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  Sounds of Other Shores - The...

  Andrew J. Eisenberg

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  Sounds of Other Shores takes an ethnographic ear to the history of transoceanic stylistic appropriation in the Swahili taarab music of the Kenyan coast. Swahili taarab, a form of sung poetry that emerged as East Africa's first mass-mediated popular music in the 1930s, is a famously cosmopolitan form, rich in audible influences from across the Indian Ocean. But the variants of the genre that emerged in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa during the twentieth century feature particularly dramatic, even flamboyant, appropriations of Indian and Arab sonic gestures and styles. Combining oral history, interpretive ethnography, and musical analysis, Sounds of Other Shores explores how Swahili-speaking Muslims in twentieth-century Mombasa derived pleasure and meaning from acts of transoceanic musical appropriation, arguing that these acts served as ways of reflecting on and mediating the complexities and contradictions associated with being "Swahili" in colonial and postcolonial Kenya. The result is a musical anthropology of Kenyan Swahili subjectivity that reframes longstanding questions about Swahili identity while contributing to broader discussions about identity and citizenship in Africa and the Indian Ocean world.

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  Swifterature - A Love Story:...

  Elly McCausland

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  A daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift. 
  Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture. 
  The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift's lyrics as departure points. The listener experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift’s lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity. 
  She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift’s place on the world’s stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.

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  Piano and Song

  Friedrich Wieck

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  This book talks about teaching, learning and performing on the piano in a delightful style, alternating between conversation and instruction. As he was the father of Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann's teacher, need I say more? (Summary by SandraG) 
  Cast: 
  Narrator: sparks0314 
  Dominie: Algy Pug 
  Emma: Sarah Holtz 
  Friend: Marty Kris 
  Bessie: ChyAnne Donnell 
  Herr Zach: bish 
  Mrs Zach: Liberty Stump 
  Stock: Marty Kris 
  Mr Buffalo: Alan 
  Mrs Solid: Janet248 
  Emily: Sandra G 
  John Spriggins: bish 
  Mrs Spriggins: SallyMC 
  Lizzie: Sandra G 
  Mr. Shepard: Alan 
  Mrs N.: Nadine Eckert-Boulet 
  Fatima: Arielle Lipshaw 
  Mr Feeble: Alan 
  Mr Gold: bish 
  Mrs Gold: Liberty Stump 
  Mr Pious: David Lawrence 
  Mr Forte: Marty Kris 
  Mr Silver: David Olson

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  Alonzo Bodden: Tall Dark and Funny

  Alonzo Bodden

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  Alonzo touches upon every subject from tsuamis to terrorists, Democrats to desperate housewives, marriage to midgets, and more. Shot at the historic El Portal Theater in Los Angeles, Alonzo brings down the house with hilarious comedy.

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  Adventures in Mu Mu Land Book 1

  Lara J. West

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  Adventures in Mu Mu Land – Book 1 
  Honey and Pickle are enjoying a sleep-over when the old bedside radio suddenly crackles to life, calling them to their next big adventure. Stepping through the secret portal, they find themselves in magical, musical Mu Mu Land—where anything can happen! 
  Will they meet Elvis or Elvira? What special mission will Queen Mu send them on? Can they help Hazza Heggarty the Wizard get his magic working? And which delightful characters will join them this time? 
  In this first collection, there are three enchanting stories, filled with imagination and gentle humour, exploring positive values through adventure and original songs. 
  Each tale begins with a calming night-time routine, featuring The Toothbrush Song, and ends with a gentle lullaby - soothing little-listeners to sleep after their big adventure. 
  Written and narrated by Lara J. West. 
  Russ Cogman - Illustration and branding. 
  Jane Williams - Creative development. 
  Music arranged - Andy Allpass. 
  Sound FX - Paul Monaghan

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  The Epic Poems Anthology : The...

  Homer Homer, Virgil Virgil,...

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  What stories shaped civilization's understanding of heroism, fate, and the soul?
  
  The Epic Poems Anthology brings together the greatest epic poems ever written—monumental works that defined cultures, inspired centuries of art, and laid the foundations of Western literature. From the battlefields of ancient Troy to the depths of the underworld and the heights of heaven, these poems explore courage, honor, destiny, love, and the eternal struggle between humanity and the divine.
  
  Featuring masterpieces such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and The Divine Comedy, this collection traces humanity's earliest and most powerful storytelling traditions. These epics blend myth, history, philosophy, and poetry into narratives of unforgettable scale and emotional depth.
  
  Grand, symbolic, and profoundly human, these works continue to shape literature, philosophy, and imagination across the world.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  The most influential epic poems in literary history
  
  Legendary heroes, gods, journeys, and moral trials
  
  Foundations of classical mythology and Western thought
  
  A cornerstone anthology of world literature
  
  Read for study, reflection, or pure awe—The Epic Poems Anthology offers stories that have endured for thousands of years because they still speak to who we are.
  
  Begin the journey that shaped the world. Buy now and experience the greatest epics ever written.

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