Author : Michael Judge
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 2012-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1611455111
Three streams of history created the Western calendar - from the East beginning with the Sumerians, from the Celtic and Germanic peoples in the North, and again from the East, this time from Palestine with the rise of Christianity. The author teases out the contributions of each stream.
Author : John Waller
Publisher : Icon Books Company
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 27,99 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
"In July 1518 a terrifying and mysterious plague struck the medieval city of Strasbourg. Hundreds of men and women danced wildly, day after day, in the punishing summer heat. Their feet blistered and bled, and their limbs ached with fatigue, but they simply could not stop. Throughout August and early September more and more were seized by the same terrible compulsion." "By the time the epidemic subsided, heat and exhaustion had claimed an untold number of lives, leaving thousands bewildered and bereaved, and an enduring enigma for future generations." "This book explains why Strasbourg's dancing plague took place. In doing so, it leads us into a largely vanished world, evoking the sights, sounds, aromas, diseases and hardships, the fervent supernaturalism and the desperate hedonism of the late-medieval world." "At the same time, it offers insights into how people behave when driven beyond the limits of endurance. Not only a historical detective story, A Time to Dance, A Time to Die is also an exploration of the strangest capabilities of the human mind and the extremes to which fear and irrationality can lead us."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Padma Venkatraman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,93 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0698158261
Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her.
Author : John S. Dunne
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,72 MB
Release : 2010-05-31
Category :
ISBN : 9780268063375
There is nothing wiser than the circle, Rilke says in his Stories of God. John Dunne's new book explores the wisdom of the circle. He uses the metaphor of the circle dance, a folk dance in which the women form an inner circle, holding hands and moving clockwise; the men form an outer circle, moving counterclockwise. When the music stops the person opposite you is your partner for the next dance. Dunne interprets the circle as the great circle of life and light and love that comes from God and returns to God. Dunne emphasizes the far point on the circle, farthest away from God, and uses that to discuss the difficulties of our secular age. In the individual life, the far point is a dark night of the soul. Yet Dunne sees that far point of loneliness and darkness as a point as well, marking the return to love and light. So the theme of the book is like the words of an old Bedouin to Lawrence of Arabia, "The love is from God, and of God, and towards God." The book concludes with the words of twenty-one "Circle Songs," composed by the author.
Author : Troy Kinney
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 19,13 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Dance
ISBN :
High risk book. Put on perm rsrv by Sharon Rogers 4/17/97.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 48,88 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Bible
ISBN :
Author : Mary Neal
Publisher :
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 25,93 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Folk songs, English
ISBN :
Author : Charles Force Deems
Publisher :
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 1878
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Truman Michelson
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Buffalo dance
ISBN :
Author : Peter Young
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,37 MB
Release : 2002-09-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 1459712846
Let's Dance: A Celebration of Ontario's Dance Halls and Summer Dance Pavilions is a nostalgic musical journey, recapturing the unforgettable music of youth and lasting friendships, the days when the live mellow sounds of Big Bands wafted through the air – Louis Armstrong, the Dorsey Brothers, Bert Niosi, Art Hallman, Johnny Downs, Mart Kenney, Bobby Kinsman, Ronnie Hawkins ... Throughout the 1920s to the '60s, numerous legendary entertainers drew thousands of people to such memorable venues as the Brant Inn in Burlington, Dunn's Pavilion in Bala, the Stork Club at Port Stanley, to the Club Commodore in Belleville and the Top Hat Pavilion in North Bay – and the hundreds of other popular dance venues right across Ontario. From the days of jitney dancing through the introduction of jazz and the Big Bands era to the sounds of some of Ontario's best rock groups, people of all ages came to dance and some to find romance on soft summer nights.
