Author: Darius Morgan
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1647025028
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
On the Trails of My Destiny By: Darius Morgan On the Trails of My Destiny tells the story of Darius Morgan and how he got started in South America. The author had the vision to open tourism in Bolivia and he worked tirelessly against all odds and had unexpected adventures. Though a gypsy once predicted he would be a popular man in many countries, no one could have foreseen the connections he would make in the process of launching his company and tourism in Bolivia. As if climbing the bleachers of fate, On the Trails of My Destiny details the journey of the man who made his dreams a reality.
On the Trails of My Destiny
Author: Darius Morgan
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1647025028
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
On the Trails of My Destiny By: Darius Morgan On the Trails of My Destiny tells the story of Darius Morgan and how he got started in South America. The author had the vision to open tourism in Bolivia and he worked tirelessly against all odds and had unexpected adventures. Though a gypsy once predicted he would be a popular man in many countries, no one could have foreseen the connections he would make in the process of launching his company and tourism in Bolivia. As if climbing the bleachers of fate, On the Trails of My Destiny details the journey of the man who made his dreams a reality.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1647025028
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
On the Trails of My Destiny By: Darius Morgan On the Trails of My Destiny tells the story of Darius Morgan and how he got started in South America. The author had the vision to open tourism in Bolivia and he worked tirelessly against all odds and had unexpected adventures. Though a gypsy once predicted he would be a popular man in many countries, no one could have foreseen the connections he would make in the process of launching his company and tourism in Bolivia. As if climbing the bleachers of fate, On the Trails of My Destiny details the journey of the man who made his dreams a reality.
Andean Journeys: a Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Bolivian Poetry
Author: Ronald Haladyna
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426996063
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Andean Journeys: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Bolivian Poetry is the fourth in a series of books that aspire to address a dearth of information in the English-speaking world about South American poetry of the past thirty years. The fourteen outstanding poets included here represent a diversity of themes, styles, and perspectives in one of South Americas more marginalized nations. All of them have published extensively, have been recognized through literary awards and inclusion in national and international anthologies, and continue writing and publishing today. For readers unfamiliar with Bolivia, the introduction provides a brief background of its geography, history, politics, economy, and society. This is followed by an ample selection of representative poems published previously in Spanish, with translations in English on facing pages. The book concludes with a brief biographical sketch of each poet and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources for readers wishing to pursue further reading or research. Contemporary Uruguayan Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology; Exotic Territory: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Paraguayan Poetry; and Volcanic Reflections: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Ecuadorian Poetry are companion volumes that offer similar exposure to poetry that deserves to be better known in the English-speaking world.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426996063
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Andean Journeys: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Bolivian Poetry is the fourth in a series of books that aspire to address a dearth of information in the English-speaking world about South American poetry of the past thirty years. The fourteen outstanding poets included here represent a diversity of themes, styles, and perspectives in one of South Americas more marginalized nations. All of them have published extensively, have been recognized through literary awards and inclusion in national and international anthologies, and continue writing and publishing today. For readers unfamiliar with Bolivia, the introduction provides a brief background of its geography, history, politics, economy, and society. This is followed by an ample selection of representative poems published previously in Spanish, with translations in English on facing pages. The book concludes with a brief biographical sketch of each poet and an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary sources for readers wishing to pursue further reading or research. Contemporary Uruguayan Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology; Exotic Territory: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Paraguayan Poetry; and Volcanic Reflections: A Bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Ecuadorian Poetry are companion volumes that offer similar exposure to poetry that deserves to be better known in the English-speaking world.
Bolivia
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Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Bolivia
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Working & Living Around the World
Author: Jim Stephenson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 153202391X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Jim writes about his childhood during World War II, his time in the British Navy, his work on oil refineries and pipelines around the world, and facing the results of political upheaval in Africa and the Middle East. Judy concentrates on her memories of building and maintaining a home in diverse places, such as the American Virgin Islands, Brazil, Iran, Clinton, Iowa, Saudi Arabia, and Newburgh, Scotland. Together, they dealt with everything, from an attack of sea urchins in Aruba to being caught in one of the worlds most unexpected revolutions in Iran.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 153202391X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Jim writes about his childhood during World War II, his time in the British Navy, his work on oil refineries and pipelines around the world, and facing the results of political upheaval in Africa and the Middle East. Judy concentrates on her memories of building and maintaining a home in diverse places, such as the American Virgin Islands, Brazil, Iran, Clinton, Iowa, Saudi Arabia, and Newburgh, Scotland. Together, they dealt with everything, from an attack of sea urchins in Aruba to being caught in one of the worlds most unexpected revolutions in Iran.
The Washington Post Index
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Category : Washington post
Languages : en
Pages : 1782
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Category : Washington post
Languages : en
Pages : 1782
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Rumanian Review
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Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Category : Romania
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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The Adventures of a Cello
Author: Carlos Prieto
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477317864
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477317864
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A delightful biography of a celebrated Stradivarius cello and an inviting overview of cello music and its preeminent composers and performers by world-famous concert cellist Carlos Prieto.
1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
Author: Tom Moon
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 0761153853
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
Book Description
The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music. This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners’ horizons— it makes every listener a seeker, actively pursuing new artists and new sounds, and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries, for example, are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band, Samuel Barber, Cecelia Bartoli, Count Basie, and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos. Each entry is passionately written, with expert listening notes, fascinating anecdotes, and the occasional perfect quote—"Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles," said Tom Waits, "and you'd have a completely balanced diet." Every entry identifies key tracks, additional works by the artist, and where to go next. And in the back, indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 0761153853
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
Book Description
The musical adventure of a lifetime. The most exciting book on music in years. A book of treasure, a book of discovery, a book to open your ears to new worlds of pleasure. Doing for music what Patricia Schultz—author of the phenomenal 1,000 Places to See Before You Die—does for travel, Tom Moon recommends 1,000 recordings guaranteed to give listeners the joy, the mystery, the revelation, the sheer fun of great music. This is a book both broad and deep, drawing from the diverse worlds of classical, jazz, rock, pop, blues, country, folk, musicals, hip-hop, world, opera, soundtracks, and more. It's arranged alphabetically by artist to create the kind of unexpected juxtapositions that break down genre bias and broaden listeners’ horizons— it makes every listener a seeker, actively pursuing new artists and new sounds, and reconfirming the greatness of the classics. Flanking J. S. Bach and his six entries, for example, are the little-known R&B singer Baby Huey and the '80s Rastafarian hard-core punk band Bad Brains. Farther down the list: The Band, Samuel Barber, Cecelia Bartoli, Count Basie, and Afropop star Waldemer Bastos. Each entry is passionately written, with expert listening notes, fascinating anecdotes, and the occasional perfect quote—"Your collection could be filled with nothing but music from Ray Charles," said Tom Waits, "and you'd have a completely balanced diet." Every entry identifies key tracks, additional works by the artist, and where to go next. And in the back, indexes and playlists for different moods and occasions.
The Americana
Author: Frederick Converse Beach
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Hilda Hurricane
Author: Roberto Drummond
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Eighteen-year-old Hilda, known as "the girl in the gold bikini" when she swam at her country club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, abruptly leaves the gilded life to take up residence in room 304 of the Hotel Marvelous—as a prostitute. There she becomes Hilda Hurricane, an erotic force of nature no man can resist. The exception is reporter-narrator Roberto Drummond, who attempts to unravel the mystery of why the girl in the gold bikini would forego a comfortable life to join the world's oldest profession. While some in Belo Horizonte cheer Hilda's liberated lifestyle, others seek to have her moved outside the city limits, and a would-be saint cannot seem to finish the exorcism he began outside the Hotel Marvelous. Set against the social and political upheaval of the 1960s, Hilda's story seduces even as Drummond becomes aware of more ominous forces approaching Belo Horizonte. Hilda Hurricane was both a critical and a commercial success in Brazil, with more than 200,000 copies sold. (The DVD of the television adaptation has sold more than a million copies.) Admirers of Kurt Vonnegut will revel in Drummond's similarly sharp satire and playful digressions, particularly about left-wing politics, which blur the boundary between fiction and autobiography. Yet the real genius of the author's interventions may be that they never slow the story long enough to lose sight of this mysterious beauty swept up in the turmoil of the times.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292774303
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Eighteen-year-old Hilda, known as "the girl in the gold bikini" when she swam at her country club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, abruptly leaves the gilded life to take up residence in room 304 of the Hotel Marvelous—as a prostitute. There she becomes Hilda Hurricane, an erotic force of nature no man can resist. The exception is reporter-narrator Roberto Drummond, who attempts to unravel the mystery of why the girl in the gold bikini would forego a comfortable life to join the world's oldest profession. While some in Belo Horizonte cheer Hilda's liberated lifestyle, others seek to have her moved outside the city limits, and a would-be saint cannot seem to finish the exorcism he began outside the Hotel Marvelous. Set against the social and political upheaval of the 1960s, Hilda's story seduces even as Drummond becomes aware of more ominous forces approaching Belo Horizonte. Hilda Hurricane was both a critical and a commercial success in Brazil, with more than 200,000 copies sold. (The DVD of the television adaptation has sold more than a million copies.) Admirers of Kurt Vonnegut will revel in Drummond's similarly sharp satire and playful digressions, particularly about left-wing politics, which blur the boundary between fiction and autobiography. Yet the real genius of the author's interventions may be that they never slow the story long enough to lose sight of this mysterious beauty swept up in the turmoil of the times.