A Roman Rhapsody

Author : Sara Alexander
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496715517

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From the acclaimed author of Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea and Under a Sardinian Sky comes a lyrical new novel set against a stunning Italian backdrop. Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu’s brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for a rich man. After a grueling journey through the countryside, the two are eventually released—but the experience leaves Alba shaken and unable to readjust to normal life, or to give voice to her inner turmoil. Accompanying her mother to cleaning jobs, Alba visits the villa of an eccentric signora and touches the keys of a piano for the first time. The instrument’s spell is immediate. During secret lessons, forbidden by her mother, Alba is at last able to express emotions too powerful for words alone. Ignoring her parents’ insistence that she work in the family’s car dealership and marry a local boy, Alba accepts a scholarship to the Rome Accademia. There she immerses herself in a vibrant world of art—and a passionate affair. But her path will lead her to a crossroads, where Alba will have to reconcile the past she fled with her longing for love and family to fully convey the music of her heart . . . Praise for Sara Alexander’s Under a Sardinian Sky “Alexander paints a loving and breathtaking picture of the Mediterranean island, especially glorious descriptions of food. For readers who enjoy women’s fiction set against a background of momentous events and clashing cultures.” —Library Journal “Will leave readers riveted until the explosive conclusion.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Tore Hamsun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8205175454

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Rhapsody in blue by Tore Hamsun Pdf

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Author : Colorzen
Publisher : Colorzen
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1088288820

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Roman Rhapsody by Colorzen Pdf

"Roman Rhapsody: A Creative Coloring Journey Through Ancient Architecture" is a 60-page book that transports you to the majesty of ancient Rome. Immerse yourself in the astonishing world of Roman architecture as you color intricate details of iconic monuments like the Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the Roman Forum. This book offers a unique coloring experience where you can bring architectural elements, from Corinthian columns to elaborate mosaics, to life. Each page is filled with detailed illustrations that capture the grandeur and beauty of ancient Rome. As you color, you can learn about the history and significance of these monuments in Roman civilization. "Roman Rhapsody" is more than a coloring book; it's a creative journey that allows you to explore the architecture and culture of one of the most influential civilizations in history. Perfect for history buffs and creativity enthusiasts, this book provides you with the opportunity to create your own Roman masterpiece.

Author : Sunka Simon
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002-03-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0791453499

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Mail-Orders by Sunka Simon Pdf

Explores contemporary uses of letters and letter writing—including electronic mail—in literature, film, and art.

Author : Francis Boni
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781475995671

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A Life Song Between Two Worlds by Francis Boni Pdf

In this revised edition of A Life Song Between Two Worlds, Dr. Francis Boni expands his original book of poetry, updating his thoughts on society, government, and philosophy. He seeks to enlighten others on points of views that would be otherwise unconsidered and encourages them to think beyond the words on the page and their own personal experiences. His verses reflect the emotional rhythm of the meaning of life and its baffling paradoxes, which are hard to resolve or to accept. He considers the violence in our society currentlystill crying for a real tentative or effective solutionin an effort to reclaim the calm of years long past. Bonis work is poetry of ideas, purpose-poetry with a messagea dynamic blend of ideas expressed in a dialectical relationship in a symbolically and intensely passionate way. A Heros Life There are no great men But only great challenges That authentic spirits must meet To overcome Not only personal fears But also the dreads Of that unknown and unconscious reality Which manifests those challenges Through which they become villains or heroes.

Author : Alejandro Nava
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226819150

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Street Scriptures by Alejandro Nava Pdf

This book explores an important aspect of hip-hop that is rarely considered: its deep entanglement with spiritual life. The world of hip-hop is saturated with religion, but rarely is that element given serious consideration. In Street Scriptures, Alejandro Nava focuses our attention on this aspect of the music and culture in a fresh way, combining his profound love of hip-hop, his passion for racial and social justice, and his deep theological knowledge. Street Scriptures offers a refreshingly earnest and beautifully written journey through hip-hop’s deep entanglement with the sacred. Nava reveals a largely unheard religious heartbeat in hip-hop, exploring crosscurrents of the sacred and profane in rap, reggaeton, and Latinx hip-hop today. Ranging from Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, and Bad Bunny to St. Augustine and William James, Nava examines the ethical-political, mystical-prophetic, and theological qualities in hip-hop, probing the pure sonic and aesthetic signatures of music, while also diving deep into the voices that invoke the spirit of protest. The result is nothing short of a new liberation theology for our time, what Nava calls a “street theology.”

Author : Aliza Cohen-Mushlin,Sergey Kravtsov,Vladimir Levin,Giedrė Mickūnaitė,Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė
Publisher : VDA leidykla
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Jewish architecture
ISBN : 9789955854609

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Synagogues in Lithuania A-M by Aliza Cohen-Mushlin,Sergey Kravtsov,Vladimir Levin,Giedrė Mickūnaitė,Jurgita Šiaučiūnaitė-Verbickienė Pdf

Author : Antoine Laurain
Publisher : Gallic Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910477380

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French Rhapsody by Antoine Laurain Pdf

The arrival of a letter delayed by 33 years sparks off a quest that leads both on a nostalgic journey back to the 1980s and right to the heart of France today. Middle-aged doctor Alain Massoulier has received a life-changing letter – thirty-three years too late. Lost in the Paris postal system for decades, the letter from Polydor, dated 1983, offers a recording contract to The Holograms, in which Alain played lead guitar. Overcome by nostalgia, Alain is tempted to track down the members of the group. But in a world where everything and everyone has changed...where could his quest possibly take him?

Author : Gohar Muradyan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004524361

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Ancient Greek Myths in Medieval Armenian Literature by Gohar Muradyan Pdf

This is the first study which brings together the references to ancient Greek myths (154 episodes) in medieval Armenian literature. The main source for such stories are translations, but direct citations from Greek in original Armenian works also exist.

Author : James Cracraft,Daniel B. Rowland
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781501723582

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Architectures of Russian Identity, 1500 to the Present by James Cracraft,Daniel B. Rowland Pdf

From the royal pew of Ivan the Terrible, to Catherine the Great's use of landscape, to the struggles between the Orthodox Church and preservationists in post-Soviet Yaroslavl—across five centuries of Russian history, Russian leaders have used architecture to project unity, identity, and power. Church architecture has inspired national cohesion and justified political control while representing the claims of religion in brick, wood, and stone. The architectural vocabulary of the Soviet state celebrated industrialization, mechanization, and communal life. Buildings and landscapes have expressed utopian urges as well as lofty spiritual goals. Country houses and memorials have encoded their own messages. In Architectures of Russian Identity, James Cracraft and Daniel Rowland gather a group of authors from a wide variety of backgrounds—including history and architectural history, linguistics, literary studies, geography, and political science—to survey the political and symbolic meanings of many different kinds of structures. Fourteen heavily illustrated chapters demonstrate the remarkable fertility of the theme of architecture, broadly defined, for a range of fields dealing with Russia and its surrounding territories. The authors engage key terms in contemporary historiography—identity, nationality, visual culture—and assess the applications of each in Russian contexts.

Author : Martin Brody
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781580462457

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Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome by Martin Brody Pdf

Combining cultural analysis with historical and personal accounts of a century of musical life at the American Academy in Rome, this volume provides a history of the AAR's Rome Prize in Composition.

Author : Kenan Görgün
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2875685406

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Anatolia Rhapsody by Kenan Görgün Pdf

Author : Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ,Dmitrij O. Švidkovskij,Professor Dimitri Shvidkovsky
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300065640

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The Empress & the Architect by Dmitriĭ Olegovich Shvidkovskiĭ,Dmitrij O. Švidkovskij,Professor Dimitri Shvidkovsky Pdf

In August 1779, Charles Cameron, a Scottish architect based in London, set sail for St. Petersburg. He had been summoned by Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, to create a magnificent architectural setting for the splendours and extravagances of her court - most especially the two luxurious palace ensembles outside St. Petersburg at Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk. His reputation prior to his arrival in Russia was based almost entirely on his authorship of a book on the baths of ancient Rome - he had built nothing as yet - but while serving as Architect to Her Imperial Majesty, Cameron was responsible for some of the most dazzling and original architectural creations of the eighteenth century. This book tells a fascinating story of enterprise, initiative, amazing patronage and very remarkable architectural achievements on a large scale, all of which took place within a unique historical and cultural context. Dimitri Shvidkovsky weaves together the intriguing, and still not completely documented biography of an enigmatic architect - possibly a Jacobite rebel and exile - and the life of the great Russian ruler, Catherine II. This is set against the backdrop of the rapidly developing influence of British culture on Russian society. Architects, park designers and gardeners from England and Scotland were to be found in every part of Russia by the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, helping to establish a particular form of design whose cultural impact was made all the more dramatic by its adoption and development by native Russian architects and designers. This book, ravishingly illustrated with views of the palaces and gardens of imperial Russia - many now destroyed - places Russian architecture and garden design of the neo-classical period within its European context for the first time, and explores the hitherto neglected connections between British and Russian architecture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It offers a fascinating and original account of Russian culture in this period.

Author : Sara Alexander
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496715494

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Four Hundred and Forty Steps to the Sea by Sara Alexander Pdf

“Family secrets and a transportive Italian setting keep the reader thoroughly immersed, making for a satisfying story of one woman’s coming-of-age.” —Publishers Weekly Nestled into the cliffs in southern Italy’s Amalfi coast, Positano is an artist’s vision, with rows of brightly hued houses perched above the sea and picturesque staircases meandering up and down the hillside. Santina, still a striking woman despite old age and the illness that saps her last strength, is spending her final days at her home, Villa San Vito. The magnificent eighteenth-century palazzo is very different from the tiny house in which she grew up. And as she decides its fate, she must confront the choices that led her here so long ago . . . In 1949, Positano is as yet undiscovered by tourists, a beautiful, secluded village shaking off the dust of war. Hoping to escape poverty, young Santina takes domestic work in London, ultimately becoming a housekeeper to a distinguished British major and his creative, impulsive wife, Adeline. When they move to Positano, Santina returns with them, raising their daughter as Adeline’s mental health declines. With each passing year, Santina becomes more deeply enmeshed within the family, trying to navigate her complicated feelings for a man who is much more than an employer—while hiding secrets that could shatter the only home she knows . . . “Pick up this book to be swept away like a frothy Mediterranean wave, with its melodic writing style that’s richly filled with beautiful imagery in a setting so sunny and beautiful you will be transported!” —Beachcombing Magazine

Author : Marco Fantuzzi,Helen Morales,Tim Whitmarsh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316518588

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Reception in the Greco-Roman World by Marco Fantuzzi,Helen Morales,Tim Whitmarsh Pdf

Harnesses the insights generated by 30 years of reception studies to enhance the study of classical Greek literature.