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Highsmith: A Romance of the 1950s
by Marijane MeakerPatricia Highsmith, author of such classics as The Talented Mr. Ripley and Strangers on a Train, was a writer who defied simple categorization. Gore Vidal called her: "One of the greatest modernist writers." The Cleveland Plain Dealer rightly commented: "Patricia Highsmith is often called a mystery or crime writer, which is a bit like calling Picasso a draftsman." To young novelist Marijane Meaker, however, Highsmith was more than a role model. Shortly after the two met in a New York City lesbian bar, they became lovers and embarked on a two year romance amidst the bohemian set of Greenwich Village and the literary crowd of Fire Island. There, the pair navigated the underground lesbian scene, lunched with literary stars like Janet Flanner, shared intimacies, and gossiped with abandon. Written with wit and brassy candor, Highsmith: A Romance of 1950s is a revealing look at the controversial icon of popular American fiction.
Highway to the Sky: An Aviator's Journey
by Lola Reid AllinWith females making up just 5% of the world&’s pilots, this memoir crosses genres to combine aviation history, the author&’s journey from unwanted child to successful pilot, and the feminist experience, and will appeal to multiple aviation communities.&“Don&’t be silly! Girls can&’t fly,&” seven-year-old Lola&’s father admonishes her as they fly across Canada on a commercial flight in 1962. She is crushed—but decides he must be right. She&’s only ever seen male pilots, after all. Highway to the Sky begins during the empty zone of women in aviation, a three-decade drought following WWII when men reclaimed the jobs that had been performed by women during the war and forced women back to diapers and dishes, where they &“belonged.&” Despite Lola&’s childhood desire to avoid the straitjacket of traditional female roles and become a pilot, her desperate need for unconditional affection after a lonesome childhood sways her determination. At age twenty, she leaps into marriage and motherhood. Four years, one toxic relationship, and one private pilot license later, she leaves her husband, even though she knows she&’ll be censured by friends, family, and 1970s society at large. Lola&’s head-on battle with tradition continues as the lone female pilot in her advanced flight training program and on the job as a flight instructor, bush pilot, charter pilot, and commuter airline pilot between 1979 and 1993. Flying is challenging at times, yes—but her true obstacles are the hostility, sabotage, and discrimination she faces in her industry. She perseveres, however. Ultimately, flying is what gives her the courage to regain control of her life—and helps her find personal happiness.
Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music
by Michael StreissguthIn this enlightening and entertaining book, experience the evolution of country music, from the rural routes of 1970s Appalachia to the 1980s country music boom that paved the way for modern Americana. In a dim clearing off a county road in Kentucky sits a sagging outdoor stage buried in moss and dead leaves. It used to be the centerpiece of carnival-like Sunday afternoons where local guitarists, fiddlers and mandolin players hammered out old mountain ballads and legends from the dawn of country music performed their classic hits. Most of the musicians who showed up have long since passed, but Nashville stars Ricky Skaggs and Marty Stuart survive. They were barely teenagers in the early 1970s when they visited this stage in the care of legends Ralph Stanley and Lester Flatt, respectively. Skaggs and Stuart followed their bosses to dozens of stages throughout Appalachia and deeper into the American southland. They were the children, absorbing the wondrous music and strange dramas around them as they became innovators and living symbols of country music.Highways and Heartaches takes readers on the rural circuit Skaggs and Stuart traveled, where an acoustic sound first assembled by masters such as Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, and Mother Maybelle Carter ruled the day. The young men were heirs to a bluegrass tradition transmitted to them early in life. One part mountain soul and another African American–influenced rhythm, the music they received was alternately celebrated and neglected in the more than fifty years after the two met in 1971, but since then it has never stopped evolving and influencing the wider American culture thanks to Skaggs and Stuart and other actors in this book, such as Jerry Douglas, Tony Rice, Keith Whitley, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. Riveting portraits of Johnny Cash, Ralph Stanley, Lester Flatt and other heartland-born figures emerge, too. Molded by forces in postwar southern culture such as racial conflict, fringe politics, evangelicalism, growing federal government influence, and stubborn patterns of Appalachian living and thinking, Skaggs and Stuart injected the spirit of bluegrass into their hard-wrought experiments in mainstream country music later in life, fueling the profitability and credibility of the fabled genre. Skaggs&’s new traditionalism of the 1980s, integrating mountain instruments with elements of contemporary country music, created a new sound for the masses and placed him in the vanguard of Nashville&’s recording artists while Stuart embraced seminal influences and attitudes from the riches of American culture to produce a catalog of significant recordings. Skaggs and Stuart&’s friendship took years to jell, but their similar pathways reveal a shared dedication to the soul of country music and highlight the curious day-to-day experiences of two lads growing up on the demanding rural route in bluegrass culture. Their journeys—populated by grizzled mentors, fearsome undertows, and cultural upheaval—influenced their creativity and, ultimately, cut life-giving tributaries in the ungainly, eternal story of country music.
Hija de Dios: No es el Diego, es mi papá
by Dalma MaradonaUn libro cálido y divertido, escrito desde el amor de una hija que hasabido construir su vida y, sobre todo, ha sabido deconstruir al mitoMaradona, al ídolo, para ponerlo en el lugar de papá. «Hija de Dios» esbiografía, catarsis, ensayo y reflexión. Dalma Maradona nació el 2 de abril de 1987. Un año antes de sunacimiento, luego de la victoria argentina en el Mundial de fútbolMéxico 86, una encuesta arrojó como resultado que Diego Maradona era másfamoso que Jesús.¿Cómo es haber nacido hija del hombre más conocido del mundo? ¿Cómo esese vínculo padre-hija? Todos creemos conocer la historia de losMaradona. Todos vimos nacer y crecer a Dalma. Pero este libro nos revelalo poco que sabemos. Dalma Maradona cuenta en primera persona, con tonointimista y muchísimo humor, cómo vivió cada momento célebre para supadre. Como lectores, seremos testigos del detrás de escena de esassituaciones y de fotos del álbum familiar.
Hija de inmigrantes
by Safia El AaddamLa primera novela de una de las voces más influyentes del movimiento antirracista en España. «No vas a llorar Lunja, no vas a llorar -me decía para mis adentros mientras aplicaba mi técnica antilloro-. ¿No dice tu familia que eres la leona Lunja?», me preguntaba para envalentonarme. Lunja es valiente. Una guerrera. Nacida en un pequeño pueblo de Cataluña siendo de origen amazigh, etnia índigena autóctona del norte de África, se enfrenta desde muy niña al racismo, a la pobreza e incluso, a veces, a su propia cultura.Capítulo a capítulo de esta historia, Lunja irá creciendo en edad y fortaleza. Viajaremos con ella para, desde el despacho de su psicóloga, descubrir el origen de sus problemas mentales. Con cada palabra, irá reconciliándose con su identidad y encarando las dificultades que la marcaron de niña para que otros no tengan que revivir su historia.La de tantas y tantos hijos de inmigrantes.Con esta novela, la autora pone sobre la mesa la salud mental y cómo se agrava por su condición de hija de inmigrantes y racializada de origen africano. Hija de inmigrantes relata la historia de una niña que crece en un pequeño pueblo de Cataluña, siendo hija y parte de una de las pocas, únicas, familias migrantes de la zona.Llegados de Azgangan, de la zona del Atlas en el norte de Marruecos, esta es la novela de una niña de origen amazigh que debe ser adulta antes de tiempo, y para quién el descubrimiento de su propia identidad va de la mano del racismo y la pobreza.La novela empieza situada en una habitación en la que se encuentra Lunja, la protagonista, con una psicóloga a la que le cuenta cómo se siente. En medio de esos relatos Lunja vuelve a recordar episodios dolorosos de su infancia. La historia de Lunja es la historia de tantas, tantísimas familias migrantes que llegan en busca de una vida mejor. De padres pobres y analfabetos y ajenos a una lengua y a una cultura, es ella quién ya de pequeña debe lidiar con la burocracia de los servicios sociales, los insultos racistas y un sistema educativo que excluye a quien no se puede pagar los libros, bolígrafos y libretas. Una niña nacida entre dos mundos que, al crecer, empieza odiar su cultura de origen, su lengua materna, su pelo rizado, y hace lo imposible por amalgamarse en una vida que no es la suya.Pero crecer es también encontrarse a una misma. Y a entender la fuerza que tiene por ser quien es: hija de inmigrantes. Y será en este camino en el que aprenderá que el rechazo es fruto del racismo de la sociedad y su empoderamiento que le da pertenecer a dos culturas, a pensar en lenguas distintas. Desde las memorias en un piso en el que conviven más de diez personas a su graduación en la universidad hay toda una vida. La vida de Lunja.
Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir
by Lamya HA queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this &“raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations&” (Linah Mohammad, NPR).&“A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on power, justice, healing, and devotion from a singular voice I now trust with my whole heart.&”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of UntamedAN AUDACIOUS BOOK CLUB PICK • WINNER: The Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize, the Stonewall Book Award, the Israel Fishman Nonfiction AwardA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, Autostraddle, Book Riot, BookPage, Harper&’s Bazaar, Electric Lit, She ReadsWhen fourteen-year-old Lamya H realizes she has a crush on her teacher—her female teacher—she covers up her attraction, an attraction she can&’t yet name, by playing up her roles as overachiever and class clown. Born in South Asia, she moved to the Middle East at a young age and has spent years feeling out of place, like her own desires and dreams don&’t matter, and it&’s easier to hide in plain sight. To disappear. But one day in Quran class, she reads a passage about Maryam that changes everything: When Maryam learned that she was pregnant, she insisted no man had touched her. Could Maryam, uninterested in men, be . . . like Lamya? From that moment on, Lamya makes sense of her struggles and triumphs by comparing her experiences with some of the most famous stories in the Quran. She juxtaposes her coming out with Musa liberating his people from the pharoah; asks if Allah, who is neither male nor female, might instead be nonbinary; and, drawing on the faith and hope Nuh needed to construct his ark, begins to build a life of her own—ultimately finding that the answer to her lifelong quest for community and belonging lies in owning her identity as a queer, devout Muslim immigrant. This searingly intimate memoir in essays, spanning Lamya&’s childhood to her arrival in the United States for college through early-adult life in New York City, tells a universal story of courage, trust, and love, celebrating what it means to be a seeker and an architect of one&’s own life.
Hijam Anganghal Singh
by E. Dinamani SinghA monograph of Hijam Anganghal Singh, a remarkable contributor who enriched Indian mainstream literature by adding the aesthetic experience of Manipuri cultural heritage to it.
Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh
by Bruce BairdHijikata Tatsumi's explosive 1959 debut Forbidden Colors sparked a new genre of performance in Japan - butoh: an art form of contrasts, by turns shocking and serene. Since then, though interest has grown exponentially, and people all over the world are drawn to butoh's ability to enact paradox and contradiction, audiences are less knowledgeable about the contributions and innovations of the founder of butoh. Hijikata Tatsumi and Butoh traces the rollicking history of the creation and initial maturation of butoh, and locates Hijikata's performances within the intellectual, cultural, and economic ferment of Japan from the sixties to the eighties.
Hijo de Hamás: Un apasionante relato de terror, traición, intriga política y dilemas inconcebibles
by Mosab Hassan YousefHijo de Hamás es la conmovedora historia verdadera de un miembro del movimiento Hamás que rechazó su violento destino y ahora lo arriesga todo al exponer los secretos de la organización extremista islámica para mostrarle al mundo un camino hacia la paz. Mosab Hassan Yousef conoce este devastador grupo terrorista internamente desde que era un niño pequeño. Como hijo mayor de Sheikh Hassan Yousef, miembro fundador y el más famoso líder de Hamás, el joven Mosab ayudó a su padre por años en sus actividades políticas mientras era preparado para asumir su legado, ideología, estatus y poder. Pero todo cambió cuando Mosab dio la espalda al terror y a la violencia, y acogió en su lugar las enseñanzas de otro famoso líder del Medio Oriente. En Hijo de Hamás, Mosab Hassan Yousef, ahora con el nombre de "Joseph", da a conocer nueva información sobre la organización terrorista más peligrosa del mundo y revela la verdad sobre su propio papel, la dolorosa separación de su familia y de su tierra natal, la peligrosa decisión de hacer pública su nueva fe, y su creencia de que el mandato cristiano de "amar a tus enemigos" es el único camino hacia la paz en el Medio Oriente.
Hijos del carbón
by Noemí SabugalEsta es la historia del fin de un modo de vida.Esta es la historia del final de una cultura.Una obra única y emocionante sobre las historias ocultastras el cierre de la minería del carbón en España. «Nos mancharemos las manos y la cara de carbón y caminaremos por una senda que está a punto de quedar borrada.» Hijos del carbón es un libro que se va a leer durante años y, por ello, solo se podía haber escrito ahora. En esta obra tan singular, mezcla de autobiografía, memoria, ensayo y reportaje, Noemí Sabugal narra sus recuerdos de infancia ligados a las minas de carbón y se embarca en un viaje por los principales entornos mineros de España: Galicia, Asturias, León, Palencia, Córdoba o Teruel. En cada una de las etapas conversa con trabajadores de los pozos, con políticos, con vecinos o con comerciantes, todos ellos afectados por una transición energética que conlleva el fin deuna cultura y de una forma de comprender el mundo. Las implicaciones económicas y sociales del cierre de las minas tendrán su correlato en las vidas de todos los «hijos del carbón», que ahora buscan un futuro nuevo y una nueva energía con la que poder ponerse de nuevo en pie. Reseñas:«Este es uno de esos libros que todos estábamos esperando, es una historia de España escrita desde un ángulo inédito: una crónica de la minería que traslada al lector emoción y justicia. Un libro comprometido. Una crónica literaria levantada en armas contra el olvido de los trabajadores de la minería española.»Manuel Vilas «Noemí Sabugal nos abre los ojos a la verdadera España negra, la de las minas: la impresionante crónica de un país que nadie había escrito aún.»Sergio del Molino «No sé cómo, pero este libro consigue ser una novela de aventuras. El carbón tuvo tantos usos que casi nos olvidamos de su literatura.»Juan Tallón «Riguroso y ameno, [...] este libro salda la deuda emocional de la autora con los habitantes de esas cuencas mineras, al tiempo que acerca esa realidad aquellos lectores que, ajenos a esa vida, apenas conocen el tema de forma superficial. [...] La minería española contada desde dentro.»Eduardo Bravo, GQ «Una emocionante historia de historias [...] que pasa de lo personal a lo colectivo -sólo así la vivencia se hace literatura-, [...] un buen puñado de testimonios que nos hablan de grisú y muerte, pero también de una potente cultura de clase.»Juan Losa, Público «El relato de una memoria familiar, [...] siempre con el poder absoluto de las compañías, la sombra constante de la muerte, la conciencia social y la lucha obrera, también la de las mujeres por bajar a los pozos. Además, esta crónica sentimental nos descubre la profundidad de una crisis sin remedio que asuela las grandes zonas productoras.»Manuel Sollo, Biblioteca Pública (RTVE) «Hayvidas, culturas, universos enteros que no suelen reflejar las frías ecuaciones de los economistas. Si la dilatada historia de la minería española necesitaba urgentemente un merecido epitafio, aquí lo tiene. [...] Un libro poderoso.»El Confidencial «Un recorrido personal, convincente y conmovedor que no lacrimógeno ni victimista, por todos los lugares de España productores dcarbón. [...] Un libro que se convierte en referencia obligada para quienes quieran adentrarse, ahora y cuando pasen los siglos, en las entrañas de un paisaje y un paisanaje ya sin retorno.»Fernando Aller, Diario de Burgos «Un viaje literario crucial en su carrera. Una travesía por lo propio, por la vivencia, apoyándose en las tripas pero luchando para que éstas no le alejen de una realidad dura, de contrastes. [...] Noemí Sabugal conduce el tren en un conmovedor viaje a las cuencas mineras españolas, en el que el billete sólo es de ida. Es imposible volver igual que cuando
Hijos del poder
by Adriana BalaguerNacer y crecer en la tapa de los diarios Si todos los hijos llevan marcas de quienes fueron sus padres, los que han heredado un apellido influyente suman una dificultad: deben aprender a vivir en público, frente a millones de personas que los ven crecer y tomar decisiones, y que fácilmente les transfieren los prejuicios y sentimientos que les han provocado sus padres, antes de que los herederos puedan confirmarlos o desmentirlos. El hijo del empresario exitoso, del futbolista idolatrado, del sindicalista próspero, del político mediático o del presidente de la Nación puede usar el poder paterno como trampolín para su propia carrera, imitar a sus padres hasta casi transformarse en ellos, tomar distancia para pasar desapercibido, protagonizar frívolos escándalos mediáticos o tratar de inmortalizar su legado. Puede llevar el apellido como una bendición o como un estigma, pero nunca sólo como una marca de identidad. Hijos del poder recorre las vidas privadas de Máximo y Florencia Kirchner, Matías Garfunkel, Claudia Rucci, Ricardo Alfonsín, Pablo Moyano, Tomás Costantini, Dalma Maradona, Antonio y Fernando #Aíto# de la Rúa, Carlos Nair Menem y los hijos de Eduardo Duhalde. Son diez retratos que enlazan anécdotas y detalles íntimos y poco conocidos, y logran per_les reveladores de personajes cuyos padres marcaron la historia argentina reciente. Por eso, este libro puede leerse también como el relato del modo en que se construye, se mantiene y se pierde el poder en la Argentina.
Hiking Your Feelings: Blazing a Trail to Self-Love
by Sydney WilliamsTurn your pain into power. Part inspirational memoir, part practical guide, Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit to unpack your &“trauma pack&” and step into the best version of yourself.Join wellness and wilderness enthusiast Sydney Williams as she shares her healing journey from eating and drinking her feelings to hiking her feelings. When Sydney unexpectedly found herself diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, while grappling with grief and unresolved trauma built up over a decade, she set out on a quest to turn her pain into power. Two hikes across Catalina Island and eighty miles later, she learned to disconnect from distractions and reconnect with herself, all through the power of nature. Now, she&’s encouraging others to get outside and blaze their own trail to self-love, turning buried traumas into healthy coping mechanisms. With affirmations, prompts, and reflection exercises throughout—all presented from Sydney&’s supportive and self-effacing perspective—Hiking Your Feelings offers a toolkit to unpack your &“trauma pack&” and step into the best version of yourself. INSPIRATIONAL & INSIGHTFUL: Follow Sydney as she reflects on her own journey from buried traumas and poor body image to acceptance, healthy coping mechanisms, and self-love. RELATABLE & UNIVERSAL: Touches on themes and problems that many struggle with, including grief and loss, sexual assault, poor body image, career stress, and the stigma of diabetes, all presented from Sydney&’s supportive and self-effacing perspective. HEALING POWER OF NATURE: Discover how getting outside—even just for a walk around the block—can help you tune into your body better. HIKE YOUR OWN HIKE: Learn to love yourself as you are now. Go from eating, drinking, working, or spending your feelings to hiking your feelings. UNPACK YOUR TRAUMA PACK: Identify new activities and rituals that will allow you to choose love over fear and lift the invisible weight from your shoulders. PROMPTS, ACTIVITIES & EXERCISES: Apply the lessons Sydney has learned to your own life, through thoughtful tasks at the end of each chapter.
Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are
by John KaagOne of Lit Hub's 15 Books You Should Read in SeptemberA revelatory Alpine journey in the spirit of the great Romantic thinker Friedrich NietzscheHiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are is a tale of two philosophical journeys—one made by John Kaag as an introspective young man of nineteen, the other seventeen years later, in radically different circumstances: he is now a husband and father, and his wife and small child are in tow. Kaag sets off for the Swiss peaks above Sils Maria where Nietzsche wrote his landmark work Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Both of Kaag’s journeys are made in search of the wisdom at the core of Nietzsche’s philosophy, yet they deliver him to radically different interpretations and, more crucially, revelations about the human condition.Just as Kaag’s acclaimed debut, American Philosophy: A Love Story, seamlessly wove together his philosophical discoveries with his search for meaning, Hiking with Nietzsche is a fascinating exploration not only of Nietzsche’s ideals but of how his experience of living relates to us as individuals in the twenty-first century. Bold, intimate, and rich with insight, Hiking with Nietzsche is about defeating complacency, balancing sanity and madness, and coming to grips with the unobtainable. As Kaag hikes, alone or with his family, but always with Nietzsche, he recognizes that even slipping can be instructive. It is in the process of climbing, and through the inevitable missteps, that one has the chance, in Nietzsche’s words, to “become who you are."
Hilaire Belloc: The Man and His Work
by C. Creighton MandellMandell, Chesterton, and Shanks delve into the works of Hilaire Belloc, an Anglo-French writer and historian, who became a naturalised British subject in 1902. Belloc is best known for his verse, among which, his best-remembered is his humorous "Cautionary Tales for Children".
Hilarity Ensues
by Tucker MaxTucker Max's third and final book in his series of stories about his drunken debauchery and ridiculous antics. What began as a simple sentence on an obscure website, "My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole," and developed into two infamously genre-defining books, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell and Assholes Finish First, ends here. But as you should expect from Tucker by now, he is going out with a bang--literally and figuratively. In this book, you'll learn: * How to live and work in Cancun, while still enrolled in Law School, * Why Halloween is really awesome, * How to subtly torture a highstrung roommate until he explodes with furious anger over a misplaced condiment, * What really happened when a dirty pageant girl tried to sue Tucker because he told the truth, * Why you should never accept a homemade treat from a hippie with a van, and * What happens when Tucker turns sexting into a sport. He's still Tucker Max, and--for one more book--he's still an asshole.
Hilary Duff: Life in the Spotlight
by Margie MarkarianHilary Duff became an overnight sensation with the mega-hit TV show Lizzie McGuire. Ever since, the spunky actress and singer has made her mark on contemporary American music and pop culture with a string of popular movies and albums.
Hilary Knight: Hockey Hero (Sports Illustrated Kids Stars of Sports)
by Shane FrederickHilary Knight started skating when she was five. Fifteen years later, she was the youngest member on Team USA at the 2010 Olympics. The next 10 years of her career have only gotten more impressive. Discover more about Knight's highlights on and off the ice in this thrilling biography in the Stars of Sports series.
Hilde on the Record: Memoir of a Kid Crime Reporter
by Hilde LysiakWhen seven-year-old Hilde Lysiak found out her new town didn't have a paper, she grabbed a notepad and began to work. Hilde Kate Lysiak spent her early childhood in New York City with a passion for journalism. When her family moved to Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, Hilde didn't complain. Instead, she started reporting. Hilde began by reporting on the birth of her sister, the newest resident on Orange Street, then began expanding her coverage to the entire city. She interviewed hundreds of locals in her effort to deliver "All the News Fit for Orange Street": a seed exchange at the local library, a fundraiser for a hospital's neonatal unit, a fire at a church, and a mysterious vandal destroying landscaping on city property. Everything changed when Hilde received a tip that a terrible crime had happened just blocks from her house. By using the tools she had learned on the beat, the enterprising young reporter was able to confirm the facts and get the important information out to the public several hours before the other local media. Hilde was proud of her work, but not everyone in her small town felt that way. Cyberbullies targeted her, zeroing in on her age and gender. Hilde considered ignoring them but decided she had to stand up to the haters to protect the reputation she had worked so hard to earn. Her response went viral, and nearly every major news organization took notice. Hilde hasn't let anything stand in her way since.
Hildegard of Bingen
by Fiona MaddocksThe twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen would have been remarkable in any age. Today, her growing reputation as a composer of religious music has overshadowed the astonishing variety of her accomplishments and her part in the scientific, cultural, and theological revolution of the pre-Renaissance, from religion and mysticism to medicine and sex. Scivias, her book of apocalyptic visions, with its extraordinary and compelling illustrations, would alone have been enough to endure her lasting fame.The story of Hildegard's life, from her entry into a monastery at Disibodenberg on the Rhine as a child, through the exploration of her pent-up genius in middle years, to her eventual admission to the German canon of saints, is here told against a rich background of the years of the Crusades, the flowering of monasticism, papal schism and heresy. The forceful character that emerges challenges any image of demurely subjugated womanhood associated with the period. Hildegard's story is as fascinating as that of any figure in the Middle Ages, and she and her musical legacy continue to be the subject of debate a thousand years later.From the Hardcover edition.
Hildegard of Bingen (Women Composers)
by Honey MeconiA Renaissance woman long before the Renaissance, the visionary Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) corresponded with Europe's elite, founded and led a noted women's religious community, and wrote on topics ranging from theology to natural history. Yet we know her best as Western music's most accomplished early composer, responsible for a wealth of musical creations for her fellow monastics. Honey Meconi draws on her own experience as a scholar and performer of Hildegard's music to explore the life and work of this foundational figure. Combining historical detail with musical analysis, Meconi delves into Hildegard's mastery of plainchant, her innovative musical drama, and her voluminous writings. Hildegard's distinctive musical style still excites modern listeners through wide-ranging, sinuous melodies set to her own evocative poetry. Together with her passionate religious texts, her music reveals a holistic understanding of the medieval world still relevant to today's readers.
Hildegard of Bingen and Musical Reception
by Jennifer BainSince her death in 1179, Hildegard of Bingen has commanded attention in every century. In this book Jennifer Bain traces the historical reception of Hildegard, focusing particularly on the moment in the modern era when she began to be considered as a composer. Bain examines how the activities of clergy in nineteenth-century Eibingen resulted in increased veneration of Hildegard, an authentication of her relics, and a rediscovery of her music. The book goes on to situate the emergence of Hildegard's music both within the French chant restoration movement driven by Solesmes and the German chant revival supported by Cecilianism, the German movement to reform Church music more generally. Engaging with the complex political and religious environment in German speaking areas, Bain places the more recent Anglophone revival of Hildegard's music in a broader historical perspective and reveals the important intersections amongst local devotion, popular culture, and intellectual activities.
Hildegard of Bingen: Scientist, Composer, Healer, and Saint
by DemiHildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, theologian, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist. Born to a noble family in Mainz, Germany, Hildegard entered a Benedictine monastery and went on to become abbess of a thriving community near Bingen. From a young age she received extraordinary &“lights&” or visions of Heaven, which she described in a book called Know the Ways (of God). Hildegard&’s collection of imaginative music and poetry includes seventy-seven songs for the liturgical year and a morality play, making her the most prolific composer of early music in Europe. Her pioneering scientific work formed the basis for the study of natural history in Germany, while her holistic medical studies helped to provide cures for numerous diseases. Hildegard was also the author of a cookbook recommending nutritional &“foods of joy&” and she even invented a new language! Such was Hildegard&’s fame and influence that bishops, popes, and kings, as well as humble peasants, sought out her wise counsel. Today, Hildegard of Bingen is recognized as a saint and doctor by the Catholic Church and is also revered by many Lutherans and other Protestants. Find out more about her life in this beautifully illustrated book by award-winning author, Demi.
Hildegard von Bingen (Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale #11)
by Laurel A. RockefellerArmata di penna e calamaio, riscrisse la storia del cristianesimo medievale. Hildegard von Bingen non era destinata a passare alla storia. Decima figlia di uno del vassalli del conte von Sponheim, era stata donata dai genitori al monastero di Disibodenberg in segno di gratitudine a Dio, ma soprattutto perché, a causa delle sue visioni, sarebbe stato difficile darla in sposa ad un buon partito. Quando succedette a Jutta von Sponheim nel ruolo di Magistra e priora di Disibodenberg, mantenere il segreto riguardo alle sue visioni divenne impossibile. Quanto accadde in seguito, sconvolse non solo la vita monastica per le donne del suo ordine, ma l'intera storia mondiale. Scopri la storia della scrittrice più prolifica del Medioevo, la leggendaria Hildegard von Bingen.
Hildegard von Bingen: Versione per studenti e docenti (Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale #11)
by Laurel A. RockefellerArmata di penna e calamaio, riscrisse la storia del cristianesimo medievale. Hildegard von Bingen non era destinata a passare alla storia. Decima figlia di uno del vassalli del conte von Sponheim, era stata donata dai genitori al monastero di Disibodenberg in segno di gratitudine a Dio, ma soprattutto perché, a causa delle sue visioni, sarebbe stato difficile darla in sposa ad un buon partito. Quando succedette a Jutta von Sponheim nel ruolo di Magistra e priora di Disibodenberg, mantenere il segreto riguardo alle sue visioni divenne impossibile. Quanto accadde in seguito, sconvolse non solo la vita monastica per le donne del suo ordine, ma l'intera storia mondiale. Scopri la storia della scrittrice più prolifica del Medioevo, la leggendaria Hildegard von Bingen. L'edizione per studenti e docenti è corredata da domande d'approfondimento alla fine di ogni capitolo.
Hildegarda
by Anne Lise Marstrand-JørgensenGANADORA DEL PREMIO WEEKENDAVISEN(«Una novela histórica genuinamente original»), fenómeno de ventas en Dinamarca e Italia: «Una obra monumental sobre la mujer más famosa de la Europa del siglo XII» (Adresseavisen). «Un libro excepcional e intenso: una desgarradora experiencia de lectura. Una gran novela.»Vårt Land (Noruega) Hildegarda de Bingen nace en Bermersheim, en el sur de Alemania, en 1098. Frágil y enferma, los asistentes al parto vaticinan que no pasará de la noche. Pero sobrevivirá, y este no será más que uno de los hitos de su prodigiosa existencia. Desde pequeña tuvo visiones, y a los diez años la recluyeron en un convento. Además de ser poeta, compositora, bióloga y mística, inventó la medicina natural y la cerveza tal como se fabrica hoy, y fue la primera persona en escribir sobre el orgasmo femenino. Esta monja de alta cuna a la que sus miles de seguidores apodarían la Sibila del Rin estuvo al frente del monasterio de Bingen; creó una orden de religiosas vestidas de blanco y sin velo, que durante las oraciones bailaban en círculos con flores en el pelo; se codeó con la nobleza, y arriesgó su vida desafiando a la Iglesia y hasta al emperador Barbarroja. Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen ha escrito una premiada novela biográfica, monumental y conmovedora, sobre una mujer que los historiadores equiparan a san Agustín o Leonardo da Vinci, «una de las grandes heroínas de la Historia, cuyo legado iniciaría la expresión feminista más prematura. [...] Fue un fenómeno irrepetible, de los casi inexistentes que no terminaron en la hoguera» (Eugenia Miras, ABC). La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela histórica genuinamente original, algo completamente nuevo.»Jurado del Premio de Literatura Weekendavisen «Hermosa. Una novela de la Edad Media extravagante como pocas y unretrato psicológico en estado puro.»Dagbladet (Noruega) «Un retrato vibrante, conmovedor, apasionante y atemporal.»Adresseavisen (Noruega) «Magnífica. Nos arrastra de un lado a otro hasta que nos preguntamos adónde se fue el tiempo.»Vårt Land (Noruega) «Una superestrella de la teología. Una obra monumental sobre la mujer más famosa de la Europa del siglo XII.»Maria Årolilja Rø, Adresseavisen (Noruega) «Fue no solo inteligente, sino astuta y manipuladora cuando le convino. Y al igual que otras muchas mujeres a lo largo de la historia, disimuló su talento y su sabiduría detrás de un discurso aplacador de las posibles iras masculinas.»Ángeles Caso