Filled with historic details of the time, Fire Bell in the Night explores the explosive tension between North and South, black and white, that gripped Charleston, South Carolina, in the summer of 1850. Geoffrey S. Edwards's first novel tells the story of New York Tribune reporter John Sharp, sent to cover the capital trial of Darcy Calhoun, a farmer who stands accused of harboring a fugitive slave. As the trial begins, John quickly realizes that not everything is as it appears in the genteel city of Charleston. A series of mysterious fires in white establishments brings the state militia, a curfew for the black population, and rising tension at the courthouse. To unravel the city's secrets, Sharp must enter Charleston's plantation society, where he is befriended by Tyler Breckenridge, owner of the Willowby plantation, and his beautiful sister Clio. Set against the backdrop of a nation headed toward civil war, Fire Bell in the Night is a page-turning account of a trial and one young reporter's efforts to discover the truth.
Jointly published by the National Gallery of Victoria and Macmillan Publishers Australia this book is the first publication to document in depth the nature, extent and history of the National Gallery of Victorias celebrated glass collection. Its author, and expert on the art of glass, Geoffrey Edwards, has selected the most magnificent works from the collection, each reproduced in colour, as the basis for a broader discussion of the history of glassmaking in the worlds leading production centres, from the ancient Mediterranean to the present day. With fine photographs by Garry Sommerfeld, this book provides a most spectacular visual array.
New in paperback! This book comes at a time when opera-lovers, singers, directors, and critics alike are taking a new look at the dramatic soprano heroines created by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, endeavoring to delve beyond inherited scholarly interpretation and gain a richer understanding of these compelling female characters. Artistically limited by the bel canto musical tradition popular at the time, Verdi launched a new style dramma per musica which also demanded a new soprano archetype. This book illustrates the musical evolution of the Verdi and Puccini soprano while illuminating the dramatic scope and power of these great heroines. Avoiding critical reductionism, Verdi and Puccini Heroines provides an unprecedented and probing discussion of how these great soprano roles were conceived and executed. Accordingly, the authors take a three-dimensional look at these heroines, examining seven operas: Il Trovatore, La Forza del Destino, Aida, La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. The chapters, which are fully self-contained analyses, contain translations, illustrative musical examples, supplementary notes, and references to each opera's literary sources. The musical analysis, while thorough, is descriptive and accessible to all levels of readers.
The purpose of this revised and extended book is to try to explain how the policies of the Community are meant to achieve its primary objectives. A short history of the foundation and major events are included and the formal institutions and the actual decision-making processes are explained.
David Edwards provides a sensitive critique which is helpful to those with no specialist knowledge and satisfying to the theologically educated." --Church Growth Digest>
The Annual Review, produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 2001/2002. It contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on 11 September and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by Monica den Boer and Jorg Monar. The Annual Review, produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 2001/2002. It contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on 11 September and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by Monica den Boer and Jorg Monar. The Review, formerly entitled European Union: Annual Review of Activities, is the most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for those engaged in teaching and research or who are simply interested in the European Union. It includes an invaluable guide to EU documents and publications - and the various websites of the EU - together with a chronology of key events, and a list of all the books submitted to the Journal of Common Market Studies for review. .
The Annual Review, produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 2001/2002. It contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on 11 September and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by Monica den Boer and Jorg Monar. The Annual Review, produced in association with the Journal of Common Market Studies, covers the key developments in the European Union and its Member States in 2001/2002. It contains analytical articles on key political, economic and legal issues in the EU by leading experts, together with a keynote article on 11 September and the Challenge of Global Terrorism by Monica den Boer and Jorg Monar. The Review, formerly entitled European Union: Annual Review of Activities, is the most up-to-date and authoritative source of information for those engaged in teaching and research or who are simply interested in the European Union. It includes an invaluable guide to EU documents and publications - and the various websites of the EU - together with a chronology of key events, and a list of all the books submitted to the Journal of Common Market Studies for review. .
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