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Strange Tango

Author : Michelle Dayton
Publisher : Carina Press
ISBN 13 : 1488031568
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Strange Tango written by Michelle Dayton and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamonds are a thief's best friend Adam Patrick Henry, professional jewel thief, knows an amateur—and a cheap wig—when he sees one. The mysterious woman across the room is far from a pro, but her good instincts might come in handy on his next job. He could use a partner, and if that partner happens to be irresistible, all the better. Jessica Hughes has a long way to climb—and a whole lot to prove—before she's back where she belongs. A cruel setup cost Jessica her job and her reputation, and she's not opposed to a disguise and some underhanded tactics if it means getting her life back. But she's no thief, not really, and teaming up with a gorgeous stranger who's clearly up to no good might prove more dangerous than it's worth. Working a job this big could give Adam and Jessica everything they've ever wanted—if their rocky partnership lasts long enough to carry it off. This book is approximately 37,000 words

Global Tangos

Author : Melissa A. Fitch
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 161148653X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Global Tangos written by Melissa A. Fitch and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Tangos: Travels in the Transnational Imaginary argues against the hackneyed rose-in-mouth clichés of Argentine tango, demonstrating how the dance may be used as a way to understand transformations around the world that have taken place as a result of two defining features of globalization: transnationalism and the rise of social media. Global Tangos demonstrates the cultural impact of Argentine tango in the world by assembling an unusual array of cultural narratives created in almost thirty countries, all of which show how tango has mixed and mingled in the global imaginary, sometimes in wildly unexpected forms. Topics include Tango Barbie and Ken, advertising for phone sex, the presence of tango in political upheavals in the Middle East and in animated Japanese children’s television programming, gay tango porn, tango orchestras and composers in World War II concentration camps, global tango protests aimed at reclaiming public space, the transformation of Buenos Aires as a result of tango tourism, and the use of tango for palliative care and to treat other ailments. They also include the global development of queer tango theory, activism, and festivals. Global Tangos shows how the rise in social media has heralded a new era of political activism, artistry, solidarity, and engagement in the world, one in which virtual global tango communities have indeed become very “real” social and support networks. The text engages some key concepts from contemporary critics in the fields of tourism studies, geography, dance studies, cultural anthropology, literary studies, transnational studies, television studies, feminism, and queer theory. Global Tangos underscores the interconnectedness of cultural identity, economics, politics, and power in the production, marketing, distribution, and circulation of global images related to tango—and, by extension, Latin America—that travel the world.

The Strange Death of a Romantic

Author : Jim Williams
Publisher : Marble City Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190894336X
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Death of a Romantic written by Jim Williams and published by Marble City Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of glamorous English socialites spend the summer of 1930 holidaying on the Italian Riviera where the poet Shelley died in a sailing accident in 1822. To pass the time, they tell amusing stories, much as Shelley, Byron and their friends had done a century earlier. For their theme they choose the death of Shelley and the stories progress towards a solution to the "murder mystery". Yet is that truly what the stories are about? Or, despite their witty surface, are they a code for dark and dangerous secrets hidden behind an urbane façade? Guy Parrot, a naive young doctor, finds himself falling in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Julia, the truth of whose past flickers between the lines of the stories, tantalising both Guy and the Reader. Guy discovers that truth, and its terrible reality leads to two murders and the destruction of his happiness and sanity. In 1945, in the aftermath of war, Guy returns to Italy with the army and is given an opportunity to re-examine the events of fifteen years before. This time will he understand what happened and finally redeem himself? The Strange Death of a Romantic offers the Reader romance, comedy, suspense, and an intriguing solution to a historical Whodunit - but without the inconvenience of a crime.

The Taliban Shuffle

Author : Kim Barker
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385533322
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The Taliban Shuffle written by Kim Barker and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region. In The Taliban Shuffle, Barker offers an insider’s account of the “forgotten war” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, chronicling the years after America’s initial routing of the Taliban, when we failed to finish the job. When Barker arrives in Kabul, foreign aid is at a record low, electricity is a pipe dream, and of the few remaining foreign troops, some aren’t allowed out after dark. Meanwhile, in the vacuum left by the U.S. and NATO, the Taliban is regrouping as the Afghan and Pakistani governments flounder. Barker watches Afghan police recruits make a travesty of practice drills and observes the disorienting turnover of diplomatic staff. She is pursued romantically by the former prime minister of Pakistan and sees adrenaline-fueled colleagues disappear into the clutches of the Taliban. And as her love for these hapless countries grows, her hopes for their stability and security fade. Swift, funny, and wholly original, The Taliban Shuffle unforgettably captures the absurdities and tragedies of life in a war zone.

The Tango

Author : Leslie Scalapino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tango written by Leslie Scalapino and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukrainian-born Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891) was a powerful and controversial member of the spiritualist world and for a time famous for her powers as a medium. She was a co-founder of the theosophy movement in the United States, which she later extended to Europe and India, drawing from her extensive global travels and her familiarity with a broad range of belief systems, from Asian religions to New Orleans voodoo, as well as secret societies such as the Freemasons. Drawing from Hinduism and Buddhism, theosophy aimed to understand the mystic powers of the universe and promote the study of other religions. In The Secret Doctrine, published in 1888, Blavatsky aims to explain the spiritual origins of the world. Volume 1 looks at the world's 'cosmic evolution', the mystical symbolism that developed throughout this process, and scientific criticism.

The Tango Singer

Author : Tomás Eloy Martínez
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408857499
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Tango Singer written by Tomás Eloy Martínez and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruno Cadogan has flown from New York to Buenos Aires in search of the elusive and legendary Julio Martel, a tango singer whose voice has never been recorded yet is said to be so beautiful it is almost supernatural. Bruno is increasingly drawn to the mystery of Martel and his strange and evocative performances in a series of apparently arbitrary sites around the city. As Bruno tries to find Martel, he begins to untangle the story of the singer's life, and to believe that Martel's increasingly rare performances map a dark labyrinth of the city's past.

Bear & the Fussington Locks

Author : Ellena Boyett
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973614685
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)

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Download or read book Bear & the Fussington Locks written by Ellena Boyett and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bear & the Fussington Locks begins with Bear, a cat out for a morning stroll whose furry visage leads to panic when a woman mistakes him for a bear. He finds himself a hunted and wanted animal until a boy, Alex, rescues him. As Bear grows larger, his strange appearance leads the local veterinarian to suggest he be released into a wildlife sanctuary. Bear runs away and faces the challenges of surviving on his own. Along the way, he and the people whose lives he touches come to know the tender grace of Gods love, forgiveness, and redemption. Ellena Boyett, the author of Bear, has crafted a tale for readers of all ages. She has turned her firsthand knowledge of living with three cats into the textures and nuances of the story of Bear, a special cat. The pages of Bear & the Fussington Locks tell the saga of the journey of a cat whose adventures reveal the deep and abiding truths that make a lifes storythe account of any creatures lifeworth living, remembering, and sharing with others.

Twelve Minutes of Love

Author : Kapka Kassabova
Publisher : Portobello Books
ISBN 13 : 1846274133
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Twelve Minutes of Love written by Kapka Kassabova and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2011-11-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kapka Kassabova first set foot in a tango studio ten years ago and, from that moment, she was hooked. With the beat of tango driving her on and the music filling her head, she's danced across the world, from Auckland to Edinburgh, from Berlin to Buenos Aires, putting in hours of practice for fleeting moments of dance-floor ecstasy, suffering blisters and heart-break along the way. Here, in sparkling, spring-heeled prose, Kapka takes us inside the esoteric world of tango to tell the story of the dance, from its Afro roots to its sequined stars and back. Twelve Minutes of Love is a timeless tale of exile and longing, death and desire, love and belonging.

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Rescue Of The Nadia Marie

Author : David Estes
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479740640
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book The Rescue Of The Nadia Marie written by David Estes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rescue of the Nadia Marie is a story of political egos, intrigue, and the faith of a little girl. A killer storm is threatening to destroy a family floating helplessly on a vast ocean in a tiny raft. Only the intervention of the president of the United States and the mightiest navy in the world stands between the family and certain death. Who will save this family struggling to survive?

The Emu

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Emu written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sex & Danger in Buenos Aires

Author : Donna J. Guy
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803270480
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Sex & Danger in Buenos Aires written by Donna J. Guy and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of prostitution necessarily examines questions of power, class, gender, and public health. In Sex and Danger in Buenos Aires these questions combine with particular force. During most of the time covered in this provocative book, from the late nineteenth century well into the twentieth, prostitution was legal in Argentina. Fears and anxieties concerning the effect of female sexual commerce on family and nation were rampant. Donna J. Guy looks at many aspects of the debate that followed an escalating demand for prostitutes by Argentines and European immigrants. She discusses the widespread fear of white slavery, the merits of medically supervised municipal houses of prostitution, the rights of local governments to restrict the civil liberties of citizens and foreigners, the censorship of literature and music dealing with the plight of prostitutes, and the potential criminality of unsupervised working women who might abandon their families. Guy also describes attempts to deal with female prostitution: rehabilitation, modifications of municipal bordello laws, and medical programs to prevent the spread of venereal disease. She makes clear that the treatment of "marginal" women by liberal politicians and doctors helped promoted policies of repression and censorship that would later be extended to other unacceptable social groups. Her study of how both local and national government in Argentina dealt with these women reveals important links between gender, politics, and economics.

Tango

Author : Mike Gonzalez
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780231458
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Tango written by Mike Gonzalez and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born on the unlit streets of Buenos Aires, tango was inspired by the music of European immigrants who crossed the ocean to Argentina, lured by the promise of a better life. It found its home in the city’s marginal districts, where it was embraced and shaped by young men who told stories of prostitutes, petty thieves, and disappointed lovers through its music and movements. Chronicling the stories told through tango’s lyrics, Mike Gonzalez and Marianella Yanes reveal in Tango how the dance went from slumming it in the brothels and cabarets of lower-class Buenos Aires to the ballrooms of Paris, London, Berlin, and beyond. Tracing the evolution of tango, Gonzalez and Yanes set its music, key figures, and the dance itself in their place and time. They describe how it was not until Paris went crazy for tango just before World War I that it became acceptable for middle-class Argentineans to perform the seductive dance, and they explore the renewed enthusiasm with which each new generation has come to it. Telling the sexy, enthralling story of this stylish and dramatic dance, Tango is a book for casual fans and ballroom aficionados alike.

SuperMoon

Author : H. A. Swain
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250116287
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book SuperMoon written by H. A. Swain and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A futuristic thriller about the colonization of and culture clashes between the Moon and Earth from H.A. Swain, the author of Hungry and Gifted. Sol is the month between June and July on the thirteen-month Moon calendar. It's the only time teenagers have to themselves between rigorous scientific training and their ultimate lab assignments in their colony on the Moon. Their families emigrated from Earth to build better lives; but life on the Moon is far from perfect, as Uma learns on the eve of Sol. Uma meets an Earthen girl who becomes a fast friend, and much more. What Uma doesn't know is that the girl is assigned to infect Uma with a plague that a rogue faction of Earthen scientists hope will wipe out Moon soldiers. Will Uma be the cause of a pandemic? Whom can she trust, and moreover, whom does she love?

Doormen

Author : Peter Bearman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226039714
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Doormen written by Peter Bearman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-01-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little fascinates New Yorkers more than doormen, who know far more about tenants than tenants know about them. Doormen know what their tenants eat, what kind of movies they watch, whom they spend time with, whether they drink too much, and whether they have kinky sex. But if doormen are unusually familiar with their tenants, they are also socially very distant. In Doormen, Peter Bearman untangles this unusual dynamic to reveal the many ways that tenants and doormen negotiate their complex relationship. Combining observation, interviews, and survey information, Doormen provides a deep and enduring ethnography of the occupational role of doormen, the dynamics of the residential lobby, and the mundane features of highly consequential social exchanges between doormen and tenants. Here, Bearman explains why doormen find their jobs both boring and stressful, why tenants feel anxious about how much of a Christmas bonus their neighbors give, and how everyday transactions small and large affect tenants' professional and informal relationships with doormen. In the daily life of the doorman resides the profound, and this book provides a brilliant account of how tenants and doormen interact within the complex world of the lobby.

Night of Amber

Author : Sylvie Germain
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567920901
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Night of Amber written by Sylvie Germain and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2000 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A student participating in the May 1968 riots in Paris is involved in the ritualistic murder of a boy. Volume two of the Peniel family saga by the author of Book of Nights.