CIRCUS 電子書籍 the [SOCIAL SCIENCE]
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 I Can Fly The Inspiring Story of the Zip Zap Children’s Circus【電子書籍】[ Dr Zizz ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Written by a child psychologist and illustrated by one of the talented Zip Zap kids, this is the true story of how a circus school in Cape Town saved the lives of thousands of children. It carries a message of hope, personal empowerment and joy. An uplifting read-aloud picture book for children ages 0-100 with a special colouring-in page for the young at heart. Showcases gorgeous illustrations with lots of tiny Where’s Wally-like detail to explore and discuss. Teach your children that they are magic.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,432円 |
 The Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 Tragedy on the Indiana Lakeshore【電子書籍】[ Richard M Lytle ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞What really happened on the circus train in 1918? Read the story of this tragedy for the entertainment industry of the time. In the cool, pre-dawn hours on a June night in 1918, a train engineer closed his cab window as he chugged toward Hammond, Indiana. He drifted to sleep, and his train bore down on the idle Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Train. Soon after, the sleeping engineer's locomotive plowed into the circus train. In the subsequent wreckage and blaze, more than two hundred circus performers were injured and eighty-six were killed, most of whom were interred in a mass grave in the Showmen's Rest section of Chicago's Woodlawn Cemetery. Join local historian Richard Lytle as he recounts, in the fullest retelling to date, the details of this tragedy and its role in the overall evolution and demise of a unique entertainment industry.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,760円 |
 Fighting the Flying Circus【電子書籍】[ Eddie Rickenbacker ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞One of the best first-hand accounts of air combat in World War I, by an American “ace of aces.” Eddie Rickenbacker had an extraordinary career: inventor, race car driver, fighter ace, Medal of Honor winner, and finally president of Eastern Air Lines. In this book he recounts how he achieved 26 confirmed kills in less than a year of combat on the Western Front, rising from the ranks to lead the famed “Hat-in-the-Ring” squadron. Early pilots had to contend with primitive engines, unreliable guns, no parachutes, no oxygen, and wings that could tear off in a dive. Just surviving was a daily challenge, and Rickenbacker saw many friends and comrades die through no fault of their own. In this book he unflinchingly explains all of the errors that he made in combat, and how he learned to become a better dogfighter. He also gives the reader a glimpse of the tremendous psychological pressure that came from being America's leading ace ? every previous holder had been shot down ? and from his own leadership style of leading from the front. This ebook edition includes an active table of contents and 17 photographs, maps, and combat illustrations.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Table of Contents:＜br /＞ ? Foreword＜br /＞ ? Glossary＜br /＞ ? I. Introducing “Archy”＜br /＞ ? II. The Aerodrome＜br /＞ ? III. Our First Sorties＜br /＞ ? IV. Downing My First Hun＜br /＞ ? V. Jimmy Meissner Strips His Wings＜br /＞ ? VI. Jimmy Hall’s Last Fight＜br /＞ ? VII. New Responsibilities＜br /＞ ? VIII. A Victory and a Narrow Escape＜br /＞ ? IX. Down in Flames＜br /＞ ? X. Lufbery is Killed＜br /＞ ? XI. Squadron Festivities＜br /＞ ? XII. Jimmy Meissner Again＜br /＞ ? XIII. America’s First Ace＜br /＞ ? XIV. Rumpler Number 16＜br /＞ ? XV. Campbell’s Last Fight＜br /＞ ? XVI. Becoming an Ace＜br /＞ ? XVII. A Perplexing Bank of Fog＜br /＞ ? XVIII. Strafing the Drachen＜br /＞ ? XIX. The Ch?teau-Thierry Salient＜br /＞ ? XX. The Death of Quentin Roosevelt＜br /＞ ? XXI. The Flying Circus Scores Heavily＜br /＞ ? XXII. Our Spads Arrive＜br /＞ ? XXIII. Back Close to Verdun＜br /＞ ? XXIV. The St. Mihiel Drive＜br /＞ ? XXV. American Ace of Aces＜br /＞ ? XXVI. Captain of the Hat-in-the-Ring Squadron＜br /＞ ? XXVII. An Eventful “D” Day＜br /＞ ? XXVIII. Frank Luke Strafes His Last Balloon＜br /＞ ? XXIX. A Night-Mission＜br /＞ ? XXX. A Day’s Work ? Six Victories＜br /＞ ? XXXI. “Seeing the War”＜br /＞ ? XXXII. A Regular Dog-Fight＜br /＞ ? XXXIII. An Aeroplane Movie Show＜br /＞ ? XXXIV. An Over-Zealous Ally＜br /＞ ? XXXV. The End Draws Near＜br /＞ ? XXXVI. Last Victory of the Great War＜br /＞ ? Official Victories of the 94th Aero Squadron＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 487円 |
 Fighter Commands Air War, 1941 RAF Circus Operations and Fighter Sweeps Against the Luftwaffe【電子書籍】[ Norman Franks ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞An extensive history of the Royal Air Force's Circus offensive against Nazi Germany in World War II, by the author of ＜em＞Jasta Boelcke＜/em＞.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ Following the Battle of Britain, the RAF started taking the air war to the Germans. A small number of bombers, escorted by large numbers of fighters, tried to force the Luftwaffe into battle. Much air combat ensued, but it was not until Germany invaded Russia in June, 1941, that operations were stepped up in an effort to take pressure off Stalin's Russian Front. Two major German fighter groups, JG26 and JG2, were, however, more than able to contain the RAF's operations, generally only intercepting when conditions were in their favor. As author Norman Franks describes, over-claiming combat victories by pilots of both sides is amazing, and several of the top aces had inflated scores. Fighter Command, however, lost massively even though they believed they were inflicting equal, if not better, losses on the Luftwaffe. This battle of attrition was virtually a reverse of the 1940 battles over England, and pilots who had to bail out over France, were lost completely.＜br /＞ The book covers the 100+ Circus operations and their accompanying fighter sweeps in detail, while also mentioning lesser operations where the RAF were concerned. The tactics employed by both sides are examined and show how each fighter force quickly adapted to changing conditions tempered by experiences gained in air combat.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,921円 |
 General Leemy’s Circus A Navigator’s Story Of The Twentieth Air Force In World War II【電子書籍】[ Earl A. Snyder ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜em＞General Leemy's Circus: A Navigator's Story of the Twentieth Air Force In World War II＜/em＞ is the action-packed account of the fearless men who flew the Superforts, the B-29 bombers of General Curtis Lemay's XXI Bomber Command.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 738円 |
 Insane Clown President Dispatches from the 2016 Circus【電子書籍】[ Matt Taibbi ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞＜em＞NEW YORK TIMES＜/em＞ BESTSELLER ? Dispatches from the 2016 election that provide an eerily prescient take on our democracy’s uncertain future, by the country’s most perceptive and fearless political journalist.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞In twenty-five pieces from ＜em＞Rolling Stone＜/em＞ーplus two original essaysーMatt Taibbi tells the story of Western civilization’s very own train wreck, from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion. Years before the clown car of candidates was fully loaded, Taibbi grasped the essential themes of the story: the power of spectacle over substance, or even truth; the absence of a shared reality; the nihilistic rebellion of the white working class; the death of the political establishment; and the emergence of a new, explicit form of white nationalism that would destroy what was left of the Kingian dream of a successful pluralistic society.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taibbi captures, with dead-on, real-time analysis, the failures of the right and the left, from the thwarted Bernie Sanders insurgency to the flawed and aimless Hillary Clinton campaign; the rise of the “dangerously bright” alt-right with its wall-loving identity politics and its rapturous view of the “Racial Holy War” to come; and the giant fail of a flailing, reactive political media that fed a ravenous news cycle not with reporting on political ideology, but with undigested propaganda served straight from the campaign bubble. At the center of it all stands Donald J. Trump, leading a historic revolt against his own party, “bloviating and farting his way” through the campaign, “saying outrageous things, acting like Hitler one minute and Andrew Dice Clay the next.” For Taibbi, the stunning rise of Trump marks the apotheosis of the new postfactual movement.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Taibbi frames the reporting with original essays that explore the seismic shift in how we perceive our national institutions, the democratic process, and the future of the country. ＜em＞Insane Clown President＜/em＞ is not just a postmortem on the collapse and failure of American democracy. It offers the riveting, surreal, unique, and essential experience of seeing the future in hindsight.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞“Scathing . . . What keeps the pages turning in this so freshly familiar story line is the vivid observation and original turns of phrase.”＜em＞ーSan Francisco Chronicle＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 916円 |
 Fighting The Flying Circus [Illustrated Edition]【電子書籍】[ Captain Eddie Rickenbacker ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Includes Aerial Warfare During World War I Illustrations Pack with 115 maps, plans, and photos.＜br /＞ Captain Rickenbacker, originally from Ohio, was best known as one of the Commanders of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, a crack unit of pilots which included many former members of the famed Lafayette Escadrille. The 94th ended the war in France with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. Captain Rickenbacker himself was credited with 26 aerial victories all within the last six months of the war, he was decorated with the Congressional Medal Of Honor for his inspirational leadership and fearless flying.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 301円 |
 Liar's Circus A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies【電子書籍】[ Carl Hoffman ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞"A brilliant, riveting, funny, terrifying journey into the beating heart of Trumpland."＜/strong＞ ＜strong＞ーLiza Mundy, author of ＜em＞Code Girls＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞In this daring work of immersive journalism, based on hundreds of hours of reporting, Carl Hoffman journeys deep inside Donald Trump's rallies, seeking to understand the strange and powerful tribe that forms the president's base.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hoffman, who has written about the most dangerous and remote corners of the world, pierced this alternate society, welcomed in and initiated into its rites and upside-down beliefs, and finally ushered to its inner sanctum. Equally freewheeling and profound, ＜em＞Liar's Circus＜/em＞ tracks the MAGA faithful across five thousand miles of the American heartland during a crucial arc of the Trump presidency stretching from the impeachment saga to the dawn of the coronavirus pandemic that ended the rallies as we know it.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Trump's rallies are a singular and defining force in American historyーa kind of Rosetta stone to understanding the Age of Trump. Yet while much remarked upon, they are, in fact, little examined, with the focus almost always on Trump's latest outrageous statement. But who are the tens of thousands of people who fill these arenas? What do they see in Trump? And what curious alchemyーbetween president and adoring crowdーhappens there that might explain Trump's rise and powerful hold over both his base and the GOP?＜/p＞ ＜p＞To those on the left, the rallies are a Black Mass of American politics at which Trump plays high priest, recklessly summoning the darkest forces within the nation. To the MAGA faithful, the rallies are a form of pilgrimage, a joyous ceremony that like all rituals binds people together and makes them feel a part of something bigger than themselves. Both sides would acknowledge that this traveling roadshow is the pressurized, combustible core of Trump's political power, a meeting of the faithful where Trump is unshackled and his rhetoric reaches its most extreme, with downstream consequences for the rest of the nation.＜/p＞ ＜p＞To date, no reporter has sought to understand the rallies as a sociological phenomenon examined from the bottom up. Hoffman has done just this. He has stood in line for more than 170 hours with Trump's most ardent superfans and joined them at the very front row; he has traveled from Minnesota to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Hampshire immersing himself in their culture.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Liar's Circus＜/em＞ is a revelatory portrait of Trump's America, from one of our most intrepid journalists.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 2,080円 |
 When The Church Becomes A Circus The Cult Mindset【電子書籍】[ John H Young ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜h2＞＜strong＞When the Church Becomes a Circus＜/strong＞＜/h2＞ ＜p＞What happens when the sacred becomes a spectacle? When pulpits become stages, and leaders act more like ringmasters than shepherds? ＜em＞When the Church Becomes a Circus＜/em＞ confronts the uncomfortable truth about spiritual abuse, cult-like control, and the manipulation that has driven generations away from the faith.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Drawing from over four decades of ministry experience, Bishop John Young pulls back the curtain on the hidden abuses that masquerade as spirituality. Through Scripture, real-life stories, and powerful analogies, he exposes how accusations, intimidation, deception, and self-exaltation have weakened the Body of Christ-what he calls ＜strong＞"Spiritual AIDS."＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞This book is not just about identifying the problem; it is about ＜strong＞healing from church hurt, breaking free from toxic leadership, and rediscovering authentic faith.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Each chapter provides biblical insight, practical wisdom, and heartfelt illustrations that challenge both leaders and laypeople to examine the fruit of their lives and ministries.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You'll discover:＜/p＞ ＜ul＞ ＜li＞The warning signs of cult-like behavior in churches＜/li＞ ＜li＞How to respond to spiritual abuse without losing your faith＜/li＞ ＜li＞Why denying your children the opportunity to know Jesus is the most dangerous form of abuse＜/li＞ ＜li＞The difference between being ＜strong＞drama-driven＜/strong＞ and ＜strong＞purpose-driven＜/strong＞＜/li＞ ＜li＞How to heal, rebuild trust, and experience God's true design for His Church＜/li＞ ＜/ul＞ ＜p＞＜em＞When the Church Becomes a Circus＜/em＞ is both a ＜strong＞wake-up call＜/strong＞ and a ＜strong＞roadmap to restoration.＜/strong＞ It reminds us that while the failures of men and women may wound us, the power of Christ still heals, redeems, and restores His people.＜/p＞ ＜p＞If you've ever been hurt by the church, questioned your faith because of hypocrisy, or simply want to understand how to discern the real from the counterfeit-this book is for you.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,383円 |
 Music, Muscle, and Masterful Arts Black and Indigenous Performers of the Circus Age【電子書籍】[ Sakina M. Hughes ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Before the heyday of the Chitlin Circuit and the Harlem Renaissance, African American performing artists and creative entrepreneursーsometimes called Black Bohemiansーseized their limited freedoms and gained both fame and fortune with their work in a white-dominated marketplace. These Black performers plied their trade in circuses, blues tents, and Wild West Shows with Native Americans. The era’s traveling entertainments often promoted the “disappearing Indian” myth and promoted racial hierarchies with Black and Native people at the bottom. But in a racial economy rooted in settler-colonialism and legacies of enslavement, Black and Indigenous performers found that otherness could be a job qualification. Whether as artists or manual laborers, these workers rejected marginalization by traveling the world, making a solid living off their talents, and building platforms for political and social critique. Eventually, America’s popular entertainment industry could not survive without Black and Native Americans’ creative labor. As audiences came to eagerly anticipate their genius, these performers paved the way for greater social, economic, and cultural autonomy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Sakina M. Hughes provides a conceptually rich work revealing memorable individualsーlaborers, artists, and entrepreneursーwho, faced with danger and discrimination, created surprising opportunities to showcase their talents and gain fame, wealth, and mobility.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 3,044円 |
 General Leemy's Circus: A Navigator's Story Of The Twentieth Air Force In World War II [Illustrated Edition]【電子書籍】[ Earl A. Snyder ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Includes The Bombing Of Japan During World War II illustrations pack with 120 maps, plans, and photos＜br /＞ THIS IS the dramatic, uninhibited account of the human side of the air war in the Pacific and of the men who flew the Superforts, the B-29s of General Curtis LeMay's XXI Bomber Command, straight to the heart of Japan.＜br /＞ Earl Snyder was a navigator on the B-29 Umbriago-Dat's My Boy, and took part in the first B-29 raid on Tokyo. But, he recalls nervously, his crew didn't drop their bombs on the Japanese capital, because at 29,000 feet the air was so cold that the bomb-release mechanism had frozen. "Umbriago" made it back to the base at Saipan with the fuel gauges registering "less than empty."＜br /＞ This is not a biography of General LeMayーor "General Leemy," as the Japs called himーit's the story of the airmen who carried out his orders, flew the missions and lived or died without asking "too many questions."＜br /＞ General Leemy's Circus is a tribute to those men and, at the same time, an exciting record of their everyday lives. Writing with stark realism, Snyder hands the reader a share of the dangers and thrills, the devil-may-care, sometimes hilarious, adventures of men without women, and of the sordidness and the glory of air war.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 528円 |
 The Circus of Illusions A Reevaluation of the Paranormal【電子書籍】[ Dennis Stamey ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Can we manipulate reality with our thoughts? Can we bring monsters and other dark entities to life? Are UFOs from other worlds or are they phantoms conjured from our collective consciousness? Why do people go missing in our national and state parks? Do they just get lost or are they lured away by some unseen force that makes them keep walking to their deaths? The author, a paranormal expert, explores all of these questions and more and concludes that the earth is indeed a circus of illusions.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 325円 |
 Clarity in the Political Circus Realizing Fact from Fiction【電子書籍】[ Richard Frank ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Step into the Arena of Reality: Demystifying Political Discourse＜/p＞ ＜p＞Amid the dazzle and tumult of what has become an all-encompassing political spectacle lies a truth less traveled?the line where fact meets fiction. "Clarity in the Political Circus: Realizing Fact from Fiction" is not just a book; it's an expedition for those ready to dissect the mechanisms of political engagement and discern the reality masked by the show.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Embark on a journey that always begins with the individual: you. As citizens and spectators of this grand theater, understanding the intricate dance between politics and governance is essential. Illustrated through sharp insights and resonant examples, Chapter One sets the stage for the ensuing battle of wits, wisdom, and will.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Delve into the craft of political communication and see the strings that pull the puppets in play. Learn to decode the power of narratives, the prowess of persuasion, and how the digital town hall of social media shapes our political discourse. As you journey further, "Clarity in the Political Circus" is your guide through the dense forest of propaganda, gaslighting, and the myriad of tactics employed to throw us off the scent of veracity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Peek behind the curtain at projection and deflection strategies, understanding their role in the blame game of politics. The narratives spun from controversy and scandal offer more than meets the eye?Chapter Ten uncovers the art of drama as a mere distraction.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Our emotions, when leveraged in political arenas, become powerful motivators. Discover how fear is used to push agendas and how hope is dangled like a carrot on a stick. Analyze grassroots motions against their manufactured counterparts, the so-called 'Astroturfing,' to recognize the genuine from the guise.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Finally, step beyond the role of spectator and into that of a participant. The Conclusion charts a path for active engagement, armed with an appendix of critical thinking tools and fact-checking resources to solidify your journey to the center of political clarity.＜/p＞ ＜p＞"Clarity in the Political Circus: Realizing Fact from Fiction" is your companion in the quest to pierce through the noise, understand the show, and engage with reality in the most informed and assured way possible.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 976円 |
 Cradle of the American Circus Poems from Somers, New York【電子書籍】[ Jo Pitkin ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞America?s circus?a spectacle of flying trapeze artists, colorful clowns and trained animal acts under the big top?grew out of the traveling menagerie phenomenon in Somers, New York, in the 1800s. To commemorate this proud local heritage, award-winning poet and Somers native Jo Pitkin presents a collection of poems inspired by the people, events and fantastic ephemera of the glory days of the Somers showmen. Complementing her dazzling lines are essays by regional historians that explain Somers?s unique role as the Cradle of the American Circus. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, step up, step up! The show is＜br /＞ about to begin.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 2,115円 |
 Inside the Circus--Romney, Santorum and the GOP Race: Playbook 2012 (POLITICO Inside Election 2012)【電子書籍】[ Mike Allen ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞Two of America’s most perceptive political reporters join forces for an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the race for the White House in POLITICO’s ＜em＞Playbook 2012＜/em＞, a series of four instant digital books on the 2012 presidential election. The second edition, ＜em＞Inside the Circus,＜/em＞ pulls back the curtain on the pursuit of the Republican nomination, as operatives jockey for position and strategists vie to fashion a message that can win over all factions of the fractious GOP.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over the course of a long winter and into the spring, the contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination gathered steam and bubbled over with drama. At times it seemed more like a soap opera or reality show than a political campaign. ＜em＞Inside the Circus,＜/em＞ the latest real-time digital dispatch from acclaimed political correspondent Mike Allen and award-winning journalist and author Evan Thomas, chronicles each turn in this endlessly surprising race with reporting straight from the campaign war rooms of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and the other GOP contenders.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What was the thinking inside the Romney brain trust as what was once expected to be an easy ride to the nomination turned into what some have called a “long slog”? How did Newt Gingrich throw the preternaturally poised Romney off his game in South Carolinaーand who convinced the former Massachusetts governor it was time to start punching back? Why were the other campaigns caught flat-footed by the rise of Rick Santorum and what does his unlikely ascent mean for the prospect of a brokered convention? From the Iowa caucuses to Super Tuesday and beyond, Allen and Thomas answer all the questions the headlines, polls, and delegate counts can’t address. The stakes are high, the plotlines are still unfolding, and ＜em＞Inside the Circus＜/em＞ is your fly-on-the-wall guide to the most fascinating Republican presidential race in recent memory.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 486円 |
 Finding Balance in the Circus of Life【電子書籍】[ Carol R. Cool ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞We all perform as part of life’s circus. What circus character are you emulating? Are you the controlling ringmaster, the people-pleasing go-fer, or the adventure-seeking lion tamer? Or maybe you’re one of the other six characters many of us imitate.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Learn the five needs that motivate our choices in life and uncover how they play a part in your circus performance. Is it possible you’re in the wrong act as you try to meet these needs?＜/p＞ ＜p＞Allow the secrets of the tightrope walker to provide the way of balance in the circus of life. Discover the decisions and practices that will provide more balance to your days as you learn to live more intentionally. Identify your unique God-given shape that allows you to prioritize and even say, “No.” Learn why rest is a vital part of a balanced life and how to focus on what matters.＜/p＞ ＜p＞You are a unique person and your life can be lived with joy, purpose and, yes, even balance as you live out the principles that keep the tightrope walker up on the wire.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,464円 |
 The Hartford Circus Fire Tragedy Under the Big Top【電子書籍】[ Michael Skidgell ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Through firsthand accounts, interviews with survivors and a gripping collection of vintage photographs, author Michael Skidgell attempts to make sense of one of Hartford's worst tragedies. Almost 7,000 fans eagerly packed into the Ringling Brothers big top on July 6, 1944. With a single careless act, an afternoon at the "Greatest Show on Earth" quickly became one of terror and tragedy as the paraffin-coated circus tent caught fire. Panicked crowds rushed for the few exits, but in minutes, the tent collapsed on those still struggling to escape below. A total of 168 lives were lost, many of them children, with many more injured and forever scarred by the events. Hartford and the surrounding communities reeled in the aftermath as investigators searched for the source of the fire and the responsible parties.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,760円 |
 The Ragamuffin Circus What the margins teach us about God, ourselves, and others【電子書籍】[ Dr. Eric Sandras ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞The Ragamuffin Circus is a raw, grace-soaked journey into the messy beauty of real faith on the margins, where addicts, outcasts, and ordinary misfits collide with the relentless love of God. Drawing on his time with Brennan Manning, Eric Sandras shares raw stories and hard-won wisdom that reveal the margins not as places to fear, but as classrooms of grace.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From recovery meetings to homeless caf?s and the back alleys of broken lives, this book shows that Christ’s love isn’t confined to polished sanctuaries but breaks in where shame, struggle, and second chances meet. With humor, honesty, and stubborn hope, The Ragamuffin Circus reminds us that redemption is never neat or predictable, it’s laughter and tears, graves turned into life, and God’s relentless mercy that meets us right where we are.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,035円 |
 The Big Top on the Big Screen Explorations of the Circus in Film【電子書籍】 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment have often worked together to create a spectacle of onscreen alchemy. The films discussed herein are an eclectic group, ranging from early silent comedies to animated, 21st century examples, in which circuses serve as liminal or carnivalesque spaces wherein characters--and by extension audience members--can confront issues as far-reaching as labor relations, sensuality, identity, ethics, and more.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The circus as discussed in these essays encompasses the big top, the midway, the sideshow and the freak show; it becomes backdrop, character, catalyst and setting; and it is welcoming, malicious or terrifying. Circus performers are family, friends, foe or all of the above. And film is the medium that brings it all together. This volume starts the conversation about how circuses and film can combine to form productive, exciting spaces where almost anything can happen.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 3,386円 |
 When the Circus Came to Town Flemington New Jersey and the Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial【電子書籍】[ James Davidson ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Much has been written of the Lindbergh-Hauptmann Kidnapping Trial of 1934. This book examines what actually happened in the town of Flemington, New Jersey, a sleepy farm town that became, for a few months, the center of the universe. The first weekend of “The Trial of the Century,” the town saw 50,000 people arrive. Over 700 reporters were on hand as well as 150 photographers and countless sketch artists. Nellie’s Bar in the Union Hotel became a landmark for those who got to drink there while prostitutes roamed the streets, paying newsboys tips for “Johns.” Every famous news writer and commentator of the day was there ? Adela Rogers St. Johns, Damon Runyon, Dorothy Kilgallen, Walter Winchell, Gabriel Heater, etc. This book examines what they wrote and what they said in their own words as well as colorful stories about each of them. Some of the most famous sketch artists and cartoonists of the times were also there and this book examines what they produced on a daily basis. Flemington, the trial and the times are shown in a light heretofore not described in other books.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 552円 |
 Ringlingville USA The Stupendous Story of Seven Siblings and Their Stunning Circus Success【電子書籍】[ Jerry Apps ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞The Ringling Brothers began their business under the most modest of circumstances and through hard work, business savvy, and some luck created the largest, most famous circus in the world. They became wealthy men, one 50 cent admission ticket at a time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Ringlingville USA＜/em＞ chronicles the brothers' journey from immigrant poverty to enduring glory as the kings of the circus world. The Ringlings and their circus were last studied in depth over four decades ago. Now, for the first time, the brothers' detailed financial records and personal correspondence are available to researchers. Jerry Apps weaves together that information with newspaper accounts, oral histories, colorful anecdotes, and stunning circus ephemera and photos, many never before been published, to illuminate the importance of the Ringlings' accomplishments. He describes how the Ringling Brothers confronted the challenges of taxation, war, economic pressure, changing technology, and personal sorrows to find their place in history. The brothers emerge as complex characters whose ambition, imagination, and pure hucksterism fueled the phenomenon that was the Ringling Brothers' Circus.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 2,604円 |
 The Greatest Shows on Earth A History of the Circus【電子書籍】[ Linda Simon ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞Beautifully illustrated and filled with rich historical detail and colorful anecdotes, this is a vibrant history for all those who have ever dreamed of running away to the circus, now in paperback.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞“Step right up!” and buy a ticket to the Greatest Show on Earthーthe Big Top, containing death-defying stunts, dancing bears, roaring tigers, and trumpeting elephants. The circus has always been home to the dazzling and the exotic, the improbable and the impossibleーa place of myth and romance, of reinvention, rebirth, second acts, and new identities. Asking why we long to soar on flying trapezes, ride bareback on spangled horses, and parade through the streets in costumes of glitter and gold, this captivating book illuminates the history of the circus and the claim it has on the imaginations of artists, writers, and people around the world.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Traveling back to the circus’s early days, Linda Simon takes us to eighteenth-century hippodromes in Great Britain and intimate one-ring circuses in nineteenth-century Paris, where Toulouse-Lautrec and Picasso became enchanted with aerialists and clowns. She introduces us to P. T. Barnum, James Bailey, and the enterprising Ringling Brothers and reveals how they created the golden age of American circuses. Moving forward to the whimsical Circus Oz in Australia and to New York City’s Big Apple Circus and the grand spectacle of Cirque du Soleil, she shows how the circus has transformed in recent years. At the center of the story are the peopleーtrick riders and tightrope walkers, sword swallowers and animal trainers, contortionists and clownsーthat created the sensational, raucous, and sometimes titillating world of the circus.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 5,211円 |
 The New Circus【電子書籍】[ Charles Knutter ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞The New Circus＜/p＞ ＜p＞By: Charles Knutter＜/p＞ ＜p＞Welcome to the circus, where the Elephants and Donkeys continually vie for the role of ringmaster, rising to new levels of absurdity. Who can reign if not them?＜/p＞ ＜p＞About the Author＜/p＞ ＜p＞A self-employed, life-long student of history from the history rich state of Wisconsin, Charles Knutter offers a satirical attempt at deciphering and confronting the overall confusion and misreading of the U.S. political story and the resultant election of Donald Trump.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,791円 |
 JOE FOSS, FLYING MARINE - The Story Of His Flying Circus As Told To Walter Simmons [Illustrated Edition]【電子書籍】[ Colonel Joseph "Joe" Foss U.S.M.C. ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Illustrated with 22 photos of the Author, his unit and his life.＜br /＞ The top American Fighter Ace of World War Two recounts his experiences, combats and victories in the skies above the Pacific. His citation for the Congressional Medal of Honour gives the bare unadorned facts about the eagle-eyed flyer from Sioux Falls, South Dakota;＜br /＞ "For outstanding heroism and courage above and beyond the call of duty as executive officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 121, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, at Guadalcanal. Engaging in almost daily combat with the enemy from 9 October to 19 November 1942, Captain Foss personally shot down 23 Japanese planes and damaged others so severely that their destruction was extremely probable. In addition, during this period, he successfully led a large number of escort missions, skillfully covering reconnaissance, bombing, and photographic planes as well as surface craft. On 15 January 1943, he added 3 more enemy planes to his already brilliant successes for a record of aerial combat achievement unsurpassed in this war. Boldly searching out an approaching enemy force on 25 January, Captain Foss led his 8 F-4F Marine planes and 4 Army P-38's into action and, undaunted by tremendously superior numbers, intercepted and struck with such force that 4 Japanese fighters were shot down and the bombers were turned back without releasing a single bomb. His remarkable flying skill, inspiring leadership, and indomitable fighting spirit were distinctive factors in the defense of strategic American positions on Guadalcanal."＜br /＞ One of the most thrilling combat memoirs written of World War Two. Highly recommended.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 756円 |
 The Circus Train The magical international bestseller about love, loss and survival in wartime Europe【電子書籍】[ Amita Parikh ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞＜strong＞THE MAGICAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'A compelling story of magic and survival against the odds.' ＜em＞＜strong＞SUNDAY TIMES＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜br /＞ 'Uplifting . . . a welcome escape from our turbulent times.'＜em＞＜strong＞GUARDIAN＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜br /＞ 'An enchanting story of love, loss and survival' ＜em＞＜strong＞MAIL ON SUNDAY＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜br /＞ 'Full of hope and bravery**' ＜em＞PRIMA＜/em＞**＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Brought together by magic.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞Torn apart by war.＜/strong＞＜br /＞ _________＜/p＞ ＜p＞Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the World of Wonders - a travelling circus that traverses the continent in a luxury steam engine. Brilliant and curious, Lena yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, despite the limitations she feels in her wheelchair. But when a young French orphan, Alexandre, comes aboard the circus train, Lena's life is infused with magic and wonder for the first time.＜/p＞ ＜p＞But outside the bright lights of the circus, darkness is descending on Europe. War is about to shatter Lena's world, and take away everything she holds dear. And to recover what she has lost, Lena will have to believe in the impossible.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞A must-read for fans of Water for Elephants, The Circus Train will take readers on a heart-wrenching two-decade journey across a continent in which great beauty and unimaginable horror live side by side.＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,692円 |
 Without the Mob, There Is No Circus【電子書籍】[ David Sinclair ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞A "UXB" is an unexploded bomb. What happens when it goes off? All those who know about the Armageddon Conspiracy were aware that detonation was coming. Now it has. In this epic, we describe something of what the AC was all about, and why it had to perish. Nietzsche said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” Did the AC become monstrous? It certainly attracted monsters. In the end, did it topple into the abyss? Had it stood on the verge of the abyss for too long? As the AC exits the stage and the final curtain descends, it’s essential to review the show. Did it deserve a standing ovation, or to be booed off the stage? Should the audience have thrown flowers, or rotten tomatoes? What did the critics say? Does anyone care? There were all too many poison pens, all too few glittering prizes. Some things are born posthumously, and the AC now joins the list. What will its afterlife be like? As ever, AC material is controversial, so no one of a sensitive disposition should access this work. You can’t say you haven’t been warned. We understood that for our message to be pure, it would entail shrinking our audience to almost zero, and we have more or less achieved that. When you tell the truth, you repulse everyone who follows the lie, and that’s nearly all of humanity. Humanity loves the Lie. It worships it. It will have nothing else. The Truth is of no use to it at all. So, come inside and follow the final phase of this strangest of all stories. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll be enraged, and many of you will storm off in a huff. At the end, you will either love us or hate us, and probably the latter. That’s how it ought to be. What could be worse than going out with a whimper rather than a bang? Stand back, the bomb is going off.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,183円 |
 The Foreign Circus Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Political Hacks【電子書籍】[ James Bruno ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞An ambassador orders his staff into the lawless interior of a civil war-torn country as guerrillas are targeting foreigners for assassination. Hundreds of millions of dollars of U.S.-bought weaponry are channeled to Afghan religious fanatics, the future Taliban. White House players leak classified information to the media, then blame the leaks on career civil servants. Diplomats succumb to the temptations of exotic overseas sexual playgrounds. Political hacks and campaign money bundlers are rewarded with ambassadorships in a diplomatic spoils system that hearkens back to the Robber Baron age. Computer nerds Edward Snowden and Bradley Manning steal a veritable Croesus of sensitive national security information and give it away free to our adversaries.＜br /＞ ＜br /＞ What's wrong with this picture? Everything. Our foreign policy is in the hands of the clueless, the self-serving and the politically corrupt. Read this book first. Then fill out papers to emigrate. The author provides a first-hand view from inside the belly of the beast of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. His insights are so spot-on that government censors have blocked out whole sections of text. The Foreign Circus will have you alternatively laughing and shaking your head. And when you read tomorrow's headlines, you'll have a better appreciation why Washington screws up.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 813円 |
 The Bloomington-Normal Circus Legacy The Golden Age of Aerialists【電子書籍】[ Maureen Brunsdale ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Starting in the 1870s, the barns, icehouses, gymnasiums and empty theaters of central Illinois provided the practice sites for aerial performers whose names still command reverence in the annals of American circus history. Meet Fred Miltimore and the Green Brothers, runaways from the Fourth Ward School who became the first Bloomington-born flyers. Watch Art Concello, a ten-year-old truant, become first a world-class flyer, then a famous trapeze impresario and finally Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus's most successful general manager. The entire art of the trapeze--instruction, training, performance and management--became a Bloomington-Normal industry during the tented shows' golden age, when finding a circus flying act without a connection to this area would have been virtually impossible.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 1,440円 |
 Satan's Circus Murder, Vice, Police Corruption And New York's Trial Of The Century【電子書籍】[ Mike Dash ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞Mike Dash is a master of atmospheric and entertaining historical narrative. In ＜em＞Satan's Circus＜/em＞ he vividly opens up the world of twentieth-century New York, telling the gripping story of police officer Charley Becker's rise and fall and of the sensational murder trials that led to his gruesome death in the electric chair. With a cast of colourful characters, from Big Tim Sullivan, the election-rigging vice lord, to future President Theodore Roosevelt and beloved gangster Jack Zelig, ＜em＞Satan's Circus＜/em＞ brings to life an almost forgotten Gotham - a raucous, gaudy and utterly corrupt city.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 2,382円 |
 My Circus Train and Other Stories and Reflections from Sermons【電子書籍】[ Jan Walker ] 楽天Kobo電子書籍ストア | ＜p＞As I go on in this life, a verse from Psalm 16 is my story: You will show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy. That path has taken me on adventures wanted and unwanted, and led to dreams that came true and dreams that died along the way. That is my story so far. Ive come to know that each of us is a story and how we tell our story makes a difference as we walk through this world. We all have broken pieces of ourselves that weve left along the path, but we can decide whether to pick them up and put them together in a new way and go on, or we can go on with the broken pieces hurting us with every step. Thats our choice, and with the help of God and companions along the way, the grace and fullness of healing and joy can come.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。 | 468円 |