[bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's teaching
- From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:04 -0800
I also have two masters, one in poli sci, and one in social studies
education, and I think you are smart to beg off after that -- I wasn't so
smart.
Brian M
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> Very impressive. I find anyone willing to slough through the academa
hoops
> through a disertation (did I spell that right, smile) admireable. I have
my
> two masters and I'm calling it quits.
>
> Debra
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> From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:49 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's teaching
>
>
> > Social movements in 20th century United States, specifically, disability
> > rights movements, and even more specifically, the blind civil rights
> > movement of the 50s and 60s.
> >
> > Brian M
> >
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> > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 8:06 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Brian's teaching
> >
> >
> >> Interesting. What us your dissertation on.
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >>
> >> --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Actually, I m not with the University of Iowa
> >> > anymore -- that is, I am not
> >> > teaching there right now. I currently work for the
> >> > U. S. Department of
> >> > Education. I am a U-Iowa alum, however, and I
> >> > taught both Spanish and
> >> > History there, as well as completing my master's in
> >> > education, a teaching
> >> > credential, and most of my doctorate (which I am
> >> > still working on, which is
> >> > why I still have the U-Iowa address).
> >> >
> >> > Brian
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 5:22 PM
> >> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Brian's teaching
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > > I see you're at the U of Iowa. What do you teach?
> >> > >
> >> > > Recently there was a program on either the History
> >> > or
> >> > > the Discovery Channel about a group of late 19th
> >> > or
> >> > > early 20th-century explorers who were trying to
> >> > find a
> >> > > passage through the Arctic from the Atlantic to
> >> > the
> >> > > Pacific and got stuck. It sounds somewhat
> >> > > similar--maybe that's where the novelist got his
> >> > idea.
> >> > > Unfortunately, there were no survivors from that
> >> > > expedition.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cindy
> >> > >
> >> > > --- Brian Miller <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Thanks Shellie, this one is especially terrific
> >> > -- I
> >> > > > used to teach a course
> >> > > > on arctic exploration, and I wish I had this
> >> > novel
> >> > > > when I taught as I would
> >> > > > have added it to my reading list.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Brian Miller
> >> > > >
> >> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > From: "Shelley L. Rhodes"
> >> > <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 2:00 PM
> >> > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted:
> >> > > > Afterlands
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > That one sounds really good.
> >> > > > > You always pick some great stuff.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> >> > > > > and Judson, guiding golden
> >> > > > > juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > > > > Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
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> >> > > > > www.guidedogs.com
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> >> > > > > Puppies are the joy at one end.
> >> > > > > Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> >> > > > > Carolyn Alexander
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > > > From: "Brian Miller"
> >> > <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 12:33 PM
> >> > > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just Submitted:
> >> > > > Afterlands
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > All,
> >> > > > > I have just submitted for validation the
> >> > > > following:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Afterlands, a novel, by Steve Heighton,
> >> > Haughton
> >> > > > Mifflin, 2005, pp 400.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > >From the book jacket:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > THIS GRIPPING NOVEL OF ARCTIC survival, is
> >> > based
> >> > > > on one of the most
> >> > > > > remarkable events in polar exploration. In
> >> > 1871,
> >> > > > off the coast of
> >> > > > Greenland,
> >> > > > > nineteen men, women, and children, voyaging on
> >> > the
> >> > > > Arctic explorer USS
> >> > > > > Polaris, were cast adrift on a large ice floe
> >> > as
> >> > > > their ship began to
> >> > > > > founder. Afterlands is the story of this small
> >> > > > society of castaways a
> >> > > > white
> >> > > > > and a black American, five Germans, a Dane, a
> >> > > > Swede, an Englishman, and
> >> > > > two
> >> > > > > Inuit families as they try to survive a
> >> > six-month
> >> > > > winter ordeal,
> >> > > > struggling
> >> > > > > with the harsh elements and with one another,
> >> > the
> >> > > > group splintering into
> >> > > > > factions along ethnic and national lines.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Steven Heighten provocatively fills in the
> >> > blanks
> >> > > > of the documented
> >> > > > history
> >> > > > > of this event by focusing on the suspicions,
> >> > the
> >> > > > hunger-induced delusions,
> >> > > > > and the unrequited longings among three
> >> > members of
> >> > > > the group: Roland
> >> > > > Kruger,
> >> > > > > an educated, witty, rebellious German seaman;
> >> > > > Tukulito, or "Hannah," the
> >> > > > > party's Inuit interpreter; and George Tyson,
> >> > the
> >> > > > American ranking officer,
> >> > > > > who later wrote an account of the experience
> >> > that
> >> > > > solidified his
> >> > > > reputation
> >> > > > > as a hero while casting Kruger as the villain.
> >> > > > Throughout the novel,
> >> > > > > Heighten incorporates passages from Tyson's
> >> > > > contentious account, then
> >> > > > > daringly imagines the aftermath of the ordeal,
> >> > > > following Kruger, Tukulito,
> >> > > > > and Tyson as they attempt to move beyond their
> >> > > > searing memories and resume
> >> > > > > their lives in the larger world.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Combining the high drama of Arctic survival
> >> > and
> >> > > > the psychological
> >> > > > intensity
> >> > > > > of modern theater, this beautifully written
> >> > novel
> >> > > > powerfully addresses
> >> > > > > themes of belonging, nationalism, and love in
> >> > > > times of crisis.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > ***
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > This is an awesome book, and I hope someone
> >> > picks
> >> > > > it up soon.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Brian Miller
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> >
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