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Songkeeper

Author : Gillian Bronte Adams

Publisher : Songkeeper Chronicles

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 18,84 MB

Release : 2016-04-15

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 9781621840695

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War ravages Leira and the Song has fallen silentFreed from the hold of a slave ship, Birdie, the young Songkeeper, and Ky, a street-wise thief, emerge to a world at war. Hordes of dark soldiers march across Leira, shadowed by whispers of plague and massacres, prompting Ky to return to his besieged home city in hopes of leading his fellow runners to safety.Desperate to end the fighting, Birdie embarks on a dangerous mission into the heart of the Takhran's fortress. Legend speaks of a mythical spring buried within and the Songkeeper who will one day unleash it to achieve victory. Everyone believes Birdie is the one, but the elusive nature of the Song and rumors of other gifted individuals lead her to doubt her role. Unleashing the spring could defeat the Takhran once and for all, but can she truly be the Songkeeper when the Song no longer answers her call?Book two of the Songkeeper Chronicles.



Orphan's Song

Author : Gillian Bronte Adams

Publisher : Songkeeper Chronicles

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 37,91 MB

Release : 2016-10-14

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 9781683700289

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Every generation has a Songkeeper--one chosen to keep the memory of the Song alive. And in every generation, there are those who seek to destroy the chosen one.



Song of Leira

Author : Gillian Bronte Adams

Publisher : Gilead Publishing

Page : 389 pages

File Size : 22,57 MB

Release : 2018-06-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1683700872

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The Song bids her rise to battle. Reeling from her disastrous foray into the Pit, Birdie, the young Songkeeper, retreats into the mountains. But in the war-torn north, kneeling on bloodstained battlefields to sing the souls of the dying to rest, her resolve to accept her calling is strengthened. Such evil cannot go unchallenged. Torn between oaths to protect the Underground runners and rescue his friend from the slave camps, Ky Huntyr enlists Birdie’s aid. Their mission to free the captives unravels the horrifying thread connecting the legendary spring, Artair’s sword, and the slave camps. But the Takhran’s schemes are already in motion. Powerful singers have arisen to lead his army—singers who can shake the earth and master the sea—and monsters rampage across the land. As Leira falters on the verge of defeat, the Song bids her rise to battle, and the Songkeeper must answer.



Keeper of the Lost Cities

Author : Shannon Messenger

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 512 pages

File Size : 22,22 MB

Release : 2012-10-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1442445955

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A New York Times bestselling series A USA TODAY bestselling series A California Young Reader Medal–winning series In this riveting series opener, a telepathic girl must figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first. Twelve-year-old Sophie has never quite fit into her life. She’s skipped multiple grades and doesn’t really connect with the older kids at school, but she’s not comfortable with her family, either. The reason? Sophie’s a Telepath, someone who can read minds. No one knows her secret—at least, that’s what she thinks… But the day Sophie meets Fitz, a mysterious (and adorable) boy, she learns she’s not alone. He’s a Telepath too, and it turns out the reason she has never felt at home is that, well…she isn’t. Fitz opens Sophie’s eyes to a shocking truth, and she is forced to leave behind her family for a new life in a place that is vastly different from what she has ever known. But Sophie still has secrets, and they’re buried deep in her memory for good reason: The answers are dangerous and in high-demand. What is her true identity, and why was she hidden among humans? The truth could mean life or death—and time is running out.



When You Sing It Now, Just Like New

Author : Robin Ridington

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 34,78 MB

Release : 2021-12-10

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1496208528

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When You Sing It Now, Just Like New is a collection of essays about stories: about hearing, sharing, and recording them, and sometimes even becoming characters in them. These essays, which contextualize stories within anthropology, flow from Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington's decades of work with the Athapaskan-speaking Dane-zaa people, who live in Canada's Peace River area. The essays in part 1 feature the Ridingtons' audio work as well as Jillian's reflections on her relationships with Dane-zaa women. The authors use a narrative style to lead the reader to an understanding of First Nations' oral and written traditions. The essays in parts 2 and 3 are more scholarly and comparative and draw on ethnographic experience. They speak to one or more theoretical issues and discuss First Nations traditions beyond the Dane-zaa, but always from within the context of shared ethnographic authority. Students of anthropology, folklore, and Native studies can hear samples of audio compositions from the Dane-zaa archive by downloading audio files from the University of Nebraska Press Web site.



Neverseen

Author : Shannon Messenger

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 688 pages

File Size : 48,53 MB

Release : 2015-11-03

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 148143229X

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Sophie battles the rebels -- and recovers dark memories from her past -- in this jaw-dropping fourth book in the bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.



Song of Ireland

Author : Juilene Osborne-McKnight

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 342 pages

File Size : 39,47 MB

Release : 2006-05-02

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0765312433

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Song of Ireland tells of the ancient and magic race of the Danu, the "Little People," who have inhabited Ireland for ages and who choose to fight to save their place when Celtic adventurers land on the emerald jewel in search of a new home. Love, magic, and warfare, Song of Ireland is the tale of how two very different peoples can come together to create a new world.



Powwow

Author : Clyde Ellis

Publisher : U of Nebraska Press

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 33,25 MB

Release : 2005-12-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 080325251X

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This anthology examines the origins, meanings, and enduring power of the powwow. Held on and off reservations, in rural and urban settings, powwows are an important vehicle for Native peoples to gather regularly. Although sometimes a paradoxical combination of both tribal and intertribal identities, they are a medium by which many groups maintain important practices.





Music in Canada

Author : Elaine Keillor

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Page : 513 pages

File Size : 34,62 MB

Release : 2008-03-18

Category : Music

ISBN : 0773577998

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Kwakwaka'wakw welcome songs, an aria from Joseph Quesnel's 1808 opera Lucas et Cécile, rubbaboos (a combination of elements from First Peoples, French, and English music), the Tin Pan Alley hits of Shelton Brooks, and the contemporary work of Claude Vivier and Blue Rodeo all dance together in Canada's rich musical heritage. Elaine Keillor offers an unprecedented history of Canadian musical expressions and their relationship to Canada's great cultural and geographic diversity. A survey of "musics" in Canada - the country's multiplicity of musical genres and rich heritage - is complemented by forty-three vignettes highlighting topics such as Inuit throat games, the music of k.d. lang, and orchestras in Victoria. Music in Canada illuminates the past but also looks to the future to examine the context within which Canadian music began and continues to develop. A CD by the author of previously unrecorded Canadian music is included.