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Singing Like Germans

Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms

By: Kira Thurman

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Singing Like Germans

Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms

By: Kira Thurman

In Singing Like Germans, Kira Thurman tells the sweeping story of Black musicians in German-speaking Europe over more than a century. Thurman brings to life the incredible musical interactions and transnational collaborations among people of African descent and white Germans and Austrians. Through this compelling history, she explores how people reinforced or challenged racial identities in the concert hall. Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, audiences assumed the categories of Blackness and Germanness were mutually exclusive. Yet on attending a performance of German music by a Black musician, many listeners were surprised to discover that German identity is not a biological marker but something that could be learned, performed, and mastered. While Germans and Austrians located their national identity in music, championing composers such as Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms as national heroes, the performance of their works by Black musicians complicated the public's understanding of who had the right to play them. Audiences wavered between seeing these musicians as the rightful heirs of Austro-German musical culture and dangerous outsiders to it. Thurman explores the tension between the supposedly transcendental powers of classical music and the global conversations that developed about who could perform it. An interdisciplinary and transatlantic history, Singing Like Germans suggests that listening to music is not a passive experience, but an active process where racial and gendered categories are constantly made and unmade.

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368

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Cornell University Press

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ISBN 10

1501759868

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9781501759864

Women in Green

Voices of Sustainable Design

By: Kira Gould,Lance Hosey

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Women in Green

Voices of Sustainable Design

By: Kira Gould,Lance Hosey

Exploring a variety of topics ranging from communities to buildings to product design, this book explains how the sustainable design field is influenced by women and women's ways of working. It explains the often overlooked roles women have played as key catalysts in sustainability.

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264

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Ecotone Publishing

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097490337X

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9780974903378

The Science of Writing Characters

Using Psychology to Create Compelling Fictional Characters

By: Kira-Anne Pelican

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The Science of Writing Characters

Using Psychology to Create Compelling Fictional Characters

By: Kira-Anne Pelican

The Science of Writing Characters is a comprehensive handbook to help writers create compelling and psychologically-credible characters that come to life on the page. Drawing on the latest psychological theory and research, ranging from personality theory to evolutionary science, the book equips screenwriters and novelists with all the techniques they need to build complex, dimensional characters from the bottom up. Writers learn how to create rounded characters using the 'Big Five' dimensions of personality and then are shown how these personality traits shape action, relationships and dialogue. Throughout The Science of Writing Characters, psychological theories and research are translated into handy practical tips, which are illustrated through examples of characters in action in well-known films, television series and novels, ranging from Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri and Game of Thrones to The Bonfire of the Vanities and The Goldfinch. This very practical approach makes the book an engaging and accessible companion guide for all writers who want to better understand how they can make memorable characters with the potential for global appeal.

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201

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501357239

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9781501357237

Cats Are Special

A Tribute to Elegance, Playfulness, and Grace

By: Kira Baum,Random House Value Publishing Staff

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Cats Are Special

A Tribute to Elegance, Playfulness, and Grace

By: Kira Baum,Random House Value Publishing Staff

Cat owners know that the companionship of a cat makes every day a little brighter. Cat lovers know the joy of watching a cat leap and bound gracefully up onto windowsills and furniture, or nap happily in any puddle of sunlight it can find. They know the pleasure of having a purring cat curled up against them on a cold winter night. Cats have as many different personalities as people do–they can be timid or gregarious, finicky or easygoing, lively or lethargic. One thing is certain–cats and their owners share a special relationship that enriches both lives. CATS ARE SPECIAL is a celebration of our loving, cuddly, and playful feline friends as well as a nod to their devoted owners. It is a perfect gift for any cat lover and their favorite pet. When your cat rubs the side of its face along your leg, it’s affectionately marking you with its scent, identifying you as its private property, saying, in effect, “You belong to me.” —Susan McDonough In nine lifetimes, you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you. —Michel de Montaigne Time spent with cats is never wasted. —Sigmund Freud There is, indeed, no single quality of the cat that man could not emulate to his advantage. —Carl Van Vechten A meow massages the heart. –Stuart McMillan One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to cominghome. –Pam Brown If we treated everyone we meet with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat, they, too, would purr. –Martin Buxbaum Cats regard people as warmblooded furniture. –Jacquelyn Mitchard

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Gramercy

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0517228823

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9780517228821

Horses Are Special

A Tribute to Our Noble Companions

By: Kira Baum,Random House Value Publishing Staff

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Horses Are Special

A Tribute to Our Noble Companions

By: Kira Baum,Random House Value Publishing Staff

From wide-eyed children to professional breeders and racers, few can look at a horse and not be captivated by its beauty and strength. Riding a horse can be akin to flying, and sharing the exhilaration with our majestic companions is a special joy. HORSES ARE SPECIAL is a tribute to these glorious animals. Full-color photographs paired with quotes from everyone from William Shakespeare to John Wayne, from Elizabeth Arden to Mister Ed, celebrate the role of these loyal companions in our lives. Horses of many breeds; colts, mares, and stallions; big and small, all gallop across these pages in magnificent and endearing photographs. HORSES ARE SPECIAL is a celebration of all the things we love about these regal, stunning beasts. They are strong, graceful, and swift. Some horses can be high-strung and strong-willed, others timid and skittish, but with the right kind of love and devotion, a horse and rider can become an inseparable pair. Horses make a landscape look beautiful. Alice Walker I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace. Abraham Lincoln A horse is that thing of beauty…none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor. Xenophon Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses. Elizabeth Taylor Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him. Will Rogers I got a horse and the west is wide. Billy the Kid

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Gramercy

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051722884X

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9780517228845

Unvergessliche Sommertage. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Kira Miranetti

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Unvergessliche Sommertage. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Kira Miranetti

Die Autorin hatte eine Challenge gestartet und damit siebenundvierzig Geschichten von verschiedenen Autorinnen und Autoren erhalten. Sie hat die nach ihrer Ansicht vierzehn besten für dieses Buch ausgewählt. Zwei hat sie selbst geschrieben (EmmaMaria), die Erste und die Zehnte. Es sind Geschichten meist aus dem Leben der Autoren, teils emotional oder besinnlich, teils abenteuerlich oder herausfordernd. Auch der Humor kommt nicht zu kurz. Mit diesen Geschichten nimmt der Leser teil an ihren Erlebnissen und bekommt damit Einblick in deren Gefühlswelten. Es sind einzelne Erzählungen, von denen jede ihre eigene Faszination besitzt.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3711569242

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9783711569240

Escape Routes for Beginners

By: Kira Cochrane

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Escape Routes for Beginners

By: Kira Cochrane

YA. Trapped on the tiny island where her father works as a correctional officer, 13-year-old Rita Mae Jones longs to escape. Why her mismatched parents ever chose to come here is beyond her. A prison riot is the catalyst to a series of revelations as Rita's family secrets tumble into the open. 12 yrs+

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0743478428

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9780743478427

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