Clowns on the Bus

Clowns on the Bus

Author: Judy Fisk Lucas

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-04-23

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1469112582

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Whether you have already been, or want to go, on a Humanitarian Clowning Tour, this day-by-day trip journal will entertain and enlighten you with its informal, conversational and silly style. Clowns from many countries, aged 3 to 74, spent two weeks traveling from Moscow to St. Petersburg, meeting Russians. Our two missions on this 24th annual Russian tour were to become a close-knit troupe, and to visit children and their caregivers in orphanages, hospitals and home hospices. Patchs passion for universal justice, peace and healing humor were contagious. Clowning brings love close. Patch Adams, M.D.


City of Clowns

City of Clowns

Author: Daniel Alarcón

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-11-03

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 0399184805

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A gorgeously rendered graphic novel of Daniel Alarcón’s story City of Clowns. From the author of The King Is Always Above the People, which was longlisted for the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction. Oscar “Chino” Uribe is a young Peruvian journalist for a local tabloid paper. After the recent death of his philandering father, he must confront the idea of his father’s other family, and how much of his own identity has been shaped by his father’s murky morals. At the same time, he begins to chronicle the life of street clowns, sad characters who populate the violent and corrupt city streets of Lima, and is drawn into their haunting, fantastical world. This remarkably affecting story by Daniel Alarcón was included in his acclaimed first book, War by Candlelight, and now, in collaboration with artist Sheila Alvarado, it takes on a new, thrilling form. This graphic novel, with its short punches of action and images, its stark contrasts between light and dark, truth and fiction, perfectly corresponds to the tone of Chino’s story. With the city of Lima as a character, and the bold visual language from the story, City of Clowns is moving, menacing, and brilliantly vivid.


Girl Clown

Girl Clown

Author: Mary Wise

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1411605233

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In the summer of 1976, Mary Flynn ran away from home and joined the circus. Follow her down the road as she learns a whole new life as a circus clown, makes friends with circus folks, learns to cope with life on the road, and falls in love along the way. Note: This novel is not a children's book; it contains strong language and adult situations.


Barnstorming to Heaven

Barnstorming to Heaven

Author: Alan J. Pollock

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 081735722X

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The Indianapolis Clowns, sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball, they captured the affection of Americans of all ethnicities and classes


Clowns, Fools and Picaros

Clowns, Fools and Picaros

Author: David Robb

Publisher: Rodopi

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 9042023406

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By its very nature the clown, as represented in art, is an interdisciplinary phenomenon. In whichever artform it appears - fiction, drama, film, photography or fine art - it carries the symbolic association of its usage in popular culture, be it ritual festivities, street theatre or circus. The clown, like its extended family of fools, jesters, picaros and tricksters, has a variety of functions all focussed around its status and image of being "other." Frequently a marginalized figure, it provides the foil for the shortcomings of dominant discourse or the absurdities of human behaviour. Clowns, Fools and Picaros represents the latest research on the clown, bringing together for the first time studies from four continents: Europe, America, Africa and Asia. It attempts to ascertain commonalities, overlaps and differences between artistic expressions of the "clownesque" from these various continents and genres, and above all, to examine the role of the clown in our cultures today. This volume is of interest for scholars of political and comic drama, film and visual art as well as scholars of comparative literature and anthropology.


Artificial Intelligence in Education

Artificial Intelligence in Education

Author: Elisabeth André

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-06-22

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 3319614258

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2017, held in Wuhan, China, in June/July 2017. The 36 revised full papers presented together with 4 keynotes, 37 poster, presentations, 4 doctoral consortium papers, 5 industry papers, 4 workshop abstracts, and 2 tutorial abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The conference provides opportunities for the cross-fertilization of approaches, techniques and ideas from the many fields that comprise AIED, including computer science, cognitive and learning sciences, education, game design, psychology, sociology, linguistics as well as many domain-specific areas.


At Home In Mossy Creek

At Home In Mossy Creek

Author: Deborah Smith

Publisher: BelleBooks

Published: 2007-07-15

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1935661221

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It's Valentine's Day weekend in Mossy Creek, and Creekites don't need any new romantic dilemmas. The town's still buzzing over Ida and Amos's kiss. Hannah's heart flutters every time a certain handsome Scottish photographer walks into her library. Peggy's debating her first real date since her husband died. Harry's keeping a romantic secret from Josie. Sandy's got a romantic surprise for Jess. Sagan has to decide whether he and Emily really are a couple, and Win Allen's preparing his restaurant for the biggest night of the year. So what could make the weekend more Chaotic? The Circus! Cirque d'Europa is stranded in Mossy Creek, and Creekites find themselves hosting some very strange characters with romantic problems of their own.


Snap

Snap

Author: Ellie Rollins

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-10-31

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1101604409

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two girls one life-changing adventure When Danya Quixote’s family fortunes take a turn for the worse and her parents decide that they must sell her pet pony Sancho to make ends meet, Danya, well, snaps. She and her free-spirited best friend Pia decide to whisk Sancho away to Florida, where Danya’s estranged grandmother lives. Danya is convinced her grandmother is sitting on a nest egg that could save Sancho, and so the two embark upon an epic trip along the majestic Mississippi River. As Danya and Pia face crocodiles, Louisiana casinos, and a surprising instance of what looks like divine intervention, they learn about the true power of family, discovering that magic exists if you know where to look and that sometimes the real treasure we're seeking is with us all along.