War Song

Author : Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063310650

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A Song of War by Kate Quinn,Vicky Alvear,Simon Turney,Russell Whitfield,Stephanie Thornton,Libbie Hawker,David Alexander Blixt Pdf

A SONG OF WAR Troy: city of gold, gatekeeper of the east, haven of the god-born and the lucky, a city destined to last a thousand years. But the Fates have other plans—the Fates, and a woman named Helen. In the shadow of Troy's gates, all must be reborn in the greatest war of the ancient world: slaves and queens, heroes and cowards, seers and kings . . . and these are their stories. A young princess and an embittered prince join forces to prevent a fatal elopement. A tormented seeress challenges the gods themselves to save her city from the impending disaster. A tragedy-haunted king battles private demons and envious rivals as the siege grinds on. A doomed hero launches a desperate plan to bring the war to a close. A grizzled archer and a desperate Amazon risk their lives to avenge their dead. A trickster conceives the greatest trick of all. A goddess' son battles to save the spirit of Troy even as the walls are breached in fire and blood. Seven authors bring to life the epic tale of the Trojan War: its heroes, its villains, its survivors, its dead. Who will lie forgotten in the embers, and who will rise to shape the bloody dawn of a new age?

Author : John Mullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351068666

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Popular Song in the First World War by John Mullen Pdf

What did popular song mean to people across the world during the First World War? For the first time, song repertoires and musical industries from countries on both sides in the Great War as well as from neutral countries are analysed in one exciting volume. Experts from around the world, and with very different approaches, bring to life the entertainment of a century ago, to show the role it played in the lives of our ancestors. The reader will meet the penniless lyricist, the theatre chain owner, the cross-dressing singer, fado composer, stage Scotsman or rhyming soldier, whether they come from Serbia, Britain, the USA, Germany, France, Portugal or elsewhere, in this fascinating exploration of showbiz before the generalization of the gramophone. Singing was a vector for patriotic support for the war, and sometimes for anti-war activism, but it was much more than that, and expressed and constructed debates, anxieties, social identities and changes in gender roles. This work, accompanied by many links to online recordings, will allow the reader to glimpse the complex role of popular song in people’s lives in a period of total war.

Author : Andrei Rogatchevski,Arve Hansen,Yngvar Steinholt,David-Emil Wickström
Publisher : Ibidem Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-28
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 3838211731

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A War of Songs by Andrei Rogatchevski,Arve Hansen,Yngvar Steinholt,David-Emil Wickström Pdf

This book includes studies of music and politics in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including the sounds of Euromaidan, parodies of the Russian national anthem, the Eurovision contest as a geopolitical battleground, and the legacies of Soviet rock.

Author : Irwin Silber,Jerry Silverman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486284385

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Songs of the Civil War by Irwin Silber,Jerry Silverman Pdf

Reprint. Originally published: New York: Columbia University Press, 1960.

Author : Cyril Aston FANSHAWE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019384055

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The Book of Battle Songs. A Collection of the War Songs of Various Nations, and a Selection of Curious Popular Lyrics, ... Chiefly from the Languages of the North and the East. (Rendered by Various Translators.) With Remarks on the Poetry of Martial Enthusiasm by Cyril Aston FANSHAWE Pdf

Author : Santa Montefiore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471172823

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Songs of Love and War by Santa Montefiore Pdf

Previously published in the US as The Girl in the Castle. The #1 international bestseller about the enduring bond between three women and the castle they will never forget. Their lives were mapped out ahead of them. But love and war will change everything... It’s the early 1900s and Castle Deverill stands staunchly untouched by time, hidden away in the rolling Irish hills. Within the castle walls, three friends have formed a close bond: affluent, flame-haired Kitty Deverill; Bridie Doyle, Kitty’s best friend and daughter of the castle’s cook; and Celia Deverill, Kitty’s flamboyant English cousin. They’ve grown up together, always sheltered from the conflict embroiling the rest of the country. But when Bridie learns of a secret Kitty has been keeping, their idyllic world is forever torn apart. Later, the three women scatter to different parts of the globe. Kitty must salvage what she can before Castle Deverill and everything she has ever known is reduced to ash. Songs of Love and War is an epic generational saga about the lasting bonds of true friendship and the powerful ties we all have to the place we call home.

Author : George L. Hart,Hank Heifetz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-08-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231512527

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The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom by George L. Hart,Hank Heifetz Pdf

Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries CE in old Tamil—the literary language of ancient Tamilnadu—was composed before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. It is thus a unique testament to pre-Aryan India. Beyond its importance for understanding the development of South Asia's history, culture, religion, and linguistics, the Purananuru is a great work of literature, reflecting accurately and profoundly the life of southern India 2,000 years ago. One of the few works of classical India that confronts life without the insulation of a philosophical facade and that makes no basic assumptions about karma and the afterlife, the Purananuru has universal appeal. It faces the world as a great and unsolved mystery, delving into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence. To this hidden gem of world literature George L. Hart and Hank Heifetz add a helpful appendix, an annotated bibliography, and an excellent introduction describing the work and placing it in its social and historical context.

Author : Douglas A. Cunningham,John C. Nelson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781118288894

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A Companion to the War Film by Douglas A. Cunningham,John C. Nelson Pdf

A Companion to the War Film contains 27 original essays that examine all aspects of the genre, from the traditional war film, to the new global nature of conflicts, and the diverse formats that war stories assume in today’s digital culture. Includes new works from experienced and emerging scholars that expand the scope of the genre by applying fresh theoretical approaches and archival resources to the study of the war film Moves beyond the limited confines of “the combat film” to cover home-front films, international and foreign language films, and a range of conflicts and time periods Addresses complex questions of gender, race, forced internment, international terrorism, and war protest in films such as Full Metal Jacket, Good Kill, Grace is Gone, Gran Torino, The Messenger, Snow Falling on Cedars, So Proudly We Hail, Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War, Tender Comrade, and Zero Dark Thirty Provides a nuanced vision of war film that brings the genre firmly into the 21st Century and points the way for exciting future scholarship

Author : William Long Fagan
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781465616647

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Southern War Songs: Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by William Long Fagan Pdf

The war songs of the South are a part of the history of the Lost Cause. They are necessary to the impartial historian in forming a correct estimate of the animus of the Southern people. Emotional literature is always a correct exponent of public sentiment, and these songs index the passionate sincerity of the South at the time they were written. Poetic merit is not claimed for all of them; still each one embodies either a fact or a principle. Written in an era of war, when the public mind was thoroughly aroused, some may now appear harsh and vindictive. Eight millions of people read and sang them. This fact alone warrants their collection and preservation. A greater number of the songs have been gathered from Southern newspapers. The task has been laborious, but still a labor of love, as no work of this kind has before been offered to the public.

Author : James Riordan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0192751921

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War Song by James Riordan Pdf

The Great War is raging in France and for girls like Florence and Dorothy it's a liberating time ...but also a dangerous one. As Dorothy risks her life working in the local munitions factory, Florence dreams of becoming a nurse - but when her wish comes true and she heads off to France to nurse the soldiers, she realizes that her dream is actually a living nightmare. But Dorothy is determined to help as many soldiers as she can, no matter what side they're on, and if she can't, she'll die trying ...This outstanding story is full of raw emotion and a real sense of the enormous hardship faced by men and women during the First World War.

Author : Jason Wilson
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554588824

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Soldiers of Song by Jason Wilson Pdf

The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, and The Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story. Lucky soldiers who could sing a song, perform a skit, or pass as a “lady,” were taken from the line and put onstage for the benefit of their soldier-audiences. The intent was to bolster morale and thereby help soldiers survive the war. The Dumbells’ popularity was not limited to troop shows along the trenches. The group also managed a run in London’s West End and became the first ever Canadian production to score a hit on Broadway. Touring Canada for some twelve years after the war, the Dumbells became a household name and made more than twenty-five audio recordings. If nationhood was won on the crest of Vimy Ridge, it was the Dumbells who provided the country with its earliest soundtrack. Pioneers of sketch comedy, the Dumbells are as important to the history of Canadian theatre as they are to the cultural history of early-twentieth-century Canada.

Author : Heather Gladney
Publisher : Ace Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441800831

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Teot's War by Heather Gladney Pdf

A desert warrior joins forces with the Liege Lord of Tan in hopes of starting a war to regain control of their homeland

Author : Colette Gauthier Myles
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780982743515

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Love, Songs, War by Colette Gauthier Myles Pdf

Colette Gauthier Myles is a French expatriate who was born in Paris in 1935. This first volume of the memoirs include family histories beginning with a letter from 1811, and through both World Wars until 1953, with much of it set in Paris and environs during World War II. Illustrated with family photographs, maps and mementos, and featuring popular songs quoted in both English and French.

Author : Theocritus,Tyrtaeus,Bion (of Phlossa near Smyrna)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Pastoral poetry, Greek
ISBN : OXFORD:601623015

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The Idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus, and the War-songs of Tyrtæus by Theocritus,Tyrtaeus,Bion (of Phlossa near Smyrna) Pdf

Author : United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1863
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018640161

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Songs of the War. pt. 1 by United States Pdf