The Orphan's Song
The Orphan's Song

Author: Lauren Kate

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0735212589

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The historical adult debut novel by # 1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate, The Orphan's Song is a breathtaking story of passion, heartbreak, and betrayal, and a celebration of the enduring nature and transformative power of love. "A tangled knot of betrayal and love, lies and redemption. Marvelous." --Fiona Davis, author of The Address A song brought them together. A secret will tear them apart. When Violetta and Mino meet, one finds true love and the other denies it. Both orphans at the Hospital of the Incurables in Venice, an orphanage and music conservatory, they meet and make music together clandestinely until Violetta is selected for the Incurables' renowned chorus. In order to join she signs an oath never to sing beyond the church doors, effectively sequestering herself for life. Mino flees, heartbroken. Too late, Violetta realizes what she has lost. In rebellion she begins a dangerous and forbidden nightlife, unknowingly drawing closer to Mino as he searches Venice for his long-lost mother. Mino and Violetta must each journey through passion, heartache, and betrayal before a dangerous secret reunites them, leading to a shocking and final confrontation.

Songs
Songs

Author: Derek Henderson

Publisher: University Press of Colorado

Published: 2014-11-15

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 1457188465

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The poems in Derek Henderson’s Songs are “translations” of a film cycle of the same name, shot by American filmmaker Stan Brakhage (1933–2003) to document his and his family’s life in Colorado in the mid-1960s. Where Brakhage’s films provide a subjective visual record of his experience bewildered by the eye, these poems let language bewilder the space a reader enters through the ear. Henderson tenders the visual experience of Brakhage’s films—films of the domestic and the wild, the private and political, the local and global—into language that insists on the ultimate incapacity of language—or of image—to fully document the comfort and the violence of intimacy. Songs expresses the ecstasy we so often experience in the company of family, but it just as urgently attests to ecstasy’s turbulent threat to family’s stability. Like Brakhage’s films, Henderson’s poems carry across into language and find family in every moment, even the broken ones, all of them abounding in hope.

The Song of Songs
The Song of Songs

Author: Yair Zakovitch

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2018-09-20

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 0567676145

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The Hebrew Bible is religious literature, the fundamental interest of which lies in the relations between humankind, especially the people of Israel, and God. The Song of Songs, on the other hand, is interested in the relations between men and women. In this volume Yair Zakovitch examines the presence of the Song of Songs in the Hebrew Bible, and questions how this enigmatic collection of poetic writings came to be within the Bible. Zakovitch poses and addresses a range of enticing questions in the eight chapters of this volume, including: what does this erotic poetry have to do with Israel's formative texts? What do the poems tell us about gender relations in those years, and about early Israel's attitudes towards beauty, love, women, and sex? Do we finally get to hear women's voices in the Song, where the rest of the Bible gives a male perspective? How, despite our astonishment, is the Song of Songs nonetheless intrinsically biblical? What does it have in common with the Bible's other books? Was the allegorical interpretation of the Song just an excuse in order to include the book in Scripture?

Restless Devices
Restless Devices

Author: Felicia Wu Song

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0830851143

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We're being formed by our devices. Unpacking the soft tyranny of the digital age, Felicia Wu Song combines insights from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and theology as she considers digital practices through the lens of "liturgy" and formation. Exploring pathways of meaningful resistance found in Christian tradition, this resource offers practical experiments for individual and communal change.

Windows XP Home Edition!
Windows XP Home Edition!

Author: Sandra Hardin Gookin

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-02-20

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0782152589

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Go beyond the manuals and Help files with this value-packed software and book combination that shows you how to optimize and just plain have fun with Windows XP Home Edition. Packed with tips and tricks, step-by-step instructions and the most useful software utilities and applications available, you'll learn how to get the most out of the latest version of Windows. Includes a CD packed with scores of programs, tested and approved by an expert author. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Windows 8.1 For Dummies
Windows 8.1 For Dummies

Author: Andy Rathbone

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-09-25

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1118821025

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The bestselling book on Windows, now updated for the new 8.1 features Microsoft has fine-tuned Windows 8 with some important new features, and veteran author Andy Rathbone explains every one in this all-new edition of a long-time bestseller. Whether you're using Windows for the first time, upgrading from an older version, or just moving from Windows 8 to 8.1, here's what you need to know. Learn about the dual interfaces, the new Start button, how to customize the interface and boot operations, and how to work with programs and files, use the web and social media, manage music and photos, and much more. You'll even find troubleshooting tips! This edition covers the upgrades in Windows 8.1, including the dual interfaces, basic mechanics, file storage, and how to get the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 Shows how to manipulate app tiles, give Windows the look you choose, set up boot-to-desktop capabilities, connect to a network, and create user accounts Covers working with programs, apps, and files; using the Internet and social media; new apps and capabilities for working with onboard and online media; and how to move files to a new PC Written by Andy Rathbone, author of every edition of the bestselling Windows For Dummies Windows 8.1 For Dummies is exactly what you need to get going and be productive with the newest Windows update.

Windows 8 Bible
Windows 8 Bible

Author: Jim Boyce

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-10-10

Total Pages: 1176

ISBN-13: 111824074X

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The first and last word on the feature-packed new Windows 8 Windows 8 is an exciting new version of Microsoft's flagship operating system and it's packed with exciting new features. From the new Windows 82032s lock screen and the new Internet Explorer to a built-in PDF reader and new user interface, Windows 8 is not only a replacement for Windows 7 but a serious OS for today's tablet and touchscreen device users. And what better way to get the very most out of it than with this equally impressive new book from Microsoft experts? Over 900 pages packed with tips, instruction, and techniques help you hit the ground running with Windows 8. Provides complete how-to coverage of Windows 8 in a thoroughly redesigned and revised new Bible from an expert author team Covers all the exciting new Windows 8 features, including the Windows 82032s lock screen, Internet Explorer Immersive, Modern Reader, a new interface, and more Helps new and inexperienced users, as well as those upgrading from Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows XP Also explores new connections to cloud applications and data, distributed file system replication, and improvements to branch cache Get the very most out of Windows 8, no matter what device you run it on, with Windows 8 Bible.

PC Basics with Windows 7 and Office 2010
PC Basics with Windows 7 and Office 2010

Author: Kim Lindros

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1449622771

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This book presents a complete survey of the computer technologies necessary for achieving basic technology literacy. It provides a strong foundation by giving the reader the background needed to make smart buying decisions about computer technology. It then gives a description of the hardware that is the foundation of all of the technologies used every day, whether it's a laptop, personal computer, smartphone, or other digital device. From there, it explains how the Internet actually works. It then guides the reader through engaging, step-by-step tutorials on how to use the Windows 7 operating system and the popular Office 2010 productivity tools, including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. The book is written in a conversational and engaging style. At the end of each chapter, there are review questions, and a project to apply what has been learned. --