Seize The Beat

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The story of American popular music is steeped in social history, race, gender and class, its evolution driven by ephemeral connection to young audiences. From Benny Goodman to Sinatra to Elvis Presley to the Beatles, pop icons age out of the art form while new musical styles pass from relevance to nostalgia within a few years. At the same time, perennial forms like blues, jazz and folk are continually rediscovered by new audiences. This book traces the development of American music from its African roots to the juke joint, club and concert hall, revealing a culture perpetually reinventing itself to suit the next generation.

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Genre : Music
Author : Brian Q. Torff
Publisher : McFarland
Release : 2022-12-21
File : 229 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781476690773


Seize The Dance

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Based on ethnographic research that author Kisliuk conducted from 1986 through 1995, this book describes BaAka songs, drum rhythms, and dance movements--and their immediate, interactive contexts--in an elegantly written narrative illustrated with many photographs, musical illustrations, and field recordings on two CDs. Key theoretical issues addressed include socioaesthetics and the politics of identity, gender relations, colonialism, and missionization.

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Genre : Music
Author : Michelle Robin Kisliuk
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2000-12
File : 258 Pages
ISBN-13 : 019514404X


The Plot To Seize Russia

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“Take care of Russia,” Boris Yeltsin said as he departed his presidency in August 1999. These words were directed at current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin specifically picked Putin as his predecessor to prevent the takeover of Russia. So, who was Yeltsin warning against? Newly declassified documents from the Clinton Administration prove that there was a plot to rig the Russian election of 2000. These never-before-seen documents confirm numerous attempts to implement pro-Western policies using the Russian oligarchy headed by Boris Berezovsky. On the other side were the communists who desired a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. As one of the largest international hedge fund managers, author Martin Armstrong found himself in the middle of perhaps the greatest espionage, or attempt at a regime change for Russia, in modern history. The Plot to Seize Russia pulls back the curtain to expose the most extraordinary attempt to seize power in modern history, but with the pen rather than armies. These declassified documents reveal a plot that has altered our thinking about the relations between the United States and Russia. The thirst for power comes seething through every line of these papers that alter our perception of reality, change the course of history, and now threaten us with World War III.

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Genre : History
Author : Martin Armstrong
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Release : 2023-06-23
File : 1005 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781662939655


Seize The Time

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Bobby Seale
Publisher : Black Classic Press
Release : 1991
File : 452 Pages
ISBN-13 : 093312130X


Seize The Night

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Valerius isn't a popular Dark-Hunter-he's a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he's very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She's sassy, sexy, and completely unwilling to take him seriously. (Not to mention that she's the twin sister of the wife of former Dark-Hunter Kyrian-Val's mortal enemy.) What Tabitha does take seriously is hunting and killing vampires-and soon she and Val have to grapple with the deadliest of all Daimons-one who's managed to come back from the dead, and one who holds a serious grudge against both of them. To win against evil, Val will have to loosen up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a woman who drives him nuts.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release : 2010-04-01
File : 351 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781429906159


Seize The Sky

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Custer confronts his destiny at Little Big Horn and his legend lives on through his Cheyenne son. Never one to proceed cautiously when an impetuous move could win him glory, Custer marched his famed Seventh Calvary against the Sioux in June 1876. He was thirty-six, already a mythic hero to some, with the possibility of a presidential nomination looming in his future; while to others he was an arrogant and dangerous fool, misguided in his determination to subjugate the Plains tribes. What should have been his greatest triumph became an utterly devastating defeat that would ring through the ages and serve as a turning point in the Indian Wars.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Terry C. Johnston
Publisher : Domain
Release : 2010-07-21
File : 416 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780307756176


Just Don T Seize The Day Seize The Moment

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I wrote my book partially because I've had a great life, and I've also have seen the other side of the fence. There were times in the life when I've found myself in poor health, broke, and homeless. I've traveled down some rough roads, but I had to come to a realization that I was partially to blame for my own mistakes and I had to dig deep within my own soul and dig myself out of my own problems. One of my biggest battles I've ever fought was when I was severely injured w

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Genre : Self-Help
Author : Michael J. Onoroto
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Release : 2017-03-13
File : 122 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781633383272


Seize The Day

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Fading charmer Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career (a Hollywood agent once placed him as 'the type that loses the girl') and in a financial mess. In the course of one climactic day he reviews his past mistakes and spiritual malaise, until a mysterious, philosophizing con man grants him a glorious, illuminating moment of truth and understanding, and offers him one last hope ...

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Saul Bellow
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release : 2018-10-18
File : 124 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780141913759


Chinese Characters

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Genre : Chinese language
Author : Léon Wieger
Publisher :
Release : 1915
File : 542 Pages
ISBN-13 : NYPL:33433096889161


Seize The Story

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Do you wish you had a published writer's secrets at your fingertips, ready to help you achieve your goals of publication, success, and the chance to be the next great teen writer? In Seize the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write, Victoria Hanley, award-winning author of young adult fiction, spills the secrets for bringing action, adventure, humor, and drama to stories. All of the elements of fiction, from creating believable dialogue to exciting plots, are laid out clearly and illustrated with examples taken straight from story excerpts by excellent writers. The book is packed with writing exercises designed to encourage teens to tell the stories that are theirs alone. In addition, other published authors of young adult literature share their insights about the writing life. Teens can gain firsthand advice from accomplished writers T. A. Barron, Joan Bauer, Hilari Bell, Chris Crutcher, David Lubar, Lauren Myracle, Todd Mitchell, Nancy Garden, and many more. Grades 7-12

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Genre : Education
Author : Victoria Hanley
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2021-09-09
File : 149 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781000496024