Brecht, music and culture : Hanns Eisler in conversation with Hans Bunge / by Bunge, Hans

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes to the German edition by Hans Bunge; Translator's note; Conversation 1; 14 Ways of Describing Rain -- Meetings between Brecht and Arnold Schoenberg, Charlie Chaplin and Thomas Mann -- Brecht and Music; Conversation 2; Galileo -- Hollywood Elegies -- Brecht and Feuchtwanger -- Brecht and Music for the Theatre -- Schweyk in the Second World War; Conversation 3; Brecht on Arnold Schoenberg -- Gestic Music -- The Caucasian Chalk Circle -- Döblin's 65th Birthday Party; Conversation 4.…”
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This I believe : the personal philosophies of remarkable men and women /

Table of Contents: “…Heinlein -- A new birth of freedom / Maximillan Hodder -- The benefits of restlessness and jagged edges / Kay Redfield Jamison -- There is no God / Penn Jillette -- A duty to heal / Pius Kamau -- Living life with "Grace and elegant treeness" / Ruth Kamps -- The light of a brighter day / Helen Keller -- The bright lights of freedom / Harold Hongju Koh -- The power of love to transform and heal / Jackie Lantry -- The power of mysteries / Alan Lightman -- Life grows in the soil of time / Thomas Mann -- Why I close my restaurant / George Mardikian -- The virtues of the quiet hero / John McCain -- The joy and enthusiasm of reading / Rick Moody -- There is such a thing as truth / Errol Morris -- The rule of law / Michael Mullane -- Getting angry can be a good thing / Cecilia Muñoz -- Mysterious connections that link us together / Azar Nafisi -- The making of poems / Gregory Orr -- We are each other's business / Eboo Patel -- The 50-percent theory of life / Steve Porter -- The America I believe in / Colin Powell -- The real consequences of justice / Frederic Reamer -- There is more to life than my life / Jamaica Ritcher Tomorrow will be a better day / Josh Rittenberg -- Free minds and hearts at work / Jackie Robinson -- Growth that starts from thinking / Eleanor Roosevelt -- The artistry in hidden talents / Mel Rusnov -- My fellow worms / Carl Sandburg -- When children are wanted / Margaret Sanger -- Jazz is the sound of God laughing / Colleen Shaddox -- There is no such thing as too much barbecue / Jason Sheehan -- The people have spoken / Mark shields -- Everything potent is dangerous / Wallace Stegner -- A balance between nature and nurture / Gloria Steinem -- Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness / Andrew Sullivan -- Always go to the funeral / Deirdre Sullivan -- Finding prosperity by feeding monkeys / Harold Taw -- I agree with a pagan / Arnold Toynbee -- Testing the limits of what I know and feel / John Updike -- How do you believe in a mystery? …”

Think, write, speak : uncollected essays, reviews, interviews, and letters to the editor / by Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977

Table of Contents: “…-- The Creative Writer (Essay, 1941) -- [On Democracy] (Essay, 1942) -- Lecture on Leonardo da Vinci (1942) -- Interview with Kathleen Lucas for Wellesley College News (1942) -- In Memory of IosifHessen (Obituary Essay, 1943) -- Interview for The Last Word (1943) -- Profile by Katherine Reese for We (1943) -- Cabbage Soup and Caviar (Review, 1944) -- On Learning Russian (Essay, 1945) -- Profile by Sylvia Crane for Wellesley College News (1945) -- The Place of Russian Studies in the Curriculum (Essay, 1948) -- Thomas Mann, "The Railway Accident" (Lecture, 1950) -- Interview with Harvey Breit for New York Times Book Review (1951) -- News Feature Interview with Malcolm D. …”