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    Alan Lomax: A Biography , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1230min
    The remarkable life and times of the man who popularized American folk music and created the science of song. Folklorist, archivist, anthropologist, singer, political activist, talent scout, ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, concert and record producer, Alan Lomax is best remembered as the man who introduced folk music to the masses. Lomax began his career making field recordings of rural music for the Library of Congress and by the late 1930s brought his discoveries to radio, including Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Burl Ives. By the 1940s he was producing concerts that brought white and black performers together, and in the 1950s he set out to record the whole world. Lomax was also a controversial figure. When he worked for the U. S. government he was tracked by the FBI, and when he worked in Britain, MI5 continued the surveillance. In his last years he turned to digital media and developed technology that anticipated today's breakthroughs. Featuring a cast of characters including Eleanor Roosevelt, Leadbelly, Carl Sandburg, Carl Sagan, Jelly Roll Morton, Muddy Waters, and Bob Dylan, Szwed's fascinating biography memorably captures Lomax and provides a definitive account of an era as seen through the life of one extraordinary man. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Scott Sowers. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/peng/001630/bk_peng_001630_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Stories of Our Lives: Memory, History, Narrative , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 588min
    In Stories of Our Lives, Frank de Caro demonstrates the value of personal narratives in enlightening our lives and our world. We all live with legends, family sagas, and anecdotes that shape our selves and give meaning to our recollections. Featuring an array of colorful stories from de Caro’s personal life and years of field research as a folklorist, the audiobook is part memoir and part exploration of how the stories we tell, listen to, and learn play an integral role in shaping our sense of self. De Caro’s narrative includes stories within the story: among them a near-mythic capture of his golden-haired grandmother by Plains Indians, a quintessential Italian rags-to-riches grandfather, and his own experiences growing up in culturally rich 1950s New York City, living in India amid the fading glories of a former princely state, conducting field research on Day of the Dead altars in Mexico, and coming home to a battered New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Stories of Our Lives shows that our lives are interesting, and that the stories we tell - however particular to our own circumstances or trivial they may seem to others - reveal something about ourselves, our societies, our cultures, and our larger human existence. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kenneth Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/017053/bk_acx0_017053_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Walking the Choctaw Road: Stories from Red People Memory, Hörbuch, Digital, 218min
    In Walking the Choctaw Road, Tim Tingle reaches far back into tribal memory to offer a deeply personal collection of stories woven from the supernatural, mythical, historical, and oral accounts of Choctaw people living today. “Oklahoma” comes from the Choctaw word “Okla Homma,” meaning “Red People”. In this, his first collection of stories, acclaimed storyteller and folklorist Tim Tingle tells the stories of his people, the Choctaw People, the Okla Homma. For years Tim has collected the stories of the old folks, weaving those tales into his own stories, mixing traditional lore with stories from everyday life. Thus, Walking the Choctaw Road has a mixture of contemporary stories of Choctaw people living their lives right now, historical accounts passed down from generation to generation, and stories arising from beliefs and myths. In one of the 11 stories, Tim tells how audiences are always wanting to hear stories about the Indian Wars, so he tells about his own Indian War, which he calls “Archie’s War”, the 20-year war between his father and himself, which ended in hard-won respect and love for them both. In another, he lets a five-year-old boy tell us a magical, tragic tale about “The Trail of Tears”, when the U.S. government forcibly removed the Choctaw people from their homeland to Oklahoma. And in another, a Choctaw preacher tells about his grandmother, a healing woman, who has a beyond-death relationship with her protector dog, Shob. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Tingle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/cinc/000010/bk_cinc_000010_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    How to Catch a Bogle , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 431min
    As a bogler's apprentice, 10-year-old Birdie has faced down plenty of monsters lurking in the chimneys, wells, and other dark places of Victorian London. She serves as bait, singing sweetly to lure the bogles out so her master, the well-seasoned Go-Devil Man Alfred Bunce, can kill them with his trusty spear. Enter the wealthy folklorist Miss Eames, who is determined to find more scientific ways of drawing out the monsters, and Birdie fears that her livelihood may be threatened by the well-meaning lady. Meanwhile, orphans are disappearing and a bogle is suspected, but Alfred and Birdie discover something even more sinister at work. The first in a projected trilogy, this book treats readers to a lively, engaging story with an endearing protagonist at its center. Capable, forthright, and street-wise, Birdie fairly leaps off the page with pluck, intelligence, and courage. Historical details are woven in to ensure that readers are firmly ensconced in Victorian London, where bogles may be waiting to snatch unsuspecting children, but they are certainly not the only danger to be had. The well-paced story builds to an exciting climax as each bogle encounter raises the stakes and Birdie and Alfred face a decision that will change their lives. While this particular adventure is wrapped up nicely, readers will be delighted that the stage is set for future bogling exploits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mandy Williams. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/lili/001658/bk_lili_001658_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    El Dorado: The Search for the Fabled City of Gold , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 69min
    Alongside the famous Lost City of Atlantis, perhaps no mythological city has captured the imaginations of people or been the source for exploration quite like El Dorado, the fabled city of gold that the Spanish believed was located somewhere in South America. The origins of the Spaniards’ belief in the existence of the mythical city was based on their rumors surrounding the tribal chief of the Muisca in present-day Colombia; the Spanish heard that his initiation included covering himself with gold dust and diving into Lake Guatavita. Of course if the chief could cover himself in gold, he must have access to a lot of it, and around this figure the myth of El Dorado sprang up. Naturally the belief in the existence of El Dorado propelled it from being merely a city to an entire empire itself, and this spurred several journeys in the 16th century, including one by Francisco Pizarro’s half brother, Gonzalo, and another by Sir Walter Raleigh. Although none of these journeys actually discovered such a place, they resulted in plenty of lives lost and a lot of exploration of the heart of South America. Moreover, despite the fact none of the explorers actually found El Dorado, the rumors and journeys only cemented the belief that such a place existed, and El Dorado was actually located on maps made by several European nations for centuries. As folklorist Jim Griffith once put it, "El Dorado shifted geographical locations until finally it simply meant a source of untold riches somewhere in the Americas." In fact it would not be until about the early 19th century that explorer Alexander von Humboldt disproved El Dorado’s existence, at least in the spot it was assumed to be located for over 200 years. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jack de Golia. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/035422/bk_acx0_035422_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ancient Scottish Tales: Unabridged Edition: Traditional, Romantic & Legendary Folk and Fairy Tales of the Highlands , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 145min
    “I wish that the Brown Bull of Ringlewood would come and carry me off.”In this collection of folk and fairy tales from the Scottish Highlands, we are transported to an enchanted world of persecuted heroines and courageous heroes, scheming stepmothers and monstrous beasts, swan maidens and talking cats, murderous robbers and thieving giants, benevolent fairies and mysterious strangers, and much more...Whether it is a tale of romance or revenge, legend or magic, this unabridged anthology - collected by the folklorist, Peter Buchan - has a story for everyone and is essential reading for lovers of classic Scottish folktales.Tales:"The Red Etin" (ATU-303: "The Twins or Blood-Brothers") "The Young Prince" (ATU-851: "The Riddle of the Suitor") "The History of Mr Greenwood" (ATU-955: "The Robber Bridegroom") "The Cruel Stepmother" (ATU-706: "The Maiden Without Hands") "Rashen Coatie" (ATU-510B: "Unnatural Love" + ATU-511: "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes") "The Brown Bull of Ringlewood" (ATU-425A: "The Search for the Lost Husband") "The Thriftless Wife" (ATU-1541: "For the Long Winter" + ATU-1653: "The Robbers Under a Tree") "Green Sleeves" (ATU-313: "The Magic Flight") "The Princess with the White Petticoat" (ATU-510: "Cinderella and Catskin" + ATU-886: "The Girl Who Could Not Keep the Secret") "The Black Cat" (ATU-326A: "Soul Released From Torment") "The Widow’s Son and the Old Man" (ATU-30: "The Ogre’s Heart in the Egg") "The Widow’s Son and the King’s Daughter" (ATU-300: "The Dragon Slayer") "The King of Morocco" (ATU-325: "The Magician and His Pupil") "The Princess of the Blue Mountains" (ATU-400: T"he Man on a Quest for His Lost Wife") ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Angus Yellowlees. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/208630/bk_acx0_208630_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Forgiving, Hörbuch, Digital, 52min
    In this hour, Amanda Lindhout is a Canadian journalist who endured 460 days in captivity, after being held hostage by a gang of Somali kidnappers. In her new memoir, A House in the Sky, she writes about surviving physical and sexual violence and about her ongoing effort to forgive her kidnappers. Next, in the Jewish sacred calendar, Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year -- the Day of Atonement. Israeli-born Jewish educator Amichai Lau-Lavie reinterprets the meaning and message of the holiday, to focus less on guilt and more on self-forgiveness. He is the founder of Storahtelling and is the spiritual leader of NYC's Lab/Shul.Then, in his new book, Evil Men, James Dawes grapples with the questions about forgiveness and war crimes. Dawes interviewed a collection of convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War. They are old men now, waiting for death and hoping for forgiveness.After that, Cary Sudler's family once owned a plantation and slaves in Maryland. Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery. Following that, the sonic sepia of a rare 78 RPM lets us eavesdrop on Cantor Isaiah Meisels, singing prayers for the Jewish High Holy Days in 1907. Folklorist, performer and record producer Henry Sapoznik is our guide. And finally, humans have a deep-seated, genetic instinct to forgive. Michael McCullough directs the Evolution and Human Behavior Laboratory at the University of Miami. His research explores the evolutionary advantages of forgiveness. McCullough's the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and a popular book: Beyond Revenge: The Evolution of the Forgiveness Instinct. [Broadcast Date: September 18, 2013] Language: English. Narrator: Jim Fleming. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/130918/rt_tbon_130918_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Fairy Tales and International Relations
    Fairy Tales and International Relations - A Folklorist Reading of IR Textbooks: ab 41.99 €
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    Nighthoots and Morningsongs
    Nighthoots and Morningsongs is a compilation of twenty-three on location recordings made in peoples homes, living rooms, public meeting places and live concerts. The people on this compilation are from the mountains of southwestern North Carolina. The music is old-time Appalachian, bluegrass, Spiritual, love songs, one classical guitar masterpiece, one showtune ('Over the Rainbow') and some old standards like 'we'll Meet Again' (Some Happy Day). The recordings were made by a professional folklorist with thirty-five years of experience using state of the art audio equipment. Covering a true diversity of musical styles, this CD does not strive to present a listless 'text book' look at an Appalachian community and it's music, but shows honestly what Appalachian folks are singing and performing in a digital age with mass communications. As such, the listener gets a full range of genres from Elizabethan balladry to traditional jazz, classical, Morris dance music and a local acoustic band 'Irons in the Fire' that writes songs of social protest and odd humor. This is a truly one of a kind release that is fun to hear while presenting a living musical snapshot of life in a contemporary Appalachian region.
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    Ternario. La Poética de La Resistencia
    Juan Camacho attended the 'Escuela de Música Creativa' in Madrid, where he later taught Harmony and Composition. Studied guitar with guitarist, arranger and prestigious session musician Fredi Marugán and with guitarist and contemporary composers Joe Morris and Jon Damian (Boston, Ma.) In 1991 he obtained a Diploma in Jazz Composition from the Berklee College of Music in Boston (U.S.A.). He attended seminars under the direction of such masters as Steve Brown, Walter Bishop Jr., Jack Walrath, Dave Schnitter, Billy Hart, and Bill Dobbins in Sevilla and Alcalá, Spain. He also attended clinics with guitar legend Joe Pass in Vitoria, Spain, and with saxophonist Jorge Pardo in Madrid. He has been a guitar teacher at the 'Escuela de Nuevas Músicas' in Madrid, a lecturer in several universities such as Carlos III in Madrid, the Middlebury College and the S.U.N.Y. programs in Madrid, and Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. He toured several countries in Europe with the renowned Colombian salsa group 'El son del pueblo', and played with musicians such as Spanish folklorist Cayetano Morales. He has been a member and musical director of the groups 'Octubre' and 'Via Libre' (Madrid), 'The Lincoln Brigade' (Boston, all original compositions). Performed in duos with Uruguayan pianist Andrés Bedó and Argentinian guitarist Claudio Herchhoren. From 1994 he has led his own goup the 'Juan Camacho Quintet', with which he has performed in several festivals and cities such as Bogotá, (Colombia), San Sebastián de los Reyes, Lugo, Vigo, Salamanca, Úbeda, (Spain), as well as Siria, Lebanon, Luxembourg, etc. He published his first CD 'Tatá' (Several Records) with all original compositions. It was named one of the best five CD's published in Spain in 1995 by the prestigious magazine 'Todas las novedades del mes' in it's end of the year summary. Also the composition 'Tatá', which gives name to his first CD is featured on the double compilation called 'Jazz y otras músicas de Madrid', produced by the Association of Jazz Musicians of Madrid 'Musicos Asociados' (1999). His second CD appeared in 2000, on Satchmo Records. Called 'La balada de la Brigada Lincoln: Canciones de combate y otros himnos' ('The Ballad of the Lincoln Brigade: Combat Songs and Other Hymns'), it features ten new originals by Juan Camacho. September 2005 saw the issue of his third recording: 'Ternario: La poética de la resistencia' ('Ternary: The Poetics of Resistance') also on Satchmo Records, a collection of eight new originals, with enthusiastic reviews by the specialized media.. And in February 2009 the latest release by Juan Camacho is called 'La estrategia del tiempo' ('The Strategy of Time'), 10 new originals featuring the trademark intensity, variety and soulfulness of the compositions, as well as the amazing playing skills of all the members of the Quintet.
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