Download or read book Circus World written by Andrea Ringer and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-07-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker. Andrea Ringer examines the industry-wide circus world--the collection of shows that traveled by rail, wagon, steamboat, and car--and the traditional and nontraditional laborers who created it. Performers and their onstage labor played an integral part in the popularity of the circus. But behind the scenes, other laborers performed the endless menial tasks that kept the show on the road. Circus operators regulated employee behavior both inside and outside the tent even as the employees themselves blurred the line between leisure and labor until, in all parts of the show, the workers could not escape their work. Illuminating and vivid, Circus World delves into the gender, class, and even species concerns within an extinct way of life.
Download or read book The End of the Circus written by Paul Bouissac and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses two features of the traditional circus that have come under increasing attack since the mid-20th century: the use of wild animals in performance and the act of clowning. Positioning this socio-cultural change within the broader perspective of evolutionary semiotics, renowned circus expert Paul Bouissac examines the decline of the traditional circus and its transformation into a purely acrobatic spectacle. The End of the Circus draws on Bouissac's extensive ethnographic research, including previously unpublished material on the training of wild animals and clown make-up, to chart the origins of the circus in Gypsy culture and the drastic change in contemporary Western attitudes on ethical grounds. It scrutinizes the emergence of the new form of circus, with its focus on acrobatics and the meaning of the body, showing how acrobatic techniques have been appropriated from traditional Gypsy heritage and brought into the fold of mainstream popular entertainment. Questioning the survival of the new circus and the likely resurgence of its traditional forms, this book showcases Bouissac's innovative approach to semiotics and marks the culmination of his ground-breaking work on the circus.
Download or read book Circus Solace written by Chris Castle and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Circus Solace is a story about growing up, loss and being a child, in some ways, forever. It is a story about father and sons, friends and enemies, families lost and families re-forged in curious circumstances. It is fantastical and down to earth and explains why zombies need to juggle, if only for an hour a day."" FreedomFiction.com Review from Raymond Hamilton: ""Circus Solace is a glimpse of genius. As always Chris Castle weaves family, emotions, loss and friendships into one story and makes an epic heart-wrenching tale of relationships and the human condition. His grasp of human nature surpasses the best of qualified psychiatrists. Chris Castle has not written a children's story as an adult. He has written a story for all adults using the perspective of innocent, all-loving, curious children. Therein lies the proof that we will hear Chris Castle's name echo in literary circles soon enough.""
Download or read book Shards of Earth written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all. The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . . Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers. After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete. Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.
Download or read book The Haunting Circus written by S.IDEA and published by satapol Channarong. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Haunting Circus Step right up to the greatest show of darkness and magic with SatapolCEO's latest masterpiece, "The Haunting Circus." Journey alongside Lily, a daring soul lured by the creaky gates of a traveling carnival that promises thrills but harbors chilling secrets. As she ventures deeper, Lily encounters a realm where laughter twists into screams, and colorful tents hide shadows thirsting for souls. Guided by her insatiable curiosity and driven by the eerie magic that emanates from within, Lily finds herself face to face with twisted performers, a sinister maestro, and a clown whose pursuit is as relentless as it is terrifying. With each step, "The Haunting Circus" pulls you into a heart-pounding narrative of adventure, where ancient curses and dark rituals blur the line between reality and nightmare. SatapolCEO masterfully crafts a tale of courage, betrayal, and the undying human spirit's quest to confront the darkness. Join Lily as she navigates a horrific labyrinth, unveils wicked truths, and stands defiant against a curse that seeks to bind her soul to the carnival's twisted whims. From the moment Lily crosses the carnival's threshold, her journey becomes a test of her bravery, intellect, and will to survive. Against a backdrop of fear's feast, she forges alliances with the lost souls trapped within and ignites a rebellion that sets the stage for a final confrontation where magic is unraveled, and freedom's dawn is within reach. But with every discovery, Lily learns that escaping shadows and embracing bravery's purpose comes with cautionary echoes. "The Haunting Circus" is not just an adventure; it's an invitation to explore the depths of your own courage, to face the unknown with a heart full of bravery, and to discover the secrets that lie waiting in the darkness. Will Lily triumph over the darkness that seeks to consume her, or will the secrets of the haunted carnival claim her as their own? Dive into this spellbinding tale and witness the magic that lies within the heart of "The Haunting Circus" by SatapolCEO.
Download or read book For the Love of the World written by Edwin Zackrison and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "world" can be subject to interpretations that cause Christians to disagree and even fight. Interpretations often end in startling disputes. For some, that world includes the inheritance of denominational interpretations. Historically conditioned conclusions are taken out of their context. Booklets have been produced for young people that largely define the world as dancing, smoking, drugs, music, theater, and music. This book will not spend time on these parochial notions. Rather, it will deal with God's love for the world. While Christians are often warned against the world, God loved the world from a different standpoint and made the ultimate sacrifice to give this world the chance to be restored to rightness with him.
Download or read book Frank Capra written by Joseph McBride and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moviegoers often assume Frank Capra's life resembled his beloved films (such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and It's a Wonderful Life). A man of the people faces tremendous odds and, by doing the right thing, triumphs! But as Joseph McBride reveals in this meticulously researched, definitive biography, the reality was far more complex, a true American tragedy. Using newly declassified U.S. government documents about Capra's response to being considered a possible “subversive” during the post-World War II Red Scare, McBride adds a final chapter to his unforgettable portrait of the man who gave us It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and Meet John Doe.
Download or read book Glossolalia written by Peter Dabbene and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2005-03-02 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glossolalia is a compendium of 35 short stories, taking on genres from short comedy to science fiction, and from political satire to "literary" fiction and horror. A turn of the 21st century detective seeks a sense of purpose and a new start. A modern magician finds peace in a recorded voice from the past. A trucker gets a warning along with his meal at a truck stop diner. The brightest lights of stage and screen engage in a secret mission to save Hollywood. A young woman is taken for a ride at her new job, courtesy of political correctness. Germans and Russians compete in an escalating animal war during World War II. A reenactor sees history come to life on the battlefield at Gettysburg. A young Cuban man seeks escape to America on the high seas. A father tinkers with the genetic coding of his boys to give them a chance at succeeding where he has failed. These stories, and many more, await the reader of Glossolalia.
Download or read book Salvation in My Pocket written by Benjamin Myers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short pieces assembled in Salvation in My Pocket are miniature experiments in Christian joy. They are attempts at describing the difference God makes to ordinary experience, and to discover glimpses of God's light in everyday life. If there is any thread that holds these haphazard reflections together, it is just the conviction that beneath the surface of things there lurks an invitation, gentle and alluring; that even in sadness and misfortune there is always rising up, as if from hidden wells, the promise of peace; and that the final word spoken over this world, and over each human life, will be a word of joy.
Download or read book Indian Spectacle written by Jennifer Guiliano and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid controversies surrounding the team mascot and brand of the Washington Redskins in the National Football League and the use of mascots by K–12 schools, Americans demonstrate an expanding sensitivity to the pejorative use of references to Native Americans by sports organizations at all levels. In Indian Spectacle, Jennifer Guiliano exposes the anxiety of American middle-class masculinity in relation to the growing commercialization of collegiate sports and the indiscriminate use of Indian identity as mascots. Indian Spectacle explores the ways in which white, middle-class Americans have consumed narratives of masculinity, race, and collegiate athletics through the lens of Indian-themed athletic identities, mascots, and music. Drawing on a cross-section of American institutions of higher education, Guiliano investigates the role of sports mascots in the big business of twentieth-century American college football in order to connect mascotry to expressions of community identity, individual belonging, stereotyped imagery, and cultural hegemony. Against a backdrop of the current level of the commercialization of collegiate sports—where the collective revenue of the fifteen highest grossing teams in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has well surpassed one billion dollars—Guiliano recounts the history of the creation and spread of mascots and university identities as something bound up in the spectacle of halftime performance, the growth of collegiate competition, the influence of mass media, and how athletes, coaches, band members, spectators, university alumni, faculty, and administrators, artists, writers, and members of local communities all have contributed to the dissemination of ideas of Indianness that is rarely rooted in native people’s actual lives.
Download or read book Constructions of Childhood in Ancient Greece and Italy written by Ada Cohen and published by ASCSA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains 20 papers that explore ancient notions and experiences of childhood around the Mediterranean, from prehistory to late antiquity.
Download or read book THE GLYPH UNVEILED written by Mark Barnett and published by Mark Barnett. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the labyrinthine corridors of time, where cryptic symbols whispered ancient secrets and concealed wisdom, two intrepid seekers, Detective Monroe and his astute partner Evelyn, embarked on an enigmatic quest. Their journey, etched with mystery and bound by a thirst for knowledge, unfolded within the tangled web of mystical symbols that guarded an elusive and revered wisdom, veiled from the world's gaze for centuries. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and a relentless pursuit of truth, Monroe and Evelyn's lives converged in the pursuit of unraveling the arcane mysteries concealed within the cryptic symbols. Their shared passion for decoding the enigmatic glyphs led them deeper into a realm where shadows danced with ancient knowledge, and every symbol held a key to an unseen realm of wisdom. As they navigated the intricate tapestry of symbols, their relentless quest led to confrontations and discoveries that not only tested their mettle but unraveled a complex web of secrets that intertwined with an age-old conflict—a battle between the guardians of ancient wisdom and those who sought to unveil its mysteries. Their journey, poised at the precipice of revelation and guarded by the enigmatic adversaries who shielded these arcane secrets, stood as a testament to their unwavering dedication to unlock the obscured truths and traverse the threshold between the known and the mystical."
Download or read book The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXXIX written by David Marcum and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring Contributions by: Dan Rowley and Don Baxter, William Todd, Naching T. Kassa, Paula Hammond, Ember Pepper, Alan Dimes, Arthur Hall, Peter Coe Verbica, Jane Rubino, Tracy J. Revels, Kevin Thornton, Tom Turley, Leslie Charteris and Denis Green, David Marcum, Shane Simmons, Roger Riccard, Chris Chan, and John Lawrence, with a poem by Kelvin I. Jones, and forewords by Michael Sims, Roger Johnson, Emma West, Steve Emecz, and David Marcum. 59 New Traditional Canonical Holmes Adventures Collected in Three Companion Volumes In 2015, the first three volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories arrived, containing over 60 stories in the true traditional Canonical manner, revisiting Holmes and Watson in those days where it is "always 1895" . . . or a few decades on either side of that. That was the largest collection of new Holmes stories ever assembled, and originally planned to be a one-time event. But readers wanted more, and the contributors had more stories from Watson's Tin Dispatch Box, so the fun continued. Now, with the release of Parts XXXVII, XXXVIII, and XXXIX, the series has grown to over 800 new Holmes adventures by over 200 contributors from around with world. Since the beginning, all contributor royalties go to the Undershaw school for special needs children, located at one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's former homes, and to date the project has raised over $110,000 for the school. This new collection of 59 adventures features Holmes and Watson carrying out their masterful investigations from the early days of their friendship in Baker Street to the post-War years during Holmes's retirement. Along the way, Our Heroes are involved in dozens of fascinating mysteries - some relating Untold Cases, sequels to Canonical adventures, and a number or others that progress along completely unexpected lines. Join us as we return to Baker Street and discover more authentic adventures of Sherlock Holmes, described by the estimable Dr. Watson as "the best and wisest . . . whom I have ever known."
Download or read book The Wild Other written by Clover Stroud and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Extraordinary. I've never met anyone who has read it and doesn't rank it as one of their favourite books.' DOLLY ALDERTON 'So fierce and brave and visceral and raw - will stay with me forever. I loved it.' ELIZABETH GILBERT 'Full of heart, bravery and adventure.' AMY LIPTROT SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE Clover Stroud grew up in rural Wiltshire surrounded by animals and family. When she was just sixteen her adored mother had a horrific riding accident which left her permanently brain-damaged, and suddenly Clover was left to fend for herself. She embarked on an extraordinary journey to heal her broken heart, courting men and danger through two marriages and five children. The Wild Other is a grippingly honest account of love, sex and travelling to the darkest edges of human experience and back again. Powerful and deeply emotional, this is the story of an extraordinary life lived at its fullest. 'There is so much richly evoked life here... beautifully written.' Cathy Rentzenbrink, The Times 'This redemptive memoir will steal your heart; it will return it bruised but emboldened.' Mail on Sunday
Download or read book A Fall of Eagles written by Christopher Ray and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-07-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Arminius who, in AD9, destroyed three Roman legions and put Germany forever beyond the confines of the Empire.
Download or read book Eternal Carnival written by Paul Zeppelin and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Zeppelin incorporates the fragments of his lifelong experiences into undeniably vivid and well-defined imagery of his cultivated and wide-ranging world of poetic vision. His poetry has refined elegance, deep philosophy and strong emotions. He often expresses sharply controversial views insights into both individual and world issues.
