good music reading.

The Theory Books of the David Carr Glover Piano Library are written in "programed instruction" style, one of the most effective means of learning in modern education. Programed instruction is based on three generally accepted principles: 1. The material is presented in small steps called "frames." 2. The student makes an immediate written response to each frame so that his learning is constantly checked. 3. The student knows if his answer is correct. The Theory Books are written for the Preparatory Age piano student. However, the fundamentals of music are presented in a logical order making the books useful for any beginner. The Theory books are correlated to the David Carr Glover Piano Library, but can be used with any course on music of this level of advancement.

Chords and Keys is written especially for group piano instruction. However, it can be used to much advantage in the individual lesson. The students should have had the equivalent of the Primer Level of the David Carr Glover Piano Library and should be able to play five-finger patterns in most of the Major Keys and Major Triads by memory.

This book includes familiar tunes as well as attractive originals for the beginning pianist.

The Theory Books of the DAVID CARR GLOVER PIANO LIBRARY are written in "programed instruction" style, one of the most effective means of learning in modern education. Programed instruction is based on three generally accepted principles: 1. The material is presented in small steps called "frames." 2. The student makes an immediate written response to each frame so that his learning is constantly checked. 3. The student knows if his answer is correct. The Theory Books are written for the Preparatory Age piano student. However, the fundamentals of music are presented in a logical order making the books useful for any beginner. The Theory books are correlated to the DAVID CARR GLOVER PIANO LIBRARY, but can be used with any course on music of this level of advancement.

A concise, step-by-step approach to the study of the piano in either private or class lessons. The materials are fresh and new and presented to insure steady progress toward a musical goal. Supplementary materials should be used to balance the study material. Additional piano studies will promote good music reading.

Chords and Keys is written especially for group piano instruction. However, it can be used to much advantage in the individual lesson. The students should have had the equivalent of the Primer Level of the David Carr Glover Piano Library and should be able to play five-finger patterns in most of the Major Keys and Major Triads by memory.

The Piano Repertoire books are written to supplement and reinforce the music fundamentals that the student is learning at this level of advancement. They may be used with any piano course or library. The books of the Primer Level and Levels 1 & 2 present familiar folk songs and original solos. Folk songs are used at this early beginning level to give the student materials that he is familiar with and which he will enjoy playing for himself and his friends. This wealth of folk music gives him reading experience, develops musical taste, and acquaints him with folk lore of other countries. Level 3 is a collection of melodies of famous composers.