Elena: 1551 books

Book cover of Singing Dante: The Literary Origins of Cinquecento Monody
by Elena Abramov-van Rijk
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

This book takes its departure from an experiment presented by Vincenzo Galilei before his colleagues in the Florentine Camerata in about 1580. This event, namely the first demonstration of the stile recitativo, is known from a single later source, a letter written in 1634 by Pietro dei Bardi, son...
Book cover of The Power of Music

The Power of Music

Pioneering Discoveries in the New Science of Song

by Elena Mannes
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011

The award-winning creator of the acclaimed documentary "The Music Instinct: Science & Song," explores the power of music and its connection to the body, the brain, and the world of nature. Only recently has science sought in earnest to understand and explain this impact. One remarkable recent study,...
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George Moore

Influence and Collaboration

by Kirsti Bohata, Michel Brunet, Adrian Frazier
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014

George Moore: Influence and Collaboration explores in sustained form for the first time the nature of Moore’s interactions with other European writers and artists of the fin de siècle. Bringing critical scrutiny to the nature of intellectual exchange around this most adaptable of personalities,...
Book cover of The Transition to Adulthood and Family Relations

The Transition to Adulthood and Family Relations

An Intergenerational Approach

by Eugenia Scabini, Elena Marta, Margherita Lanz
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2007

This book explores the development of a new path of transition between adolescence and adulthood in recent generations. Whereas traditionally the transition into adulthood was marked by a clear and irreversible change in condition, we are now seeing a continuance in the role and influence of the...
Book cover of Alkaline Paleo Mix: How to Combine Paleo Diet and Alkaline Diet for Wellness, Weight Loss, and Vibrant Health
by James Adler, Elena Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2017

Reduce Inflammation - Lose Weight - Boost Your Energy with the Alkaline-Paleo Way! Do you want a diet that is east to stick to and gives you the optimal health & weight loss results? Are you looking for a naturally, gluten-free diet that is nutritious and delicious and won’t make you...
Book cover of Ricomincio a vivere grazie a te
by Elena Drug
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 19, 2017

Ricomincio a vivere grazie a te. Quando penso a come ero da piccola mi metto paura. Vedo sempre una bambina molto piccola che guarda dalla finestra la gente che passa e si chiede: “come fanno a essere felici? Le persone sembrano così contente di vivere. Io perché non posso, non riesco ad avere...
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Jagger

Rebelde, rockero, granuja, trotamundos

by Marc Spitz, Elena Vilallonga
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 22, 2012

Con tenacidad de periodista, celo de fan, y un ojo atento al detalle más absurdo, Marc Spitz plantea la cuestión tremendamente convincente de que el auténtico talento de Mick Jagger ha pasado inadvertido. Jagger da muestras de sobra de por qué Spitz es una de las plumas más divertidas, punzantes...
Book cover of Off Nevsky Prospekt

Off Nevsky Prospekt

St Petersburg's Theatre Studios in the 1980s and 1990s

by Elena Markova
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013

Off Nevsky Prospekt is the first study to be published in English of the exceptionally rich and diverse theatre studio movement which has flourished in St Petersburg during the 1980s and '90s. Professor Markova charts the development of the theatre studios - from their beginnings as a reaction to...
Book cover of Storybook II
by Elena Dorothy Bowman
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015

Within the pages of this book are stories that my mother once told me; of certain incidences that she remembered. But mostly it is compiled of the memories that were a part of our lives.Doors were never locked friends and neighbors were welcomed anytime they happened to pass by. And it was...
Book cover of Unexpected Gifts
by Elena Aitken
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011

Snowed in for Christmas…She only wants to ignore it. But he’s determined to show her everything the season has to offer…including love. For Andi Williams, Christmas represents everything she’s supposed to have—and doesn’t. Running away to a remote mountain lodge seems like the perfect...
Book cover of Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid

Carthage in Virgil's Aeneid

Staging the Enemy under Augustus

by Elena Giusti
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018

Founded upon more than a century of civil bloodshed, the first imperial regime of ancient Rome, the Principate of Caesar Augustus, looked at Rome's distant and glorious past in order to justify and promote its existence under the disguise of a restoration of the old Republic. In doing so, it used...
Book cover of Challenges to Democratic Participation

Challenges to Democratic Participation

Antipolitics, Deliberative Democracy, and Pluralism

by Elena Alessiato, Walter Baber, Robert Bartlett
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2014

Finally, Part III approaches pluralism and cultural diversity in a shared public space. Its main challenge consists in promoting an idea of active citizenship that can meet the demands of a world increasingly defined by the processes of globalization. Ultimately, that is what will end up combining...
Book cover of Migrant Activism and Integration from Below in Ireland
by Ronit Lentin, Elena Moreo
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2012

This book analyzes the interaction between migrant activists and leaders and the state of the Republic of Ireland - a late player in Europe's immigration regime - against the background of an increasingly restrictive immigration regime.
Book cover of El jardín japonés
by Menene Gras Balaguer, Menene Gras Balaguer, David Almazán Tomás
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 23, 2015

El jardín japonés como construcción cultural del paisaje natural no es un fenómeno aislado, pese a tratarse de un hecho de cultura que ha conservado su individualidad en el transcurso de los siglos desde su implantación en Japón procedente de China. Más bien al contrario, la necesidad de comprenderlo...
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