Download or read book Apollo s Song written by Osamu Tezuka and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood left him with a loathing of love, begins to see the virtues of love as he experiences love and loss repeatedly through the ages as a punishment from the gods.
Download or read book Apollo s Song written by Osamu Tezuka and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: OR NOT TO HAVE LOVED AT ALL... From a boxcar bound for a Nazi concentration camp to a dystopian future where humans are persecuted by their own clones, Apollo's Song reaches Olympian heights of tragedy as it explores the meaning of love and the consequences of its absence. Salty, romantic, and at times profoundly erotic, the ambiguities of its poetic justice will plumb new depths of the heart with each rereading.
Download or read book Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trouble starts when Apollo introduces Percy and his friend Grover the satyr to the Chryseae Celedones. Three golden women--living statues--appear in front of them, and sing one blissful chord. Apollo has a concert tonight at Mount Olympus, and he needs the Celedones as his backup singers. But there should be a quartet, not a trio--one of the singers has gone rogue. It's up to Percy and Grover to find the missing Celedon somewhere in New York City before she causes any problems. Capturing an attention-seeking automaton in a crowd of mortals is going to require some cagey thinking. Will Percy and Grover succeed, or hit a sour note?
Download or read book Apollo s Song written by Osamu Tezuka and published by Kodansha USA. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apollo's Song follows the tragic journey of Shogo, a young man whose abusive childhood has instilled in him a loathing for love so profound he finds himself compelled to acts of violence when he is witness to any act of intimacy or affection whether by human or beast. His hate is such that the gods intervene, cursing Shogo to experience love throughout the ages ultimately to have it ripped from his heart every time. From the Nazi atrocities of World War II to a dystopian future of human cloning, Shogo loses his heart, in so doing, healing the psychological scars of his childhood hatred. Master storyteller Osamu Tezuka's Apollo's Song is a lyrical tour-de-force on the human spirit, the destruction of hate, and the triumph of love.
Download or read book The Song of Achilles written by Madeline Miller and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. Despite their differences, Achilles befriends the shamed prince, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something deeper - despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, Achilles must go to war in distant Troy and fulfill his destiny. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus goes with him, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
Download or read book Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 written by Osamu Tezuka and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who will stand against invaders from space, robot slave masters, and a dictator producing human clones? Astro Boy, that's who! The most popular and influential creation of Osamu Tezuka, "the Walt Disney of Japan," Astro Boy is all-ages adventure packed with action, laughs, and a few tugs at the heartstrings. Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 2 is 680 pages of Tezuka's classic manga, value priced and ready to rock the 21st Century! Osamu Tezuka is renowned internationally as a master cartoonist, animator, and storyteller. "Tezuka is widely considered the most important and influential figure in post-World War II Japanese animation." -The New York Times "Comics are a bridge between all cultures." -Osamu Tezuka "The Astro Boy stories always end with peace and human supremacy restored, but usually not before both sides, human and robot, have committed great wrongs." -ANIMERICA
Download or read book Thirteen written by Henry S. F. Cooper and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “exciting” minute-by-minute account of the Apollo 13 flight based on mission control transcripts from Houston (The New York Times). On the evening of April 13, 1970, the three astronauts aboard Apollo 13 were just hours from the third lunar landing in history. But as they soared through space, two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an explosion badly damaged their spacecraft. With compromised engines and failing life-support systems, the crew was in incomparably grave danger. Faced with below-freezing temperatures, a seriously ill crewmember, and a dwindling water supply, a safe return seemed unlikely. Thirteen is the shocking and miraculous true story of how the astronauts and ground crew guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Expanding on dispatches written for the New Yorker, Henry S. F. Cooper Jr. brings readers unparalleled detail on the moment-by-moment developments of one of NASA’s most dramatic missions.
Download or read book Far Side of the Moon The Story of Apollo 11 s Third Man written by Alex Irvine and published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Junior Library Guild Selection 2017* A unanimous selection to the 2018 Maverick Graphic Novel List! This graphic retelling of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission follows astronaut Michael Collins, commander of the lunar orbiter, to the far side of the moon. When the Earth disappears behind the moon, Collins loses contact with his fellow astronauts on the moon’s surface, with mission control at NASA, and with the entire human race, becoming more alone than any human being has ever been before. In total isolation for 21 hours, Collins awaits word that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have managed to launch their moon lander successfully to return to the orbiter—a feat never accomplished before and rendered more problematic by the fuel burn of their difficult landing. In this singularly lonely and dramatic setting, Collins reviews the politics, science, and engineering that propelled the Apollo 11 mission across 239,000 miles of space to the moon. Fountas & Pinnell Level U
Download or read book The Arrow of Apollo written by Philip Womack and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is much to admire in this intriguing, ambitious, immersive book' Literary Review The gods are abandoning the earth, tempted by other worlds where they can live in peace. Only a few keep an interest in mortals. In their place, darker, more ancient forces are wakening... Silvius is given a task by a dying centaur. The dark god Python is rising and massing an army of immense power. The only thing that can save the world is the Arrow of Apollo – but it has been split into two. Silvius and his friend Elissa must travel to the land of their sworn enemies, the Achaeans. Meanwhile, Tisamenos is facing his own dangers in Achaea. A plot is afoot against him and his father, and it falls to him to stop it. When Silvius, Elissa and Tisamenos meet, they enter a final, terrifying race to bring together the pieces of the Arrow and use it to lay Python low once more.
Download or read book James Brown s Live at the Apollo written by Douglas Wolk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-08-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book, Douglas Wolk brings to life an October evening in 1962, at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem – an evening at the height of Cold War tensions. In great detail, Wolk pieces together what took place (and what was recorded) that night, and illustrates beautifully the enduring power of one of James Brown's – and popular music's – defining moments: Live at the Apollo.
Download or read book Song of Spider Man written by Glen Berger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “One of the best literary works of this year” (Miami Herald-Tribune): The true story of a theatrical dream—or nightmare—come true…the making of the Spider-Man musical. As you might imagine, writing a Broadway musical has its challenges. But it turns out there are challenges one can’t begin to imagine when collaborating with two rock legends and a superstar director to stage the biggest, most expensive production in theater history. Renowned director Julie Taymor picked playwright Glen Berger to cowrite the book for a $25 million Spider-Man musical. Together—along with U2’s Bono and Edge—they would shape a work that was technically daring and emotionally profound, with a story fueled by the hero’s quest for love…and the villains’ quest for revenge. Or at least, that’s what they’d hoped for. But when charismatic producer Tony Adams died suddenly, the show began to lose its footing. Soon the budget was ballooning, financing was evaporating, and producers were jumping ship or getting demoted. And then came the injuries. And then came word-of-mouth about the show itself. What followed was a pageant of foul-ups, falling-outs, ever-more harrowing mishaps, and a whole lot of malfunctioning spider legs. This “circus-rock-and-roll-drama,” with its $65 million price tag, had become more of a spectacle than its creators ever wished for. During the show’s unprecedented seven months of previews, the company’s struggles to reach opening night inspired breathless tabloid coverage and garnered international notoriety. Through it all, Berger observed the chaos with his signature mix of big ambition and self-deprecating humor.
Download or read book Alan Bean written by Alan Bean and published by Smithsonian. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the twelve men who walked on the moon had the unique perspective of an artist and this book shares this vision through 120 of his paintings. In addition, Apollo flight manager Gene Kranz recalls the historical drama of the era from his perspective on the ground and art critic Donald Kurspit places this work in the context of contemporary art and landscape painting.
Download or read book Moonfire written by Norman Mailer and published by Evergreen. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest writers of the 20th century captures the definitive event of modern science. Discover the men, the machinery, and the sheer thrill of the lunar mission with Norman Mailer's dazzling account of the Apollo 11 adventure, illustrated by hundreds of photographs.
Download or read book My Song Enhanced Edition written by Harry Belafonte and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This deluxe eBook edition of Harry Belafonte's remarkable memoir includes nearly eighteen minutes of original video—Mr. Belafonte talking about his first meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . his friendship with Sidney Poitier . . . the making of “We Are the World” . . . and much more—the bonus song “Jump in the Line” from the companion album Harry Belafonte—Sing Your Song: The Music; and the book's photographs compiled as a slide show. Harry Belafonte is not just one of the greatest entertainers of our time; he has led one of the great American lives of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Now, at last, this extraordinary icon tells us about it all—his poverty-ridden childhood in Harlem and Jamaica; his meteoric rise to become one of the world’s most popular singers, breaking down racial barriers that no one had broken before, achieving equal popularity with white and black audiences; his lifelong, passionate involvement at the heart of the civil rights movement and countless other political and social causes. Along the way he’s befriended many beloved and important figures in both entertainment and politics—Paul Robeson; Eleanor Roosevelt; Sidney Poitier; John F. Kennedy; Marlon Brando; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Robert Kennedy; Nelson Mandela; Fidel Castro—and writes about them with the same exceptional candor and insight with which he reveals himself on every page. As both an artist and an activist, Belafonte has touched the lives of countless men and women. With My Song, he has found yet another way to entertain and inspire us. It is an electrifying memoir from a remarkable man.
Download or read book Apollo s Angels written by Jennifer Homans and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apollo's Angels is a major new history of classical ballet. It begins in the courts of Europe, where ballet was an aspect of aristocratic etiquette and a political event as much as it was an art. The story takes the reader from the sixteenth century through to our own time, from Italy and France to Britain, Denmark, Russia and contemporary America. The reader learns how ballet reflected political and cultural upheavals, how dance and dancers were influenced by the Renaissance and French Classicism, by Revolution and Romanticism, by Expressionism and Bolshevism, Modernism and the Cold War. Homans shows how and why 'the steps' were never just the steps: they were a set of beliefs and a way of life. She takes the reader into the lives of dancers and traces the formal evolution of technique, choreography and performance. Her book ends by looking at the contemporary crisis in ballet now that 'the masters are dead and gone' and offers a passionate plea for the centrality of classical dance in our civilization. Apollo's Angels is a book with broad popular appeal: beautifully written and illustrated, it is essential reading for anyone interested in history, culture and art.
Download or read book The Dark Realm written by J. L. Apollo and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dark Realm is an exciting fast paced epic fantasy that continues the story of the first book in the Epic Fantasy series Scions of Kings by J. L. Apollo entitled The Blue Witch! The Blue Witch has revealed her deepest secrets. Now, it is the secrets long kept from her of a haunting hidden past, that have led her and her companions to a dark forgotten prison realm once known as Earth. In the dark realm, she must face new challenges and enemies meant to test her worthiness. For among the ruins of this devastated world, the Blue Witch's ultimate enemy, and the one most capable of killing her, awaits their climactic battle. She is an outcast elven witch of immense power, who takes great pride in disposing of her challengers before the cheering throngs of her subjects. And she has never known defeat. The outcast elven witch loves to play her games, toying with her victims before she dispatches with them. She plays them to discover her enemy's strengths and weaknesses, poking and prodding at them as she leads them to their death. The elven witch is the queen of her dark realm, one filled with the unthinkable creatures and outcast criminals of other realms. And she rules over them all, without fear, for she is the most powerful and evil creature among them. She is intrigued by her new enemy, a blue teenage witch, who is a disturbing mystery to her. Something about this girl makes her special and unlike any other enemy she has ever faced. Yet she is supremely confident that through her games she will unravel the mystery of this blue girl and insure her victory over her. But in the Dark Realm, the Blue Witch will find the answers to secrets long kept from her of her tortured past. Haunting revelations, she believes will be her key to defeating the outcast elven witch. The Blue Witch must once again still her troubled mind, to not only face the outcast elven witch and the challenges she puts before her, but the awful truth of her haunted past and the revelation of who she really is. A revelation, that will lead her to do the unthinkable. Will the Blue Witch find a way to overcome the terrifying truth of her past and defeat her enemy, or will she turn against all that she thought she knew, and join her? Neither has ever known defeat. But they are now fated to meet each other in a life-or-death battle before a cheering throng of the dark realm's inhabitants. A battle, that will lead to a thrilling and unexpected outcome. Get Your copy now and Join The Fight To Save The Realms! Still not sure? Here's what advanced readers are saying about The Dark Realm: "The dark realm is is a fast paced thrill-ride full of mystery, action and adventure, with a touch of humor that makes it hard to put down! And just when you think you have it all figured out, it takes a turn that will leave you stunned and begging for more!" - Lindsey Bennett "Wow!...just wow! A great follow-up to The Blue Witch, with a twist you won't see coming!" - Rebekah Lyman "Amazing! The new characters added to this series make it so much fun to read. I find Apollo's style of story telling so easy to read it's truly magical." - James Paul
Download or read book A Californian Hymn to Homer written by Timothy Pepper and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Pepper is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. --Book Jacket.
