A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey

A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey
Title A Day for the Hunter, a Day for the Prey PDF eBook
Author Gage Averill
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 306
Release 2008-04-15
Genre Music
ISBN 9780226032931

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The history of Haiti throughout the twentieth century has been marked by oppression at the hands of colonial and dictatorial overlords. But set against this "day for the hunter" has been a "day for the prey," a history of resistance, and sometimes of triumph. With keen cultural and historical awareness, Gage Averill shows that Haiti's vibrant and expressive music has been one of the most highly charged instruments in this struggle—one in which power, politics, and resistance are inextricably fused. Averill explores such diverse genres as Haitian jazz, troubadour traditions, Vodou-jazz, konpa, mini-djaz, new generation, and roots music. He examines the complex interaction of music with power in contexts such as honorific rituals, sponsored street celebrations, Carnival, and social movements that span the political spectrum. With firsthand accounts by musicians, photos, song texts, and ethnographic descriptions, this book explores the profound manifestations of power and song in the day-to-day efforts of ordinary Haitians to rise above political repression.

A Day in the Deep

A Day in the Deep
Title A Day in the Deep PDF eBook
Author Kevin Kurtz
Publisher Arbordale Publishing
Pages 18
Release 2013-01-01
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1607186179

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Via rhyming text, introduces creatures who live way below the ocean's surface.

Let Us Prey

Let Us Prey
Title Let Us Prey PDF eBook
Author Hunter Lundy
Publisher Genesis Press (MS)
Pages 312
Release 1999
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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From the pen of a small-town lawyer comes the shocking, true story of the downfall of Jimmy Swaggart.

West African Folk Tales

West African Folk Tales
Title West African Folk Tales PDF eBook
Author Hugh Vernon-Jackson
Publisher Courier Corporation
Pages 162
Release 2012-03-15
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0486149811

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Collection of traditional folk tales introduces a host of interesting people and unusual animals — among them "The Cricket and the Toad," "The Tortoise and His Broken Shell," and "The Boy in the Drum."

Tracker

Tracker
Title Tracker PDF eBook
Author Gary Paulsen
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 100
Release 2012-05-29
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 1442467126

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A young hunter must confront the value of life as he faces the loss of his grandfather. For John Borne's family, hunting has nothing to do with sport or manliness. It's a matter of survival. Every fall John and his grandfather go off into the woods to shoot the deer that puts meat on the table over the long Minnesota winter. But this year John's grandfather is dying, and John must hunt alone. John tracks a doe for two days, but as he closes in on his prey, he realizes he cannot shoot her. For John, the hunt is no longer about killing, but about life.

Merengue

Merengue
Title Merengue PDF eBook
Author Paul Austerlitz
Publisher Temple University Press
Pages 218
Release 1997-01-22
Genre History
ISBN 9781566394840

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Merengue is a quintessential Dominican dance music. This work aims to unravel the African and Iberian roots of merengue. It examines the historical and contemporary contexts in which merengue is performed and danced, its symbolic significance, its social functions, and its musical and choreographic structures.

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game
Title The Most Dangerous Game PDF eBook
Author Richard Connell
Publisher Lindhardt og Ringhof
Pages 28
Release 2023-02-23
Genre Fiction
ISBN 8728187490

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Sanger Rainsford is a big-game hunter, who finds himself washed up on an island owned by the eccentric General Zaroff. Zaroff, a big-game hunter himself, has heard of Rainsford’s abilities with a gun and organises a hunt. However, they’re not after animals – they’re after people. When he protests, Rainsford the hunter becomes Rainsford the hunted. Sharing similarities with "The Hunger Games", starring Jennifer Lawrence, this is the story that created the template for pitting man against man. Born in New York, Richard Connell (1893 – 1949) went on to become an acclaimed author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best remembered for the gripping novel "The Most Dangerous Game" and for receiving an Oscar nomination for the screenplay "Meet John Doe".