The Creative Connection

The extraordinary true story of the Stasi's poetry club: Stasiland and The Lives of Others crossed with Dead Poets Society. 'Engrossing.' Observer'Remarkable.' The Times'Magnificent.' Phillipe Sands'Gripping.' Literary Review'A history so outlandish and unlikely that you feel it must be true . .. [A] grippingly well-written book.' Anthony Quinn, Observer Book of the WeekIn 1982, East Germany's fearsome secret police - convinced that writers were embedding subversive messages in their work - decided to train their own writers, weaponising poetry in the struggle against the class enemy. Once a month, a group of soldiers and border guards gathered in a heavily guarded military compound in East Berlin for meetings to learn how to write lyrical verse.Journalist Philip Oltermann spent five years rifling through Stasi files, digging out lost volumes of poetry and tracking down surviving members of this Red poet's society, to illustrate the little known story in which spies turned poets and po

當我們學會傾聽，不只聽見聲音，也能重新看見世界。《傾聽之路》是茱莉亞．卡麥隆繼《創作的路》後的全新指引，透過六週的練習，邀請我們慢下來，聽見環境、他人與自己心底的聲音。透過傾聽，我們重新建立連結，也找回內在的創造力與平靜。A 6-week Artist's Way Program from legendary author Julia Cameron Cameron's fans will love this--Publishers Weekly The newest book from beloved author Julia Cameron, The Listening Path is a transformational journey to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, readers will be given the tools to become better listeners--to their environment, the people around them, and themselves. The reward for learning to truly listen is immense. As we learn to listen, our attention is heightened and we gain healing, insight, clarity. But above all, listening creates connections and ignites a creativity that will resonate through every aspect of our lives. Julia Cameron is the author of the explosively successful book The Artist's Way, which has transformed the creative lives of millions of readers since it was first published. Incorporating tools from The Artist's Way, T

This first of a two-volume study deals with the earlier part of Bach's career, and examines the output of his youth and its may external influences, before moving on to study he first great masterpiec

This last in a two-volume study examines Bach's musical compositional development in his later years, including his time at Cdthen and Leipzig.

Circus aficionado and historian Albrecht chronicles 138 years of the creative evolution of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s The Greatest Show on Earth (1872-2010)—the promoters, managers, anim

Breden shifts the focus of academic study away from product and towards process, demonstrating how an understanding of process assists in the reading of the theatrical product.

Diners were born in New England (Rhode Island, to be exact), and they have a long and colorful history as local eateries of distinction because of both their menus and their buildings. Though many din

Sixteen essential contemporary creative nonfiction writers reflect on whatever far, dark edge of the genre they find themselves most drawn to. The result is a fascinating anthology that wonders at the

The release of both his horror flick The Cabin in the Woods and the box-office sensation, Marvel's The Avengers saw the return to creative and critical success of Joss Whedon.After establishing himsel

This is the second of a two-volume study of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Taking into account the vast increase in our knowledge of the composer due to the Bach scholarship of the last sixty yea

While we now use our iPhones and blackberries to send email and surf the Web, soon we could be using them to check our vital signs. The technology already exists for us to continuously monitor our hea

This book examines the relationship between the legal extension of copyright duration as an enduring means of copyright protection and the growth of the UK book publishing industry as a typical creati

Industry and the Creative Mind takes a radically new look at the figure of the eccentric, alienated writer in American literature and entertainment from 1790 to 1860. Traditional scholarship takes for

What if your cell phone could detect cancer cells circulating in your blood or warn you of an imminent heart attack? Mobile wireless digital devices, including smartphones and tablets with seemingly l

"The Art of War" meets "The Artist's Way" in this no-nonsense, profoundly inspiring guide to overcoming creative blocks of every kind.

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the

This book challenges the new urban growth concepts of the creative class and creative industries from a critical urban theory perspective.Critiques Richard Florida's popular books about cities and the