Download or read book Dancing with the Devil in the City of God written by Juliana Barbassa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa comes a deeply reported and beautifully written account of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro as it struggles with poverty and corruption on the brink of the 2016 Olympic Games. Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her native city—once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods—undergoing a major change. Rio has always aspired to the pantheon of global capitals, and under the spotlight of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games it seems that its moment has come. But in order to prepare itself for the world stage, Rio must vanquish the entrenched problems that Barbassa recalls from her childhood. Turning this beautiful but deeply flawed place into a pristine showcase of the best that Brazil has to offer in just a few years is a tall order—and with the whole world watching, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Library Journal called Dancing with the Devil in the City of God “akin to Charlie LeDuff’s Detroit”—a book that “combines history and personal interviews in an informative and engaging work.” This kaleidoscopic portrait of Rio introduces the reader to the people who make up this city of extremes, revealing their aspirations and their grit, their violence, their hungers, and their splendor, and shedding light on the future of this city they are building together. Dancing with the Devil in the City of God is an insider perspective from a native daughter and “a fascinating look at the people who live in and aspire to change one of the world’s most impressive cities” (Booklist, starred review).

Download or read book Soundscapes from the Americas written by Donna A. Buchanan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated to the late Gerard Béhague (1937-2005), whose pioneering work in Latin American music, popular culture, and performance studies contributed extensively to ethnomusicological discourse in the 1970s-1990s, this anthology offers comparative perspectives on the evolving legacy of performance ethnography in socio-musical analysis. President of the Society for Ethnomusicology from 1979-81, editor of its journal, Ethnomusicology, from 1974-78, and founder and editor of the trilingual Latin American Music Review from 1980 until his death, Béhague also established the ethnomusicology graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1974, thereby influencing the training and thinking of dozens of the field’s practitioners. Among these are the volume’s eight authors, whose contributions reflect the heritage but also contemporary trajectories of Béhague’s scholarly concerns. Prefaced by an essay outlining key developments in the ethnography of performance paradigm, the volume’s seven case studies portray snapshots of musical life in representative communities of the Americas, including the southwestern and Pacific United States, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, and Ecuador. Situated in milieus ranging from the indigenous festivals of the Andean highlands, to the competitive public gatherings of poet-singers in post-Pinochet Chile, to the Puerto Rican dance halls of the Hawaiian islands, these studies pose anthropological inquiries into the ontology of performance practice, the social power of poetic performativity, and the experience and embodiment of sound in place.

Download or read book Cut and Run written by Carla Neggers and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-10-16 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inheriting a priceless diamond leaves a young woman at the center of a secret war reaching back to WWII in this international suspense novel. The largest uncut diamond in the world, the Minstrel’s Rough is little more than legend. Since 1548, it has been in the Pepperkamp family, handed down from one keeper to another. Now concert pianist Juliana Fall has inherited its splendor—and, unwittingly, its legacy of danger. Juliana’s mother wishes she could bury her memories of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. But Juliana’s safety is now entangled in the secrets of the past. For there are others who seek the Minstrel’s Rough. A U.S. senator will risk his career to claim its value. A former Nazi collaborator insists it is his destiny to possess it. And a Vietnam war hero turned journalist is chasing the story of the century. Now Juliana has only two choices: uncover the past before they do—or cut and run.

Download or read book To Know Her written by Mary Ann Noe and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Juliana... truly? While their teenage daughter, Juliana, lies in a coma because of a car accident, Will and Susan Talbot are given her belongings. From that, they discover a daughter different from the one they thought they knew. They are in deep conflict over whether to withdraw life support. The stories behind each item found by her parents, and the people connected to them, are revealed in flashbacks from Juliana's point of view, stories of tough teenage choices, love relationships, and crucial friendships.

Download or read book Crave the Darkness written by Amanda Bonilla and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing comes easy for Darian. Her heightened powers make her indispensable to the Shaede Nation, but dangerous missions have driven her lover, Tyler, to his breaking point. Darian must salvage their bond, but a new assignment to protect Anya—a fellow Shaede and the first of their kind to become pregnant in centuries—stands in the way. It doesn’t help that the two Shaedes are longtime rivals and share nothing besides mutual hatred. But when it becomes clear that someone—or something—is bent on destroying the expectant mother and her unborn child, Darian must put her feelings aside and track down Anya’s would-be assassin. As she probes into Anya’s past, Darian digs up long-buried secrets—and a startling connection between Tyler and the mission that could destroy everything between them.…

Download or read book Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations Eighty third Congress first session 1953 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Delineator written by R. S. O'Loughlin and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Chase written by Sara Portman and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling romance from award-winning author Sara Portman, the illegitimate son of a nobleman and a woman on the run chase their fate on the London Road . . . According to his father’s terms, Michael Roseyear’s duty is to be ignored—until such time as he is useful. Now that the earldom is in need of funds, Michael is to be sold off in marriage to the daughter of a crass but wealthy merchant willing to pay for any connection to nobility—even one from the wrong side of the blanket . . . En route to his fate in London, Michael does not plan to board an extra passenger. Yet there is something in the young miss’s desperate plea that tugs at his conscience—though he is certain her story is a fabrication . . . Juliana Crawford has fled her father’s cruel home. Using a false name to evade pursuit, she must find a private traveler with whom to complete her escape. Chance matches her with a dark and wounded young lord who guards his own secrets just as carefully. The unlikely pair embark on a journey filled with revelations and unexpected adventure—one that may lead them to question whether to part at their destination—or change course entirely. . .

Download or read book How to Master Your Marquis written by Juliana Gray and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three intrepid princesses find themselves targets in a deadly plot against the crown—until their uncle devises a brilliant plan to keep them safe... Of all her sisters, Princess Stefanie is by far the least amenable to law and order, which is why she’s appalled to find herself masquerading as an unbearably drab clerk for the most honorable barrister in England. But her dull disguise turns out to have its privileges: namely, the opportunity to consort unchaperoned with her employer’s exceedingly handsome nephew, James Lambert, the Marquess of Hatherfield. Hatherfield quickly realizes that his uncle’s spirited new clerk is, in fact, a lovely young woman of daring habits. The outwardly impeccable marquis isn’t about to reveal her deception. After all, he’s hiding a dangerous secret of his own. But when one too many escapades with the madcap princess bring Hatherfield’s troubled past to light, it is only Stefanie’s sharp wits that stand between the marquis and utter disaster, and only Hatherfield’s daring that can save the princess from the shadowy agents bent on finding her.

Download or read book Rescued by the Billionaire CEO written by Amelia Autin and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A billionaire waging a secret war on crime meets his match when he rescues a beautiful and courageous captive in this sexy romantic thriller. When she’s bound, gagged and kidnapped, Alana Richardson is terrified . . . until a masked avenging angel saves her. There’s something unforgettable about the mysterious man. But when she uncovers her hero’s identity—drop-dead-gorgeous alpha male Jason Moore—Alana is irresistibly drawn into his dangerous world . . . A CEO by day and a vigilante by night, Jason lives and breathes danger. Yet, for the first time, he may have found a woman who understands his commitment to justice at all costs. His hunger to see right prevail could put Alana in harm’s way—but one night and one secret will change everything.

Download or read book Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Great Reckonings in Little Rooms written by Bert O. States and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the theater phenomenon. It is an extension of notes on the theater and theatergoing that have been accumulating for some time. It does not have an argument, or set out to prove a thesis, and it will not be one of those useful books one reads for the fruits of its research. Rather, it is a form of critical description that is phenomenological in the sense that it focuses on the activity of theater making itself out of its essential materials: speech, sound, movement, scenery, text, etc. Like most phenomenological description, it will succeed to the extent that it awakens the reader's memory of his own perceptual encounters with theater. If the book fails in this it will be about as interesting to read as an anthology of someone else's dreams. In any case, this book is less concerned with the scientific purity of my perspective and method than with retrieving something from the theater experience that seems to me worthy of our critical admiration.

Download or read book EBOOK Operations Management written by Steve Paton and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2011-01-16 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operations Management is all around us and is integral to every industry. Using contemporary and engaging examples this brand new text book brings to life fundamental Operations Management principles and theories that are applicable to both manufacturing and service situations, reflecting the very latest developments in this dynamic field.

Download or read book Taking Out The Mother Of the Bride and Other Christmas Wishes written by Avery Gale and published by Avery Gale. This book was released on 2014-11-17 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite Mikel Kedrov’s heritage and position as heir apparent to one of Russia’s largest crime families, he prefers nonviolence in dealing with problems. His men, not so much when they have endured Mikel's current nemesis for as long as their boss has. Mikel’s found a woman who is “almost” perfect, Juliana’s one flaw? Her mother. A woman who brings new meaning to the words mother-of-the-bride. Enjoy a humorous look at two age-old problems: weddings and in-laws.

Download or read book Minstrel s Fire written by Anne Harrell and published by Berkley. This book was released on 1989 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Royal and The Rebel written by J. Santiago and published by Angela St. James, LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She owes him. From the moment Princess Juliana Altamirano stole a kiss, Rowan Beckwith’s life went off the rails. The media storm, the destruction of his relationship, the demise of his career—he can trace it all back to that ill-fated press conference. All the apologies in the world can’t fix what happened. Now, sidelined by a horrific injury, Rowan finds himself at the mercy of his scheming parents, who are hell-bent on making him into the proper royal duke – a position he’s fought against his whole life. In his last-ditch effort to thwart his father, Rowan invents a wild hoax. This time, he can’t save himself, but he happens to know a princess who owes him a favor. He needs her. Princess Juliana has spent her life inventing diversions to pull attention away from her sister. Most of her stunts are harmless. But with one stolen kiss, she managed to upend Rowan Beckwith’s life. He might be football’s favorite skipper, but he’s also its biggest grouch. Still, Juliana would do almost anything to make up for her impetuous actions, even agree to his outrageous plan. She does owe him. But while she’s paying her debt, can she protect her heart?

Download or read book The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever written by Julia Quinn and published by Avon. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 March 1810 . . . Today, I fell in love. At the age of ten, Miranda Cheever showed no signs of Great Beauty. And even at ten, Miranda learned to accept the expectations society held for her—until the afternoon when Nigel Bevelstoke, the handsome and dashing Viscount Turner, solemnly kissed her hand and promised her that one day she would grow into herself, that one day she would be as beautiful as she already was smart. And even at ten, Miranda knew she would love him forever. But the years that followed were as cruel to Turner as they were kind to Miranda. She is as intriguing as the viscount boldly predicted on that memorable day—while he is a lonely, bitter man, crushed by a devastating loss. But Miranda has never forgotten the truth she set down on paper all those years earlier—and she will not allow the love that is her destiny to slip lightly through her fingers . . .