A Stopover In Venice
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A Stopover In Venice
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Author : Kathryn Walker
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2008-08-19
A Stopover In Venice written by Kathryn Walker and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-19 with Fiction categories.
A debut novel that begins as a tale of loneliness and heartbreak yet opens into a dazzling, enchanting story of secrets and self-discovery in a magical city. “A romance with heft and heart. Walker writes … with amazing candor and insight.” —The Boston Globe Nel Everett, a young American woman, is touring Italy with her famous musician husband when, in a moment of fury, she pulls down her luggage and gets off the train. As her life speeds away down the tracks, Nel is marooned and on her own for the first time in eight years. Bewildered, Nel returns to Venice where she encounters a tiny dog who leads her to a enigmatic stranger, a contessa, and a decaying Gothic palazzo. She is soon drawn into a world of charismatic characters, centuries of Venetian history, and the mystery of a lost masterpiece.
Road School
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Author : Sue Cowley
language : en
Publisher: Crown House Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2016-11-30
Road School written by Sue Cowley and has been published by Crown House Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-30 with Education categories.
Frustrated by a regime of statutory testing, and keen for a midlife adventure, Sue Cowley and her partner decided to step out of the system, and set off on the educational adventure of a lifetime with their children. Road School is the story of their family's adventures around Europe and across China, and what they learned along the way. Part comedy travelogue, part parenting guide, part educational philosophy, Road School asks you to consider what 'an education' really means and offers tips for anyone planning their own learning adventure. As a parent in the UK, you must make sure that your child has a full time education, once they are of compulsory school age. However, this education does not have to take place in a school. A growing number of parents are finding that home educating, or 'unschooling', either permanently or on a short term basis, is a viable and attractive option. The national curriculum, benchmark tests and exams serve to reinforce the idea that there is a specific set of knowledge which equates to 'an education'. However, when you are home educating, it is entirely up to you what and how you wish to teach your children. Or, rather, what and how you wish your children to learn. You might choose to include part or everything that is in the national curriculum, or you might not. Sue's family found that one of the best things about Road School was the freedom to follow their interests. Sue offers plenty of advice based on the lessons her family learned on their Road School adventure, such as: take into account how learning can happen simply by visiting a place and exploring it. Don't feel that you always have to formalise your visit by turning it into a 'lesson'. The experience of going somewhere can be memorable and educational in its own right. Much of what your children will learn on the road is social and emotional rather than intellectual. They learn how to cope, how to adapt, how to be resilient and how to be brave. The challenges and difficulties that you face on the road will teach them all these things without any direct 'teaching' needed at all. Involve your children in making decisions about the content of their curriculum, particularly when it comes to choosing topics or themes. What would they most like to study during your learning journey together? You can teach subjects such as English or history through cross-curricular 'themes' rather than as discrete lessons. Ask your children to decide which topics interest them the most and capitalise on those. One of the great things about educating your child yourself is that you get to learn alongside them. Not only do you provide a model of lifelong learning, but it's also very liberating to learn new things as an adult. Remember that teaching is not the same thing as learning. You don't have to teach your children directly for a set number of hours each day in order to educate them. Learning can take place all the time, and anywhere, rather than just during 'school' hours. It doesn't matter what time of the day or day of the week it is - if there is learning happening, then your child is being educated. Contents include: England, English Lessons, Stepping Out of the System, The Netherlands, Dutch Lessons, The Practicalities, Germany, German Lessons, Cultural Literacy, Italy, Italian Lessons, An Education, Portugal, Portuguese Lessons, Travelling with Children, France, French Lessons, Pussycat Parenting, China, Chinese Lessons, A Road School Curriculum.
Venetian Shipping From The Days Of Glory To Decline 1453 1571
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Author : Renard Gluzman
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-07-19
Venetian Shipping From The Days Of Glory To Decline 1453 1571 written by Renard Gluzman and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-19 with History categories.
This book provides a comprehensive picture of Venice’s shipping industry from the days of glory to its definitive decline, challenging the accepted hierarchy of the political, economic, and environmental factors impacting the history of the maritime republic.
Nileism
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Author : Allan Brown
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2011-05-01
Nileism written by Allan Brown and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Next year sees the 30th anniversary of The Blue Nile's first work together. Four albums – containing a total of just 33 songs – have followed since. Yet scarcity has served only to intensify love for the band's intensely romantic songs. The Blue Nile are one of modern music's greatest mysteries, as secretive about their plans and status as they are about their painstaking methods. For the first time Allan Brown, a fan from the time of the band's first album in 1983 and friend of the band's composer Paul Buchanan, gets behind the veil to analyse the band's appeal through personal memoir, critical study, access to unreleased recordings and encounters with those who have been central to the strange romantic, melancholy course of The Blue Nile.
Moon Croatia Slovenia
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Author : Shann Fountain Alipour
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-05-31
Moon Croatia Slovenia written by Shann Fountain Alipour and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with Travel categories.
Join world traveler Shann Fountain Alipour for an unforgettable experience. With her unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Croatia & Slovenia has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience. With their the sun-washed towns, sparkling coastlines, thick green forests, and snow-topped mountains, Moon Croatia & Slovenia shows you what you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you. Sample the local vintages along the best wine routes and explore the breathtaking scenery while basking in the Mediterranean sunshine. Along with trip ideas like “Dalmatian Islands Getaway” and tips on how to make the most of short stays in Zagreb, Dubrovnik, and Ljubljana, Alipour knows exactly where to find authentic experiences off the beaten track. With expertly crafted maps and gorgeous photos, this full-color guidebook gives you the tools you need to have an immersive and unique experience. Moon Croatia & Slovenia includes areas such as: Zagreb Inland Croatia Istria Kvarner Gulf Northern and Southern Dalmatia Dubrovnik Ljubljana Inland Slovenia Coastal Slovenia and the Karst Region Find the Moon guide that best suits your trip! Touring Europe for longer? Try Moon Iceland, Moon Istanbul & the Turkish Coast, and Moon Prague & Budapest.
Narrating The Dragoman S Self In The Veneto Ottoman Balkans C 1550 1650
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Author : Stefan Hanß
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-04-18
Narrating The Dragoman S Self In The Veneto Ottoman Balkans C 1550 1650 written by Stefan Hanß and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-18 with History categories.
This microhistory of the Salvagos—an Istanbul family of Venetian interpreters and spies travelling the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Mediterranean—is a remarkable feat of the historian’s craft of storytelling. With his father having been killed by secret order of Venice and his nephew to be publicly assassinated by Ottoman authorities, Genesino Salvago and his brothers started writing self-narratives. When crossing the borders of words and worlds, the Salvagos’ self-narratives helped navigate at times beneficial, other times unsettling entanglements of empire, family, and translation. The discovery of an autobiographical text with rich information on Southeastern Europe, edited here for the first time, is the starting point of this extraordinary microbiography of a family’s intense struggle for manoeuvring a changing world disrupted by competition, betrayal, and colonialism. This volume recovers the Venetian life stories of Ottoman subjects and the crucial role of translation in negotiating a shared but fragile Mediterranean. Stefan Hanß examines an interpreter’s translational practices of the self and recovers the wider Mediterranean significance of the early modern Balkan contact zone. Offering a novel conversation between translation studies, Mediterranean studies, and the history of life-writing, this volume argues that dragomans’ practices of translation, border-crossing, and mobility were key to their experiences and performances of the self. This book is an indispensable reading for the history of the early modern Mediterranean, self-narratives, Venice, the Ottoman Empire, and Southeastern Europe, as well as the history of translation. Hanß presents a truly fascinating narrative, a microhistory full of insights and rich perspectives.
Leoncavallo
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Author : Konrad Dryden
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2007-02-03
Leoncavallo written by Konrad Dryden and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-03 with Music categories.
This is the first fully documented biography of the Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), the beloved and popular composer of the opera Pagliacci.
Richard Aldington A Biography
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Author : Charles Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-01-06
Richard Aldington A Biography written by Charles Doyle and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first biography of Richard Aldington, contemporary and friend of Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence and T.S. Eliot and notable as a poet, translator, editor, novelist, biographer and significant member of the Modernist era. A critical appraisal of his major writings is included.
To The Court Of The Tsarinas And Back Again
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Author : Tatiana Korneeva
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2023-08-21
To The Court Of The Tsarinas And Back Again written by Tatiana Korneeva and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the 18th century Italian theatre and its artists became vital to Russian rulers, who employed Italian musico-dramatic works to advance their political agendas and emphasize Russia’s cultural uniqueness and its cosmopolitan character. Innumerable playwrights and composers, actors and singers were active at the Russian court. Usually considered at best peripheral to Europe, the faraway Russian Empire represents a particularly powerful example of the mobility of theatre agents and the circulation of artistic practices. This book sets a new regional accent on imperial Russia, thus mitigating the traditional historiographical emphasis on Western Europe, and adopts a transnational approach to theatre and music history. Its aim is twofold. First, to explore Italian music-theatrical repertoires that occupied a crucial position within the spectacle of absolutism in Russia. Second, to investigate careers and travel routes of the Italian theatre professionals. The examination of their activities at the Russian court aims not only to provide a fuller understanding of their vital role in the transmission of socio-political and artistic ideas, but also to more firmly situate Russia in the broader arena of European cultural production.
Imagine Math 2
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Author : Michele Emmer
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-10-04
Imagine Math 2 written by Michele Emmer and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-04 with Mathematics categories.
Imagine mathematics, imagine with the help of mathematics, imagine new worlds, new geometries, new forms. The new volume in the series “Imagine Math” is intended to contribute to grasping how much that is interesting and new is happening in the relationships between mathematics, imagination and culture. The present book begins with the connections between mathematics, numbers, poetry and music, with the latest opera by Italian composer Claudio Ambrosini. Literature and narrative also play an important role here. There is cinema too, with the “erotic” mathematics films by Edward Frenkel, and the new short “Arithmétique “ by Munari and Rovazzani. The section on applications of mathematics features a study of ants, as well as the refined forms and surfaces generated by algorithms used in the performances by Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne. Last but not least, in honour of the hundredth anniversary of his birth, a mathematical, literary and theatrical homage to Alan Turing, one of the outstanding figures of the twentieth century.