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Messiah

The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

By: Jonathan Keates

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Messiah

The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

By: Jonathan Keates

From Handel's renowned biographer, the story of one of the most celebrated compositions of Western classical music, Handel's famous oratorio, Messiah In the late summer of 1741, George Friderick Handel, composed an oratorio set to words from the King James Bible, rich in tuneful arias and magnificent choruses. Jonathan Keates recounts the history and afterlife of Messiah, one of the best-loved works in the classical repertoire. He relates the composition's first performances and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment, and examines how Messiah, after Handel's death, became an essential component of our musical canon. An authoritative and affectionate celebration of the high-point of the Georgian golden age of music, Messiah is essential reading for lovers of classical music.

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Messiah

By: Jonathan Keates

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Messiah

By: Jonathan Keates

In 1741, in just 24 days, the German-born, British-naturalized composer George Frideric Handel wrote an oratorio rich in tuneful arias and choruses of robust grandeur. Coolly received in London at first, after Handel's death Messiah enjoyed an extraordinary surge in popularity: it was performed at festivals across England; other composers rushed to rearrange it; it would be commercially recorded on more than 100 occasions. Jonathan Keates tells the story of the composition and musical afterlife of Handel's masterpiece: he considers the first performances and its place in Handel's output; he looks at the oratorio itself and its relationship with spirituality in the age of the Enlightenment; and he examines why Messiah became such an essential element in the national culture of Britain. Illustrated with beautiful images, including the original score of the work, Messiah is a richly informative and affectionate celebration of a high-point of Britain's Georgian golden age.

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1784973998

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Hallelujah – The story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life

George Frideric Handel's Messiah in Dublin

By: Jonathan Bardon

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Hallelujah – The story of a musical genius and the city that brought his masterpiece to life

George Frideric Handel's Messiah in Dublin

By: Jonathan Bardon

18 November, 1741. George Frideric Handel, one of the world's greatest composers, arrives in Dublin – the second city of the Empire – to prepare his masterpiece, Messiah, for its maiden performance the following spring ...In Hallelujah, Jonathan Bardon, one of Ireland's leading historians, explores the remarkable circumstances surrounding the first performance of Handel's now iconic oratorio in Dublin, providing a panoramic view of a city in flux – at once struggling to contain the chaos unleashed by the catastrophic famine of the preceding year while striving to become a vibrant centre of European culture and commerce.Brimming with drama, curiosity and intrigue, and populated by an unforgettable cast of characters, Hallelujah tells of how one charitable performance wove itself into the fabric of Ireland's capital, changing the course of musical history and the lives of those who called the city home.

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0717163555

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9780717163557

Smile Please

By: Jonathan Keates

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Smile Please

By: Jonathan Keates

At three in the morning, in a gay club somewhere in London's Bermondsey, Adam Killigrew comes face to face with Nemesis - wreathed in an unknown boy's devastating grin. Maybe it's just a question of smiling back? But life offers more complications for Adam, and for his lodger Theo, the black actor busy reinventing himself as an expensive luxury for mysterious Guy from Bayswater. Others are caught in the web: blue-blooded Daisy, muse and fixer, who needs to stay in control; Serena, her sister, and country wife to the perfect Jeremy; Frankie, the dancing divo with whom Adam falls in love; and sibylline Alice, the third sister, who knows all their secrets and one or two more. This is a comedy of jaded city lives, of sex and secrets, of the urge to end the game. To dodge the Millennium and flee to the country. But can this smiling crew make their escape? With his unerring satirist's eye, softened by a wry indulgence towards human weakness. Jonathan Keates mixes the irony and compassion in a stylish, poignant and entertaining novel of post-Cool Britannia.

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Vintage Books USA

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0099285169

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9780099285168

The Thames

By: Jonathan Schneer

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The Thames

By: Jonathan Schneer

England's great river through the ages.

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Yale University Press

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0300107862

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The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto

By: Jonathan Buckley

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The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto

By: Jonathan Buckley

The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto is the essential travel guide with clear maps and coverage of the regions unforgettable attractions. From the spiralling Scala de Bevalo to Europe's biggest collection of contemporary art in the Dogana di Mare, The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto unearths the best sites, hotels, restaurants, cafés and nightlife across every price range. You'll find the lowdown on the now-trendy Rialto area and the latest news on the flood barrier and Venice's other conservation projects as well as the little-known nooks and crannies you should be exploring. The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto includes sections on the city's beautiful water-lapped palaces and lively festivals with specialist coverage of Venetian painting, sculpture and architecture and detailed information on the best markets and shopping-spots. Explore all corners of the region with authoritative background on everything from San Marco to the palazzi of the Canal Grande, relying on the clearest maps of any guide. Make the Most of Your Time with The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto.

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1405392177

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Byron

The Erotic Liberal

By: Jonathan David Gross

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Byron

The Erotic Liberal

By: Jonathan David Gross

Byron: The Erotic Liberal explores the relationship between Byron's erotic life and his political commitments, placing his poetry in the context of the work of other aristocratic liberals such as Madame de Stael.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0742511626

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Handel

The Man & His Music

By: Jonathan Keates

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Handel

The Man & His Music

By: Jonathan Keates

Jonathan Keates original biography of Handel was hailed as a masterpiece on its publication in 1985. This fully revised and updated new edition - published to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the composers death - charts in detail Handel's life, from his youth in Germany, through his brilliantly successful Italian sojourn, to the opulence and squalor of Georgian London where he made his permanent home. For over two decades Handel was absorbed in London's heady but precarious operatic world. But even his phenomenal energy and determination could not overcome the public's growing indifference to Italian opera in the 1730s, and he turned finally to oratorio, a genre which he made peculiarly his own and in which he created some of his finest works, such as Saul, Messiah, Belshazzar and Jephtha. Over the last two decades a complete revolution in Handel's status has taken place. He is now seen both as a titanic figure in music, whose compositions have found a permanent place in the international repertoire, and as one of the world's favourite composers, with snatches of his work accompanying weddings, funerals and television commercials the world over. Skillfully interwoven with the account of Handel's life are commentaries on all his major works, as well as many less familiar pieces by this most inventive, expressive and captivating of composers. Handel was an extraordinary genius whose career abounded in reversals that would have crushed anyone with less resilience and will power, and Jonathan Keates writes about his life and work with sympathy and scrutiny.

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Random House

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1407020838

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The Love of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

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The Love of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

Italy, 'the spring of western civilization,' is as fascinating today as it has always been, and both its modern and traditional aspects are the subject of this book. All that has made Italy famous, and host to countless numbers of visitors - its masterpieces of antiquity, its Renaissance art and architecture, its magnificent scenery of mountain, coast and plain, the food and wine, the vitality of the people - all this and more is captured in the informative text and color photographs.

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Crescent

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0517305631

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Edward III (Penguin Monarchs)

A Heroic Failure

By: Jonathan Sumption

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Edward III (Penguin Monarchs)

A Heroic Failure

By: Jonathan Sumption

Edward III lived through bloody and turbulent times. His father was deposed by his mother and her lover when he was still a teenager; a third of England's population was killed by the Black Death midway through his reign; and the intractable Hundred Years War with France began under his leadership. Yet Edward managed to rule England for fifty years, and was viewed as a paragon of kingship in the eyes of both his contemporaries and later generations. Venerated as the victor of Sluys and Crécy and the founder of the Order of the Garter, he was regarded with awe even by his enemies. But he lived too long, and was ultimately condemned to see thirty years of conquests reversed in less than five. In this gripping new account of Edward III's rise and fall, Jonathan Sumption introduces us to a fêted king who ended his life a heroic failure.

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0241184215

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That's So Gay!

Challenging Homophobic Bullying

By: Jonathan Charlesworth

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That's So Gay!

Challenging Homophobic Bullying

By: Jonathan Charlesworth

Is there a need to challenge homophobic name-calling and other homophobic bullying in your school but uncertainty about how to address it? That's So Gay! is a practical guide to making your school a safer place and creating an inclusive bully-free culture. It shows what homophobic bullying looks like, who experiences it and explores the reasons why young people bully others homophobically. It also reveals why young people are often reluctant to report homophobic bullying, the increasing role played by the internet and the profound effects bullying can have well into adulthood. Adopting a whole-school approach, this book provides all the advice schools need on prevention, working with those who bully, handling disclosures and anti-bullying policies. Written by an expert in the field, this is a vital guide for schools, teachers and anyone with a duty of care towards young people.

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0857008374

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Introduction to Design Theory

Philosophy, Critique, History and Practice

By: Michalle Gal,Jonathan Ventura

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Introduction to Design Theory

Philosophy, Critique, History and Practice

By: Michalle Gal,Jonathan Ventura

Introduction to Design Theory introduces a comprehensive, systematic, and didactic outline of the discourse of design. Designed both as a course book and a source for research, this textbook methodically covers the central concepts of design theory, definitions of design, its historical milestones, and its relations to culture, industry, body, ecology, language, society, gender and ideology. Demonstrated by a shift towards the importance of the sociocultural context in which products are manufactured and embedded, this book showcases design theory as an emerging sub-discipline of design, unique in its practice-based approach and its broad perception of design. It offers an in-depth understanding of the central concepts, such as "form" and "function", "theory" and "practice", through a discussion of key case studies and historical examples, such as the advent of the view of design in antiquity, the introduction of mass production to modernist design or the ideological shifts in design in the mid-twentieth century, as well as analytical tools for further dissection and learning in practice. With a focus on a combination of several theoretical knowledge foundations — aesthetics and philosophy, critical theories, cultural studies, design history and design anthropology — the reader is enabled to approach design as a central pivot around which contemporary culture revolves, reflecting, reaffirming or challenging social and cultural structures. Aimed towards undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as teachers and scholars, from across the design disciplines, Introduction to Design Theory invites readers to engage with design from an interdisciplinary perspective, departing from the traditional academic compartmentalisation of practice, history and philosophy.

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1000901874

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Drug Policy and the Public Good

By: Thomas Babor,Jonathan Caulkins,Benedikt Fischer,David Foxcroft,Keith Humphreys,María Elena Medina-Mora,Isidore Obot,Jürgen Rehm,Peter Reuter,Robin Room,Ingeborg Rossow,John Strang

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Drug Policy and the Public Good

By: Thomas Babor,Jonathan Caulkins,Benedikt Fischer,David Foxcroft,Keith Humphreys,María Elena Medina-Mora,Isidore Obot,Jürgen Rehm,Peter Reuter,Robin Room,Ingeborg Rossow,John Strang

Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers are turning to addiction science for guidance on how to create evidence-based drug policy. Drug Policy and the Public Good is an objective analytical basis on which to build global drug policies. It presents the accumulated scientific knowledge on drug use in relation to policy development on a national and international level. By also revealing new epidemiological data on the global dimensions of drug misuse, it questions existing regulations and highlights the growing need for evidence-based, realistic, and coordinated drug policy. A critical review of cumulative scientific evidence, Drug Policy and the Public Good discusses four areas of drug policy; primary prevention programs in schools and other settings; supply reduction programs, including legal enforcement and drug interdiction; treatment interventions and harm reduction approaches; and control of the legal market through prescription drug regimes. In addition, it analyses the current state of global drug policy, and advocates improvements in the drafting of public health policy. Drug Policy and the Public Good is a global source of information and inspiration for policymakers involved in public health and social welfare. Presenting new research on illicit and prescription drug use, it is also an essential tool for academics, and a significant contribution to the translation of addiction research into effective drug policy.

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Oxford University Press

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0192550276

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Relating Religion

Essays in the Study of Religion

By: Jonathan Z. Smith

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Relating Religion

Essays in the Study of Religion

By: Jonathan Z. Smith

One of the most influential theorists of religion, Jonathan Z. Smith is best known for his analyses of religious studies as a discipline and for his advocacy and refinement of comparison as the basis for the history of religions. Relating Religion gathers seventeen essays—four of them never before published—that together provide the first broad overview of Smith's thinking since his seminal 1982 book, Imagining Religion. Smith first explains how he was drawn to the study of religion, outlines his own theoretical commitments, and draws the connections between his thinking and his concerns for general education. He then engages several figures and traditions that serve to define his interests within the larger setting of the discipline. The essays that follow consider the role of taxonomy and classification in the study of religion, the construction of difference, and the procedures of generalization and redescription that Smith takes to be key to the comparative enterprise. The final essays deploy features of Smith's most recent work, especially the notion of translation. Heady, original, and provocative, Relating Religion is certain to be hailed as a landmark in the academic study and critical theory of religion.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226763870

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EBOOK: Good Practice in Science Teaching: What Research Has to Say

By: Jonathan Osborne,Justin Dillon

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EBOOK: Good Practice in Science Teaching: What Research Has to Say

By: Jonathan Osborne,Justin Dillon

The book has wide appeal in that the issues investigated - for example, the nature of science, practical work, the role of language, of technology and formative and summative assessment - are relevant and pertinent to science teachers' work in all school systems." Professor David F Treagust, Curtin University of Technology, Australia This new edition of Good Practice in Science Teaching offers a comprehensive overview of the major areas of research and scholarship in science education. Each chapter summarizes the research work and evidence in the field, and discusses its significance, reliability and implications for the practice of science teaching. Thoroughly revised throughout, the new edition includes: Three new chapters covering: the learning of science in informal contexts; teacher professional development; and technology-mediated learning Updates to every chapter, reflecting the changes and developments in science education Further reading sections at the end of each chapter Each chapter has been written by science education researchers with national or international reputations. Each topic is approached in a straight-forward manner and is written in a concise and readable style. This invaluable guide is ideal for science teachers of children of all ages, and others who work in teaching and related fields. It is an essential text for teachers in training and those studying for higher degrees. Contributors: Philip Adey, Paul Black, Maria Evagorou, John Gilbert, Melissa Glackin, Christine Harrison, Jill Hohenstein, Heather King, Alex Manning, Robin Millar, Natasha Serret, Shirley Simon, Julian Swain, Mary Webb.

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0335238599

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9780335238590

Universal Usability

Past, Present, and Future

By: Gabriele Meiselwitz,Brian Wentz,Jonathan Lazar

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Universal Usability

Past, Present, and Future

By: Gabriele Meiselwitz,Brian Wentz,Jonathan Lazar

Computers are used all over the world in a variety of contexts by users with all levels of technical experience. This includes users such as kindergarteners, older users, people with various impairments, people who are busy doing other tasks (such as driving a car), and users with differing levels of education, literacy, and socio-economic means. The concept of computer interfaces that will be easy to use, for all of these users, in all of these different situations, is known as universal usability. Making progress towards this goal requires innovations in techniques for gathering and understanding requirements; designing and developing interfaces; evaluation and assessment; standards practices; and public policy, and much work in this field remains to be done. This survey presents an overview of universal usability as it currently exists in the human-computer interaction literature, and presents some future directions for work in universal usability.

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Now Publishers Inc

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160198376X

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Messiah

The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

By: Jonathan Keates

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Messiah

The Composition and Afterlife of Handel's Masterpiece

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Bright Star, Green Light

The Beautiful Works and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: Jonathan Bate

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Bright Star, Green Light

The Beautiful Works and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald

By: Jonathan Bate

This immensely pleasurable biography of two interwoven, tragic figures, John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald, "unabashedly, cheerfully celebrates the lasting power of literature." (Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal) In this radiant dual biography, Jonathan Bate explores the fascinating parallel lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald, writers who worked separately--on different continents, a century apart, in distinct genres--but whose lives uncannily echoed. Not only was Fitzgerald profoundly influenced by Keats, titling Tender is the Night and other works from the poet's lines, but the two shared similar fates: both died young, loved to drink, were plagued by tuberculosis, were haunted by their first love, and wrote into a new decade of release, experimentation, and decadence. Both were outsiders and Romantics, longing for the past as they sped blazingly into the future. Using Plutarch's ancient model of "parallel lives," Jonathan Bate recasts the inspired lives of two of the greatest and best-known Romantic writers. Commemorating both the bicentenary of Keats' death and the centenary of the Roaring Twenties, this is a moving exploration of literary influence.

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Yale University Press

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0300256574

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La Serenissima

The Story of Venice

By: Jonathan Keates

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La Serenissima

The Story of Venice

By: Jonathan Keates

A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' – 'the Most Serene Republic' – to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today. 'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary – her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies another kind of experience altogether – the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people. Masters of the sea, the Venetians raised an empire through an ethos of service and loyalty to a republic that lasted a thousand years. In this new study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empire to its modern survival as a fragile city of the arts menaced by saturation tourism and rising sea levels, Jonathan Keates shows us just how much this remarkable place has contributed to world culture and explains how it endures as an object of desire and inspiration for so many.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1789545072

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Rush University Medical Center Review of Surgery E-Book

By: Jonathan A. Myers,Minh B. Luu,Keith W. Millikan,Bruce A. Orkin,Steven D. Bines,Edie Y. Chan,Edward F. Hollinger

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Rush University Medical Center Review of Surgery E-Book

By: Jonathan A. Myers,Minh B. Luu,Keith W. Millikan,Bruce A. Orkin,Steven D. Bines,Edie Y. Chan,Edward F. Hollinger

Study efficiently and effectively for high-stakes surgery exams with this superb review tool. Rush University Medical Center Review of Surgery, 6th Edition, has been thoroughly updated with new questions and answers in all chapters, and content has been revised to reflect what is most important on today's exams. A broad range of surgical topics provide a complete review of the information you need to know. - Comprehensive coverage of both general surgery and surgical subspecialties in a user-friendly question-and-answer format that mimics actual exams. - More than 1,500 peer-reviewed questions mirror standardized test blueprints. - Single best answer format provides a realistic exam simulation. - Questions are followed by answers and explanations, with rationales backed up by references to leading texts and references. - Ideal for residents in training, surgeons preparing for certification or recertification exams, and experienced clinicians who need to stay up to date with current practices and recent advances. - Written by one of the premier general surgery departments in the U.S., with a new editorial team led by Dr. Jonathan A. Myers. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323549594

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William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)

Partners in Revolution

By: Jonathan Keates

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William III & Mary II (Penguin Monarchs)

Partners in Revolution

By: Jonathan Keates

William III (1689-1702) & Mary II (1689-94) (Britain's only ever 'joint monarchs') changed the course of the entire country's history, coming to power through a coup (which involved Mary betraying her own father), reestablishing parliament on a new footing and, through commiting Britain to fighting France, initiating an immensely long period of warfare and colonial expansion. Jonathan Keates' wonderful book makes both monarchs vivid, the cold, shrewd 'Dutch' William and the shortlived Mary, whose life and death inspired Purcell to write some of his greatest music.

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0141976888

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The Siege Of Venice

By: Jonathan Keates

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The Siege Of Venice

By: Jonathan Keates

The siege of Venice in 1848 is one of history's most thrilling and tragic episodes. After half a century of Habsburg imperial rule, the Venetians drove out the occupying army and established their own republic. Led by the Jewish lawyer Daniele Manin, a man of immense courage and personal integrity, they embraced the lofty values of the Risorgimento, Italy's struggle for national unity, freedom and justice. When the Austrians returned with a massive army, intent on recapturing Venice, Manin rejected their surrender demands. The city braced itself for a siege lasting more than a year, ending only when bombardment, cholera and starvation made further resistance impossible. This epic story, in Jonathan Keates's gripping and meticulously-researched account, embraces the wider world of the revolutionary Italy of Garibaldi, Mazzini and Pope Pius IX, warrior priests, militant actresses, death-or-glory poets, a Mata Hari-type siren spy and a rebel princess. At the centre of the whole crowded canvas, however, stand the truest heroes of all - the people of Venice. Their grit, humour and endurance, under a hail of bombs and a tide of blood sweeping across their once peaceful lagoon, make The Siege of Venice a profoundly touching and unforgettable book.

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Random House

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144813918X

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Allegro Postillions

By: Jonathan Keates

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Allegro Postillions

By: Jonathan Keates

Four short stories depict the experiences of a traveler, a landscape painter, a composer, and a poet in eighteenth-century Italy

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George Braziller

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0807611107

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9780807611104

The Rough Guide History of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

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The Rough Guide History of Italy

By: Jonathan Keates

From the pre-Roman tribes, through the centuries of the Empire and the Renaissance to the rise of fascism and the present-day nation of Berlusconi, Ferrari and Gucci, "The Rough Guide Chronicle: Italy" covers the history of the country concisely and readably. Illustrated throughout.

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1858288363

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