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Author: Anne McKee Stapleton Publisher: Rodopi ISBN: 9401211116 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 219
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Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complicated role of social dancing in Scottish culture and identifies the hitherto unexplored motif of dance as an outwardly conforming, yet covertly subversive, expression of Scottish identity during the period. The volume draws upon diverse yet mutually revealing texts, from traditional dance and music to Sir Walter Scott and contemporary Scottish women novelists, to offer students and scholars of Scottish and English literature a fresh insight into the socio-cultural context of the British state after 1746.
Author: Anne McKee Stapleton Publisher: Rodopi ISBN: 9401211116 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 219
Book Description
Pointed Encounters establishes the literary significance of representations of dance in poetry, song, dance manuals, and fiction written between 1750 and 1830. Presenting original readings of canonical texts and fresh readings of neglected but significant literary works, this book traces the complicated role of social dancing in Scottish culture and identifies the hitherto unexplored motif of dance as an outwardly conforming, yet covertly subversive, expression of Scottish identity during the period. The volume draws upon diverse yet mutually revealing texts, from traditional dance and music to Sir Walter Scott and contemporary Scottish women novelists, to offer students and scholars of Scottish and English literature a fresh insight into the socio-cultural context of the British state after 1746.
Author: Travis "Wheels" Wheeler Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1507216378 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 176
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"Playing a role-playing game is a delicate dance. If everything runs smoothly, it feels like you and your friends are able to maneuver effortlessly through dramatic, epic, and uproariously silly scenes where everyone gets a chance to shine. And yet, other times it just doesn't come together. Combat slows to a repetitive grind, the Game Master runs out of good Non-Player Character (NPC) ideas, or after twenty-six rounds maybe even the most beautifully designed encounter just gets a bit stale. Sure, you could prep an absolute powerhouse of an all-killer-no filler role-playing session. Spend time getting fun character voices ready for every NPC. But that sounds like way too much work. This is the book you turn to for help. It's a big book of ideas designed to slot right into your existing campaign, organized into neat little tables. If you salivate at chaos magic effect tables and daydream about wild, unexpected die results, you already know it can also be fun to throw caution to the wind and let randomness determine as much as possible. Even the most organized GMs and the tightest adventure modules benefit from a little spice!"--
Author: Peter J. Adams Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030452085 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 320
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This book develops a new and innovative way of understanding how language is used when people describe their spiritual and mystical encounters. Early chapters provide overviews of the nature of spiritual encounters, how commonly they occur, and the role of language. The book then develops a unique way of understanding the dynamics of talking about spirituality, using original research to support this perspective. In particular, Peter J. Adams explores how this characteristically vague way of speaking can be viewed as an intentional and not an incidental aspect of such communications because certain types of vagueness have the capacity to engage the imaginative participation of receptive listeners. This expressive vagueness is achieved by embedding missing bits, or “gaps,” in the flow of what is described and these in turn provide sites for listeners to insert their own content. Later chapters focus on practical ways people (including helping professionals) can improve their skills in talking about their spiritual encounters. All content is situated in café conversations between four people each of whom is, in their own way, concerned with the challenges they face in converting the content of their encounters into words.
Author: Ronald Story Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1780337035 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 663
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An illustrated A-to-Z guide to all things alien. Over 400 entries from more than 100 contributors cover everything from the incidents and witnesses involved to the concepts at stake and experts' personal position statements. Entries range from alien abductions, the Fantasy Prone hypothesis and JAL Flight no 1628, to the Lakenheath-Bentwaters Episode, mind control by aliens and Roswell. The contributors include: Isaac Asimov, Jerome Clark, Erich von Daniken, Peter Davenport, Hilary Evans, Timothy Good, Marvin Kottmeyer, Jenny Randles, Carl Sagan, Whitley Streiber and Jacques Vallee. There are over 300 images, eyewitness drawings and photographs.
Author: VIKAS KHATRI Publisher: V&S Publishers ISBN: 9350577992 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 66
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UFOs or Unidentified Flying Objects have long been a matter of great curiosity and interest for human beings on the Earth, particularly from June 24, 1947 when American pilot Kenneth Arnold reported sighting nine circular objects flying across his airplane's path in the sky over the State of Washington. His description of their movements as being like “saucers skipping over the water” coined the term, 'flying saucer.' However, objects shaped like cigars, squares, balls, triangles, rings and hats have also been reported to have been seen in almost every country, of this huge and diverse Living Planet known as the Earth. Basically, these UFOs are amorphous and shape-changing objects. The book has an elaborate list of Alien Encounters and will create interest and captivate the minds of one and all. The book creates an interest and captivates the minds of one and all, irrespective of age, sex, religion, profession and academic qualification, it is very interesting for the children, particularly the school kids, who are ever so curious to know about these extraterrestrial, alien spaceships!
Author: Barbara Fox Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009216031 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 297
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Bringing together a diverse collection of studies from a team of international scholars, this pioneering volume focuses on interactions in shops, exploring the dynamics of conversation between sellers and customers. Beginning with the emergence of a 'need' for a product before the request to a seller is actually made, all the way through to the payment phase, it explores the rich and deeply methodical practices employed by customers and sellers as they go about the apparently mundane work of buying and selling small items. It looks at how seller and customer interact both verbally, and by means of manipulating the material objects involved, across a range of different kinds of purchase. Providing new insights into multimodal human interaction and the organisation of the commercial activity, it aims to bring about a new understanding of the fundamental ways in which economic value, possession and ownership is achieved.
Author: Jenny Huberman Publisher: Rutgers University Press ISBN: 081355408X Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 247
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Jenny Huberman provides an ethnographic study of encounters between western tourists and the children who work as unlicensed peddlers and guides along the riverfront city of Banaras, India. She examines how and why these children elicit such powerful reactions from western tourists and locals in their community as well as how the children themselves experience their work and render it meaningful. Ambivalent Encounters brings together scholarship on the anthropology of childhood, tourism, consumption, and exchange to ask why children emerge as objects of the international tourist gaze; what role they play in representing socio-economic change; how children are valued and devalued; why they elicit anxieties, fantasies, and debates; and what these tourist encounters teach us more generally about the nature of human interaction. It examines the role of gender in mediating experiences of social change—girls are praised by locals for participating constructively in the informal tourist economy while boys are accused of deviant behavior. Huberman is interested equally in the children’s and adults’ perspectives; her own experiences as a western visitor and researcher provide an intriguing entry into her interpretations.
Author: Roderick H. Boes Publisher: Trafford Publishing ISBN: 1426910894 Category : Languages : en Pages : 245
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The book introduces fresh concepts into the public debate about the origin of paranormal phenomena, the physical processes underlying consciousness, and the encounter between science and religion.
Author: Stuart Webb Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc ISBN: 1448871786 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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Since the middle of the last century, many people around the world have reported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and speculated that they were alien spacecraft. Some witnesses have reported seeing nonhumans emerge from otherworldly craft and even having interactions with these intelligent beings. While most scientists believe these tales to be hallucinations or hoaxes, the sheer number of reports of alien encounters, the similarities between them, and the emotional impact they have had on witnesses make the phenomenon difficult to dismiss. Fans of the paranormal will enjoy delving into juicy, eyewitness tales from the United States and around the world. Assessing the evidence, readers can decide for themselves whether someone else is truly out there.
Author: Michael Datur-Soliday Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing ISBN: 1634101677 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 302
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In Book Two of the Keltian’s Warriors Series, the story unfolds with the five young survivors from Book One, who are united against an alien threat to Earth. They have acquired amazing abilities granted them by a friendly Keltian visitor from a distant galaxy. Unexpected difficulties arise for the young Keltian’s Warriors, as a new survivor joins their group, an adult, who seeks to take over control. Discovering that this involves mixed blessings, the survivors also face additional threats, even while boosting their chances of survival. As they explore, the survivors cross paths with an alien hybrid, setting off the exploration of a previously undiscovered scientific military bunker. In the midst of forming a bond between the hybrid and the survivors, the burning question arises: Can this hybrid be the ultimate answer to wiping out the Reficulians once and for all? What capabilities does the hybrid have that could boost their chances of success against the Reficulians? What transformation occurs with the hybrid, solidifying his bond with the survivors?
Author: Anne McKee Stapleton
Author: Anne McKee Stapleton
Author: Travis "Wheels" Wheeler
Author: Peter J. Adams
Author: Ronald Story
Author: VIKAS KHATRI
Author: Barbara Fox
Author: Jenny Huberman
Author: Roderick H. Boes
Author: Stuart Webb
Author: Michael Datur-Soliday