Modernity
by George V. Packard
Much changed thanks to musical innovations like Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, scientific advances such as quantum mechanics, new artistic genres like... More > surrealism and other fresh ways of thinking that came along in the early 20th century.
Here is a collection of short satirical “interviews” with the great icons of the Modern Age. MODERNITY takes a backward look at some of the figures and concepts that made us the way we are:
Schrödinger, Wigner, Duchamp, Pound, Einstein, Proust, Pollock, Stein, Rothko, Marx, Hawkins, Beckett, Schönberg, Wittgenstein, Freud, Joyce, Godel, Monk, Stravinsky, Cage, Kafka, Higgs.
George V. Packard’s fiction has appeared in Redbook, Family Circle, Cavalier, Texas Monthly, Paris Metro, Yankee and Sports Illustrated.< Less
Rob wants something different out of life, and is willing to do anything to get it.
The day before Thanksgiving, he offers to trade families with a stranger named Dick. That day, his life begins and... More > ends all at once.
Modern Man is a story with a profound social message obscured by a magnitude of ignorance and obscenity.< Less
Rob wants something different out of life, and is willing to do anything to get it.
The day before Thanksgiving, he offers to trade families with a stranger named Dick. That day, his life begins and... More > ends all at once.
Modern Man is a story with a profound social message obscured by a magnitude of ignorance and obscenity.< Less
This is a tale of sharing and remembering the help and grace of others. It was written and illustrated by a nine year old girl with the help and edition of her writer/publisher father. This is the... More > English translation of the original French versions which will also be available through LULU.< Less
Every little girl needs a daddy to make her feel important and give her self-worth and value. Today many little girls have grown into women without this important foundation in the lives. Great for... More > individual and small groups. Fill in the blanks Bible study.< Less
Every little girl needs a daddy to make her feel important and give her self-worth and value. Today many little girls have grown into women without this important foundation in the lives. Great for... More > individual and small groups. Fill in the blanks Bible study.< Less
What would the first Christmas be like if it happened in the 21st century? Mary and Joseph are a nice couple from Buffalo. They truly love each other, but when he finds out she's expecting and the... More > baby isn't his, he breaks their engagement.
School board member Hera King finds out Mary is pregnant and plots to have her fired from her job as a school teacher even though a healing miracle for autistic children takes place in Mary's classroom.
After much thought, prayer and divine intervention Joseph realizes he wants Mary back, but she has received a job offer from another state. Will Mary and Joseph be together or will she leave and start a whole new life for herself and her baby?
Meanwhile, Mary's cousin Elisabeth and her husband Zacharias have been trying to have a baby for ten years. Now they have God's promise of a baby, but when Elisabeth's pregnancy test is negative, she doesn't know what to do next. Will she trust God to keep His promise?< Less
What would the first Christmas be like if it happened in the 21st century? Mary and Joseph are a nice couple from Buffalo. They truly love each other, but when he finds out she's expecting and the... More > baby isn't his, he breaks their engagement. School board member Hera King finds out Mary is pregnant and plots to have her fired from her job as a school teacher even though a healing miracle for autistic children takes place in Mary's classroom. After much thought, prayer and divine intervention Joseph realizes he wants to win Mary back, but she has received a very tempting job offer from another state. Will Mary and Joseph be together or will she leave and start a whole new life for herself and her baby? Meanwhile, Mary's cousin Elisabeth and her husband Zacharias have been trying to have a baby for ten years. Now they have God's promise of a baby, but when Elisabeth's pregnancy test is negative, she doesn't know what to do next. Will she trust God to keep His promise?< Less
What would the first Christmas be like if it happened in the 21st century? Mary and Joseph are a nice couple from Buffalo. They truly love each other, but when he finds out she's expecting and the... More > baby isn't his, he breaks their engagement.
School board member Hera King finds out Mary is pregnant and plots to have her fired from her job as a school teacher even though a healing miracle for autistic children takes place in Mary's classroom.
After much thought, prayer and divine intervention Joseph realizes he wants Mary back, but she has received a job offer from another state. Will Mary and Joseph be together or will she leave and start a whole new life for herself and her baby?
Meanwhile, Mary's cousin Elisabeth and her husband Zacharias have been wanting a baby for ten years. Now they have God's promise of a baby, but when Elisabeth's pregnancy test is negative, she doesn't know what to do next. Will she trust God to keep His promise?< Less
A seldom seen view of Arnis/Modern Arnis the Filipino fighting art of Professor Remy Pesas as seen by 1st Generation student / Senior Master Instructor, Grandmaster of Arnis: Bram Frank. Modern Arnis... More > is seen through the perspective of the family art of the Bolo and knife,(edged tools) rather than a stick. The art of the blade as hidden in Modern Arnis based on the family style of Bolo is shown. The Presas family was known for teaching bolo to the brigades during WWII. Bram was named by the last of the Presas family GM Roberto Presas and The Worldwide Family of Modern Arnis and Filipino Martial Arts Council as the Guardian of the Legacy of Presas bolo. Bram's innovations and translations are shown: the same as he teaches at the FMA festivals in the Philippines.Some history of Modern Arnis in the USA is told.< Less
