Glenn Dixon
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Neben dem Hauseingang in einem alten Innenhof, dem vermeintlichen Sitz der Familie Capulet, befindet sich ein roter Briefkasten. "Posta di Giulietta" steht darauf, Briefe an Julia. Als Glenn Dixon, der nach Verona gekommen ist, um eine unerfüllte Liebe zu vergessen, eine Frau beobachtet, die dort einen Stapel Briefe hervorholt, folgt er ihr neugierig - und beginnt eine Reise zur Heilung seines Herzens. Mit großem Einfühlungsvermögen und Humor...
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Pilgrim in the Palace of Words is about language, about the words that splash and chatter across our tongues. Some six thousand languages are still spoken on the planet, and author Glenn Dixon – an expert is socio-linguistics and a tireless adventurer – travels to the Earth's four corners to explore the way these languages create and mould societies. As one philosopher said, languages are Houses of Being. After doing graduate work in linguistics,...
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A fascinating journey through the world's musical cultures. Every culture on Earth has music. Every culture that's ever existed has had it, but we don't exactly know why. Music is not like food, shelter, or having opposable thumbs. We don't need it to live, and yet we can't seem to live without it. Glenn Dixon travels the globe exploring how and why people make music. From a tour of Bob Marley's house to sitar lessons in India, he experiences music...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
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English
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"When Glenn Dixon is spurned by love, he does something unusual. He travels to Verona, Italy, to become a scribe of Juliet, Shakespeare's fictional character, all in an attempt to understand his heartbreak. Once there, he volunteers to answer the thousands of letters that arrive addressed to Juliet, letters sent from lovelorn people all over the world who long to understand the mysteries of the human heart."--
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