Contortionists and Cannons

Contortionists and Cannons PDF Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939197
Category : Circus
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Describes how circuses got their start and what is happening under the big top today.

Contortionists and Cannons

Contortionists and Cannons PDF Author: Marc Tyler Nobleman
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939197
Category : Circus
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Describes how circuses got their start and what is happening under the big top today.

Destroy After Reading

Destroy After Reading PDF Author: Mary Colson
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939278
Category : Ciphers
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Presents an overview of various types of codes and ciphers used throughout history, famous cryptologists, and how to create your own secret messages.

How to Read a Work of Art

How to Read a Work of Art PDF Author: Laura Hensley
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939251
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Discusses how to interpret a work of art and guides readers as they interpret art throughout the book.

Playing the Spoons and Other Curious Instruments

Playing the Spoons and Other Curious Instruments PDF Author: Liz Miles
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939170
Category : Musical instruments
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Traces the history of traditional and unusual instruments from around the world, discusses their historical and cultural context, and includes information on how they are played and their construction.

Clowns and Cannons

Clowns and Cannons PDF Author: William L. Slout
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809513048
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Book Description
This is the story of the survival of American circuses throughout one of the most perilous periods in our nation's history: 1860-1865. This was a period of transition for traveling exhibitions. The size of equipment and personnel had leveled off, performances were fixed, and the number of proprietors had reached a peak that would not be exceeded until the early 1870s. But still the show had to go on! Complete with notes, index, bibliography, and contemporaneous illustrations.

Art for All

Art for All PDF Author: Laura Hensley
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939235
Category : Public art
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Each Culture in Action book is packed with high-interest facts, imaginative activities, and fascinating photographs.

Vanished!

Vanished! PDF Author: Sean Price
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939189
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Discusses the history and performance of magic tricks.

The Abyssinian Contortionist

The Abyssinian Contortionist PDF Author: David Carlin
Publisher: Apollo Books
ISBN: 9781742586786
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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Book Description
Sosina Wogayehu learned to do flips and splits at the age of six, sitting on the floor of her parents' living room in Addis Ababa, watching a German variety show on the only television channel in the land. She sold cigarettes on the Ethiopian streets at the age of eight, and she played table soccer with her friends who made money from washing cars, barefoot in the dust. And, she dreamed of being a circus performer. Twenty-five years later, Sosina has conjured herself a new life in a far-off country: Australia. Along the way, she helped rescue one brother, yet she lost another. Sosina has traveled the world as a professional contortionist, capable of bounce-juggling eight balls on a block of marble. She performed with Circus Oz (Australia's premier circus company) from 2002-2009, and she appeared in Peter Jackson's 2005 remake of King Kong. Sosina was also a 2007 nominee for the Australian of the Year Award. Additionally, Sosina has been able to juggle worlds and stories, and, by luck - which is something she is not short of - she is friends with author David Carlin. Following his acclaimed memoir Our Father Who Wasn't There, David Carlin brings us his 'not-me' book, traveling to Addis Ababa where he discovers ways of living so different from his own and where he confronts his Western fantasies and fears. Through Sosina's story, David shows us that, with risk and enough momentum, life's circumstances are never predictable: whom we befriend, where we end up, and how we come to see ourselves. *** "...Carlin is a master storyteller who is well-equipped for the challenge of capturing the life of a woman about whose culture, at the outset, he knows practically nothing. The subject of The Abyssinian Contortionist is clearly a remarkable person of unusual social mobility and ability, yet Carlin manages to navigate the high-wire act of astute observation without falling into hagiography....his writing is so crisp and vivid that, on reading its final pages, I felt a deep satisfaction and a longing for more. - Andrew McMillen, The Australian, May 2015Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?Ã?Â?[Subject: Biography, African Studies, Australian Studies, Women's Studies, Refugee Studies, Diaspora Studies]

Digital Music

Digital Music PDF Author: Claire Throp
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939154
Category : Digital music
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Discusses the evolution of digital music as a technology, including information on how it affects musicians, listeners, and the music industry.

Exploring Other Worlds

Exploring Other Worlds PDF Author: Claire Throp
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 1410939286
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Book Description
Introduces the genre of science fiction, discusses the lives and works of famous authors, and explores imaginary worlds, creatures, robots, and spaceships.