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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Opportunity
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 644
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Ready for a Brand New Beat
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1594632731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote “Dancing in the Street.” The song was recorded at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, with lead singer Martha Reeves arranging her own vocals. Released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording—a precursor to disco, and a song about the joyousness of dance. But events overtook it, and the song became one of the icons of American pop culture. The Beatles had landed in the U.S. in early 1964. By the summer, the sixties were in full swing. The summer of 1964 was the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election. As the country grew more radicalized in those few months, “Dancing in the Street” gained currency as an activist anthem. The song took on new meanings, multiple meanings, for many different groups that were all changing as the country changed. Told by the writer who is legendary for finding the big story in unlikely places, Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1594632731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William “Mickey” Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote “Dancing in the Street.” The song was recorded at Motown’s Hitsville USA Studio by Martha and the Vandellas, with lead singer Martha Reeves arranging her own vocals. Released on July 31, the song was supposed to be an upbeat dance recording—a precursor to disco, and a song about the joyousness of dance. But events overtook it, and the song became one of the icons of American pop culture. The Beatles had landed in the U.S. in early 1964. By the summer, the sixties were in full swing. The summer of 1964 was the Mississippi Freedom Summer, the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, the beginning of the Vietnam War, the passage of the Civil Rights Act, and the lead-up to a dramatic election. As the country grew more radicalized in those few months, “Dancing in the Street” gained currency as an activist anthem. The song took on new meanings, multiple meanings, for many different groups that were all changing as the country changed. Told by the writer who is legendary for finding the big story in unlikely places, Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history.
Dancing on My Ashes
Author: Heather Gilion
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1607998718
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1607998718
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Holly and Heather share their story and help to walk the reader through the painful yet necessary healing process for when life deals us its harshest blows. Dancing on my ashes soothes and empathizes with the broken heart, while sharing the truth of scripture, and the hope that comes from the heart of God.
Traditions of the Tinguian
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Abstracts: p. 202-226.
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Abstracts: p. 202-226.
The Tinguian
Author: Fay-Cooper Cole
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Category : Anthropology
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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Author: Malcolm Henderson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595319491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Retiring to live on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the author humorously describes how he learned through experience, from the first essential of handling a boat without danger to himself and others to his ultimate achievement of establishing an organic farm on the shore of a distant lagoon. Interspersed with vignettes of the local culture, the account gives an insight to the challenges facing Gringos when pursuing dreams of life on a tropical island. Covering a span of six years from the beginnings of the growth of a tourist industry to a time when the islands were clearly destined to become a major tourist destination, "Don't Kill the Cow Too Quick" records a passing era.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595319491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Retiring to live on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the author humorously describes how he learned through experience, from the first essential of handling a boat without danger to himself and others to his ultimate achievement of establishing an organic farm on the shore of a distant lagoon. Interspersed with vignettes of the local culture, the account gives an insight to the challenges facing Gringos when pursuing dreams of life on a tropical island. Covering a span of six years from the beginnings of the growth of a tourist industry to a time when the islands were clearly destined to become a major tourist destination, "Don't Kill the Cow Too Quick" records a passing era.
OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
Author: Gail Slaughter
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465346201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
My book “The Other Side of the World” is about the real street life. The reason why I wrote this book when I used to walk on 42nd street, I saw those pimps and prostitute on the streets. I always to see a woman that a hooker could change her life. Hope and pray people will get a chance to read the book. It was a play.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1465346201
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
My book “The Other Side of the World” is about the real street life. The reason why I wrote this book when I used to walk on 42nd street, I saw those pimps and prostitute on the streets. I always to see a woman that a hooker could change her life. Hope and pray people will get a chance to read the book. It was a play.
Littell's Living Age
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Island of the Nightingales
Author: Caterina Edwards
Publisher: Guernica Editions
ISBN: 9781550710229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Edwards takes her images from the spheres of art and science highlighting unexpected connections and, with her graceful, spare style, brings clarity, understanding and humour to basic questions of responsibility, desire and loss."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Guernica Editions
ISBN: 9781550710229
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Edwards takes her images from the spheres of art and science highlighting unexpected connections and, with her graceful, spare style, brings clarity, understanding and humour to basic questions of responsibility, desire and loss."--BOOK JACKET.
Northern Voices
Author: Penny Petrone
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487516916
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Inuit of northern Canada have a rich oral tradition in their ancient languages and a more recent tradition of written English. Penny Petrone traces the two paths that link the cultural past of arctic peoples with its expression in the present day. The book's first section includes traditional legends, myths, folk history told by native story-tellers, and poetry sung by Inuit composers. The second presents statements and observations by some of the first Inuit to come into contact with European newcomers, including official reports, interviews, letters, and diaries. Next are early poetry and prose in translation, much of it autobiographical. The final section includes contemporary Inuit writing, from essays and speeches to fiction, poetry, and other genres of imaginative literature. The editor has provided an introduction for each item and arranged the material chronologically to give historical perspective and continuity to the whole.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487516916
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Inuit of northern Canada have a rich oral tradition in their ancient languages and a more recent tradition of written English. Penny Petrone traces the two paths that link the cultural past of arctic peoples with its expression in the present day. The book's first section includes traditional legends, myths, folk history told by native story-tellers, and poetry sung by Inuit composers. The second presents statements and observations by some of the first Inuit to come into contact with European newcomers, including official reports, interviews, letters, and diaries. Next are early poetry and prose in translation, much of it autobiographical. The final section includes contemporary Inuit writing, from essays and speeches to fiction, poetry, and other genres of imaginative literature. The editor has provided an introduction for each item and arranged the material chronologically to give historical perspective and continuity to the whole.