Author: Jerome K. Jerome
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473373239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
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This early work by Jerome K. Jerome was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Dancing Partner' is a short story about the scarcity of young men as dancing dancing partners and a creepy solution offered by a mechanical toy maker. Jerome Klapka Jerome was born in Walsall, England in 1859. Both his parents died while he was in his early teens, and he was forced to quit school to support himself. In 1889, Jerome published his most successful and best-remembered work, 'Three Men in a Boat'. Featuring himself and two of his friends encountering humorous situations while floating down the Thames in a small boat, the book was an instant success, and has never been out of print. In fact, its popularity was such that the number of registered Thames boats went up fifty percent in the year following its publication.
Author: Jerome Klapka Jerome
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781860920509
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Author: Nancy Gerber
Publisher: Shanti Arts Publishing
ISBN: 1947067826
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 104
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An endearing, thoughtful collection of prose vignettes illuminating some of life’s ordinary (and extraordinary) moments. Poet, prose writer, and psychoanalyst Nancy Gerber offers these short pieces as sources of pleasure and reflection.
Author: E.J. Kitchens
Publisher: Brier Road Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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In a world where sun and moon are myths, dawn is coming. No sun ever rose, no moon ever waxed or waned, no stars ever danced a rhythmic pattern across the night sky. Only faerie crystals brightening and dimming according to one man’s will signaled dawn and dusk, month and season. Long ago, the faerie queen Morgan Unseelie cast a veil between heaven and earth, obscuring all heaven’s lights, for the pleasure and power of a mortal man, who then fashioned himself the Rí Am, the Time King. From all other mortals, she took away knowledge of time and direction and skill of navigation. Man was dependent on the Rí Am’s automaton navigators for travel and trade and thought the sun a myth and the faerie queen a benevolent goddess. Those few who kept the true faith—belief in the celestial lights and their Maker—called themselves Sky Keepers and refused to pay homage to the queen and her time king, often at great cost. But when airship captain Marianna Bowditch and Sky Keeper Bertram Orren stumble upon ancient books on navigation while trapped in an abandoned faerie court, everything starts to change. THE STAR CLOCK CHRONICLES is a collection of five novelette- to novella-length tales of adventure and clean romance in steampunk world and tells of the defeat of the Time King and the coming of dawn. This is the complete collection and includes Dawn Bringer, Star Veil, Sky Keeper, Moon Song, and Dusk Crier.
Author: Berta Ruck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dancers
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Author: Gregory Lee
Publisher: Chinese University Press
ISBN: 9789622014084
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Author: Rafaela Molina
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450245382
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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40 something and newly divorced, Rafaela needed a change of scenery. Travelling abroad with a clutch of 20-something students to Spain was bound to be an adventure, but she got more than she bargained for in the process. What started as a journey of self-discovery quickly transformed her perspective and priorities. Everything that began Under the Clock propelled her into a world of bullfights, communist rallies and salsa dancing. Things get complicated when Salvador walks through the door, and now she fears risking her heart to love again. Is Salvador the caballero she always imagined existed? Or, will he simply dash her dreams of love among the tolling bells and cobblestone streets of Salamanca? Under the Clock offers the romantic revelations of Under the Tuscan Sun with the self-actualization of Eat, Pray, Love. Don't miss this romp through castles and cathedrals, fired up with flamenco and fiestas. You are sure to fall in love with the fabulous flavors of Spain, and one woman's testimony to the joys of mid-life crisis. Reader's Comments Just finished reading Under the Clock by Rafaela Molina. Purchased the Perfect Bound Softcover format. Ended up reading the book from cover to cover in one sitting because I could not put it down! She is truly a gifted writer, and her gift of eloquence allows you to fully visualize Spain through her eyes. I could not put the book down! Can't wait for my next trip to Spain, and can't wait for her to write a sequel! Terri Baker New Orleans, LA
Author: Felicja Kruszewska
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136475060
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The translation of Felicja Kruszewska's A Dream introduces a major play by a twentieth-century female playwright to the English-speaking world. On March 7, 1927 A Dream - a large-scale expressionistic drama by an unknown poet - burst on the Polish theatrical scene in a dazzling debut production by the young actor Edmund Wiercinski, who would become one of the outstanding directors of his time. The play's hallucinatory visions of the rise of fascism and the heroine's longing for a providential savior on a white horse spoke directly to Polish audiences about their deepest anxieties. During the next two years A Dream received three additional stagings and became the subject of lively debate and controversy. The play, which has been successfully revived in 1974, is an outstanding example of European expressionism. The volume also contains An Excursion to the Museum, by the contemporary Polish poet, playwright, and short-story writer Tadeusz Rozewicz. A disturbing account of an utterly mundane visit to Auschwitz, the tale is a brilliant example of the playwright's technique of poetic collage.
Author: Yannis Tzioumakis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134826656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Examining one of the earliest films made specifically for young audiences in US cinema, Rock around the Clock (1956), this book explores the exploitation production company that made the film and the ways it represented young people, especially in terms of their association with rock ’n’ roll music and culture. Providing new avenues of approaching the film, the book looks at how Rock around the Clock has attracted significant scholarly attention, despite its origins as a low-budget production made by master exploitation filmmaker Sam Katzman. It challenges accounts that see the film’s young people as juvenile delinquents, using instead the label ‘cultural rebels’ as a signifier of youth’s ability to resurrect a moribund music industry and rejuvenate a stale youth culture. This book also questions the nature of the label ‘exploitation’ as applied to the film by examining Columbia Pictures’ role as a resource provider for Katzman’s film, comparing Rock around the Clock to contemporaneous films with a youth focus that were produced in different industrial contexts and investigating its relationship to adaptation by asking whether the film is an example of a ‘postliterary’ adaptation. Rich on archival research and industrial and textual analysis, Rock around the Clock will interest both film studies and youth cultures scholars.
Author: Karen A. Kaufmann
Publisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1492584479
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Do you want to . . . • create a rich and vibrant classroom environment? • stimulate your students’ minds in multiple ways? • transform your teaching through incorporating the arts in your mathematics and science curriculums? Then Dance Integration: 36 Dance Lesson Plans for Science and Mathematics is just the book for you! The dance lesson plans in this groundbreaking book infuse creativity in mathematics and science content. Students will gain a wealth of critical knowledge, deepen their critical-thinking skills, and learn to collaborate and communicate effectively. Written for K-5 teachers who are looking for creative ways to teach the standards, Dance Integration will help you bring your mathematics and science content to life as you guide your students to create original choreography in mathematics and science and perform it for one another. In doing so, you will help spark new ideas for your students out of those two curriculums —no more same-old same-old! And in the freshness of these new ideas, students will increase comfort in performing in front of one another and discussing performances while deepening their understanding of the core content through their kinesthetic experiences. The creative-thinking skills that you will teach through these lesson plans and the innovative learning that dance provides are what set this book apart from all others in the field. Dance Integration was extensively field-tested by authors Karen Kaufmann and Jordan Dehline. The book contains these features: • Instructions on developing modules integrating mathematics and science • Ready-to-use lesson plans that classroom teachers, physical education teachers, dance educators, and dance specialists can use in teaching integrated content in mathematics and science • Tried-and-true methods for connecting to 21st-century learning standards and integrating dance into K-5 curriculums This book, which will help you assess learning equally in dance, science, and mathematics, is organized in three parts: • Part I introduces the role of dance in education; defines dance integration; and describes the uses, benefits, and effects of dance when used in tandem with another content area. • Part II offers dance and mathematics lessons that parallel the common core standards for mathematics. • Part III presents dance and science learning activities in physical science, life science, earth and space sciences, investigation, experimentation, and technology. Each lesson plan includes a warm-up, a developmental progression of activities, and formative and summative assessments and reflections. The progressions help students explore, experiment, create, and perform their understanding of the content. The plans are written in a conversational narrative and include additional notes for teachers. Each lesson explores an essential question relevant to the discipline and may be taught in sequence or as a stand-alone lesson. Yes, Dance Integration will help you meet important standards: • Common Core State Standards for Mathematics • Next Generation Science Standards • Standards for Learning and Teaching Dance in the Arts More important, this book provides you with a personal aesthetic realm in your classroom that is not part of any other school experience. It will help you bring joy and excitement into your classroom. And it will help you awaken a community of active and eager learners. Isn’t that what education is all about?
