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    Sherlock Holmes Through the Microscope , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 383min
    The life and career of Mr. Sherlock Holmes has inspired the interest of many of the brightest intellects in the world. They have expended great efforts to penetrate beyond the glimpses afforded us in the 60 published adventures - to detect the real underlying character of "the best and the wisest man" Dr. Watson has ever known (The Final Problem by A. C. Doyle). To the hundreds of past and present day Sherlockians, Holmesians, Doyeleans, we owe a great deal of gratitude for helping to shred the veil which has been created to obfuscate the real character of our remarkable hero: from the sainted Christopher Morley and Vincent Starrett, the renowned commentators Ronald A. Knox, William S. Baring-Gould, Edgar W. Smith, Sydney C. Roberts, Michael Harrison, Michael Hardwick, and many others too numerous to mention. Commentators have included bookmen, journalists and essayists, physicians, psychiatrists and pathologists, chemists, monsignors and vicars, barristers and solicitors, and automobile executives. All have brought their intelligence, unique perspectives, and, most of all, a very desperate need for knowledge to this quest, their labor of love. With great humility but stout heart, I feel highly motivated, even obligated, to attempt to add my voice to this ongoing effort. As a microbiologist, I hope to bring a different perspective to these studies. I am used to dealing with very minute objects that produce consequences much greater than their size would indicate. Is not this obsession with minutiae the perfect training and background for one who feels the need to participate in Sherlockian studies? I do hope that this makes me somewhat qualified to join in this important area of scholarly research. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J.T. McDaniel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/133352/bk_acx0_133352_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (eBook, PDF)
    The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, have doublets, hose, ruffs and farthingales featured in many Shakespeare productions staged since the turn of the 21st century?This book scrutinizes the popular practice of costuming Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan and Jacobean dress. It considers why this approach to design appeals to contemporary directors, designers and audiences, and how it has shaped the meaning of Shakespeare's works in specific performance contexts. Informed by original interviews with several prominent theatre practitioners, including Emma Rice, Gregory Doran, Jenny Tiramani, Simon Godwin, Stephen Brimson Lewis and Tom Piper, Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume explores how various 21st-century Shakespeare productions have drawn on myths and desires associated with early modern clothing. Its discussions range from the practicalities of historical reconstruction to the appeal of early modern sartorial culture as an embodiment of wonder, spectacle and the supernatural. Productions discussed include Shakespeare's Globe's production of Henry V (1997), the National Theatre's Twelfth Night (2017) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Tempest (2016). Ella Hawkins examines the minutiae of modern design -- how seams are sewn, whence fabrics are sourced -- as well as the widespread cultural movements that have produced our modern relationship with the period of Shakespeare's lifetime. This is the first book to explore fully the significance of Elizabethan-inspired design in contemporary Shakespearean performance. Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume reframes so-called 'period' costuming as a dynamic collection of practices capable of refashioning textual meanings, reflecting present-day political and societal shifts and confronting contemporary injustices.
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    Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume (eBook, ePUB)
    The meanings originally communicated by Elizabethan and Jacobean dress have long been confined to history. Why, then, have doublets, hose, ruffs and farthingales featured in many Shakespeare productions staged since the turn of the 21st century?This book scrutinizes the popular practice of costuming Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan and Jacobean dress. It considers why this approach to design appeals to contemporary directors, designers and audiences, and how it has shaped the meaning of Shakespeare's works in specific performance contexts. Informed by original interviews with several prominent theatre practitioners, including Emma Rice, Gregory Doran, Jenny Tiramani, Simon Godwin, Stephen Brimson Lewis and Tom Piper, Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume explores how various 21st-century Shakespeare productions have drawn on myths and desires associated with early modern clothing. Its discussions range from the practicalities of historical reconstruction to the appeal of early modern sartorial culture as an embodiment of wonder, spectacle and the supernatural. Productions discussed include Shakespeare's Globe's production of Henry V (1997), the National Theatre's Twelfth Night (2017) and the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Tempest (2016). Ella Hawkins examines the minutiae of modern design -- how seams are sewn, whence fabrics are sourced -- as well as the widespread cultural movements that have produced our modern relationship with the period of Shakespeare's lifetime. This is the first book to explore fully the significance of Elizabethan-inspired design in contemporary Shakespearean performance. Shakespeare in Elizabethan Costume reframes so-called 'period' costuming as a dynamic collection of practices capable of refashioning textual meanings, reflecting present-day political and societal shifts and confronting contemporary injustices.
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    Ripperology: A Study of the World's First Serial Killer and a Literary Phenomenon (True Crime History) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 535min
    Jack the Ripper was probably the first serial killer to appear in a large metropolis at a time when the general populace was literate and the press was a force for social change. The press was also partly responsible for creating many myths surrounding the Ripper. Robin Odell's Ripperology is the first study to present a sequential history of literary investigations of Jack the Ripper's crimes and to address the seven principal phases of Ripper speculations: the initial wave of journalism that followed the 1888 murders; the revelations of highers-up in Scotland Yard who pretended to know more than they actually did; the period between 1925 and 1949 when sensational and factually shaky book-length solutions were proposed, including the theories that Jack avenged his son's syphilis or was a female midwife in disguise; the dawn of more responsible study, between 1950 and 1975, in which the author himself played an important role; better documented studies spurred by the opening of Scotland Yard files in 1976; the explosion of new Ripper hypotheses in the 1990s; and current theories, including Patricia Cornwell's DNA-based accusation of artist Walter Sickert. Ripperology does not attempt to give a detailed, encyclopedic account of the murders. While there are no formal conclusions, and this book does not seek to saturate the listener with minutiae, exaggerated claims are debunked and misconceived ideas are dispelled. Author Odell, having studied these unsolved serial killings for four decades, guides the listener in his easy narrative rich with documentation. Ripperology will be welcomed by true crime aficionados.The book is published by The Kent State University Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks."Odell's mastery of the competing paths of Ripperologists resists sensationalism…instead offering a level-headed reappraisal…that Ripper fans and true-crime readers will enjoy." (Publishers Weekly ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dean Eby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/166416/bk_acx0_166416_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Music Theory , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 51min
    Music is found in every identified culture that man has ever known, in past and in present. Every ancient tribe even the isolated ones have known to have music especially in their rituals and prayers. Music has always been a part of us since the ancient times. According to historians it has existence among us for the past 55,000 years. Initially music may have been invented in Africa which later developed to become an imperative part in human life. A culture's music is affected by all various facets of that culture, including economic and social group and skill, environment and access to equipment. The feelings and thoughts that music articulates, the circumstances in which music is played and heard, and the approach towards the music players and composers all differ between areas and ages. This book is all about concepts, conjectures and theories formed about the many characteristics of music. Music theory is a part of Musicology which is an intellectual analysis and study of music and musicology that comes under the vast field of studies on humanities. Music is normally concerned with intellectual characteristics of music like scales, tuning, consonance or rhythm but besides this there is another theory of the concrete aspects like creating music, orchestration, electronic sound and protection etc. Any person who learns, imparts and pens about music theory is a music theorist. The growth, conservation, and showcasing of music theory may be found in verbal and practical musical instruments, music-making traditions, and in other artifacts. Like the ancient instruments from China, Mesopotamia and other prehistoric sites all over the globe disclose minutiae about the music they created and, possibly, somewhat of the musical theory that could have been used by their makers. In prehistoric and existing cultures about the world, the profound and stretched origins of music theory are evidently clear in instruments, current music making and oral ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Megan Matire. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061834/bk_acx0_061834_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Death Sting: A Nick Bancroft Mystery, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 348min
    Private Eye Nick Bancroft's Deadliest Case When Vicki Fowler's body is found covered with bee stings in a Central Illinois pasture, the sheriff calls her death an accident. Freelance reporter and private detective Nick Bancroft doesn't believe it. He learns the victim lived in a home for young unwed mothers who work as waitresses and whores at a local nightclub. Murder suspects include an alcoholic handy man, the man and wife who operate the home, a nightclub operator and his henchman, and a sheriff's deputy. Federal agents on the trail of an international porn ring try to halt Nick's investigation. Nick is beaten and thrown in a ditch. Later, he and his earthy lover, Maggie Atley, are dumped in a deep lake with weights tied to their ankles. Nick Bancroft Mysteries are: "Power packed.... Draw the reader into the story from the opening line and hold the attention to the surprising end. Peopled with fascinating, credible characters." (Holly Martin in Black Dragon Reviews)“As action-packed as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan without the military minutiae, and as filled with both local color and universal appeal as Carl Hiassen’s gems.” (Bill Knight, Community Word)"Full of twists and turns. A real Loo-Loo!" (Detra Fitch, Huntress Book Reviews)"The equivalent of comfort food for the reader of detective mysteries. It is the type of story you read with smoky jazz playing on your stereo and a snifter of brandy sitting on the table next to you.... A mystery reader's meal for when all you want is a good yarn and a chair to relax in.” (S. A. Gordon, author Murder Picnic)"Deft tales of murder, complicity and downright evil, gripping narratives which appeal to the lover of good action-packed mystery thrillers. Highly Recommended." (Molly's Reviews) ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James R. Cheatham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/233564/bk_acx0_233564_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry: A Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 597min
    Meet Harold Fry, recently retired. He lives in a small English village with his wife, Maureen, who seems irritated by almost everything he does, even down to how he butters his toast. Little differentiates one day from the next. Then one morning the mail arrives, and within the stack of quotidian minutiae is a letter addressed to Harold in a shaky scrawl from a woman he hasn't seen or heard from in 20 years. Queenie Hennessy is in hospice and is writing to say goodbye. Harold pens a quick reply and, leaving Maureen to her chores, heads to the corner mailbox. But then, as happens in the very best works of fiction, Harold has a chance encounter, one that convinces him that he absolutely must deliver his message to Queenie in person. And thus begins the unlikely pilgrimage at the heart of Rachel Joyce's remarkable debut. Harold Fry is determined to walk 600 miles from Kingsbridge to the hospice in Berwick-upon-Tweed because, he believes, as long as he walks, Queenie Hennessey will live. Still in his yachting shoes and light coat, Harold embarks on his urgent quest across the countryside. Along the way he meets one fascinating character after another, each of whom unlocks his long-dormant spirit and sense of promise. Memories of his first dance with Maureen, his wedding day, his joy in fatherhood, come rushing back to him - allowing him to also reconcile the losses and the regrets. As for Maureen, she finds herself missing Harold for the first time in years. And then there is the unfinished business with Queenie Hennessy. A novel of unsentimental charm, humor, and profound insight into the thoughts and feelings we all bury deep within our hearts, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry introduces Rachel Joyce as a wise - and utterly irresistible - storyteller. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Broadbent. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003139/bk_rand_003139_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 862min
    For more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important novel in the English language was illegal to own, sell, advertise or purchase in most of the English-speaking world. James Joyce's big blue book, Ulysses, ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel for all time. But the genius of Ulysses was also its danger: it omitted absolutely nothing. All of the minutiae of Leopold Bloom's day, including its unspeakable details, unfold with careful precision in its pages. The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice immediately banned the novel as "obscene, lewd, and lascivious". Joyce, along with some of the most important publishers and writers of his era, had to fight for years to win the freedom to publish it. The Most Dangerous Book tells the remarkable story surrounding Ulysses, from the first stirrings of Joyce's inspiration in 1904 to its landmark federal obscenity trial in 1933. Literary historian Kevin Birmingham follows Joyce's years as a young writer, his feverish work on his literary masterpiece, and his ardent love affair with Nora Barnacle, the model for Molly Bloom. Joyce and Nora socialized with literary greats like Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Beach. Their support helped Joyce fight an array of anti-vice crusaders while his book was disguised and smuggled, pirated and burned in the United States and Britain. The long struggle for publication added to the growing pressures of Joyce's deteriorating eyesight, finances and home life. Birmingham's archival work brings to light new information about both Joyce and the story surrounding Ulysses. Written for ardent Joyceans as well as novices who want to get to the heart of the greatest novel of the 20th century, The Most Dangerous Book is a gripping examination of how the world came to say yes to Ulysses. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Keating. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/002390/bk_peng_002390_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    One Good Deed (eBook, ePUB)
    A "funny, wise, and winning" memoir chronicling a year in a woman's life as she tries to do one good deed every day (Susan Orlean, New York Times-bestselling author of The Library Book). Erin McHugh had spent the better part of her adult life doing community work, but in more recent years, the minutiae of life and working as a bookseller kept her busy and away from those higher impulses. Then one day she learned a distant relative was actually going to be canonized. Was this a sign? What followed next was McHugh's sincere urge to recapture a sense of charity, and so she set out on her birthday to do one good deed every day for an entire year. Maybe she wouldn't be saving orphans from burning buildings, but she wanted to take one small daily detour and make someone else's life just a little bit better.One Good Deedis the inspiring, smart, and frequently funny chronicle of that year, in which each page represents a day in McHugh's journey to reclaim the better part of herself, inspiring readers to do the same. "Her memoir will inspire you to flex your do-gooder muscle without being preachy or a Pollyanna." -Fitness "Engaging... One Good Deed is a measure of humanity and of McHugh's own striving towards it." -Susan Orlean, author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief "This instructive, funny, utterly relevant book reminds us that the simple (but not-so-simple) act of paying daily attention can make a profound difference-to the world around us, and to our very selves." -Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion: A Memoir "The best book in the world... because it makes us our best." -Nichole Bernier, author of The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D.
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    The Mindful Artist: How Mindfulness Increases Productivity, Reduces Anxiety, and Creates Overall Abundance for Creative Entrepreneurs , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 71min
    Here is a personal testimony from the author about the life-changing benefits that mindfulness has had on his life: “For the first 10 years that I was a self-employed artist, I was not a mindful artist. I didn’t know what mindfulness was, and I just roamed the world on autopilot every day, like many of us do. I had great aspirations for my life and big dreams for my art career, but I was so caught up in the minutiae of everyday life that I never took the time to listen to myself and reflect inward. As a result of not giving myself enough time to focus on myself, I was always stressed, financially unstable, and emotionally and physically drained and was just never in a confident state of mind. I never had enough money in the bank, never had time for a social life, and was just never satisfied. My eyes were always set on the destination rather than the journey, and I never took the time to relish the amazing progress that was always unfolding underneath my feet."Because of practicing mindfulness on a daily basis, I’ve been able to restore my mental and physical health, stabilize my finances, maintain my emotional well-being, and enhance my creative drive. I attribute all of my career and personal success to the lessons I talk about in this book, and I’d love for you to pick up a copy and take a chance on living a mindful life to help you fulfill your own creative passions as well!” (J. J. Long)Here is a preview of what you'll learn...The Definition of MindfulnessThe Health Benefits of MindfulnessSome Mindfulness Techniques in Less Than 5 MinutesHow to Live a Typical Mindful Work DayHow to Prime Your Day and Be Less ReactiveHow to Increase Productivity in Your BusinessHow to Align with Your PurposeHow to Maintain AbundanceAnd much, much more!Download your copy today! I look forward to taking you on a mindfulness journey ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: J.J. Long. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/123808/bk_acx0_123808_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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