Rebetiko (SelfMadeHero)

Rebetiko (SelfMadeHero) PDF Author: David Prudhomme
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838515
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Athens, 1936. General Metaxas is cracking down on rebetis and their way of life. A small group of friends - Rebetiko musicians - wind their way through the Athenian backstreets, ouzeris and market squares dodging the police while settling disputes over hashish and women. With music at its heart, the narrative builds to a joyous party at its climax in this multi-award-winning graphic novel.

Rebetiko (SelfMadeHero)

Rebetiko (SelfMadeHero) PDF Author: David Prudhomme
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838515
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Athens, 1936. General Metaxas is cracking down on rebetis and their way of life. A small group of friends - Rebetiko musicians - wind their way through the Athenian backstreets, ouzeris and market squares dodging the police while settling disputes over hashish and women. With music at its heart, the narrative builds to a joyous party at its climax in this multi-award-winning graphic novel.

When David Lost His Voice

When David Lost His Voice PDF Author: Judith Vanistendael
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838546
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
"The moment his granddaughter Louise is born, David learns that he has cancer. He would rather keep quiet about his illness, the pain and the end that awaits him-- much to the frustration of the women in his life. They wait, powerless, for the silent but inexorable end"--Page 4 of cover.

Androula's Kitchen

Androula's Kitchen PDF Author: Sonia Demetriou
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780957400207
Category : Cooking, Cypriot
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Book Description
Androula's Kitchen-Cyprus on a Plate combines a feast of photos of Cyprus, its crafts, art and food with some mouth-watering recipes collected on the journey from family and friends. But this is not a cookery book, it is a look at traditional Cypriot culture

Glacial Period

Glacial Period PDF Author: Nicolas De Crécy
Publisher: NBM Publishing
ISBN: 1561638579
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 83

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Book Description
In this fanciful and richly imaginative story, one of the most original and important young European comic artists imagines a frozen world thousands of years hence in which all human history has been forgotten. A small group of archaeologists come upon the Louvre, buried in age-old snow, and cannot begin to explain all of the artifacts they see. Their interpretations of the wonders before them strike a humorous, absurd, and farcical tone. One of the few books coedited by the Louvre, this graphic novel features stunning illustrations as it presents a unique vision of the great museum.

Bluesman

Bluesman PDF Author: Rob Vollmar
Publisher: NBM
ISBN: 1681123010
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Book Description
Now collected into one stunning hardcover! This story, structured like a traditional twelve bar blues song, with three sections each made of four chapters, follows blues musician Lem Taylor's harrowing journey across Arkansas of the late twenties, hunted for a crime he didn't commit.

The Motherless Oven

The Motherless Oven PDF Author: Rob Davis
Publisher: SelfMadeHero
ISBN: 9781906838812
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Scarper's deathday is just three weeks away, and he clings to the mundane repetition of his life at home and high school for comfort.

A Chinese Life

A Chinese Life PDF Author: Philippe Otie
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781906838553
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
This graphic novel traces the development of the modern Chinese state while the author chronicles the trials and tribulations of the Chinese everyman as he embraces the new order in childhood, serves in the military and with agricultural labor, and becomes a member of the Communist Party.

Road to Rembetika

Road to Rembetika PDF Author: Gail Holst
Publisher: Denise Harvey (Publisher)
ISBN: 9789607120076
Category : Popular music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
The rembetika, songs that were sung in the poor quarters of Smyrna, Istanbul and the ports of Greece in the late nineteenth century, and became the popular bouzouki music of the 1930s to 1950s, have many parallels with American blues. Like the blues, the rembetika were the music of outsiders, who developed their own slang and their own forms of expression. Road to Rembetika was the first book in English to attempt a general survey of the world of the 'rembetes' who smoked hashish and danced the passionate introspective zebekiko to release their emotions. The author Gail Holst, an Australian musician and writer who first came to Greece in 1965 and who has continued to perform and write about Greek music ever since, describes her own initiation into the rembetika, outlines its historical and sociological background, its musical characteristics and instrumentation. The second part of the book is a collection of rembetika songs in Greek with the English translation en face. The text is illustrated with photographs of the period, musical examples and original manuscripts of the songs. Although Road to Rembetika was first published many years ago, this revised edition of this now classic book still remains the most vibrant portrayal of this musical genre.

The Art of Rube Goldberg

The Art of Rube Goldberg PDF Author: Rube Goldberg
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613125593
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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Book Description
A “generously illustrated and well-designed appreciation” of the Pulitzer Prize–winning illustrator, with an introduction by New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik.(The New York Times) Cartoonist, humorist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor, Rube Goldberg wrote and illustrated nearly 50,000 cartoon in his seventy-two-year career. Goldberg (1883–1970) was the most famous cartoonist of his time, best known for his comical inventions, which were syndicated in daily newspapers throughout the world. Author Jennifer George celebrates all aspects of her grandfather’s career, from his very first published drawings in his high school newspaper and college yearbook to his iconic inventions, his comic strips and advertising work, and his later sculpture and Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoons. Also included are essays from such writers and comic historians as Adam Gopnik, Al Jaffee, Carl Linich, Peter Meresca, Paul Tumey and Brian Walker, as well as rare photographs, letters, memorabilia, and patents, many reproduced here for the first time. Brilliantly designed and packaged to capture the inventiveness of Rube Goldberg’s work, The Art of Rube Goldberg is a coffee table book the whole family can enjoy. “Goldberg’s cartoons touch the edge of modern art.” —Adam Gopnik “There will likely never be another Rube Goldberg. Fortunately, his granddaughter’s wonderful book ensures that we’ll always remember this one-of-a-kind cartooning legend.” ―The Washington Times

Last Days of an Immortal

Last Days of an Immortal PDF Author: Fabien Vehlmann
Publisher: Archaia
ISBN: 9781936393442
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
In the distant future, Elijah is a member of the "Philosophical Police," who must solve conflicts that arise out of ignorance of the Other. Two species are fighting a war with roots in a crime committed centuries ago, and Elijah must solve the crime and bring peace between their species, while also confronting his own immortality in a world where science provides access to eternal life. In a world where death no longer exists, why do so many want to give up on life?