51 Results for : circuses
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Bread And Circuses (1914)
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Amphitheatres and Circuses
Amphitheatres and Circuses ab 20.99 € als Taschenbuch: A History from Their Earliest Date to 1861 with Sketches of Some of the Principal Performers. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,- Shop: hugendubel
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These Circuses That Sweep Through The Landscape Stories
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The History of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 78min
Americans have loved traveling circuses for generations, and none represent the country's love for entertainment quite like the most famous of them all, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The five brothers who started a circus in Wisconsin, as well as P.T. Barnum, have had their names become synonymous with the circus, so it's only fitting that the manner in which these men entered the business and the merging of their traveling circuses together also make for great stories. Circus promoters have long been viewed as somewhat shady hucksters, but none could top P.T. Barnum, who used a blend of traditional circus entertainment, freak show exhibits, and outright hoaxes to create "The Greatest Show on Earth". Around the same time that Barnum was operating the Barnum and Bailey's circus, the Ringling Brothers were engaging in more traditional circus activities in Wisconsin. As their traveling circus became better known in the late 1880s, it was advertised as the "Ringling Brothers United Monster Shows, Great Double Circus, Royal European Menagerie, Museum, Caravan, and Congress of Trained Animals". The Ringling Brothers were eventually successful enough that they were able to buy Barnum's circus after Barnum had already died, and they merged the traveling circuses together in 1919. The Greatest Show on Earth: The History of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus examines the origins of the famous circuses, the background of the important individuals involved, and their merger into the most famous circus of all. You will learn about "The Greatest Show on Earth" like never before, in no time at all. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Johanna Oosterwyk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034537/bk_acx0_034537_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Circus Life: Performing and Laboring Under America's Big Top Shows, 1830-1920 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 491min
The 19th century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new incentives that rapid industrialization made possible. The circus has long been a subject of fascination for many, as evidenced by the millions of Americans that have attended circus performances over many decades since 1870, when the circus established itself as a truly unique entertainment enterprise. Yet the few analyses of the circus that do exist have only examined the circus as its own closed microcosm - the “circus family.” Circus Life, on the other hand, places circus employees in the larger context of the history of US workers and corporate America. Focusing on the circus as a business-entertainment venture, Childress pushes the scholarship on circuses to new depths, examining the performers, managers, and laborers’ lives and how the circus evolved as it grew in popularity over time. Beginning with circuses in the antebellum era, Childress examines changes in circuses as gender balances shifted, industrialization influenced the nature of shows, and customers and crowds became increasingly more middle-class. As a study in sport and social history, Childress’s account demonstrates how the itinerant nature of the circus drew specific types of workers and performers, and how the circus was internally in constant upheaval due to the changing profile of its patrons and a changing economy. The book is published by University of Tennessee Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Carrico. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/148898/bk_acx0_148898_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Raptors Beneath the Big Top: Dinosaur Erotica , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 40min, (USK 18)
At most circuses you get your standard fare, clowns, acrobats, and the usual rides and games. However an oddity circus gives you just a little bit more. Oddity circuses are known for their amazing shows that leave their audiences breathless. Every act is as amazing as the last and each one leaves you screaming for more. Emma Flash is a talented animal trainer and is looking to get center ring at the biggest oddity circus in the world, a rare feat for any performer. She has her sights set on this honor, and an opportunity has just fallen into her lap. A geneticist has successfully been able to reanimate genetic material, and the results of his work are three, full grown raptors. The geneticist wants Emma to take the creatures to the center ring at the biggest show on earth to show them off. The animal trainer jumps on the opportunity. However, the show she and her audience gets is nothing like she expects. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Pepper Laramie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/012977/bk_acx0_012977_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blood and Circuses: A Phryne Fisher Mystery , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 442min
The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is feeling dull. But is shebored enough to leave her identity, her home and family behind and join Farrell’s Circus and Wild Beast Show? There have beenstrange things happening at the circus. And when Phryne is asked by her friends – Samson the Strong Man, Alan the carousel operator and Doreen the Snake Woman – to help them, curiosity gets the better of her. Peeling off her wealth and privilege, Phryne takes a job as a trickhorse-rider, wearing hand-me-down clothes and a new name. Someone seems determined to see the circus fail and Phryne must find out who that might be and why they want it badly enough to resort to poison, assault and murder. Diving into the dangerous underworld of 1920s Melbourne and the wild, eccentric life under the big top, Phryne proves her courage and ingenuity yet again, aided only by her quick intelligence, an oddly attractive clown, and a stout and helpful bear. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stephanie Daniel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/001137/bk_boli_001137_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Barnstormers, Wing-Walking and Flying Circuses
This is the story of the incredible pioneers of barnstorming and their breath-taking achievements.- Shop: buecher
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Memoirs from the Asylum , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 452min
What is it like to work inside a state hospital or to be a patient in such a hospital? What is it like to live inside the mind of such a patient? This tragi-comedic novel takes the listener inside the asylum, inside the worlds of three central characters: a narrator who has taken refuge from his fears of the world, a psychiatrist whose own life has been damaged by his father's depression, and a catatonic schizophrenic whose world is trapped inside a crack in the wall opposite her bed. This is the interwoven story of their lives, a story that includes love, sexuality, violence, deaths, celebrations, circuses, and surprising twists. As the plot unwinds, the listener learns a great deal about the nature of futility, frustration, and freedom. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: George Kuch. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/005885/bk_acx0_005885_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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