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  Fantasies of Nina Simone

  Jordan Alexander Stein

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  Since her death in 2003, Nina Simone has been the subject of an astonishing number of rereleased, remastered, and remixed albums and compilations as well as biographies, films, viral memes, samples, and soundtracks. In Fantasies of Nina Simone, Jordan Alexander Stein examines the space between our collective and individual fantasies about Simone the performer, civil rights activist, and icon, and her own fantasies about herself. Stein outlines how Simone gave voice to personal fantasies through releasing dozens of covers of her white male contemporaries. With her covers of George Harrison, the Bee Gees, Bob Dylan, and others, Simone explored and claimed the power and perspective that come with race and gender privilege. Looking at examples from Simone's four-decade genre-bending career—from songbook standards, jazz, and pop to folk, junkanoo, and reggae—and at her work's many uptakes and afterlives, Stein mobilizes the psychoanalytic concept of fantasy to build a black feminist history with and for this multifaceted performing artist.

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  The Discoverer - Experiencing...

  Moshe Katz

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if reality is far richer than anything you've been taught to see? 
  Most people move through life recognizing objects, places, and people. Few ever learn how to discover the hidden worlds that exist within them. 
   
  In The Discoverer: A New Theory of Hidden Reality, architect, author, and visionary thinker Moshe Katz presents a revolutionary philosophy of perception that will forever change the way you experience cities, relationships, creativity, architecture, nature, and even yourself. 
   
  Drawing from architecture, psychology, philosophy, art, urban life, childhood, memory, and spirituality, this groundbreaking book introduces a new human archetype: The Discoverer-the person who learns to perceive invisible dimensions hidden beneath everyday reality. 
   
  Through inspiring stories, profound insights, and an entirely original way of thinking, you'll learn why every street contains many cities, every object carries unseen meaning, every person hides unexplored worlds, and every ordinary moment can become an extraordinary act of discovery. 
   
  This is not simply a book about seeing differently. It is a book about becoming different. 
  Whether you are an architect, artist, entrepreneur, educator, designer, leader, student, or lifelong seeker, The Discoverer will train your attention, awaken your curiosity, and unlock a way of thinking that can transform how you create, solve problems, build relationships, and navigate the future. 
   
  After listening, you won't walk through a city the same way. 
  You won't look at a building, a stranger, a memory, or even your own life the same way. 
  You'll begin to notice possibilities where others see ordinary things, connections where others see separation, and hidden dimensions where others see only the surface. 
   
  Because the greatest discoveries are not always waiting in distant places. 
  Sometimes they have been waiting quietly around you all along.

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  The Starlight Sprig - And Other...

  Clara Wrenfield

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  The Starlight Sprig: And Other Gentle Tales for Dreamy Hearts invites readers into a world of soft magic, tender moments, and quiet wonder. Within its pages, you’ll find a collection of beautifully crafted stories that whisper of starlit nights, gentle adventures, and the delicate dance of hope and imagination. Perfect for dreamers of all ages, these gentle tales soothe the soul and spark the heart, weaving timeless lessons of kindness, courage, and the beauty found in the smallest sparks of light. Whether curling up on a quiet evening or sharing with loved ones, this book is a cozy embrace for those who believe in the magic of dreams.

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  Burnscripts - Dramatic...

  John Cairney

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  This publication is actor John Cairney's life with Robert Burns in theatrical terms. Since 1959, he has been involved with Burns as actor, director and writer. Over the years, Cairney has taken the opportunity to investigate different aspects of Burns as they relate to performance in the theatre. For the first time he has brought all these working playscripts, which have already been tested before a live audience, together in book form. Others interested in the prismatic attraction that is Scotland's Bard can now see how one Scottish actor-writer has dealt with a national icon theatrically. The scripts, written by Cairney, look at Burns' creative work, his everyday life, and his relationships, to build a full picture of the man so important to Scotland's cultural heritage. The plays are followed by an appendix which features a selection of plays written about Burns' life since his death at the age of 37.BACK COVER The overall impression gained in studying Burns' work as a whole is that, given the brevity of his life, it is extraordinary not that he wrote so much, but that so much of it was good. JOHN CAIRNEY Burnscripts is a collection of dramatic scripts by John Cairney interpreting the life and works of Robert Burns.Cairney, as actor, author and scriptwriter, has been connected professionally with Robert Burns for nearly half a century. He has performed as Burns all over the world and consequently knows him better than most. This personal exploration of Burns' life and work in performance helps to build a fuller picture of the poet and is an insightful celebration of one of Scotland's most important cultural icons.

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  The Five Chapters of Ravi Vilo

  Tapy Lekaw

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  Ravi Vilo; distinguished painter, art critic, analyst and teacher, recognised that his formative years, the 1920s, fell into a sequential series of phases that he referred to as the 'Chapters' of his life's ideas, ambitions and relationships.
  
  Each was played out on a different stage, starting in Bombay, where he received his schooling and initial art education. He then travelled to England by ship through the Suez Canal, on which he made a friendship that coloured his social and working relationships throughout the rest of his life. In London he received a graduate degree in painting, culminating in his masterpiece, which placed him at the forefront of Modern Art in Britain.
  
  At the breakup of the group of friends with whom he lived with his partner, he left Europe for South America, where they settled in Popayán, Colombia, conducting a programme of community culinary, health, and artistic development that drew international attention, taking him to Paris in the early 1930s.

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  Kintsugi for Beginners – The...

  Emi Tanaka

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  Hiding mistakes, concealing flaws, covering scars – keeping what is supposedly "bad" hidden from others has unfortunately become a given in our modern society. But it can be different: Kintsugi teaches us to see the positive in breaks and injuries, and this book shows you how to easily make that your new attitude toward life!Originally conceived as a craft to give broken porcelain a second life in renewed beauty, Kintsugi has long since become a philosophy as well. Just as carefully reassembled shards of a broken bowl form a breathtaking work of art with the help of gold particles, so too does a person become who they truly are through all their injuries and imperfections. The deep meaning of life through learning, awareness, and constant growth is perfectly captured by the Kintsugi philosophy, which you can apply very concretely in your own life. Discover the importance Kintsugi can have during difficult phases and major challenges, and explore how the Japanese mindset can bring you lasting satisfaction, gratitude, strength, and joy. Not particularly spiritual? No problem – the practical reflections, exercises, and thought-provoking ideas are suitable for everyday life and help even stressed city dwellers gradually reconnect with themselves and gain a completely new perspective on who they are.

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