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A Dream in Polar Fog Yuri Rytkheu
 Book Description A Dream in Polar Fog is at once a cross-cultural journey, an ethnographic fable and chronicle of the Chukchi people and a breathtaking adventure story. It is the story of John MacLellan, a young Canadian sailor who is left behind by his ship, stranded among the native people of the arctic coast. It is the story of one Chukchi community that adopts a crippled stranger and teaches him to live as a "true human being." During the long winter, John comes to know his new companions-first as untutored primitives, then in the romantic light of noble savages and finally as a real people who share the best and worst of human traits with his own kind. Tragedy strikes, and a life is lost and re-given; a man rises to take the place of a boy;wounds are healed with compassion, honesty and love. And when difficult times loom ahead, it is his new family that John will fight to preserve. Rytkheu's empathetic voice guides us across the magnificent landscape of the North and......
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Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians Robert Rawlins, Nor Eddine Bahha
 Hal Leonard. A one-of-a-kind book encompassing a wide scope of jazz topics, for beginners and pros of any instrument. A three-pronged approach was envisioned with the creation of this comprehensive resource: as an encyclopedia for ready reference, as a thorough methodology for the student, and as a workbook for the classroom, complete with ample exercises and conceptual discussion. Includes the basics of intervals, jazz harmony, scales and modes, ii-V-I cadences. For harmony, it covers: harmonic analysis, piano voicings and voice leading; modulations and modal interchange, and reharmonization. For performance, it takes players through: jazz piano comping, jazz tune forms, arranging techniques, improvisation, traditional jazz fundamentals, practice techniques, and much more!...
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The Book of Daniel : A Novel (Modern Library) E.L. Doctorow
 Book DescriptionThe central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted. Out of the shambles of his childhood, he has constructed a new life—marriage to an adoring girl who gives him a son of his own, and a career in scholarship. It is a life that enrages him. In the silence of the library at Columbia University, where he is supposedly writing a Ph.D. dissertation, Daniel composes something quite different. It is a confession of his most intimate relationships—with his wife, his foster parents, and his kid sister Susan, whose own radicalism so reproaches him. It is a book of memories: riding a bus with his parents to the ill-fated Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill; watching the FBI take his father away;......
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Мороз Иванович. Необойденный дом (аудиокнига MP3) В. Ф. Одоевский
 1С-Паблишинг. Театральный фонограф. Мороз Иванович, Необойденный дом. Диск включает аудиоспектакли по сказкам В.Ф. Одоевского "Мороз Иванович" и "Необойденный дом". Эти удивительные рождественские истории будут интересны и детям, и их родителям....
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Мозаика лоскутных узоров М. Максимова, М. Кузьмина, Н. Кузьмина
 Эксмо. Интерес к лоскутному шитью не ослабевает уже на протяжении многих лет. Более того, рукодельницы открывают новые возможности декоративного использования чудесных узоров, придумывая на их основе оригинальные жилеты, панно, покрывала, подушки, салфетки. Узоры просты в исполнении, разнообразны по тематике (цветы, дерева, звезды, дома) и сюжетике (весенние, новогодние, сказочные мотивы). Каждый узор представлен цветной схемой, позволяющей подсчитать количество необходимых лоскутков, и снабжен подробным описанием технологии выполнения. Принципы сборки и способы включения узоров в общую композицию лоскутного полотна, детальные цветные схемы и авторские фотографии, а также советы опытных мастеров делают материал доступным для самостоятельного применения на практике....
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