The Tower of Songs

The Tower of Songs
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781496709745
ISBN-13 : 1496709748
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis The Tower of Songs by : Casey Barrett

Embracing an improbable stretch of sobriety, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has proven himself stronger than the temptations that loom in the shadows of New York City. But the familiar pull of self-destruction lingers like garbage in July when Layla Soto, a sharp-tongued Park Avenue teenager with a family as screwed up as his own, presents a twisted missing-persons case he can’t refuse . . . Layla saw video evidence of her billionaire father being abducted from their home—at the top of the tallest residential tower on earth. She suspects her grandmother, a Chinese social climber on husband number three, orchestrated the act to silence her only son. Duck agrees to investigate the hedge funder’s disappearance, if only for the rush of a new thrill—and an excuse to reconcile with Cass Kimball, his leather-clad sometime partner who nearly got him killed . . . As the unlikely duo become immersed in a high-stakes ransom linked to the international drug trade and the delicate relations between the two most powerful nations on earth, survival means trusting no one. Because when confronting absolute power, certain forces will stop at nothing to bury the truth.

Spirituality and Desire in Leonard Cohen’s Songs and Poems

Spirituality and Desire in Leonard Cohen’s Songs and Poems
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9781443869232
ISBN-13 : 1443869236
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Spirituality and Desire in Leonard Cohen’s Songs and Poems by : Peter Billingham

This volume represents the first ever collection of essays on Leonard Cohen to be published in the UK and one of the very first to be produced internationally. The essays range from unique insights offered by Cohen’s award-winning, authorised biographer Sylvie Simmons through to discussions of major themes in Cohen’s output, such as spirituality and desire, and include creative reflections from a filmmaker and poets upon their own creative response to his practice. Emerging from a one day symposium organised by Professor Peter Billingham at the University of Winchester, UK, to celebrate Cohen’s 80th birthday, this Festschrift collection represents a uniquely stimulating, insightful and provocative discussion of the songs and poems of Leonard Cohen, combining academic rigour with serious engagement with this remarkable poet and singer-songwriter. In the wake of the tragic news of Cohen’s passing in late 2016, with a legacy of iconic favourites such as “Suzanne” and “Bird on the Wire” through to more recent worldwide successes such as “Hallelujah” and “Anthem”, this book is a must-read for cultural studies scholars and Cohen aficionados alike.

Songs of Songs

Songs of Songs
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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 0802825435
ISBN-13 : 9780802825438
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Songs of Songs by : Tremper Longman

In this commentary Longman unpacks what this ancient love poem reveals about the male-female relationship and about God's love for His people. Beginning with an extensive introduction to the book and its background, the author discusses Song of Songs' authorship, date, literary style, language, structure, and theological content.

Song of the Abyss

Song of the Abyss
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Publisher : Clarion Books
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 9780544968585
ISBN-13 : 0544968581
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Song of the Abyss by : Makiia Lucier

When men start vanishing at sea without a trace, seventeen-year-old Reyna, a Master Explorer, must travel to a country shrouded in secrets to solve the mystery before it is too late.

The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0017140458
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Song of Songs by : Joseph Francis Thrupp

The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs
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Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-10 : 9780870838729
ISBN-13 : 0870838725
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Song of Songs by : Watchman Nee

"The Song of Songs is based upon messages given by Watchman Nee in 1934. This book was originally published in 1945 in Chungking, China."--Preface.

Conquered Conquerors

Conquered Conquerors
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Publisher : SBL Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780884144687
ISBN-13 : 0884144682
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Conquered Conquerors by : Danilo Verde

The first comprehensive study of the Song of Songs' use of military metaphors Although love transcends historical and cultural boundaries, its conceptualizations, linguistic expressions, and literary representations vary from culture to culture. In this study, Danilo Verde examines love through the military imagery found throughout the Song’s eight chapters. Verde approaches the military metaphors, similes, and scenes of the Song using cognitive metaphor theory to explore the overlooked representation of love as war. Additionally, this book investigates how the Song conceptualizes both the male and the female characters, showing that the concepts of masculinity and femininity are tightly interconnected in the poem. Conquered Conquerors provides fresh insights into the Song's figurative language and the conceptualization of gender in biblical literature.

A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen

A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780393082050
ISBN-13 : 0393082059
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen by : Liel Leibovitz

A look not only at the inner man but also at the environments that shaped Leonard Cohen, from the rock scene of New York in the 1960s to the remote Zen monastery where Cohen spent years later in life.

The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm

The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9780812245233
ISBN-13 : 0812245237
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Traveler, the Tower, and the Worm by : Alberto Manguel

Alberto Manguel examines metaphors of readers and reading from literatures across centuries and the globe, from the ancient epic Gilgamesh to the World Wide Web, from the adventures of Ulysses to the tragedy of Emma Bovary, and he considers how these metaphors reflect the cultures that invent them.

Cover Me

Cover Me
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Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9781454930655
ISBN-13 : 1454930659
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Cover Me by : Ray Padgett

“A music-snob’s dream come true . . . One of the best multi-subject music books to come down the pike in years . . . a fresh and deeply informed approach.” —Variety A great cover only makes a song stronger. Jimi Hendrix’s version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower.” The Beatles rocking out with “Twist and Shout.” Aretha Franklin demanding “Respect.” Without covers, the world would have lost many unforgettable performances. This is the first book to explore the most iconic covers ever, from Elvis’s “Hound Dog” and Joe Cocker’s “With a Little Help from My Friends” to the Talking Heads’ “Take Me to the River” and Adele’s “Make You Feel My Love.” Written by the founder of the website covermesongs.com, each of the nineteen chapters investigates the origins of a classic cover—and uses it as a framework to tell the larger story of how cover songs have evolved over the decades. Cover Me is packed with insight, photography, and music history. “Delves into the complicated legacy of artists performing other people’s music . . . his research adds fresh context and intriguing background to many of these songs . . . Astute ruminations on evolving cultural perceptions of the cover’s place in the music canon.” —AV Club “This engaging nostalgia trip is sure to appeal to discophiles and cultural historians.” —Library Journal