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	Joseph Conrad - MSN Encarta
		Conrad is noted not only for his stories of life at sea, his insights into human psychology, and his literary style, but also for his depictions of imperialism and racial issues.
		Conrad’s experiences, especially in the Malay Archipelago and on the Congo River in 1890, are reflected in his writing.
		Conrad’s life at sea and in ports abroad furnished the background for much of his writing, giving rise to the impression that he was primarily committed to foreign concerns.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761555126/Joseph_Conrad.html (1629 words)

	Joseph Conrad
		Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his novels drew the material, events, and personalities from his own experiences in different parts of the world.
		Conrad was born in Berdichev, in the Ukraine, in a region that had once been a part of Poland but was then under Russian rule.
		Conrad died on August 3, 1924, of a heart attack and was buried in Canterbury.
	www.classicreader.com /author.php/aut.16 (961 words)

	Joseph Conrad - Books and Biography
		Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in Berdichev, in the Ukraine, in a region that had once been a part of Poland but was then under Russian rule.
		By 1869 Conrad's both parents had died of tuberculosis, and he was sent to Switzerland to his maternal uncle Tadeusz Bobrowski, who was to be a continuing influence on his life.
		Witnessing the forces of the sea, Conrad developed a deterministic view of the world, which he expressed in a letter in 1897: "What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.
	www.readprint.com /author-23/Joseph-Conrad (603 words)

	Joseph Conrad's biography
		Conrad's paternal grandfather, Teodor Korzeniowski, captain of the Polish army during the 1830 Insurrection against the Russian rule, lost his estate in the political turbulences of his partitioned country.
		Conrad greeted the reconstruction of independent Poland (after 123 years of partitioning) in 1918 with joy, relief, and embarrassment caused by his own lack of faith.
		Conrad, and particularly the Conrad of Lord Jim, became then one of the chief moral authorities for the young members of the Polish underground army and civil resistance.
	conrad-centre.w.interia.pl /pages/conrad_life_en.htm (2248 words)

	Timothy Abbott Conrad
		Conrad, T.A. Observations of the geology of a part of East Florida, with a catalogue of recent shells of the coast.
		Conrad, T.A. A synopsis of the family of Naïades of North America, with notes, and a table of some of the genera and sub-genera of the family, according to their geographical distribution, and descriptions of genera and sub-genera.
		Conrad, T.A. Remarks on the genera Monocondylaea, d'Orb., and Pseudodon, Gould, with a synopsis of the latter.
	www.inhs.uiuc.edu /~ksc/Malacologists/ConradT.A.html (1041 words)

	Conrad
		Conrad had said, "The LM is too sporty when in a light weight configuration." Minimum impulse was expected to produce about 0.3 degree per second rate, which was estimated to be about four times too fast.
		Conrad, shorter than Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon, July 20), had a little difficulty negotiating the last step from the LM ladder to the lunar surface.
		During the second EVA, Conrad and Bean retrieved the lunar module TV camera for return to earth for a failure analysis, obtained photographic panoramas, core and trench samples, a lunar environment sample, and assorted rock, dirt, bedrock, and molten samples.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/conrad.htm (4880 words)

	Radio Hall of Fame - William Conrad, Adventure / Drama
		One of radio’s consummate actors, William Conrad was born in September of 1920 in Louisville, Kentucky.
		Conrad estimated that he appeared in over 7,500 roles on radio.
		Conrad’s longest-running role was that of U.S. marshal Matt Dillon on the groundbreaking radio western Gunsmoke, which aired on CBS radio from 1952 to 1961.
	www.radiohof.org /adventuredrama/williamconrad.html (214 words)

	Letendre, Conrad
		With the help of an MACQ bursary, and part of the time at his own expense, Letendre conducted research in musical science for many years, continuing to teach organ during that period.
		A Conrad Letendre scholarship was awarded first in 1979 to the young Brantford, Ont, organist John Vandertuin and subsequently to Rachel Laurin.
		A Conrad Letendre Festival was held annually in St-Hyacinthe from 1979 to 1983.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0002049 (427 words)

	Conrad, Joseph - Biography and Online Books
		Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his novels drew the material, events, and personalities from his own experiences in different parts of the world.
		Conrad gave Marlow his boyhood dream about penetrating into the heart of the continent, but he also was knew about Henry Morton Stanley's journey up the Congo river in the mid-1870s.
		Conrad died of a heart attack on August 3, 1924 and was buried in Canterbury.
	www.literaturepost.com /authors/Conrad.html (2472 words)

	Joseph Conrad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conrad's narrativistic style and existential, anti-heroic characters have influenced many writers, including Ernest Hemingway, DH Lawrence, Joseph Heller and Jerzy Kosiński, as well as films such as Apocalypse Now (which was based on Conrad's Heart of Darkness).
		Conrad's father, a writer best known for patriotic tragedies, and a translator from French and English, was arrested by the Russian authorities in Warsaw for his activities in support of the January 1863 Uprising against Tsarist Russia and was exiled to Siberia.
		Joseph Conrad died 3 August 1924, of a heart attack, and was interred at Canterbury Cemetery, Canterbury, England, under the name of Korzeniowski.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Conrad (1408 words)

	Amazon.com: The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Oxford World's Classics): Books: Joseph Conrad,Roger Tennant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Conrad's novel is built around the known facts of that case and concerns an agent who works for the Russian embassy.
		Conrad considers the fate of humankind by setting a human tragedy in the heart of a political ideal, and he suggests that "the sound of exploding bombs" becomes lost next to a tragedy involving a handful of insignificant people.
		Conrad's portrayal of this cabal is wholly ludicrous - a band of anarchists that are better at talking than doing anything to achieve their undeveloped goals.
	www.amazon.com /Secret-Agent-Simple-Oxford-Classics/dp/0192834770 (2690 words)

	Powell's Books - Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
		Conrad was born on 12/3/1857, in a part of Russia that had once belonged to Poland.
		Orphaned at 11, Conrad attended school in Cracow but concluded that there was no future for him in occupied Poland, and at 16 he left forever.
		The sea was Conrad's love and career for the next 20 years; in the British merchant navy, he rose finally to captain, sailing to Australia and Borneo and surviving at least one shipwreck.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=93-9780553898545-0 (380 words)

	Conrad promotes poetry, museum, Pittsburgh
		Conrad, aware that Shields studied French literature at Princeton University, invited her to participate.
		Conrad will read four works, including a Nicholas Beil poem titled "Adam" that's actually closer to a monologue, some light verse by Ogden Nash and probably something by the late Spanish poet Gabriel Celaya, known for his social protest.
		Conrad planned to meet with the director of a Sandra Bullock film, but "that's still in the early stages." He also is likely to join Kathryn Spitz and Doug Mertz in the Pittsburgh premiere of "Three Days of Rain" May 10-27 at the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill.
	www.post-gazette.com /magazine/20000319Conrad6.asp (1359 words)

	Joseph Conrad at LiteratureClassics.com -- essays, resources
		Conrad was cared for by his uncle; but ye longed to go to sea.
		Conrad was one of the leading Modernists; his texts, particularly one of his most famous short novels, Heart of Darkness, show an occupation with psychology and the unconscious mind.
		Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his novels drew the material, events, and personalities...
	www.literatureclassics.com /authors/Conrad (1067 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Tony Conrad tickets, concerts and tour dates
		Born in Baltimore in 1940, Conrad studied music at Harvard, where he was first exposed to the work of John Cage and David Tudor; among his fellow students were David Behrman, Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski, all of whom later pursued careers in experimental music as well.
		Conrad approached Young about performing with the group, and by 1963 a new line-up also consisting of Zazeela and the young Welsh musician John Cale began playing about town in an ensemble variously dubbed the Dream Syndicate and the Theater of Eternal Music.
		It was through a German filmmaker travelling in New York City that Conrad first learned of the nascent Kraut-rock scene of the early '70s, and he soon began communicating with the members of Faust.
	www.ticketmaster.ca /artist/744106?brand=none (658 words)

	Powell's Books - Heart of Darkness & Selections from the Congo Diary by Joseph Conrad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Joseph Conrad was born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Russian-occupied Poland on December 3, 1857.
		Conrad began writing in English, which became his language of choice after his native Polish and French, although he complained of difficulties with English grammar and syntax.
		Conrad was encouraged to continue to write by Unwin's reader Edward Garnett, although he went on applying for posts as a ship's captain.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=93-9780679641247-0 (894 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Joseph Conrad - Books: Meet the Writers
		Conrad was adept at capturing the physical and cultural experiences he gleaned from 15 years at sea, but he also wrote political thrillers, essays, and plays based on his own short stories.
		The portrayal of men and women placed under intense social and political demands is a somber depiction of the modern age.
		This study of Joseph Conrad covers not only his troubled childhood, his years at sea, marriage to an Englishwoman and affair with an American journalist, but also little-known and unpublished material.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?cid=968046 (253 words)

	Ordinary People (1980) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Conrad is given the name of Dr. Tyrone Berger, a psychiatrist (marvelously played by Judd Hirsch) who is unconventional to say the least.
		At first, Conrad tells Dr. Berger he wants to gain control but what he really wants is to not feel - not feel the pain of his brother's death and what he believes is his part in it.
		He loves Conrad and also recognizes his pain and his alienation fom his mother though he realizes he can't "fix it." But it's Mary Tyler Moore's performance as Beth that is so amazing.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0081283 (801 words)

	Tony Conrad: Joan of Arc: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Conrad recorded the piece in 1968 at the home of John Vaccaro, director of New York's notorious Playhouse of the Ridiculous.
		Conrad's mic registers his foot tapping on pedals and his fingers clicking keys, creating rhythmic sparks and ripples beneath his cycling drone.
		Conrad's long chords may blow your mind, but his tangible effort makes Joan of Arc a dream come to life.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/39266/Tony_Conrad_Joan_of_Arc (593 words)

	The NarcoSphere \|\| Hispanic federal agents back Conrad for Commish
		Conrad now works as an assistant professor of criminal justice at Troy University in Alabama and as a legal advocate for federal law-enforcement employees who have discrimination and whistleblower claims against the government.
		Conrad says he would address the problems in the agency systematically, by identifying the bad supervisors and changing the guard.
		Conrad has earned a reputation for calling things as he sees them, even when it means putting his career at risk.
	narcosphere.narconews.com /story/2005/3/2/203235/0623 (1389 words)

	Interview with Tony Conrad
		Tony Conrad, best known for playing violin with the Theatre of Eternal Music in the early sixties, and for his more recent violin-centred compositions, admits that his introduction to his instrument was mostly negative.
		When Conrad left music school at the beginning of the sixties and moved to New York, he soon encountered La Monte Young's then group (featuring Billy Name, Marian Zazeela and Angus Maclise), playing a proto-minimalist jazz mutation.
		According to Conrad: "This was a total displacement of the composer's role, from progenitor of the sound to groundskeeper at its gravesite".
	media.hyperreal.org /zines/est/intervs/conrad.html (6371 words)

	Joseph Conrad
		Conrad discouraged interpretation of his sea novels through evidence from his life, but several of his stories drew the material, events, and personalities from his own experiences in different parts of the world.
		Although Conrad is mostly known as a novelist, he tried his hand also as a playwright.
		Conrad married in 1896 Jessie George, an Englishwoman, by whom he had two sons.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /jconrad.htm (2551 words)

	CONRAD Shades - Conrad Handwoven Window Coverings
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		CONRAD Drapery of natural fibers is available in an array of textures, hues, and classic pleat styles.
		Handwoven of CONRAD textiles, they are custom-fabricated and may be ordered alone or with CONRAD roman fold shades, drapery, or Sliding Panel Shade System.
	www.conradshades.com /product/index.html (243 words)

	CONRAD HERWIG, TROMBONIST, COMPOSER, CLINICIAN
		Conrad also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri's "La Perfecta II" and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet, Paquito D'Rivera's Havana-New York Connection, the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director, and arranger on the new 2007 Grammy nominated-"Live at the Tokyo Blue Note"), and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (Jon Faddis, musical director) among many others.
		Conrad has conducted masterclasses, seminars, and workshops at major universities and conservatories around the world including the Sibelius Academy, Finland; the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; the University of Koln, Germany; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY; the University of Southern California and literally hundreds of others.
		Conrad was elected to the Board of Advisors of the International Trombone Association for a second time in 2006.
	www.conradherwig.com (660 words)

	Bali Hotels; Conrad Bali Resort and Spa
		The luxury Conrad Bali Resort and Spa is set within 6.8 hectares of manicured, tropical gardens and lagoons complete with cascading waterfalls and pools that gracefully descend onto the hotel's wide expanse of beach and protected bay.
		The Conrad Bali Resort and Spa is the perfect Bali venue for events and meetings of all kinds, from international conferences, business meetings and incentive group gatherings to intimate parties.
		The Conrad Bali Resort and Spa's range of recreation facilities includes a 33-metre swimming pool, jogging track with landscaped gardens, a wide range of water sports, floodlit tennis courts, a modern Fitness Centre and the luxury Jiwa Spa.
	bali.conradmeetings.com (359 words)

	Joseph Conrad - Biography and Works
		As a young man Conrad, becoming disillusioned and having abandoned his native Poland after his parents sacrificed their lives in the fight for their country’s freedom, became a world traveller on the high seas.
		Józef Teodor Conrad Korzeniowski was born on 3 December 1857 in the Russian occupied city of Berdyczów, Ukraine.
		Little did Conrad know he was on his way to becoming one of the greatest 20th Century novelists, known for his mastery of atmosphere and dramatic realism, at times compared to Rudyard Kipling.
	www.online-literature.com /conrad (1844 words)

	Conrad Mansion Museum
		The Conrad Mansion in Kalispell, Montana sits proudly today on the edge of the original townsite, atop a bluff overlooking the valley and the Swan mountain range.
		When Charles E. Conrad, a founder of Kalispell, arrived in the Flathead Valley in 1891, this lovely town with its tree-lined streets was still but a dream.
		But Conrad had vision, and he felt that not only had he found a good investment opportunity, but also a permanent home for his descendants.
	www.conradmansion.com (158 words)

	Conrad
		Conrad Riehle was a farmer, grew wheat, oats and corn.
		Conrad Riehle and Anna Jarosh's marriage is listed in a pioneer roster of the Catholic clergy before a resident pastor was assigned to Spillville.
		Conrad’s portrait hangs in the Bily Brothers’ Museum in Spillville, Iowa, and the caption reads, "Conrad Riehle--the fifth settler of Spillville and the first to come with a team of horses and a wagon".
	riehle.net /dFR/Conrad.htm (2103 words)

	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Search, Read, Study, Discuss.
		Conrad's crowning achievement recounts Marlow's physical and psychological journey deep into the heart of the Belgian Congo in search of the mysterious trader Kurtz.
		Is it Heart of Darkenss by Joseph Conrad
		To a large extent, the tempers and concerns of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness reflects the changing attitude of the English writers toward Afica in the modernist period
	www.online-literature.com /conrad/heart_of_darkness (770 words)

	Jimmy Conrad \| The Huffington Post
		Jimmy Conrad (born 12 February 1977 in Arcadia, California) is an American soccer defender, who currently plays for the Kansas City Wizards of Major League Soccer and the United States national team.
		Carlos Bocanegra, Steve Cherundolo and Jimmy Conrad also were selected by interim coach Bob Bradley for his 24-man roster along with midfielder Clint Dempsey, forwards Landon Donovan, Brian Ching and Eddie Johnson, and goalkeeper Tim Howard.
		United States defender Jimmy Conrad (12) tries to keep the ball away from Guatemala forward Carlos Ruiz (20) in the first half of an international friendly soccer match, Wednesday, March 28, 2007, in Frisco, Texas.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /topics/Jimmy+Conrad (852 words)

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