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Book The Woman of Porto Pim

    Book Details:
  • Author : Antonio Tabucchi
  • Publisher : Archipelago
  • Release : 2013-04-23
  • ISBN : 1935744755
  • Pages : 121 pages

Download or read book The Woman of Porto Pim written by Antonio Tabucchi and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Antonio Tabucchi, one of the most renowned voices in European literature and the foremost Italian writer of his generation, The Woman of Porto Pim is made up of enchanting, hallucinatory fragments that take place on the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal. Told by a visiting Italian writer unearthing legends, relics and histories of the inhabitants, the tales shed light on a local restaurant proprietress's impossible love with an Azorean fisherman during WWII, a dazzling whaling expedition of eras past, shipwrecks both metaphorical and real, and a playful look at humankind from the perspective of a whale.

Book Ecstatic Encounters

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  • Author : Mattijs van de Port
  • Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9089642986
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Ecstatic Encounters written by Mattijs van de Port and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Reality does not comply with our narrations of it. And that is most certainly the case with the narrations produced in academia. An anthropologist in Bahia, Brazil, fears to become possessed by the spirits he had come to study; falls madly in love withan 'informant'; finds himself baffled by the sayings of a clairvoyant; and has to come to grips with the murder of one of his best friends. Unsettling events that do not belong to the orderly world of scientific research, yet leave their imprint on the way the anthropologist comes to understand the world. REflecting on his long research experience with the spirit possession cult Candomblâe, the author shows, in a probing manner, how definitions of reality always require the exclusion of certain perceptions, experiences and insights. And yet, this 'rest-of-what-is' turns out to be an inexhaustible source of amazement, seduction and renewal." --P [4] of cover.

Book Lenormand Thirty Six Cards

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  • Author : Andy Boroveshengra
  • Publisher : CreateSpace
  • Release : 2014-04-04
  • ISBN : 9781514674727
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Lenormand Thirty Six Cards written by Andy Boroveshengra and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 150 years, fortune tellers in Europe and Brazil have cherished the Petit Lenormand method for its ability to answer questions on love, family, wealth, career, health and even pets! In this complete and illustrated guide, written by Andy Boroveshengra, who authored the first English courses on the Petit Lenormand, the whole method is explained in easy to understand English. This new edition has been revised and expanded. Topics include the method of distance and direction. With this text, you can learn two practical versions of the famous Grand Tableau, how to describe people and the real meanings of the suits and how they can be utilised in readings. Others spreads include yes and no, fans of five and nine, the pyramid and the 3 x 3. Nothing is left out. Nothing is half explained.

Book A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire

Download or read book A Guide to the Latin American Art Song Repertoire written by Stela M. Brandão and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference guide to the vast array of art song literature and composers from Latin America, this book introduces the music of Latin America from a singer's perspective and provides a basis for research into the songs of this richly musical area of the world. The book is divided by country into 22 chapters, with each chapter containing an introductory essay on the music of the region, a catalog of art songs for that country, and a list of publishers. Some chapters include information on additional sources. Singers and teachers may use descriptive annotations (language, poet) or pedagogical annotations (range, tessitura) to determine which pieces are appropriate for their voices or programming needs, or those of their students. The guide will be a valuable resource for vocalists and researchers, however familiar they may be with this glorious repertoire.

Book Brass Bands of the World  Militarism  Colonial Legacies  and Local Music Making

Download or read book Brass Bands of the World Militarism Colonial Legacies and Local Music Making written by Suzel Ana Reily and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bands structured around western wind instruments are among the most widespread instrumental ensembles in the world. Although these ensembles draw upon European military traditions that spread globally through colonialism, militarism and missionary work, local musicians have adapted the brass band prototype to their home settings, and today these ensembles are found in religious processions and funerals, military manoeuvres and parades, and popular music genres throughout the world. Based on their expertise in ethnographic and archival research, the contributors to this volume present a series of essays that examine wind band cultures from a range of disciplinary perspectives, allowing for a comparison of band cultures across geographic and historical fields. The themes addressed encompass the military heritage of band cultures; local appropriations of the military prototype; links between bands and their local communities; the spheres of local band activities and the modes of sociability within them; and the role of bands in trajectories toward professional musicianship. This book will appeal to readers with an interest in ethnomusicology, colonial and post-colonial studies, community music practices, as well as anyone who has played with or listened to their local band.

Book Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil

Download or read book Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil written by Sir Richard Francis Burton and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Spirit Song

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  • Author : Marc Gidal
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0199368228
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Spirit Song written by Marc Gidal and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explains how a multi-faith community in Brazil uses music both to combine and segregate three Afro-Brazilian religions: Batuque, Umbanda, and Quimbanda. It is a book-length study in English about music in Afro-Brazilian religions, which have synthesized African religions, folk Catholicism, Amerindian traditions, and in some cases European Spiritism.

Book Novo Dicion  rio Da G  ria Brasileira  Em Anexo  Vocabul  rio Cigano E Vocabul  rio Quimbundo de Autoria Do Prof  Jo  o Dornas Filho

Download or read book Novo Dicion rio Da G ria Brasileira Em Anexo Vocabul rio Cigano E Vocabul rio Quimbundo de Autoria Do Prof Jo o Dornas Filho written by Manuel Viotti and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A New Pocket Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages

Download or read book A New Pocket Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages written by Antonio Vieyra and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Buenadicha  Comedia drama em dous actos  um prologo e um epylogo  in prose

Download or read book A Buenadicha Comedia drama em dous actos um prologo e um epylogo in prose written by Francisco Gaudencio SABBAS DA COSTA and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Narrative Analysis

Download or read book Handbook of Narrative Analysis written by Luc Herman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories are everywhere, from fiction across media to politics and personal identity. Handbook of Narrative Analysis sorts out both traditional and recent narrative theories, providing the necessary skills to interpret any story. In addition to discussing classical theorists, such as Gérard Genette, Mieke Bal, and Seymour Chatman, Handbook of Narrative Analysis presents precursors (such as E. M. Forster), related theorists (Franz Stanzel, Dorrit Cohn), and a large variety of postclassical critics. Among the latter particular attention is paid to rhetorical, cognitive, and cultural approaches; intermediality; storyworlds; gender theory; and natural and unnatural narratology. Not content to consider theory as an end in itself, Luc Herman and Bart Vervaeck use two short stories and a graphic narrative by contemporary authors as touchstones to illustrate each approach to narrative. In doing so they illuminate the practical implications of theoretical preferences and the ideological leanings underlying them. Marginal glosses guide the reader through discussions of theoretical issues, and an extensive bibliography points readers to the most current publications in the field. Written in an accessible style, this handbook combines a comprehensive treatment of its subject with a user-friendly format appropriate for specialists and nonspecialists alike. Handbook of Narrative Analysis is the go-to book for understanding and interpreting narrative. This new edition revises and extends the first edition to describe and apply the last fifteen years of cutting-edge scholarship in the field of narrative theory.

Book English   Portuguese

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  • Author : Antonio Vieyra
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1813
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 728 pages

Download or read book English Portuguese written by Antonio Vieyra and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalog of Copyright Entries  Third Series

Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Museums and Social Change

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adele Chynoweth
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2020-07-09
  • ISBN : 1000057844
  • Pages : 333 pages

Download or read book Museums and Social Change written by Adele Chynoweth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums and Social Change explores the ways museums can work in collaboration with marginalised groups to work for social change and, in so doing, rethink the museum. Drawing on the first-hand experiences of museum practitioners and their partners around the world, the volume demonstrates the impact of a shared commitment to collaborative, reflective practice. Including analytical discussion from practitioners in their collegial work with women, the homeless, survivors of institutionalised child abuse and people with disabilities, the book draws attention to the significant contributions of small, specialist museums in bringing about social change. It is here, the book argues, that the new museum emerges: when museum practitioners see themselves as partners, working with others to lead social change, this is where museums can play a distinct and important role. Emerging in response to ongoing calls for museums to be more inclusive and participate in meaningful engagement, Museums and Social Change will be essential reading for academics and students working in museum and gallery studies, librarianship, archives, heritage studies and arts management. It will also be of great interest to those working in history and cultural studies, as well as museum practitioners and social activists around the world.

Book Cemetery Girl  Book One

Download or read book Cemetery Girl Book One written by Charlaine Harris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CEMETERY GIRL: THE PRETENDERS Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and the Harper Connelly Mysteries, and New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden present an original graphic novel illustrated by acclaimed comic book artist Don Kramer—first in a brand-new trilogy. She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead. She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can’t hide from the dead—and because she can see spirits, they can’t hide from her. Then one night, Calexa spies a group of teenagers vandalizing a grave—and watches in horror as they commit murder. As the victim’s spirit rises from her body, it flows into Calexa, overwhelming her mind with visions and memories not her own. Now Calexa must make a decision: continue to hide to protect herself—or come forward to bring justice to the sad spirit who has reached out to her for help...

Book Indian Nocturne

    Book Details:
  • Author : Antonio Tabucchi
  • Publisher : New Directions Publishing
  • Release : 1989-03-17
  • ISBN : 081122144X
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Indian Nocturne written by Antonio Tabucchi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1989-03-17 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An enjoyable, well-crafted little book."—The Complete Review Translated from the Italian, this winner of the Prix Medicis Etranger for 1987 is an enigmatic novel set in modern India. Roux, the narrator, is in pursuit of a mysterious friend named Xavier. His search, which develops into a quest, takes him from town to town across the subcontinent.

Book The Best of News Design 36th Edition

Download or read book The Best of News Design 36th Edition written by Society for News Design and published by Quarry Books Editions. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best of News Design 36th Edition presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design's 2015 competition. Insightful commentary on what made each piece a standout is included.