Author: Elena Passarello
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
Let Me Clear My Throat
Author: Elena Passarello
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
Publisher: Sarabande Books
ISBN: 1936747502
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
“A remarkably entertaining and thought-provoking look at the human voice and all of its myriad functions and sounds . . . Wonderful” (Library Journal, starred review). From Farinelli, the eighteenth-century castrato who brought down opera houses with his high C, to the recording of Johnny B. Goode affixed to the Voyager spacecraft, Let Me Clear My Throat dissects the whys and hows of popular voices, making them hum with significance and emotion. There are murders of punk rock crows, impressionists, and rebel yells; Howard Dean’s “BYAH!” and Marlon Brando’s “Stellaaaaa!” and a stock film yawp that has made cameos in movies from A Star is Born to Spaceballs. The voice is thought’s incarnating instrument and Elena Passarello’s essays are a riotous deconstruction of the ways the sounds we make both express and shape who we are—the annotated soundtrack of us giving voice to ourselves. “Standout pieces include a biography of the most famous scream in Hollywood history; a breakdown of the relationship between song and birdsong; and an analysis of the sounds of disgust. Akin to: A dinner party at which David Sedaris, Mary Roach and Marlon Brando are trying to out-monologue one another.” —Philadelphia Weekly “The beauty of Ellen Passarello’s voice is that it’s so confidently its own . . . I began randomly with her essay wondering what the space aliens will make of ‘Johnny B. Goode’ on the Voyager gold record and couldn’t stop after that.” —John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead
Translated
Author: Gerald T. Dolphus
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483609324
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
TRANSLATED Are you ready for promotion? Can your life use an upgrade? If so, read the simple, no-nonsense, biblical answers in this book. It will teach you how to augment every aspect of your life-your marriage, your personal relationships, your finances, and your business. You'll learn: How to plateau your happiness. How to retrain your brain. How to replace problem consciousness with solution consciousness. How to activate spiritual discernment in business transactions. How to increase your marital intimacy. How to transport your marriage from worship to ecstasy. How to maximize your faith and finances, when you're unmarried. It's all here! You will learn, as you turn the pages of this book, the significance of metacognition (awareness of one's thinking processes) and bi-dimensional living (living in Heaven and on Earth, simultaneously). In fact, you will learn how it is possible to actualize Ephesians 2:6, in everything you do! "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Do yourself a favor; get lifted! Get Translated!
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483609324
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
TRANSLATED Are you ready for promotion? Can your life use an upgrade? If so, read the simple, no-nonsense, biblical answers in this book. It will teach you how to augment every aspect of your life-your marriage, your personal relationships, your finances, and your business. You'll learn: How to plateau your happiness. How to retrain your brain. How to replace problem consciousness with solution consciousness. How to activate spiritual discernment in business transactions. How to increase your marital intimacy. How to transport your marriage from worship to ecstasy. How to maximize your faith and finances, when you're unmarried. It's all here! You will learn, as you turn the pages of this book, the significance of metacognition (awareness of one's thinking processes) and bi-dimensional living (living in Heaven and on Earth, simultaneously). In fact, you will learn how it is possible to actualize Ephesians 2:6, in everything you do! "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus." Do yourself a favor; get lifted! Get Translated!
Stuck With You
Author: Christina Mandelski
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
ISBN: 1640638555
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
When Caleb Gray heads to the Texas coast to mentally prepare for a future he isn’t sure he wants, the last person he expects to see is Catie Dixon. Yeah, their mothers have been planning their wedding since they were born, but he and Catie are most definitely not friends. He can’t see her as anything but the annoying kid who followed him everywhere. Except, it’s really bothering him that everyone is staring at her in that bikini... Catie got over her crush on Caleb ages ago. So why can’t she see past his ripped body or how unsettled he seems? She’s got her own problems, though. Her future has been set for years and now she’s dreaming of pulling the plug. A week at their families’ beach house is just what she needs to pull herself together, and she has no intention of letting Caleb back into her heart...which would be a whole lot easier if he’d put on a shirt. But a forced week of togetherness full of beach parties, waterslide mishaps, bonfires, and roller coasters sparks more than an understanding. What do you do when the person standing in the way of your future is the one person you grew up hating...but now don’t? Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains summer thunderstorms on the beach, an, er...awkward waterslide incident, and an infuriatingly hot boy who you'll no longer be able to ignore. Each book in the First Kiss Hypothesis series is STANDALONE: * The First Kiss Hypothesis * Love and Other Secrets * Stuck With You
Publisher: Entangled: Crush
ISBN: 1640638555
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
When Caleb Gray heads to the Texas coast to mentally prepare for a future he isn’t sure he wants, the last person he expects to see is Catie Dixon. Yeah, their mothers have been planning their wedding since they were born, but he and Catie are most definitely not friends. He can’t see her as anything but the annoying kid who followed him everywhere. Except, it’s really bothering him that everyone is staring at her in that bikini... Catie got over her crush on Caleb ages ago. So why can’t she see past his ripped body or how unsettled he seems? She’s got her own problems, though. Her future has been set for years and now she’s dreaming of pulling the plug. A week at their families’ beach house is just what she needs to pull herself together, and she has no intention of letting Caleb back into her heart...which would be a whole lot easier if he’d put on a shirt. But a forced week of togetherness full of beach parties, waterslide mishaps, bonfires, and roller coasters sparks more than an understanding. What do you do when the person standing in the way of your future is the one person you grew up hating...but now don’t? Disclaimer: This Entangled Teen Crush book contains summer thunderstorms on the beach, an, er...awkward waterslide incident, and an infuriatingly hot boy who you'll no longer be able to ignore. Each book in the First Kiss Hypothesis series is STANDALONE: * The First Kiss Hypothesis * Love and Other Secrets * Stuck With You
Novels
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Pages : 300
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Downloading the Poetic Self
Author: Frederic Will
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527509435
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This volume presents an autobiography of one writer’s existence in poetry, the tracks left by a clumsy bear taming himself in public; it is also a forum in which to act out and discover oneself. It will serve to light fires, the can-do drive others can surpass, finding in themselves language as daring as their lives, and more daring than the author’s. It endeavours to allow every reader of this text to leave it feeling better, more able to do things by him- or herself, and more convinced that poetry is essential to a good life. The text itself is the eighth title in the 10-volume series Inside Selfhood and History.
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527509435
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This volume presents an autobiography of one writer’s existence in poetry, the tracks left by a clumsy bear taming himself in public; it is also a forum in which to act out and discover oneself. It will serve to light fires, the can-do drive others can surpass, finding in themselves language as daring as their lives, and more daring than the author’s. It endeavours to allow every reader of this text to leave it feeling better, more able to do things by him- or herself, and more convinced that poetry is essential to a good life. The text itself is the eighth title in the 10-volume series Inside Selfhood and History.
The English Illustrated Magazine
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Languages : en
Pages : 856
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Pages : 856
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Billboard
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
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In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
The 30th Candle
Author: Angela Makholwa
Publisher: Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN: 1770108637
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
‘From an author who has a wicked sense of humour comes a skillfully written must-read for any woman who winces at the idea of celebrating the “big 3-0” – or for any man who still seeks the answer to the eternal question: What do women really want?’ – FUTHI NTSHINGILA, author of the award-winning They Got To You Too ‘Ok, who is this guy? You said he’s not married, so if you’re knocked up, you have to tell who he is,’ Linda insisted. Thirtieth Birthday’s loom ... Skeletons come creeping out closets ... How will this Birthday end? Linda has just cast off yet another lover, while Dikeledi can’t seem to pin her fast-talking lawyer down to talk about marriage. Nolwazi has a secret – one she can’t share even with her closest friends, while Sade has found the perfect man, and a new life that will shut out the horrors of her past forever. Or will it ...? Linda, Dikeledi, Nolwazi and Sade are about to discover more that the wisdom that comes with being a year older. After all, they’re young, gifted and black in a booming new South Africa. Author of the popular thriller, Red Ink, Angela Makholwa turns her humour and skill for page-turning suspense to the escapades and sexual misadventures of modern women as they search for happiness – and hope for love.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan South africa
ISBN: 1770108637
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
‘From an author who has a wicked sense of humour comes a skillfully written must-read for any woman who winces at the idea of celebrating the “big 3-0” – or for any man who still seeks the answer to the eternal question: What do women really want?’ – FUTHI NTSHINGILA, author of the award-winning They Got To You Too ‘Ok, who is this guy? You said he’s not married, so if you’re knocked up, you have to tell who he is,’ Linda insisted. Thirtieth Birthday’s loom ... Skeletons come creeping out closets ... How will this Birthday end? Linda has just cast off yet another lover, while Dikeledi can’t seem to pin her fast-talking lawyer down to talk about marriage. Nolwazi has a secret – one she can’t share even with her closest friends, while Sade has found the perfect man, and a new life that will shut out the horrors of her past forever. Or will it ...? Linda, Dikeledi, Nolwazi and Sade are about to discover more that the wisdom that comes with being a year older. After all, they’re young, gifted and black in a booming new South Africa. Author of the popular thriller, Red Ink, Angela Makholwa turns her humour and skill for page-turning suspense to the escapades and sexual misadventures of modern women as they search for happiness – and hope for love.
A sportsman's sketches
Author: Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Pages : 310
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Billboard
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.