This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and master violin maker and acoustician Joseph Curtin, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. This in-depth conversation explores Curtin’s long quest to characterize the sound of a Stradivari violin and the rigorous series of double-blind tests he and his colleagues developed to probe whether or not professional musicians can really tell the difference between a Stradivari and a modern violin. The conversation also covers v...

This sixth ecumenical gathering of the Persian church at the Sassanian capital of Seleucia-Ctesiphon was related directly to the question of the authority of the Catholicos over other bishops in the Persian church, the acceptance of the Councils of Nicaea I, and Constantinople I, and the security of the bishops from illegitimate entanglements in the Persian state and pagan practices. While long forgotten by western scholars, it represents the first effort of the Church of the East to addre...

Join radio's most popular crime solving couple, Mr. & Mrs. North, in twelve episodes of mayhem and murder - with a light touch. The Norths aren't your standard detectives: husband Jerry is a book publisher by day, and wife Pam is his stay-at-home better half and most often the catalyst for their exploits when death falls in their laps! Starring as Mr. & Mrs. North in these shows are Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, who originated the roles on radio, and Barbara Britton and Richard Denning, w...

Leadership: 700 Definitions and Ways to Lead presents hundreds of definitions of leadership and ways to lead offered by authors, publishers, and editors of 381 publications, beginning with the first English-language dictionary definition published in 1846.If you are a student writing a term paper, a master’s thesis, a doctoral dissertation, or any other research-based academic assignment related to management, political science, or some other discipline that involves the study of l...

What's more entertaining than a witty, snappy-talking detective? How about two witty, snappy-talking detectives?Publisher Jerry North and his always inquisitive wife Pamela are sophisticated sleuthing spouses who solved cases everywhere from magazine fiction, to novels, the stage, movies, radio and television.In these eight digitally remastered episodes from their long running radio series, the Norths can't seem to avoid mysteries and murders. In spite of Jerry's best attempts to put aside...

And now, let's see what's going on down in Pine Ridge.A winner is declared in the War Bond contest to become Lum's bride! And that's not all. The community is exposed to surrealist painting, Mousey returns from the war, and a runaway girl seeks protection in the Jot 'Em Down Store.Come hear Chester Lauck and Norris Goff as they star in 36 consecutive episodes from the summer of 1943.Episodes Include: Fictional Third Woman 05-27-43; Biography of Mystery Woman 05-31-43; Lum Uses Psychology 0...