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The Liszt Companion

By: Ben Arnold

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Franz Liszt is most well-known for his compositions for piano and orchestra, but his influence is also strong in chamber music, choral music, and orchestral transcriptions. This new collection of essays presents a scholarly overview of all of the composer's work, providing the most comprehensive and current treatment of both his oeuvre and the immense amount of secondary literature written about it. Highly regarded critics and scholars write for both a general and academic audience, covering all of Liszt's major compositions as well as the neglected gems found among his choral and chamber works. Following an outline of the subject's life, The Liszt Companion goes on to detail Liszt's critical reception in the German press, his writings and letters, his piano and orchestral works, his neglected secular choral works, and his major organ compositions. Also explored here are his little-known chamber pieces and his songs. An exhaustive bibliography and index of works conclude the volume. This work will both elucidate aspects of Liszt's most famous work and revive interest in those pieces that deserve and require greater attention.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313092141

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9780313092145

The Whisper of Dreams

By: Ben Hennessy

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The Whisper of Dreams

By: Ben Hennessy

Hundreds are dead at the hands of The Four. Three months after the events of Leithar Grove, Tamir is a kingdom in fear. The people no longer trust Prince Remelas; his military ambitions are now public knowledge. So the Sons of Tamir, a nationalistic faction created within this atmosphere of betrayal, march on the capital to seek Remelas’ abdication. And still the rumours persist of a young girl who walked away, unharmed, from Leithar Grove that night. Crazed seers and prophets continue to preach of the Queen of the World. Sarene, accompanied by the huge woodsman Kanderil, journeys ever onwards in hope of finding shelter from the coming winter. Her family left behind, her brother dead, she finds herself increasingly isolated from a world becoming steadily more perilous. Sarene refuses to believe what these nameless strangers say about her. Yet she must come face to face with the truth of what she is. What she represents. And that truth will come at the highest cost.

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Inspired Quill

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1908600373

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9781908600370

Who God Is

Meditations on the Character of Our God

By: Ben Witherington

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Who God Is

Meditations on the Character of Our God

By: Ben Witherington

Do you know the character of our God--do you know who God is? What does it mean to say that God is love, light, life, and spirit? In Who God Is, world-renowned New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III explores the nature and character of the God of the Bible by focusing specifically on the nouns used to describe who God is. This rich exploration has its foundation in a deep reading of the biblical text. Reflecting on these descriptions of God gives us a fresh understanding of the beauty and uniqueness of the character of our God.

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Lexham Press

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1683593650

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Friday's Child

The Heartbreaking Story of a Mother's Love and a Family's Loss

By: Ben Palmer

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Friday's Child

The Heartbreaking Story of a Mother's Love and a Family's Loss

By: Ben Palmer

In 2004, Jessica Palmer died suddenly of septicaemia, just six days after giving birth to her second child. Distraught, her husband Ben struggled to comprehend his loss and to care for their two young children. It later came to light that Jessica's condition can usually be easily detected and prevented but in this case nothing was done until it was too late. Ben and his family successfully sued the NHS for negligence in 2007. This is Ben's heartbreaking story of dealing with his grief while raising two small children as a single parent. As he tries to accept the idea of life without his beloved wife, he battles shock, grief, despair and guilt, before finally finding hope in the future, thanks to the love and support of his friends and family. It is a devastating story of living with a cruel and needless loss.

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Random House

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0753515962

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9780753515969

Gentleman Captain

By: J. D. Davies,Ben Yarde-Buller

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Gentleman Captain

By: J. D. Davies,Ben Yarde-Buller

1662: Restoration England. Cromwell is dead, and King Charles II has reclaimed the throne after years of civil war. It is a time of divided allegiances, intrigue, and outright treachery. With rebellion stirring in the Scottish Isles, the hard-pressed sovereign needs men he can trust to sail north and defuse this new threat. Matthew Quinton is such a man—the second son of a noble royalist family, he is loyal, if inexperienced. Having sunk the first man-of-war under his command within weeks, Matthew is determined to complete his second mission without loss of life or honor. Upon taking command of His Majesty's Ship the Jupiter, the young “gentleman captain” is faced with a resentful crew and has but few on whom he can rely: Kit Farrell, an illiterate commoner with vast seafaring experience, and Phineas Musk, a roguish but steadfast family retainer. As they approach the wild coast of Scotland, Matthew begins to learn the ropes and win the respect of his fellow officers and sailors. But he has other difficulties on the voyage north: a suspicion that the previous captain of the Jupiter was murdered, a feeling that many among his crew have something to hide, and the growing conviction that betrayal lies closer to home than he had thought. With cannon fire by sea and swordplay by land, Gentleman Captain is a rousing high-seas adventure in the finest nautical tradition.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0547504527

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9780547504520

Blast from the Past

By: Ben Elton

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Blast from the Past

By: Ben Elton

Ready to follow Nick Hornsby and Helen Fielding as the next big thing from Cool Britannia to hit America is Ben Elton. Already known to a wide public television audience as the funnyman behind Blackadder, The Young Ones, and The Thin Blue Line, Elton, author of Popcorn, lights up the literary sky with Blast from the Past. Part noir thriller, part hilarious send-up of the politics of extremism, Blast from the Past is the new novel from English comedy phenomenon (stand-up, playwright, television writer, and author) Ben Elton--a name soon to be known in all circles once Joel Schumacher's film of his book Popcorn reaches the silver screen. In the early 80s, when Polly was a seventeen-year-old ideological peace protestor and Jack was a U.S. Army captain stationed at England's Greenham Common, the two had a secret and very unlikely affair. No two people could have had more to argue about, save that they couldn't live without each other, yet one day Jack came to the conclusion that he loved soldiering more than Polly and sacrificed their love to be a career army man. Now, sixteen years later, Polly is a lonely thirty-something social services employee and Jack is a four-star general who has returned to Britain to find her, his only true love. With only one night to resolve their differences, and a knife-wielding stalker lurking in the shadows, for everyone concerned this will be a night like no other.

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Delta

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0307417816

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Crocs in the Cabinet

Northern Territory politics – an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government

By: Ben Smee,Chistopher A Walsh

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Crocs in the Cabinet

Northern Territory politics – an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government

By: Ben Smee,Chistopher A Walsh

Goings-on in Northern Territory politics from 2012-2016 may read like satire, but it is all true. These are stories you couldn't make up. This book is an instruction manual on how NOT to run a government. In the Top End, politics is not a numbers game, it is a blood sport. In comparison to Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull, the goings-on in the Northern Territory parliament are like watching a troop of clowns throwing knives into each other's backs. CROCS IN THE CABINET is partly a serious political book, partly a riotous look at the characters, the scandals and the incompetence of Northern Territory politics. It will make you laugh, cry, wince and shake your head as you read of: - a minister with a hostess club bill - a masturbating minister and the lewd videos he sent someone other than his wife - why a minister shouted 'we are in love' on the floor of the parliament - how the Chief Minister stared down a coup - how an MP forced the evacuation of a hotel - why an MP went fishing instead of dealing with leadership matters - exactly how bonkers the NT parliament really is. Written by two of the NT NEWS's best journalists, Walkley Award-winning Ben Smee and award-winning Christopher A. Walsh, this is FEAR AND LOATHING ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL meets FAWLTY TOWERS.

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Hachette Australia

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0733637531

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9780733637537

With Our Army in the Holly Land

By: Ben Aharon

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With Our Army in the Holly Land

By: Ben Aharon

FOREWORDLittle has been said, and less written, of the campaigns in Egypt andPalestine. This book is an attempt to give those interested some idea ofthe work and play and, occasionally, the sufferings of the EgyptianExpeditionary Force, from the time of its inception to the Armistice.Severely technical details have been reduced to a minimum, the story beingrather of men than matters; but such necessary figures and other data ofwhich I had not personal knowledge, have been taken from the officialdispatches and from the notes of eye-witnesses.ANTONY BLUETT.HIGHGATE, July 1919

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Lulu.com

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1409216373

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9781409216377

Shakespeare's Words

A Glossary and Language Companion

By: Ben Crystal,David Crystal

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Shakespeare's Words

A Glossary and Language Companion

By: Ben Crystal,David Crystal

A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play.

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Penguin UK

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0141941529

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9780141941523

A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance

Practice Makes Perfect

By: Ben Hannam

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A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance

Practice Makes Perfect

By: Ben Hannam

A complete guide to freelance graphic design created specifically for design students Why wait until you graduate? Freelancing is a great way to jumpstart your career in graphic design. It lets you apply what you've been learning in school, close the gaps in your education with real-world experience, enhance your portfolio and make a little money at the same time. A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect covers everything you need to know to begin successfully freelancing as a designer, including how to set up your business, deal with legal and financial issues, find clients, and work with them effectively. This full-color guide is divided into sections that correspond to your particular skill level as a student beginner, intermediate, or advanced. These sections give you specific tasks and goals to help your freelance design work go smoothly as you progress from your very first professional job to gain experience with a range of projects and clients and prepare to move into a full-time graphic design career once you complete your studies. Complete with sample forms available online (invoices, a proof approval form, job jacket, and more) and 175 color images, including samples of paid work created by students, A Graphic Design Student's Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes Perfect will help you navigate the world of freelance design with confidence. Inside this book, you will learn to: Write a business plan Purchase key equipment Set rates and draw up contracts Find and manage clients Create and show concepts Market your company Expand your business Develop your portfolio And more

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118397045

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The Understructure of Writing for Film and Television

By: Ben Brady,Lance Lee

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The Understructure of Writing for Film and Television

By: Ben Brady,Lance Lee

This unique, comprehensive introduction to screenwriting offers practical advice for the beginning writer, whether college student or freelancer. Based on their experience as professional writers and as teachers in a large, successful screenwriting program at California State University, Northridge, the authors provide a progression of assignments at manageable screenwriting lengths for beginners. They lead students through development of a premise, treatment, stepsheet, and, finally, miniscreenplay—essential elements in writing a longer script. A major feature of the text is the use of many example scenes from contemporary and classic American films, such as On the Waterfront, Kramer vs. Kramer, The Godfather, The Graduate, Tootsie, and more. Other scenes are drawn from international films and dramatic literature. The criticism of these scenes invites students to develop their own comparative models, while simultaneously providing exposure to the central analytical terms of good dramatic writing. The authors also place screenwriting within the larger tradition of dramatic writing in order to put the beginning writer in touch with the wealth of art, experience, and practical ideas the drama contains. They provide an up-to-date, practical discussion of marketing and copywriting a screenplay, with addresses of relevant professional societies. Most importantly, they never offer an ill-advised shortcut or restrict students to only one way of thinking about a character, situation, or scene. In The Understructure of Writing for Film & Television, the student's thought and creativity are central.

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University of Texas Press

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0292791828

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9780292791824

From IT Pro to Cloud Pro Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online

By: Ben Curry,Brian Laws

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From IT Pro to Cloud Pro Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online

By: Ben Curry,Brian Laws

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Modernize your IT skills for the new world of cloud computing! Whether you are an IT administrator, developer, or architect, cloud technologies are transforming your role. This guide brings together the knowledge you need to transition smoothly to Microsoft Office 365 cloud-only and hybrid environments. Microsoft MVP Ben Curry and leading cloud architect Brian Laws present specific, up-to-date guidance on administering key cloud technologies, including Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint Online, Azure AD, and OneDrive for Business. Microsoft cloud technology experts Ben Curry and Brian Laws show you how to: Anticipate and respond to the ways cloud technologies change your responsibilities, such as scripting key management tasks via Windows PowerShell Understand today’s new mix of essential “Cloud Pro” skills related to infrastructure, scripting, security, and networking Master modern cloud administration for Office 365 cloud and hybrid environments to deliver content and services, any time, on any device, from anywhere, and across organizational boundaries Administer and configure SharePoint Online, including services, site collections, and hybrid features Help secure client devices via Mobile Device Management for Office 365 Centrally manage user profiles, groups, apps, and social features Bridge Office 365 and on-premises environments to share identities and data Enforce governance, security, and compliance

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Microsoft Press

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1509304185

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9781509304189

Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians

A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude

By: Ben Witherington III

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Letters and Homilies for Jewish Christians

A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude

By: Ben Witherington III

In this commentary on Hebrews, James and Jude, Ben Witherington III applies his socio-rhetorical method to elucidate these letters within their primarily Jewish context, probing the social setting of the readers and the rhetorical strategies of the authors of the letters.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830867236

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9780830867233

Whom Will You Serve

A Christian Historical Fiction Novel

By: Ben F. Lee

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Whom Will You Serve

A Christian Historical Fiction Novel

By: Ben F. Lee

WHOM WILL YOU SERVE, approximately 60,000 words, third book in the Arimathea Series, is a historical/Biblical novel. Reuben ben Ezra, a cripple healed by Christ’s blood on the road to Calvary, follows his master, Joseph of Arimathea, who answers his call from Christ to take the Good News to the northern isle of Britannia. Joseph and Reuben find themselves embroiled in a Tribal dynastic struggle that heralds Rome’s invasion of the island. Aided by two former Roman tribunes who follow Christ, they work to prepare Britannia Tribes for war with Rome. Beyond hostile Tribes opposing them, there are other adversaries – Dark Forces who employ pagan magic to stop the Good News from spreading across the land.

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LifeRich Publishing

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1489731717

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Desert Notebooks

A Road Map for the End of Time

By: Ben Ehrenreich

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Desert Notebooks

A Road Map for the End of Time

By: Ben Ehrenreich

Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, this New York Times Notable Book presents a stunning reckoning with our current moment and with the literal and figurative end of time. Desert Notebooks examines how the unprecedented pace of destruction to our environment and an increasingly unstable geopolitical landscape have led us to the brink of a calamity greater than any humankind has confronted before. As inhabitants of the Anthropocene, what might some of our own histories tell us about how to confront apocalypse? And how might the geologies and ecologies of desert spaces inform how we see and act toward time—the pasts we have erased and paved over, this anxious present, the future we have no choice but to build? Ehrenreich draws on the stark grandeur of the desert to ask how we might reckon with the uncertainty that surrounds us and fight off the crises that have already begun. In the canyons and oases of the Mojave and in Las Vegas’s neon apocalypse, Ehrenreich finds beauty, and even hope, surging up in the most unlikely places, from the most barren rocks, and the apparent emptiness of the sky. Desert Notebooks is a vital and necessary chronicle of our past and our present—unflinching, urgent—yet timeless and profound.

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Catapult

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1640093532

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9781640093539

Gifted Hands

The Ben Carson Story

By: Ben Carson,Cecil B. Murphey

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Gifted Hands

The Ben Carson Story

By: Ben Carson,Cecil B. Murphey

Examines the life and career of the famous neurosurgeon.

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Zondervan

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0310214696

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9780310214694

The Curious History of the Crossword

100 Puzzles from Then and Now

By: Ben Tausig

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The Curious History of the Crossword

100 Puzzles from Then and Now

By: Ben Tausig

Discover the curious history of the world's most addictive game and its unusual upbringing. Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the beloved crossword puzzle, readers can solve over 100 different puzzles from top constructors.

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1937994457

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