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Book Voices of the Puppet Masters

Download or read book Voices of the Puppet Masters written by Mimi Herbert and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Voices of the Puppet Masters

Download or read book Voices of the Puppet Masters written by Mimi Herbert and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Indonesia's wayang golek puppet theater is among the world's oldest and richest puppetry traditions, contemporary with Japanese Noh drama and the mystery plays of Europe. The puppet masters, many of whom trace their skills back through seven or eight generations, are extraordinary artists. Some are shamans, and many are charismatic performers. The master carvers who create these three-dimensional wooden puppets boast similarly impressive genealogies, and their work draws equally on ancient mystical practices. As the puppet master Tizar Purbaya once explained, "The wayang puppet is not a doll. It follows the dalang [puppet master], but the dalang must also follow it. He gives it soul and it, in return, gives life to him."" "Voices of the Puppet Masters is based on five years of intensive research in Indonesia, including hundreds of hours of discussions and interviews with puppet masters and craftsmen. The author and her Indonesian collaborator visited the artists in their homes, in villages scattered across the length and breadth of Java, attending performances, and even participating in an exorcism ceremony. These performances typically last for many hours, sometimes through the night - theatrical extravaganzas blending religious mysticism with all of the frailties and strengths of the human condition, accompanied by song and a gamelan orchestra"--Publisher's description.

Book The Puppet Masters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emile van der Does de Willebois
  • Publisher : World Bank Publications
  • Release : 2011-11-01
  • ISBN : 0821388967
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book The Puppet Masters written by Emile van der Does de Willebois and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the use of these entities in nearly all cases of corruption. It builds upon case law, interviews with investigators, corporate registries and financial institutions and a 'mystery shopping' exercise to provide evidence of this criminal practice.

Book Indian Puppets

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sampa Ghosh
  • Publisher : Abhinav Publications
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 817017435X
  • Pages : 729 pages

Download or read book Indian Puppets written by Sampa Ghosh and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puppetry Originated In India And Travelled Across The Seven Seas To The Eastern And Western World As Vouched By Many Scholars. Puppets Dated Back To A Period Well Before Bharata S Natya Shastra And Have Continued Unabated Throughout The Centuries In Almost All Indian States. Puppetry Is One Enduring Form, Which Has Entertained Masses And Educated People. The Famous Puppeteers Of Rajasthan Are Really Acrobats, Who Only Put On Puppet Shows When They Move Out Of Villages. These And A Thousand Other Scintillating Facts Come Out Of This Exciting Book For The Reader S Entertainment And Elucidation. Puppets Are By No Means For Only Children, -- As The Puppeteers Of Orissa Sing And Dance About The Romantic Love Of Radha And Krishna, And Keralan Puppets Narrate Kathakali Stories In The Same Make-Up And Costumes.The Book Aims At Giving A Connected Account Of The Indian Puppets: Their Variety, Their Multiple Functions, Their Craft, Their Animation And Their Connections With Other Related Arts In Five Separate Parts. The Book Also Contains For The First Time In Any Book On Puppetry -- Four Important Appendices: Museums In India Containing Puppets, Directory Of Indian Puppeteers, Global Bibliography On Puppets And A Relevant Glossary. The World Of Indian Puppets Is Seen In Vivid Colours With Scores Of Coloured Photographs And Many Line-Drawings And Half-Tone Pictures --- In Their Many-Sided Splendour: Variety Of The Glove, Rod, String, Shadow, And Human Puppets And A Myriad Background Stories Of The Puppet-Masters And Their Imaginative Landscape Of Free Creativity.

Book Enter the Heart

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ben Romen
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2011-09-02
  • ISBN : 1426979037
  • Pages : 189 pages

Download or read book Enter the Heart written by Ben Romen and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annie and I are expecting our first grandchild in May. We were married six months after she told me her story. I dont know what happened to Leo or Joe. I hope I never know. I am still working as a welder in the oil construction business, but these days I work only on land where I can have my family near me. When one refinery is completed we move on to the next new job. We are called travelers, tramp workers in the industrial construction business. We move from job to job and travel all over the world. We get to see a lot of interesting places that other people only read about. It is not a glamorous life, but it is an honest one. We sleep well. This story can now be told. All the lead characters are dead. How can you know if its true? All you can do is trust me. We dedicate this, their story, to them. To John, who wants us to know who really is responsible for his murder. To Joe, who wants us to know that he was not impotent to avenge the murder of his wife when no one else would or could. To Marilyn, who wants us to know that she did not commit suicide and that her Joe always was her champion. Ben Romen

Book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children s Issues Worldwide  6 volumes

Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children s Issues Worldwide 6 volumes written by Irving Epstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-12-30 with total page 3026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the skyrocketing AIDS rate in Haiti to the oppressive pollution in industrial China, from the violent street culture of Nigeria to the crippling poverty in Nicaragua, from child trafficking in Thailand to child marriages in India, this jam-packed six-volume set explores all these issues and more in an unprecedented look at the world's children at the dawn of the 21st century. In recent years, while many countries have enjoyed a higher standard of living and improved working conditions, others have been torn apart by war and incapacitated by famine, and are struggling to improve life for their children and their future. Recent concern over the world's children has resulted in a global attempt to define what constitutes an acceptable childhood. New attention has been paid, not only to healthcare and secondary education, but also to the right to play and increased access to technology. The UN's codification of children's rights has done much to expand our understanding of what is needed for healthy growth and development of children and youth. Organized by region, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Children's Issues Worldwide is the first globally focused set of this magnitude, offering extensive, up-to-date coverage of these critical issues. Original chapters accessibly synthesize current data on key topics, including education, play and recreation, child labor, family, health, laws and legal status, religious life, abuse and neglect, and growing up in the 21st century.

Book The Puppet Masters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tim Dedopulos
  • Publisher : Crossroad Press
  • Release : 2024-05-06
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 218 pages

Download or read book The Puppet Masters written by Tim Dedopulos and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2024-05-06 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden Masters, Deadly Secrets Theo Bell's future hangs in the balance. Cut off from vampire society, his ranks and privileges as an archon revoked, Theo faces his most lethal task yet, identifying the forces behind the global slave ring he has pledged himself to destroy. But their power goes further than anything he can imagine, threatening the Camarilla itself. Time is running out.

Book Science Fiction  Alien Encounters  and the Ethics of Posthumanism

Download or read book Science Fiction Alien Encounters and the Ethics of Posthumanism written by E. Gomel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism offers a typology of alien encounters and addresses a range of texts including classic novels of alien encounter by H.G. Wells and Robert Heinlein; recent blockbusters by Greg Bear, Octavia Butler and Sheri Tepper; and experimental science fiction by Peter Watts and Housuke Nojiri.

Book Encyclopedia of Humor Studies

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Humor Studies written by Salvatore Attardo and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 985 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Humor: A Social History explores the concept of humor in history and modern society in the United States and internationally. This work’s scope encompasses the humor of children, adults, and even nonhuman primates throughout the ages, from crude jokes and simple slapstick to sophisticated word play and ironic parody and satire. As an academic social history, it includes the perspectives of a wide range of disciplines, including sociology, child development, social psychology, life style history, communication, and entertainment media. Readers will develop an understanding of the importance of humor as it has developed globally throughout history and appreciate its effects on child and adult development, especially in the areas of health, creativity, social development, and imagination. This two-volume set is available in both print and electronic formats. Features & Benefits: The General Editor also serves as Editor-in-Chief of HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research for The International Society for Humor Studies. The book’s 335 articles are organized in A-to-Z fashion in two volumes (approximately 1,000 pages). This work is enhanced by an introduction by the General Editor, a Foreword, a list of the articles and contributors, and a Reader’s Guide that groups related entries thematically. A Chronology of Humor, a Resource Guide, and a detailed Index are included. Each entry concludes with References/Further Readings and cross references to related entries. The Index, Reader’s Guide themes, and cross references between and among related entries combine to provide robust search-and-browse features in the electronic version. This two-volume, A-to-Z set provides a general, non-technical resource for students and researchers in such diverse fields as communication and media studies, sociology and anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, history, literature and linguistics, and popular culture and folklore.

Book Economic Puppetmasters

Download or read book Economic Puppetmasters written by Lawrence Lindsey and published by American Enterprise Institute. This book was released on 1999 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an insider's perspective on the bureaucratic structure of governmental institutions that shape economic policy, and the incentives and limitations of the individuals who head them.

Book Asian Theatre Journal

Download or read book Asian Theatre Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Malice Cloaked in Liberty

Download or read book Malice Cloaked in Liberty written by George Autry Jr. and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autry exposes the horrendous damage that dangerous organizations are doing toAmerica. Prior to this work, political correctness has not been considered asunderlying malice. (Social Issues)

Book Silent  but Superhero

Download or read book Silent but Superhero written by Mindscope Seven and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterfully paradoxical approach to resolving conflict. Providing the tools necessary for transformative, and lasting change. Not for the Faint of Heart! Join MindScope Seven for the discovery of breakthroughs, in conquering monumental mountains, that few ever find the strength, wisdom, or endurance to climb. A revolutionary guide to overcoming obstacles and living life as Authentic Self; While in a world beckoning the opposite, then rewarding with despair, loss, and doom. Her paradoxical style goes against the expected, to render results in the most complicated, and even dangerous situations. With a strong perception of human behavior, combined with her humble beginnings she was forced to invent ways of overcoming disadvantaged positions. She learned to use disadvantage as the advantage! Understanding that her unique set of skills and abilities were for the very purpose of serving fellow man; Oftentimes, against institutional flaws that worked against them. Her desire to find ethical, effective, people-oriented solutions led her to unusual approaches, that yielded results others were not willing or able to match. Her spiritual foundation has always been the cornerstone, guiding her often unusual approach and desire to serve mankind. A gift to any who have quietly suffered abuse, oppression, or invisibility from the labels and boxes devised of Oppressors, holding our lives as hostage. When our families are hurting or injured, it festers and magnifies to the communities, extended world, and then we all suffer insurmountable loss. A portion of all book sales will be donated to charities committed to the works of Good Stewardship. SIMILAR BOOKS: Art of War, by Sun Tzu Kingdom Within, by John A. Sanford

Book Upstage  Downstage  Cross

Download or read book Upstage Downstage Cross written by Bill Thomas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book about a struggling actor who mumbles, tumbles, and fumbles his way through acting school and reperatory and touring theatre in England in the early 20th century A Book for Theatre Lovers This novel takes place in England in the early 20th century. It features numerous on-and-off stage adventures of an acting aspirants youth and theatrical encounters with a magician, stowing away on a shipload of touring actors, attending acting school, serving as an apprentice with the Birmingham and Liverpool Repertory Companies, and touring with a fit-up. It is an extraordinary, evolutionary education in theatre from the very basic stage movements to the plots of scores of contemporary productions, the characterizations of stage performers, chores of backstage crew, and problems and issues faced by Thespians of the time. Books may be obtained through the publisher, AuthorHouse; Amazon and Barnes & Noble and as an ebook or from the author at [email protected]. A Sample of Reviews Upstage, Downstage, Cross is, just like the title, a delightful and sparkling account of an English boys love affair with the theatre and his wacky and wild, albeit imaginative attempts to become an actor in spite of family opposition and his own unexpected limitations in the art of actingIf you are an aficionado or love English theatre, youll be riveted by the stories of the theatre in the period before WWWI, through the war and its aftermath. This was a period of transition from the days when there were dozens of theatre companies touring Britain and it was the entertainment of masses, to the beginning and then rise of the moving pictures that drew away the usual theatre audiences to the moviesThe style of the book is sparkling with wit and adventure and vignettes of the theatre. Bill Thomas writes in the wonderful tradition of English authors, although he does avoid the Dickensonsian downers. His story is populated with good people, which is a breath of fresh air. Pick up this book and enjoy. Adriana Renescu, Author Your affection for the Bard and English theatre shines through in every way. I particularly dig stowing away on the Lusitania Great StuffOne thing I learned is that I definitely dont want to be a stage manager. Much too hard. Your attention to detail is ever impressive. John Hall, former feature writer, Orange County Register I found your book a very insightful look into life in middle class England during the early 20th century. I enjoyed the way you incorporated a wealth of historical information into a delightful story of a young boy coming of age while pursuing his dreams of becoming an actor. ..I also learned much about the development of English theatre and the way the medium transitioned from the classical and vaudevillian to real life dramasOverall; I was greatly impressed by the depth of research evidenced in the novel regarding English theatre and its influence on society during that period of tumultuous change. John DeNizio, member, San Clemente Book Club he writes of a theatre world that no longer exists, but he captures the excitement of that era through his main character, who has a love for the theatre and lets nothing stand in his way to be an actor. Reading Bills book I realized I was being led by a master writer. His descriptions and detail can only come from one who has seen and retained what he saw and heard. His writing reveals a wit that has been fine tuned with a long and fruitful life. Herman Sillas, Attorney and writer.

Book Gender and Ventriloquism in Victorian and Neo Victorian Fiction

Download or read book Gender and Ventriloquism in Victorian and Neo Victorian Fiction written by H. Davies and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is ventriloquism just for dummies? What is at stake in neo-Victorian fiction's desire to 'talk back' to the nineteenth century? This book explores the sexual politics of dialogues between the nineteenth century and contemporary fiction, offering a new insight into the concept of ventriloquism as a textual and metatextual theme in literature.

Book William S  Burroughs  Metaphysical Detective

Download or read book William S Burroughs Metaphysical Detective written by Jackson Evil and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William S. Burroughs, Metaphysical Detective is a genre-defying exploration of the metaphysical, blending elements of detective mystery, science fiction, and surrealist fantasy. The narrative is a kaleidoscope of cosmic mysteries, where the line between reality and the fantastical blurs, and the protagonist's journey becomes a metaphorical dance in the cosmic symphony of existence. In the imaginary city of Interzone, where the neon-lit streets pulse with enigmatic energies, Detective William S. Burroughs embarks on a surreal mystery through multidimensional realities populated with literary outlaws and strange beings. The narrative weaves a tale of satirical metaphors in electric imagery and wordplay that bends the boundaries of language and reality. The story unfolds across 25 chapters, each with a unique blend of hard-boiled detective noir, surreal science fiction, and mind-bending plot twists. Burroughs, armed with a golden gun and guided by the Language of the Dead, navigates the mysterious alleys, celestial gardens, and esoteric cathedrals of Interzone. As the detective delves deeper, he faces a series of cosmic challenges, from an esoteric cathedral to an ethereal gateway and a cosmic apex. The narrative takes unexpected turns, weaving in the cosmic symphony; a tapestry of temporal flux, celestial symbols, and occult mysteries. Burroughs' journey culminates in his rebirth as a cosmic guardian, tasked with safeguarding Interzone's eternal secrets. The beatniks, Lexicographers, and Nova accompany him in the ongoing dance of revelations, and the novel concludes with a cosmic resonance that echoes through the neon jungle that is the Naked City of Interzone.

Book The Puppet Masters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert A. Heinlein
  • Publisher : Roc
  • Release : 1979
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book The Puppet Masters written by Robert A. Heinlein and published by Roc. This book was released on 1979 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth was being invaded by aliens and the top security agencies were helpless: the aliens were controlling the mind of every person they encountered. So it was up to Sam Cavanaugh, secret agent for a powerful and deadly spy network, to find a way to stop them--which meant he had to be invaded himself! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.